Good afternoon...and thanks for all the fish.

Hello again, it is time for another little update but before I start, I'd like to wish all of the dads out there a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY (especially my Dad).

It has been a very strange week for me. Odd working patterns, inoculations, expected working weekends that don't happen, work colleagues having unexpected tantrums, not working late on Friday...the list goes on and on...and don't get me started about the football!

...I get home on Friday and am met by two angry souls who are upset about the football match on the TV. Who gets it in the neck? Me. I have now threatened to bin the TV if it happens again...and they wonder why I despise the English national game :(...it seems to turn civilised people into raging animals.

Aaaannnnyyyy way...onto the hobby stuff and unfortunately, I haven't finished the secret project yet but what I will do is update this post a bit later with some pix as I am not far off getting it done.

So...what next?...Oh yes, I almost forgot...I've FINALLY finished my Urban Grymn, assault platoon! I am so happy I could cry...why? Because I don't have to paint any more tiny little squares again! Here are a few pix to show off the support and command sections along with the rest of the platoon:

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And here is what I have finished so far:

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Please bear in mind that these have been on the WIP pile for over a year now so I am completely over the moon that I have finally finished them.

So what now for the Urban Grymn? I am planning to start putting together the ground forces (which I already have in my CUPBOARD OF DOOM!!!) but there are a few issues to sort out before I start painting:

1. There are a lot of little conversions that need to be done
2. I haven't decided on a paint-scheme for them yet...I AIN'T PAINTING ANY MORE SQUARES!
3. I haven't worked out whether to base them first or work out a way to paint them on pins
4. Do I have the enthusiasm to start on 'the next big thing' before I go to Kenya?

I think that I will dig out a couple of spare Grymn and get a few test-schemes painted to help me decide which direction the painting will go...only this time I will be keeping it very simple, with NO camouflage pattern. They will be plain but in a camouflaged colour rather than pattern...a bit like grey coats for a grey environment. I am determined that the ground forces won't be kept in limbo for as long as the assault platoon was.

So look out for a couple of test schemes being shown off here.

I have been assembling a track-unit for one of the tunnel fighter's transports and although it has turned out slightly larger than I thought it would, it will still work okay. It is still very much in the 'turn it around and around whilst staring at it' stage so it may change or may not...hence, I don't think it is worth putting pix up at the moment.

The joys of Honda. I decided to give my bike a try the other day. I charged the battery but did nothing else... I didn't even drain the fuel and put fresh in...two pokes on the start button and it purred into life! 18 months without any attention and it started after two attempts! That is the beauty of Japanese engineering. Continuing on the bike theme, I have now got some new fork seals and a front brake disc so I can start work getting the bike back on the road again. I can't guarantee it will be before going to Kenya but at least I have the bits for when I get the motivation.

I am GUTTED that Rossi isn't in Moto GP at the moment...'The Doctor' has been sidelined by the doctors! There is some irony there but it doesn't impress me :(.

So...another day, another day closer to the grave ;)...I'll pop back later to edit this post with pix of my SECRET PROJECT!

As promised...the secret project:

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I guess our teddy bear friend has been caught by the security robots and is about to be INCARCERATED!!!

See you through the beaded curtains!

Sunday update

Yet another Sunday and yet another Sunday update...time ticks by and all that.

Welcome new follower Danny C. It is great to have you aboard and I hope you find something of interest to whet your palette with...also feel free to comment on anything that you see, I do read all of the comments and take note :).

So...a square week has finished and I've moved on to other areas of my Urban Grymn squad. As it stands, I am about to wash all of the leather areas, ready for highlights so I have got a little further but not far enough for anyone to notice if I put pix up...so they'll have to wait for another time.

On to the next subject; my Grymn tunnel fighters. I have finished the latest batch of troops for them and they happen to be a second unit of Clankers:

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It is a unit of 3 (the top pic has a Grymn bodyguard in it for scale) and considering they had a pretty rough texture to them, they have painted up okay.

With those finished, the army stands at:

Command squad(10):9 Grymn with a commander, close combat weapons, four special weapons and a comms bot.

Scout squad(9): 3 Grymn with pistols and 6 Tooth Doggies.

Close combat squad(10): 9 Grymn with pistols, a pair of special weapons and a comms bot.
Close combat squad(10): 9 Grymn with pistols, a pair of special weapons and a comms bot.
Close combat squad(10): 9 Grymn with shotguns, a pair of special weapons and a comms bot.

Infantry squad(10): 9 Grymn with pulse-guns, a pair of special weapons and a comms bot.
Infantry squad(10): 9 Grymn with pulse-guns, a pair of special weapons and a comms bot.
Infantry squad(10): 9 Grymn with pulse-guns, a pair of special weapons and a comms bot.

Clanker squad(3): 3 Clankers.
Clanker squad(3): 3 Clankers.

I am planning to add another four infantry squads at some point, along with the 11 transport vehicles I need to carry them all. I may even have a twelfth one for the scout squad but that doesn't seem too necessary.

I will need to buy another 36 Infantry, another pack(3) of spider bots (for comms) and also build the transports. I have amassed a lot of components for the vehicles, including wheels, turrets, plasticard and tracks...I have even started gluing track links together...so they may get built eventually...who knows?

Who likes Dr. Who? If anyone does and they also like Daleks then why not pop to the newsagent and buy yourself a copy of 'Dr. Who Adventures'. Not only do you get all sorts of Dr. Who related information but you also get 5 free plastic Daleks on the front. They are about 28mm scale and they are hard plastic so you can glue them easily with plastic cement. They are the new style Daleks...so you have been warned...

...I've got a few ;)...

Here's a link to a thread with pix:

Daleks!

Just read through and there are painted pix too...well worth a look and it is a great forum as well...why not join? (The home-page can be found in my links: Lead Adventure Forum).

This coming week I am very busy with work and will likely be working next weekend as well. The build up to going to Kenya is in full swing and I have so many appointments and courses that I can hardly decide which way to turn next. Add to that, running the shift and ensuring that the helicopters get to fly on time and that will leave me little time for anything else...so I don't anticipate a huge update next Sunday...

...I have been wrong many times though...

If I get any further with my urban Grymn I may update again later but I am not confident.

See you through the falling blossom!

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!

So much to do; so little time...

It seems that Inso has had a fairly busy week. Today I got sent a host of pix and to start off, here is some progress on the 8 Grymn that were taken out of the cupboard last week:



As you can see, there is still a long way to go but they are certainly more advanced than the black undercoat they emerged from the cupboard with.

Next up is a bit of a departure from painting. In the following pic are a pair of sculpts for the Golgo Island competition (from the Frothers Unite forum) along side a Grymn for scale:



The sculpt on the left is going to end up as a super-hero Dwarf. The sculpt on the right is of Fin-Dus, hero of the poluted depths. Fin-Dus is probably finished but the Dwarf still has a long way to go. Inso has said that the Dwarf will have a face mask but will have hair sticking out of the top (a bit like Gambit from the X-Men). He is also toying with the idea of giving him a hammer...I guess we'll see whether it happens or not.

The next pic is of a gift from Inso's son. 5 plastic Daleks that were a free gift from a comic:

They seem to be the perfect scale for 28mm gaming. I can see Wargamers emptying the shelves of this comic, just for the Daleks. At £2-10 for the comic, that is an excellent deal for hard plastic Daleks!

Finally...'and now for something completely different'...


Yes, it is a pipe. Yes, it really smells like a pipe (Inso is having trouble with headaches and feeling nausious while sculpting on it). Yes, Inso has been asked to sculpt a tiger's face on it.

The reason for a tiger's face is that there are a number of flying squadrons around the world who have a tiger as part of their squadron badge. These Squadrons get together every year or so at a 'Tiger Meet' and swap stories, show off new paintschemes and generally drink a lot of beer. The guy who asked Inso to sculpt the tiger on the pipe, works on one of the tiger squadrons and wants a 'talking point' for the next Tiger Meet. Again, the sculpt is at a very early stage but due to the smell, I think this one will proceed very slowly.

Well...plenty to see this week! Hopefully, over the next few days we'll get to see some finished items...you never know!

Catch you later!