Snosserousses!

That may well be a made up word, but who cares!  The fact is, I was lucky to receive two "Snosserousses" for Christmas and one of them comes from......

Forged Monkey produce a fantastic Rhino bust and the quality is amazing. I took a couple of shots to show the bagged model, then some close-ups of the model as it is straight out of the bag.

This fella is going to be awesome to paint, so without further ado, I'm off to give him a wash :)  Watch this space for an update (very soon I hope!)

T x

a WIP by Hasslefree Miniatures

I seem to have this 'thing' about Kev White sculpts, I just absolutely love what he does and there have been a couple of pieces over on the Forum of Doom recently which have really impressed me. One is a Powered Armoured human:

I think its difficult to top the quality of that sculpt even though Kev feels he needs to "sharpen some details". I'll buy this as soon as its released (and would be really happy if they released him in resin!)

The other is an ED209 style Grymn walker (Grymn are Hasslefree's space dwarves). This one is outrageous:

There is also a version with a detailed interior and pilot on its way:

One thing I'd love to see on this model is some kind of arm option for one (or both) of the shoulder mounts... but maybe that can be something for me to work on personally - it would certainly make it different!

I've got to stop fawning about HF minis... too damn good!

So, Torbay show, the low-down

So another Torbay show has been and gone - spoke with lots of people and generally ranted and raved about the hobby. I always end up frothing at some point at these events, and yesterday was no different! We had two six foot tables and split the stand between painting and display, and sat doing informal demos all day. Here are a few pics of the stand:

Those are the positives... now for something a little different. Unfortunately, as shows go, there was something missing this year, and this was figures. And traders. There were very few traders this year, and most of them sold exactly the same thing - plastic kits of aircraft. Couldn't even buy hobby staples like superglue, miliput, acrylic paints etc. This was a real shame, as people were talking to us about figures all day, and I am sure there could have been some good sales.

Back to figures though, it really seemed like we were the only dedicated figure painters at the show - there wasn't even the usual military modellers there with their 75mm British Guardsmen all at attention in slightly differing uniforms lined up. Again, there were lots of aircraft, a group who had loads of enormous (but cool) garage kits, and even some huge ships, but nothing remotely in the vein of what we do.

We thoroughly enjoyed talking to everyone we saw, but there somehow needs to be more of a draw to a show than having a general natter with old friends and new...

Finishing on a positive, we did get to use our new Vallejo paint case!! I got some painting done on my Hasslefree orc (see blog entry) and Toosh worked an a Darksword Frog  :^P

Stonking new Hasslefree greens...!

Well, I was just doing my usual browsing of "the forums" over lunch today and I saw a new thread on the Forum of Doom by Sally from Hasslefree with a couple of new greens. They were both VERY different, one 'modern' civilian and the other something always dear to my heart - a kick-ass barbarian.

I really love Kev's sculpts, and have done since I first discovered Hasslefree when they released their first Libby model and somehow he keep son going from strength to strength maintaining his own style whilst getting more and more detail onto his models. Just look at these two...

The Realm of Atland web comic

Every once in a while you come across something on the 'Net which really grabs you by the balls and screams "READ ME!" in great big letters... discovering the Realm of Atland was most definitely one of these moments.

I tripped over Atland on a friends recommendation a good while ago now and it never leaves me disappointed.

Its a fantasy world created by the talented artist Nate Piekos whose tongue is lodged firmly in his cheek as he pens this outrageously funny comic strip. Green undead princes, buxom wenches and a fairy with a shady past all greet us in an epic tale of humorous adventure.

Oh, and did I mention buxom wenches?

I did?

Well, I aught to mention them again...

A MUST read!