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I’m pleased with how these guys turned out. They act as “Sergeants” to my battleline berserking units who play as Death Company. My chapter are non psyching rejects of Grey Knights with a Zen Buddhism vibe. I’m not a fan of the look of GW chaplains so these Inner circle companions with the Steampunk old skool knight helmets and hoods made from green stuff. To make them wysiwyg I added some aftermarket maces. I shaved off some of the more ostentatious bits of the models and glued those extra fripperies over the daggers on the chest pieces. I found that for some reason the figures were quite forward leaning. I like to see the faces of my figures from sitting or standing rather than having them looking at the ground so I used more green stuff to make them stand upright a little more.

This is going to be a mess. I haven't blogged in forever. Last time, I think, was in 2013, and that was just before I left Greece and migrated to the UK. My head feels like an open filling cabinet, who someone forgot outside during a tornado. And I think a kid swallowed the keys as well. A while back, I saw a video from a youtuber where he said something that resonated with me so much, that I am now carrying it with me as a scar. Very few things stay with me these days; when you grow older, you travel, you meet a lot of people, or when you are pretty socially active in your earlier years, you experience a lot of things, hear a lot of opinions and you pretty much become jaded, meaning that there are fewer things to sweep you off your feet. Yet, that unknown guy's comment, from half a world around, stayed with me: 'I am no longer interested in newer editions of Warhammer 40k, as I have more years in the hobby behind me, than I have in front of me'. I believe this happened because he hit home. This year will mark my 47th birthday. It is not a milestone age, nor a round number. However it is dangerously close to the 'half a century' mark, but it will also mark 35 years since I first got introduced to a company called 'Games Workshop'. Whether I like it or not, it is a milestone, albeit a personal one. There were large gaps in between, ignorance, lack of money, life got in the way. At some I might have been depressed as well. But I always returned to the hobby. This is actually what pulled me out from dark holes, more than once, and it is something that, as long as my body allows, I'll continue doing it. It gives me a sense of fulfilment and a serenity that only few other things can give me. And I take great pride to the results of my labour. I'm not sure I will continue with this blog. I'm not even sure why I am doing it in the first place. I guess I want to praise the hobby, write down some thoughts about it and share it with other like-minded people, in one of the last places that make sense to me.