Well, the last few days have been an eye-opener... It's been a loooooong time since I undertook a large project for myself in any scale, and as you know, if you follow my gaming life, for the last 6 years I've sent everything to a painter, since Lockdown meant I amassed a stash of money through the lack of shows. 2026, has resulted in attending just one show, with absolutely zero desire to go to any others for the time being, the idea of those moon-faced, wholesome idealists we seem to be plagued with these days along with over priced tickets - no the organisers do NOT bring people in, it's the xhibitors who don't get any financial recompense, and the traderts who pay for the pleasure of having sometimes sweaty and unhygienic souls pawing their wares before reaching into the coin purse to nbuy one figure, expecting the trader to act as if they are being showered (see the irony?) with largesse comparable to a trip to Harrods by a Saudi prince. Yesterday, I received an u...

Ahhhhh... It's been hard graft here in Lake Godforbid, as I've been working days and a half hours every day for the last week, along with trips to the vet, a terminally ill neighbor (whom, is 'being made comfortable' - medical shorthand for being euthanised in my personal lexicon) and a general lack of sleep, caused mostly by a dream I had a t the start of the week which involved experiencing being on the very edge of death myself, waking up in a sweat at the moment of passing. Perhaps I did actually die in that other place and this is the afterlife - discuss. But, despite all that, I'm making headway with the 15mm sci-fi project, with 3 forces bought and sorted out already and a fourth which I finished planning this morning before work. My next force will a sci-fi take on the Air Cavalry centered around 19 of the GZG AV-7 'Fan Van' VTOLs packed out with the Outer Rim Coalition range of hard-suited figure, armed to the fucking teeth with support weaponry wit...