Yes we are still in the grip of winter here on Shetland, now some may think it is normal and although in other parts of the world on the same latitude we would be ice bound and having to fight off Polar Bears, we are lucky that the Gulf Stream passes close by and keeps us relatively warm. However every so often we get a decided chilly snap, and we certainly have one now. This morning at 07.30 we were down to -10 C and at 09.00 a mere -5C. The last time it was this cold was 10 years ago when my son was born. It was so bad then that the health visitor couldn’t get to see my wife for two weeks… on the up side it is nice in the snow…

Tonight when we went to do the horse, a blizzard set in, luckily the yard’s owner brought him in so we could head back home…

So after I got back in I did a bit more in the flag… still a long way to go, but on the way…

Tonight we played games with the kids until quite late so I never really got anything done. I did manage to get another layer of the grey-blue on the flag as well as tidy up the white bits, the red centre will have a gold skull in the centre with the usual battle honours (wish me luck on that one!) it will have gold and silver on it too as befits a regimental standard.

Tonight I got a smidge done on things, not a huge amount but at least some progress was made. To be honest I couldn’t be bothered, but forced myself to do something.

I never got anything painted this evening as I was busy reading my new books. I have been waiting for the first one for an exceptionally long time. I. missed it first time around and never saw it again on anywhere, but the other day two popped up on EBay so I blagged them both. One for me and one for my mate. £15 well spent…

Duel allows you to play a character from one of the Elvish forces in Valon. Duels are for personal and regimental honour. I haven’t really looked at it properly, but I did enjoy reading the background fluff.

The second book was my kickstarter from long ago, it got sent on 18th December but sadly all of the ones sent that day disappeared. Luckily I was able to obtain a replacement and it came today too…

I do like making terrain and have some ideas for a new diorama. I will show you the end results when it appears.

I have found another series that I like… Snow Piercer… basically post apocalyptic daftness, set aboard a perpetual motion train that is 1000 cars long. I have pretty much binge watched the whole of the first series and am onto the second. This came about by me choosing something new or different to watch on Netflix.

Tonight the Northern Lights were meant to be visible so I was outside getting hypothermia trying to spot them. There were more snow showers about which blocked the view North. The stars were quite multicoloured so I reckon there was something happening… lots of photos on Facebook. Living in the bottom of a valley can be a disadvantage…

Well tonight I made progress but to be honest I wasn’t really happy with it…

They were all at this stage when I decided to call it a day on this way of doing it and got the white spray can out again.

I also decided to spray these three as I wasn’t happy with the brush on undercoat.

Tonight I do Seem to be unhappy with just about everything.

Today is a very sad day for the Uk as we have now lost 100000 people to Covid. This has come about by the total mismanagement of this Tory government. Now I am not saying deaths would not have occurred, but that bumbling Buffoon who blagged his way into number 10 needs to be taken out and publicly flogged. All that money to the Tory chums wasted on PPE that didn’t exist or was useless or whatever, failed track and trace, bribing people to eat out, I mean for fuck’s sake. Eat out in a fucking Pandemic, are they out of there tiny minds, That smarmy bastard had the audacity to stand up today and make a statesmanlike speech about how much we must value the NHS workers who gave their all, the same NHS heroes that he and his chums fucked over by not giving them the PPE they needed and then refused to give them a pay rise (while at the same time clapping for them). Sorry about the swearing people. Those of you who have followed my blog will know I don’t as a rule swear on it, but I am steaming… I am so angry today with what we have achieved, when he stated the uk was going to be number one, I really didn’t think it would mean in dead people.

I think I need to go and lie down in a darkened room, with chillout music playing. Hopefully a day off tomorrow will get me back in the right direction again.

Apologies once again for the massive rant.

Yes the sisters escaped into the wild before they were rounded up and shipped off to Scalloway, there they were traded for others who would soon face the same fate!

I got this lot to paint next…

There are also the Karskin’s that I painted about ten years ago…

Here is my reward for doing the painty paints (as my kids used to say)…

Not a bad deal from where I sit 🙂. I am going to get the Flintloque minis I started last night Finished first and then I will make a start on the Valhhallan warriors first. At least I do not have to build these… huzzah!