Category: Art
Between Flashes of Lightning
A little more than ten years ago, on my first long-term aid deployment in South Sudan, I helped evacuate a camp of around 4,000 people who had already been displaced by conflict and ended up in an area at risk of flooding. Rainy season… Continue Reading “Between Flashes of Lightning”
Matilda Molesworth
One thing I really enjoy is face-to-face game nights. Zoom calls and Roll20 and DND Beyond are great, and I’ve had a lot of fun with them as a player and DM, but I much prefer getting a group of friends together, eating some… Continue Reading “Matilda Molesworth”
Officio Assassinorum
Every miniature painter has a pile of shame (or more optimistically, a pile of opportunity). Mine probably isn’t any worse than anybody else’s – I don’t buy a lot of boxed sets, because I know I’m a slow painter and I don’t need specific… Continue Reading “Officio Assassinorum”
Galactic Relief Imperial Expeditionary Force (G.R.I.E.F.)
I’ve not been active on this blog for a while (18 months). There’s been a lot going on – family crises, renovating my new house, organisational restructure at work, and slow progress on my PhD. I’ve tried over the last few months to make… Continue Reading “Galactic Relief Imperial Expeditionary Force (G.R.I.E.F.)”
Jetbike Jackal
A short post this week – just one miniature which I finished at the very end of 2022 (but which had been half-painted on my hobby table for a few months before that). It’s another reinforcement for my genestealer cult, Tertii Imperatoris Cultus, and… Continue Reading “Jetbike Jackal”
These Seem Familiar…
After last week’s modern genestealers, I’m back to familiar territory (see what I did there?) this week with two old genestealer cult magi and their tiny psychic shadows. I painted all of these over Christmas 2022 and January 2023, choosing them partly for speed… Continue Reading “These Seem Familiar…”
Hocus Locus
I’ve had a few difficult months – successive family emergencies, jury service, a new job, and (touch wood) soon I’ll be moving house. So there hasn’t been much hobby time recently, and the thought of sitting down and writing has filled me with existential… Continue Reading “Hocus Locus”
The Dead Will Walk My Blog
Continuing to upload some old (2021) photographs of even older (circa 1986-1988) miniatures – more Night Horrors for my collection, which I’ve been working on – in an on-and-off way – for about 20 years. I have about half of them, and they’re getting… Continue Reading “The Dead Will Walk My Blog”
And My Axe
If you’re one of my handful of regular readers you’ll know that I mostly blog about old-school fantasy and sci fi miniatures, interspersed with very occasional pen-and-ink drawings of creatures from folklore and mythology. It’s probably no major surprise that someone who’s into dragons,… Continue Reading “And My Axe”
The Hippogryph
Begin, my flute, with me Maenalian lays.Nysa to Mopsus given! what may not thenWe lovers look for? soon shall we see mateGriffins with mares, and in the coming ageShy deer and hounds together come to drink Virgil, Eclogue VIII With the head and wings… Continue Reading “The Hippogryph”
Shin High Terror! 