Been on a bit of a woodworking spree recently. Today finished a picture shelf (in Ash), and a solid wood box (in Walnut & Maple).
Makari
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Demon Tiger furry. Pharmacist IRL. Bad kitty & overall weirdo. Formerly known as ‘Man1c M0g’.
Bench seat has its cushion and is finally finished. For my next project I have an irresistible urge to do some fine woodworking and make a walnut and maple jewellery box (mainly to test out my skills on something smaller). Let see how that goes!
Finally got all the bits to finish the bay window bench seating. Looks pretty good! Lots of storage as an additional bonus. Will order a cushion for the top soon (Etsy is a godsend for things like that - I can do woodwork, but sewing is way beyond me!)
Loved the latest episode of Strange New Worlds. Definitely Event Horizon meets Star Trek. Surprisingly gory too.
Ahh B&Q…. Where the standard response to ‘do you’, ‘can you’, or ‘will you’ is an emphatic ‘no’ and a scowl. Oh, and where smiling is evidently immediately lethal, or at least it seems that way for the staff!
Hilarious factoid - on my last cruise I found myself sharing a table with Anne Widdecombe’s private secretary. I winced, but he was a pleasant enough chap. Alex and myself went to great lengths NOT to discuss politics. lol.
FINALLY finished the sideboard in the dining room. It was an absolute monster of a project and there’s still a few adjustments (as well as finishing touches to the rest of the room), but it’s come out looking pretty good! Lots of storage too! :)
I’ve been using my table saw a lot recently. Today I experienced a wood kickback that hit me right in the bollocks. Don’t worry, I’m fine (just injury to my pride). Nice way to learn the value of safety though!
Ahhh, it’s that time of year where I look like an absolute madman taking a jumper into work. Our pharmacy is maintained at 18c, which is fine whilst you are running about, but gets chilly if doing desk work. Of course, if I walk out to the loo all wrapped up I get some odd looks!
www.bmj.com/content/393/... - Comes as no surprise that Palantir found their new system to be very effective by comparing it to data obtained during the worst phase of the pandemic... and even had a conflict of interest with a board member too!
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I let out my whimsical side with this one and built a diorama with a shadow fox raiding the bins (as foxes do!). I know the scale is a bit wonky (HMM is 1/72, and the wall is built 1/36), but it still does the job. #zoids
After nearly 3 months of off-and-on building I finally finished my custom-colour variant of the Axis Aerial Dominator. I picked colours to give it an Eva Unit 01 vibe. Looks pretty awesome on my shelves. It's one chunky boi though - can't believe how much it weighs!
It’s coming along nicely! Just need to start on the quad wings now. I say ‘just’, but those things are massive and will take me ages! *collapses*
Today my work reversed a previous change to annual leave where all requests had to go through several layers of management before approval (we used to do this ourselves at a site level with no issues). Excuse me whilst I try desperately not to smirk and say ‘I bloody told you it was stupid!’.
Base for the Gundam complete. This is a mammoth project though, so still only just begun on the full thing…
Shadow fox coming along. Just need to add some decals and give the final varnish coat. Might go light on the decals for this one though - just a couple on the weapons and head. Wouldn’t be too stealthy if it stood out too much. Got a special diorama all ready for it though! ;)
And finally a MG Blitz I did for my partner. The black is a bit of a git to photograph properly, but it looks nice IRL on his shelf. :) #gunpla
Here's my final Zoid of the year. I decided to be a little different with this one and give it a candy red colour scheme (even though the underlying 'Ferrari-style' colours aren't that original). Ended up coming out great though! #Zoids
My first attempt at elevating my models (a Redler and a Reddra) with a couple of new techniques - namely two different types of camo and a diorama background. Didn't come out too badly I think! Looks really nice on my shelves. :). #zoids
I painted this one a while back, but I only just got around to taking some decent pictures of it. Was a fun model to make, and I just couldn't resist popping him into a diorama (all that shopping makes you hungry for ramen! :)). #zoids
I’m resisting the temptation to get myself a H&S Infinity 2024 2in1 airbrush. I don’t need something so fancy…. But my god it’s pretty! :p
It’s been an afternoon of pleasant surprises! Finally started to go through the box of old C64 games my dad kept ahold of for me at home. Some are apparently worth £250. In half way through and sat on £2k already D:
I have this GIANT guy showing up after new year. Lots of time to consider what colours to paint him, but considering chameleonic paint for a colour-shifting effect. Always open to more ideas though!
Finished painting my Liger Zero Jäger. First time attempting candy colours and I think it went well, but man it’s time consuming! I have plans to pose and put into a diorama later, but for now I will let the gloss varnish fully harden (it takes a while!).
I’ll take some proper photos of this later, but for now I think I’ve finally finished my Zoids dogfight dioram.
