I am really knackered tonight so decided not to pick up a paintbrush.

I got both big beasties out and had a look at them. Looks wise, and not painting or colours, I actually prefer the Sleich one.

Now I know that one is meant to be an accurate representation of an Allosaurus and the other is a made up dinosaur thingy, but I actually like the smaller one more.

This will sound daft, but it looks more realistic! I think I must be going back to the old GW Lizardmen where the cold ones looked like Deinonychus or some other raptoresque beast. The heroes rode things that actually looked like a big bloody dinosaur that you could recognise. Evidently the dark elves are now riding drakespawn they look much better than the Seraphon cold ones.

I do fancy getting some stegadon…. problem is I like the old style that sort of looked like a Triceratops. The pictures below came from the Warhammer Wiki.

I reckon I am just picky! Anyway I have pre-ordered the battle tome. I am glad I didn’t get one when I ordered the box of miniatures as I would have been totally peeved to find I bought the ‘old one’ a couple of months before the new one. The other thing that is on the horizon is a start collecting box of skinks and skinky things. It has a skink priest, a Bastilladon with a big weapon on it’s back. Three terradon riders with big rocks to drop on the enemy from above and a unit of skinks. Now I was going to buy some skinks and at £22 a box they were doable. The start collecting box is £45 (with a 20% reduction) so it is well worth it.

I am going to wait until the book comes before I go for the next box. I have watched a couple of videos on YouTube where the book has been criticised and others where they like it… so I am none the wiser!

I enjoyed archery today. We were given sights today and it took me about an hour to get used to them. For the first time ever I wasn’t even hitting the target. I managed to drop low and to actually go right over the top. Once I got the hang of it I started to group the arrows better. On my last shot I managed to get them all within the size of a saucer. Three were actually touching. The problem is, I don’t know whether I was actually using the sight or using it to compensate for where I wanted the arrow to go. I reckon I will need to try again next week. Next week my eldest and I are going to try on the 18m distance. I reckon I will find out how the sight works then. Both of the girls are still enjoying it. My eldest isn’t too sure about the sight, but my youngest is enjoying using it.

Not sure what I will get done tomorrow, so until then – Seeya.

Tonight I managed to get a bit more done on the dinosaur.

Still a few bits to do on it, but it is definitely closer to finishing than a few days ago. I have archery tomorrow morning and then have work stuff to do in the afternoon.

I am still feeling anxious and stressed about work. Probably not something that I should put out there but there is a stigma in blokes saying what they feel. I firmly believe that if more people talk about how they feel then it will help others feel that they can too.

Hopefully I will get the painting finished tomorrow. I can then make a start on either the saddle and rider or on the cavalry riders.

Until tomorrow…seeya

Had another one of those days today, nothing in particular, that has made me wonder WTF I did going for this job. It was what I thought I wanted, but I am now wondering if it was ‘the grass is greener‘ or that I disliked the previous job so much that anything seemed better. Anyway enough of my snivelling and whining… you want to know how far a smidge is…. well not a great deal really!

I managed to get the strap work painted in a fashion. I will need to get some white over the top of it on the other side especially where the turquoise covered the straps. That shouldn’t be too much of a job I hope.

I hope to feel in a bit better frame of mind tomorrow and will get some more done.

We have archery on Sunday so that will hopefully put a smile on my face.. (to be fair the kids in the school keep me smiling). But I thought I would show you a pic from last week…

I have been doing archery with the kids in school too. Just little 8lb bows and arrows with suckers in the end, but they do seem to be enjoying it. We talked about safety first and then this image popped up on my feed…

Until tomorrow folks… seeya!

I actually ended up coming home earlier as our geese had gone wandering down the stream and were about 600m from where they should be.

This mission involved piling along there in the 4 wheel drive as it has leather seats and can get closer down the track to where they were. After a bit of a false start we got them both.

My wife and daughter had one each in the vehicle. We were nearly home when the gander stuck his head next to my ear and honked extremely loudly.

we were nearly home when the poohnami hit! You wouldn’t believe how much crap can fit in a pair of geese.

They are now back where they should be, I can hear them honking in the darkness.

So tonight I decided to think about the colours of the big Beasty. I had decided on a yellow underside and was thinking blue or purple when I inadvertently picked up ‘Terradon Turquoise’. I thought what the heck, and gave it a go. I am really pleased that I did as I really like it.

I will consider what colour to do the eye crests as well as the face flash.

Next thing I have to do is to either print a base, make one out of EPVC or get Martin of Dragon Frog Games (https://www.dragonfroggames.co.uk/) to print me one. Luckily we game together at the club so there won’t be postage costs 😉.