April 2015

Simple joys - painting plaster figurines

Today my local cemetery opened its gates, not to let zombies out but to let sight-seers in. Those zombies that did get out were completely unintentional! My wife, always the more macabre of the two of us (hard to believe, eh?), decided to visit. So we all did. I was frustrated that we somehow missed the display of medieval warfare (yes, it’s a rather unusual cemetery) but I ended up

Updating my WAR page and finding my first animation

It’s been a nostalgic few days going through old discs and tapes dating back to the 1990s. Alas many seem to have corrupted and the memories are gone for good. On the bright side, some survive. I guess there is a lesson to be learnt there. Firstly, I have been finding lots of stuff relating to my years as an online gamer. I am recording these years because they coincide

Venice from above

Hi all 🙂 I’ve finished making the next episode of Finding Forgotten Inspiration. This time I’m at the top of

New site theme - Point

Hi all, Today I have transitioned my page from the Twenty Fourteen theme to the Point theme. I wanted a more magazine-like feel to my blog and, after some experimenting with Twenty Fourteen, found that it just could not do what I required of it. After a fair bit of researching and experimenting I settled on Point. I am certainly happy with the outcome. My Venice video is taking time

Finding teenage Greg - over 30 years later

Easter Friday and my family and I hopped onto a train and headed into Sydney. Yes, the sky looked decidedly miserable and treated us to not a few drops, but we were happy enough. Good old Sydney rain at Easter! Today we visited my mum. Mum lives alone in a unit (flat or apartment according to which variation of English you use). She likes living close to a city; above

Another incredibly easy picture made with DAZ Studio

Hi all, By now many of my longer-running readers would probably be wondering where went all the promises of easily-made but professional looking art. So here is one for you guys. The following picture was made in about 30 minutes and required very little skill on my part. Yet I must admit that I really quite like it. The character is Asype, the Western Pilot of Shade. He is a