Time this week has been at a premium. As you read this I am on my way to Oxford with She Who Must Be Obeyed taking She Also Thinks She Should Be Obeyed to the start of her new life at University. As expected anxiety levels for us all have gone through the roof in the lead up to this dramatic change in our lives and as such modelling has had to very much take a back seat. I did however mange to just about get something together for this post and get another figure underway which hopefully I’ll get finished in time for next Wednesday. Time will tell of course.
What I managed to get done was another foot knight and one which I kept simple on every front. No deliberation on colour scheme, plain white was good enough. No fancy name given to the figure and therefore no proper title for this post either, although I did indulge in a bit of basic freehand for the shield. Not entirely sure where the idea of a castle turret came from but it works of a fashion and is different to anything else I have done.
Next on the agenda is my dad’s 95th birthday next week which will further restrict what I can get done but hopefully, fingers crossed, things might settle down a little after that. Then I really need to take stock of where I am and where I’m heading as right now I haven’t got a clue!
Images of the knight with no name below.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 
Great work on the Knight Dave. I still have the University stress level to come.
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Thanks Steve. As for the Uni experience, ours swings between excitement and dread in equal measure!l
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I feel your pain
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Subtly mentioning that your daughter is going to Oxford, I like it! Best of luck to her, she’ll be running the country in no time. Happy birthday to your dad as well, and of course very nice work on the Saturday Knight (fever!).
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Haha, subtlety is my middle name! Travelled up yesterday and today is the big drop off day. Stress levels are high with the women folk. Fortunately I’m keeping a cool head … so far!
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Nice Knight mate, and yeah, some major milestones there! Good luck to SATSSBO on such an incredible opportunity 👍
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Thanks Alex. She’s worked very hard for the opportunity but she is very nervous. Still, today is drop off day and thereafter we can only keep our fingers crossed that she settles in, hopefully as quickly as possible. 🤞
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Thanks Roger, big milestones indeed. Fingers crossed now that all goes well! 🤞
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Lovely work, I had a plastic knight as a kid with a very similar design in his shield though actually revered (white on black). Good luck to all you family members there too.
Cheers Roger.
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Curses! Wudugast beat me to it, but “Saturday Knight Fever” would have been an excellent title for the post, given that “Once a king, always a king, but once a knight’s enough” is a bit long winded! Nice mini, the simple colour scheme works well. Hope things go well for all family members concerned.
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Agreed, a far better title but I love your offering too! 😉 Thanks for the good wishes. 🙂
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Great work on the knight.
Congrats for your daughter starting uni too.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete, much appreciated. 🙂
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Saturday Knight at the movies… who cares what picture you see… That’s the song lyric that came to mind. You must be so proud of your daughter mate. Happy Bday to my hobby grandad too 😉
Love the figure as always mate.
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Very proud mate but having dropped her off today I’m missing her already! Don’t tell her though! 🙂 As for your hobby G’dad he used to do modelling in his day too.
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Hehe ahh it’s in the blood then. My eldest is always out now so I only see her a couple of nights a week and even then she’s on her room haha. Ah well that’s life I guess. They grow up.
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They certainly do.
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Dude, I love reading your posts! They alway make me laugh!
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Thanks Eric, glad you enjoy them. We all need a laugh in this crazy world. 🙂
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Oxford is a wonderful accomplishment and I wish you all the best during this time of transition. The knight looks great and don’t sweat having to slow down your painting time either. I’m sure you’ll bounce back soon enough! 🙂
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Thank you, it is quite something to go there, just hope she settles and it works out for her as it is such an opportunity. As for the painting all is well and some slight adjustments due to numerous circumstances will soon get me back on track hopefully. 🙂
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Wow Dave, busy ,busy, that’s good news in regards to the Apprentice SWMBO, I have a feeling she will do very well at university, I also feel you might miss her an itsy bitsy bit! Best regards to your Dad, ninety five is quite an achievement! and I’m with Roger on the knight, he does look familiar!
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Hopefully she will do Pat but it’ll be tough. From here on in though we can do little more than keep our fingers crossed. Dropped her off today but missing her already.
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Yeh I know how you feel .
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The knight looks great TIM, the castle tower, is actually a common heraldry piece, my mum’s side of the family coat of arms, had the tower flanked by two rampant lions flanking it.
Hope your daughter settles into Uni life quickly, and your dad has an excellent birthday
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Thanks Dave. Changing times here in the Green household but less time as a taxi might provide more time for modelling, it’ll also take my mind off of the house being somewhat empty. 🙂
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“Sir Somebody of Oxford” perhaps…just to serve as a reminder of the both the events and the date. 🙂
Even your quickly painted efforts are better than my more deliberate time consuming efforts.
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Yes, come to think of it Oxford would be a source to tap into if needed. Good idea. 🙂
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Oxford? Prestigious as it can get! University-life is sooo much fun (just one paper after another for no pay and to hope someone gives you a slightly better than average mark on it. :’) )
I like the knight btw. Just saying. He’s really well done with his little castle on his shield.
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Prestigious indeed but she is finding it hard already and has started to panic after only a couple of days. If she stays the course I’ll be impressed.
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That is a lovely free hand shield. And I hope your daughter settles in well!
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Thank you. I hope so too but as things currently stand things with her are seemingly going badly. Hopefully she will turn things around but I’m not as optimistic as I’d like to be right now.
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I think that’s normal at the start of Uni, certainly was for me, I’m sure things will improve mate.
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🤞
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