When Alfie met Chad and Chris....

I couldn't make it over to Leeds on Wednesday for the Live recording of the H.P.Lovecraft Literary Podcast - gutted!... I didn't get to catch the live streaming podcast either... so I'm going to have to wait a week or so for the downloadable version to appear on the website.... But Alfie and myself did manage to make it upfrom Sheffield to the Travelling Man comic shop in Leeds this afternoon for Chris and Chad's comic book signing. They've both done adaptations of Lovecraft stories for the new graphic novel from Self Made Hero - "The Lovecraft Anthology volume II"...

It was great to meet the chaps in person, we had a brief chat about their Lovecraftian doings, and they were really sweet to Alfie. Nice guys. If you haven't heard their podcast yet, then you're missing out!!

DOOM - Sheffield 16/3/2012

Not only were DOOM playing in Sheffield for (correct me if I'm wrong) the first time ever... but they were playing at a working men's club at the bottom of the hill from our house. Doom have always been one of my favourite bands - so I had to go! Unlike the early 90's when I used to be one of a handfull of folks who organised punk gigs in Sheffield and we were lucky to get 20 people to turn up to a gig, It seems that apocalyptic d-beat punk rock is quite popular with the kids these days - so it was great to see such a huge turn out! - Four bands played - CRY HAVOC, WOLFBEAST DESTROYER, THE WANKYS and DOOM. It was a great gig - excellent atmosphere - good to see so many faces - old friends and new - and all the bands were rocking (except for the Wankys - I'm not really into that tuneless fuzz noise thing... but that's just my oppinion!). DOOM were completely excellent - and finished their set with "Means to an end"...people were shouting for more - but how could they possibly follow that with anything better!

CRY HAVOC

WOLFBEAST DESTROYER

DOOM

DOOM

DOOM

DOOM

GRUNTZ - 15mm Painting competition 2012...

I came 4th!!! - Well chuffed!!

See the top 4 here.

Congratulations to Firebroadside for the well deserved 1st place. (check out his excellent blog here to see more of his handywork...)

In the woods...

A cold day out in Derbyshire...

Gruntz painting competition...

There is a painting contest over on the Gruntz forum. This is my entry.

1 - A squad of Vivipara Infantry (Critical Mass Games)
2 - A Gekotaa Armored Car (Critical Mass Games)
3 - A Kaamados Agaamid commander with twin slug throwers (Critical Mass Games)

Flipitpapercombat... Black X army...

Finished these guys off over the Xmas holidays... they are the BLACK X force for the Flipit papercraft print & play wargame... all free to download from the website - check it out at http://www.flipitpapercombat.com/index.html
The latest version of the rules has just been uploaded onto the site... I'm just waiting for the super heavy vehicles to appear on there - the Red Hammer Mecha looks ace!!!

The clever chap who has designed them is James Bowen - he's got a blog where you can see some of his other impressive stuff: http://newobmij.tumblr.com/