Hello and welcome to Inso's World for the last post of the year.
This year has been a mixed bag... good health, bad health, achievements and procrastination... but over all, it's been a much more positive year than 2022 so it's not been so bad.
I'm still working at the Cornwall Air Ambulance shop as a volunteer and am still enjoying it. My wife is still happy with her job. My children are both happy and doing well. The cats are great, the fish is still swimming and the house is slowly getting better (with an almost finished, new kitchen). My motorbike is still running but hasn't been out much... and the hobby has been getting done (most of the time) so pretty positive stuff.
On the health side, I have realised that I have to accept that the long covid (2021-2022) has affected my lungs so when the cold weather turns up, I have to slow down a bit. Not a major thing but it's something I have to come to terms with. My plans to train for a marathon have fallen by the wayside but I still plan to complete a marathon in 2024... just a bit later in the year!
The hobby has mostly been successful but over the last couple of months I have stalled a bit... however, I think I've accomplished quite a lot so here's a list of what I've managed...
P = Paint
S = Sculpt
C = Converted
S - Squat Air Advisor
S - Diver
C - Leeloo (for the Frothers table @ Salute)
P - Squat First Platoon (CMD, HW and 2 Infantry Squads - 31 troops in total)
P - Diver
C + P - Squat "Santa" Beer Seer
C + P - Squat "Elf" Wine Witch
P - Squat "Thor"
P - Squat Air Advisor
P - Squat Artillery Advisor
P - Squat Second Platoon (CMD, HW and 2 Infantry Squads - 31 troops in total)
S - Kier Starmer (Commission)
I don't think that's too bad but there isn't as much sculpting as there could have been on the list... maybe 2024 will be better but after a good few years of sculpting pretty solidly, maybe it's time to keep things slow... who knows?
At the moment, I have a few things on the corks... namely five miniatures for the Frothers Salute table for 2024... one of them being this:
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I also have a sculpt of the Ukranian president on the go (commission) and a few other bits and bobs but nothing firm apart from that.
I still need to sculpt some Servitors and an Astropath for the Squat Project but after that... "white noise"...
... in other news, I have been thinking a lot about Squat Bikes and Transports/Armour and a few "special" sculpts for the Squat Project that I started but need to rework. I'd also like to sculpt some plate-armoured Squats (Stormtroopers) but I am not set on designs so that will definitely be a bit "wait and see".
All that remains is to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. I hope you have a safe journey from now and into the new year and find your own way to enjoy the end of the year and the start of the new one... whether it's your thing or not.
