To quote Granny Weatherwax I ain't dead. I've been struggling there's been a lot of health issues, hospital visits, blood tests, DNA testing and more. My dad and I have a rare genetic disorder it has saw him losing so much blood that he'd dropped to just three units he needs weekly blood transfusions as well as iron drips. We've both had several surgeries as well still we're both here and hopefully that'll continue. What are my plans going forward? Try and get back on top of all my blogs, get the magazine back on a regular schedule and apply for funding to try and get a poetry event off the ground. I also learn't that the store that got me into gaming all those years ago is gone. The owner Joe sold it after his heart attack and the guy he sold it to kept it running. Last month I was in town and thought I'd call in and its now a hunting store I don't even know when that happened and I'm devastated it was one of the few places I could feel safe I suppose that's one of the downsides of living in a country and a city where Car bombs and fire bombs were the norm, were every weekend there'd be a scare and you'd hope it would turn out to be a hoax. These are all the projects that I've either just finished in the case of the Minotaurs (terrible sculpts sadly) or am still working on the Dragonmasters dragon. The Steam tank is for my wifes Empire army it has been built for years and fought in many battles but the painting was never finished beyond the basecoat and that was in 2009 Well I decided enough is enough.

Its been rough

My dad had cancer they managed to operate and remove it however they ran a DNA test and it turns out that he's a carrier of a defective gene which can cause certain types of cancer. Anyway we all had to get checked the papers arrived today. its a thing called Lynch Syndrome MSH6 Gene Carrier. This is one of the genes which prevents certain types of cancer the person who has this mutation is more likely to develop bowel, colon and gastric cancers. The patient is a carrier this means they pass it onto their children. Well that sucks. An update I've about 2 more weeks to wait for my test results to come through.

Warseer is down :(

Just found out that Warseer is down and that there's no news of if it will ever restart. I've been a member for years (Major Soma) and had posted a few hundred times especially in the Tread head thread. While I no longer have the pictures taken for my posts I will do my best to recreate them and post my stuff here. Now if real life would give me some free time that'd be great so far its been 3 weeks in hospital out then in again I'm getting tired of the smell of hospitals. The above pictures are My counts as Arabian Merchant and an Imperial Tactician for Mordheim one is by Reaper http://www.reapermini.com/ and the other is by Hasslefree http://hfminis.co.uk/Miniatures the last miniature is an OOP Games Workshop mini from the 80's this one says Grilka on her tab they re-released this one several times with different names. She has served quite well in Warhammer Quest as well as Heroquest.

Abdul Goldberg

The Emporium of Rogue Dreams decided to hold a competition (friendly) based around the Rogue Trader random generator character called Abdul Goldberg. We had a wide remit design a character, come up with a background and possibly stats. My Abdul Goldberg (parts used Empire militia legs, torso, Imperial guard plasma pistol arm, Empire battle wizard head, Empire outrider cloak and hormagaunt slashing arm.) Abdul Goldberg Rogue Trader, xenophile and archivist Abdul scours the outer sectors seeking archaotech, xenotech and ancient secrets. To this end he has infiltrated several cults and imperial navy clubs. Originally he worked alongside an inquisitor however Abdul has recently parted company with them, he often uses his cloak to hide his bionic arm a cunning replica of a xeno beast he killed a while back.

Long time silence time for an update.

A bunch of minis these will be used in my Mordheim campaign. One is from a Frothers Charity event.

Suicide Prevention Week

This is Suicide Prevention Week and Awareness week I've tried to kill myself in the past the first time was in 2006 and I had an experience which my doctor called an extreme reaction to stress. I had the year from hell, my parents had been in a really bad car crash and nearly died, I'd lost my job, ended up in hospital with my health, been assaulted in the street and then the house had been broken into Christmas alone was something I couldn't face indeed life at that point had reached so low a point I couldn't see a way forwards. I took an overdose washed down with a bottle of whiskey cliche I know but that's what happened. Dream Spiral Life twists, turns and spirals, A leaf caught in an uncaring grasp, Sometimes gentle, sometimes harsh. The dreamer wakes the downward spiral, Despair thickened like molasses, Sinks to his chest in toxicity. Life crushed, broken dolls, Limbs scattered as flotsam, on unwashed shores. The pain of living pulls despondently Towards broken promises, Painful half truths writ large. Bitterly shaken hands grasp bottles, Let loose the genie, pain killers to numb Sleeping pills to drift away. Life smashed on scattered sands, Tears fell unnoticed washed away By white horses as he drank the past No more tomorrows, no more pain, Memories discarded among the flotsam Driftwood returns to driftwood. Feeble flicker of life refuses To pass fights to live, Bile rises, darkness Descends. The dreamer awakes Discarded, carried on a sea of bile Half digested pills, whisky stinks the air. Slowly painfully picks up the phone Dials a half forgotten number “hello? I tried to kill myself”

Star Wars Miniatures Imperial Faction

Grand Moff Tarkin Imperial Officer Stormtrooper Commander 3 stormtroopers 2 Scout troopers 2 sand troopers 2 snow troopers 1 Noghri 1 Coruscant Guard 1 Royal Guard 1 Death Star Trooper 1 AT ST