When I last posted back in July I flagged that it would most likely be some while before I would get around to posting again. Well I’ve been true to my word! I could list the reasons for not doing so earlier but that would be boring and pointless. Let’s just say that life all to often got in the way of my best intentions and doubtless will continue to do so.
So, in the modelling and blogging world of TIM what have I been up to? Well if truth be told not a great deal. As much as possible I’ve been reading the blog posts of those I follow and very occasionally commenting when time allows. More often than not I’ve been reduced to clicking on “like”. What I would say is that some great content has been posted but not it seems to me with the regularity of those Covid days. It would appear that I am not the only one who has been preoccupied by the distractions that life brings along. Few of us it seems are posting as often as we once did.
On a more positive front I have been keeping my hand in with some figure painting from time to time. The idea for a diorama continues to allude me along with the necessary enthusiasm to get started on one. However, with the wet days and the dark nights upon us here in the northern hemisphere perhaps things will change and my mojo will return. In the meanwhile I aim to keep my hand in painting little chaps such as this one which Mark Farr featured in his Footsore Miniatures news letter a while back.
In addition to the above screen shot here are a couple of further photos.
As I said above, I won’t bore you to death with the various things I’ve been up to and that are going on these days save one which is the most relevant to the hobby.
It seems that my right hand is going the way of my late father’s which is to say the tendons are starting to tighten up which in time will prohibit my fingers for straightening out. If it continues to deteriorate then my hand will become more claw like in years to come just as my dad’s did. Ideal for Halloween perhaps but not so clever for painting. Holding a brush will become much harder than it is now and the cramp which I already get from time to time will become worse too. Typing wont be much easier either and will take even longer. An operation might be the answer but I don’t recall it doing much for my dad and in any event it will have to get worse before the NHS will consider doing one I suspect.
I’m not entirely sure what causes it but my dad said it’s a genetic hand me down from the Vikings. Whether that’s true or not I’ve no idea but it sounds cool.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 