Turelio's Hobby Hoard

So, after the speed I put together the capsule toys, I thought I should at least peek at the other models I got... Because what every single man needs in his life are giant robots... Anyway, one of the things I thought was pretty good after I got these kits home was what I saw on the side of the box: Miniatures! I wasn't 100% impressed with the paint job on the displayed ones, but they looked like they were OK details, and I wasn't expecting them, so it was a nice surprise. I thought I would open the box (I'm not planning to put these together for a while as I need to get stuff ready for Golden Demon in a few months) to see what it was like inside: At this point I'm thinking that it's going to be a slightly more advanced assembly that the capsule toys. No surprise really. After flicking through the instructions (Which are in Japanese, which will no doubt be fun) it seems clear that I am going to have paint a few pieces in order to get the right colour scheme as it p...

Last weekend I went to Supanova for the first time. I've heard about it the past few years, and it seemed a bit slack to keep forgetting about it over and over again, especially when it's only about a ten minute drive away. And everyone I talked to said they had a great time there. So I went this year. And the same as when I went to MOAB last year, I wasn't prepared for the amount of cool stuff there, and ended up spending more money than I probably should have... Something that has been growing over the past few years has been my random anime/manga stuff (Books, figures, random DVDs...). There are a few series I tend to stick to, but there are others that overpower the rest where I just have one or two items. One series I really love though is Neon Genesis Evangelion. Let's face it, at the end of the day it's a drama series that also happens to contain giant robots entrusted to characters who can't even attend MA15+ movies on their own yet, as well as conspirac...

So my original plan of painting hard and getting stuff done for Little Wars never panned out. In fact, I haven't painted anything for months. But I've been meaning to post these photos for a while now and keep forgetting. So here are some random pics... First, my self-bought birthday presents! I needed new brushes, and there were some models I had my eye on for a while which I thought I should get at the same time. SO I bought myself: A set of Doctor Who and Firefly models from Heresy. In fact, I bought two of each. Obsessive behaviour is a killer some times... Still, now I have Doctor Whos and Kaylees, and also a Ghostbusters demon dog thing. And now I have these Who miniatures, it's not going to be long before I end up grabbing a few of the others I have seen floating around :) New brushes! I was holding out for a while to get a set of W&N7's, but these are Kaple brushes which I was recommended. I really love these brushes. I honestly can't believe I have been...

This guy has been finished for a few weeks, but I hadn't posted pics of him anywhere until tonight, as I was waiting for him to arrive in Sweden, where he was sent as an exchange. Anyway, this is a Night Goblin Boss (Named Ture by his new owner). I wanted to do some darker clothes with lighter skin to make the face and hands stand out, and also put him on a barren base so he was a display model, but not overly complicated. And, as always, links: CMON: http://coolminiornot.com/250077 MyModelCase: http://www.mymodelcase.com/miniatures/view/198

OK, I'm back, and updating now because I can't sleep... I can blame the lack of updates on a few different things, but in the end it comes down to time, and the priorities I was putting on different things. As a result, I've also got very little painting done. Two Paint Klub entries never got completed, and I'm waiting till I get some other stuff out of the way before I try to do any more of those at the moment. But I have gotten back into the swing of things and started painting things for once. And at the same time, I'm starting to work on some entries for Little Wars in a few weeks. So this is what I have planned at the moment... Open: Guild Of Harmony Necromancer OK, I admit I have been trying to get this guy finished for a while. I really like the model, but I can never get far enough into the model without messing it up, and keep stripping it back. Previous colour schemes were rejected until I was happy with a green and beige scheme that I stumbled on ages ago...

Something that popped into my head today on the way home from work... I was talking to a manager as I walked out of work today who said he had seen people gathered in the car park yesterday, and it looked like the building next door might have had a fire drill. It made sense, because the last time there was a fire drill at our work we were told to move to a specific location because there was a building between us and the 'fire' so if something went wrong we were protected. Makes sense. Nothing blocks the rubble of a destroyed building than another building. About five minutes later, it occurred to me... What about the people in the 'barrier' building... Shouldn't you warn them? Or is the potential pillar of fire next door meant to be a surprise of some sort?

The model due at the end of the month for Paint Klub is Skulltaker. Over the weekend I started working on him, or at least, the base: All the pieces lined up and ready for assembly The original plan for how the steps would be laid out. I knocked the pieces and they formed a spiral shape, so I thought that would be more fun. Wait for it... The base goes together - HORRIBLY! Turns out I got the angles wrong, and the middle step wasn't nearly large enough for the model to be in scale (I've learned since I painted the Jester model) so it was back to the original plan... Back to reliable ol' Plan A. How I missed you... A bit of Tamiya putty around the edges to blend the layers together a bit (It will be fixed up properly later) and some pipes in place... The piece connected to the base itself. I need to run some putty around the edges and then sand it back to blend it together. Skulltaker! Or, part of him. Just to get a feel of how he looks on the base. The plan is to have blood...