Category archives: Journal
Inktober ‘18 #2: Tranquil
Inktober ‘18 #1: Poisonous
In Support of Brexit
Brexit is a fantastic opportunity for the European Union, they just don’t realise it yet. Of all the countries in the EU, the UK has been holding it back. It didn’t join the Euro currency, and it didn’t join the Schengen area. It’s only still a member because it got in on the ground floor. …
Hobby Progress February 2018
Necromunda: I’ve assembled and undercoated all of the gangers now, and I’ve kept some of the bulkier Goliath guns off to help me paint them later. I’ve even pre-shaded some of the gangers to see if that is useful for painting them; I’m working on a sample Goliath and Escher to test. Then I went …
Hobby Progress January 2018
At the beginning of 2018, I got both Necromunda: Underhive and Dreadball 2.0 – with loads of miniatures each to paint. I also got a fancy airbrush after trying one out at a Siege Studios painting course. I really need to make good progress on some of the piles of unpainted toys I have in …
Books I’ve Read in 2017
This year, I’ve made it a personal goal to read only new (to me) books. I haven’t been good at finding new things to read and I’ve spent a lot of time (possibly a whole year) re-reading Discworld books, with occasional dips into my comic shelf. So that was a simple challenge – only read …
Films I’ve Watched in 2017
Some years, I don’t get to the cinema. A couple of times now I’ve actually trekked out on my own in order to catch a film that I want to watch. In one of the Planet of the Apes reboot series, I was the only person in the whole screen. You can pretend you’re a …
Kickstarter Roundup, part two
I’m not a mega-prolific backer by any means, but I do keep my eyes out for interesting projects. Here’s what I’ve been up to since my last Kickstarter Roundup… Deadzone: Infestation I backed this at $1 to see where it was going… but I wasn’t hooked enough by the end to back more. I really …
Brexit – Why I’m Marching
Warning: unedited stream of consciousness. Next Saturday, I’ll be attending a protest march in London. I know the government won’t listen, I know that nothing will change. Sometimes protests make change happen – not very often though. So why march? Well, there’s not much I can do to stop Brexit. My local MP defied Labour’s …