094 2016 looking forward

The new year is finally here, well to be honest it's come around so quickly I can hardly believe it!

This is the year of no excuses; I have all the tools, all the paint and oh my goodness, all the models I need to get back full scale.

The action list for the first six months is pretty simple for me

1. Complete the 30th Cambridgeshire Regiment (perry miniatures)
2. Start (at the least) my war of the roses mercenaries. Possibly as Burgundians. (Perry miniatures)
3. Practise and practise with basic airbrush techniques. (I want to get beyond just using it for undercoat!)
4. Avoid the temptation of starting AWI models!
5. Put together a plan at least for some Truscale Marines (this is one I have thought about for a loooong time)

I am keeping it simple for the first 6 months to see how life settles down, I have found it pretty hectic the last few months and hobby time has been limited (but thankfully not non existent!)


What are your plans for 2016?

093 Return to the Hobby room!

So those of you paying attention may have noticed that I moved house on the run up to Christmas and my hobby mojo got somewhat crampt by everything being in boxes!

Well thankfully I have gone from this..

To finally being all set like this.... :-)

You might have noticed that I acquired some new paint stands which are great and helping a lot already to clear some of the paint off my desk top.

This were classic flat packs which needed very little putting together and one is "free and easy" while the other is all glued together (glued works better!)

Now that I am settled and sorted I am hoping to get back to all the fun of painting again as 2016 starts.

092 Seasons Greetings!!

Perhaps a little late but anyway, best wishes to all of you this Christmas!

2015 has been an interesting year for me with a reborn joy in painting and modelling, relocating to a new house and getting going with new hobbies and health drives!

This year has also seen some big changes in the gaming world with the death of the Old World and the birth of the Age of Sigmar.

GW have raised the bar to the rest of the modelling industry with some amazing new models both in terms of the build quality and detail but also in the SCALE! Some of them have been just huge and in plastic too!

2016 is sizing up to be a great modelling year with progress on a lot of fronts seeming possible.

So here is to 2015 and all the best for 2016! Cheers!

091 I ATEN'T DEAD

In the wise words for Granny Weatherwax, "I aten't dead!"

Sorting moving house and getting everything in order has taken quite a bit more time and energy than I imagined.

I'll be posting some short updates soon with some more to follow I guess now in the new year!