Kinda busy this week - there will undoubtedly be a bit of lag on replying to emails, checking messages, etc ( Read more... )

Bad: The bank (St George) claim to have never received the original copies of our FHOG application form. They also didn't mention this until yesterday; too late to get a replacement to them in time for settlement. This means they didn't approve the loan in time, and we will not be making settlement on the house today.

Good: Our conveyancer has ( Read more... )

I always seem to lose a week after travelling anywhere. GenCon Oz finished a week ago, and the last week has been full of catching up on work. I've mostly managed to dodge the post-convention cold, but aeliel wasn't so lucky ( Read more... )

I've dodged the last four or five bugs that aeliel has come down with, but I've managed to end up with a sinus infection all on my own. Either that or I'm experiencing the same run of illnesses, a month out of synch - in which case, I may be in for a few weeks of pain ( Read more... )

These are the models I took over to Gencon. I painted them over two evenings, trying to keep to the colours used in the Infernal Contraption artwork. They turned out well, although my picture-taking leaves a bit to be desired :) I seem to have focussed on the bases, leaving the models a bit out of focus ( Read more... )

Sorry about the lack of updates - Indianapolis was full of eight million things to do, and I didn't find an internet cafe anywhere on my travels. I'm back in Chicago now, where the internet isn't just something for the iPhone users ( Read more... )

It's a strange thing, flying East across the Pacific. Flying out, the sun is high. As hours pass, the day ages prematurely - afternoon becomes evening, evening becomes night. The plane plunges into darkness, crossing the Date Line and emerging into the light of yesterday's dawn ( Read more... )

Well, I managed to get a handful of GenCon events after two hours waiting to reach the checkout... most of Jeremie's painting classes filled in the first two minutes (I tried at 12:02 PDT) but I think I have a pretty decent schedule.

Thursday:
Warmachine National Open - Qualifiers
Seminar: Professional miniature painting

Friday:Privateer Press ( Read more... )

I just had a look through the GenCon event schedule, and I have a slight problem. Completely ignoring the many thousands of games at the convention, I've been looking through the 150-odd painting and sculpting seminars. I think I want to go to all of them... colours with Jen Haley, glazes and colour theory with Jeremie, sculpting with Tom Meier ( Read more... )