Sculpting, painting and a brief step back in time.

 Hello and welcome to Inso's World again. Things have been hectic over the last month and there's lots to get through in this post so I'll get straight to it.

First up, life is ticking along as usual... work at the Day Centre is still great, I'm still getting the occasional shifts in the Cornwall Air Ambulance shop and I'm also getting a lot of hobby time in (at the expense of going out on my motorcycle).

My son has just finished his courses to become a fully substantive Corporal the the Royal Air Force so I am very proud of him. My daughter is working very hard, "cheffing" in the kitchen at the restaurant where she works and I'm very proud of her. My wife is still working hard, managing the playschool where she works and I'm very proud of her.

The cats are still being themselves and that's brilliant.

My motorbike is just sitting in the garage being neglected... something that has to change or it'll die...

Now for some hobby news (takes deep breath)...

First up, I have finished sculpting all the bits and bobs for the Servitor and it has been sent off for casting, along with an "AK47" styled weapon for the next little project:

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The next little project has started and I currently have five armatures on corks with the first layer of putty on them, waiting for some enthusiasm to get to work on them.

I have also been commissioned to sculpt a few infantry weapons for a different company than usual so there will more news on that once I get into the work on those.

While all the sculpting has been going on, I have received a large batch of miniatures back from Chris at Macrocosm Miniatures and have been busy, prepping and painting them... 

First a pair of Astropaths:

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These represent the penultimate miniatures in my army project so I've just got the Servitors to go and the army will be finished... although I will need to varnish all the miniatures in the army... and add tufts to the bases... and build the display base for it...

... however, the additional Engineseer needed some paint so he got some:

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Next we have an Adventurer:

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He is just a random chap that isn't part of the army but I just wanted to sculpt something different. 

Lastly we have a painted Diorama:

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I have 20 resin copies of the diorama that will be sold, at some point, to raise money for the Royal British Legion charity. More news on that once I get things sorted.

I have yet to get proper paint on this lot, however, since this photo was taken, they have been properly based and primed... they are the Predator Hunting Team with the Predator (Chaos Dwarf) at the front right:

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As a result of getting extra hours at work, over the last couple of weeks, I have lost my motivation for sculpting so I haven't really looked at it. This will (hopefully) change after this week as my shifts will return to normal.

In a look back into my youth, I have also spent a couple of hours building this Father's Day gift:

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It was very enjoyable and really made me remember the joys of assembling Lego! Bearing in mind that when I was younger, I was Lego obsessed, I am hoping that I don't rekindle that "horrendously expensive" obsession to add to the other "horrendously expensive" hobbies that I already have... 

That's the lot, I think. 

In the coming months, I hope to sculpt a small unit of Space Dwarfs (commission), some infantry weapons (commission), convert a few Servitors (when they arrive) and paint up 8 Servitors for the army (when they arrive). Hopefully, my muse hasn't gone on holiday and I can get things done. Only time will tell...

See you from the head of the line!

The 6th of May...

 Hello and welcome to Inso's World again. As promised, I will be adding a few more "reflections from Salute 52", now that I have had a chance to land and look back with a clear, less exhausted, mind.

So here goes...

All the travelling sucked.

Yes, I have travelled afar in my previous life but now that I have settled in Cornwall, my will to travel... or even leave the place... has really died. I found sitting on a train full of people who didn't want to chat, a bit weird and wasn't really happy with the cushioning on the seats either. The air-conditioner wasn't really on top form and the train was packed (luckily I reserved seats for the to/from London train). Thank heavens for Sudoku.

My lack of familiarity with getting around London didn't matter because the underground is very easy to navigate BUT I over spent on unnecessary tickets due to not realising I could just tap my debit card on the Oyster pads. Also, the closure of the Chiltern line, over the weekend, meant a few diversions which added time and uncertainty to the journey.

Overall, I wasn't unhappy with the "travelling tools" at my disposal but the time it took and the cost of travel was hard to rationalise for me. It was a whole weekend of traveling for 5 hours at a show... I could have done a lot of things in the same time, had I not gone.

Sleep?

Nothing to do with the event BUT I had little more than a couple of hours of sleep over the three days of travelling/being away from home. This was caused by a mix of excitement for the show, anxiety about travelling/tickets and my insomnia. It was a real shame because the bed I was "sleeping" in was extremely comfortable. The lack of sleep and all the travelling, coupled with my "post long COVID lungs" and polluted air, meant that I was pretty exhausted before I even got to Salute... which was a shame.

The show.

The South London Warlords put on a cracking event. There was something for everyone, the staff were amazingly helpful and surprisingly friendly considering some of the nonsense that I expect they had to deal with. The venue, as always, was perfect for the show and the food-courts were varied and really not as expensive as I could have expected. The ticket price was very fair and although I arrived a little too late for the extra free miniature, I got a nice little bag of freebies; of which a small part, are on my workbench. If I could think of a negative from the show perspective, it would be a lack of a place in the hall to get a cold drink without having to go out into the food court areas (assuming that there wasn't one that I never noticed)... but that's a really small gripe.

The crowds.

I'll be the first to admit that the crowds bothered me a lot. I wasn't expecting it to be the case but I was quite overwhelmed by the floating masses. I can't fault the courteous nature of people... I experienced no rudeness or bother from anyone at all; in fact, everyone was friendly and willing to chat and those I wanted to interact with, were brilliant. The problem I had with the crowds was the unrelenting nature of them. I am not one to sharpen my elbows and push-in so I found that I was standing around in a bit of a daze for a lot of the show... waiting to steer around people to get to areas I wanted to go. As a result, I lost my bearings completely and had to look at the map a lot more than I would have expected. The daze also meant that I missed going to stalls that I wanted to visit, didn't realise some of them were there at all, forgot about others I planned to visit and became so overwhelmed by everything that I felt I had to leave the event earlier than I wanted to.

When I tried to find a quiet spot, away from the crowds, it was like I was being followed by people who just wanted to be in the space I was in... so I felt like I couldn't escape... and the longer it went on, the more anxious I was getting.

... and the crowds didn't die down... they remained pretty constant throughout the whole time I managed to remain at the event. It was great for the show but too much for me.

I had a nightmare trying to find people that I planned to meet up with. It was lucky that most of them found me, even though I was really trying to find them. I had some lovely chats with them and met some people for the first time, even though we'd been chatting for years on Facebook. I missed a few people that I really wanted to see but I was so overwhelmed by the event that it was inevitable that I wouldn't see everyone... and at the end, I ejected so rapidly that I didn't have time to shout out a warning so missed others who may have wanted to connect.

It would appear that living in a quiet Cornish town has had a dramatic effect on my ability to deal with large gatherings of people.

The vendors.

I really can't fault a single one! Every vendor was happy to chat (when the crowds allowed it) and I was able to enthuse about their products or listen to them enthuse about them. I connected with lots of people I knew from past Salutes, met new ones and did a bit of networking and chatted with people about new products that I hadn't seen before. The stalls were interesting, well laid out and there were many little add-ons / freebies floating about if you wanted to find them (like the colouring table at Bad Squiddo Games, for example).

Overall or TLDR...

The event was brilliant, the people were brilliant, the stalls were brilliant, the crowds sucked, the travelling sucked and my ability to deal with crowds hampered my enjoyment of the day a little.

Would I go to another one?

If I was to go to another Salute, I would need to be lodging nearer the event to save on travel time. I would need to go with someone who could take my mind off the crowds and I would need to find a way of getting some bloody sleep! If I managed to arrange that, then I would go again... but not for a couple of years because I need to land properly.

The End?...

On to other things... and I have a week off work! That means that I have had a lot of sculpting time and have been busy sorting out a Servitor and another Engineseer. This is the Engineseer (all primed, ready for paint):

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... and this is the WIP Servitor:

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The Servitor still needs a bit of tidying up and also three heavy weapons sculpting... but it's really getting there now.

In OTHER, other news... this Thursday is Flora Day; my favourite day of the year. I will be out a lot over the next couple of days so there won't be much hobby going on but it will be for a good cause... my enjoyment!

In less happy news, it has been three years since I lost my handsome Sam on 6th May... I miss him very much...

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See you from the heart of the community!

Salute 52 plus other animals.

 Hello and welcome to Inso's World again... and this post is going to be a little longer than usual because of Salute 52 and a bunch of other stuff that has been going on since the last one.

So... here goes...

First up, this:

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The above image is of the Space Dwarf army box and as you can see, everything in it is painted! That's right, I painted the whole contents of the box. At some point soon, I'll have another few miniatures to fill the Astropath and Servitor components (six miniatures in all), especially seeing as I have finally got a design sorted for the Servitors and am in the process of sculpting one... and that will be the army finished!

While I was looking at the troops, I felt that a couple of the Advisors were a bit "out of theme" so I decided to convert a couple more. These were purely for my army so I quickly painted the conversions and added them to the army:

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The (painted) guys on the left are the new Airforce and Artillery Advisors. They replaced the "sweary" artillery Advisor and the Airforce Advisor that represents me in miniature form (the one wearing glasses with a dog leaning on him). They had extra patches and insignia that didn't fit with the rest of the army so they needed to go.

In related news, I have a WIP Servitor on the bench that ACTUALLY looks like it may have a chance of being finished and looking the part. I don't have any pix of it because I don't want to jinx it... but so far, it looks promising so watch this space. That said, I won a VERY cheap lot on Ebay that may or may not have influenced the direction that I have chosen...

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Now lets talk about the big adventure to Salute 52, at the Excel centre in London Docklands.

Friday 11th April:

Bus from Helston, Cornwall at 08:17hrs. Train from Redruth, Cornwall at 09:41hrs. Tube from Paddington to Marlylebone and then on the Chiltern line to Aylesbury... finally arriving at around 17:30hrs. An evening in the company of my father-in-law followed by a sleepless night in a very comfy bed, worrying about tickets and things...

Saturday 12th April:

Train replacement bus from Aylesbury at 07:50hrs. Tube from Amersham to Liverpool Street Station, then Bank, then the DLR over to Station House and the Excel centre for Salute 52, arriving at around 09:45hrs.

Finding the queue was easy and once the event opened at 10:00hrs, it took about ten minutes to get into the event. As is usually the case, the South London Warlords did a cracking job of organising the event and it seemed to go very smoothly. 

Once inside, I realised that I had not considered the effect that having so many people around me might have on me... OBVIOUSLY, living in a quiet town has ruined my ability to cope with crowds so I sort of went into a bit of a zombie-mode. I was trying to meet up with a few people but ended up being found by people, rather than finding them. Luckily, I got to meet up with almost all of the people I planned to but sadly, I missed a couple of them which was a real shame... however I managed to dish out a few keyrings that I prepared so that was a good thing:

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Here's the queue outside in special "blurry vision" and the only selfie I took, once I got inside the event:

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The best bit of the show was meeting up with people and chatting... closely followed by seeing the "Bunny Badger Gaming" table, that I had made a couple of miniatures for, being used in anger as a "turn-up and play" gaming table:

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I was particularly impressed when I found out that the table went and won the "Most Innovative Game" award which is brilliant for the guys after all the work that went into the table, the rules and manning the game during the day. 

As well as reconnecting with friends from past events and finally meeting friends that I've been chatting to on Facebook for YEARS, I also did a bit of networking and chatted with a lot of the stall owners... as well as also meeting Annie's (from Bad Squiddo Games) mum and we had a lovely chat about her recent trip down to Cornwall. A big thank you to everyone I met; I won't name names but I really appreciate everyone who took the time to find me and share a bit of time for a chat.

... I had planned to stay until the event closed...

... but at !5:00hrs, the wheels fell off and a very tired Inso decided he had to get the flip out of Dodge and get back to Aylesbury. The tiredness, the travelling and the massive crowds, finally took their toll and I needed to make for the DLR and go back to Aylesbury.

OBVIOUSLY, while pottering around the event, dodging people and watching the skies for invaders, I managed to buy a few bits and bobs so here's "the haul" (along with the freebies):

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A Mammoth Walker, 20 paint brushes, 3 packs of basing tufts, a highland Space Dwarf, a "Salute 52" mug, 16 variously sized wheels, a sprue of Quar (free), a "Salute 52" Highlander miniature (free), "Salute 52" dice (free), some stickers (gifted) and some samples (free)... and not pictured, the Salute carrier bag and programme (free). 

Not a massive haul but enough... end everything I planned to buy; plus a bit extra.

Three hours later at around 18:00hrs, I was back in Aylesbury having a cuppa and chatting with my Father-in-law.

Sunday 13th April:

On the train replacement bus from Aylesbury to Amersham at 07:50hrs, then over to Paddington Station for the trip home to Cornwall... finally arriving at Redruth at around 18:00hrs to be collected by my lovely wife for the last half an hour drive home.

Reflections:

First of all, the event was a brilliant success. There were big crowds, lots of games, lots of traders and all sorts of other bits and bobs to keep you entertained... a triumph for the South London Warlords.

The Excel Centre had plenty of places to get food and drink and (once stamped) you could leave and enter Salute to get fed and watered freely... and the prices weren't ridiculous either (city prices but not CITY PRICES!!!).

I tried to find people but was so distracted by the crowds that I was found by them instead. I missed a few people and a few traders because of the crowds and I have been quite surprised to see some of the traders in photos that I never realised were there. The meet-ups were great and it was lovely to chat and share news. I talked to some traders I've never met and have got a few people interested in possibly commissioning me at some point so that is cool. I am sad about not meeting up with everyone I planned to but I must admit that I was REALLY distracted by the crowds. I think that I've become more of a "small town" chap than I thought.

Travelling about was easy and I have no complaints... but the time I spent on getting to Salute and home again was a big investment for what turned out to be five hours at the event. I would have to think very hard about whether I would repeat it in the future.

On the whole, it was well worth going and I really enjoyed the event. I wish I had been able to sleep, I wish I didn't get so tired out (my post "long Covid" lungs and air pollution DON'T mix) and I wish I wasn't so distracted by the crowds but them's the breaks.

I will probably write another post once I've properly landed again.

I reckon that's about all I have to say (for now).

See you from the pit!

Marching in to 2025.

 Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.

It's been a couple of months but during that time, a lot has happened so I'll get straight to it.

Life-wise, I'm still volunteering with the Air Ambulance shop occasionally and I'm still working at the care-centre but in addition to caring for the clients, I have also been given the task of cooking their dinners and a bit of cleaning so things have ramped up, somewhat.

After nearly 2 years, I have made the decision to stop creating/delivering the bi-weekly quiz at my local pub. I've just run out of ideas and enthusiasm so I'm stepping aside for someone else to give it a go. This will have the effects of reducing my stress levels and giving me more time to do some stuff for me... which will be nice. You never know, I may even get some sleep occasionally!

Our goldfish passed away after 10 years of happy swimming... 

... and that's about it for normal stuff so it's on to hobby related things now.

So far this year, I have finished the Jungle Fighter project and have sent the sculpts off to Chris at Macrocosm Miniatures:

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That's seven Jungle Fighters and one Alien predator. I expect these will be a Kickstarter at some point fairly soon.

While I was working on the Jungle Fighter project, I was also sculpting a couple of miniatures for the Bunny Badger / Frothers games at Salute this year. I was asked to sculpt a "fat Elon Musk in Homelander cosplay and Marvin the Martian" so I sculpted these:

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They have since been sent off, painted and will appear on the gaming table at Salute 52, this year (12 Apr 2025).  

As well as these sculpts, I attempted to sculpt some Servitor robots for my Squat army but failed. I was hoping to add the Servitors to my other finished sculpts and send them off for casting but I decided to give up and send off what I had... so the two Astropaths, the Adventurer and the Mourning Diorama have all been sent off to Macrocosm Miniatures for casting. Hopefully, I'll get some casts soon.

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Seeing as my sculpting muse has done a runner, I have been painting units for my Squat army for a change. So far, I have painted the second infantry squad for the third platoon and the heavy weapon squad for the same platoon. I am currently painting the command squad that will complete the platoon (one infantry squad was painted a while ago):

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Once the command squad is painted, I only need to add two Astropaths and four Servitors to the army and it will be complete. Obviously, I need to get them delivered first so in the meantime, I will be painting up a few already started, spare miniatures to trial some stick-on, grass tufts, that I plan to use for the army... which is one of the reasons that I am going to Salute this year... so I can have a look at what's available and see what will be a nice colour to add to my army bases. I have a few other things to see while I'm there but that will be for my "post Salute" blog post.

That's about it for now.

See you from the hangar!

This is the end... of 2024!

 Hello and welcome to Inso's World again... admittedly, after quite a break... but welcome, nonetheless!

Tomorrow is the last day of 2024 and as a lot of people do, I decided to have a look back over the year and see what has happened in my life.

To start on a miserable note, I have come to the conclusion that the long COVID I had for over a year has permanently affected my breathing. Plans to run marathons have been permanently put on hiatus until I decide to go and get things checked out by the professionals. Apart from that, another cracked rib and a few aches and pains (related to my age and past activities), I'm feeling pretty chipper. 

This coming January, marks the second year of not being in therapy so I'd say that my mental health is pretty good and I'm in a good place with regards to that side of things. I am finding that NOT watching the news every day and ignoring the things that I can't change has really helped me to chill out and I am a lot less stressed/frustrated with life... which is nice...

I've been working in an elderly care facility for almost six months and I am really enjoying it. It's a day centre for people to visit, be looked after and entertained and then go home at the end of the day. It is great fun and I am getting on well with the clients and my work mates. For me, it's a bit like getting paid to go and have fun at a social club (with a bit of care-work thrown in) so I can see myself staying there for the foreseeable future.

I have started a college course to do with "behaviour that challenges" and plan to do more care related courses when I finish it and when they become available.

I still volunteer at the local Cornwall Air Ambulance charity shop on some weekends... something I really wanted to keep up with, after getting my care job.

The two-weekly quiz that I run at my local pub is ticking along nicely still... it's been over a year now and I have a group of regulars who pop along... as well as the occasional newbies.

Family is good. Cats are good. Norrel (our gold fish) is weird but still going strong.

I have been out on my motorcycle less than five times this year... that needs to change.

I (we) haven't had a holiday away, since we moved to Cornwall (8 years ago)... that needs to change.

All in all, I'm ticking along nicely but need to get a few ducks in a row in order to start getting more back from life.

The hobby... is it though? Is it a hobby? Over this year, I haven't been as active with my hobby as the previous year. I haven't painted anything... and I've sculpted 8 miniatures for myself. Everything else has been for other parties. This coming year, my main goal is to finish my "commission" list and not accept any more until I have had the chance to do some hobby, rather than "work" at my hobby. I need to learn to be a bit selfish and work on finishing my Squat army. I do a lot and don't have time for finishing my own projects... and that sucks.

So... what have I managed to finish this year? This:

• 4x Teletubbies, Noo-noo and a Tubby-Toast coin for the Frothers games at Salute 2024.
• 2x Astropath (for my army)
• Ukranian president for the Politicos range.
• 1x Squat adventurer (personal sculpt... for no reason).
• Chaos Squat (Predator) for Macrocosm Miniatures.
• 2x Human snipers in ghillie suits for a US company.
• Squat memorial diorama (personal project... for reasons).
• 3x alien creatures to use up left over putty from other sculpts.
• 4x Squat jungle troopers for Macrocosm Miniatures.
• (Preemptively) 1x Superhero for the Frothers games at Salute 2025.

Some images:

Jungle fighters so far - Click the Pic!

The Teletubbies and Noo-noo (painted by Badgers) - Click the Pic!

My memorial diorama - Click the Pic!

In the next few months, I need to finish:

• 3x Squat jungle troopers for Macrocosm Miniatures.
• 1x Martian for the Frothers games at Salute 2025.
• GET STUFF CAST UP AND IN MY ARMY!!!

It doesn't seem a lot but hopefully, I can get it finished and then I can get back to finishing my Squat army... which still needs some servitors to be sculpted... plus a few bits to be cast up and of course, everything that isn't painted, will need painting.

In other hobby news... I have got my ticket for Salute 2025. I am planning to use it and I am planning to meet a few friends who I haven't seen in a while; from the hobby community. Going to Salute is as far as any plans have got, apart from buying a ticket... so getting there, accommodation etc. is still required... but it's not for a few months yet... 

That's about it. 2024 hasn't been a bad year at all. It could have been better... but so could the weather! I'm looking forward to 2025 in much the same way as any other year... skeptical optimism. I hope that it's a s good a year as you or I deserve and hopefully the wheels don't fall off.

See you from the past... looking into the future!

Cheers! Have a Happy New Year!

Back in the system.

 Hello again and welcome to Inso's World. 

I have a bit of an announcement... after about two-and-a-half years away from paid work, I am finally employed again. I have a job at a local day-centre for elderly people and I've been there for just over a month. I am working part-time and can still volunteer at my local Air Ambulance shop so it's a win-win all round.

As a result of the rather abrupt change in my circumstances, I have not been as pro-active with my sculpting as I could have been... due to training, extra workload and trying to get into the rhythm of fitting work around other "life stuff"... but I'm starting to get back into the routine and expect to be sculpting more, very soon.

So... YAY! GO ME!

From a sculpting perspective, I have finished the mourning soldier diorama:

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All I've done since last time is texture the top, sand the edges and make sure that the two soldiers have the right amount of contact. 

In other sculpting news, I have finished another critter:

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It's the one on the right and it's called a Grinning Creeper. It is a peaceful creature that has a vegetarian diet but is feared due to it's creepy appearance. When confronted, it makes itself as large as possible and grins out of fear... this is often seen as a threat and many Grinning Creepers have been dispatched out of ignorance.

Finally, I have finished the first member of a hunting party for Macrocosm Miniatures... This one is the commander:

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There are another six planned to join him and they are all in a state of being started, with feet but not much further than that. I am hoping that when I can start getting regular sleep and get back into the way of things, I can throw effort into the team and make better progress. I am also continuing with the "waste-putty" critters and have one that is WIP but I'll show it off once it's finished.

So... new job, getting used to things, a few finished sculpts and lots of WIP.

See you from the bottom of the ladder!

The times, they are a changin'

 Hello and welcome to Inso's world. 

I know it's been a short while but the world continued to turn so it's all good.

What news? Well... after just over two years of volunteering at my local Cornwall Air Ambulance shop, I am having to think about getting paid work again. I was hoping to get an opportunity to try for the shop manager's job but circumstances have stopped the job coming up so, after giving it six months to appear and with no clear picture of when the job might turn up... I am having to think about looking elsewhere for paid work.

The question has been asked... "why not sculpt for a living?". There's a simple answer to that; it's my hobby and if I turned it into a job then I'd not have a hobby. The other reason is that I don't sculpt well with too many restrictions and deadlines kill my sculpting mojo... so it's not an option.

I am thinking that a return to care-work may be on the cards.

That aside, I'm happy with my lot... although a few issues with sleeping and other little illnesses have really slowed down my hobby work but things are picking up and I currently have eight finished sculpts on the table, with seven more WIP ones. 

Here's what's finished (I posted a couple in the last post that are still on the table so I won't repost them):

First, I have the adventurer I mentioned was nearly finished... it's now finished:

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He was loosely based on the old GW "Colt Stoner" Squat. I think he turned out well, even if I swapped a few things (the original had a flamer with an axe head attachment...). Next up, we have the first of a small group of miniatures for Macrocosm Miniatures... this one is a stealthy Chaos Squat who like to hunt down anyone foolish enough to enter into his zone of operations:

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There are WIP sculpts for a small team that may be out to get the Chaos Squat... but they're not ready to have pix yet. 

Next up, there's a pair of human snipers that have flown to the USA to join another company:

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Away from commissions, I decided to finally get my head around sculpting something that I've wanted to do for ages... a small diorama that I want to turn into a charity thing for the Royal British Legion (RBL)... it's early days and it isn't completely finished yet (I still need to finish the base) but here's where I am at:

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As you can see, it's a distraught soldier being comforted by one of his comrades, at a grave site. The final pic shows the base prepared for texturing and leveling things out so that the comforting chap's hand rests properly on the sitting chap's shoulder. Ideally, I want to get this cast up and have profits go to the RBL... but like I mentioned, it's early days yet :) .

Finally, I have tried to use up waste putty on random sculpts... so now any spare bits that I would normally throw away get used to create some random alien zoology. This has led to a Rattle-Tailed Spiker (Squat for scale):

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... and a Cyclopean Gill Worm:

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There are more on the way with a small, hairy, creature coming up next.

So... TLDR: I am going to be entering a time of change, I've had a bit of a sculpting drought but I'm back at it with a vengeance and I'm in a good place...

... So I'll see you from the front of the queue!