Three things have happened since my last post so I thought I’d share these with you.
Firstly, I some how managed to complete a few figures. None are overly exciting but they’ve been hanging around for a while. The two mounted figures are from the Baron’s War range and I think the other two are Footsore figures too. I could check that out but I’m being bone idle and can’t be arsed.
Secondly, I broke the habit of a lifetime and bought some resin figures. I saw them on Etsy and thought I’d take a chance. My instincts said don’t waste your money but I ignored my gut and bought them anyway. Moral of the story, trust your gut. The figures were crap. Why I bothered to clean them up I don’t know. Why I bothered to prime them I’ll never know either. I knew the shallow detail would all but disappear once primed and so it was to prove. I know there are quality resin figures out there but I doubt I’ll trouble myself to find them. Never again.
Thirdly, if you followed my blog in the days when I posted regularly you might rember this.
For those who never saw it and those that did but have forgotten it was a diorama entitled Death & Taxes: The Earls Visit. It took 10 months or so to complete and took up 40 progress posts along the way. It was a labour of love but one I enjoyed because the buildings produced by Table Top World are quite simply second to none. The quality and detail is outstanding.
Completely out of the blue I got an email from Ivan at Table Top World asking me if I’d allow him to enter my diorama into their 2024 Annual Competition. It’s a prestigious event to say the least and I had no hesitation in saying yes. Better still he said I didn’t need to take any photo’s because he would down load them from my blog. Couldn’t be easier for me so happy days. Thereafter I gave it no further thought as there were a few weeks to go before entry to the competition closed and the results would be announced. Given the standard of entries I had low expectations but I remembered all entries got a 20% discount in their shop which at the very least was a worthwhile bonus.
I had forgotten that the judging would take place on the 6th May with the result announced immediately after so I was surprised when I received another email. Fully expecting a voucher code for 20% I was more than a little gobsmacked to read that I had won! Simply winning would have been good enough but it turns out the winner gets a first prize of £500.00 to spend in the Table Top World shop.
My mojo needed a boost and it certainly got one. I’m now working out how to spend the money and all of a sudden the creative juices are starting to flow on e again. It is going to be a while before I get started though. Whatever I decide to do needs research before I place an order and then it will take weeks for the order to arrive from overseas. However, there is a good chance that another couple of dioramas maybe on the horizon in several months time.
In addition it seems my photo’s get to stay on the Table Top World Website for ever and a day and I’ve been given some special title for when I post on their Facebook page. I’ll have to check that out out at some point.
If you get a chance the Table Top World website Gallary is well worth a look as is their Facebook page.
Until next time.
TIM