Cryptic Messages...

Gibberish, that's what I'd call it! I had a rather odd chat with Inso today...he obviously hasn't been sleeping too well lately because he couldn't pronounce some of the words properly (and had to be asked to repeat what he was saying numerous times). I eventually got the gist of what he was saying but some of it didn't make much sense.

Inso has been buying things from E-bay again and that is what he was telling me about. First up, he's gone and bought ANOTHER Tiger APC. It is another new and boxed one and that brings his total to 6 now (or it will when it arrives). On a different note, he said he had won something else that cures the whole Starship problem for his little Grymn Starship Crew project. All he would say apart from that is that it is big is that it isn't resin and comes ready assembled. I tried to prize a bit more info from him but all he would say is that it was perfect for his needs and will look great with a few little conversions and all painted up in spaceship colours (whatever they may be).

Away from E-Bay, Inso bought some more greenstuff and some clayshapers from Heresy Miniatures. As usual, the wormhole delivery system got the parcel to his door in a day so he was very happy. He has been meaning to buy some clayshapers for ages but could never find the right time to do it. It was only when he was walking around town with his wife, talking about stuff in general, that he was TOLD to buy them! Some people are very lucky to have understanding wives

Apart from a bit of online shopping, not a lot has been going on because Inso has had an 'interesting' week at work and by the time he has got home, he really hasn't had the enthusiasm for anything apart from tea, food and bed.

On his table are the two Golgo sculpts, 12 Tyranids (in various states of paint) and the little girl Mystic from his starship crew.

It is a beautiful evening in Inso's World. The sun is shining, his children are outside playing, he isn't at work until tomorrow and he has a nice cup of tea to drink...what could be better?

Catch you later!

The Banks are on Holiday...

...And so is Inso. Today he got up late, did the shopping, went out with the family and generally had a lazy day. The Tyranids got no paint...not a single splash. However, for some reason, Inso dug out part of another project and has finished it off (apart from the base...he is waiting for inspiration to finish that). So, without further ado, here is Sensai Alissandra, keeper of the sacred knowledge and one of the Starship Crew:

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Inso has kept the scheme simple so as to emphasise the 'monastic' idea behind her and her little novices (the two blade wielding children). Think of her as a martial arts expert without compare who trains her novices in all sorts of combat, diet, mental skills and chi-power manipulation to turn them into wise and utterly devastating fighting machines. Who needs Jedi powers when you can already break stone with your bare hands?

I really can't say what will come next but I guess that Inso has burnt himself out for a short while on the Tyranid front...maybe?

Catch you later!

Well...I guess not as later as I'd hoped. Inso just sent me this; Kieran the novice:

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Surely there won't be any more updates tonight...

Sunday Progress.

Yes, it is Sunday again and that generally means an update. This Sunday is no exception and although things haven't gone as quickly as he would have hoped, Inso has sent over a few pix of his Tyranid progress.

So far, he has put the base coat on the plates of 6 of the Gaunts. This is purely another coat of Bubonic Brown:

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He has also gone a stage further and finished the plates on 8 of the Gaunts. This was done with a watered down coat of Bleached Bone applied to the edges of the plates:

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Inso has mentioned that the 8 Gaunts in the last pic are made up of standard Termagant bodies with Genestealer Scything Talons added. From the beginning, he has wanted to keep his Tyranid horde more 'natural' than the norm (for Tyranids) so he has no ranged weaponry and all of his Tyranids have claws instead. The idea behind it being that a few Tyranid organisms got stranded on a planet, left for millenia and evolved to become an indiginous species...a bit like the bugs in Starship Troopers.

Well, it is bingo tonight so I doubt if there will be more painting done but tomorrow is a bank holiday so Inso will have time to get a little bit further.

That's it for now.

Catch you later!

Saturday and the Horde is Taking Shape!

First of all, I'd like to welcome the latest follower of our humble blog; Bandit86. He has a blog as well and it is well worth taking a look (especially because it has Grymn in it). Welcome aboard!

From grey plastic to this in a few short days:

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Inso seems to have been fairly busy and has managed to get all of his 20 Gaunts to this standard. They have been undercoated, base coated with Bubonic Brown and washed with Ogryn Flesh wash. The next phase is for the plates to be highlighted. Then it will be teeth and eyes, bases and varnish...and they will be finished.

These are not the only Tyranids in the box...there are three Warriors and a Carnifex with an additional plethora of Rippers but Inso is concentrating on getting the Gaunts finished at the moment.

As you can probably tell, they are only going to be tabletop quality and have had a scheme chosen that will enable them to be painted quickly but to a fairly acceptable level.

In other news, Hasslefree miniatures have updated their workbench page and Inso is enthusing about a certain 'Mystic Panda' miniature. Here is the link to the workbench page (the Panda is top left):

http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/wip.php?PHPSESSID=aad3f977966e5bd4d8f94348ffc4c1d2

He reckons that it will make a perfect companion for his starship crew (which is still WIP):



There are a few interesting sculpts on the workbench and Inso is looking forward to a few...especially all the Grymn and little Megan in powered armour.

On a Grymn note, Inso recently received his order from Hasslefree and apart from a command squad and a platoon leader, he has his Grymn urban army all bought and ready for preparation. If only the mortar spotter on the workbench was ready to buy...

Well, that is about it for today.

Catch you later!

Tuesday TERROR!

Well, it is Tuesday and there seems to have been some activity in the followers section so I'd like to welcome MrTeufel and Jenova Painting to our humble blog.

Why Tuesday TERROR? Well I happened to spy Inso's painting table today and aside from the 5 Genetic Infantry and two WIP greens, there were TYRANIDS!

Yes...TYRANIDS! It would appear that after an absolute age, Inso has begun digging his plastic horde out. He will be painting them in the publically chosen scheme (as shown here):

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BUT...he painted the test Gaunt above before he got hold of the new Games Workshop washes so he has mentioned that there may be a slight difference in the shading because he'll be using the washes instead of watering down the standard paints.

Currently, Inso has 8 Gaunts on the table. 4 are undercoated in Deneb Stone and 4 are base coated in Bubonic Brown (which is a mustard yellow...for some reason?!?).

Well, that's it for today.

Catch you later!

Sunday Incarceration!

I got a completely unexpected pic sent over today...I certainly didn't think that there would be more finished minis today but he's managed it. Not only that...but I was not expecting this:

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All I can say is that there are some really strange things going on inside Inso's head!

Catch you later!

Sunday morning and an early update.

Inso was obviously up early this morning as he has sent these pix of his completed Grymn Attack Copter/VTOL:

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This particular VTOL is from Wolf Squadron and is the red section leader. In the last pic there is a Grymn to show you how big the VTOL is when up against the troops it is meant for.

The VTOL still needs varnish but is complete apart from that.

I suppose it will back to the Genetic Infantry now then...unless the Grymn bug has started to bite again...

Catch you later!