Wednesday pantomime fun!

Well, tonight it is a bit quiet because Inso has been away at rehearsals for the Pantomime.

This year he has gone for a local Pantomime rather than the one at his base because he was away in Iraq when the pantomime was running and this is the only way he could fit one in.

This time around he is playing a merry Jester and a doddering old Band Master (he gets about a bit!). The Pantomime is 'The Pied Piper of Old Helfordia' which is a localised version of the Hamlin version. It is a very local affair with only a handfull of audience expected to attend...but the old people would be upset if it didn't get made so there will at least be one or two people there to appreciate the effort!

So...what's on show tonight? Well...no cavalry updates I'm afraid so it's another delve into the gallery. Today it is the turn of Brigade Games and their smashing Alien Invasion miniatures. They are quite large (30mm tall) but I expect that just makes them easier to paint:


I hope to see you again tomorrow.

Goodnight!

Photobucket's back.

This is as far as the Trhino will be going until skin texture is added:


This is the new cavalry mount, currently known as Birdy:

Hmmmm...no Photobucket.

It's one of those days! Inso has been busy tidying up the loose ends on the Trhino before thinking about adding skin texture. He's also started bulking up his second cavalry mount (who shall be known as Birdy). Inso has also taken photographs of said progress...but can't upload them due to Photobucket maintenance. At least the pix are ready to upload and that means Inso can charge his camera battery and have no excuse not to produce pix next time.

As part of 'Operation Cavalry' Inso has started a third, top secret mount. He's not even told me what it is yet. All he has mentioned is that the rider stands on it to ride it...the mind boggles! He's also mentioned that he's going to do all sorts of mounts, including a motorcycle of some description! We'll have to see what happens there. So much for his painting list...at this rate he'll not get anything else painted before he has to go to Iraq/Kuwait again in April.

In case anyone is interested, Inso uses a putty to make his miniatures out of and it is called Kneadatite (or Green stuff, more commonly). As a result of his flurry of sculpting, his supplies have dwindled and he has placed an order with Heresy Miniatures for some more. He's also got a few miniatures to go with it (it would be rude not to make the most of free postage over £25-00 now, wouldn't it?). Another problem with sculpting lots of cavalry is the need for lots of riders; It looks like there will be another order going in to Hasslefree Miniatures very soon!

Well, that's it for now. I hope to have pix to show off tomorrow (as long as Photobucket is back on line).

Bye now.

Monday again.

Well it's another Monday and another evening where Inso has been keeping up the trend of weekend sculpting.

The Trhino has ground to a halt because the thought of adding skin texture to his new beast has put the frighteners on Inso and he is taking a step back until he can summon the courage to pile on the skin and cover all those muscles. He did, however, add some more detail to the head, neck and chest with a bit of gap filling on various 'missed' areas.

Inso has also started another cavalry mount that will have two legs and will probably be a bit like an Emu (but with an alien twist maybe?).

Unfortunately, there are no pix to show off but at least there has been a bit of progress.

Other stuff...

Well done the Giants for stopping the Patriots in the NFL Superbowl! I always support the underdogs and although I never watched the game was glad that the Giants were up to the task.

The Insomnia is biting Inso at the moment so it is likey that there will be lots of basecoating, varnishing or undercoating going on as his motor skills get messed up when he looses too much sleep.

See you tomorrow!

Sunday Cavalry

What with it being Sunday (and that means Pantomime practice), I will put up todays update early because I don't expect there to be too much more progress from Inso today. As far as progress goes, Inso has chipped away at his Trhino and has bulked it up a bit and added a little more detail. The little beast now has eyes as well so it is starting to look a little more complete:



Inso has also mentioned that he has added stirrups to the rider but won't be adding any reigns because he says that the beast would have been raised from a pup and would be trained to a level that would make reigns unnecessary.

From an idea on Friday, this sculpt has progressed at a great rate and I think that it should be finished fairly soon at this rate!

Unless any more progress turns up, I'll catch you tomorrow!

Saturday is Trhino day...

Inso sent this pic over and it shows the Trhino at a fairly advanced time during the sculpt. The Grymn with it was not his first choice as rider but it will suffice for the time being. He thought a beret would suit it anyway...so it now has one.



There is stil a long way to go, with the head, feet, chest and saddle still needing details and shape adding but it is a good start.

More tomorrow.

Whatever happened to Friday?

Friday came and went, didn't it? I sort of missed the day's post out didn't I? Well it hasn't happened today. A bit later I will have something to post that will be a little different. Inso has been pacing around like a caged animal and has finally said 'damn it!' and has started to sculpt a new cavalry beast for his Grymn.

It was a trip to the local game shop that convinced him to start his own sculpt. He bought a box of Riders of Rohan; Lord of the Ring miniatures from Games Workshop, to see how big the horses were and discovered that, even though they are in a slightly smaller scale, they are still too big for Grymn.

He has told me that this will only be a trial run as he has used a spare minitaure for the rider that he wouldn't necessarily have used if he had a choice.

The beast itself is going to be a mix of boar, camel and possibly tapir with a hint of added bony plates...apparently. Hopefully, there will be a pic by the end of the day, even if the sculpt isn't finished.


Well if the above information doesn't confirm that an artistic mind never rests, then I don't know what does. So far in the blog, we have gone from painting Zombies to Grymn to Tyranids and now on to sculpting alien riding beasts. Life with Inso is never boring!

Catch you later for another post!