...you, sir, need to book yourself an appointment with a Therapist.
therapist you say?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi5jm9yI80why is this where my mind goes when I see the word therapist..?
Anyway, it's been a bit of a while.
reason being I've had another change of vocation, yes, yet again.
I've had at least four different jobs in the last year or so, tiding me over till I find something suitable to my needs/skillset.
Till now I've been hopping from different retail and other crappy jobs but I finally found a position thats normal hours. 9hrs a day 4 an a 1/2 days a week.
thats half day friday and the weekend free. end-of.
no more of this shifts at all kinds of wanky hours of the night, 4 or so hours here and there, 30 hours one week, then just 11 the next, I mean what the hell man, its all over the gaffe.
How can you be expected to live on this nonsense?
'enough of that crap' says I and off I goes.
I'm now in an industry I've been interested in since I was in pre-teen years; Manufacturing-Engineering!
As I say, It's something I always had interest and quite a bit of some physical skill in, but could never get into it, education-wise, as my poor mathmatical skills had me set-back and refused at the first hurdle.
I'm of a make-do-and-mend/artist mindset, not a purely-logical mathmatical kind of guy. as such engineering has always been sadly out of reach for me.
however, quarter of a century (or so) years later and this opportunity at Biddle & Mumford Gears has me working on beautiful old machines, some from the 1920's! making gears and machining parts to a fine degree of quality and precision to all kinds of varied companies worldwide!
Its a foot in the door I never thought I'd get at my age, a chance in a million as far as I'm concerned.
They are giving me on site training with highly skilled operatives, most of who have worked at the firm for a minimum of 20 years each!
or to put it short; I'm now a Cog-Boy,
Literally! LOL
anyway, why tell you all this? well aside the joy of it, its worth mentioning that predictible hours and the return of free weekends mean that you should expect updates from me +/- once a week now. weather permitting for spray-painting!
also, the regular weekly pay and proper hours should mean that I might even be able to get out of the red and back in the black. meaning that new purchases are not just something that are just out of reach financially. I mean you gotta eat and pay the rent first...
Guess I'll know at the end of the month once I've had (by then) the first three weeks wages from the cog-boys and the last outstanding wages from the last retail job, that was monthly pay (stupid for such low-paid short hours).
so, digression aside, the first weekend free since unemployment gets you this:
The bebbenburg commando standard bearer for the command HQ squad.
As you can see, I've modelled him proudly gazing up at the regiment's colours, fully enraptured with martial zeal! as much as he can look for someone in a gasmask anyway
(FYI, this was the model I had looking up at the ogryn before, just without his banner for that shot)
It's also a pose many will remember from the Royston-Rifles command squad banner-dude I did back for the 111st. (a model in turn inspired by Apologist's Lambs-worlders)
This time I used a triangular needle-file to remodel the catachan arm to mimic the folds of sleeves on the shoulder and then simply painted the hand as a gloved one. easy!
The rifle arm was a bit of a bitch to get right, hacking at both the sleeve, the rifle and even the molle-vest at the waist to get the 'integral' look that makes the model seem to have been modelled that way properly, not just slapped together. In truth, I probably could have done a better job of the hand with a full sculpt, but in the end, I went for the cadian sgt chainsword holding hand, so I could pitch the carbine round thusly, then just sculpted on the trigger finger in the desired position. easier and the resultant odd-looking grip on the inside cannot be seen without inverting the model anyway. thats good enough for me, saves two hours of pointless work anyhow, leaves more time for other stuff! LOL
the anvil sculpts made the head tilt a doddle, just a bit of gs under the neck-joint.
the kit on his waist is necromunda enforcer nades for the high-tech/custom-kit look of a veteran and the pocket is a big-un from the heavy intersessor sprue because it matches all the other pockets Ive used on these commandos...
A much better interpretation of the original idea in the 111st.
Its painted better too of course, if I do say so myself that is...
