Today is Remembrance Sunday. My family and I went over to the local village, as we always do (assuming I am in the country) and joined hundreds of others in remembering the fallen.
The parade was well executed, the service was as it should be and the fly past was well timed.
The list of names was read out; the names of those from the village who went away to fight for their country but failed to return.
It is a time of reflection.
This week I have been quite distracted. A lack of sleep didn't help either. As a result, I have only managed to throw a first untidy base coat on five Teratons. I also managed to sell the Halo Hornet so have added a few pennies to the Pay-Pal pot.
Over the next few months I will be selling off a lot of hobby stuff. As you know, I have been struggling with the hobby for a while now and have been looking for an excuse to 'shake things up'. Well, I have found it and I need to gather funds to achieve a very personal goal. I won't say anything about what it is but needless to say, I now have a mission so am looking through all of my stored items to find sellable stuff.
I have also decided that as a result of my new found mission, I will be getting my motorcycle sorted for sale. That will mean a little less hobby time and a little more mechanic time.
In order to raise the amount of money I need, I will also have to sculpt a bit and see if I can't sell a few of my creations.
So it will be an empowering time. It will get rid of my guilt over my motorcycle, get rid of some projects that will never be finished and also clear some space which will in-turn, remove the clutter. Not to mention the extremely large amount of positive Karma I will gain from my mission. It is win-win.
See you from the next level!
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Sunday, 10 November 2013
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Teratons and school reunions.
This week has been quiet on the hobby front apart from a couple of excellent little things happening. First of all, my box of 3 new style Vulkan battle walkers arrived and after a bit of snipping I made up a pic of the components that make up a single walker (including the extra arms):
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I was sent the Vulkans a little bit early (due to only wanting the walkers and not cards/troop weapons) so thanks to the guys at Prodos Games for sorting this out for me. Hopefully, this week I will have a bit of an opportunity to get some work done on them.
On the same day that the Vulkans arrived, a small parcel also turned up from Mantic Games. Inside was a team box of Dreadball Teratons and a special character called Dozer. I will not be using these for Dreadball so have only assembled the character and four players who have a wrist gun. Here is a pic with a Grymn for scale purposes:
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In other news, I went to a school reunion in my old home town yesterday and stayed overnight; traveling back today. I was apprehensive about going and was a bit of a 'cat on hot bricks' until My guest and I actually turned up at the venue (she was even more apprehensive than I was). However... it was for no reason because the event went swimmingly. Many a story told, many a drink shared and many a hug given. I always thought that school reunions were a terrible idea but I think that I have changed my opinion. The only downside was the fact that my favourite teacher wasn't there... in fact... no teachers were there. Maybe that was a good thing?! As a result of this weekend's frivolous activities, I am absolutely shattered. Mind you, I didn't hit my pit until gone 3AM and this old boy hasn't had the practice for that sort of thing lately so I am not surprised.
Well... that is it from a very tired Inso!
See you from the depths of the darkest of places where I can hopefully get a full night's kip!
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Turtle power and command vehicles.
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So... I have been thinking about my Deadzone miniatures that will be turning up at the end of the year/beginning of next year and am very much looking forward to them arriving. What sparked this train of thought was a post on Facebook about a Teraton Dreadball team:
I am really rather fond of these large creatures and have two kitted out for sci-fi combat coming as part of the Kickstarter. Here is the Dreadball special player (Dozer) confronting an Orc:
As you can see, they are large and a cross between dinosaurs and turtles... but everytime I look at them I just think of Pokemon. With minimal conversion, I reckon these could easily be turned into a decent sci-fi force and for £14.99 for a box of eight players or £9.99 for Dozer, they are tremendous value.
All that Mantic stuff aside, I have been diligently plodding on with the last vehicle for my Tunnel Fighter army and have reached a point where the main body is complete and ready for details to be added. It looks very plain at the moment but it should be treated as a frame:
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As you can see, it is quite a beast but needs to be so that the walker in the pic can clamber inside. It will also be acting as a command centre so there will be extra crew and technical gizmos to fill up a lot of the space. You can see from the picture that painting the wheels will be really tricky (due to the side skirts) but never fear... with the use of magnets, I can do this:
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Clever eh? Looking at the base unit... can you tell where the magnets are? I bet you'll never guess...
So I still have a way to go but it is a very good start.
That is it for today.
See you from the bus lane!
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