Two down...two to go!

Two performances down and two more tomorrow, finishing with a booze up for Inso and the family in the local pub. Tonight everyone was tired and there were a few grumps here and there but on the whole the performance went well. There was a much bigger audience tonight and that meant that there was more noise, more cheers and more banter so that really helped.
Thank heavens it's Saturday tomorrow...everyone will finally get a decent lie in. Looking at Inso and his missus tonight...they need one!

So...what happened today? I'll tell you; Inso didn't feel like painting so he put a Vulkan together to get an idea of scale and to see what it looks like first hand. The following pix were taken to give everyone the same information:



Inso has said that he has already 'lost' the head and has converted the area to have a windscreen and a hatch lid. I'm sure there will be a pic of the conversion soon. He has suggested that one squad of three will have the same weapon fit but the other two squads may have different ones (he's still not 100% sure of the big fist).

Well from what I can see, the Vulkan suits the Grymn pretty well and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest assembled...AFTER THE COMMAND SQUAD IS PAINTED!!! (no chance of him listening to me though!).

Catch you tomorrow!

Thursday...IT'S SHOW-TIME!

Well, the title says it all. The Pantomime started tonight and Inso and his family have only been home for long enough to have a cup of tea and tuck the nippers in bed.

There were a few tiny, first-night nerves but on the whole the Pantomime was a great success and fun was had by all. The in-laws enjoyed the show and Inso, his wife and two children all did a splendid job (as did the rest of the cast). Everyone has said that this Pantomime has had the best atmosphere of all of them...everyone actually enjoyed all the rehearsals!!!

A very tried Inso will sleep well tonight!

As for the Grymn command squad...just the first highlights have been done on the brown areas so there hasn't been a lot of progress but Inso can be forgiven because he has been preparing for the big night today.

For a picture today, we have something cheery and almost in the pantomime spirit. He's the Tango Man (who looks a bit like a Genii)...enjoy:

Wobbly Wednesday.

After feeling a bit dizzy last night, Inso awoke this morning feeling even more so. He doesn't know what's up with him but it sort of tailed of during the day but got worse this evening. Fortunately he managed to put some paint on his command squad while he had a less dizzy moment:



There is still a lot of work to do but he has made a good start. Inso is now praying that he won't be dizzy tomorrow as it is the first night of the pantomime...and he doesn't want to fall off the stage.

Today Inso has mostly been surfing the web. He generally likes to have a look at the Forum of Doom, Frothers Unite U.K., The Miniatures Page and Work in Progress (all of which are miniature and converting related forums). He is also a fan of You Tube and Weebl's Stuff which provide a little light hearted entertainment. So far he has resisted the lure of sites like My Space as he has plenty of 'community' based surfing on the forums.

Inso is currently resisting the urge to work on the Vulkan Battle-suits. He knows that if he starts on them, he will neglect his command squad but I reckon it won't be long before he waivers and ploughs into the Vulkans! I think he has ideas that need to be investigated as he has been sitting there turning the main body around in his hand, pondering...time will tell.

To finish off, here's Hellboy...enjoy!


See you tomorrow!

Tuesday...the last rehearsal!

Inso has just finished his tea (at 22-00hrs!) so this is a bit of a late one tonight. He and his family, have just got back from rehearsals which went on much longer than usual because the band was there for the first time. Of course there was complete chaos! I can never understand why the band is never there until the last rehearsal...the cast gets used to recorded music, then the band turns up and plays everything at a different pace in a different key!

The good news is that everything went pretty well and hopefully everything will go well on the night. Inso is currently suffering with dizziness so he won't be getting anything else done tonight (he should have had a bit more to eat today...muppet!).

On a more miniature related theme, the chaingunner turned up so Inso was chuffed that he didn't have to raise complaints against the seller (he e-mailed the seller earlier and there was a misunderstanding and apologies were exchanged). Continuing the theme, Inso managed to get the fatigues on the command squad finished today and has now got as far as having base coted the armour. There are no pix but tomorrow should see some, as it is a complete day off from Pantomime so there will be time for painting and pix.

Today the MIGHTY MONGO makes an appearance in lieu of Grymn pix:


See you tomorrow!

Monday...more rehearsals.

Well, Inso has basically had a day off from everything miniature related today. The only thing that he has managed to do is buy 6 more Vulkan Battle-suits and ANOTHER Viridian marine sergeant (hopefully a male one this time). He's also come clean to his long suffering wife about buying two more Tiger APCs from the US...of course she just looked at the ceiling and let him off with a tut (she's a real gem!).

The command squad is sitting, waiting for paint but tomorrow is another Panto day so they may not get to see any.

Tonight at rehearsals, was complete chaos. Cues were missed, lines forgotten and children were running riot. I think that everyone was tired out so they were a bit irritable. Inso bought a 'bald head with Einstein hair' wig today (to use while playing the Old Dance Director) and when he took a deep breath to say his lines...he drew in half the wig hair and nearly choked to death! It was funny to watch but it was a good job it was a rehearsal (as he had plenty of opportunity to get his colour back and compose himself)...hairspray will be used to prevent a recurrence.

Hopefully, I'll be able to get some photos of the pantomime when everyone is in costume. Inso looks a picture as the jester...you can't see very much of him as the Old Dance Director.

I'm sorry everything is Pantomime orientated at the moment...but that's just how it is.

Just to finish off on a high note, here is a pic of a rather cheeky sci-fi sniper from Freebooter Miniatures...enjoy:


See you tomorrow!

Slower Sunday...

First of all, I was asked what a Vulkan Battle-suit looked like so I have found an image from the net to let everyone know what they look like. I don't own the picture and it remains the property of whoever originally posted it...


The pic shows the same box that Inso got through the post. as you can see, they look very nice :).

On to other news, Inso and his family have been over at the village hall doing Panto rehearsals again today. This time it was 'in costume' as there were newspaper reporters there, taking pix. As a result, there was a lot of fun being had and that slowed down proceedings a bit so Inso hasn't managed to get much painting done today, with the exception of varnishing yesterday's completed squad.

This morning, Inso managed to learn the rest of his lines, hunt for the rest of the items needed for his costumes and sew a few more bells onto his Jester hat and collar. As you can see, today has been dominated by panto related stuff.

Tomorrow...the In-laws arrive. That means there is likely to be a bit more of a slow down in miniature painting. I guess I'll have to start looking through the galleries again.

See you tomorrow!

Super Saturday!

What a day! Not only did the Vulkan Battle-suits arrive today but I've seen them and they are extremely cool (and appear to be perfect for little Grymn Sentinel proxies). They also appear to have been sculpted by Kev White (of Hasslefree Miniatures fame) so it goes to show that even when he doesn't know who's sculpted his miniatures, he knows what he likes when he sees it.

The pantomime rehearsals also went very well. Inso has nearly learned all his lines and will have them sorted by tomorrow...which is lucky because there will be newspaper reporters there to take pictures and gain opinions...so tomorrow will be fun for him.

What else? Well it would appear that I was wrong about what Inso could achieve today because it seems that he has...only gone and finished the Grymn squad! Not bad considering he was at rehearsals for 4 hours today and being busy doing other things as well. Here they are, by the way:



Inso has a command squad to paint now and then the platoon will be finished. He must be keen because the next squad is already sitting on the painting table ready to be started.

After all that...I'm off for now. There will be more rehearsals tomorrow so I can't say what will happen miniatures wise so I guess we'll all have to wait and see.

Catch you tomorrow!