It is big......and it is clever.

This is a ForgeWorld large scale Beastman that I am putting up for auction on eBay later today. These pieces are so rare that anybody who gazes at them instantly falls to their knees (well the cat saw it and then he sat down on the floor near the radiator soon after). The 2 miniatures at the beastman's base are a 28mm night goblin and an empire soldier. The House rules I use for this model in 2000+ point games go as follows:

• Opponent deploys army.
• I deploy big beastman.
• Opponent removes army from table, packs up and goes home.

If opponent wants to play on, then individual combat rules apply as follows:

• attacker rolls a single d20 (twenty sided dice).
• On a roll of 1 - 19, the attacker dies instantly.
• On a roll of 20, the attacker re-rolls (and keeps re-rolling if they get a 20)

Basically, the above rule means you die if you attack Mr Beastman, but sustained good dice rolling can be rewarded by a lingering drawn out death. There is only one way to beat MR Beastman and that is with the "lucky marksman" ranged combat rule :

• Opponent drops a single D6 vertically from a height equal to the tip of the Beastman's raised axe.
• On a score of 1 - 6, the marksman's shot misses. The Beastman will attack the marksman next turn using the combat rules. (And you already know how that turns out)
• If the dice stops one inch from hitting the table, defying gravity and physics to spin in mid-air, then the marksman scores a lucky shot and the Beastman takes a wound*.

*I should mention another house rule here about large scale Beastmen having 250 wounds.

If you want to get your hands on this Beastman, the bidding will start at £50. Insured delivery will be about £3.50 UK, £7.50 rest of world.

Skaven and Cadians on Ebay

I've just put some old mint condition "Marauder" Skaven Gutter runners up on Ebay, as well as some limited edition Cadian Guardsmen "at ease". All auctions should be listed in the top left column of this page (while the auction is in progress).

The picture above is one I so wanted to use in the auctions, but just know it would have caused me trouble. A pet hate of mine is when people supply a picture of an item they are selling, with something more impresive in the photo...with the rider "the whats-it shown in the picture is just for scale and not included in the sale". I was going to say "the Giant Forge-world rat is just shown for scale against the 28mm one, and is not included in the auction".

Like I say, I bottled out. But don't let that stop you bidding on them!

More rare Confrontation minis for sale

I've just put 3 rare blister packs of Rackham Confrontation miniatures up for auction on Ebay. There should be a link on the top left column of this blog (while the auction is still live). Even if you're not buying, please click the images above for a closer look at what were some of the best minis around. Its really sad they have stopped producing these to concentrate on pre-painted plastic "toy" miniatures.

Rare Confrontation model on Ebay

I've just put a rare Confrontation/Cadwallon miniature up on Ebay. It is the Misan the Clairvoyant model, and it is very detailed. I still can't figure out why Rackham have stopped producing these, and then destroyed the moulds/tooling.

I've also put some classic Skaven Gutter runners up for auction. I think GW have modelled them on the ravening hordes of little hooded vermin that pour out of the local schools at 4pm each day. These are only rare in the sense that they are not medium or well done. Having said that they are about 10 years old. So get bidding for Xmas.

Links to my auction listings will appear in the left hand column while the auctions are active.

Lots of Lots

I've just put about 30 items up on Ebay, including:

• Lots of 40K blisters
• Confrontation Familliars
• Fantasy Blisters
• WarMachine/Dark Age
• Resin scenery

These are items that I've held back while the Royal Mail strike was in progress (there now seems to be a truce until the new year).

Click here to see a list of auction items.