A request of generosity.

I have a friend who is asking for help. Please follow the link and read what he has to say and make a choice.

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That is all I can ask.

Thank you for reading.

Sprue-shots for new GW flier.

Just a couple of Sprue Shots for the Storm-Talon:

Clik the pix to get a better view. I think that the sprues make good viewing because the cockpit seems to be a self contained unit on the same sprue as the engine pods.

More food for thought and I am now in two minds as to whether to make a gunship or transport. If there is space in the cockpit, I want to add a Grymn with a Beetle-bot gunner :).

See you from the edge, man!

WHAT!? More?!

I know it isn't the norm to make multiple posts in one day but I have done something today that has been waiting for four whole years to be done.

Today, I have done a bit of sculpting but I have also started to work on my bike! That is right, I have started to fix my beloved motorcycle starting with a new brake disc and front fork seals.

The jobs took me all day but I have been going slowly and have been stripping other bits and bobs down. I also managed to turn the engine over but in doing so I have realised that I need a new battery. I have so much to do now (new oil, filter, fork oil, brake fluid, hose clamps, brake-lever spring... the list goes on) but I have started... and that has really made me happy.

Now all I have to do is sort out four years of neglect!

I love making things difficult for myself.

See you from the garage (well... the garden, next to the tent filled with bike bits)!

A packed Sunday post

To kick off today's post, I'd like to welcome maxxev to Inso's World. I hope you enjoy your stay and feel free to get involved with comments and questions. If you look over at the blog list, you'll find his blog there and it is well worth a look because of the interesting conversions on display.

Here's a (blurry) picture:

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On the left we have the start of Goliath for the super-soldier program and on the right we have a secret sculpt at a very early stage. It just shows that I am still ticking along on my current sculpting journey. Speaking of which, I have got more done on the Gizzit and the cowboy but I have been reminded that these are surprise gifts so I shouldn't really post them up... so I'm not going to (until they are finished and gifted). In other sculpting news:

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I managed to finish Beast and have even got as far as painting him:

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I think he fits in rather well. There is a nice mix of colours going on but red seems to be winning at the moment so it will be nice to have a big, blue Goliath towering over them all. I have been steered towards sculpting a Wolverine to go with the team and I think a dash of yellow would compliment the group as well. I just have to decide on how to make his claws.

In other news, my shopping addiction has returned and this week I have spent FAR too much money on STUFF. I have pre-ordered a Storm Talon, thrown some money into Old Crow stuff (more on that in a later post) and have been bidding on E-bay again... three Void miniature boxed sets (Syntha) for £12-00 (including postage) can't be bad.

I have been charging my bike-battery up and it appears that I won't be getting away with firing the bike up. I guess it is deep-strip time... at least I'll get to do a bit of spannering again :). I need to get some oil circulating around the engine so I'll have to hand-crank it with some oil in there... that means taking things to bits, removing the spark-plugs and trying to turn the rear wheel with the bike in-gear. If that fails...the engine will have to come out and get stripped and cleaned and re-assembled. I hope we have a dry summer (I don't have a garage).

Yesterday I watched a short film called 'The Telephone Box'. It is an old, foreign film from 1972 that when I was really small, it gave me terrible nightmares. To cut a long story short, it is about a man who gets trapped in a telephone box. He is just about to be saved by the fire brigade but the phone company turns up and takes the box, and its occupant away to a warehouse where there are phone boxes everywhere. In each one is a person in various states of decay. The box gets dropped off and the truck drives away. 

Well, I watched the film and although I didn't find it frightening, I could see how I would have been frightened and to be honest, I didn't really enjoy watching it again. Whether it was the memories from my past or the actual film, who knows? I am glad I watched it though... but I remembered it from start to finish...  it really must have made an impact on me.

Well... that about sums everything up. 

See you from the rickety bridge!

It's OK but... is it?

Every once in a while something crops up that initially makes me think 'what the bleep is that?!' but after a while I see something within the odd shapes and unusual design that makes me think 'it might look OK with a few changes'.

Well, a picture (or three) speaks a thousand words:

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They are stumpy, front heavy and have too much weaponry for what they are... but there is something about the fuselage and engines that has caught my eye. Here's what I think could make it acceptable:

• Remove the chin guns
• Remove the side pods
• Lengthen the tail
• lose the downward pointing tail-fin
• Work out where to put some weapons
• Work out where to put the undercarriage

It's from Games Workshop and it has JUST appeared on the advance order page. Hmmm...

See you from the Zorb!

A thing.

I'd Like to welcome Mark Mondragon to my happy little world. I hope you can extract something of worth as you potter around.



I quite like that song :).

Beast is really getting there now:

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Just his head to go now :). He looks a bit weird at the moment but once his face is put on, he'll be fine (I hope).

See you from the hot seat!

Slow and steady wins the race.

I have been ticking along with the sculpting again and am making slow but steady progress. The only trouble is that I have to wait for things to dry and it can be frustrating...

... anyway, here is some progress:

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So, the cowboy has a face so I will be more inclined to finish HIM now (he was an 'IT' before he had a face), the beast has most of his fur done. I just have his forearms to go before I start on his head proper... he looks a bit like an ape at the moment! The mystic is gradually getting his coat finished. He still needs the sleeves and his sash sorting out but once they are done, a general smooth over will finish him off.

So... there you have it... sculpting progress.

I went to the cinema the other day and I saw 'Dark Shadows'. It was a film about a cursed bloke who was turned into a vampire and locked away for 200 years before turning up in the '70s. It was a Tim Burton film with Johnny Depp, Hit Girl, a Bond Girl, Michelle Pfeifer and Beatrix Le-Strange in it. 

It was... O.K. Not earth shattering... just O.K.

On a completely different note... I have finished writing my staff assessments and can kick back and relax now.

Awesome!

See you from the box, in a box on the shelf, in the shed, in the garden of a home on the hill!