A blog about my wargaming in Middle-earth, the Old World and some other far away places across the void, with Grand Scale 10mm (and some 15mm) miniatures using the Warmaster, Blitzkrieg Commander, Cold War Commander, Future War Commander and GW's The War of the Ring (and some other ) rule systems. Oh, and there might be the odd post about roleplaying and board games here and there. So all the usual geeky stuff we are so proud of!
So way back in April 2019 I posted about how I made an Emperor Dalek from Terry Nations 1978 Dalek Annual. This Christmas I decided to finally paint the blighter!
Took long enough but its finally done.
Though never making it to screen, this blighter is regarded as part of cannon given that it appeared in a Dalek annual.
And so will appear in a Doctor Who Miniatures Game somewhere down the road.
Given the atrocity that is showing on the BBC these days I thought I would remind you, dear reader, of the proud, long, and true history of real Doctor Who.
I have been looking around for some time for a decent paint rack that I could use to store my paints for easy access. To date I haven't had much luck. Then it hit me that perhaps either a spice rack or nail polish rack would fit the bill. Trolling eBay I came across these:
Its a nail paint wall rack make of wood and is available on eBay if you search around for it. It stands at over 70cm's in height, over 50 cm's in length and is 5cm's wide.
It easily holds citadel paints, including the larger wash bottles, as well as Reaper and Army Painter paint bottles, as you can see from the images below.
I get about sixteen Citadel paint bottles per shelf. So each rack holds around 96 paint bottles. As I bought two off eBay, that equals a total of 192 paint bottles. More that I currently have.
The price was around AUD$50 and they are solidly built. They come with hangers on the back to hang off a picture hook. I easily removed these as I wanted them flush against the wall at the back of my painting table.
What it won't hold can be seen below. The Tamiya paint bottle is just too wide to fit in the shelf and the other paints... well they speak for themselves.
This lad is a Mantic Games (Kings of War) Troll. He's been sitting around, half painted, for over a year now and it was high time that I finished him. The Christmas holiday break has given me the much needed time to catch up on the outstanding painting jobs that needed doing. He was one of them!
His tiny legs are too small to hold his bulk. But who cares. Its a fantastic fantasy miniature and I just had to have one.
I imagine that this fella moves much like a chimpanzee or gorilla. Swinging his body on his huge muscular arms along the ground. As such, that's how I will present his movements to the player characters when they encounter him in a future role playing adventure.
Anyway, may you have a safe and wonderful New Year, and here's to 2021!
2021! Where's my jetpack they promised us all back in the 1950's?
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be
married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant
through the Holy Spirit.19 Because Joseph
her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[b] did not want to expose her to
public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after
he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home
as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.21 She
will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[c] because he will save his people
from their sins.”
22 All this
took place to fulfil what the Lord had said through the prophet:23 “The
virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[d] (which means “God with us”).
Footnotes
a.Matthew 1:18Or The
origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this
Saint Nicholas is a Reaper Miniatures model and Rudolph is a 3D printed miniature that I bought of eBay, but can be found on Etsy as well. Ready to go for Christmas Eve...
