Good Day
You thought it over. In the balance: responsibility, reliability, pressure, the unspoken. Offset: anger, despair, futility, release. You made your choice and turned right, instead of left. They'd be annoyed and maybe even worried, and…
Using Dettol to strip paint from metal and plastic minis
Having been on something of an ebay purchasing spree (more on that in later posts!) I found myself with a need to strip the paint off my second-hand bargains. Although I've never removed old paint…
28mm Harlequin/Scotia Grendel 'Stygian' Orc and Black Tree Designs Armoured Orc
These are the first of six models purchased off Ebay. The armoured orc was sold as a Black Tree Designs figure, with three identical models supplied. I don't know how to confirm the provenance as…
My first painted miniature in a decade - Essex Miniatures 28mm halfling
Despite a brief attempt at building a Chaos Marines army for 40k a couple of years ago, I have not painted a miniature for something like a decade. Following the purchase of some Reaper minis…
Observer Effect
It is a warm summer. She enters the room in a polo shirt and black trousers, her top button undone. He feels buttoned up in his shirt and tie and blazer. He won't take the…
Give and Take
On the road to Atlas - Date Unknown Through the grimy glass window, Lise watched one of the convoy guards twist his accelerator. His engine coughed, grunted, and dragged the motorbike forward a little faster.…