Something a bit different

This afternoon I turned my talents to something a little bit different. Smallest daughter is a complete Dr Who nut and had a bit of a paddy in woolies this morning when she wasn't allowed to take home the entire Dr Who toy shelf. Whilst she went for her nap I decided to make her a but of a surprise, a tardis play set including the Dr, some assistants and some adversaries. So far its still in one piece and she played with it right up until bed time so I think that's an afternoon well spent.

One more off the list

They're finally done! Its only taken since January!







Hmm, what next?

Nemesis defeated!

That's the last of the Nemesis goblins done. When I've varnished them and added some static grass I'll try and put some pictures up. They look nice ... but then again they're nice sculpts which does make a whole world of difference.

Downhill from here

I've been busy ... and I've been unwell ... and I've been lazy too all of which put together explain the lack of recent posts. Since I last posted I have painted nothing (oops) and bought nothing (well that's okay then). I did manage to put together some space marine bikes but until today that's all I've managed.

Work, family and 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons have been occupying most of my time. I'm now DMing a 4th edition group once a week and having a lot of fun. 'But surely you need miniatures for 4th ed D&D' I hear you say. Not true. Although I'd strongly recommend using something to keep track of combats, actual miniatures are not required. I made a decision early on to use a lovely piece of software called MapTool instead. Instead of miniatures we now use digital tokens on digital maps which is pretty neat.

I've had a lot of PNKD attacks recently and the doc signed me off work this week to try and stabilise things. I'm feeling much better today so I managed to fit in some painting. I'm now down to the last 4 Nemesis goblins and I've even made a start on the giant (evidence below). I think I've recovered a bit of my enthusiasm for painting again so hopefully it won't be so long before I get on with things again.

A return to painting

I managed to fit in my first painting session in the new house at last. Unfortunately I didn't get much done as my hands felt clumsy, almost as if I was wearing gardening gloves. Still, a little is better than nothing ans I'm just that little bit closer to having the nemesis goblins finished.

I've no more purchases to report so things are still going pretty well with the pledge. Unless I crumble at the last moment it looks like I will succeed. Nice one.

The return of the armies

The house move wasn't fun but we are now in and settling down.

One of the nice things about the new house is that I now have somewhere to store my Wargames stuff. I have been allocated two shelves in the store cupboard. I wasted little time in getting my armies out of storage and putting them in their new home as you can see here.



The one tinsy, tiny problem is that two shelves is not enough! I will also need to take up part of the garage as well and I haven't even managed to retrieve my 'classic' miniatures collection yet either. I'm not complaining as this is a vast improvement over what I've had to cope with for the past few years. Everything is dry, easily accessible and out of the reach of the children. Result.

Now to find some time for painting.

Summer slowdown

Its finally happening - we will be moving house next week! This should explain the lack of recent updates and I'm guessing it will be a while before I'm able to pick up a paintbrush one I've moved in ... or at least a paintbrush of size 2 or smaller anyway.

Earlier in the month I sneaked in a couple of short painting sessions and I'm now down to the last 8 of the nemesis goblins, the end is near! It will be nice to tick this one of my list and get on with something not green again.