tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68720431972141312842024-02-07T16:14:28.525-08:00I'm alone with a dreamA lonely, peaceful placeDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-80386960164698941782022-06-19T13:59:00.002-07:002022-06-19T13:59:43.694-07:00Making art for yourself: the importance of selfish art<p>I finished a painting yesterday afternoon. I called it <i>The Blue Scissorknight</i>. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaWk6179glH8CZo99Tl-AJev5KwIdNoz8JnyHETd-TgwpWhls7hZTCQS-5ZrjHXzoSfN8U2sTq3Ko9EHappy3K9E9l8b1qRLIRLQQqTXJ8jL2HlWZ-I2pmAjkookoNZWnK2SRoZvtHXwqITChuRFXc9sOJBRvphfFjdDtFaSbaH2AyJFgEbG-YC7PfQ/s4160/IMG20220619164055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaWk6179glH8CZo99Tl-AJev5KwIdNoz8JnyHETd-TgwpWhls7hZTCQS-5ZrjHXzoSfN8U2sTq3Ko9EHappy3K9E9l8b1qRLIRLQQqTXJ8jL2HlWZ-I2pmAjkookoNZWnK2SRoZvtHXwqITChuRFXc9sOJBRvphfFjdDtFaSbaH2AyJFgEbG-YC7PfQ/w300-h400/IMG20220619164055.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><br /></p>I sprayed it with sealer, I got an op shop frame to put it in. It's not my best work, as it's a technique I'm experimenting with - and as a result a bit uncertain at - but it's art, it's art for <i>me</i>, and that's important.<p></p><p>But why is that important? I doubt anybody will see it. If I get my art into a gallery for a week or so (that's been a goal for a while now) then I highly doubt <i>The Blue Scissorknight</i> would make the cut amongst my other work. Why then did I make it at all? Well, I'll tell you, and it's jolly important you understand this.</p><p>I made the painting because I wanted to. I WANTED to.</p><p><br /></p><p>"But why bother?" The world asks unhelpfully, "If you can't show it, you can't sell it; why did you bother?" First, I'll have to tell you that I lied - that wasn't the world speaking, that was consumerism. A society with a short-lived attention span conditioned to consume spoonfuls of easily digestible media at lightning pace. And it's consumerism that, nine times out of ten, has destroyed creativity.</p><p>Please don't misunderstand - I'm not writing from a butthurt perspective, nor from any place of failure! I'm a selfish artist, which I believe is the best possible way an artist can be.</p><p><br /></p><p>So let me let you in on a gloomy bit of fact: New Zealand, far from the idyllic paradise land the travel brochures sell it as, likes to portray itself as an artistic people, a culture with time and resources enough to kick back and create. That is a front every civilized country likes to adopt, as it makes the economy seem open enough to allow "unproductive" activities. And it's a front not at all reflected by those maintaining that economy.</p><p>We Kiwis are farmers, not known for creative flair. When an artist happens amongst us, they're misunderstood and considered bludging off the system. Living in Northland, for example, I've heard some pretty nasty local stories about Hunderwasser (1928 - 2000), an Austrian artist whose design for an art gallery now stands on Whangerei's waterfront. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEc1V3Sv1delu4NomjgKJ8EdACrcHNM-Hic1tXHNJuQVTjfupA-DxA84RgIp_EyDRxY5yXo7CbaOWQEXx-TiRUpdVpbLvqpeBLzuc1KeWvCIPqsw4pXEgaXk-VHj4XpltCHAjslT93Z5-ttvEMAat5J-1scqCJQYfUvUgjBifwfoGhsz2Hp85nR30w2w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEc1V3Sv1delu4NomjgKJ8EdACrcHNM-Hic1tXHNJuQVTjfupA-DxA84RgIp_EyDRxY5yXo7CbaOWQEXx-TiRUpdVpbLvqpeBLzuc1KeWvCIPqsw4pXEgaXk-VHj4XpltCHAjslT93Z5-ttvEMAat5J-1scqCJQYfUvUgjBifwfoGhsz2Hp85nR30w2w=w400-h210" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.hundertwasserartcentre.co.nz/">Hundertwasser Art Centre</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>From what I've heard - entirely from people I've worked for/with over the past year we've been living in Northland - nobody wanted the art gallery built, nobody cared. Someone dredged up a rumour of pedophilia and everyone ran with it. Now notice that I specified "people I've worked for/with"; that's the tradies, the backbone of NZ's society, they're the ones with the figurative finger on the pulse of the unwashed masses. And if the unwashed masses don't care for a multi-million dollar artistic venture (which I might add is FREE for the public), then why would they care about the daubings of one more mad artist?</p><p>That's why you, the artist, has to care.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMIiNjqaiKos-9c0-TELcRQwG5GpNKD0v1A-Fg3kBCchI8jVv_LUoeMUAGU-TRNujWjKVk8KtX3wVD2r2LPm0eWFBINsssjIQlGqEWA1SOOYurXYEDPQEeroVB2Ffoi2fQZYS3ZNIYBo636Lf0bxvQ3050VjmtD2h40CKAVwjYEkaG1PZuRxcmuiyyg/s4327/img_colour5%20(2).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2299" data-original-width="4327" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMIiNjqaiKos-9c0-TELcRQwG5GpNKD0v1A-Fg3kBCchI8jVv_LUoeMUAGU-TRNujWjKVk8KtX3wVD2r2LPm0eWFBINsssjIQlGqEWA1SOOYurXYEDPQEeroVB2Ffoi2fQZYS3ZNIYBo636Lf0bxvQ3050VjmtD2h40CKAVwjYEkaG1PZuRxcmuiyyg/w400-h213/img_colour5%20(2).png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>You create art because you want to express yourself - or maybe just because you just WANT to. You get a sense of achievement in getting what's in your head down on that canvas. <i>You</i> want to tell a story, <i>you</i> want to portray a world, and <i>you</i> must do it for <i>you</i>. Because while you might be your harshest critic, you also need to be your biggest fan. Your only fan if need be! And that's okay! It might be seen as unproductive, it might be seen as a waste of time and resources... But in this day and age, who cares? Who, really? Why should artists bother contorting themselves to the whims of others?</p><p>And do you buy thousands of dollars' worth of 40K, just to make a custom Astartes Chapter GW will never acknowledge? Because in creating art it gives the artist joy. And if the artist can't find joy in the art they create, then maybe they have to find another means of achieving their vision. Maybe they need to realise that all those people telling them "You should make it like this" or "Oh, I'd do it like that" really have no say in their creativity.</p><p>Let the artist create art for themselves. Let the artist be selfish in their art. Because then the vision the artist produces will be more pure, unadulterated by the poking and prodding of companies trying to use their art like another soulless resource to haggle over. So I'm going to put <i>The Blue Scissorknight</i> on a chair and look at it for a few days, then pop it away in a cupboard and paint something else. Nobody can tell me otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let the artist create. Don't mind my rambling, I just needed to get this down somewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bye bye for now.</p>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-21990493275315725052021-11-29T01:28:00.000-08:002021-11-29T01:28:12.153-08:00First foray into Sculpting? Making a Veratican vicar<p> Something I haven't done much of in the past is sculpting. I mean, I've done a bit here and there, a pelt on an Astartes' back or a bunch of purity seals. What I've always wanted to try is ac-tu-al sculpture, as in from a base, forming the whole from milliput or whatever is handy and usable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The milliput is currently in the post. It'll be my first time with it, and I'm quite nervous/excited to give it a go.</p><p>So, who to make?</p><p><br /></p><p>I may or may not be working on a miniature-based tabletop game, set in the Apocalyptican fairytales. One of the pieces I know to be present is a vicar, a frail old half-corpse in a robe with a sword and shield. Or a hammer, not sure what I'll send up making? Either way, theirs is a rather particular look.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYur9fPmiuIG0OTYx4vtvtj2G_mS9vIH68yJsGMyZMaP9zDwnITb-_pisdcy-FsZ3EBgkP2hM3u6bzDqyzAq06UWNAE1HpgkSGX1cKoTmMgv1Nw_ejf10KK2tMDMVatjTdO8KGJJqoIFD/s2048/IMG20211129215245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYur9fPmiuIG0OTYx4vtvtj2G_mS9vIH68yJsGMyZMaP9zDwnITb-_pisdcy-FsZ3EBgkP2hM3u6bzDqyzAq06UWNAE1HpgkSGX1cKoTmMgv1Nw_ejf10KK2tMDMVatjTdO8KGJJqoIFD/w400-h400/IMG20211129215245.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg274bSWXNcV88WaZkdfkwcr7gRDAiIHPMbJcWWy9FJnXAEZw4uqaMcdC2B765G1cPpR6Zbav8MQjj4DYg3nWn9LX1extru4cNmDpDSBG5J1XgGdqHZ4T6tEfCQrBAhkSpzxDN6glxo8Vaf/s2048/IMG20211129215309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg274bSWXNcV88WaZkdfkwcr7gRDAiIHPMbJcWWy9FJnXAEZw4uqaMcdC2B765G1cPpR6Zbav8MQjj4DYg3nWn9LX1extru4cNmDpDSBG5J1XgGdqHZ4T6tEfCQrBAhkSpzxDN6glxo8Vaf/w400-h400/IMG20211129215309.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Mostly, the attire of the parish shepherds is based on that of Tay Tumbel, a vicar who was known for his many adventures. A pleated surplice over a long coat of mail, wth layers and hoods and even a bit of plate-iron over to of everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>So there we are; many textures, many layers to work on. it'll be an informative project and most importantly it'll be fun! And hard too I expect.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpVcXKtz1NwZzioy_2GOXOTcPsORy40r0PjD6w6QToOEe8d45FYQKz4lnrlzqdizWJTUTQ8BbcOFrrLxrFYoJ1ERuNeaowGJoyYFXEUjnxmdwlKs_w7RzHpgfj7ZSwRqMkUVVlXIgMs4P/s2048/IMG20211126180559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpVcXKtz1NwZzioy_2GOXOTcPsORy40r0PjD6w6QToOEe8d45FYQKz4lnrlzqdizWJTUTQ8BbcOFrrLxrFYoJ1ERuNeaowGJoyYFXEUjnxmdwlKs_w7RzHpgfj7ZSwRqMkUVVlXIgMs4P/w400-h400/IMG20211126180559.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Putting a flame to that everpresent empty sprue we can never seem to dispose of, I made a body to work from. The general shape of the skirt and the baggy outer robe is all I've defined.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPdgECa_Ns-l0HnbmfQFtUBZcWwscdImB0uV-In0Xwg4JURoF6nIB3U997PrUi1mhlAiEr79R36GlM-00OMTpTyDH9JMxFQ6DdCkbZpnHR4SFS6Pc5HnzphMGBAHWXuJiUWw4OITxa15J/s2048/IMG20211127140258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPdgECa_Ns-l0HnbmfQFtUBZcWwscdImB0uV-In0Xwg4JURoF6nIB3U997PrUi1mhlAiEr79R36GlM-00OMTpTyDH9JMxFQ6DdCkbZpnHR4SFS6Pc5HnzphMGBAHWXuJiUWw4OITxa15J/w400-h400/IMG20211127140258.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I imagined the head would be the most finicky part to make, so I had to give this one a good bit of thought. Eventually I dug up a bit of clear ABS plastic which had paper gummed on one side; this I drew on to give me a visual thing to work from.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuoLbCBIwz03R6WFAx8uDbdZc57eCuj6od1rqoC0vT9uJN9W2REw7qXJGegYnJxJkbmH1kzBy-t83-xZ9AeChGLx78aInxV2lAaX1olHKyyx05W3Bkk6G95S6bud6DK7Jcrr35bVBJ5Z7/s2048/IMG20211127140957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuoLbCBIwz03R6WFAx8uDbdZc57eCuj6od1rqoC0vT9uJN9W2REw7qXJGegYnJxJkbmH1kzBy-t83-xZ9AeChGLx78aInxV2lAaX1olHKyyx05W3Bkk6G95S6bud6DK7Jcrr35bVBJ5Z7/w400-h400/IMG20211127140957.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>You can just about see it through the other side. Anyway, the shiny surface is much easier to scrape the finished product away from.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyWgatgl4aBMBGyQ8Ca1A66Wmd19SuhrMd8hAReg99T6uvvqR1aGKWZCFMjOaO8KDePJCOMGd8plgYmBHBH0bZL-LYnNLevtWxGLiAujwOYgSV-ngvGiFABK6V-_eAGOGScGL24jTCo_w/s2048/IMG20211127145236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyWgatgl4aBMBGyQ8Ca1A66Wmd19SuhrMd8hAReg99T6uvvqR1aGKWZCFMjOaO8KDePJCOMGd8plgYmBHBH0bZL-LYnNLevtWxGLiAujwOYgSV-ngvGiFABK6V-_eAGOGScGL24jTCo_w/w400-h400/IMG20211127145236.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_z8gu9ebs9GjueE_3MzNx9PkYsxhMQghAQKKloWzwkpVLcdVFVD6OxVvzmxO0L2ODbRvxWxqFwCN6KQg1f0wmJdcxILJYBKs-DwNGC10ETqvm1uyb36jcyMJ5HZ_P0HdGs1RRIPlklCf/s2048/IMG20211127145251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_z8gu9ebs9GjueE_3MzNx9PkYsxhMQghAQKKloWzwkpVLcdVFVD6OxVvzmxO0L2ODbRvxWxqFwCN6KQg1f0wmJdcxILJYBKs-DwNGC10ETqvm1uyb36jcyMJ5HZ_P0HdGs1RRIPlklCf/w400-h400/IMG20211127145251.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>For his nose, the stump of a chaos chainsword has just the right shape to it; I'll sculpt the rest of the nose later.</div><div>The rest of the head is made from a bead, cut and spaced with bits of 25mm base.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWhC8h8U8MlwRgM70zY9ren5K2ygqwC4DI89q-ffFmvcNPqfO76duC6leyKqxa0n4egWC_8uy981olt08DSDpgNBcD-An4WZ8CXLGYKEVBM5YPEaL6K6wGETmL6Xp8dgVAXmrHXAfteq3/s2048/IMG20211129144824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWhC8h8U8MlwRgM70zY9ren5K2ygqwC4DI89q-ffFmvcNPqfO76duC6leyKqxa0n4egWC_8uy981olt08DSDpgNBcD-An4WZ8CXLGYKEVBM5YPEaL6K6wGETmL6Xp8dgVAXmrHXAfteq3/w400-h400/IMG20211129144824.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>S here's what the handsome fellow looks like so far. He even has arms... Just. This is where I have to leave him until the milliput arrives, and I learn how to use it! </div><div><br /></div><div>***</div><div><br /></div><div>I want to say this explicitly, before anything else happens. Please understand, I need to make this statement for future reasons.</div><div><br /></div><div>While this vicar is based on the <i>character</i> of Tay Tumbel, it is not meant to <i>represent</i> the character. That is not the way of the fairytale, to focus on one tale more than others. This will be a general representation of a particular kind of vicar, and not a template.</div><div><br /></div><div>All good? All good, thanks for understanding. Well, here's hoping the milliput arrives soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bye bye for now.</div><div><p><br /></p></div>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-22927237373584440582021-11-19T12:51:00.003-08:002021-11-19T12:51:56.189-08:00Characters and OCs - is there a difference?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPcziutuzUEjPCg663h_Q1d57InRpIqpLiEHydtSjcHnryRn8uRK6zsVReFtTKROAKJpb3rKMG25T5w50MGHyzWFnUMMp_1-ZklrI6Ushq1YUfa3cOPLJDyJZMvAU4bIKrqBaBQkw4YOF/s1594/IMG_20211106_094247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="1594" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPcziutuzUEjPCg663h_Q1d57InRpIqpLiEHydtSjcHnryRn8uRK6zsVReFtTKROAKJpb3rKMG25T5w50MGHyzWFnUMMp_1-ZklrI6Ushq1YUfa3cOPLJDyJZMvAU4bIKrqBaBQkw4YOF/w400-h400/IMG_20211106_094247.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A question has been on my mind for some time and I'd like to try and straighten it out here: Is there a difference between a character and an OC?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, this might not be the sort of content you are used to on this blog; correct, it's not the usual thing. But it's something I've been mulling over for a while now and I wanted to get it down.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, you'll be able to see a side of my art you might never have seen before - clean!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tquGIFM5v7-h6DBncQF-IDFxeFedOse7XwUnxDHRASAIUkW_45Rbaa-18C24-lWjPglDf5sD9eZ-bci-eLwBFwyxAbAcv4WFR7vsGsiQe3OckjRC7bxKEzpN5l3yQpm3Hd2LZ0PTLb6T/s2048/IMG_20211120_091024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2048" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tquGIFM5v7-h6DBncQF-IDFxeFedOse7XwUnxDHRASAIUkW_45Rbaa-18C24-lWjPglDf5sD9eZ-bci-eLwBFwyxAbAcv4WFR7vsGsiQe3OckjRC7bxKEzpN5l3yQpm3Hd2LZ0PTLb6T/w640-h490/IMG_20211120_091024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I believe there is, at least to my mind there is. On the left of the picture above is Djn of Tenbridge, a character from my trilogy. On the right, Kerindra and Fréki, two of my OCs. Now, the first differentiation might be style, but that's got nothing to do with it - I believe it's to do with the reason for their creation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTloGB-WGp56wwt7psxxxlC-3AIyEOSKqXTCgT7HMeiZghwNRszafP2M92DbxNegxjbZ4DkKMDzg2R0fy6k9rRzy5oAxWXapEaGPE9W3P4GL6i6vn2Gf4O86mgSV-_PrGiLpRV9RGhQ6wh/s2048/IMG_20211120_091221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="2048" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTloGB-WGp56wwt7psxxxlC-3AIyEOSKqXTCgT7HMeiZghwNRszafP2M92DbxNegxjbZ4DkKMDzg2R0fy6k9rRzy5oAxWXapEaGPE9W3P4GL6i6vn2Gf4O86mgSV-_PrGiLpRV9RGhQ6wh/w640-h518/IMG_20211120_091221.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An original illustration I did for the first book, framed.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">His relationship with Rygnir, the main character, was planned from the start of the story, what would happen and how they would interact. I may never mention this couple again in another Fairytale because their story has been told.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the other hand, I drew K and Fréki to practice elements of their particular design, i.e plush bodies. I simply drew them the way they are, because they have elements I like to draw. The fact that they're a couple is actually because my wife said they'd be cute together, not because it was planned at all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6scIvBNalWDKU99PYNWpif8JkJuTSKXqSttMP34bf40ES9CceP5kKE0sDgaur3I8c2gb-AMCzLsiGPe1ke-MJzsrdAHwLoHzZiZ4A4LKwp-ukwP_U2CxGX7NosHxpOotKJAdyXf1MSgC7/s2048/IMG_20210911_162603_987.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6scIvBNalWDKU99PYNWpif8JkJuTSKXqSttMP34bf40ES9CceP5kKE0sDgaur3I8c2gb-AMCzLsiGPe1ke-MJzsrdAHwLoHzZiZ4A4LKwp-ukwP_U2CxGX7NosHxpOotKJAdyXf1MSgC7/w549-h640/IMG_20210911_162603_987.webp" width="549" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my art. Don't ask how, I just CAN do less grim, okay?</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>OCs, in my interpretation, can be created for myriad reasons. I have OCs I made to experiment with relationship dynamics or character interaction. In practicing art or testing certain traits, I've come upon something I've really liked and made an OC out of it. I even have some who originally were sprite edits!</div><div>OCs can be a refuge in a way, a means of getting the toxicity of the world out of your head. That's the reason almost all of my OCs are queer, in fact.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlGU_oG_RAfmOb9ENZHJuHJPrmuYFM_RbOhxZ2rSyNbhf-_q0Q1XTPqRh3gH-fdw5TIzKYAH6dAOcHrAlWwcu5hsAu39jxRWEcJtP9Eyl-yBNiOevgfZr0Q110jHI46yv8OJM2h6geDCj/s1080/IMG_20210913_075812_605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlGU_oG_RAfmOb9ENZHJuHJPrmuYFM_RbOhxZ2rSyNbhf-_q0Q1XTPqRh3gH-fdw5TIzKYAH6dAOcHrAlWwcu5hsAu39jxRWEcJtP9Eyl-yBNiOevgfZr0Q110jHI46yv8OJM2h6geDCj/w400-h400/IMG_20210913_075812_605.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Men is too headache. Also yes, this is my art too.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Many of them have backstories in one way or another, but nothing much in the way of actual narratives in which they play a part. However, I am currently working on an urban fantasy alongside my usual stuff, in which a particularly special OC is the protagonist. They are based largely on my own experiences as a kid; things I wanted to do or be (I always wanted to fly, talk to faeries, be a girl - you know, all those mythical things) but never could.</div><div><br /></div><div>And yes, the dynamic duo Kerry & Fréki will be making a passing appearence too; a tiny window into their own little world, and a step on the road to becoming "characters" in the more regimented way I've described.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ghqy7Ggq1L41cEt0CcE3GL3T_QaWMBZXJCO9xbNM6WatZECSr5TaWtqZFEE8APmbH5GVZz108zgSoeV-1pCcyTQz35xkXQpXiBUhEQEKagwkbrvOJF4yHE4WnK6EuofMntoAr_AtQs2R/s2048/IMG_20210911_174809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="2048" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ghqy7Ggq1L41cEt0CcE3GL3T_QaWMBZXJCO9xbNM6WatZECSr5TaWtqZFEE8APmbH5GVZz108zgSoeV-1pCcyTQz35xkXQpXiBUhEQEKagwkbrvOJF4yHE4WnK6EuofMntoAr_AtQs2R/w640-h506/IMG_20210911_174809.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Characters, I feel cannot be experimented with or placed into situations outside their established body of work, while OCs potentially can. My wife and I are currently engaged in an ongoing DnD-esque narrative with some of our OCs in a vaguely fantastical setting. I would not be comfortable using a character in this setting.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdocipl8RzsPLKy15yXAD6D84YNT8OdpkAVrc8pmuubS6C6ID2cNzXXLpO_YiRjUomI1yrxgTTtsZCwngZk5bl9iLgZLbWqYM875s6o44VLD4_0vYIaV2PF1vlBJc8-l-AFjIwdohbXzd/s2048/IMG20201106080059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdocipl8RzsPLKy15yXAD6D84YNT8OdpkAVrc8pmuubS6C6ID2cNzXXLpO_YiRjUomI1yrxgTTtsZCwngZk5bl9iLgZLbWqYM875s6o44VLD4_0vYIaV2PF1vlBJc8-l-AFjIwdohbXzd/w480-h640/IMG20201106080059.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a commission piece I made for a private client</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>I must have hundreds of characters by now. If you were to include every person I mention over the course of the trilogy you might say I had millions. However, I've only got about twenty OCs, in the sense of the word I've detailed; the people who appear in their stories I would consider characters, because they have a set reason to be there, a role to fulfill.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I think that's everything laid out for my argument. I'm not exactly sure why I felt the need to write this down, but there we are. Have you any thoughts on the matter?</div><div><br /></div><div>By the way, I wanted to apologise for moderating comments. Blogger seems to have become filled with spam bots.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bye bye for now.</div>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-43524981509978735092021-11-11T16:58:00.000-08:002021-11-11T16:58:27.192-08:00AEONS MORDICUS<p><i> I see a shadow in my dreams. From whence, I cannot tell, do not press me so! Merciful Throne, how it devours...</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvdsTwHhuNxLehqvb5qQUuwPdo6NOssmXN3d2ZM6ltNdB0IV-KiqYDrpS4MLKlc2NL-kFOIp1racbbbOgY2ziZCI5NqGWl89VX7LkRY7oiMXt9h_LJTBHntxdTvIMrZPqsJqOiyKB2ONz/s1920/InShot_20211112_135346726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvdsTwHhuNxLehqvb5qQUuwPdo6NOssmXN3d2ZM6ltNdB0IV-KiqYDrpS4MLKlc2NL-kFOIp1racbbbOgY2ziZCI5NqGWl89VX7LkRY7oiMXt9h_LJTBHntxdTvIMrZPqsJqOiyKB2ONz/w400-h400/InShot_20211112_135346726.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><br /></i><p></p><p>If Him on Terra had but one flaw to speak of (and oh, but how many there are to course from!) then it is His towering inability to admit fault. To his sons He imparted this gift, however unwillingly received, to perhaps all twenty of His children, letting them do as they would with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Arrogance. Perfectionism. Self-doubt, self-hatred. These four things, and these things alone sculpted the Primarchs into the men they became. And these things consumed them.</p><p><br /></p><p>We see the Prætorian as a mind forsaken, alone in a sea of doubt and hatred who could turn to no-one for comfort, for arrogance rendered him incapable of it. Human emotions were said to not apply to Dorn - a lie altogether blind! - for it was impossible for him to exhibit them, even hate, even love. What then, I ask, could become of such a godlike creation as he, when faced with the absolute horror of betrayal at the master of mankind's death? How could something become so inhuman relate emotions he was disallowed from touching?</p><p><br /></p><p>He fell back into a dream. It was all he could do. Fall back into dream of consuming darkness.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the pitiable state of the Primarchs was an unknowable taboo, then that of their sons would be all the more so, especially as they are humanity's only bulwark against the night. We do not want to think of our saviours as fallible, but so they are! So they are, and it terrifies the mind to understand the true depth of this psychosis! I speak largely of the VIIth legion and all who came therefrom. Oh yes! Perfect, staunch, unmovable, who would believe the consuming dark that eats away at their souls?</p><p><br /></p><p>It begins first as dreams, nightmare visions of an empty Throne, a carcass in gold devoured by chittering, wormy, claw-fisted alien maggots. Long hallways of twisted darkness seep from their sleeping minds to press against their waking eyes, then the dream takes a hold of their body.</p><p><br /></p><p>So subtly - so subtly! - the dark, seeping hallways manifest as a pit on the flesh of the Astartes, broadening with insatiable hunger as humanity and emotion leaks out. Darkness consumes the Astartes in his every thought and action until he cannot even summon enough reason to let his hearts beat. His dreams of hallways become so real to him that he would rather never leave them, for there is pain there, and pain means life - doesn't it? Pain is there where pain is not here, here in a waking world turned all to ash and darkness absolute...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvVVIYwp57Oq2LTmlqEpsay2-zIr838vnzKKe1LWYNGjvneXSxv8w7emnf2nxF-ZXfhZYC6RL76RzlflaPlD_4G2yiPqgBbOnyR46G9O98evLDuVeLGctXNcLOmQ26MV0mdsa-qOI7sHn/s2048/InShot_20211108_073148686.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvVVIYwp57Oq2LTmlqEpsay2-zIr838vnzKKe1LWYNGjvneXSxv8w7emnf2nxF-ZXfhZYC6RL76RzlflaPlD_4G2yiPqgBbOnyR46G9O98evLDuVeLGctXNcLOmQ26MV0mdsa-qOI7sHn/w640-h360/InShot_20211108_073148686.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>When next the Astartes wakes, he finds himself walking down those halls, with the inhuman screams of every living thing blending into a distant, almost mechanical chugging, creaking, breathing. The halls are alive - he is alive - the devouring dark is alive, and he is alone against it, naked and afraid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hark, but not naked.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxWiCIsXnXIUuKnWBtu2uIS_eAn2TkFUXUjLOjYE1uFx9-0EcKpP_LvixTxvycPVhhLXP6pxnKMjEcstQR7_w-hWFSOTuOlsDzXmR69Z7PrAMUzUy0d8MRFGc6yURn58lwjwf7BgUEp2D/s1920/InShot_20211108_072542035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxWiCIsXnXIUuKnWBtu2uIS_eAn2TkFUXUjLOjYE1uFx9-0EcKpP_LvixTxvycPVhhLXP6pxnKMjEcstQR7_w-hWFSOTuOlsDzXmR69Z7PrAMUzUy0d8MRFGc6yURn58lwjwf7BgUEp2D/w400-h400/InShot_20211108_072542035.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>***</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that's the general opening to a terminator project that I've been working on for the past year or so. Next time I'll explain what my plan is, but for now that's the flavour text.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bye bye for now.</p>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-23651082380761072132021-11-04T18:37:00.001-07:002021-11-04T18:54:46.161-07:00Once more into the fray<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJrR05PmwjGzaR8zHtbEFEhCueqbhKBCyQQpqODQMqGyjajm51T-anPzjohCbwefm4i-UkwTw_Y_aA0UsB0q7SmPAMYOzr83gdueG94Fntavn40BczBkyiWJGNRggabTOmaF8_gfEyIfD/s2577/IMG20211105141418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2577" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJrR05PmwjGzaR8zHtbEFEhCueqbhKBCyQQpqODQMqGyjajm51T-anPzjohCbwefm4i-UkwTw_Y_aA0UsB0q7SmPAMYOzr83gdueG94Fntavn40BczBkyiWJGNRggabTOmaF8_gfEyIfD/w640-h302/IMG20211105141418.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">So here we are again. It's been a long time since I last made use of this blog. It feels like the reopening of an ancient spellbook used by an equally ancient wizard, of whom I am a reincarnation with only shreds of memory left.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span>Blogging is an outdated, longhand kind of content very few people use nowadays. For this reason, I feel more comfortable with discussing past events - and generally, everything else - in a more longhand format, as only those genuinely interested will spend the extra effort in reading.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>I have changed. I've changed a lot.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>I will not overlook the fact that I am still quite mad these days. However, compared to the unsocial, suicidal creature I was during this blog's initial use, I'm nowhere near to that destructive or depressed.</span></p><p><span>I've published two books now, with a third on it's way. I'm married, and we have a beautiful blue/grey cat child. From a place of utter desperation and darkness, I've begun to heal, to learn how to be human. To love. To be who I truly was meant to be.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3U3ShohrpURdd98KCj72mEQfdbLBWSMq4TyQiwx9YawTVj4O31KLo2EU_hyphenhyphenMInXH_tYks0tgy1DqES3iHt1xFzrgjTOMkN1pu0WGht8D-3wguwqYNQ2bpIyqhveMbRH0E4VZMiEfG8wZ/s2048/IMG20210623165801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3U3ShohrpURdd98KCj72mEQfdbLBWSMq4TyQiwx9YawTVj4O31KLo2EU_hyphenhyphenMInXH_tYks0tgy1DqES3iHt1xFzrgjTOMkN1pu0WGht8D-3wguwqYNQ2bpIyqhveMbRH0E4VZMiEfG8wZ/w640-h640/IMG20210623165801.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>The views I had of Games Workshop haven't changed since the last post - hell, to be honest I think the company has become all the more worse - however, this blog will continue, for the most part, to be focused on my 40k kitbashing work, and any commissions if they come along; but I won't push it out there. If you find this blog, it won't be because I made you go look at it.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>As much of the original content as there could be is still present, but you aren't obliged to trawl back through; it's here mostly as a testament to the past, to what I was, to what my kitbashing was.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hsAROFRCQXTAtA4GBBGGhlDLsufQsVBWY51NDuuOiwYBqG24OG5ob_oshtlc_5dioBWGrIpKNAKUgrUclu6a5xLxUbU19bSLCo3Fh4_e_-O4R3hkLzpJpnqI8dQaGj-NlTfKqhtMAaIO/s2577/IMG20211105141344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2577" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hsAROFRCQXTAtA4GBBGGhlDLsufQsVBWY51NDuuOiwYBqG24OG5ob_oshtlc_5dioBWGrIpKNAKUgrUclu6a5xLxUbU19bSLCo3Fh4_e_-O4R3hkLzpJpnqI8dQaGj-NlTfKqhtMAaIO/w640-h302/IMG20211105141344.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>Let's see what the future will bring, eh?</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>Bye bye for now.</span></p><div><br /></div>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-33522817138590571332018-05-26T22:31:00.000-07:002018-05-27T01:05:31.462-07:00A sign-off: What deters me from the 40K fandomWarhammer saved me long ago from the monotony of mainstream media. It revealed to me there were some stories worth pursuing, there was an audience for grimdark fantasy, and as a right little edgelord, I was not alone in my taste for the insane and the<span style="font-weight: normal;"> outré. I grew up with it, matured into as much of a man as I'm probably ever going to be with it, it was a pillar of my childhood's foundation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">But that was then. Now the appeal is waning, and there are several reasons which I'll do my best to explain. </span><br />
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I will not bring up the price of miniatures as a reason, because that's easily remedied by toning down on purchases. There are so many sides to this argument and it's obvious GW won't be lowering prices of existing kits in the near future, so I'd rather not address cost.<br />
Here we go.<br />
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<b>1: It is a community-driven hobby; and as a professional failure, I physically cannot people</b><br />
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Firstly this point needs to be got out the way, as of course the same thing could be said for every fandom. Unfortunately it's just another point of several that deters me, and most importantly <i>I'm the only one to blame here</i>.<br />
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A fandom consists of a number of people who like the same thing, discussing it and creating or experiencing that same thing-- but the DISCUSSING I believe to be the biggest part of any fandom. That's where I, the most socially backwards person ever can attest, falls short.<br />
Warhammer is a game, a game to be played with other people, with other people who like and understand the IP's concept, with friends. Friends some people don't-- or can't-- have.<br />
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My online presence has deteriorated significantly over the last while,
despite me climbing on board new platforms left right and centre, that's really a fault of my being caught up in other stuff-- and a combination of rural locale and dodgy vehicle means I can't really extend my RL presence much farther than the workplace. How I'm ever going to find a girlfriend at this rate is beyond me... That's beside the point. Moving on.<br />
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<b>2: What it once was vs What it is now</b><br />
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I don't believe 40K was ever this mainstream.<br />
This I'm sure I've brought up before, because I'm a fuddy duddy stickler for old things. Warhammer used to be a hobby, an art expression; now it only feels like an IP to exploit. True, their miniatures have gotten more and more detailed and pretty in the last while,but is that <i>really </i>necessary? I mean <i>really truly</i>? Think about it, does detail enhance the game? Or rather would it draw new people in?<br />
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Don't get me wrong, new people are great for an IP to make money and be more widespread; new people are good. But at what point does an IP stop being itself, and start appealing to the widest audience possible at the cost of its individuality?<br />
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<b>3: Official art used to be more interpretative than this</b><br />
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I can't leave a rant without at least a bit of good old hobby horse time; I'll try and keep this short. As a defeated artist, I appreciate an IP mostly through its aesthetic, through its art.<br />
Compare these two tech-adepts, a skitarii and a myrmidon:<br />
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Much in the same way I love the inaccurate nature of medieval art, I found the older 40K art inspiring. It gave me ideas for kitbashes and painting methods, it added depth and character to a story already rich with character. The miniatures were simple templates for you to build on and develop your own style.<br />
Nowadays I see more and more art taken directly from the miniatures, and to be brutally honest, some are not much more interesting than studio photographs with their subject matter. Alright, I might have gone and chosen that skitarii image purposefully, but the fact remains; there's less up for interpretation. The majority of modern artwork seems less of telling a story, as presenting a range of products.<br />
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<b>4: What it was for me vs. What it is now</b><br />
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This harks back a lot to point 2.<br />
Coming into the world of 40K long ago, what the 12-year-old me perceived was a huge, terrifying galaxy filled with such insane darkness and dread you couldn't hope to survive long; the morbid side of me latched on instantly. This was a fantasy story set in a time so ridiculously far in the future it was obvious they weren't going to pull any stops on the madness. Guns and vehicles were venerated instead of repaired, religious worship was directed here there and everywhere, aliens nobody even knows the origin of are streaming into the galaxy, man-made gods have taken form but are completely out-of-control...<br />
Maybe I liked it for the wrong reasons; there might have been more fitting IPs to pursue... that weren't anime. You know, it was the religious part of the Imperium I believe drew me in the strongest, and in the toning down of the archaic, the gothic, the pagan, I've been left hanging.<br />
Like I said before, it was a pillar of my childhood's foundation; it should be left as such. I don't want it spoiled by washed-out miniature design, lame narrative, and... people.<br />
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<b>5: What GW has done/is doing with the IP</b><br />
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If you don't know about WH adventures, it's basically proof that GW have gone full sellout mainstream.<br />
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I recall a time when warhammer was age-restricted, or is that just a
fanciful dream? Also way to push the primarine shtick, I still don't
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<b>6: The memes</b><br />
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Yes, in the long run I hate memes. So sue me.<br />
Personal experience has shown me the following; the majority of people are more drawn to funny things than scary things. Whether they don't like a thing, like it too much or don't understand it because it's too creative or different they'll make it funny. This mentality I can't stand, and connected to something I took so seriously as a child is oddly painful.<br />
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<b>7: people in the community</b><br />
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In every fandom full of great people, there will always be the "badd'ns" . My tolerance of who I'd consider to be a "badd'n" just happens to be WAY lower than most people, again due to my social ineptitude-- which I should stop wearing on my sleeve as if fishing for pity.<br />
These badd'ns are what give the sane folk a bad name, I'm sure a good deal of you have a story. Mine is of a guy who couldn't go on holiday without taking his entire (multi-faction) collection with him; so instead of <i>not </i>going on holiday at all, he put everything into a hundred ice cream containers and had them rattle about and fill up his camper. Funny story, but how does it reflect the community as a whole?<br />
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It's not just the badd'ns either, I see a lot of unnecessary stupidity. I've seen terrible crossovers and ship wars-- yes, ship wars concerning primarchs, ship wars concerning astartes heroes, all sorts. I've seen people who can't enjoy an IP if they can't poke their diddly-stick in it, so they oversexualise. I've heard of-- not misusing the word either-- truly retarded behavior of every sort, I've seen animal abusers, thieves, and some real mental cases who give the Columbine shooters a run for their money, all connected in some way to the 40K fandom.<br />
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It's all getting a bit much.<br />
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<b>You sound pretty sick of it, D. Can't you just ignore all that and stick with it alone?</b><br />
<b>You've always been alone.</b><br />
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I could shut myself in, yes. I could lock myself away and nobody would know where I'd have gone, but the damage has been done. If I withdraw to try and enjoy 40K by myself, I'll be withdrawing with all those awful stigmata attached to the IP I once loved. I'd much rather leave it off for a while and let it heal a bit, even if the reasons I hate 40K will never go away.<br />
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<b>What are you going to do?</b><br />
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What I'm going to do is move away from the fandom for a while. 2018 has been rough and slow, with illness and busyness and RL, and sadly 40K isn't quite as appealing as it used to be; it doesn't draw me like it used to.<br />
I've got so many other projects I want to do in the future-- short films, puppets, art, not to mention the apocalyptican fairytales I'm writing-- all those things I seem to get more enjoyment out of. I used to be able to make 40K my own thing, but as time's gone on and the aforementioned reasons have made it more and more difficult to focus on what I once liked.<br />
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<b>Where will the dream take you, Lonely?</b> <br />
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My biggest following has been generated by my activity in the 40K fandom, so I shall fade and go into the west, which may be for the better.<br />
Sago-altar.com will still advertise my commissions painting of course, that's a part of my life now and a source of a few extra dollars. This blog, if I do continue with it, will more than likely be related to things other than 40K, so if you're wanting to clean up what blogs you follow, it'd be best to take this one off for now if you're here for the 40K content.<br />
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Who knows, maybe this is just a rough patch for 40K. Maybe it's just a rough patch for me, I don't know. I might come back once things have sorted themselves out, I might not: So I guess I'll sign off with a final<br />
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FINÉ.<br />
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Bye bye for now. <br />
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<i>For so long</i></div>
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<i>I have wandered, I have fought</i></div>
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<i>Now the road is at an end;</i></div>
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<i>I've climbed the highest mountains, seen the sea beyond the hill,</i></div>
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<i>I'm Alone with a Dream...</i></div>
Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-68757809028947790902018-05-21T14:34:00.000-07:002018-05-21T14:34:49.235-07:00Urien & grotesques WiP: also Nurgle almost had meSo for the last while (not including the past few days... you'll know why in a moment) I've been scouring my bits box to make three grotesques and Urien Rakarth for a client. If anything, it's made me realise I need to restock on unorthodox purchases like vargeists and such! <br />
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For Urien himself, I've used several poxwalkers as a base. Still working on what I should use for his tentacley bits, and OH NO I'M OUT OF GREENSTUFF!!!!!1!!1!!AGAIN!!!!!1<br />
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And that wasn't the end of the week's bad luck.<br />
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So last Wednesday afternoon I think it was, I started getting an odd sort of pain when I walked. By the time I left work I almost couldn't sit on my motorbike, and that night I couldn't sleep for the magnanimous fever which had literally taken minutes to spring upon me, however fevers work.<br />
Turns out, come Thursday morning, I had the most horrible infection ever a man could get. Oof. And don't think I picked it up from anyone, I'm what they call "grey ace"; look it up.<br />
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Once my immunity had dropped, old Pappy Nurgle found out I was unwell and he started sending me all these presents to make me feel... loved, I suppose, if not better. It was like a bunch of "Don't Get Well" presents.<br />
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Before long it felt like I had every ailment <i>The home physician</i> describes and was hopelessly stuck in bed; only this morning (Tuesday) have I been able to hobble out and do a bit of constructive stuff. Thanks, Nurgle. No, my Chapter is STILL loyalist, and no I WON'T collect Death Guard.<br />
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If there was one good thing that came of the fevers, it made for some, um... <i>unique </i>characters for my second novel, like this chap below, the Blue Scissorknight.<br />
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And that's that! I'm hoping to be well enough to get back to work on Friday (thank Throne for understanding employers!!) and by that time I will be clean enough to approach the Sago altar once again and continue kitbashing. Here's hoping, anyway.<br />
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<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-57322622238191253722018-05-10T17:37:00.001-07:002018-05-10T17:37:59.435-07:00Commission work: C'tan shard finished!WOW he was a challenge and a half! He's been the bottleneck in a lot of things, but the result isn't half bad if I say so myself. Photo time!<br />
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I also found out I'm DREADFUL at freehand!!!! As if I didn't know already.<br />
So that's that! Just a quick one this time around, I'm so sorry for my sporadic posting nature... Hopefully with this chap off the bucket list thing will pick up again.<br />
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<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-38884599242912995682018-04-09T19:41:00.001-07:002018-04-09T19:41:34.704-07:00I'm drilling my barrels nowIt was a hard decision whether to finally do what I KNEW was best for me and the hobby as a whole, but after years of servere deliberation, I have done the right thing.<br />
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Yeah, as the title says, I'm drilling my barrels.<br />
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The simple brilliance of it astounds me, really. I thought it's take some drastic experimentation (like using body parts or, heck,<i> real blood</i>) to improve my kitbashing skills... This, however, was quite unprecedented! Look at this picture, a side-by-side of three weapons with their barrels whole, then the same options below with barrels <i>drilled</i>:<br />
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The improvement is uncanny!<br />
And you know what? It's even improved my morale and skill in general! Who would have thought I would start assembling masterpieces just based on a simple trick as a few holes? <br />
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So what, you say. The mentally unstable D just put together another ridiculously expensive kitbash, what's new? Well, today I think I'll tell you exactly what went into this 1st company veteran; maybe it'll confirm my insanity, if nothing else.<br />
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The body is the cybernetica datasmith with the front torso half from the Black Templar's upgrade kit. Bit of gold necklace chain across shoulder, trophy spike from WHFB crypt horror; new Cypher's bolt pistol on one hip, DA incense-burner on the other. Double purity seal from the special sprue from the old tactical squad kit, and hourglass from the WHFB flagellants kit.<br />Head is from the finecast Imperial Fists upgrade kit, bionic is from Canoness Veridyan and the hair is a Custodes topknot.<br />
<br />Backpack is (mostly) from the old assault squad kit, nozzles from DA veteran kit. The book is a GK icon with chain from an earring, and the tree is a charm. Two pouches from the old assault squad kit, skull buttons are taken from the icons on a GK incinerator tank and marksman's honour from sternguard veteran kit.<br /><br />Left arm is a plague marine's from the Dark Vengeance box, tilt shield is off a pillar from the garden of Morr and pipes are guitar wire. The hand (and chainsword engine) is from aforementioned special tac squad sprue with a Templar cross from the scroll/pouch bit from the upgrade kit. The chainsword itself is plasticard with teeth from the second sword on that sprue; the handle is from the honour guard's axe and the tree icon is a silver earring.<br /><br />Right arm is from an Ultramarine Honour Guard with a 7th ed chest aquila; right hand is a 7th ed BA hand, the bolgun an edited sisters of Silence one with a purity seal from Guilliman's right shin.<br /><br />Never will you see another uselessly fiddly and expensive assault marine.<br />
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Bye bye for now.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-13571311756053542082018-03-30T19:09:00.000-07:002018-03-30T19:09:11.245-07:00Commission work: orky plasma obliterator finishedUm, yeah! This is a thing. I guess when you're commissioned to make a "looted plasma obliterator", I suppose this is what happens.<br />
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I started off with the base of the aquila strongpoint's turret, then started piling bits on; all the bits I could find, really. There are even bits of spider carapace, as this is to go with the <a href="http://imalonewithadream.blogspot.co.nz/2017/12/commission-work-orky-something.html" target="_blank">spider themed orks</a> I began with the tank.<br />
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This would be a lot harder to pull off without the power of fire; a lot of these bits I melted into place. Twenty points if you can guess all the bits. Go on, have a crack! (commences villain laugh.) <br />
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I figured that instead of these orks commandeering any large plasma weapon, all they managed was to do was scrape together a swag of plasma pistols, then wired them all up together with a few bits or ordinary dakka to make up for inaccuracy. I'd hate to be anywhere within a fifty mile radius when this thing fires...<br />
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And that's that! In other news I've finished that set of IK banners, and there's rumours of a <i>C'tan shard </i>on the near horizon...<br />
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<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-11896116133113579912018-03-29T12:42:00.002-07:002018-03-29T12:42:21.333-07:00My novel is published!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a rather hectic year'sworth of deadlines, <i>Welcome Home: A half-childe losted was</i> is a published work at last! Preview and info on purchase are available over at my site <a href="https://www.sago-altar.com/welcome-home" target="_blank">sago-altar.com/welcome-home</a>, and email me @ lonely.kitbasher@yahoo.com if (and WHEN) you'd like a copy!<br />
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Okay, how'd I do? Sorry, I'm crap at marketing... I've never had to do it before, and this is about the best I can do for shpeal. You get the idea, I guess?<br />
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Put simply, it's a "point A to point B" kind of plot; a 90,000-word grimdark fantasy with an apocalyptic setting, hence the subtitle "An Apocalyptican Fairytale". It's illustrated with about 30-odd colour images and I've forgotten how many monochrome ones, all done by yours truly. <br />
It is so far into the future that time has almost worn itself out and has begun to fluctuate. Seasons have merged, stars wander, quite often the Sun forgets to get up in the morning-- and despite all this, the mutated remains of humanity still try to keep living, knowing they should not be alive.<br />
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You'll find a plot summary over at Sago Altar.com, but I'll copy it here for ease of access.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="color_12"><span style="font-family: times\ new\ roman,times,serif;">Aelfric,
an ageing lumberjack trained in the illegal art of charcoal-burning,
stumbles on a fight between several fenrians, sorcerous wolf-like
anthropoids.</span></span> The object of their fighting, a baby's
basket, falls into the charcoal-burner's hands and he takes the child
within to raise as his own. Rygnir, as he names the child, is exposed
to the horrors of a dying world despite his "grandfather's" reclusive
lifestyle, and after witnessing the death of one he realized to be more
important to the world at large than he once knew, decides to set out
and find the one "Wingdale" of which Aelfric spoke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Welcome Home</span>
follows Rygnir as he leaves the claustrophobic confines of Boar's Wood
and travels east with a series of (hopefully!) interesting characters;
it introduces us to the world he lives in and the friends he makes along
the way, and follows him down through the Witches' Thoroughfare deep
below the Fimbulforn, to where his resolve and faith will be strained to
the uttermost end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><b>Where and how is it up for buying?</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">So far, it's really only via email/Facebook messenger, and paypal. I've spammed the hell out of both those forms of contact, so they shouldn't be too hard to find lol. Never mind, email's the usual:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">lonely.kitbasher@yahoo.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">And I'm Dee Power on Facebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Oh yeah, and If I REALLY SHOULD get a twitter account, I need to be told.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Well, that's that I suppose. I don't think I can sell you any more on the book than that. If you liked classical Warhammer Fantasy before GW AoS-isized it, who knows-- maybe you'll like this story too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Bye bye for now. </span></div>
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<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-54232738893784274792018-03-10T20:55:00.002-08:002018-03-10T20:55:28.325-08:00The Sago Altar site gets a much-needed update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In light of recent circumstances (that being, oh, I don't know, MY BOOK GETTING AN ISBN AND PRACTICALLY ON THE BRINK OF PUBLICATION!!!) I resolved to sit down, bite the bullet and make the Sago Altar my own. Holy Throne, but domain names are expensive...<br />
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I've updated everything about it. Everything. Come and have a look, I'm even working on a bio ATM! There's a gallery of completed commissions, a gallery of personal favorites (with a good many familiar faces), updated contact details and ALL the social media. Most importantly, though, there's the first-ever public information on my novel <i>Welcome Home,</i> including a preview of the first chapter!<br />
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So come on and have a gander!<br />
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Bye bye for now.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sago-altar.com/">www.sago-altar.com</a><br />
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<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-57983651017231928162018-02-24T12:05:00.002-08:002018-02-24T12:08:00.411-08:00Commission work: many things completedThis is why I shouldn't start eight hundred projects at once... it takes forever to complete them, and then I have eight hundred things in a bunch to show. Ah well, photo time! Extremely bad photos, I might warn you; all the cameras are flat and my phone can't cope with any light LESS than five miniature suns.<br />
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I'll jam a flikr link in here once they're up with some proper photos. <br />
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First up is the looted rhino I made a while ago, in its slightly mad and very-difficult-to-paint glory.<br />
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Second is the commander for that kill tank I recently finished. As I probably mentioned before, I wasn't sure where in the top hatch he was supposed to fit, so here he is on foot.<br />
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And lastly, sister Celestine and retinue! Yeah, I took a rather much more differenter route with her design than most kitbashes I've seen-- I wanted to go with the cape/curtain wings, but alas, the material I was using didn't want to work with me, so here we are.<br />
Very, very pleased with how she turned out, all the same. Ya know, I've had that metal torso sitting in my bitz box for about five years, and more than once I had the mind to do away with it! Fancy that.<br />
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And that's that! I'm a little worried my style is turning more and more vanilla as time goes on... I can't let that happen!<br />
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Bye bye for now.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-18432999146300870782018-02-12T21:16:00.001-08:002018-02-12T21:16:14.507-08:00Random hobby update: feat. a finished model at lastMm, it seems at the rate I'm doing stuff it takes a spider bite to slow me down enough to actually sit down and write something. So here I am with my (dominant, Throne damn it!) arm in an epsom salt bath and boo hoo a cripple forever. I never saw the offender, but seeing as all I've got is slight insomnia and a bit of swelling, I'd say it wasn't one of the small handful of diddly piders we have in NZ. <br />
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Anyway! Let's see, what's on the Sago altar just now? Tell ya what's about to roll off it:<br />
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Yes! That ork kill tank commission I should've finished months ago! <br />
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Now I look at it, I reckon it should have some more glyphs on it, maybe a few space marine icons too? <br />
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The terrible twins are coming along nicely. <br />
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And finally brethren, a swag of titan banners! Using the power of fire I gave them a bit more flutter, and obviously replaced their chains.<br />
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Bye bye for now.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-42040037762446396092018-02-07T21:01:00.003-08:002018-02-07T21:01:44.061-08:00My novel is nearing completion!Yes! It's a thing, it's really a thing!<br />
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Something a bit different today, a bit shorter too; nothing 40K-related per se, but still a hobby thing I guess...? I just went in to town to pick up the rough assembly of <i>Welcome Home</i> for reviewing. I've edited it as far as I can, now it's up to the publishers to lay it out on paper.<br />
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So yeah, find me on Facebook! <i>An Apocalyptican Fairytale</i> is the page. As soon as I find out how, I'll have a PDF of chapter 1 up for you to have a look at and see whatcha think; I guess I'm just sorry for not figuring out a way sooner.<br />
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Bye bye for now.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-79185091714560561562018-02-02T11:41:00.001-08:002018-02-02T11:41:18.902-08:00Hobby update: back into commissionsAyup, I'm taking commissions again, though you've probably seen me chipping away at this kill tank for a good long while now.<br />
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Right now I'm just busy with the biggest and messiest parts of the painting. In the months of being away I apparently fed all my paintbrushes to a savage beast and need to replace them all, so no fine detail can be achieved yet. <br />
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I wasn't sure how the commander was supposed to fit in, because he is a thicc boye an I's a bigg dum-dum; so I glued the top hatch shut and am making him as a separate piece. <br />
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Among other projects are a slightly distorted version of Sister Celestine and her retinue...<br />
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...And an ork tank which I made a while ago. Someone has actually taken a fancy to it! Or maybe I bullied them into buying it, I can't remember... whoops.<br />
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<b>And a swag of other things</b><br />
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I admit it's a bit sad I can't do much of my own thing at the moment, but that entirely NOT to do with commissions: the reason you're not going to see much from me as a personal 40K hobbyist-- whatever that was supposed to mean-- is because I've been putting all my spare time into a million other places.<br />
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<b><i> Welcome Home</i> is almost complete</b><br />
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My novel<i> Welcome Home</i> is still in the assembly/editing stage, and I still need revenue to get it into print! Want to help out? Commission me for that hero you've always wanted, or check <a href="https://imalonewithadream.blogspot.co.nz/2017/09/miniatures-for-sale.html" target="_blank">my featured post</a> on the sidebar and buy something! It'll mean the world to me if you can.<br />
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<b>There is one also this piece...</b><br />
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Along with the <a href="http://40ksoulslike.blogspot.co.nz/2018/01/building-cempte-argonath-1-porphyrion.html" target="_blank">knight porphyrion</a> (over on my second blog) I've got a little thing I've been putting Very Little Time into recently, but he's slowly starting to take shape.<br />
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Can you guess? Can you guess from this confusing photo and the singular link above?<br />
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<b>Pantheon Standard </b><br />
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The <a href="http://templeofthegodengine.thecomicseries.com/comics/1" target="_blank">first chapter of my webcomic is up</a>! This, like I might have mentioned somewhere, is more of a back-burner project; I'm aiming for a chapter a month and seeing where that gets me. So yeah, do <a href="http://templeofthegodengine.thecomicseries.com/comics/1" target="_blank">come have a look</a> and let me know whatcha think. I might put the link up in the sidebar too.<br /><br />
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If the comic didn't make it obvious enough, I now seem to have acquired a bunch of fur and foam.<br />
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And that's that, I reckon. So yeah, buy some figures, ask me for new ones (or wait until I've bought new brushes and THEN ask for new ones) and I'll see you in another fifty months time!<br />
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Bye bye for now.<br />
<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-84182028097618886762018-01-18T11:20:00.004-08:002018-01-18T11:20:49.069-08:00BIIG update: absolutely everything that's been going onHere we go, this is it. The big update I said I'd do, but now I look down at the finished post, it's not really <i>that</i> long. Oh well, lot's of photos to look at with your eyes.<br />
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So, what HAVE you been getting up to, D? Rumours are going around that you're not hiding your furry side anymore; do you deny them?<br />
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<b>CURRENT SOCIAL FEEDS</b><br />
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Well, obviously I'm still on G+. There's this blog, also <a href="https://40ksoulslike.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">40ksoulslike</a> which I hope to add to quite a bit this year.<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/141353226@N05/" target="_blank">Flikr:</a> Haven't put much up here, as I haven't really made anything!<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/langshan_hexachord/" target="_blank">Instagram:</a> I don't often put WiPs up here, it's mostly for finished stuff/random art.<br />
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I'm on Facebook too: linking to it dodgy at best, so yeah, go look me up. It's Dee Power-- and while you're there, I've got two pages too:<i> Lonely Kitbasher</i> for 40K works in progress (which I NEED to update soon) and <i>An Apocalyptican fairytale</i>, which is for my novel. More on that in a bit.<br />
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Having taken a rather long break from the hobby (having to make room for everything else!) I've got a rather difficult prospect to come back to: a commission I couldn't quite assemble last year. The heat buildup of the old place... how often have I complained about the heat? Never mind, temperatures are fine here and now the tank is re-glued and just wants some re-enforcing now before painting begins.<br />
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Also, while I'm fresh, I decided to at least begin on my biggest personal model to date... <a href="http://40ksoulslike.blogspot.co.nz/p/cessknights-of-kharfax.html" target="_blank">One of the Cessknights</a>!<br />
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Here's a couple of highlights from my Real Life work; small animals and large vegetables. It's been almost a year I've worked at this lifestyle block, the longest job I've managed to hold in fact. This has to be the best of the jobs I've have since-- since ever, really.<br />
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<i> Pantheon Standard</i> is a comic, mostly collecting fragments of a story I've had kicking about in my head for donkies ages: I won't deny it's also a good chance for me to draw mai waifu Rhenya Redblade over and over. It's set in a dark fantasy/western world based loosely on that the world of King's Dark Tower series, and (I think I'm allowed to do this) many of the characters use the "calla speak" introduced in Wolves of the Calla. It gets a bit gleefully graphic at times, I'll admit that much.<br />
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I've been adding to it really slowly over the last months, and somehow am up to chapter three! I think I'll be putting it up on somewhere like <a href="https://comicfury.com/" target="_blank">Comicfury</a> as it's not of a high enough quality for many others, but I'll make sure to link it everywhere once it's up. Here's a page just to give you an idea:<br />
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<b>AND I'VE FINISHED MY BOOK!!</b><br />
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<i>Welcome Home Book 1</i> has been an ongoing project since 2012, and I can't believe it's got to this point! A 90,000-word dark fantasy set around the wanderings of Rygnir Wyndfallen, an orphan of dubious origin and the folk he meets on the way to declare his "grandfather"'s death to an unknown noble. It's quite lavishly illustrated for a novel, at least I think so; having grown up with books like <i>The Black Fox of Lorne</i> I remember deciding long ago that I would illustrate the book myself, in pencil. Also, being an artist, I couldn't help it.<br />
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The novel is the next step down from dark fantasy: would you call that grimdark? As the subtitle <i>Apocalyptican Fairytale</i> suggests, it's set in a world that is either on its way out or went out long ago. Everything's as screwed over as it can possibly be, even the celestial bodies don't move like they should: yes, there's a lot of inspiration from Oldhammer here. A lot.<br />
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Here's what the physical copy looks like so far:<br />
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Ayup, there it is. 90,000-odd words and 50-ish illustrations of every sort.<br />
So if you like grimdark fantasy or you want to see this project progress, find the <i>An Apocalyptican Fairytal</i>e page on Facebook and give it a like! Again, sorry I can't link Facebook here.<br />
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<b>NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS?</b><br />
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Meh, I don't trust to hope. I wanted to get married this year, but then I wanted that last year too, so...<br />
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I want to get my book published! That's an easy resolution! It'll get done this year, honest injun! That's all I'll work towards, then once THAT'S done I'll think about resolutions.<br />
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So that's that, I think. Stay tuned, and keep an eye out for the completed novel! Bye bye for now.<br />
<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-20171867307875492972018-01-09T11:46:00.002-08:002018-01-09T11:46:35.991-08:00Random hobby update: I'm baaack! I also movedHallo everyone! I'm back, and I'm not dead! Okay, I'll get a decent post up soon, detailing EVERY SINGLE THING I've been doing during my end of year "silent running", but first I'll just throw this up for you too see.<br />
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Yar, I've moved! From rural Nelson too... rural Nelson. It wasn't that big of a jump, truth be told, but when you've set up your man cave Just how you like it, any move is destructive.<br />
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...And here it is after stuff's been moved. Among all the other things I found in the detritus was... I don't know, I might suffer from Diogenes syndrome. Swags of transfer sheets I knew from the start I'd never use but kept them anyway!<br />
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Here's the fabled Sago altar, out in the daylight for the first time in... what, eight years? Ten? Those mega bloks on the corner were super-glued on there, and took rather a lot of kicking to get off XD <br />
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A few of you might've already seen these, I put them up on G+ a while ago. Only very slightly extremely terrifying prospect. I had to invest in eight hundreds sets of drawers to contain all the sprue-- NO! NO I'm NOT cutting all the bits off into little containers! Half the fun for me is searching the sprue! I am HAPPY to invest in eight hundred sets of drawers, muahahahaha! <br />
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Here's another thing I found in the old place. I remember wanting to keep the empties for some elaborate joke involving that birthday scene from the 1st Harry Potter film; "How many are there?" "36, counted them myself-" etc.<br />
Seven IKs, though! I believe five of them were commissions. <br />
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<span id="goog_145033950">And so, here's a badly lit shot of the new space!</span><br />
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<span id="goog_145033950">I'll be officially re-opening for commissions soon, once I've got things a little under control. Expect a full update post soon (or later) with everything that's been going on: books about to be published, a potential webcomic on the way, more social media outlets... all sorts. Stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span id="goog_145033950">Bye bye for now. </span>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-30225609272960248962017-12-01T11:43:00.002-08:002017-12-01T11:43:34.600-08:00Commission work: an orky something...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That was a thing. This time around is an Orky Spidery Tank.<br />
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Being based in NZ, I wanted to sort of go with an Australasian spider; in the end I chose <a href="http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/spiders/supunna-picta-painted-swift-spider.html" target="_blank">the swift ground spider</a> as shiny black would go well with muddy yellow.<br />
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Melting extra sprue like solder certainly helped when connecting tank to animal. You might not believe it but this thing's put together like a rock! Which is a Very Good thing... <br />
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Yes, it's a breech-loading cannon that takes rockkits. Go soo me, ya git. <br />
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But it's secretly a muzzle-loader too. Or maybe the little squint's just cleaning... wait, do grots have mental capacity to <i>clean</i>?<br />
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Bye bye for now.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-41026750733418510192017-11-22T18:45:00.003-08:002017-11-22T18:45:24.759-08:00Commission work: Custodes land raider finished!After a few WiPs earned him a rather sinister reputation, our friendly freind Laurie the Landie is done, and not at all nightmare inducing!<br />
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I'm sorry for my lack of updates this last while. The whole Real Life excuse is beyond old, so I should try to invent something new... <br />
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The first Custodes I was commissioned (I've got the dreadnaught post<a href="http://imalonewithadream.blogspot.co.nz/2017/07/commission-work-custodes-dreadnought.html" target="_blank"> right here</a>) were obsidian, so a lot of 'ardcoat was used: I decided Laurie could give that treatment a pass. I'm not sure if you've tried applying 'ardcoat to a large, flat surface, but Throne I hope you never do!<br />
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Q: What has Laurie been smoking? A: Exhaust. <br />
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Nightmare the second: a buttface. I filled in behind the doll's face with melted plastic: a technique I should get down into post form later-- it certainly saved on greenstuff.<br />
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And yes, I did paint the interior too. <br />
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WHOA that's a bright blue. I think it's my phone camera doing that. Oh yeah, that's partially the reason I've been quiet: I've got into that awful rut of uploading images through the phone-- until my browser got outdated!! In the land before time, when dinosaurs walked the earth and Fat Bloke was the editor of WD, we used to upload our pictures to our computers from these devices called CAM-RA'S, you ken cam-ra?<br />
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So that's that! Next up is an ork spider/tank, and hoooooooooooooooooooo boy a FW kill tank.<br />
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<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-12556791912822937602017-10-31T19:40:00.000-07:002017-10-31T19:40:12.100-07:00Imperial knight #5 milestone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here he is! Gearish Rose, the third Cadmus IK to walk off the altar this year.<br />
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The wake of butchery Gearish has carved through the annals of Cadmus history is startling in contrast to the glory his more reserved siblings seem to simply radiate; ingrained malice with the towering intelligence of his family, coupled with the burning desire to match the legend of his Astartes elder brother makes Gearish a terrifying prospect on the battlefield, almost as much a threat to his allies as the foes his guns destroy piecemeal.<br />
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The melta/battle cannon are magnetized above the elbow, a far easier-- if more bits-heavy-- prospect than my first attempts at magnetizing the muzzles. It certainly helps having spare IK kits to hand.<br />
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Joe asked for some Alpha legionnaires for victims of what we started calling "The Stomp", they were a lot of fun. This must be the most 30K I've done so far! I know, I'm an idiot... <br />
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And like his knight, Gearish himself is as mad and grimy as his reputation. Leaving much of his house's heraldry to rust away, he has instead devoted his energy to such charming personal touches as a rock drill to his preferred stomping foot.<br />
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So that's that! For the record, here are the other two Cadmus IKs of house Rose:<br />
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<a href="http://imalonewithadream.blogspot.co.nz/2017/04/commission-work-imperial-knight-3.html" target="_blank">IK the first</a><br />
<a href="http://imalonewithadream.blogspot.co.nz/2017/08/commission-work-cypher-imperial-knight.html" target="_blank">And the Lancer</a><br />
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Bye bye for now. <br />
<br />Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-1686592133873988422017-10-21T18:40:00.000-07:002017-10-21T18:40:48.457-07:00Dreadtober: 1st company vet finishedHe's done! Let's go straight into the photo time!<br />
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And here's the original model just for clarification:<br />
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And finally, a full family photo!<br />
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So that's that, at least for Dreadtober. Next time you hear about a big project, if it isn't an Imperial Kinght, it'll be a... a... a one of those:<br />
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<span id="goog_1382056656">Bye bye for now.</span><span id="goog_1382056657"></span>Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-27610118338730440652017-10-11T20:55:00.000-07:002017-10-11T20:55:06.763-07:00Dreadtober: 1st company dread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Between titans and tanks, there's time in the month for a second! This time I've started with a chaplain dread for something a bit more tame, but he's looking pretty good so far.<br />
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I wanted to give him a lascannon reflecting that of the <a href="http://imalonewithadream.blogspot.co.nz/2016/10/dreadtober-progress-3-finished-by.html" target="_blank">Amphis' Bane</a>, side-by-side with the heavy flamer in between. I can't believe I've still got a few centurion weapons left.<br />
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One of the quirks of my real-life work is coming home with odd little things in my coat pockets. The lascannon nozzles are tricky little sprinkler heads you screw directly into the irrigation pipe.<br />
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To show his age, I added a few Imperial Fist icons, harking back to the legion days. One off a resin helmet was small enough to fit in the cog mechanicus.<br />
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Sneaky eagle.<br />
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And at last I found a use for the Guilliman base! The toes were cut suitably, and there are pins running right through the base, so no need to worry there.<br />
So that's that! Next time I think he'll be complete, so stay tuned!<br />
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DDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872043197214131284.post-54284576218610080002017-10-07T17:58:00.000-07:002017-10-07T17:58:03.287-07:00Dreadtober project: Leviathan completeI think I've found my forte. I seem to be able to paint dreadnoughts extremely quickly-- that is, in comparison to my ordinary pace of two infantry per decade.<br />
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I was a bit on-and-off about using martian ironearth for its crackle effect, the negative pay-off being of course the thickness of the coat required. Of course, if you were to suggest a more suitable crackle paint, I'd be all ears!<br />
So anyway, here we are! Maybe I should complete that venerable dread too. Photo time! <br />
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Keeping with the whole Silent Hill theme of my Astartes, just a vanilla helmet just wasn't going to do. For some reason, this was my replacement.<br />
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Yes, those are actual teeth. <br />
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You might not be able to see, but the head is a CSM helmet with the eyes greenstuffed out. <br />
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The effect of the ironearth is... okay, I'll admit that it's Very, Very Difficult to regulate; somehow I wish I had access to a chemical that distorted the resin, never mind noxious fumes and allergic reactions. I wonder what would achieve that? <br />
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And here we are once again, with other family members. I didn't actually realised the Amphis' Bane was so close in height.<br />
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So that's that! Back to the altar I guess. Bye bye for now.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683654516720470349noreply@blogger.com8