Fulfilling Dreams : Wants and Needs

Hehe, so the other day I was just passing by the local store -- I needed to pick up some supplies for the board I am making, as well as some paints. And I found something quite unexpected. I was just chatting to the manager, and paging through some books when I glimpsed this...

Now, I have always wondered at SBG... But, I bit the bullet and bought it anyway, because what the hell. Could I live without it. Yes. Would I have been happier spending the money on something perhaps more useful, possibly. But will it fill a gap in my life, however small a gap it might be, certainly.

I have been studying economics recently, looking at needs and wants. I have identified this purchase as a want... One that I could thankfully satisfy. It will just be fun, paging through at times...

Oh, and as a side note, I have recently been reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- by Tolkien -- it took me a while to just sit back and read it -- but I found I actually quite enjoyed it. I truly recommend it to any other fans of oldish literature/language or of Tolkien!


There are some nice references in it to middle earth -- pure gems... hehe.

It actually makes me feel like doing a scenario on it -- set in dark age England -- buuuuut, it will have to weight for a time when my metaphorical purse is heavier and my load of projects is slimmer (aka, never... ;D ) But maybe... One has to dream...

 

Sculpting Oldhammer 2 : Dwarf

So onwards I have persevered! And onwards, I have prevailed! And I have reaped the semi-debious rewards!

So today I finished sculpting a dwarf -- I wanted to try something smaller than a human -- and I wanted to try do hands. That was all I really wanted. Still, he looks semi awful, buuuut, I am just going to be using him for my dabblings in oldhammer...

Anyway, I haven't thought of a name yet -- but maybe I will go for Harald, as I didn't use it for the previous sculpt? I don't know!

And he turned out bigger than your common-or-garden gw dwarf -- at least those made in the 80's and 90's -- nowadays their dwarves are like little fat armoured tanks... hmm, one could probably use some of them as squats for 40k... not that I have anything to do with 40k if I can help it!

But anyway, here he is, all painted up. Harald the Half Dwarf -- damn! It sounds monty python... eric the half-bee anyone?

Anyway, I was saying... he painted up easily and so... on to the next project...

Next up in this little series will probably be bigger than human sized, methinks. An ogre, troll or hill giant, most likely...

But anyway, that's all for now...

Kind regards,

Joshua

Sculpting Oldhammer -- myself -- aged 75

So for a while now I have been dabbling in sculpting, conversions here and there. So finally, whilst in the midst of an avid conversation with llama, I started pressing putty onto some wires that I had stuck into a cork.

He began as an elf, one which I had previously done some writing for, but I soon realized that my sculpting skills would not make the mark. So, he turned into oldhammer.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of the wip -- those always seem to be my favourite, but, here he is.

Upon his completion, I decided that he was me, as a Norse in Oldhammer -- he has the same haircut -- and the facial hair (or at least, in my imagination... ;D ).

So, although I first thought he would be called Harald, I ended up naming him Josha -- with a j pronounced as a y.

And here he is all painted up! Which didn't take more than around 45 minutes -- not including drying time.

All in all, it was an enjoyable mini project, and although he is rather pathetic -- he does look quite cute!