tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75773174902152364052024-03-05T04:48:59.437+00:00Inso's WorldInsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.comBlogger1144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-84835057429634680352023-12-23T14:08:00.000+00:002023-12-23T14:08:05.053+00:00The deep breath...<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World for the last post of the year.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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><p style="text-align: center;">P = Paint</p><p style="text-align: center;">S = Sculpt</p><p style="text-align: center;">C = Converted</p><p style="text-align: left;">S - Squat Air Advisor</p><p style="text-align: left;">S - Diver</p><p style="text-align: left;">C - Leeloo (for the Frothers table @ Salute)</p><p style="text-align: left;">P - Squat First Platoon (CMD, HW and 2 Infantry Squads - 31 troops in total)</p><p style="text-align: left;">P - Diver</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8igmelBXFYRlhPYOfakUcdWWc0-Pz7Nsk4Ln9vduKcxbIBuA5tdxwQIeJvTIuxAdnVxen7ENqpVVKPiyzrNhz8tzATl3AGhoFtSEDm0lju65VKhrquenb_3G_SJ-Xqgvd_Pgq5PB_SHwqiVxyHqe-5UDg_58E_MIlgS-1S5z-KA27yvQtWgAX0PW5uXk/s829/IMG_5616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8igmelBXFYRlhPYOfakUcdWWc0-Pz7Nsk4Ln9vduKcxbIBuA5tdxwQIeJvTIuxAdnVxen7ENqpVVKPiyzrNhz8tzATl3AGhoFtSEDm0lju65VKhrquenb_3G_SJ-Xqgvd_Pgq5PB_SHwqiVxyHqe-5UDg_58E_MIlgS-1S5z-KA27yvQtWgAX0PW5uXk/s320/IMG_5616.JPG" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">C + P - Squat "Santa" Beer Seer</p><p style="text-align: left;">C + P - Squat "Elf" Wine Witch</p><p style="text-align: left;">P - Squat "Thor"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d1JEbZQgsNrnQ6ZU2cNgJk7QFXrWD7TNM6dlAa2dqM1tyxNqEHPnmV1EobtK3L0xztsNgt2WsNVtmuLr73wcPySSxCod5e5ZqxOJQ5grqsn72IfF0Hqefqmcm_Uk-TCc0kIEklwFowU4CE8hEg7vcgqPcQULoYzCIFy2NgHVoGtw_JQmzwWbHG-LoTNd/s472/IMG_5665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="472" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d1JEbZQgsNrnQ6ZU2cNgJk7QFXrWD7TNM6dlAa2dqM1tyxNqEHPnmV1EobtK3L0xztsNgt2WsNVtmuLr73wcPySSxCod5e5ZqxOJQ5grqsn72IfF0Hqefqmcm_Uk-TCc0kIEklwFowU4CE8hEg7vcgqPcQULoYzCIFy2NgHVoGtw_JQmzwWbHG-LoTNd/s320/IMG_5665.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><p style="text-align: left;">P - Squat Air Advisor</p><p style="text-align: left;">P - Squat Artillery Advisor</p><p style="text-align: left;">P - Squat Second Platoon (CMD, HW and 2 Infantry Squads - 31 troops in total)</p><p style="text-align: left;">S - Kier Starmer (Commission)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP8mBj9az55J4LC99pABZlZ9E3KdOgDxPJtmIXmkD11M_Z5L_T7XFoXimxmwp1tQUEZ9yKZKnKuxQYCsNfB5XM2TDNACOfesuAllTH28Ahv3WAcp4gH6jA2oArbPkZueMbJxZx8WVA48jHJJrYX3p9BEZglDYR6OMIC4V0EwbNBDCTDTY3_bZDCsLWCVP/s878/SKS6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="627" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP8mBj9az55J4LC99pABZlZ9E3KdOgDxPJtmIXmkD11M_Z5L_T7XFoXimxmwp1tQUEZ9yKZKnKuxQYCsNfB5XM2TDNACOfesuAllTH28Ahv3WAcp4gH6jA2oArbPkZueMbJxZx8WVA48jHJJrYX3p9BEZglDYR6OMIC4V0EwbNBDCTDTY3_bZDCsLWCVP/s320/SKS6.JPG" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><p style="text-align: left;">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?</p><p style="text-align: left;">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:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJVLczN02N-Sh4e0a37Ddhs-GFY0oc61Z1OTNf-ysJB5oDW5pP7lBR2nwc_SliaQ78ryaYFnr0LLDe4TYrcV9sF2LKISn37KWGyTAGK_o-Oj9hiH1UBKJZQKYD0pgtlx7CFexSBVuAo812u7tcypnBwb3dmkuCdVQ5_G56GZktHV5fOPxCquLNCMoOXHq/s488/IMG_5750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="470" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJVLczN02N-Sh4e0a37Ddhs-GFY0oc61Z1OTNf-ysJB5oDW5pP7lBR2nwc_SliaQ78ryaYFnr0LLDe4TYrcV9sF2LKISn37KWGyTAGK_o-Oj9hiH1UBKJZQKYD0pgtlx7CFexSBVuAo812u7tcypnBwb3dmkuCdVQ5_G56GZktHV5fOPxCquLNCMoOXHq/s320/IMG_5750.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</p><p style="text-align: left;">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.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I still need to sculpt some Servitors and an Astropath for the Squat Project but after that... "white noise"...</p><p style="text-align: left;">... 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".</p><p style="text-align: left;">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. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADIIcc6aBZdcNtNgWCR9EnDoAHOwKQV7CjwZnlBYBRdEnc7j86PITgFhoiUsi72G78ZG5qtuErcV0LcBZxVtf-rmU9sYifDdMjefxestKnECx7jdaZjgHNA_FcW_-XVtSyoPOGu_vKM0jQK9_nZ7CBVYIJgaDph3NjJk40WOEGhE5bNqhdOxmtwU26zjs/s1020/IMG_5751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1020" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADIIcc6aBZdcNtNgWCR9EnDoAHOwKQV7CjwZnlBYBRdEnc7j86PITgFhoiUsi72G78ZG5qtuErcV0LcBZxVtf-rmU9sYifDdMjefxestKnECx7jdaZjgHNA_FcW_-XVtSyoPOGu_vKM0jQK9_nZ7CBVYIJgaDph3NjJk40WOEGhE5bNqhdOxmtwU26zjs/s320/IMG_5751.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the dawn of a new year!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-72468310648467769712023-09-01T16:25:00.001+01:002023-09-01T16:25:08.323+01:00Wake me up... when September ends...<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>It's the start of September and that means that I haven't posted in three months... so I guess it's about time :) .</p><p>It's been a standard summer in Cornwall... so I have been avoiding the crowds and my motorcycle hasn't left the garage in ages. I'm happy, my family is happy and the cats are all happy, work is continuing and life has just been ticking along.</p><p>I have been getting a bit of running in but have bit hit by one thing after another... broken toe, shin-splints, summer cold etc... so I am hoping to get back into it very soon. After all, a marathon won't run itself! I have another charity page for the marathon but I'll not share details until I have got into a routine of training.</p><p>Hobby wise, I have been fairly constantly busy with much more painting than sculpting... in fact, I don't think I have finished a single sculpt since May. There's a few bits on the corks that I have been fiddling with but I may end up starting over and that is probably one reason why sculpting has stalled: indecision. </p><p>With that in mind, lets get some of my painted work up on the blog, shall we? First up, I'll be posting a few repeats but the first infantry platoon is complete:</p><p>1st platoon command:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9HKYQPbT6kSLfc-4nWvqr144u9lX5GSco7NxvmDubYJEMOprHnXxM30OtAKKtlJ4aqoDXm44NsveK2HO9lRynBs6NC-zBpXbPbrlBQTi7FYlYLfgiyVHSgSmGIO0F1X595rP2MiOlew0XmR_YpyAsq-Jl0Rkg9MoIB8QJtlpWe0gbP4OMAMSk8nLFtRQ/s1298/IMG_5014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="1298" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9HKYQPbT6kSLfc-4nWvqr144u9lX5GSco7NxvmDubYJEMOprHnXxM30OtAKKtlJ4aqoDXm44NsveK2HO9lRynBs6NC-zBpXbPbrlBQTi7FYlYLfgiyVHSgSmGIO0F1X595rP2MiOlew0XmR_YpyAsq-Jl0Rkg9MoIB8QJtlpWe0gbP4OMAMSk8nLFtRQ/s320/IMG_5014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1st platoon support:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZD3wwpKTwrbvNv_IcECWboSJZ6NrHJNES-v1DFdOC_4keaqBwsXEQT3z3s_vDo2ItfWZVFYu353TmigRzlSeh8IpGQutJJpCweJ3wcHLk3cDs_yKMu23NQBix6wiXWmgib2c_adyLQSjjxAeoBC4-YTtPA3KASuk9ODWddxizC6p7fq-LfZF9oAG9pJD/s1092/IMG_5599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="1092" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZD3wwpKTwrbvNv_IcECWboSJZ6NrHJNES-v1DFdOC_4keaqBwsXEQT3z3s_vDo2ItfWZVFYu353TmigRzlSeh8IpGQutJJpCweJ3wcHLk3cDs_yKMu23NQBix6wiXWmgib2c_adyLQSjjxAeoBC4-YTtPA3KASuk9ODWddxizC6p7fq-LfZF9oAG9pJD/s320/IMG_5599.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1st platoon infantry squad 1:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrtb91tMXFxeE-W8A_pApF-zfCR3DcXMf57WOH1cSs40w0IRdsjdhZ3sKgdAgG6na4LOsC8CgexaKVM_vO6aMBTw73msqJJHzGPiofuEa4r8wY_VnPwu5Ypj4y0OdMpnVTLBpwGupr_NQA8gs7XqLZdDbHS97nGnl8VChzQu_UkkVh5dB-Db0sX5i2tK-/s1168/IMG_5567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="1168" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrtb91tMXFxeE-W8A_pApF-zfCR3DcXMf57WOH1cSs40w0IRdsjdhZ3sKgdAgG6na4LOsC8CgexaKVM_vO6aMBTw73msqJJHzGPiofuEa4r8wY_VnPwu5Ypj4y0OdMpnVTLBpwGupr_NQA8gs7XqLZdDbHS97nGnl8VChzQu_UkkVh5dB-Db0sX5i2tK-/s320/IMG_5567.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1st platoon infantry squad 2:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyKKUssmshseOPlS4UyaSwzz8R_R9uUsg1EQ4ZD98O3o9S0kEB7VOCZ8oHbbS4Spk1Uo1lv2jJ2HzouWXx4i_6ToVpCkFNNIJ2oRgeC7vCQyJwiRFnucXFJd-9uMFCOIojJNS4UhQXvKF53NLksp-pTcXW0qrFJIWmpaFzZXueouIaGvx55IjdpFhg13D/s1135/IMG_5655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="1135" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyKKUssmshseOPlS4UyaSwzz8R_R9uUsg1EQ4ZD98O3o9S0kEB7VOCZ8oHbbS4Spk1Uo1lv2jJ2HzouWXx4i_6ToVpCkFNNIJ2oRgeC7vCQyJwiRFnucXFJd-9uMFCOIojJNS4UhQXvKF53NLksp-pTcXW0qrFJIWmpaFzZXueouIaGvx55IjdpFhg13D/s320/IMG_5655.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Onwards with the painting and the second platoon is also complete:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2nd platoon command:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJky_Xev-MNgD3nGm5IJYJILFNIvqDq7I1F5FhHO261wWg_xV2_kLSGrKAI6ek5B7NHwX2njCpoYSyDSEhFcSf0bMi9lwQOAsqKmBqrZiea-Ka1CIl1LTIW7QwuEFtlAWvy72MifVuRIT2GAG1pcWbDr16abgeEPmBVWK1j8K_uSzBo-9r9l4eu7Ng4q6/s1115/IMG_5696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="1115" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJky_Xev-MNgD3nGm5IJYJILFNIvqDq7I1F5FhHO261wWg_xV2_kLSGrKAI6ek5B7NHwX2njCpoYSyDSEhFcSf0bMi9lwQOAsqKmBqrZiea-Ka1CIl1LTIW7QwuEFtlAWvy72MifVuRIT2GAG1pcWbDr16abgeEPmBVWK1j8K_uSzBo-9r9l4eu7Ng4q6/s320/IMG_5696.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2nd platoon support:</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFJri5vK51i5iR3wfHZK24K7ApsEo1y2nev5yYl94SY5mIZ1QIN6fKXtWt270xtChRFCBDDRbT-QiITBRWy57a5GcUFQ6FalNfOIjFdbFKwGKNkgLRc-AGGii3R7_FZKxYIEnpdPBwCh9W21Bzv9RED7b2F_nRsBPfAr-ILTwQ4SC2yN6wVFMa3os08ro/s962/IMG_5702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="962" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFJri5vK51i5iR3wfHZK24K7ApsEo1y2nev5yYl94SY5mIZ1QIN6fKXtWt270xtChRFCBDDRbT-QiITBRWy57a5GcUFQ6FalNfOIjFdbFKwGKNkgLRc-AGGii3R7_FZKxYIEnpdPBwCh9W21Bzv9RED7b2F_nRsBPfAr-ILTwQ4SC2yN6wVFMa3os08ro/s320/IMG_5702.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2nd platoon infantry squad 1:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uYTJoKfrbxhmSoyNsPuu5uL5VcEoUEYFNoaUC7rBRkU8vHDq3T50cT43p1MsCazQa295qJvu7MvsjrU055EakHWURO0WtIJBxICDxeXs33-gx8e0Cc9jINRbpx-tthItJokm-YohZrwn05E-BnGcrW9wQJBJYQeC3e6DnHBuFyzjSk56rPlmw0pWgpYC/s1119/IMG_5698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="1119" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uYTJoKfrbxhmSoyNsPuu5uL5VcEoUEYFNoaUC7rBRkU8vHDq3T50cT43p1MsCazQa295qJvu7MvsjrU055EakHWURO0WtIJBxICDxeXs33-gx8e0Cc9jINRbpx-tthItJokm-YohZrwn05E-BnGcrW9wQJBJYQeC3e6DnHBuFyzjSk56rPlmw0pWgpYC/s320/IMG_5698.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><br />2nd platoon infantry squad 2:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKf6vsHIz0GvDNiMsQDnxt4jFC9VFDcA6TrEQIJW5N1hwADBneXmgrxDXT2w8s1eUWj2_Tud9OUMPATr0_jKF2vcc2GK9UOW0ySbnvxNdUY7HH02lnxCKjJi61lotZSLMM0jYgL927v1m-t9cIId-H1mJQy-ofJkv5RxysnK_JJVJ-lX4Fu3yJhnJkdNs/s1078/IMG_5688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="1078" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKf6vsHIz0GvDNiMsQDnxt4jFC9VFDcA6TrEQIJW5N1hwADBneXmgrxDXT2w8s1eUWj2_Tud9OUMPATr0_jKF2vcc2GK9UOW0ySbnvxNdUY7HH02lnxCKjJi61lotZSLMM0jYgL927v1m-t9cIId-H1mJQy-ofJkv5RxysnK_JJVJ-lX4Fu3yJhnJkdNs/s320/IMG_5688.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The only other thing that I have painted since May is Thor:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm2ar93lkR8oxJsPR_9aJeCuivclEppQr1xF6RKAMiA9cltF47Q0hhlTbNSng-I9kVIEMPFDQhtLjW2zei8CUQJDcnIGk1uzogFINI_gl2MlH4KiGuocOm7_VL8jn58Phlkft579Mkcv-5Zf24I4XZ3BXXgNzX_sZwbjP3TOZmj4L2BxYgk9ZK_lvcFaX/s886/IMG_5669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm2ar93lkR8oxJsPR_9aJeCuivclEppQr1xF6RKAMiA9cltF47Q0hhlTbNSng-I9kVIEMPFDQhtLjW2zei8CUQJDcnIGk1uzogFINI_gl2MlH4KiGuocOm7_VL8jn58Phlkft579Mkcv-5Zf24I4XZ3BXXgNzX_sZwbjP3TOZmj4L2BxYgk9ZK_lvcFaX/s320/IMG_5669.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and I felt that a little fun was in order...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlUTjz0G4b8MtmH-mVBRnzySzfQIFOx7ZLTIgKr8YNEwHLiUoAeX8Qle68QKvAYibJrOB7UUgq-GyHWlhtZO8gNjAA0XConqmbYuab7TB8X7yZkhO-ID2g6TyQv6_zPQQK3UPcWoS5wcwz6A3WpsRhfqQzVjL67teGrAtHIwmT2JKj0fnuC4A6g3ZMP1y/s896/IMG_5670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="896" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlUTjz0G4b8MtmH-mVBRnzySzfQIFOx7ZLTIgKr8YNEwHLiUoAeX8Qle68QKvAYibJrOB7UUgq-GyHWlhtZO8gNjAA0XConqmbYuab7TB8X7yZkhO-ID2g6TyQv6_zPQQK3UPcWoS5wcwz6A3WpsRhfqQzVjL67teGrAtHIwmT2JKj0fnuC4A6g3ZMP1y/s320/IMG_5670.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other hobby news, I have been looking at the WH40k 10th edition index cards for the Astra Militarum and have discovered that I need to make an Astropath, in order to include any advisors so that is one of the sculpts on the corks (that may end up restarted). I also need to sculpt four servitors to go with the Engineseer... again, I have two on the corks but I'm not enthusiastic about them and will probably restart them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Furthermore, I have been thinking about the next big thing... which was supposed to be Beastmen (that went for a ball of chalk) but is now going to be Stormtroopers/Scions instead. It's VERY early days but I have some very solid ideas about how I am going to construct them... so watch this space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With that said, I am still in a painting sort of mood so I am hoping that I can get the army finished soon... before I need to sculpt the final troops (Astropath/Servitors)... but my muse is a fickle beast so who knows?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's about it for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the gallery!</div></div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-51719614270570330012023-05-06T15:21:00.003+01:002023-05-06T15:21:33.450+01:00Mayday, Mayday!<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again. It is May already and May always signifies a lot of change for me; this May being no exception... so let's start.</p><p>First of all, I have been working away at the Air Ambulance shop and have been enjoying all aspects of work; especially the social side of things when I am working at the till. I am constantly surprised by the donations and stories that go along with some of them and understand that part of working in a charity shop is taking in donations from people who have lost loved ones and are clearing their possessions... so I am also required to be the oil for troubled waters... my previous work in care has stood me well.</p><p>Flora Day has come and gone and although it was a little less sunny, it was a great day. It is definitely my chosen day of the year to celebrate community and inclusion.</p><p>I have also completed my "20 a day until May" charity push-up challenge, in aid of the Alzheimer's Society. I am still a way off my target but the page is open until the 30th of May so there is still time to donate:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/steven-marchant2" target="_blank">Push-Up Challenge LINK</a></b></span></p><p>With the push-up challenge completion comes the next big challenge... the running of a marathon! My plan is to run a Marathon before next Flora Day so I have roughly 12 months to get training and deciding which marathon fits the bill best. I will be running for Marie Curie and the Cornwall Air Ambulance so I will be putting up a new charity page very soon. </p><p>As for the hobby, I have been (mildly) busy with painting and sorting out divers... Here's what has happened with the diver project:</p><p>First the sculpt:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsufGEWS3oMO-U3noBSc6Pb4a1hAQos3YibyKnPdm96StOygxbwRqFuwCbSekI5WEEBOJH_spCLkyfnxbRUoIAqVnJW5QwqErKPlZvTOv4-h2VuwPKVwlkb8SiyZ72QCeq0lmpGcpvPJSnU2HEKOSGhhi_24V3PBzhIEemEyxpDqAwtyWZOLS3urkJqw/s471/IMG_5387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="471" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsufGEWS3oMO-U3noBSc6Pb4a1hAQos3YibyKnPdm96StOygxbwRqFuwCbSekI5WEEBOJH_spCLkyfnxbRUoIAqVnJW5QwqErKPlZvTOv4-h2VuwPKVwlkb8SiyZ72QCeq0lmpGcpvPJSnU2HEKOSGhhi_24V3PBzhIEemEyxpDqAwtyWZOLS3urkJqw/s320/IMG_5387.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then the resin master casts:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8h0eAt03CzJIv2KJruY3QUUbWa1GnDDSR-Sb5xZzA9og7GA987LCU-SPYQPyknsL4hmxTSeUNKWoidAsO-3cOxwaYo-lymxPp6dtv85D662dmnGH9vdjYTy9asQFfIwOui1PIKgAUeGX2y1gRM636EgyH-kghVCcGc8wlvGsuBkvjU6NfJEC6yDjhgQ/s597/IMG_5580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="597" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8h0eAt03CzJIv2KJruY3QUUbWa1GnDDSR-Sb5xZzA9og7GA987LCU-SPYQPyknsL4hmxTSeUNKWoidAsO-3cOxwaYo-lymxPp6dtv85D662dmnGH9vdjYTy9asQFfIwOui1PIKgAUeGX2y1gRM636EgyH-kghVCcGc8wlvGsuBkvjU6NfJEC6yDjhgQ/s320/IMG_5580.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then a few more resin masters casts and a host of metal casts:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehc8Qk9mJz7x-uQNn6qAHNMI30py4yGphOJ6pQuGVYotVER46hug1SyDdhTyOTAmW7Q6cmS2W0RhzB3uqeQzXK1qNvfidsXJMIhqKTIT4hqe4PtCDXiyXPoNdJDFZJvNOcWw44lcD7rmTa9u8Uc5l3NQL9o3qmVXiYoNZKnCrYqB4IPtb625GnMNvGQ/s1068/IMG_5617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1068" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehc8Qk9mJz7x-uQNn6qAHNMI30py4yGphOJ6pQuGVYotVER46hug1SyDdhTyOTAmW7Q6cmS2W0RhzB3uqeQzXK1qNvfidsXJMIhqKTIT4hqe4PtCDXiyXPoNdJDFZJvNOcWw44lcD7rmTa9u8Uc5l3NQL9o3qmVXiYoNZKnCrYqB4IPtb625GnMNvGQ/s320/IMG_5617.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then tabs were removed and and the polishing started. The one (on the left) is now a pendant being worn by the chap who commissioned it:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dy22CwVKHaQixcqxo5oA5TrbYknlXEB8t6Um3pHQOnedS-H33vYS1rcOz59YtKB8jpHUPJ1EC7KCYM5ExQIJe8vwoO8TuwmSoMzBdpQ6IP97O_aCjfUwZuN_tzpPPrh9e1riUkuZpmk3sbfGDWgeZQbId1zx5p0TRV5qs2I4BZg_04MeN5qJLw0lDg/s464/IMG_5618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="464" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dy22CwVKHaQixcqxo5oA5TrbYknlXEB8t6Um3pHQOnedS-H33vYS1rcOz59YtKB8jpHUPJ1EC7KCYM5ExQIJe8vwoO8TuwmSoMzBdpQ6IP97O_aCjfUwZuN_tzpPPrh9e1riUkuZpmk3sbfGDWgeZQbId1zx5p0TRV5qs2I4BZg_04MeN5qJLw0lDg/s320/IMG_5618.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another eight have also been de-tabbed and polished up, marking the official end to the commission.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I have been painting things...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First was an Infantry Squad for Blue Company:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmf2YVbXhhdycZQtRR9UOQTT54pWJo7DS0F4PpGZbg9TZ_8i2kFFdr_jlZZ17nVyj-_0aZs3jJuK0b6_7ULxgp2Nxa4-EG9fzTdV15MpgLrGzKRExAYj3hfRcUOLPBUU_CkLXda57hndspJB3_MCxngibloSsoKh-jTNV6HkCBy9ZBIRgV6uV8DHHVmg/s1168/IMG_5567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="1168" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmf2YVbXhhdycZQtRR9UOQTT54pWJo7DS0F4PpGZbg9TZ_8i2kFFdr_jlZZ17nVyj-_0aZs3jJuK0b6_7ULxgp2Nxa4-EG9fzTdV15MpgLrGzKRExAYj3hfRcUOLPBUU_CkLXda57hndspJB3_MCxngibloSsoKh-jTNV6HkCBy9ZBIRgV6uV8DHHVmg/s320/IMG_5567.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Followed by an Engineseer:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqRTOQmgJWMNAY_iuyr_MWOVX_oFILIqqr3Ryq0b25ga8BqJ5Ig4x9FT_lQwPoco2EZ7NHW8oQo0jLqgY4B-G0j7rfmD1wKHCAT0Xcp_11faJttjs5JDf6l_4AOrn7OU0U7vpHUFjAxD7Ji00SQcMIg-IC_zlbVOKbnE8mo1iUWPLuoY45O1c_61IJA/s1195/IMG_5591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="719" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqRTOQmgJWMNAY_iuyr_MWOVX_oFILIqqr3Ryq0b25ga8BqJ5Ig4x9FT_lQwPoco2EZ7NHW8oQo0jLqgY4B-G0j7rfmD1wKHCAT0Xcp_11faJttjs5JDf6l_4AOrn7OU0U7vpHUFjAxD7Ji00SQcMIg-IC_zlbVOKbnE8mo1iUWPLuoY45O1c_61IJA/s320/IMG_5591.JPG" width="193" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With a Heavy Support Squad coming up next:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxrBA41LTH5ipB_zwhI3NImdtDadZANugqUSb6nPDpwCtZHLD2SrnOKEI2cEu8UjgmvKer6hjHxiOFc5Ijib63XXfJIbikDyfufkFLKWZdr1EQ00ERFhmw-6Guq0WuzEtFkHtUaeyiTwrO2wSYEn6yrgAEq8ZFi_i6TMF2b8L46dioWgvmuhEK5Sq4w/s1092/IMG_5599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="1092" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxrBA41LTH5ipB_zwhI3NImdtDadZANugqUSb6nPDpwCtZHLD2SrnOKEI2cEu8UjgmvKer6hjHxiOFc5Ijib63XXfJIbikDyfufkFLKWZdr1EQ00ERFhmw-6Guq0WuzEtFkHtUaeyiTwrO2wSYEn6yrgAEq8ZFi_i6TMF2b8L46dioWgvmuhEK5Sq4w/s320/IMG_5599.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have also base-coated the second Infantry Squad for Blue Company but before I could finish it, I became distracted by preparing the divers for delivery and the painting of one; just for the fun of it:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GtoUOoulo1x9R1TGatyAGAdl-2sZmrVVM3JofcxlpXTDG55O8w0iiRK1ti-cNV7_qiKDAAAAwwKbHSza6VgKsUk_WkLW0PUGcupKe8AIKuQe6A5eJOK7RHhRCbHbgSA625hcB1Y1B_yZUpnEsRXWf5wSRQ2OBwUvwszG6wTRRdPo8Zi1CQHhAbUnIA/s829/IMG_5616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GtoUOoulo1x9R1TGatyAGAdl-2sZmrVVM3JofcxlpXTDG55O8w0iiRK1ti-cNV7_qiKDAAAAwwKbHSza6VgKsUk_WkLW0PUGcupKe8AIKuQe6A5eJOK7RHhRCbHbgSA625hcB1Y1B_yZUpnEsRXWf5wSRQ2OBwUvwszG6wTRRdPo8Zi1CQHhAbUnIA/s320/IMG_5616.JPG" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I thought a traditional look would suit it well but I have another one in the process of being prepared for a more up-to-date paint job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With painting in mind, I have also continued to paint a Beer Seer and Wine Witch that I have converted. They will be finished soon and will have a specific leaning to their decoration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other plans include finishing a sculpt for a charity, completing the Infantry Squad and then starting the next platoon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With marathon training on the horizon and plans for another range of miniatures, this year is shaping up to be quite busy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the finishing line!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-25607306324711320552023-03-06T12:40:00.003+00:002023-03-06T12:40:28.162+00:00Time is Marching on...<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>Time has been flying by and not very much has been happening so I have pretty much been ticking along, enjoying life and just getting on with things. OBVIOUSLY... there may have been a small amount of procrastination and for the last few weeks my sculpting muse has been on holiday but work has been great and I've been able to enjoy myself again.</p><p>The big question, I guess, is what I've been up to with my hobby...</p><p>First up, I have sent a batch of minis off to be cast by <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a>. The miniatures sent were: The diver, the two advisors, the engineseer with his servo arm and Thor. They have all been cast in resin and will be sent to me soon... all that will be left to do is wait for the diver to be cast in metal.</p><p>While I've been waiting, I haven't been sculpting because I think I've just burnt out a bit and needed a break from it. As a result, I dug out my Dougram conversion and have been working on that. I have got much further with it and it's down to the filling and detailing stage now. I am having to pause with painting it until I get some liquid mask to mask off the window so I think my mojo has waned a bit, as a result. That has meant that I've been working on another Chimera proxy. This one has been converted from a Meng "World War Toons", King Tiger (with Porsche turret), much like most of my other tank conversions. I decided to make this one a bit more "Russian" looking and I think you'll see what I mean in the pix. Here's the conversion:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5-UKxPxUgYfMKJxn2e7K02ayfzF6jLtGxWDIWsu3mcN1wxlf96pB4H-DWfjmeTVevWiFvE4nZX7Z_lCO-JmNBNvOHmwUo5bRsm1mSWf0ItL5G4PCguaFnCh6ZmUj5cjOOMPvW9AH7qT_UoeDQQXCBw1uC1cylG04q9B8_6VgJk70YSG_FJpvrglm6A/s1576/IMG_5500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1576" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5-UKxPxUgYfMKJxn2e7K02ayfzF6jLtGxWDIWsu3mcN1wxlf96pB4H-DWfjmeTVevWiFvE4nZX7Z_lCO-JmNBNvOHmwUo5bRsm1mSWf0ItL5G4PCguaFnCh6ZmUj5cjOOMPvW9AH7qT_UoeDQQXCBw1uC1cylG04q9B8_6VgJk70YSG_FJpvrglm6A/s320/IMG_5500.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and here's the conversion with it's first layer of paint (tying everything together):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_I__SDgQUQntNYBbAfoIlCetROFN73Syb9vO9LX-Lng6GZDN9AJZQaDrWGpsF402igUtpQ3tZIq-G7taCjdHYutW6j5QjYZKvU1-yM1kbwLyzTGxxs1SMuCx-c9lDZ6QH7gKQJ8hcYPPt1-j1SORC5yFs5pQ2wqRy6VjWU6bMCkKIHP1NY7utdriiA/s849/IMG_5514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="849" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_I__SDgQUQntNYBbAfoIlCetROFN73Syb9vO9LX-Lng6GZDN9AJZQaDrWGpsF402igUtpQ3tZIq-G7taCjdHYutW6j5QjYZKvU1-yM1kbwLyzTGxxs1SMuCx-c9lDZ6QH7gKQJ8hcYPPt1-j1SORC5yFs5pQ2wqRy6VjWU6bMCkKIHP1NY7utdriiA/s320/IMG_5514.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I'm at it, here's the Dougram mech conversion (Ironfoot):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriRfwIlWv63IvpIkwKDgHjtaFJRD5aflm4fK3hMh7y_6cTvPmzJXQmDfi6nkW6HMCzrfl3_QQQJaS8d2QUZd11_rKUTF2Cfa6-VgBsFxbzvkdP4EB-SdoQ0m3opfnJYf1N9zGqh53BpW6xMYZOOFcvB8YIyhQMHiVgvmz84w-bM6tA4ckNgoaDpv1KA/s718/IMG_5515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="610" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriRfwIlWv63IvpIkwKDgHjtaFJRD5aflm4fK3hMh7y_6cTvPmzJXQmDfi6nkW6HMCzrfl3_QQQJaS8d2QUZd11_rKUTF2Cfa6-VgBsFxbzvkdP4EB-SdoQ0m3opfnJYf1N9zGqh53BpW6xMYZOOFcvB8YIyhQMHiVgvmz84w-bM6tA4ckNgoaDpv1KA/s320/IMG_5515.JPG" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still need to get some plastic filler before work continues, just so that I can properly fill the seams and smooth it all out. I use Green Stuff a lot but it just doesn't work as well as Squadron green for filling plastic kits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While work continues on those two projects, I am looking to get my sculpting hat on again and convert a Halfling/shields for <a href="https://www.oldschoolminiatures.co.uk/" target="_blank">Old School Miniatures</a>, sculpt two tiny pairs of boxing gloves for a Frothers game at <a href="https://southlondonwarlords.co.uk/salute" target="_blank">Salute</a> and sort out the casts that I receive from <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a>.. so I have plenty to be getting on with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Outside of the hobby, I continue to work at the Cornwall Air Ambulance shop and am still enjoying it very much. I am also continuing with my charity Push-Up challenge, for the Alzheimer's Society and have now completed 123 days (2460 Push-Ups). I would have liked to have received a bit more support but I am very thankful to those who have donated. Here's the link:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/steven-marchant2" target="_blank">Push-Up Challenge for the Alzheimer's Society</a></span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Only two more months and 1200 push-ups to go... then it's Flora Day and after that, the marathon training begins...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2023 has definitely been a massive improvement over the last couple of years (so far) and I hope it continues.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the lobster shack!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-21769090066898074372023-01-29T12:19:00.000+00:002023-01-29T12:19:53.435+00:00Random is as random does.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>The dust has settled and 2023 is ticking along in earnest. I caught "the lurgy" a few weeks ago and am shaking it off... but it meant a few weeks off work and not much getting about. It also meant that I could get some sculpting done but a lack of "peopling" was annoying. I'm back to working in the charity shop now so things have improved.</p><p>I have finished going to psychotherapy now. Last Tuesday was my last session after <u><b>38 months</b></u> of visits. If I look back at how I felt at the beginning and how I feel now, the two are incomparable. I haven't felt this light for MANY years so it may have been a tough journey but it was very much necessary and worth it.</p><p>I am currently doing this "dry January" thing so I haven't been drinking this month... not that it's been an issue... especially with being poorly... so Wednesday, I'll be able to toast my birthday and finishing therapy... YAY!</p><p>I am still ticking along with my charity push-up challenge and am up to day 86... that's 1720 push-ups for the Alzheimer's Society... even though donations have been non-existent... I'm still plugging along. Hopefully someone will bite the bullet and start the donations rolling in... or not... at least I'm trying. Here's my donation page:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/steven-marchant2" target="_blank">Push-up Challenge Page</a></span></b></p><p>In other news, as mentioned earlier, I have been getting some sculpting finished. First of all, I have finished sculpting a diver for a friend to wear as a pendent. It's been sent off for casting so I am waiting for copies to arrive for clean-up and giving to my friend:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1HMlD0uXa9tbi05GsA869zaus23Zpfce3EULNCHspc5Jb2sJPVFAZDizpMxb6BM5eBtmneMEl4XJBqRF7iaKrMw82rQ1LskuiIYBLnrRlTjOLkspKXXUE5xU2O_xb11GPPF4EtBQlcJBIPvkBOKcqPQeVGwBGUlzq4xuURI-pxJcmvzF0m3UZn7Fnw/s1087/IMG_5388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1038" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1HMlD0uXa9tbi05GsA869zaus23Zpfce3EULNCHspc5Jb2sJPVFAZDizpMxb6BM5eBtmneMEl4XJBqRF7iaKrMw82rQ1LskuiIYBLnrRlTjOLkspKXXUE5xU2O_xb11GPPF4EtBQlcJBIPvkBOKcqPQeVGwBGUlzq4xuURI-pxJcmvzF0m3UZn7Fnw/s320/IMG_5388.JPG" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am hoping that the metal version will polish up nicely. When this was sent off for casting, I also sent Thor, the Engineseer and a pair of advisors so they should be turning up soon. The only miniature that hasn't been posted here is the last advisor... the Air Force advisor:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvQRZ70nCoFFvtOeJZooF3RLTpI9u1jswH24lxBFS_cPuMlNEhXb7B67kxa2c77FUgabFJ6AIymUWvN5K8DJn2-3kVtKspTDjVzHi9cP4F97_hu5uXSs3iiaQd7zt4ZLGI6kgT8P8quIBgtjygr8w3YNbJeGmB5Ya8L1et6u58STpNS0OEwwkbcutEQ/s970/IMG_5360.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="970" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvQRZ70nCoFFvtOeJZooF3RLTpI9u1jswH24lxBFS_cPuMlNEhXb7B67kxa2c77FUgabFJ6AIymUWvN5K8DJn2-3kVtKspTDjVzHi9cP4F97_hu5uXSs3iiaQd7zt4ZLGI6kgT8P8quIBgtjygr8w3YNbJeGmB5Ya8L1et6u58STpNS0OEwwkbcutEQ/s320/IMG_5360.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's the only Dwarf I've sculpted that doesn't have a beard (apart from the Wine Witch... who happens to be a female). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have also been busy with other sculpting... a conversion of a Hasslefree Miniature into "Leeloo" for the Frothers table at Salute 2023 (to go with Cousin It and Paddington):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8stAgzLwEzZ1ydR-Fk5wAFCnibDdZS9KyGCVraeE2_PKsUMusCJ_WeJTrOkxgu0gbBXC_oHmZ9fV_6n271MLLFgcrjA51LeSSsn4XkkqGDg016fQhgrlEM-zME7yIjahMnHllYfWQdzhtmIY8SwBW3jTxljYnqpfweTEWiD2K0uwpPavtUCbVRu1l8Q/s872/Leeloo6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="872" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8stAgzLwEzZ1ydR-Fk5wAFCnibDdZS9KyGCVraeE2_PKsUMusCJ_WeJTrOkxgu0gbBXC_oHmZ9fV_6n271MLLFgcrjA51LeSSsn4XkkqGDg016fQhgrlEM-zME7yIjahMnHllYfWQdzhtmIY8SwBW3jTxljYnqpfweTEWiD2K0uwpPavtUCbVRu1l8Q/s320/Leeloo6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have also been asked to sculpt a couple of pairs of hanging, boxing gloves (28mm sized) for tractor decoration so that will be worked on very shortly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, I finished a long delayed sculpt for the Politicos range... a certain Labour Party Leader:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4LGUq9ac9tYfYK2m93_mhP75whz_IyeuRh7tKSuRcnkittutMfxCIHOSPlerbBUI2Jlb6e_Kam1No3Q74z7jB5DRYmsaJ8QaHc4WX51Ardi9UYwQTBhpjZBf-PCsSWg7gLarUqnygCaclH--0Kw-brKnOUOtsOD1l4wCu-LhYvD7tm1myk0bwqSlgQ/s878/SKS7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="878" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4LGUq9ac9tYfYK2m93_mhP75whz_IyeuRh7tKSuRcnkittutMfxCIHOSPlerbBUI2Jlb6e_Kam1No3Q74z7jB5DRYmsaJ8QaHc4WX51Ardi9UYwQTBhpjZBf-PCsSWg7gLarUqnygCaclH--0Kw-brKnOUOtsOD1l4wCu-LhYvD7tm1myk0bwqSlgQ/s320/SKS7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's been sent off and they are happy with him and that means that I am too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have obviously been sharing these images online, in other places and have, as a result, been asked to sculpt other commissions. It's nice to be appreciated but I don't like to get too many or it puts me off sculpting... that said... it's still nice to be appreciated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What's on the corks now?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Two laughing Buddhas</li><li>A superhero caricature</li><li>Two tiny pairs of boxing gloves</li><li>Another politician caricature</li><li>A Hobbit conversion</li><li>Two shield conversions</li></ul><div>I also have a chess set to paint, a large scale (about 12" tall) lady to sculpt and paint and a couple of 28mm Servitors to finish... not to mention my OWN projects (currently building a Mech for my Squat army) ... so I am pretty busy at the moment... with other commissions banging on the door... madness!</div><div><br /></div><div>That's it for now. Once I get a bit more to share, I'll share it!</div><div><br /></div><div>See you from the back of the god-damn lunch line!</div></div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-35651783338000539382023-01-04T18:07:00.000+00:002023-01-04T18:07:53.285+00:00so it's 2023 now?<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>2022 has come and gone and even though I achieved a lot of things during the year, my biggest achievement was shaking off Long COVID and getting back to being myself again.</p><p>2022 was supposed to be "the year of the beast"; a year of sculpting up some sci-fi beast men but I seem to be really struggling to sculpt anything but Space Dwarfs. So far, since my last post, all I have done is sculpt an Ordnance Officer and start a couple of other sculpts... namely an Air Advisor and a commission diver.</p><p>Here's the Ordnance Officer:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuIWfvMzSxRpCfdlwuUVSxCsTB6GlcsZTBaNeDpZQ8KOY8ftbWLDYH9Oe1YVa9JI_W0LSKTMO_JvxWmjK-b3R6_EXIN9wYgR5o93CJ8aiHQ05_fNMkn9gfbRESQeFcATOdVCfP8HweA_2w2GjoSXK6hmfAG1omKy0zuUg7FJiVajlEOlvPmC5p0sw8g/s984/IMG_5338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="984" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuIWfvMzSxRpCfdlwuUVSxCsTB6GlcsZTBaNeDpZQ8KOY8ftbWLDYH9Oe1YVa9JI_W0LSKTMO_JvxWmjK-b3R6_EXIN9wYgR5o93CJ8aiHQ05_fNMkn9gfbRESQeFcATOdVCfP8HweA_2w2GjoSXK6hmfAG1omKy0zuUg7FJiVajlEOlvPmC5p0sw8g/s320/IMG_5338.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and here's the WIP Air Avisor:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0psYXWu1ENEzTX2BuPvu_vDxNGd1KLlGG6CtF8vPIMU51fv7s55fPpBfBPLe2Xi4iTLPCOO9pMFEtntBA4AjZkopS9LklfPbHv2tg5e-JRfH62J3lMldhATlb9RZ8IwPflOJi5TioXayCmhIttyM5QT7U0Uq_tsVcaphE_TsBxdRKVAduqPIBPpWGHA/s638/IMG_5357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="638" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0psYXWu1ENEzTX2BuPvu_vDxNGd1KLlGG6CtF8vPIMU51fv7s55fPpBfBPLe2Xi4iTLPCOO9pMFEtntBA4AjZkopS9LklfPbHv2tg5e-JRfH62J3lMldhATlb9RZ8IwPflOJi5TioXayCmhIttyM5QT7U0Uq_tsVcaphE_TsBxdRKVAduqPIBPpWGHA/s320/IMG_5357.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He is going to be fairly unique in that he is the only male Space Dwarf to not have a beard... but up until VERY recently, the RAF didn't allow you to have beards so I felt it was okay... just this once.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the Air Advisor is finished, I am planning to knuckle down and finish a couple of commissions... and the two robots that go along with the Engineseer. The trouble is that the commissions aren't Dwarfs so I am struggling to change my viewpoint enough to get some proper work done on them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Further into the new year, I am hoping to get some more of my army painted. It would really be great to have a "finished product" at some point and it won't happen if I don't take some time away from all the sculpting. Maybe if I keep looking at my painted troops, I'll get the bug...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTcI8r9fSmnMMxG8vDxazjkCc-2CrdhFWZuDo-bcP7taWdwLNpQgYZpsgkPOSruC13wz80GfzypI_P616b9lngNukNAlqhiAjrME009CkX9PDEsP7MzZJFM6gjlo_ReBt0oNOsfRh5w93xOCFVadgFzdkiPM9npwU9IutZqvw77G5BITctIq-r_Fc-A/s1088/IMG_5000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="1088" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTcI8r9fSmnMMxG8vDxazjkCc-2CrdhFWZuDo-bcP7taWdwLNpQgYZpsgkPOSruC13wz80GfzypI_P616b9lngNukNAlqhiAjrME009CkX9PDEsP7MzZJFM6gjlo_ReBt0oNOsfRh5w93xOCFVadgFzdkiPM9npwU9IutZqvw77G5BITctIq-r_Fc-A/s320/IMG_5000.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAy7DeF3qbMDCEAdZn82QMTm1Xh5blFtUv3hEh5vkVYsEcyuNq4sD1RkAmDU5eHiGqI_GOHXGkvRGaeTaDpOknKSyQoGCLQLbVtGFDHBwcX2Dy9WqCtAyLvb4cngGtQgXwEu0BEdKdTcZ17IIcPIF83i-Sc483UNzgdACqrKRLpQlnBa9k4NpCe2BIUA/s1298/IMG_5014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="1298" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAy7DeF3qbMDCEAdZn82QMTm1Xh5blFtUv3hEh5vkVYsEcyuNq4sD1RkAmDU5eHiGqI_GOHXGkvRGaeTaDpOknKSyQoGCLQLbVtGFDHBwcX2Dy9WqCtAyLvb4cngGtQgXwEu0BEdKdTcZ17IIcPIF83i-Sc483UNzgdACqrKRLpQlnBa9k4NpCe2BIUA/s320/IMG_5014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgkMzvWoFBMUg2dR2Q32cSurc8RW8sauj4CvIeJBuKWcZDTZywbwMX-IbQTG3nsu9b4S0UHRImqAnXjNiR7otptBhcWrgh8QNLATlmevLuJqshC8Kk2ptiO6N8aM0HLrU2wpU54By5tRsqT6dP8NJmXuhmrjNiiodJ2JVe2yCnZASIRGC9MTJov04VA/s832/IMG_5306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="832" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgkMzvWoFBMUg2dR2Q32cSurc8RW8sauj4CvIeJBuKWcZDTZywbwMX-IbQTG3nsu9b4S0UHRImqAnXjNiR7otptBhcWrgh8QNLATlmevLuJqshC8Kk2ptiO6N8aM0HLrU2wpU54By5tRsqT6dP8NJmXuhmrjNiiodJ2JVe2yCnZASIRGC9MTJov04VA/s320/IMG_5306.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuw3gAC84TJesOuyBHCVLRh2UfNRq1VlkXD-Yl_jtbwK2n8922VcVG0cgGc2RD_H5TFvby4vaGQSOAYwvZwTUcgqizo5amGSF6QhsJThasBNqXA3-HJDNBLGHLThfmTto_AlYTPnGG1tpn9jdVUghunw9uRVyjPo3HerV42q1o1-8gVb9qSH6MmwurnA/s673/IMG_5320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuw3gAC84TJesOuyBHCVLRh2UfNRq1VlkXD-Yl_jtbwK2n8922VcVG0cgGc2RD_H5TFvby4vaGQSOAYwvZwTUcgqizo5amGSF6QhsJThasBNqXA3-HJDNBLGHLThfmTto_AlYTPnGG1tpn9jdVUghunw9uRVyjPo3HerV42q1o1-8gVb9qSH6MmwurnA/s320/IMG_5320.JPG" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Away from the hobby, I want to get my bike MOT'd and start working on the project bike again. I have a little time each week, where I can have "tinkering time", it's just a case of fitting chores, hobby and volunteering around it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am still volunteering at the Air Ambulance shop for three mornings a week and am still getting therapy once a week... but there should be time in amongst everything to dig out my spanners.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So much to do, so little time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway... happy new year to you all and I hope this year works well for you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the firework display!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-33431677478472196152022-12-10T08:12:00.000+00:002022-12-10T08:12:22.601+00:00Not quite Christmas...<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>It's been a while so I thought I'd post a few little updates with regards to what is going on.</p><p>First, I'm back to working three mornings a week in the Air Ambulance shop and that has really helped me to land. I can safely say that I can't remember the last time I have felt so happy in my skin. I'm off to a Christmas lunch with my fellow volunteers a bit later today so that will be fun.</p><p>Storm has really grown. He's about four kilograms and isn't even seven months old yet! He's off to get neutered tomorrow and hopefully, that will rid him of his overtly sordid behaviour. He's awesome.</p><p>I have been sculpting and even painting a few miniatures, since I last posted so here's a bit of a catch-up.</p><p>First of all, the last group of miniatures that I showed on here, have been sent away, cast up and a bunch of casts were received:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiglQhBDI-nrCQyvJj0jtaeBOiCYc1uYYuQyqE7nBEFpPuhAYO0ZoCXGXPaiBEMhqxpUc25PTcIAb-6CBJOHF8SaEp1DZIznjGEk042vpI2H8x1GwUgOgKOgqHFgPFQ_c0SebWgTAdIzo7BDdRPiHzh7I7LSC0SFl_yfqRXpxfarMKsz6XuIYA4SM_wQ/s791/IMG_5256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="791" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiglQhBDI-nrCQyvJj0jtaeBOiCYc1uYYuQyqE7nBEFpPuhAYO0ZoCXGXPaiBEMhqxpUc25PTcIAb-6CBJOHF8SaEp1DZIznjGEk042vpI2H8x1GwUgOgKOgqHFgPFQ_c0SebWgTAdIzo7BDdRPiHzh7I7LSC0SFl_yfqRXpxfarMKsz6XuIYA4SM_wQ/s320/IMG_5256.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got sent four sets of each and am awaiting a further set to be cast up and sent to me. From these I was really keen to paint up a DJ for my friend who is a DJ called Bobby Bounce:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkT5qF6LTxBgvi0ds_rrszNEuemD39qKJf_KPtj4t4hfGznf-HQ97igpSVlJthyMdy1fh7-ZV5Lo6EWHYTLL_OUhDv8pt0sxlT4m3kXAWVlUcHo-FZQhoMSUzsoFeCU3iBQbA1N7M8lgsjwXkR_YTP2GfOuFk8hgs7H2mmY2oLA61ldE-VtP6kdP7eQ/s1261/IMG_5269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1261" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkT5qF6LTxBgvi0ds_rrszNEuemD39qKJf_KPtj4t4hfGznf-HQ97igpSVlJthyMdy1fh7-ZV5Lo6EWHYTLL_OUhDv8pt0sxlT4m3kXAWVlUcHo-FZQhoMSUzsoFeCU3iBQbA1N7M8lgsjwXkR_YTP2GfOuFk8hgs7H2mmY2oLA61ldE-VtP6kdP7eQ/s320/IMG_5269.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not only is he a DJ but he is also an avid football supporter so his sculpt got a bit of a themed paint job. He has received it and is very happy with the results.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For myself, I have painted up a Beer Seer and a Wine Witch to join my Squat army:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlWVnNEtW_x43r-4WVxkbS8g0hCFmZXu4B2bhgBXNbpLSPUWp6TyeHToOIQG-eQ9L9zNiUUUqmnXquJFwHH-l8tdsbMmuUc1mBIJ1i1s3N8TWFlBwk5FHIipojC8dRUuiEp3voh8IRrixes701JXjaREZgdnFo7vskMuFAKiAJkNE8mU3tRQt9jFA7g/s1006/IMG_5288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlWVnNEtW_x43r-4WVxkbS8g0hCFmZXu4B2bhgBXNbpLSPUWp6TyeHToOIQG-eQ9L9zNiUUUqmnXquJFwHH-l8tdsbMmuUc1mBIJ1i1s3N8TWFlBwk5FHIipojC8dRUuiEp3voh8IRrixes701JXjaREZgdnFo7vskMuFAKiAJkNE8mU3tRQt9jFA7g/s320/IMG_5288.JPG" width="293" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTNiRAqvZ7Rrf3BWDGFnApdHPh8pWFVZ50-9ecxRn0nAgHxIenie2RXCKqbRzLSH0txwbL8U3cZW4KWBO2pMvRpNEaoSohahIrOylugww2bpvS3r7xqEHvVDlJxoxTlTiiDlyKqKVxI2R7RipJ8b3SMaXgGj-JefpQ2vdmFs7X5pecrp6o7Ij6GUgWg/s832/IMG_5306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTNiRAqvZ7Rrf3BWDGFnApdHPh8pWFVZ50-9ecxRn0nAgHxIenie2RXCKqbRzLSH0txwbL8U3cZW4KWBO2pMvRpNEaoSohahIrOylugww2bpvS3r7xqEHvVDlJxoxTlTiiDlyKqKVxI2R7RipJ8b3SMaXgGj-JefpQ2vdmFs7X5pecrp6o7Ij6GUgWg/s832/IMG_5306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDiAw5kTKU1AKrAW8Mof6l5Dfl9CklxsXY_qmCGDDDClLgmt8nvT3RCzR99Uz8_ExPaD2kNARjQ8F-mfEYB0HNUETI_opkOyJX6Me2LcKDkaWONYUmpq67grq_4_fZHVEn3kh4bk9pWxwJJkAgdFMxdnfTjoVbrhDfdLAwmH5-LotyhFq4ZywK1w5BA/s1077/IMG_5307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="911" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDiAw5kTKU1AKrAW8Mof6l5Dfl9CklxsXY_qmCGDDDClLgmt8nvT3RCzR99Uz8_ExPaD2kNARjQ8F-mfEYB0HNUETI_opkOyJX6Me2LcKDkaWONYUmpq67grq_4_fZHVEn3kh4bk9pWxwJJkAgdFMxdnfTjoVbrhDfdLAwmH5-LotyhFq4ZywK1w5BA/s320/IMG_5307.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="832" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTNiRAqvZ7Rrf3BWDGFnApdHPh8pWFVZ50-9ecxRn0nAgHxIenie2RXCKqbRzLSH0txwbL8U3cZW4KWBO2pMvRpNEaoSohahIrOylugww2bpvS3r7xqEHvVDlJxoxTlTiiDlyKqKVxI2R7RipJ8b3SMaXgGj-JefpQ2vdmFs7X5pecrp6o7Ij6GUgWg/s320/IMG_5306.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They have both been sent to the box-file to join their allies while I have started to paint a version of the DJ to join them as well. I haven't got very far with it so there are no pix at this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I have been sculpting (as previously mentioned)... both for myself and also for friends. First of all, I sculpted "Cousin IT" for a Frothers Unite table at next year's Salute:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VXsKPZxVTg13wyvbDGx_XCLogya8efoBYyOUvdmt5F9JejsvJ1L-1-U7EmmfaqYMyBqFQN4TgW9tWIEMtxVrBOIyH3YDgkHKKCq5zzQANb7w51il3YY-ypKJrsDY5yeCmVqZvB2Vhoc1DQ52u9a7ohrInAlFV9nSnE4EZ25uIvub5BtKzz0e_DGK-w/s631/Cousin%20It.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="631" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VXsKPZxVTg13wyvbDGx_XCLogya8efoBYyOUvdmt5F9JejsvJ1L-1-U7EmmfaqYMyBqFQN4TgW9tWIEMtxVrBOIyH3YDgkHKKCq5zzQANb7w51il3YY-ypKJrsDY5yeCmVqZvB2Vhoc1DQ52u9a7ohrInAlFV9nSnE4EZ25uIvub5BtKzz0e_DGK-w/s320/Cousin%20It.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, there was a bit of a mix up and two people needed a Paddington for tables at Salute 2023. However, I wasn't aware that they were both asking for the same table... so I ended up sculpting two (in different styles), when only one was needed:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicV8JGX6MoKIqt-JknbSVU_kgJBV7TlOzHVvVlY_kwwGenNcDzgYWe7a4SNLZGoEU2A78gpB9xyeqzk2oQrVG_I-3sWNk0lUl5Ng5cbEWg7Iah1YpMN1wgMjPsJhmNEdddZoWdZRyhfe2Z3W-Z8QNTpISSe5BXuLQMfLEeYleRQ1WHOSWYQNkzFEV94g/s703/Paddington%20Classic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="618" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicV8JGX6MoKIqt-JknbSVU_kgJBV7TlOzHVvVlY_kwwGenNcDzgYWe7a4SNLZGoEU2A78gpB9xyeqzk2oQrVG_I-3sWNk0lUl5Ng5cbEWg7Iah1YpMN1wgMjPsJhmNEdddZoWdZRyhfe2Z3W-Z8QNTpISSe5BXuLQMfLEeYleRQ1WHOSWYQNkzFEV94g/s320/Paddington%20Classic.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuoDa4l_xIM6rP98ebZ4B_bTasD5mehmf35aMULpypWmrPrpjImnHCha9AFCkLaxdjV5jOTVhtH8Sz2czzkns-6lTygDXaAFm2NcPc4Muw7vQ2X99cPrRlyjqMfGCZ-oZFct6M1ZqKVN1glrnOgv284i66frIE_hj0Wy3jTx_unMnvQTWy12QsXzh7g/s840/Paddington%20Movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuoDa4l_xIM6rP98ebZ4B_bTasD5mehmf35aMULpypWmrPrpjImnHCha9AFCkLaxdjV5jOTVhtH8Sz2czzkns-6lTygDXaAFm2NcPc4Muw7vQ2X99cPrRlyjqMfGCZ-oZFct6M1ZqKVN1glrnOgv284i66frIE_hj0Wy3jTx_unMnvQTWy12QsXzh7g/s320/Paddington%20Movie.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsJw_j91T9x7VxKWXsZOHZnwssCxtkMEoFRfURAwFcXe88NowOSjX9XJn722U-7rHs6yqUsLd6vY3lZbp9c6snr50ecxtEEeEyI76x1Pn6gHmZ9EGVDeIEk1znPsWvfj-2dQk7ZblRZC5DTW-3f8SPnfEAzHHhGM4bZI98T4Ylk8HMxMQeORyXl3EmA/s858/A5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="858" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsJw_j91T9x7VxKWXsZOHZnwssCxtkMEoFRfURAwFcXe88NowOSjX9XJn722U-7rHs6yqUsLd6vY3lZbp9c6snr50ecxtEEeEyI76x1Pn6gHmZ9EGVDeIEk1znPsWvfj-2dQk7ZblRZC5DTW-3f8SPnfEAzHHhGM4bZI98T4Ylk8HMxMQeORyXl3EmA/s320/A5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That meant that I had a spare. Luckily, an Australian friend had expressed a wish to have a Paddington on his massive train layout... so the spare was sent off to Australia. I am looking forward to see how these turn out, once they are all painted up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, a bit of sculpting for me and the Dwarf Project... an Engineseer:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1WYynOL7oeTF_mfDZlyu-rpfrZLHD77A_4lGtJC6Ll7I4szd-b4PMMyPxiNbZarUN32Bf5VFVDUCGpNBwf-Rt3Kx0Hh_GMUngeHGBJlv0Qnq52THNjJH2yv27T2ycZqMUBZ3gqZpuzT5SyQoCvxifTdFvgWqf9HnI6MIkHKaA5qukwbY3xdc9wAm8A/s811/IMG_5204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="811" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1WYynOL7oeTF_mfDZlyu-rpfrZLHD77A_4lGtJC6Ll7I4szd-b4PMMyPxiNbZarUN32Bf5VFVDUCGpNBwf-Rt3Kx0Hh_GMUngeHGBJlv0Qnq52THNjJH2yv27T2ycZqMUBZ3gqZpuzT5SyQoCvxifTdFvgWqf9HnI6MIkHKaA5qukwbY3xdc9wAm8A/s320/IMG_5204.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one will be joined by a pair of Servitor robots; one will have a servo arm and the other will be a heavy weapon variant. These are still WIP but will see some work, once I have finished painting things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also decided to sculpt a Squat version of Thor. I decided to mix a bit of Marvel styling with classic, Norse mythology and ended up with this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSY6BZzVxid1HrZVkmUKpa3ZlsRfS8us1iQdfGuiO9yQYJ2Hn_QLp9lwomsTN__p--S6nql5dtA1et2VtDR_aZEanclFfrbXiO0I2taf7bEQKzFb8Sl-OmTzdE0ptF7iAnlaWM79_3LwfAMFg8QofEkDDZSez23SbpBptqzRBzxi9qLVhBd6Frt4EUgQ/s1024/IMG_5191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1024" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSY6BZzVxid1HrZVkmUKpa3ZlsRfS8us1iQdfGuiO9yQYJ2Hn_QLp9lwomsTN__p--S6nql5dtA1et2VtDR_aZEanclFfrbXiO0I2taf7bEQKzFb8Sl-OmTzdE0ptF7iAnlaWM79_3LwfAMFg8QofEkDDZSez23SbpBptqzRBzxi9qLVhBd6Frt4EUgQ/s320/IMG_5191.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think he looks suitably godly...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Things on the table... I am painting a DJ for myself, then will continue with sculpting. I have a pair of servitors and a pair of advisors for the Dwarf Project, a pair of laughing Buddhas and a diver as commissions for friends and a further commission for the Politicos range (which needs to be finished!!!!)... so I have lots to keep me busy in the run up to Christmas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I reckon that's about it for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the snow covered lane!</div></div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-4233142498423823402022-09-12T10:38:00.000+01:002022-09-12T10:38:16.754+01:00The experience of glorious failures.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>This post is to show everyone that, in order to get further with anything, you have to fail... sometimes, a lot. With this in mind, I thought that I would dig out a couple of my "unfinished work" boxes. These are but two of a number of other boxes of unfinished sculpts, that were close to hand and didn't involve me rooting through the loft.</p><p>So without further ado, lets have a wee look, shall we?</p><p>I'll start small... and by that, I mean my only foray into the dark realm of 15mm sculpting. Me, being me, decided that I'd go for broke and attempt some space Dwarfs:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-uplwGIrR47Gy08N_5OwGPwYzReP29WrK7QAvTrpToRhzksT-7CkJL3reXHmTvHXD9_tpja2Hx0owZgEwCVPCpMkl2Lkvu4idZHcgu0mrDFMryZ-eL3HttuLsF0F-LtceLWTkD44afn0qd3I339Rv20NfU3IyrPGeOcfZa6jArKv5k8l6-WZmaLO1g/s1041/IMG_5147.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1041" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-uplwGIrR47Gy08N_5OwGPwYzReP29WrK7QAvTrpToRhzksT-7CkJL3reXHmTvHXD9_tpja2Hx0owZgEwCVPCpMkl2Lkvu4idZHcgu0mrDFMryZ-eL3HttuLsF0F-LtceLWTkD44afn0qd3I339Rv20NfU3IyrPGeOcfZa6jArKv5k8l6-WZmaLO1g/s320/IMG_5147.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are on standard wine corks and each of them measure about 11mm to the top of the head. The one at top left, is the only one I finished but I struggled with casting weapons so they died a death. I think that I did OK with them... for a first attempt. I have not been back to 15mm sculpting since.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Staying on a theme, these next ones were destined to be a range of body-armoured space Dwarfs. I finished a male and female body blank and started another couple but didn't get any further:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyEjKfFRf5wSTON29M0Dlxdg5HO5WWxvjx01HUMgVm0Q1bubvhgV63O3Sz9MWNHtXrJkXjuyC4n0tboktCvvXBo0-Xh5LFm7VUTvXDLiTQ8-0ZMOILxXZ6Ey8SttIQayW_-XVyg9ESC078Jtf3TBaGeZhIZU0s32j5sTUuE-rKJYB-fCftq1o9FRHOA/s1127/IMG_5146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="1127" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyEjKfFRf5wSTON29M0Dlxdg5HO5WWxvjx01HUMgVm0Q1bubvhgV63O3Sz9MWNHtXrJkXjuyC4n0tboktCvvXBo0-Xh5LFm7VUTvXDLiTQ8-0ZMOILxXZ6Ey8SttIQayW_-XVyg9ESC078Jtf3TBaGeZhIZU0s32j5sTUuE-rKJYB-fCftq1o9FRHOA/s320/IMG_5146.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was happy with the detail but I think I got side-tracked by another project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next photo is one of a range of sculpts:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3eL_cjh4TlEktb8r3r5h2YlHcu8iG6ji0PrWfbldqP3hLqrxrN9Yy1StMOvcjgHmUHtTstP5LeLEtWqW8ydoegN1yzilT-B0fuxrnASu5jn0v6QoiCmKPoO0-f0bnGsDj1D2nmr3NkpV7Z8imuhQsI7MWFl6R8LVr3xuebH7cZEnOgblvOSn_5-syQ/s1078/IMG_5152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1078" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3eL_cjh4TlEktb8r3r5h2YlHcu8iG6ji0PrWfbldqP3hLqrxrN9Yy1StMOvcjgHmUHtTstP5LeLEtWqW8ydoegN1yzilT-B0fuxrnASu5jn0v6QoiCmKPoO0-f0bnGsDj1D2nmr3NkpV7Z8imuhQsI7MWFl6R8LVr3xuebH7cZEnOgblvOSn_5-syQ/s320/IMG_5152.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From top left is a Ninja caricature (still WIP but sidelined), a caricature for a friend, and a fantasy character called a "grinning Groper"... on the lower row, from the left, we have an Ogryn sniper and a host of unfinished space Dwarfs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This next photo is of various creatures:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-JhW11Uk-fcGVYCb_1s3DCjUN6F1JEUjSuBWtIlP3JFY0jgBOG_IFrtJQkt9VbYRT3WsnkaZ84JWwTqh-1fu6AjS1MqFGqFO2dQnt89EmoTTlMXb9zvM41422gfv5IrCIb4s_d2L-ym0QXF91095vfAKyMXDH0neyihEqN9u1O716yLo7BFRpKNu_g/s1098/IMG_5149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1098" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-JhW11Uk-fcGVYCb_1s3DCjUN6F1JEUjSuBWtIlP3JFY0jgBOG_IFrtJQkt9VbYRT3WsnkaZ84JWwTqh-1fu6AjS1MqFGqFO2dQnt89EmoTTlMXb9zvM41422gfv5IrCIb4s_d2L-ym0QXF91095vfAKyMXDH0neyihEqN9u1O716yLo7BFRpKNu_g/s320/IMG_5149.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The three in a line, on the left are Mushroom men "bombers". Top middle is a "Knob-headed Shambler" (for a competition that got cancelled) and top right, is a space Lizard. Below is a tentacle creature and a Dragon mount. A bit of a strange collection of sculpts but if I sculpted the same thing all the time, it would get very boring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next we have some failed commissions. I really tried to finish these but my heart wasn't in it and it caused me to go off sculpting for the best part of six months. I was open about the troubles I had and no money changed hands. That is the reason I always tell potential clients how unreliable I am and never expect money up front for any commissions:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6rFNo4SFO7EBBpxBxPioF2tKDjFMFFYDD9pYjfw5EztDIJb9DmEnsCPUX9lCU3ISmp3pA_4rn_K41dBBUnXGa3BwiVJveU1gijQxqX-fnjotCTe2SyPabXPPUJQ-Q9tL4CHNgMpD5Z6CQd2aSJA7ZZIdlLZD_OOiDBytJ9IKn0ieRJFTzwuartIfvw/s1077/IMG_5148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="1077" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6rFNo4SFO7EBBpxBxPioF2tKDjFMFFYDD9pYjfw5EztDIJb9DmEnsCPUX9lCU3ISmp3pA_4rn_K41dBBUnXGa3BwiVJveU1gijQxqX-fnjotCTe2SyPabXPPUJQ-Q9tL4CHNgMpD5Z6CQd2aSJA7ZZIdlLZD_OOiDBytJ9IKn0ieRJFTzwuartIfvw/s320/IMG_5148.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, we have a photo of a selection of sci-fi sculpts:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOzW3P7wjiJrVhWZlji8ltXyjTNW7L12wwmbzLnPHlkNrRWhLQxOqEdpLwtWkj-Hh-mDsLbL2pvZKw33ezT7AyHuGt2MMkFFHwXmJNHiJg6AK50QB51Q5Co7Mz1xkWU0ovrJ_ELP4EjiSVfJJC5oum5I2gli4Y5UMV1AGcb91PI3B6CAyAWjosg7fCA/s1125/IMG_5151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1125" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOzW3P7wjiJrVhWZlji8ltXyjTNW7L12wwmbzLnPHlkNrRWhLQxOqEdpLwtWkj-Hh-mDsLbL2pvZKw33ezT7AyHuGt2MMkFFHwXmJNHiJg6AK50QB51Q5Co7Mz1xkWU0ovrJ_ELP4EjiSVfJJC5oum5I2gli4Y5UMV1AGcb91PI3B6CAyAWjosg7fCA/s320/IMG_5151.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a mix of aliens, robots, female space Ogryn and a superhero. I reckon you should be able to work out which is which.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I mentioned before, this is a small selection of some of my failed attempts at finishing what I started. I don't look at them as failures at all because every time you sculpt, you gain valuable experience that you can carry on through to the next sculpts. Some (most) of these will remain as they are... a reminder that I don't get it right every time... but some will be dug out and reworked in the future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The main reason I decided to share this post is to highlight that sculpting isn't always "cut and dry" and sometimes you get to a point where you can't face sculpting at all. Sometimes, stopping what you are working on and sculpting something different, will help you "get back in the saddle" again. Other times you can't face sculpting and the things you were working on are retired to the "unfinished work" boxes... but that isn't always a bad thing. We all have to learn and we all need to makes mistakes and gain experience, in order to get to the next level.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Life is hard, sometimes... and simple things can be a big struggle. Be kind to yourself and try to view mistakes as a learning experience with an opportunity to do better, next time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... all that said... I WON'T be posting my vehicle scratch-building failures... it would take me a week to get everything listed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's all for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the road less travelled.</div><p></p>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-45597072102162825092022-09-08T20:19:00.004+01:002022-09-08T20:19:48.785+01:00With sadness and grief.<p> Today, I have nothing to say other than this...</p><p>Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, has passed away. The very best of onward travels to you, Ma'am.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcvs6b-KDMIDmEypntTecXQRhKHS0fOumpDU4jscXvFsATSxqR-OAqEiIPPlaJplfKgEH2nwkK1LB81lfxbqnKfLJenN9LkrUfGJIxLuBhLCSDDSDxhFKWRqaoqHP4CLlZ1YvTgI7KM5g7-_nkXV4xzbVRmmDE-C5xq0Ol3AsDCfaM8wnyUYhtXzHxw/s640/Her%20Majesty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="523" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcvs6b-KDMIDmEypntTecXQRhKHS0fOumpDU4jscXvFsATSxqR-OAqEiIPPlaJplfKgEH2nwkK1LB81lfxbqnKfLJenN9LkrUfGJIxLuBhLCSDDSDxhFKWRqaoqHP4CLlZ1YvTgI7KM5g7-_nkXV4xzbVRmmDE-C5xq0Ol3AsDCfaM8wnyUYhtXzHxw/s320/Her%20Majesty.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was an honour and privilege to serve you and today has filled me with sadness and despair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Queen is dead... long live the King.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you through the rain... </div><br /><p><br /></p>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-80086786936079606002022-08-29T14:52:00.002+01:002022-08-29T18:01:20.740+01:00The random world of sculpting.<p> Hello again and welcome to Inso's World.</p><p>Today is all about remembering some of the random conversions and sculpts that I have either completed as commissions or have created and then sold/passed them on.</p><p>Let's start with a few gizzits. Gizzits are leaving gifts for people who are moving away from the section/squadron. Unfortunately, I don't have images of all of them but here are a few:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP5jeUjac24_6RiUQOFZ7AuzO0MfWAiqjgoCOkHuUYC6PaFY8RNBB4JqStzU_7wPghovLVr1ZGjgDKYEoh8wDUqJPk49P-h1ikQtINQna_FS7GW6_VPJ3gM5g6anmO-3G51Z6o0RZ4vnlaCis5eiMyLl0kBvyQJXpwkK46heJXazXofn71pDIl_wtGw/s426/CyclistWIP3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP5jeUjac24_6RiUQOFZ7AuzO0MfWAiqjgoCOkHuUYC6PaFY8RNBB4JqStzU_7wPghovLVr1ZGjgDKYEoh8wDUqJPk49P-h1ikQtINQna_FS7GW6_VPJ3gM5g6anmO-3G51Z6o0RZ4vnlaCis5eiMyLl0kBvyQJXpwkK46heJXazXofn71pDIl_wtGw/s320/CyclistWIP3.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXCZZ_Ma_I3m5OwpBctYHAkeySwHtoRUpUnaBfPKWmXxaK5ZDvhCh-T_mOj4JMCiE2DdT4JivDMIZDF2W-7jgMtYhg52exrAFG6nCrdQMy0uVA1SdY_PKMohvJLmPwdxCinOOm4YqgaLjyUrZYcs-QmbwENy0zJuuYUlqTy1N4f7rwQUG3I76eAX46g/s887/WIPmisc16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="782" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXCZZ_Ma_I3m5OwpBctYHAkeySwHtoRUpUnaBfPKWmXxaK5ZDvhCh-T_mOj4JMCiE2DdT4JivDMIZDF2W-7jgMtYhg52exrAFG6nCrdQMy0uVA1SdY_PKMohvJLmPwdxCinOOm4YqgaLjyUrZYcs-QmbwENy0zJuuYUlqTy1N4f7rwQUG3I76eAX46g/s320/WIPmisc16.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJeRaX6k1POsxB0wPXJr4i11qzGZtdNlzvURoMx1auLG9s0NB5npueOFV3pXgSDJ0rEMXFdSfa034Uc8xzQW3CRyNWzfCxYtinxQ92m8Z0yipps8OdsBY5aQbrr8nQ5ztclodA6GjIu9dzhZrE1dPPuAuZNSteMQeIcZmFFq65xYFYzjkV0EqlbzXaw/s661/Carrie's%20Pengy2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="661" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJeRaX6k1POsxB0wPXJr4i11qzGZtdNlzvURoMx1auLG9s0NB5npueOFV3pXgSDJ0rEMXFdSfa034Uc8xzQW3CRyNWzfCxYtinxQ92m8Z0yipps8OdsBY5aQbrr8nQ5ztclodA6GjIu9dzhZrE1dPPuAuZNSteMQeIcZmFFq65xYFYzjkV0EqlbzXaw/s320/Carrie's%20Pengy2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP-T8Vhh5LtAkh8VKlvb125cE_w8Vd9iDptBkT8B9OxlfDCGLkfVEZTxmrjciQU9Zhd3tJkQT12fxA2dnZJUzBgk5BZR89uZPmaDuresZt6WqqDFydgL4ImnUlwINxDdnhMmGNdL_nyLs3_DTsMBxdGYfXzCByZejrT4OYxeU5ndJxsc3QKKx4Wv2Gw/s1215/Jeffer's%20Pengy7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1215" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP-T8Vhh5LtAkh8VKlvb125cE_w8Vd9iDptBkT8B9OxlfDCGLkfVEZTxmrjciQU9Zhd3tJkQT12fxA2dnZJUzBgk5BZR89uZPmaDuresZt6WqqDFydgL4ImnUlwINxDdnhMmGNdL_nyLs3_DTsMBxdGYfXzCByZejrT4OYxeU5ndJxsc3QKKx4Wv2Gw/s320/Jeffer's%20Pengy7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The top one was an old boss of mine, the one below it was a friend of mine and the bottom two are "pengies" sculpted for a couple of friends who were due to return home, from the Flaklands. I have sculpted others but like I said, I don't have images of them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next up, we'll have some conversions that I have done for people:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUcS6p6Q7LXxNqznbIwvZiVb5nGeKRo7GDEmNl3NZASRL43hYGzWu_ydYdDEzN-PpEYHbHfmyN2vXlLhCVOW28MfeDfbmUKAR5rh-C5qkApeT3o7UddF3v9P9kmtrii7vcdc9ntojOXNIMNrKgtcBdTttTU7iw_-wvctyiOcZZ0KOYLDwO_6J0mXi2g/s485/FDG1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="281" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUcS6p6Q7LXxNqznbIwvZiVb5nGeKRo7GDEmNl3NZASRL43hYGzWu_ydYdDEzN-PpEYHbHfmyN2vXlLhCVOW28MfeDfbmUKAR5rh-C5qkApeT3o7UddF3v9P9kmtrii7vcdc9ntojOXNIMNrKgtcBdTttTU7iw_-wvctyiOcZZ0KOYLDwO_6J0mXi2g/s320/FDG1.JPG" width="185" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">From the top, we have a converted GW Giant, a "true-scale" chaos space marine lord, a converted Squat piper, a converted squad of Squats and a set of shields I converted for a charity drive. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we'll have a few random commissions and sculpts that were finished and then sold/given away:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1_LaIfhQ7E6s0B0hh5cE3O_TCi5v9HOun3Eb3yWYejcXeES4tCZBQcXjaTVQO8v5HYu8EU_87P8IVTXPtvl1jqS6eX4WSkj5IPSzOX0ihLJpC6uJR6l5pZEOEx4qT4kTPXK3EwQWcJTH0l8pbjZQJfF2eO1v-jcU-dBZwNTDlzeL5J2PdLfpOx7slQ/s421/3eyedHG3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="421" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1_LaIfhQ7E6s0B0hh5cE3O_TCi5v9HOun3Eb3yWYejcXeES4tCZBQcXjaTVQO8v5HYu8EU_87P8IVTXPtvl1jqS6eX4WSkj5IPSzOX0ihLJpC6uJR6l5pZEOEx4qT4kTPXK3EwQWcJTH0l8pbjZQJfF2eO1v-jcU-dBZwNTDlzeL5J2PdLfpOx7slQ/s320/3eyedHG3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9BXAkIdTdKnRJ1okW_Rv0DDQEQKiH4ScQAYvM63Ca5-lG2vJMIDh_ULQkN54I0GGiKW3q4TQTGsklg2CBV7fQNoYBLgqiWQun0Uf0Js6NE7B4viAsQ7Nd09S5pIeIjkqTADGkq69EGkQWYAjvFOiJ2cMzFZmFSJi0vF18p5lXHuZsOSy3aXT9nhQKg/s453/Diver4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9BXAkIdTdKnRJ1okW_Rv0DDQEQKiH4ScQAYvM63Ca5-lG2vJMIDh_ULQkN54I0GGiKW3q4TQTGsklg2CBV7fQNoYBLgqiWQun0Uf0Js6NE7B4viAsQ7Nd09S5pIeIjkqTADGkq69EGkQWYAjvFOiJ2cMzFZmFSJi0vF18p5lXHuZsOSy3aXT9nhQKg/s320/Diver4.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This batch starts out with a "three-eyed, mustachioed, hairy-groper" that was originally sculpted for a competition but got sold on, when the competition ended. Next is a sculpt that attended "Salute 2022" as part of a participation game. Next is a converted Genestealer assassin... make of that, what you will. The Cowboy was sculpted for one of the game designers of the video game that the character is part of. I am sure many of you will know the game. Finally, I have a Dwarf deep-sea, diver. This was a charity sculpt that was sculpted on a whim and raised money for the British Legion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There have been others... many others... some tiny conversions and others major conversions and full sculpts but I thought I'd share a few of the more diverse sculpts and conversions to essentially reinforce that "I don't just sculpt space dwarfs".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the great things about sculpting for other people is that you get to see what they make of them... here are a couple of examples:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYE8JanWYGAJfhkXxXiMywhzMqWrcvhFPHRlbejon4OpIS2AoamO9yopGlq-hMK3VErNQ1Ye-jCXZExzwGgPOisCm9egQTdvc6pxWH0lQwHHGR3-iyh7wdv0y44aXsqQ7SIAqnKFGqD-iSr_YZPtTvCDr-2u9vVDpyIAtiZ3vRpPHoOANLfXvQLWbsFA/s400/CowboySide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYE8JanWYGAJfhkXxXiMywhzMqWrcvhFPHRlbejon4OpIS2AoamO9yopGlq-hMK3VErNQ1Ye-jCXZExzwGgPOisCm9egQTdvc6pxWH0lQwHHGR3-iyh7wdv0y44aXsqQ7SIAqnKFGqD-iSr_YZPtTvCDr-2u9vVDpyIAtiZ3vRpPHoOANLfXvQLWbsFA/s320/CowboySide.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vYItl_zcR-ejR1bVO3jmM_r_Gcy2jfUNb5vKFcDGiEDeHm-FL8TA_DaaD9gzvrvGLReBZcdNsgQ6oXsOUJDD0Ai-Vih-baFfjyaaTK3ipMtWAiheFCgg3_UP1pG24f5kYTvr1r5nPLXEmEzkuNg6czdOMalD1X0LmNokEAhWzeMpfaWIRjcrcZP6dw/s960/Piper%20Paint2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="960" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vYItl_zcR-ejR1bVO3jmM_r_Gcy2jfUNb5vKFcDGiEDeHm-FL8TA_DaaD9gzvrvGLReBZcdNsgQ6oXsOUJDD0Ai-Vih-baFfjyaaTK3ipMtWAiheFCgg3_UP1pG24f5kYTvr1r5nPLXEmEzkuNg6czdOMalD1X0LmNokEAhWzeMpfaWIRjcrcZP6dw/s320/Piper%20Paint2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pretty awesome, eh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the desk!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-51441527192510456652022-08-21T15:44:00.001+01:002022-08-22T21:57:41.206+01:00Where in the world, are my miniatures!?<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>This post is purely one to catalogue where some of my work has ended up and in what format it has been used.</p><p>We'll start with my Halfling Snipers:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHaomaBIAqhSAwwZCMGaRlz5qktBOQyGAoPlP8OLPfBIqKV1LCcg6_IvtLIKTtEksf9h_49_ic2O9YIP4RCAZviu03ZwreZtfe4skSUXcfaFU_VLW0gj2U0HPGM-lh93YvVnxnH3PN0Ldlmn2pQFQEFx_5qdKp_C7rZy53i-GIiEd-K0uKzfyjkL27w/s634/RatSnip19.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="634" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHaomaBIAqhSAwwZCMGaRlz5qktBOQyGAoPlP8OLPfBIqKV1LCcg6_IvtLIKTtEksf9h_49_ic2O9YIP4RCAZviu03ZwreZtfe4skSUXcfaFU_VLW0gj2U0HPGM-lh93YvVnxnH3PN0Ldlmn2pQFQEFx_5qdKp_C7rZy53i-GIiEd-K0uKzfyjkL27w/s320/RatSnip19.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Initially, I got these cast up, in resin, and sold a lot myself. This was quite a challenge for me what with packaging, posting, advertising etc... and I ended up with quite a lot that were unsold. As a result I decided to sell to a reputable miniatures company, CP Models and they can now be found here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cpmodels.co.uk/shop/ru13-halfling-snipers-full-gillie-suits/" target="_blank">Link to Halfling Snipers</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next we have the tale of the five Space Dwarf bodies. I sculpted five bodies, posted them off and they got lost in the mail... so I kindly re-sculpted them for no extra charge. Here are the bodies:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-imp_gXq0fE1Sj_XcIJa3EwYdhwckzY-3fvaXa_O96bABL1CKqbN4vgkAGTuHazUfwoSyKwWV-vT0ZskT4M50FUuCU77gEKfitn2mR34jq3nR3-ntgfS_q9PLmb4Vn1Knco8FOlfcQZwDg40_rz9gvitPKyh5NfwaYVYh9xxwyvy-9feX6iWXK5qFQ/s816/SquatBody24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="816" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-imp_gXq0fE1Sj_XcIJa3EwYdhwckzY-3fvaXa_O96bABL1CKqbN4vgkAGTuHazUfwoSyKwWV-vT0ZskT4M50FUuCU77gEKfitn2mR34jq3nR3-ntgfS_q9PLmb4Vn1Knco8FOlfcQZwDg40_rz9gvitPKyh5NfwaYVYh9xxwyvy-9feX6iWXK5qFQ/s320/SquatBody24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These were originally sold to someone who then sold them on, to an Australian miniatures company called Wereweevil Miniatures. He has used the bodies to create his range of Space Dwarfs and they can be found here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.wereweevilminiatures.com/product-page/swarf-brother-squad-5-models" target="_blank">Link To Space Dwarves</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now let's talk about "Leets". I'd never heard of them but someone asked me to sculpt them and provided pix so this is what I came up with:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5paDvJ-jyvSwvXedUYovP9gPn1QLS-jZlZ78gyGxfednqWBfY9a7x_Bo4C5lCHTCsjtudt2P59OqQ9zDLdAaRRSTN14cHwYY9SEEa5IdQUihaYeI97weJSj2XjKZplo87_vzjVERq7yNlEyqNuGHXe1D4vUJhHQxoGGWUbfH5eS_RPnffIYtpc3-Erw/s1288/LeetFin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1288" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5paDvJ-jyvSwvXedUYovP9gPn1QLS-jZlZ78gyGxfednqWBfY9a7x_Bo4C5lCHTCsjtudt2P59OqQ9zDLdAaRRSTN14cHwYY9SEEa5IdQUihaYeI97weJSj2XjKZplo87_vzjVERq7yNlEyqNuGHXe1D4vUJhHQxoGGWUbfH5eS_RPnffIYtpc3-Erw/s320/LeetFin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They were sculpted for Matakishi Tea House and are available from here (as part of a bundle by more than one sculptor):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.matakishi.net/store/p9/Leet_Herd.html" target="_blank">Link to Leets</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next we have a couple of sculpts that I did for Grekwood Miniatures. The first was a caricature of the founder of the brand, Grekwood... who sadly passed away. The second was a random Dwarf that I thought would work well in the character range... Here's Grekwood:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdmdEseen6eWLlNuMtVqkD0nGrd5MY9hVUSS-7Tf-jQ5wkz1Qhkfd3tbMsTm6Nvsk_1OWv6kcUdwdM9e9yXCAulRj5mt-9wd0RgpbnWRUYZhaRBOzUz89Id8Rr98r1Q_2qBoTdNWEw4KFriZ40bbMwIijf10iz8L2yrh_nfEAcbOQd0DkOGetiCMR2g/s343/Grek5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdmdEseen6eWLlNuMtVqkD0nGrd5MY9hVUSS-7Tf-jQ5wkz1Qhkfd3tbMsTm6Nvsk_1OWv6kcUdwdM9e9yXCAulRj5mt-9wd0RgpbnWRUYZhaRBOzUz89Id8Rr98r1Q_2qBoTdNWEw4KFriZ40bbMwIijf10iz8L2yrh_nfEAcbOQd0DkOGetiCMR2g/s320/Grek5.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's wearing a fez because... "fezes are cool" (a Dr. Who reference and Grekwood loved that show). This next one is the random Dwarf:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPtfpha8eihN1DyuScU_DfdzY8Q70LaMGzMVm1xWYX6enjafQrU-1aXiOB9Mm30NY6oh3mqH0RdoHTQZZSY-gO630F9ip0tecOBI-8VJmx_5DneLaZo9qhb2OGI_5g9HHEl_lDYL3Fq1Ql3fVIM17VLO4Vg2MfCOysd2JvIXIG3niEzOjnB3Zt_mUng/s983/SDSculpt2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="637" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPtfpha8eihN1DyuScU_DfdzY8Q70LaMGzMVm1xWYX6enjafQrU-1aXiOB9Mm30NY6oh3mqH0RdoHTQZZSY-gO630F9ip0tecOBI-8VJmx_5DneLaZo9qhb2OGI_5g9HHEl_lDYL3Fq1Ql3fVIM17VLO4Vg2MfCOysd2JvIXIG3niEzOjnB3Zt_mUng/s320/SDSculpt2.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are both available from Grekwood Miniatures:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.grekwoodminiatures.co.uk/GrekwoodInAFez.php" target="_blank">Link to Grekwood</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.grekwoodminiatures.co.uk/IndividualCharacters.php" target="_blank">Link to Hannibal the Dwarf</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next we have a Goblin that was originally sculpted for a charity called Goblin Aid. This was to help a fellow sculptor who was assaulted and robbed. Once the sculpt was cast up and sold for a period of time, the sales were stopped and I was asked if I wanted the green back. I said for them to sell it on EBay, which they did... and it was bought by Impact Miniatures. This is the original Judge Gobbo sculpt:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJtoN1CtB94RagPbj1HUS1rz7ko6502V_6JiafKzgv-2MqQrFcDdQdhJqsgbZzOAH2FgnsjFizp3pXscx0hD2Gt-r3YzdjLXONKa31VA6xhXHG3uxq3t7dFOXkoAdOSedwvhLUkqScJd2J2hjdYVb_goERp7pqv0KMFckR145X_QCF2QeMxceDkCI5A/s329/Gobbo5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="329" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJtoN1CtB94RagPbj1HUS1rz7ko6502V_6JiafKzgv-2MqQrFcDdQdhJqsgbZzOAH2FgnsjFizp3pXscx0hD2Gt-r3YzdjLXONKa31VA6xhXHG3uxq3t7dFOXkoAdOSedwvhLUkqScJd2J2hjdYVb_goERp7pqv0KMFckR145X_QCF2QeMxceDkCI5A/s320/Gobbo5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When the miniature went to Impact! Miniatures, it was converted into a "chibi" judge and sold in that range with a much larger head. It can be found here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.impactminiatures.com/index.php?option=chibi_profile&id=CA_MPOF" target="_blank">Link to Chibi MP Officer</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we have a couple of miniatures that were part of sculpting competitions for Hasslefree Miniatures. Both were based on "nude blanks" of Hasslefree miniatures. First we have a sci-fi trooper:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRA90S-XCDvx5gR8u8NhhEO9BGw8HrXyR0f8PvgxcppP5YKtp5R2sfXVff16RUd_Lm4xZmb6kLYRBkX0dVH1apwa8i6iRiUbgFveocj5V6qbTWtQsOZ3PbCgjjvm0sX5ukuA2Y0IKT1JHHfHIjafQhmW_yEGiRsSlbgRpe_wJpl8nAz6U73ULeYpeYQ/s1084/Kevinicus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="579" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRA90S-XCDvx5gR8u8NhhEO9BGw8HrXyR0f8PvgxcppP5YKtp5R2sfXVff16RUd_Lm4xZmb6kLYRBkX0dVH1apwa8i6iRiUbgFveocj5V6qbTWtQsOZ3PbCgjjvm0sX5ukuA2Y0IKT1JHHfHIjafQhmW_yEGiRsSlbgRpe_wJpl8nAz6U73ULeYpeYQ/s320/Kevinicus.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, we have a female Sleiti (an alien race in the Hasslefree range):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguM805EIMltEol-7MpDKTGGlSakeO8ZuxS_3mETGJZjjaL6L9gAAdkBVk_l8nadB9Cf-DfrFgzKarFBubFhrSOq5NewOpdpq224WblhE9w93tHdGkFORtX3XJoAro58QaZuHt-AO0jXdd0T8XBgHmQ9X6eDFF7I0Uva4d-00RFbW4_W06BWaWJJCflAQ/s711/HFCS5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="711" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguM805EIMltEol-7MpDKTGGlSakeO8ZuxS_3mETGJZjjaL6L9gAAdkBVk_l8nadB9Cf-DfrFgzKarFBubFhrSOq5NewOpdpq224WblhE9w93tHdGkFORtX3XJoAro58QaZuHt-AO0jXdd0T8XBgHmQ9X6eDFF7I0Uva4d-00RFbW4_W06BWaWJJCflAQ/s320/HFCS5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the moment, the Hasslefree Miniatures website is being revamped so I can't post links... but they will be there at some point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Link to Sci-Fi Trooper TBD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Link to Female Sleiti TBD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we come to the most substantial of my sculpting projects, the Space Dwarf "Army Project". This was done in liaison with Macrocosm Miniatures and has been ticking along for about three years, now. Here is the range:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMxvxXYuvgOEBlksM7ylK-S_QbkBwxadJZe1A9N5eBUJvVx6zAyXCesQulRItDpOoV7csXNrLS0NKDqRUcY7O4mYpSPbcgNgPMLFl_hwMyfBa5bO7XLptKTpfnd7uz86L4jFcBxPAs8NvRUEqI3RNRhNSEMnu04Ku3Er-BdZFx5ClDVQ3Gx0NWC5Qfw/s1555/Collection3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1555" data-original-width="1462" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMxvxXYuvgOEBlksM7ylK-S_QbkBwxadJZe1A9N5eBUJvVx6zAyXCesQulRItDpOoV7csXNrLS0NKDqRUcY7O4mYpSPbcgNgPMLFl_hwMyfBa5bO7XLptKTpfnd7uz86L4jFcBxPAs8NvRUEqI3RNRhNSEMnu04Ku3Er-BdZFx5ClDVQ3Gx0NWC5Qfw/s320/Collection3.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This range has all been sent to Macrocosm Miniatures and is normally batch produced and sold through Kickstarter before being sold in the Macrocosm store. At the moment, not all of these are available but for a large proportion of them, have a look here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/space-dwarves-macrocosm/" target="_blank">Link to Space Dwarf Project</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my latest ventures is to sculpt caricatures for Politicos Miniatures. These are sculpts of political figures in a more caricaturised style. The first one was of Dominic Cummings... seen here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIVzurxD7JduxccQS--YGBpF4e3RKIDrw2IjcwDJQ4H1FFdtMZMCIJKiVhBsN2gw0OJVGSpWe6lz108ZXgxI-kHZaA_TMvKcKK9IQgeENvQLwRVyMDRJfIocD592wmGEAwTfxtMbi-s8IIzyelcWXsmqD3QguruRPVQp375krsuFBVtSgYywz905RMw/s1152/IMG_4086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIVzurxD7JduxccQS--YGBpF4e3RKIDrw2IjcwDJQ4H1FFdtMZMCIJKiVhBsN2gw0OJVGSpWe6lz108ZXgxI-kHZaA_TMvKcKK9IQgeENvQLwRVyMDRJfIocD592wmGEAwTfxtMbi-s8IIzyelcWXsmqD3QguruRPVQp375krsuFBVtSgYywz905RMw/s320/IMG_4086.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He is the first of the sculpts and I am currently working on a second one. Dominic can be found here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thelittlesoldiercompany.co.uk/product/dominic-cummings-politico-caricature" target="_blank">Link to Dominic</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over the years, I have sculpted many little commissions; a lot of them being for collectors who just want a character sculpt. I remember making sets of legs for armour that I got cast up and then sold the green... a Halfling thief... a Space Marine Lord... a "three eyed, moustachioed, hairy, groper" ( a cartoon styled beast for a competition), a computer game character... a Dwarf, deep-sea diver... and many others but they aren't being sold anywhere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I just thought I'd take some time to go through a few things and put them all in one place... as much for myself as anyone else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If I remember any more, I'll be sure to update this post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the future!</div></div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-53540483003927527692022-08-17T14:58:00.005+01:002022-08-17T14:58:32.614+01:00So much progress...<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>It has been a busy month that started with the arrival of Storm, into our home:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsrdyABLtlh8MCRamUirG4YOheLBUyNtd_LeHzxlcf7OhZfdJpY1G0c71loPqYWjFszlfBOwaOIYoh-YRK7pz0xG2b7SZrO7NOiNccy6aF624lJG73R0Vnyg6PnUVyIrUECt209oTeu1ir3rlyXEq4Tgu_lryHtCsmIdN7EzKwzafkyqe4Q4qmUsHug/s847/Storm17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="847" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsrdyABLtlh8MCRamUirG4YOheLBUyNtd_LeHzxlcf7OhZfdJpY1G0c71loPqYWjFszlfBOwaOIYoh-YRK7pz0xG2b7SZrO7NOiNccy6aF624lJG73R0Vnyg6PnUVyIrUECt209oTeu1ir3rlyXEq4Tgu_lryHtCsmIdN7EzKwzafkyqe4Q4qmUsHug/s320/Storm17.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Storm has settled in well and has been accepted by the other cats. He is a very sociable, cuddly little cat that is full of energy and we are very glad that we made the choice to adopt him. He's a perfect fit for our little family... here's Alfie, looking out for him:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYHSGr1swetE7flvZL4acTa0WYl9SVmLTicR3773-448yuoRTJ61EvGpuL28xHCAVway-8UDbuonYqMW816gKX_hhi9grlN0bAQXU_JSGayE8Nn9wizKrQ141mMoTo2TkhYv4MD_k6Hj3iwfVezqlFudqHoJ9155mRom-UcyCBU4bjraXFgaF7mFO5g/s893/Storm16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="893" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYHSGr1swetE7flvZL4acTa0WYl9SVmLTicR3773-448yuoRTJ61EvGpuL28xHCAVway-8UDbuonYqMW816gKX_hhi9grlN0bAQXU_JSGayE8Nn9wizKrQ141mMoTo2TkhYv4MD_k6Hj3iwfVezqlFudqHoJ9155mRom-UcyCBU4bjraXFgaF7mFO5g/s320/Storm16.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have started to work on the garden... I've removed about two thirds of the turf but unfortunately, the kitten's arrival and the blistering heat has meant that I haven't been able to finish it yet... but it will happen and I will build a pebble beach in the garden!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Life is happy and I am happy... so that is cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Onto hobby stuff and I have kicked it out of the park with the sculpting. First I finished the five close combat Dwarfs:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhswnha4Z1uo5XsC9HDhDpKidj66hIcfDuP2LiiNARppaHRhx8Yaysx_kJv88Wj_liwGShQTleEKoKOjcG7gnRuOG4d-GHGzU1PdPwpnAJc_2TwdZsAFjyQPp6M-pl6BZt3pUkmwgAsnZGOlCPLUq68fn3Aj-RV4Y377oTA3btpZp8Mz0pU1f6RuvNw/s1068/IMG_5098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="1068" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhswnha4Z1uo5XsC9HDhDpKidj66hIcfDuP2LiiNARppaHRhx8Yaysx_kJv88Wj_liwGShQTleEKoKOjcG7gnRuOG4d-GHGzU1PdPwpnAJc_2TwdZsAFjyQPp6M-pl6BZt3pUkmwgAsnZGOlCPLUq68fn3Aj-RV4Y377oTA3btpZp8Mz0pU1f6RuvNw/s320/IMG_5098.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and then I finished off the DJ:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Sg7NyaAZaCCyO8nnEQKHAp9BFa0h--GAEATArUF-3pmO08ufCUXPWuI_u_6Wu2rv6aq1AwfKjfyVKoHgYwyFxQUootSQTVn2sTRYL9WDjyX04hQN3-RC8H0b8zdxY-Yo5iqTuYG-ASu9xvInVIuwFRN7uvWbxnz4ZJ_l-tFnTYQtCOtCxBgIoA6ykg/s1170/IMG_5119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1157" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Sg7NyaAZaCCyO8nnEQKHAp9BFa0h--GAEATArUF-3pmO08ufCUXPWuI_u_6Wu2rv6aq1AwfKjfyVKoHgYwyFxQUootSQTVn2sTRYL9WDjyX04hQN3-RC8H0b8zdxY-Yo5iqTuYG-ASu9xvInVIuwFRN7uvWbxnz4ZJ_l-tFnTYQtCOtCxBgIoA6ykg/s320/IMG_5119.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That means that all of the current Space Dwarf sculpting is complete and that tomorrow, I will be posting the whole bunch, to <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/space-dwarves-macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a> for casting... that's another nine sculpts for the army:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbC5rzHMOKoePwap6fZPdbFfQUg5qF6KQ23ZIBALLcIla7wv1N0sprAO4RalqO8X3I2Tq9mlsav38wl78_HSgeTNPMBk5WpmyGwQZnsgZjkDRshDxFWOK8yHxcurhCtL-7Z4SJdBKw7NRxwj6JsEooD1XzlCfN3c75w3OLi0G8AkAHcPL091lHJCeM_Q/s1094/PostingFigs1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1094" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbC5rzHMOKoePwap6fZPdbFfQUg5qF6KQ23ZIBALLcIla7wv1N0sprAO4RalqO8X3I2Tq9mlsav38wl78_HSgeTNPMBk5WpmyGwQZnsgZjkDRshDxFWOK8yHxcurhCtL-7Z4SJdBKw7NRxwj6JsEooD1XzlCfN3c75w3OLi0G8AkAHcPL091lHJCeM_Q/s320/PostingFigs1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hopefully, I'll get some nice casts back, very soon. The trouble is that I now have no Space Dwarfs left to sculpt so I am going to return to the Politico sculpt that has been sat for ages, in a bid to finish that off as well. It should be a fun distraction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would say "that's it for now" but I think I have done better than that, this month so I'm not going to say it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the sunny side of the street!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-66816331045899717602022-07-13T14:42:00.010+01:002022-07-13T23:37:59.413+01:00July heat.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>Time is ticking by and things are moving along rather nicely.</p><p>The nice weather has meant that I have been getting on with "outside" chores... like painting the house and sorting the garden so I have been kept busy when I am not working. I am in very good spirits and can honestly say that I haven't felt this "at peace" for a very, VERY long time. Thank heavens for psychotherapists, eh?</p><p>I've been out for a couple of rides on my bike but not particularly far... however, it has made a change from not riding at all.</p><p>In a strange twist of fate, we will have a new kitten joining our family next week. His name is Storm:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOw0zJwezf1KppOezA5B6eGA64EqGKHQk2FC4Pc6miQSBT598NM8D8LwSMuQQgtz2Pkkw1D_19LCBSocbRd_QDXYO-g2tzU4QwtsGRhDtFy4DfihllA60dFlI06pyV7mgPxnQAM5sDtZj1ycLiPhTOQPxRwJGUvUud0bC-Lr6AxOTFuoRngLGlO82Ucw/s2048/Storm1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOw0zJwezf1KppOezA5B6eGA64EqGKHQk2FC4Pc6miQSBT598NM8D8LwSMuQQgtz2Pkkw1D_19LCBSocbRd_QDXYO-g2tzU4QwtsGRhDtFy4DfihllA60dFlI06pyV7mgPxnQAM5sDtZj1ycLiPhTOQPxRwJGUvUud0bC-Lr6AxOTFuoRngLGlO82Ucw/s320/Storm1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's going to be about eight weeks old when he arrives with us and we can't wait. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We weren't planning on getting another kitten so soon after the loss of our Sam... but we took the plunge and when we went to look at the litter, Storm made a bee-line for my wife, climbed on her and cuddled in... so we were chosen and couldn't really say no. I am really glad to be welcoming a new little family member.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In hobby news, I have finished painting the first platoon's Command Squad:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuiR4On0NTJjbK4Adg5TDtcEymDh3jUmvpe2V83nrTIk5W5aL1UWHxFjFH28pknCRC_sWUzHZmlwioXdDu6pBISMTfQ5AiBfxEK8ToRvZxfltf9OZRquY18D0BX7RQ2bgXdiQMUiFC_-GrJn48bnyo9ETFZFkrmkFZKwGeu2HkFL9GQzfoIqyjpzrTw/s1298/IMG_5014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="1298" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuiR4On0NTJjbK4Adg5TDtcEymDh3jUmvpe2V83nrTIk5W5aL1UWHxFjFH28pknCRC_sWUzHZmlwioXdDu6pBISMTfQ5AiBfxEK8ToRvZxfltf9OZRquY18D0BX7RQ2bgXdiQMUiFC_-GrJn48bnyo9ETFZFkrmkFZKwGeu2HkFL9GQzfoIqyjpzrTw/s320/IMG_5014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and have nearly finished the first infantry squad as well:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQkJyFJMxqIAyRVSTmcdTHPcHidNA9KpWwWoLoU8qHi06F7Yg4JEUsZavYIt2AV5n5v7c_0Cmfkx-NC-u0G8k1bqzxxu6e_viKN3_uqcCOVpR55CbOiskaQ98fTxGG_ui5cjWL7_p_oIVx9LtyVAJzqbQHniQg2-2z-EizedKYPZcCMBofdsfmtQtjg/s1050/IMG_5040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="1050" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQkJyFJMxqIAyRVSTmcdTHPcHidNA9KpWwWoLoU8qHi06F7Yg4JEUsZavYIt2AV5n5v7c_0Cmfkx-NC-u0G8k1bqzxxu6e_viKN3_uqcCOVpR55CbOiskaQ98fTxGG_ui5cjWL7_p_oIVx9LtyVAJzqbQHniQg2-2z-EizedKYPZcCMBofdsfmtQtjg/s320/IMG_5040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have just started to add the final highlights and once that is done and the base-edges are painted, they will be finished. I have promised to finish sculpting the five close combat Squats after that... but in this heat, painting and sculpting is quite difficult; especially with the way paint/putty properties change when they get warmed up so it is a slow process.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I haven't really been sculpting at all, lately. I seem to be enjoying the hobby for me, at the moment so I must admit to being a bit selfish and getting some paint on my army instead. It's what you need, sometimes...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I have been enjoying the slow information release for Squats/Leagues of Votann from Games Workshop. I am looking forward to seeing where things go... but I very much doubt that I will be able to keep them "stock" if I get any... I am thinking of turning some into Demiurg, to go with my other troops... an example:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTLmigtD9xuwht02L4iAX7BmyPZqp29EMtxrkgXBnsa5xZD76iRYlw-NP6LUWRODK_N9bNB0GmacszVVrSqKPb4CF1JpjLk0IAao3f7TAPgL1RndK4kvfTfNNa1NyZEtddrGQK-cM5anYBpY2JrBds5N81pFbLu2Y2hUcCqwpB2nGqisX4N6DMR05SQ/s816/Demiurg9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="816" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTLmigtD9xuwht02L4iAX7BmyPZqp29EMtxrkgXBnsa5xZD76iRYlw-NP6LUWRODK_N9bNB0GmacszVVrSqKPb4CF1JpjLk0IAao3f7TAPgL1RndK4kvfTfNNa1NyZEtddrGQK-cM5anYBpY2JrBds5N81pFbLu2Y2hUcCqwpB2nGqisX4N6DMR05SQ/s320/Demiurg9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once more of the ranges are revealed, I will decide upon which units to convert and which ones I won't bother with... I am looking forward to the vehicles... hopefully, some drilling machines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well... that's about it. With summer comes the tourists so I doubt I'll be going too far in the near future. Maybe I'll get some more stuff finished... who knows?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the top of the morning!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-9095842993521524862022-05-24T14:54:00.003+01:002022-05-31T09:31:32.311+01:00May... the dawn of a brighter future.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>It's May and this month is always special because it has Helston's Flora Day to look forward to... and this year it was back after a three year absence... but Flora Day always has an Eve...</p><p>The evening before Flora Day, I had my hair shaved off for charity and raised nearly £900 for the Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. The landlady of my local pub (the Rodney Inn) did the honours and we raised a nice lot of cash, on the evening, to add to the pot. From a "hairy bear" to this in one short haircut:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhZ-KXZysILYRLeGIL4axK_HDIiRqN_M0kzu3ReQpzwhM8ly_1XkKyKdfh-BFqDkZltbdLyviE1GbohFImqKSkXzvXoJjKrfc5re0VSq6Vj3nOp8TZgchtjEug7G8f9_W6RlAByJdpzqidOZBJ6bwTETkvlUXXv59PiDSBWKo9klXy4lPGDQuYPRZLw/s570/Picture%20303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="368" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhZ-KXZysILYRLeGIL4axK_HDIiRqN_M0kzu3ReQpzwhM8ly_1XkKyKdfh-BFqDkZltbdLyviE1GbohFImqKSkXzvXoJjKrfc5re0VSq6Vj3nOp8TZgchtjEug7G8f9_W6RlAByJdpzqidOZBJ6bwTETkvlUXXv59PiDSBWKo9klXy4lPGDQuYPRZLw/s320/Picture%20303.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd like to thank everyone for their support and their kind donations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Flora Day was BRILLIANT! I spent the entire day in the Rodney Inn; enjoying the hospitality and watching the dances as they went past. I had lots of visitors during the day and the event itself was amazing... beautiful weather, packed streets and lots of local businesses doing a roaring trade. Proper job!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The following day... the wheels fell off. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was contacted by the local vet and informed that my cat had been brought in and was deceased. Yep... my handsome, awesome, complicated cat, Sam, has passed away:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDFRa61jsEbmy5MryaMlD4vbRzsH19JCiPTAUJOrNC5GEivM3qHlDOiOxet1S2Ho55qm_it4PG2PmUwGvvstTJ8emxInht-O0Ti0aSaeP9OtHJBjA45yr99cqUAqKxlDMLabS7ti8P6SFwnUPHAipaN_5tYUYt9JrbaLqOYqEH2jEIrI590_71uV6vw/s818/Sam45.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="818" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDFRa61jsEbmy5MryaMlD4vbRzsH19JCiPTAUJOrNC5GEivM3qHlDOiOxet1S2Ho55qm_it4PG2PmUwGvvstTJ8emxInht-O0Ti0aSaeP9OtHJBjA45yr99cqUAqKxlDMLabS7ti8P6SFwnUPHAipaN_5tYUYt9JrbaLqOYqEH2jEIrI590_71uV6vw/s320/Sam45.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It seems that he was knocked down by a car and killed instantly... which, I guess is a blessing because I wouldn't have wanted him to suffer. He was such an interesting cat... and he had his issues... but ever since he had an accident with his tail, a few years ago, he suffered from nightmares and always chose to come and sleep near me so that I could comfort him, when he had them. It's almost like his job was done and he was taken away... because I am now Long-Covid free and feeling much better, mental-health wise.... and now he is nightmare free.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway... I'll miss him but have such fond memories of him. He was my boy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So... I'm better now and I have got myself a job; volunteering at the Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust. It's three mornings a week and I'm loving it. It was a complete coincidence but one of my friends got the manager's job and I was pointed in their direction. Happy times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It seems like everything is working itself out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hobby-wise, I haven't managed to get much done... apart from a small amount of painting. I managed to complete the army command squad for my Squat army:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQtDtJnw9LveXatPQZhJvXEiBUeNtyD61F07x-FFJn3MvAPzbvxLoZh_x2LvnMm4ix3WukK1VtyvDk7fl20xy2h-oHreWysFXykrWNOl8tPtWk0ylPIfRwqYiZJkR8bbOFCuoLjUr9eSHRxfYNN2s8WsFs-GZUoGhK1Yf5QP6QxXM2UzHCd8pi1zbCg/s1088/IMG_5000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="1088" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQtDtJnw9LveXatPQZhJvXEiBUeNtyD61F07x-FFJn3MvAPzbvxLoZh_x2LvnMm4ix3WukK1VtyvDk7fl20xy2h-oHreWysFXykrWNOl8tPtWk0ylPIfRwqYiZJkR8bbOFCuoLjUr9eSHRxfYNN2s8WsFs-GZUoGhK1Yf5QP6QxXM2UzHCd8pi1zbCg/s320/IMG_5000.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and have almost finished the first platoon's command squad as well... but I don't have a pic of that... It's almost like life is better than sitting hunched over a table, painting or sculpting, at the moment... strange.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hopefully, the improvements will continue and I'll have more stuff to talk about next time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the road-side!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-26108988568727893842022-04-06T12:02:00.002+01:002022-04-14T14:33:06.357+01:00April already.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again. </p><p>I know it's been a while but things have been ticking along so I haven't really thought much about the blog... it is, what it is. That said, so much has happened that I thought I'd put up a post to reflect on things.</p><p>Health...</p><p>It appears that my Covid woes are finally over. I am back to breathing normally again, am having hardly any brain fog and have reached a point where my lack of fitness (due to being pretty sedentary for the last year) is what is slowing me down. As a result, my mental health seems to have improved greatly and all I need to really grip, is my fitness. I have even got to a point where I am looking to start volunteering in my local charity shop... that way, I can "get back out there" and not feel like I'm not earning my wages. The shop is the local Air Ambulance shop... which leads me nicely onto my charity endeavours:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/steven-marchant1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Steve's Hair-Topia Challenge (link).</b></span></a></p><p>As you will see from the link, I am fund-raising for the same charity and I have now reached the eleven month point! Just one moth to go before I will be shaving my hair and beard off. Currently, I look like this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5J8ii74KPm7RGUWJ8eEXclPQsoiwEmFRMKsQI7u24nD_enh4u4EM4B1l4CmmdGq8yM_E3PfbdrrzhIAhFc4BFLMHqyTKOORARn6Hgk9RlKnGqKjTJy0ozaKZs6JbFRa4G-x23YyPi-t7d7WYOAJMKolYO0_9PI1h8hSrEcSzisnp29V8ocIyodMZ2A/s527/Picture%20295.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="399" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5J8ii74KPm7RGUWJ8eEXclPQsoiwEmFRMKsQI7u24nD_enh4u4EM4B1l4CmmdGq8yM_E3PfbdrrzhIAhFc4BFLMHqyTKOORARn6Hgk9RlKnGqKjTJy0ozaKZs6JbFRa4G-x23YyPi-t7d7WYOAJMKolYO0_9PI1h8hSrEcSzisnp29V8ocIyodMZ2A/s320/Picture%20295.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DON'T CLICK THE PIC!!! It's Scary!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and STILL with a month of growing left to go! If you can, please donate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I have been sculpting a bit and have managed to get a little further with the five close combat Dwarfs:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRN2MieWlOeF8Q8BodBsZZO6uPz2-_e8olMBeCBZIwaJ195evUUQXx8C0V-SK2HjmFbXGRGiwjyAAh8fC8ZAFzqUtek7ARyLqhVbTOt6aGfQZ24KU-S8iAbJze_krGAi9nDURGg0o9YiH1SOllOeP8sxt-kgE6K5nEzlSRcjlwcGp5x0MEmbSISADHA/s807/IMG_4974.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="807" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRN2MieWlOeF8Q8BodBsZZO6uPz2-_e8olMBeCBZIwaJ195evUUQXx8C0V-SK2HjmFbXGRGiwjyAAh8fC8ZAFzqUtek7ARyLqhVbTOt6aGfQZ24KU-S8iAbJze_krGAi9nDURGg0o9YiH1SOllOeP8sxt-kgE6K5nEzlSRcjlwcGp5x0MEmbSISADHA/s320/IMG_4974.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I just have the pistols, basing tabs and a little bit of a tidy-up before they are finished. I haven't got as far as I would have liked with them... mostly due to these two:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijGo4R2kvTmeNIxfOJL2oLFAwbozzwpujPrbyR2kamn-aXk0nbU-K6M9zyYwMBO_ku8sMHH-VypSKDobC6rcXFMm3qPzSn3dhb8cZBEmKdqR1J5HbC3WtesapjxFEC8wdkfhx8EMbF04DqJ5m6Q85JKi33xTOTnDQl-Wql7IK7ZQ8QuuMMjZua8DpVQ/s565/IMG_4953.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="565" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijGo4R2kvTmeNIxfOJL2oLFAwbozzwpujPrbyR2kamn-aXk0nbU-K6M9zyYwMBO_ku8sMHH-VypSKDobC6rcXFMm3qPzSn3dhb8cZBEmKdqR1J5HbC3WtesapjxFEC8wdkfhx8EMbF04DqJ5m6Q85JKi33xTOTnDQl-Wql7IK7ZQ8QuuMMjZua8DpVQ/s320/IMG_4953.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On a whim, I just decided that I needed to sculpt a pair of proxy "Primaris Psykers" so I sculpted a "Beer Seer" and a "Wine Witch" to fill the role. They use the power of strong alcohol to summon the spirits of the ancestors. I also decided that I needed to work on a mech and I couldn't do that, without sorting a pilot out... so this happened as well:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnPZqrBALa16lCxsno9XiGTCxz3uQtfsoCM6wX45Q5fDUVm5OP-YU0qXOZYYI_DcbMcNLtbb_P1pPzPvactls5bR6af0yz26EQoAFkq9iaNDiBuxzTU3vo-9EJsbrcZL0jcMHBhGMtfVcCHcTwJ7pDgL8R5e-tP4QZ-kEuwOjNGIp2_if3V7GjPRGfQ/s782/IMG_4970.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="782" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnPZqrBALa16lCxsno9XiGTCxz3uQtfsoCM6wX45Q5fDUVm5OP-YU0qXOZYYI_DcbMcNLtbb_P1pPzPvactls5bR6af0yz26EQoAFkq9iaNDiBuxzTU3vo-9EJsbrcZL0jcMHBhGMtfVcCHcTwJ7pDgL8R5e-tP4QZ-kEuwOjNGIp2_if3V7GjPRGfQ/s320/IMG_4970.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazP89-4orDuZGD2KM0GV9caOqsdHWJ0JRQ5UTgvoQIKevD3tZEVgyijN609JI57IWmgHD1A-BmARXkY6PF_8um_id13KBYovEQYOsGdmTeCw4vhnSDyl1TuT8fATvCDqXukmvzAGxtNz8-YrS82J4MLf9iUonviI0sRX7ABVyfojc3hA8U2XJqiGUpQ/s429/IMG_4972.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazP89-4orDuZGD2KM0GV9caOqsdHWJ0JRQ5UTgvoQIKevD3tZEVgyijN609JI57IWmgHD1A-BmARXkY6PF_8um_id13KBYovEQYOsGdmTeCw4vhnSDyl1TuT8fATvCDqXukmvzAGxtNz8-YrS82J4MLf9iUonviI0sRX7ABVyfojc3hA8U2XJqiGUpQ/s320/IMG_4972.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's a bit rough... but he's all ready for his mech... and it is in the process of being assembled. Big things are on the horizon! Speaking of which, Games Workshop have ONLY gone and decided to release a new range of SQUATS!!! They will be known as the League of Votann and here is a bit of information:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/04/05/the-saga-of-the-squats-from-space-dwarfs-to-the-leagues-of-votann/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>League of Votann (link).</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On that bombshell, I reckon it's time to leave. I am sure that, when I have seen more of the range, I will post my thoughts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the crazy place!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-92172151794956442422022-01-27T12:03:00.000+00:002022-01-27T12:03:45.848+00:00So...it's 2022 then.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World at the start(ish) of 2022.</p><p>Things have already been challenging... the death of my step-dad (RIP Graham), the potential closure of the care home where I worked (Trengrouse) and a small flood in the kitchen (plumbing woes...)... but I am still trying to focus on things picking up a bit.</p><p>My wife is happy at home and work, my children are happy, the cats are happy and I am fairly happy... so there's that.</p><p>The hobby has been a mixed bag, lately. The cold air has not been kind to me so I am a bit lethargic and struggle for motivation... but there has been some progress.</p><p>First up, I received a small parcel from an adorable little <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goldhammerminiatures/pack-of-dogs/description" target="_blank">kickstarter</a> that I pledged in. Three little war-dogs arrived and have been added to my growing little Khorne warband:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE4JyD5ArkN8vLcxJRhdo69JdGeVSQuwIHUKgGf9asRXD-QlNQJuqKwQSxPFrRRByQseXUd5d_NvjAC09lk6uEb67ZBtlO6TKBQ7Sih8id7UF3pmloSjG_R65NW40BhTugXpyGobtE9VvmH7hKpnbAXp8Q0OhjptosxEHWc2Eb0PQJsi3w2pgodo_V6w=s1536" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1536" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE4JyD5ArkN8vLcxJRhdo69JdGeVSQuwIHUKgGf9asRXD-QlNQJuqKwQSxPFrRRByQseXUd5d_NvjAC09lk6uEb67ZBtlO6TKBQ7Sih8id7UF3pmloSjG_R65NW40BhTugXpyGobtE9VvmH7hKpnbAXp8Q0OhjptosxEHWc2Eb0PQJsi3w2pgodo_V6w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, I started an armature for the next "Dear Tony Blair" miniature but haven't got very far with it... however, I finished the tail and horns conversion kit so it is still on the radar. I also started a bunch of Space Dwarfs:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirXv2k1l0Z6akLecarXuMp5IYN24PUTZ-8ED4nvQA32aMl8cYUllh7Mye36q79nqpBBi-OLt9y5vLenkoEchB3jl05tF-aAEbXSdzZ47u6SI12eIyXjxdmtmbX8s-GzSViHOg_g7bxED9Af2dGNI5mMmkoKhuvTUBEgkLP-YNLDSZLwyMR85UXiDC48A=s1061" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1061" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirXv2k1l0Z6akLecarXuMp5IYN24PUTZ-8ED4nvQA32aMl8cYUllh7Mye36q79nqpBBi-OLt9y5vLenkoEchB3jl05tF-aAEbXSdzZ47u6SI12eIyXjxdmtmbX8s-GzSViHOg_g7bxED9Af2dGNI5mMmkoKhuvTUBEgkLP-YNLDSZLwyMR85UXiDC48A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These will end up as a DJ (with decks and sound equipment) and five close combat troopers (with bolt-pistols and melee weapons). There's still a little way to go on them but I am getting there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, I have a set idea of what my Exo troopers will look like. The idea-train has kept me awake for a few weeks but I now have the idea set... I just need to realise it now... so watch this space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right... back to life stuff...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My step-dad stepped into the breach when I was about to reach my teens and my sister already had. He had to deal with two angsty teenagers who had a bunch of stuff going on, after dad left. He was patient, kind, forgiving and respectful... and he took us on, as his own children. It takes a strong character to be able to do that and Graham had it in spades. I'll admit that we haven't had the closest of relationships, since I left for the military but we have always kept in contact and we have always been in each other's thoughts. I was so glad to hear that he had found true love with Maggs, if anyone ever earned happiness, it was him.</div><div><br /></div>Safe travels to him and the most sincere of condolences to our family and his friends. He will be sorely missed and remembered very fondly.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Finally... the care home. I loved working in Trengrouse care home, up until I got COVID and could no longer work. I have been away from there for just over a year and was always hoping to return to work there. However, as a result of "restructuring"... "economising"... "corporate bullshit", Cornwall Care (the charity that runs the place) has decided to "mothball" the home. In doing so, they will be forcing a number of staff to find other work, accept voluntary redundancy or work out of town (not everyone has transport) and will cause catastrophic disruption to the vulnerable residents; most having specialist care needs. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We are all VERY angry about this and are not taking this sitting down so various things have been started, to try and save the home. One such thing is a petition. If you feel that you would like to support us, please click the following link and sign the petition:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/cornwall-council-save-trengrouse-nursing-home?redirect=false" target="_blank">LINK to PETITION</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The second finally... I have a charity page for my "year of no hair-cutting/shaving", in aid of the Cornwall Air Ambulance. Again, please click the following link and support me if you can:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/steven-marchant1" target="_blank">LINK to Air Ambulance Page</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it! See you from the picket lines!</div></div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-12296225122856590072021-12-29T11:15:00.002+00:002021-12-29T11:19:00.535+00:00Reflection.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again. I was going to do a review of 2021 and wax lyrical on the pros and cons of the year... but I have decided that it would be really miserable so I am not going to. However, there were a few things that happened that are worth talking about so I'll get those out of the way before launching into my plans for 2022. That said... lets get on with 2021...</p><p><u><b>Hobby Stuff.</b></u></p><p>This year has seen the completion of the Space Dwarf Project with <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/space-dwarves-macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a>. This project had a number of set goals and I deliberately placed a limit on what I wanted to achieve. Since the completion, I have agreed to a few other bits and bobs but they are outside of the project (even though they will form part of the range). It took me over 18 months to complete but I am really proud of the fact that, for a change, I managed to remain focused enough to get so many miniatures created. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUAA7rElIWq-gGkGPt8tS7ymT0dK5a0ClXDPcbkfqhTZs6UfalkHKWG44mJ0J6lxrijyz4yb91kHH9L30r8SQ4UBC6VpTH_q---UeGG2JqK14BV319lU4PsH3N-lS-Nc_9gI1fE_Dg92673kmrj-ry1VmxZ9oms0DOoU1rfQTd0RIxDU_Z2YIrJV_cfQ=s1462" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1462" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUAA7rElIWq-gGkGPt8tS7ymT0dK5a0ClXDPcbkfqhTZs6UfalkHKWG44mJ0J6lxrijyz4yb91kHH9L30r8SQ4UBC6VpTH_q---UeGG2JqK14BV319lU4PsH3N-lS-Nc_9gI1fE_Dg92673kmrj-ry1VmxZ9oms0DOoU1rfQTd0RIxDU_Z2YIrJV_cfQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif7njGbdpxbl1tvMpPtFoaOpt8cG1yNbmwj3gwDmjCFnVpcLo7UH2gmqie5nsmPis91py8GDIL691X11ltKmzfZWOyqR_QbO9_OttdTn1DgS-TT-OWXY4Act3Rz93g61bIpOD8lNKgYbe4R92359FPALJT6GhSzM5P4dxMbTLPQYmXAEYgMi0f7j_irg=s1056" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1056" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif7njGbdpxbl1tvMpPtFoaOpt8cG1yNbmwj3gwDmjCFnVpcLo7UH2gmqie5nsmPis91py8GDIL691X11ltKmzfZWOyqR_QbO9_OttdTn1DgS-TT-OWXY4Act3Rz93g61bIpOD8lNKgYbe4R92359FPALJT6GhSzM5P4dxMbTLPQYmXAEYgMi0f7j_irg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were also four special weapons and four heavy weapons that are not pictured. For me, this is one of the things that I wanted to achieve as a 'bucket list' item... I have done what I have always said I wanted to and created a range of Space Dwarfs that were varied enough to create an army with... and they are available for others to enjoy as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the last few months, things have tailed off a bit so I had the space to knock up an "emergency" miniature for the <a href="http://frothersunite.com/phpBB3/" target="_blank">Frothers Unite UK</a> table at Salute and this led to starting up contact with "<a href="http://www.deartonyblair.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dear Tony Blair</a>" miniatures; with the initial stages being a miniature sculpt and a small conversion kit... with a second miniature as a WIP. I am hoping that I am able to create the caricatures well enough for them to be included in the range but we'll just have to see how things go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During this year, I have also tried (and failed) to come up with some suitable vehicle designs for my army. The good thing is that, with each failure, I am getting closer to what I want... so it is positive (in a way).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Megaro Zamac collection is now complete! I have all of the old '80s kits from the range and they have been safely stored away for when I need them. They were always a 'retirement' project so it's just a case of deciding when to retire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More mecha madness arrived with a bunch of Votoms, Dougram and Macross kits joining the household. These will eventually become a group of Space Dwarf mechs but I have been too caught up in sculpting to get a proper start on them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chaos reared its ugly head this year, with the arrival of a small bunch of Chaos conversions for the blood God; Khorne. Not something I'd usually do but I felt an itch and I scratched it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other hobby stuff came and went but never really got a foot hold... but the main thing that has been going on has been lots of sleepless nights, mulling over different design ideas for various little projects and that means that next year could be quite exciting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Life.</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Family and friends have been exceptionally important. Without them and their tolerance, I don't know how I would have got through the year...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway... to cut a long story short... due to me being at home a lot more than I am used to, I have needed things to keep me on track. I got quite into "<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/" target="_blank">Twitch</a>" and also "<a href="https://www.streamraiders.com" target="_blank">Stream Raiders</a>" (a game linked to <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/" target="_blank">Twitch</a>) and they were very handy time-soaks for when I couldn't do what I wanted to. Add to that, Poppy and I reckon that, outside hobby time and chores, my days have been pretty full.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTl-AwGWmrNkMuUPoTK8do7lY1u_V5Y9yfcymOS2JeQD62ue89_s3sel6qlBzG-8iDW8_EKVl7-57g2_ZWutRVp8gfcO-0g7TlMwX4mNtgjRamvzT-NnQZXlhVbrNpevk49yyqjD1THfKz2KUzniJFqh58B233le_y2NOhGiwdWDgJIX7nRJy5M7os_Q=s1152" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTl-AwGWmrNkMuUPoTK8do7lY1u_V5Y9yfcymOS2JeQD62ue89_s3sel6qlBzG-8iDW8_EKVl7-57g2_ZWutRVp8gfcO-0g7TlMwX4mNtgjRamvzT-NnQZXlhVbrNpevk49yyqjD1THfKz2KUzniJFqh58B233le_y2NOhGiwdWDgJIX7nRJy5M7os_Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sadly, I haven't been able to get out very much, on my motorbike but when I have been able to, I have really enjoyed it. Luckily, it still runs and is recently serviced and MOTd so it is just a case of having the right mojo to ride. It still looks gorgeous as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>2022... Hobby stuff.</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Without going too into things, I hope to continue working with <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/space-dwarves-macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a> with occasional sculpts to add to the Space Dwarf range. I also hope to 'get my foot in the door' with <a href="http://www.deartonyblair.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dear Tony Blair</a> and sculpt a few more caricatures for them. I quite enjoy a bit of caricature sculpting so I am hoping that I can reach the required standard (can the little people be recognised for who they are supposed to be?). On top of that, I am hoping (as I do every year) to design some modular vehicles that cater to Space Dwarf units but, as history will tell, this is just a hope, not a certainty... However the main focus in 2022 will be...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The year of the beast</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... so keep an eye out for updates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><b>2022... Life.</b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope that things improve around the world in 2022. I also plan to get to grips with my Long COVID and bother the doctors to find out A) what is damaged and B) what can be done to improve my symptoms. This will be done early in the new year and will be essential to me getting back to work. It'll be frustrating but it has to be done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's about it. I hope I haven't been too miserable because this has taken three goes to write (even I was getting miserable with the last two goes). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year and hope that next year will be a shit-ton better than 2021 has been.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Take care.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the gate... but DON'T approach, I've thrown a grenade in there... we don't want a repeat of all that nonsense...</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-58251795492863855042021-12-19T15:04:00.003+00:002021-12-19T15:04:48.703+00:00The continuing saga...<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>It's been a while but time, like a river, flows... and to be honest, my river has been full-on, white water.</p><p>As mentioned in my last post, I finished the big Space Dwarf project and ended up with an army of troops. This army has been fettled and based and is in the progress of being painted but I have been distracted a little with other things. As a result, this is the current state of my army:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpVKBZd9q7Igqo8mE5DQ5aPXn-FdfE3I6lfyD9uLGuOtpODf4IxB9Si96BgyzntIXOhkNAJEOP1QWeaj6eRe1LpyV_qAPqyJq8O6KaOnTW6JX_CA5XMlmSAFWq7BCZblrB7HsU--CSmT5Ci5fNXTCwU0MTAyeFQxcgWORxY9sJ9wJ4kqjBfs7F3Sda2g=s1152" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1152" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpVKBZd9q7Igqo8mE5DQ5aPXn-FdfE3I6lfyD9uLGuOtpODf4IxB9Si96BgyzntIXOhkNAJEOP1QWeaj6eRe1LpyV_qAPqyJq8O6KaOnTW6JX_CA5XMlmSAFWq7BCZblrB7HsU--CSmT5Ci5fNXTCwU0MTAyeFQxcgWORxY9sJ9wJ4kqjBfs7F3Sda2g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It can be considered "paint in progress" but I have been tinkering with other things so it will be an "as and when" thing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In my last post, I mentioned that I was putting together a little squad of Khorne-based troops... and that's what happened. I now have eight finished troops with a final one on hold until I can decide how to take it forward. When it is finished, I will post a pic of the whole group but here's an idea of what some of them look like, all painted up:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrHBPCtJyGt4kGMvGUKV5ftxNlYdatnI4EBF9GkxCjShmHuxtko5S0R8ZSjbss2M7eaITiAIFHrWEUXzbu6fkVy9B2cLJl7x2bVs7evKvfJbz9ZuH3xfbqCUt87b6XJBi_ArLNdrSi4zvTbfFUI3t488C2GEwVlXLmkzj1njQXxDKhEai5g2g_fUvulA=s933" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="933" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrHBPCtJyGt4kGMvGUKV5ftxNlYdatnI4EBF9GkxCjShmHuxtko5S0R8ZSjbss2M7eaITiAIFHrWEUXzbu6fkVy9B2cLJl7x2bVs7evKvfJbz9ZuH3xfbqCUt87b6XJBi_ArLNdrSi4zvTbfFUI3t488C2GEwVlXLmkzj1njQXxDKhEai5g2g_fUvulA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As well as a bit of Chaos, I was asked to put together a sniper to finish off the special weapon selections for the Space Dwarf army so I converted one:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2bE5S5K-nSTC2V0VwnJK4Sui-5RIjzIa_mjn6F8mQ11Dft70N5sY7kux-GnvmopV_O06_glwBM6w_V2XtE-vDefI2XZ1JZZl5gCeEForQ2z0eYWg-_L-nCBnGlAnZhDP79oSnBWPq63COMiZJaPNMGfz1h-AM-LncHXqEEq63zUDYBhxbYrPtcozHdw=s1056" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1056" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2bE5S5K-nSTC2V0VwnJK4Sui-5RIjzIa_mjn6F8mQ11Dft70N5sY7kux-GnvmopV_O06_glwBM6w_V2XtE-vDefI2XZ1JZZl5gCeEForQ2z0eYWg-_L-nCBnGlAnZhDP79oSnBWPq63COMiZJaPNMGfz1h-AM-LncHXqEEq63zUDYBhxbYrPtcozHdw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have also been asked to sculpt some close combat specialists that will be separate from the big project, although they could be used as Sgts... and I am sculpting a DJ (musician) that will also be separate BUT they are in a very early stage so there are no images to show off yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I was recently asked to quickly sculpt a character miniature for the <a href="http://frothersunite.com/phpBB3/" target="_blank">Frothers Unite UK</a> game at Salute... so I did as I was asked and came up with this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYJ59sSuYFr14VR9Vdzh5A_tV17pVhwrV5-ggm7errpco3aORatiRSxwSlpqU_XbSwOvyOg4I1LqXiYHywiM5CzC-XKUQQBlSfoPN_dWgKCgUj6LPC4-WJsQYsdquDkPn5Y9ZMKTVWNiv6Slh3dwSSbTFeftNeK2SDvgDTupjbNfdYCH5KogGSrczwgQ=s784" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="784" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYJ59sSuYFr14VR9Vdzh5A_tV17pVhwrV5-ggm7errpco3aORatiRSxwSlpqU_XbSwOvyOg4I1LqXiYHywiM5CzC-XKUQQBlSfoPN_dWgKCgUj6LPC4-WJsQYsdquDkPn5Y9ZMKTVWNiv6Slh3dwSSbTFeftNeK2SDvgDTupjbNfdYCH5KogGSrczwgQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a quick sculpt to represent Dominic Cummins as a Gollum type character. It was duly sent off and used in the game but in the meantime, interest was expressed and deals were done... and I ended up sculpting another one to fit in with the <a href="https://thelittlesoldiercompany.co.uk/politicos" target="_blank">Politicos</a> range of miniatures... this being the outcome:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUid3MD46WznHoAh66LCkmpvs7sUh-0sAHxFGak2A3c6AUrn5hctyhE8N2QSPUR-UKupOFVHgeD5B6HMJpg-CnbMaPrK29ItsNegqsBDGBEdx6vBriV7SZFCHc3TKiInSRSUTguJ1TFSaJr7WaUYnST1a6AjBWPXPAbrMpb4BEQAKuacxBiAa-N8n6Jg=s1152" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUid3MD46WznHoAh66LCkmpvs7sUh-0sAHxFGak2A3c6AUrn5hctyhE8N2QSPUR-UKupOFVHgeD5B6HMJpg-CnbMaPrK29ItsNegqsBDGBEdx6vBriV7SZFCHc3TKiInSRSUTguJ1TFSaJr7WaUYnST1a6AjBWPXPAbrMpb4BEQAKuacxBiAa-N8n6Jg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With this sculpt being more of a caricature, I was able to try and replicate the face better... not perfect but a brave attempt. I was able to get the size correct because I was kindly sent some specimens to use for reference... and one of the miniatures that I was sent called out for a bit of conversion:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL021YMJlUx9RquGvZ2GIMxKiH3el0m4Obz2LLTtpIs0V6AscXgkSs4cSGcHwO831R-lYlJHJsuW75Nsl1bCD7g-7ZS0Uw2sQt5nw46THKpcPeWIm6MgefFsQCUGRQnGYVC5D_C528NyqW_bf1yXsMczKYuaarVho437XVlEpA7_qCkcKJfa2xJt9U-g=s1022" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="758" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL021YMJlUx9RquGvZ2GIMxKiH3el0m4Obz2LLTtpIs0V6AscXgkSs4cSGcHwO831R-lYlJHJsuW75Nsl1bCD7g-7ZS0Uw2sQt5nw46THKpcPeWIm6MgefFsQCUGRQnGYVC5D_C528NyqW_bf1yXsMczKYuaarVho437XVlEpA7_qCkcKJfa2xJt9U-g=s320" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I call it the "Lying Warmonger"... and as a result there is a conversion kit in progress (two horns and a tail) and I have been asked to sculpt another caricature as well... so it looks like I am working with another miniatures company... which is nice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's about it... mostly because it's coming up to Christmas and I like to put a post up for the New Year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Health wise, I'm ticking along... the cold/wet weather has kept me in the house a bit more than I'd like (bad lungs) but I have obviously been kept busy with sculpting so it hasn't been all bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The only thing left for me to say is Merry Christmas to you all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the dock of the bay!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sam and Poppy today:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUBQEMOHVqiDNaHhnWFJZDA6qfMuLPhZ1UK9xeMvNVPvirIohSlScYJ-gpU0wGHUkEsmosfepPq3BwSR5smlYS7qKfZiz6CXmhDB1e8qsfJ-3BCqpcUylEK_8iyWeRChlWcLmJCKpfHnDCoCb8g2iAyyTpnpKjEEdC6hc97rPi_s04BPtdCU3Y6WBjng=s860" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="860" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUBQEMOHVqiDNaHhnWFJZDA6qfMuLPhZ1UK9xeMvNVPvirIohSlScYJ-gpU0wGHUkEsmosfepPq3BwSR5smlYS7qKfZiz6CXmhDB1e8qsfJ-3BCqpcUylEK_8iyWeRChlWcLmJCKpfHnDCoCb8g2iAyyTpnpKjEEdC6hc97rPi_s04BPtdCU3Y6WBjng=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div></div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-23817423332479522542021-10-17T15:54:00.004+01:002021-10-17T15:57:21.139+01:00A bit of an update.<p> Hello again and welcome to Inso's World. </p><p>It's been a few months since my last post but things have been ticking along; even though it may have been a bit slower than usual.</p><p>Life is okay...my mental/physical health has been a bit up and down but when things are good, I am managing to create and do okay... at other times, I do what I can.</p><p>Poppy has really settled in and has become my little friend. She is growing nicely and has really developed her personality. She can be completely crazy at times but she always seeks company and loves to have cuddles and lap time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGn1IlAtFQpyQK6uISBCqILbBa4BbBG1dRYu9aEeGjdapj88FY0CiKwyQR9R-zVgqXsk5b_Ui0g6CIgorzvEXSlEFI5UzKUWlGh6nkklDKD0Jc7KjIzvsuvgJR0Nfa-9rFZWr97NB3G2IH/s1152/Poppy7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGn1IlAtFQpyQK6uISBCqILbBa4BbBG1dRYu9aEeGjdapj88FY0CiKwyQR9R-zVgqXsk5b_Ui0g6CIgorzvEXSlEFI5UzKUWlGh6nkklDKD0Jc7KjIzvsuvgJR0Nfa-9rFZWr97NB3G2IH/s320/Poppy7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are now looking to get her neutered so we don't have to worry about her having kittens. Our three other cats tolerate her... she is very full-on at times so in time I'm confident they'll get on better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hobby stuff has been pretty good too. As I mentioned in my last post, all of the sculpting for the big Space Dwarf project is complete and now, I have all of the miniatures in my possession so I am in the process of cleaning up the last batch of troops, ready for the big "army organisation day"... when I arrange all the troops into their designated positions and make sure that I get a varied mix of poses in the process. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LeiIrxsEPf-nEGKWtaXQJiBH-IGAYqmAKqCQFa3KVPj-ceVjfUPRaTpf5hSDFE6n7pV0qgdExO1h8uLX-7ToElxf6GjHbT9qKIZc-2gahCydHB7MKRHSfxQVzC74IsR6rCnI0OuuJjsD/s949/IMG_4003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="949" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LeiIrxsEPf-nEGKWtaXQJiBH-IGAYqmAKqCQFa3KVPj-ceVjfUPRaTpf5hSDFE6n7pV0qgdExO1h8uLX-7ToElxf6GjHbT9qKIZc-2gahCydHB7MKRHSfxQVzC74IsR6rCnI0OuuJjsD/s320/IMG_4003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I was waiting for the last batch of troops to arrive, I was not idle. I decided to make myself present in the army and converted one of the Dwarf Officers to represent me:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhmA6B7L34YTR8kn62-BobWe_ovJ93Px3vghcFUoI_uQwObA-XC_W4LzheaJ183Udg_4OSjmIavONvx_nktiePy9EAOL2v3NHlfwskWmJRA5514m8wG6gnlCbqK3OfhTayxbtdl3DUdmm/s1076/IMG_3986.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1076" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhmA6B7L34YTR8kn62-BobWe_ovJ93Px3vghcFUoI_uQwObA-XC_W4LzheaJ183Udg_4OSjmIavONvx_nktiePy9EAOL2v3NHlfwskWmJRA5514m8wG6gnlCbqK3OfhTayxbtdl3DUdmm/s320/IMG_3986.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It'll act as a proxy Air Force Advisor in the company command squad. When I had finished this one, I also decided to have a bit of fun and convert another officer and this is what I came up with:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL9Bean9A09kNmntnDmgTCO43gNdzD8k-O7BU3PJCkjU5s90D6lQcp7c5UI35mRmfcrkm0HsZmUZfeVtQsZhX9D0CuIY9RD1gg-RxoREs07A6MyYAMH29kTBDjlqhFBSrZfvz7VmL25sv/s736/IMG_3993.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL9Bean9A09kNmntnDmgTCO43gNdzD8k-O7BU3PJCkjU5s90D6lQcp7c5UI35mRmfcrkm0HsZmUZfeVtQsZhX9D0CuIY9RD1gg-RxoREs07A6MyYAMH29kTBDjlqhFBSrZfvz7VmL25sv/s320/IMG_3993.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2e-Fge8Gn5JzCXHD4b-xJENqPfZRRdau34TD5RQ8d2n3XzebsUlxEFWsCAVGvgiIr9db6eP-LSLceyUHQPxzeYujhmPnWfK3wiACNWFMFf-aEqaedCDv6ynM9A01eIqOOFuXGVoucZKBi/s854/IMG_3994.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2e-Fge8Gn5JzCXHD4b-xJENqPfZRRdau34TD5RQ8d2n3XzebsUlxEFWsCAVGvgiIr9db6eP-LSLceyUHQPxzeYujhmPnWfK3wiACNWFMFf-aEqaedCDv6ynM9A01eIqOOFuXGVoucZKBi/s320/IMG_3994.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It'll act as a Captain in the army but will most likely just be for show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On a slightly different note, I decided to take a little bit of a detour towards Chaos and have been converting a small group of miniatures to be followers of Khorne, the blood god. Again, this is just for fun but it was also a nice little palate cleanser. I haven't finished them yet but there will be eight in total... here are the first three:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIe00w_1wy-n1OwkeMfVprg8khDdoAdb6rX_3TwHlHFVZOZZ2ddfxpCKc_q4Y75Qun-JYRN74nOTzK_U-GrSnWMxt485s34SwlcZJCYUmPZt0mPNsZV5w-adxBKChO8u3ynVApGXQPL4GQ/s1100/IMG_4002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1100" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIe00w_1wy-n1OwkeMfVprg8khDdoAdb6rX_3TwHlHFVZOZZ2ddfxpCKc_q4Y75Qun-JYRN74nOTzK_U-GrSnWMxt485s34SwlcZJCYUmPZt0mPNsZV5w-adxBKChO8u3ynVApGXQPL4GQ/s320/IMG_4002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They aren't going to be particularly demonic... just 'flavoured' a bit. Once they are all finished, I'll post a little bit of background on them... just to add even more flavour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, I have returned the Storm Lord to the work bench and have been getting a bit of filling done...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_5s2fmRssT3Hoi83xgQuiB4Cy-qn-3k0EQJKrGTa12HDX1wiTK2bYl0gDo4c_PF29cFBEmAalKbVUm_2hPRtzDiQNxQbDCEhuKmQzu_sgVzsvMUX5SMMVxfQurwp7vr8uw5uUQofsMGm/s930/IMG_4000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="930" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_5s2fmRssT3Hoi83xgQuiB4Cy-qn-3k0EQJKrGTa12HDX1wiTK2bYl0gDo4c_PF29cFBEmAalKbVUm_2hPRtzDiQNxQbDCEhuKmQzu_sgVzsvMUX5SMMVxfQurwp7vr8uw5uUQofsMGm/s320/IMG_4000.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So far, I have filled a few gaps, contoured the window frames, added the hull heavy bolters and made a wall with a doorway to allow access to the rear firing deck. In the image, the little las-cannon turrets have been removed, just so they didn't fall off during the work (they will be refitted at some point).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So... as you can see, I haven't been idle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I am also sculpting a miniature for a friend so that it can be used in a game that is being played at Salute this year... again, once it's done, I'll post images.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So... what have I got planned next? Mostly, finishing things off... most likely in something like this order (depending on mood):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1 - Finish the Salute sculpt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2 - Clean, base and prime the remaining batch of troops for the army project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3 - Finish the little Chaos project (sculpting).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4 - Arrange the troops for the army project and number everything, ready for painting units.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5 - GET PAINTING!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6 - Start thinking about the next unit for Macrocosm Miniatures (Close Combat Dwarfs).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After all that, you'd think I'd run out of stuff to talk about... well... you're right!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the naughty step!</div></div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-77614647564843296812021-06-14T15:15:00.003+01:002021-10-17T15:55:49.838+01:00At journey's end... before we start the next one.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>A lot has happened recently and I thought I'd pop a post up to share all the good news.</p><p>First of all, after nearly six months, I have finally started to feel like my old self again. I am able to breathe much better, don't have a cough and can walk around without feeling faint. This has made me much happier and now I can even start planning things. The Long Covid was tough... but thankfully, I have had lots of support from friends, family and my psychotherapist and now I can properly see the light at the end of the tunnel. I still need to get my strength back (sitting for five + months has made me unfit) but I am back!</p><p>Part of the journey has been me quitting my job at the care home. Covid hit the home hard and I couldn't face returning to all the empty chairs. As a result, I am jobless but will use the time wisely to catch up with all the things I've put off for the last six months. The stress that has been removed from me has had a massive, healing effect... now I just need to decide what job I will try next.</p><p>In other news, we are getting a new family member soon... a little kitten called Poppy. She isn't big enough to join us yet but we have met her and we are really looking forward to her joining us in about three weeks. Here's a tiny Poppy (with a very tired me):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DtoxJ9sOLbKkTHWoTf59pslgrb6Ju5ijzsoIN0L_k1fS418XhZKO_vxZVE3MSFkcVA6bOkIQVzJmfbKe2ISJJ8igTn4JU37FyyqXo5PnpIudu1FIV-DtBhCC4qmdVvjimTEz2JMQJStG/s827/Steve+Poppy2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DtoxJ9sOLbKkTHWoTf59pslgrb6Ju5ijzsoIN0L_k1fS418XhZKO_vxZVE3MSFkcVA6bOkIQVzJmfbKe2ISJJ8igTn4JU37FyyqXo5PnpIudu1FIV-DtBhCC4qmdVvjimTEz2JMQJStG/s320/Steve+Poppy2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Down to the big news, now... I have finished the Space Dwarf project! After 16 months and a lot of sculpting, I have finally finished off the list. That is 41 miniatures and 8 separate special/heavy weapons. I am very happy to have it finished and am planning to take a bit of a break before I launch into the next big thing. Here is a collage of all the miniatures (without the separate weapons):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyQV2a0J3f6JBZmA4tPPR57WKBNnwmw2PJjbYZ0WragnkXtSraxMpnLDiPy4pO_gWw6Xy_iLpFJbhyphenhyphenx1fo7UINzs9JJb8YN_CzqIyON7rz-1Hw1MlvRMrENR_iijgZQNe2gM1AtkY89c5/s1462/Collection.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyQV2a0J3f6JBZmA4tPPR57WKBNnwmw2PJjbYZ0WragnkXtSraxMpnLDiPy4pO_gWw6Xy_iLpFJbhyphenhyphenx1fo7UINzs9JJb8YN_CzqIyON7rz-1Hw1MlvRMrENR_iijgZQNe2gM1AtkY89c5/s320/Collection.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With these all sculpted, I just have a few to get back from casting and then I'll send off the last batch... and I'll be able to focus on getting some painting done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So what's next (apart from painting this army)? Well... there are a few character figures that need to be added (Engineseer, Servitors, Artillery Officer, Naval Officer and [possibly] a psyker) and a squad of Close Combat Troopers... but I am in no rush for those at the moment... and I also want to create some Beastmen at some point so I may have finished one project but I haven't given up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So things are pretty positive at the moment and the future is looking much brighter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the front of the queue!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-16081493678488760872021-05-05T11:54:00.005+01:002021-05-05T18:20:11.265+01:00I can see the finish line!<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>Nothing has changed, outside of the hobby so I'm going to get straight to the point... I have nearly finished my Space Dwarf Project.</p><p>From the beginning, the plan was to create a range of miniatures that I could build an infantry company with... and have a small amount of support for it. That would mean that I needed about a hundred miniatures. </p><p>I have never felt that all of the miniatures needed to be unique... in fact, I was hoping to get multiple casts of each miniatures to mix and match throughout the company.</p><p>So the plan for the company was to have a command squad, three infantry platoons and three heavy weapon squads to support the platoons. This in turn, led to the following list of required miniatures:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4wvPQjTZEannhg2EqArO6bBAzTTFMVte1V37xxZVBbUGWnVwtkREX9CHLZ7QokKsMrdWyfYvSTJ0lTA-FrNhTYsctOLDZgu-SGTTmxtFdLbnpmwddeKA-Z0noViwdJU07xL9brRmag2Q/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="164" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4wvPQjTZEannhg2EqArO6bBAzTTFMVte1V37xxZVBbUGWnVwtkREX9CHLZ7QokKsMrdWyfYvSTJ0lTA-FrNhTYsctOLDZgu-SGTTmxtFdLbnpmwddeKA-Z0noViwdJU07xL9brRmag2Q/" width="194" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So far, I have sculpted 35 out of a planned 42 miniatures and with a few head-swaps that Chris has done for the heavy weapon trooper, I have nearly got all of the required miniatures finished... and the ones that need finishing are just conversions of casts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since I last posted on here, I have finished a Colonel:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw72uZl-qE-rEQVoy6Np1EQzhux9Iog_i_0_HtG1Yi9S-MIa4rkQsVjrqsrCqqcbcl0XWuPZ_WDL4CuwsFCLu_gD4eIBwPw4KxGBnDNGKp3zBP4zs4OOdIlalXonhvN5Yc790TLBFJPaU0/s1029/IMG_3903.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1029" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw72uZl-qE-rEQVoy6Np1EQzhux9Iog_i_0_HtG1Yi9S-MIa4rkQsVjrqsrCqqcbcl0XWuPZ_WDL4CuwsFCLu_gD4eIBwPw4KxGBnDNGKp3zBP4zs4OOdIlalXonhvN5Yc790TLBFJPaU0/s320/IMG_3903.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He is armed with a plasma pistol and a master crafted power glove. If you look closely at the power glove you may notice that it may resemble something from a completely different franchise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have also finished a Captain with a dog for company:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LR7V4I_RWyams5NfiRmovwFLNtGR9saw3idPvp7SsJPiHQ46x6HSGhHQux3kSpV7GVsB4ticu5DmGgy3IvlE6tzvYzn8KrnJbY_sKsxFASm5iuwKJ3GZ-upH-KWubxrHTL3jJnC_v5vd/s1070/IMG_3890.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1070" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LR7V4I_RWyams5NfiRmovwFLNtGR9saw3idPvp7SsJPiHQ46x6HSGhHQux3kSpV7GVsB4ticu5DmGgy3IvlE6tzvYzn8KrnJbY_sKsxFASm5iuwKJ3GZ-upH-KWubxrHTL3jJnC_v5vd/s320/IMG_3890.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is my favourite sculpt of the project and I can't wait to get it painted up... I may even convert one a little so that I can join my army myself !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, I emptied my work-bench by head-swapping a few Lasgunners: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwA0kA7x5Wib4AA31sWHpA8faDyjPqXPwuF0XP0DiW6vrZ59sP1CCrsfw7Vp8tRgJnhc25JOemcfQtFWf_BvDqcEsAc9SWYU3r8BzdsGmVtvAvgi7geP-DlQVlylwFkFt6mQoYvxEr-4T/s1038/IMG_3909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="1038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwA0kA7x5Wib4AA31sWHpA8faDyjPqXPwuF0XP0DiW6vrZ59sP1CCrsfw7Vp8tRgJnhc25JOemcfQtFWf_BvDqcEsAc9SWYU3r8BzdsGmVtvAvgi7geP-DlQVlylwFkFt6mQoYvxEr-4T/s320/IMG_3909.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and after a bit of base tabbing and tidying, these have now been packed up, ready to be sent to <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/space-dwarves-macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a> for casting:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamWb_jhrEgcj3OQHfcxiW3hiUjIdMN3zq6lTECyLTcnxeEAABNHLXgpjM-iGUIfTCyFXdPJI2Dw3Gk0iYiK2-sSiJpxRIdNjeVkcyRG2hl9ojWRwZOhk-j6WAXtO8piP3P2ud0JEwkBIN/s751/IMG_3910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="751" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamWb_jhrEgcj3OQHfcxiW3hiUjIdMN3zq6lTECyLTcnxeEAABNHLXgpjM-iGUIfTCyFXdPJI2Dw3Gk0iYiK2-sSiJpxRIdNjeVkcyRG2hl9ojWRwZOhk-j6WAXtO8piP3P2ud0JEwkBIN/s320/IMG_3910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once I get the previous batch of casts, I can convert the last seven miniatures for the project (3 Comms-Troopers and 4 Lasgunners)... and it will be finished! 42 miniatures will have been created and turned into a range. Over a year's work! Finished...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... well... is it, though?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the party table!</div><p></p>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-70782088355848219042021-04-14T05:07:00.016+01:002021-05-06T07:06:15.913+01:00Space Dwarfs... Faaahhssands of em.<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World.</p><p>Today's post is just one to put together a list of Space Dwarf miniatures that are currently available. It will not be a complete list but it will most certainly be a starter for ten. It doesn't cover 3d files... just miniatures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9OnKImIRhDXDSHRWD6jg-ctYjcTACcIu6SUm6Uh9XsTo8wDbQV6xyuNycrJ0S8ohM4irBrzn5E-dvHmgmMiYtIw6gNXuHhurTw39slxKGpKgfU5ogEwtlXjBJ7VMOdyfA0yjv4os-hzo/s710/NSA5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="710" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9OnKImIRhDXDSHRWD6jg-ctYjcTACcIu6SUm6Uh9XsTo8wDbQV6xyuNycrJ0S8ohM4irBrzn5E-dvHmgmMiYtIw6gNXuHhurTw39slxKGpKgfU5ogEwtlXjBJ7VMOdyfA0yjv4os-hzo/s320/NSA5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>1. <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a> have a number of different styles of Space Dwarf in their sci-fi ranges.</p><p>2. <a href="http://www.grekwoodminiatures.co.uk/IndividualCharacters.php" target="_blank">Grekwood Miniatures</a> have a single space Dwarf.</p><p>3. <a href="http://www.gydran.com/products-catagories" target="_blank">Gydran Miniatures</a> have a wide range of Space Dwarfs, including power armour and robots to go with them.</p><p>4. <a href="http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=sci%252dfi-%26%0D%0Aweird-war" target="_blank">Hasslefree Miniatures</a> have the Grymn which also have powered armour to bolster the standard troopers.</p><p>5. <a href="https://cpmodels.co.uk/product-category/28mm-ranges/28mm-sci-fi/runts-space-dwarfs/" target="_blank">CP Miniatures</a> have Runts, which are a range of Space Dwarfs.</p><p>6. <a href="http://www.battlevalorgames.com/scifi.aspx?page=4" target="_blank">Battle Valour Games</a> have a few squads of Space Dwarfs in their sci-fi range (you'll need to scroll for them and they are spread over a couple of pages).</p><p>7. <a href="https://www.wereweevilminiatures.com/shop" target="_blank">Wereweevil Miniatures</a> have a nice range of Space Dwarfs with classic style Exo-Armour (Egg Bots).</p><p>8. <a href="https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/Boxed-Games?N=2493327851+751627100&Nr=AND(sku.siteId%3AUS_fw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_US_fw)&Nrs=collection()%2Frecord[product.startDate+%3C%3D+1618375440000+and+product.endDate+%3E%3D+1618375440000]&view=all" target="_blank">Forge World</a> have a couple of Squats in their Necromunda range.</p><p>9. <a href="https://bridgeminiatures.com/product-category/mutants-madmen/mutants-madmen-dvargs/" target="_blank">Bridge Miniatures</a> have Dvargs in their Mutants and Madmen range.</p><p>10. <a href="https://www.manticgames.com/games/warpath/forge-fathers/" target="_blank">Mantic Games</a> have Forge Fathers for various games.</p><p>11. <a href="https://hardcore-miniatures.com/shop#w--ul-id-63-2/SPACE-DWARVES/c/101947235--w" target="_blank">Hardcore Miniatures</a> have some new Dwarfs on the way.</p><p>12. <a href="https://wargamesatlantic.com/collections/demo-collection/products/einherjar" target="_blank">Wargames Atlantic</a> have Einherjar kits.</p><p>13. <a href="http://uscarlminis.free.fr/UM_SCI-FI_uk.htm" target="_blank">Uscarl Miniatures</a> have a squad of Space Dwarfs.</p><p>14. <a href="https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/26-dwarves" target="_blank">Ramshackle Games</a> have some Dwarfs... including bikers.</p><p>15. <a href="https://www.sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?group=192" target="_blank">Scibor Miniatures</a> have a range of larger sized Dwarfs.</p><p>16. <a href="https://www.grim-forge.com/en/product-category/28mm/grimstars/" target="_blank">Grim Forge</a> has a couple of Space Dwarf items.</p><p>17. <a href="https://www.oldschoolminiatures.co.uk/space-dwarfs-10-c.asp" target="_blank">Old School Miniatures</a> has a Space Dwarf and a bunch of Chaos Space Dwarfs as well.</p><p>18. <a href="https://bitsofwar.com/13-miniatures?p=2" target="_blank">Kromlech</a> have Dvergr Dwarf Commandos (you'll need to scroll to find them).</p><p>19. <a href="https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/character-miniatures/products/roli-runeseeker-dwarf-mercenary" target="_blank">Victoria Miniatures</a> have a Dwarf character.</p><p>20. <a href="https://blackcatbases.com/product-category/figures/figures-moonfleet-miniatures/page/6/" target="_blank">Black Cat Bases</a> have a range called the B'dass, by Moonfleet Miniatures... scroll down on the link.</p><p>21. TBC</p><p>This list will be updated as I find more miniatures on my travels through the interweb.</p><p>See you from the scout party!</p><p><br /></p>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-45831942368990639992021-04-05T08:51:00.002+01:002021-04-05T22:06:25.618+01:00News from the front.<p> Hello again. Welcome to Inso's World.</p><p>Keeping the boring stuff short... I still have long Covid... it is still causing me issues and preventing me from returning to work... I am fed up of it and want it to end but it is just a matter of patience.</p><p>As I've mentioned before, I am still able to get things done so I have been spending most of my time geeking-out on the internet, sculpting and doing a few chores. I am trying to get out for walks on a regular basis but they are a mixed bag and can be quite a struggle.</p><p>There is one thing that I have found, that has been really important to me and that is Twitch. Twitch (if you didn't know) is an on-line, game-streaming site that has a chat function so you can communicate with the live streamer. Being stuck at home on my own a lot is a lonely business but Twitch has enabled me to make friends with people all over the world and has also filled the void of not having people around all the time... so if you are feeling lonely or just fancy watching some video games, I'd recommend it.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Link to Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/" target="_blank">TWITCH</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Now let's get on to the sculpting side of things. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The last Kick-Starter for my sculpts (plus a couple of others) was run over the last few weeks and has now finished. It ended up doing pretty well and can be viewed here:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Link to Kick-Starter: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2076383099/sci-fi-space-dwarves/description" target="_blank">Kick-Starter</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Seeing as sitting on my arse is something I can do, I have managed to get a lot of sculpting done, over the last couple of months. It started with the Standard Bearer that I showed off in my last blog post and moved on from there... </p><p style="text-align: left;">The first couple of sculpts to be finished were a Trooper with Heavy Flamer and a Lasgunner:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhET7RcdAxuY0nQOTAhlSlgOapRECYjl9-KFFMIz61_S7V7MdAaNAr_zSi_YWbMGbFSvQGFt2vTslX1l7HRmb769bOe6DZ8G18xACcwD6s421Zu7bVdIiLELBX16l4Zzy30UvIet-n7rthr/s711/IMG_3855.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhET7RcdAxuY0nQOTAhlSlgOapRECYjl9-KFFMIz61_S7V7MdAaNAr_zSi_YWbMGbFSvQGFt2vTslX1l7HRmb769bOe6DZ8G18xACcwD6s421Zu7bVdIiLELBX16l4Zzy30UvIet-n7rthr/s320/IMG_3855.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFygvG0QGMhwI_2PUkbFWnZwZXamVR3zlcdmb01KSGR9RJk7IMcDFFra79zAah8cLao6ap_jJ56r2F1jvphk9fERGUWgDZWCoCnZDxsLiRqRTYj7ILCXuzbFk7_OSiVUz3hQoSiP0ng7yG/s775/IMG_3856.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFygvG0QGMhwI_2PUkbFWnZwZXamVR3zlcdmb01KSGR9RJk7IMcDFFra79zAah8cLao6ap_jJ56r2F1jvphk9fERGUWgDZWCoCnZDxsLiRqRTYj7ILCXuzbFk7_OSiVUz3hQoSiP0ng7yG/s320/IMG_3856.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted the Trooper with Heavy Flamer to look cheerful and the Lasgunner to look bored or reflective and I think they worked out okay. The next couple of sculpts were a pair of Medics:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqY1rwXlNj22MXafjw5V3H5ofyXNytjO_QEcmpBRPfaHZbnb_TTKXs6cE_6CE0IsZYJM0QBxZBsZW0pbkYWBuNa1HRk6wpsqmQkh2DJ-Tf5oDFzZ2zqxA8tbAixzkW4e558faOCEm7gW5/s821/IMG_3870.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="711" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqY1rwXlNj22MXafjw5V3H5ofyXNytjO_QEcmpBRPfaHZbnb_TTKXs6cE_6CE0IsZYJM0QBxZBsZW0pbkYWBuNa1HRk6wpsqmQkh2DJ-Tf5oDFzZ2zqxA8tbAixzkW4e558faOCEm7gW5/s320/IMG_3870.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsW-dUq4BRr-MrzYh2HsfpGSoHalUHvsYd2ELuyKwXFkGSqNdVlRAQqq8EbJUIb5NHge1C05nGvj3eILhd7PqXHd96WTtP3yQQoP2c5pwLIupMiCSiLgVab7ezsX8PCsGNg8ddhX5pBWsr/s805/IMG_3874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="732" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsW-dUq4BRr-MrzYh2HsfpGSoHalUHvsYd2ELuyKwXFkGSqNdVlRAQqq8EbJUIb5NHge1C05nGvj3eILhd7PqXHd96WTtP3yQQoP2c5pwLIupMiCSiLgVab7ezsX8PCsGNg8ddhX5pBWsr/s320/IMG_3874.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The idea behind the two Medics was that they carried pistols to defend themselves and those under their care and also enable them to carry more kit. One of them has taken this to an excessive level and the other is more able to dash about and is signalling to a wounded Trooper to "stay where you are and take cover" so that he has extra time to get to him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Following on from these two, I sculpted a Trooper, throwing a grenade:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZTiOPUrke_wrHhftygqFwue2rRjw3k5FUZ2dhZ2pM4ZzSqgOPRAjDP22fT8M3MhytX64DV2FNJptrhVkP631ad7-BWwggCpyP8U-C3nVPdrJS-zJjGpSzUQzEU7nf52QiapIjYTA1Su_/s1120/IMG_3879.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="914" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZTiOPUrke_wrHhftygqFwue2rRjw3k5FUZ2dhZ2pM4ZzSqgOPRAjDP22fT8M3MhytX64DV2FNJptrhVkP631ad7-BWwggCpyP8U-C3nVPdrJS-zJjGpSzUQzEU7nf52QiapIjYTA1Su_/s320/IMG_3879.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This sculpt was a direct response to forum feedback. Someone suggested that I should make a Trooper throwing a Grenade and a few people agreed... so I sculpted one. You will also notice a Heavy Weapon Trooper in the above image. He is one of the original ones that I sculpted a while ago but he is carrying a newly built weapon; an Auto-Cannon. I needed to finish the Auto-Cannon so that all of the Codex Heavy Weapon options were covered (along with the Heavy Flamer Trooper). After this, I noticed that I only needed one more Lasgunner pose to complete the Lasgunner poses on my list so I converted one at "high-port-arms":</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kKO6nQy4xzdMkIuQXKubdDknasc8ookQRe7wyuBBTQ9RTPdTGTSh8Mfrrrix1bEm-uzZhKinLWq74tvgYcDCNvaHt0YsnQquxecMcQ59N6hwjpY5y5dYSeWypfnt4r7ZefWbjXUGQ32w/s767/IMG_3885.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="652" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kKO6nQy4xzdMkIuQXKubdDknasc8ookQRe7wyuBBTQ9RTPdTGTSh8Mfrrrix1bEm-uzZhKinLWq74tvgYcDCNvaHt0YsnQquxecMcQ59N6hwjpY5y5dYSeWypfnt4r7ZefWbjXUGQ32w/s320/IMG_3885.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the last of the Lasgunners were finished, I packed up the little group and sent them off for casting/production to <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/space-dwarves-macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj78g5wGLNyw-pIKImu7iudWYjaPgJUuXL4zXrpzhAInis11ciACsUKr-gRHfWbbhQMmYu5a6crVDX9JTlaQhKpVQN8MFXof_-0NQ0jKs3YBrfQ7b4BWhhPYQ-sIaPYxBLRe2h5XEIq2Lc/s958/IMG_3889.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="958" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj78g5wGLNyw-pIKImu7iudWYjaPgJUuXL4zXrpzhAInis11ciACsUKr-gRHfWbbhQMmYu5a6crVDX9JTlaQhKpVQN8MFXof_-0NQ0jKs3YBrfQ7b4BWhhPYQ-sIaPYxBLRe2h5XEIq2Lc/s320/IMG_3889.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After sending off the miniatures, it was time to take stock and see what was left... and it turned out that I have 14 sculpts/conversions to finish for the basic list I have prepared. These are:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1x Colonel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1x Captain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3x Comms conversions </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9x Lasgunner conversions</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once I receive casts of my latest batch of sculpts, I will have all of the bodies needed for the remaining conversions (including a few that are on my workbench) and then I can take a pause before embarking on the next wave of miniatures (a Close Combat Squad, Engineseer, Servitors and Advisors) but I haven't drawn up a list yet so that I remain focussed on the current project. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As it stands, I am working on a Captain for now and will be putting new heads on a bunch of Lasgunners while working on the Colonel. During this process I will be deciding which additional Lasgunners will get a Comms Set... so there is still a bit of work to be done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PHEW! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I have bought another box of Kastelan Robots to play about with and will be converting them into smaller, engineering suits... Not to mention there has been some work going on with some mecha... but that will be for another time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the meantime...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZv3Tj8DGiYtVQXdWAgXvxcT7JWUJ7wClge4dXjfpKt2sp7SeknsurRYpp8Pv9WDYJeDqr59JsLbj_PQjMqFVCq90TJ6Lz5nFPzu9KsIB1HUpyqpUFMBrtv93Jm3mhqQQI7nriazhVqRS/s655/War.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="655" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZv3Tj8DGiYtVQXdWAgXvxcT7JWUJ7wClge4dXjfpKt2sp7SeknsurRYpp8Pv9WDYJeDqr59JsLbj_PQjMqFVCq90TJ6Lz5nFPzu9KsIB1HUpyqpUFMBrtv93Jm3mhqQQI7nriazhVqRS/s320/War.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stay safe, follow the Covid restrictions and look after the ones you love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from the front line!</div>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-73648921895864893042021-02-07T13:49:00.002+00:002021-02-07T13:49:53.415+00:00Father Nurgle's Gift<p> Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.</p><p>What can I tell you? Well, first up, I finished sculpting my Space Dwarf, Standard Bearer:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lncqTjpZhA31vVHD24z6Vaz5ZZU88VswAOeOpXTZTw9DY68QbCxuT_ecBYVQwgfTQT9Yy-eLSkC_7lvSLtAxY8PU4RKegYTcXAQJg3Gtpco2Iu0JKMIXknIcvZ_5nSR_u7PeyT9mBIG3/s1369/IMG_3816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="1049" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lncqTjpZhA31vVHD24z6Vaz5ZZU88VswAOeOpXTZTw9DY68QbCxuT_ecBYVQwgfTQT9Yy-eLSkC_7lvSLtAxY8PU4RKegYTcXAQJg3Gtpco2Iu0JKMIXknIcvZ_5nSR_u7PeyT9mBIG3/w306-h400/IMG_3816.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9uXCuyGsnepXBjrek_Rl8DSLsHK5_4xyQ9rkF4eTQfsDzZ2KTvVmYAmVDYXByOwJUBFCt9EKHNASHOuNAdggw76Q7w_ax9Oc0u3zlWQEpzO4TmPJk0-l9335LbYNlYLPfsxYSvnqf0WB/s539/IMG_3828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9uXCuyGsnepXBjrek_Rl8DSLsHK5_4xyQ9rkF4eTQfsDzZ2KTvVmYAmVDYXByOwJUBFCt9EKHNASHOuNAdggw76Q7w_ax9Oc0u3zlWQEpzO4TmPJk0-l9335LbYNlYLPfsxYSvnqf0WB/s320/IMG_3828.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7_ASX_q5hCwlbSUreitFHWLG2Nyi7zNjbN1m6GliOVsx7RU4F0bMlg5wUtuZGwK0x3Gz5Nuk7nEz5aLYjR2u-nSAQoQvvfUpT0qi3lWg3wruNzfr9mqiAKT65HUi23T4rlDlSUTvoOIc/s486/IMG_3826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7_ASX_q5hCwlbSUreitFHWLG2Nyi7zNjbN1m6GliOVsx7RU4F0bMlg5wUtuZGwK0x3Gz5Nuk7nEz5aLYjR2u-nSAQoQvvfUpT0qi3lWg3wruNzfr9mqiAKT65HUi23T4rlDlSUTvoOIc/s320/IMG_3826.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Click the Pix!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As you can see, he's just a little bit larger than his brothers (by design) and wears slightly different armour that helps him to stand out as a champion who is worthy of holding the company standard. The banner topper is about 10mm tall and is supposed to depict a Dwarf version of Thor, sculpted in a 'rustic' style.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Standard Bearer will be sent off for casting when I have finished a few other sculpts... speaking of sculpts...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I currently have five miniatures on the corks; a Medic, Heavy Flamer, Lasgunner, Captain and Colonel. My focus is on the first three because they have the same boots, armour and webbing pattern. I'll get their bodies finished and then move on to do the same with the officers. Once that is done, I'll go back to the first three and finish them before I finish the officers. Once they are all finished, they'll get sent off to <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/space-dwarves-macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a>, with the Standard Bearer, for casting up.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Speaking of <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/space-dwarves-macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a>, the recent <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2076383099/sci-fi-dwarves-command-squad/description" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> has successfully completed. I am very happy that Chris has done so well on the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2076383099/sci-fi-dwarves-command-squad/description" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> and also that so many people are happy to buy my work. It certainly helps with motivation for sculpting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So far, I have provided 21 miniatures (including the Standard Bearer) for the range (this includes full sculpts and head-swaps), with another 15 or so, on the list so I still need to maintain my focus and keep churning them out!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So... life.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I can say with certainty that COVID-19 sucks. I have had it for three weeks and I have had breathing issues, troubles with dizziness/feeling faint and a general lack of energy. LUCKILY, I haven't been bad enough for a hospital trip so it could have been much worse but it has really affected me being able to move about. Sitting down is fine... it's the moving that is the bother.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This week I went to the funeral of my mother-in-law. It was a lovely little service and she was laid to rest with dignity and care. It was strange that only a few people were allowed to the service and that we couldn't gather together, afterwards but at least everything went without a hitch. I drove to the town (about 6 hours driving, each way) and was fine... up until I had to walk anywhere... that was a struggle and I nearly passed out on one occasion. It took an age to recover from even the shortest of walks... but at least I managed to get my wife and daughter to the funeral so that we could all pay our respects. That was the only time I've left my house since Jan 16th... and I'm off to the doctors tomorrow so that'll be a nice trip out...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm still here, I'm still sculpting and I'm still happy so it isn't all doom and gloom.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">See you from the manufactorium!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577317490215236405.post-8650098602340026142021-01-17T13:14:00.005+00:002021-01-17T13:14:55.552+00:00A new year...<p> So here we are again... welcome to Inso's World.</p><p>I just thought that I'd share a bit of news. Not only have the 2 Sgts and 3 Junior Officers been sent off for casting:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJr8E8hltDsWwLKLy7TqOI5cEVGRvzP2mL4EL394NpT02KrZdGw5lE2N6xQpEIhsHWRS6IAozqGJ9urhc85t_XEnWdXJaxyLANzn2OxAiDIta2aPNpANhQX_M2BINWZCZBcIYEgwuI6Q9/s641/IMG_3808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="641" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJr8E8hltDsWwLKLy7TqOI5cEVGRvzP2mL4EL394NpT02KrZdGw5lE2N6xQpEIhsHWRS6IAozqGJ9urhc85t_XEnWdXJaxyLANzn2OxAiDIta2aPNpANhQX_M2BINWZCZBcIYEgwuI6Q9/s320/IMG_3808.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click the Pic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... but <a href="https://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/macrocosm/" target="_blank">Macrocosm Miniatures</a> are currently running a new Kickstarter for a bunch of my sculpts:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2076383099/sci-fi-dwarves-command-squad/description" target="_blank">Macrocosm Kickstarter Link</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The mortars aren't my work and I think there's an odd head or two that aren't mine either... but it's a great way to add a few troopers to your Space Dwarf army.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over the next few weeks/months, I will be working on a Standard Bearer, Heavy Flamer Trooper, Medic and 2 Senior Officers... and after that, a bunch of Lasgunners and additional Comms Troopers... but I am focusing on the first batch for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, I am isolating because I have got COVID-19 at the moment, with a mild cough so I am hoping that I can get things done and not get particularly sick... fingers crossed, eh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you from behind the mask!</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Insohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110250472802650905noreply@blogger.com0