Hello and welcome to Inso's World again. It's been just over a month and in that time, a lot has happened so I'll crack on with things.
First up, Rasputin has been sent off to Checkpoint Miniatures and is now in their shop: LINK.
I also finished the AK troopers, they have been sent off to Macrocosm Miniatures, cast up and I now have a bunch of them to start converting:
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While I was sculpting them, I also squeezed in a Dwarf version of a Catachan Jungle Fighter officer (Colonel Ironhand Straken) which was also sent off and cast up:
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In addition to this, I have sculpted a Dwarf Imperial Priest to go with my planned "extra platoon" for my Squat army:
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He's still waiting to be sent off and will likely join the AK trooper conversions when they are finished.
Then... things stalled on the sculpting front. I bought a few kits to try and stir up some enthusiasm but only managed a single conversion:
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It's an Ogryn conversion using one of the new Space Marine Saturnine Terminator suits. I plan (at some point) to add a few more but that depends on how I feel. I also bought some Tyranid Raveners but have only assembled two and "rough base-coated" them. Then, in a fit of enthusiasm, I decided to paint the Jungle Dwarfs:
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While painting and finishing these off, Chris at Macrocosm Miniatures unveiled his new Kickstarter that was for the very troops I was painting. You can see the Kickstarter here:
Now for a bit of other stuff that has probably been part of the reason that I have lost enthusiasm a bit...
First of all, Imgur decided to block the UK from seeing or accessing any images on their photo hosting site, from 30th September 2025. They have hosted my images for eight years; following the Photobucket mess that forced me to switch in the first place. YES I can get access using a VPN but it still means that anyone in the UK can no longer see my images without using a VPN... and also, why would I want to support a platform that just blocked the UK off the cuff and without warning? As a result... all the forums I post on are filled with "Content not viewable in your region" signs, instead of images. Eight years of forum blogs gone! I am yet to decide what to do about the forum and hosting situation...
Next... army list woes. WH40k no longer has "vanilla" Astra Militarum armies... you have to pick a regiment. That meant that I had to make my army Cadians but in order to use some of the weapon options, the additional platoon has now got to be Catachan. Luckily, the Predator team are Catachan and in order to add more to the platoon, I can just paint red berets on my existing troops and call it quits. Not a major issue but frustrating, nonetheless.
The weather has not been kind. It has brought my mood low; as has the clocks going back. I haven't had decent sleep for months and work has been increasingly challenging (Dementia care is a challenging calling). I am currently in a bit of a slump and am hoping for some decent luck to improve my spirits. I still have a list of commissions that I need to finish but my sculpting mojo has deserted me...
... so that's what's been happening and I am always hopeful that the next post will be fairly soon and have at least something worth sharing.
See you from the valley!
