Tag: Hobby
An ode to Grillet Boxes
First, I suppose it’s important to know what a Grillet box is. Nicky Grillet made what is essentially a diorama in a box ages ago and posted it online, since then a whole bunch of people — including myself — have made their own takes on it. Check out the #grilletbox tag on instagram. I’m…
Children of the Saviour Worm
This warband has been in my head for at least three years now, probably longer and I have been collecting bits for the whole time. Finally they’re a real thing and out of my head. I wanted to channel something different to the classic minis and move away from the red that they so often…
Iron Hands — an experiment in Art Scale & Colour Shift
I had long lamented not painting my Iron Hands in the colour shift/oil slick scheme that was popularised by Forge World, so when I saw these monstrous Saturnine terminator from Sedivalle I took the opportunity to. These models are absolutely monstrous! Too big for my tastes in my regular army, but I’m working on a…
Of new years, bettering oneself & the enshittening of everything.
I have for the last few years tried to do a bit of reflection on the preceding year and think about what I want to do in the following year. It started, I think primarily when I became a dad, because as you might imagine, my time (not to mention my disposable income) has become…
How can I make it weirder?
One of my aims for this year was the write more stuff. I’ve always enjoyed the act of writing and used to often write short fiction, but aside from collecting notes for a novel I will probably never start, and a few fluff pieces for my Instagram posts, I just don’t do it anymore. It…
Ogun Irin – The Penitent Inferno Lord Spacemarines
‘I am iron, I am covered with iron. Inside my heart is ash.’ – Orun Da, of the Inferno Lords Pictured here, clad in the pale blue of shame, many of the pelts and trinkets of his former self discarded in the newly embraced piety of his chapter-in-penitence. The loyalist remnants of the Inferno Lords…
