Ww1 sci fi.

Charity shop gold!

walking home today i glanced into the window of a charity shop to see what they had on their shelf of games. normally there's nothing of any interest, but today was different...

For £2.50 i walked out with a COMPLETE copy of heroquest! it isn't missing a single thing and is almost mint beyond the slight box damage.I was so excited to find it that i ran backwards into the shop and almost knocked the cashier out with how hard i thrust my money at her, bit she seemed happy to see my utter joy.

Anyway, expect some battle reports and a full "unboxing" at some points, as i shall likely be playing with this for the next three years in uni.

(i'm also tempted to cast some of the miniatures in clay as a test for a future project.)

Commisar.

I picked up this little chap the other day and spend a lunch time painting him up for a local painting contest.
I don't really care about winning, but the miniature was very nice and very fun to paint.
If i had had a bit more time to spare i would have given him a proper base and maybe built him onto a plinth, but i only got him the day before the contest.
anyway, enjoy the grimdark.

ID & super ego.

If there's something you should know about me, it's this, I like Freud.
Ever since i was in primary school and my dad would explain psychology to me, i was always interested in Freuds theories.they always seemed the most visual, the most artistic.in a way, they felt more tactile by relating not only to the mind and the brain, but the objects around us.I felt that one could interact with Freuds ideas without needing to look at the brain or mind as objects, but as ideas instead.When i studied psychology for myself at A level, i discovered that Frued is a tad out of fashion in the psychology world
, and for good reason as there have been many great advances in modern years with regard to the human mind.But for me Freuds theories were still interesting.i had no intention of becoming a clinical psychologist, and when i made my move to art college i knew that i could use my love of art and creating to express my interest in the visual and tactile nature of Freudian psychological theory.

but despite knowing i wanted to combine these two passions, i never thought i would get the chance to incorporate a third into my work....

....MINIATURES!

Below i present two dioramas, intended to depict the ID & the super ego, two elements of Freuds model of the subconscious mind.
(for those not familiar, i recommend looking them up on wikipedia rather than reading through a dull and cut down explanation by me.)
i wanted to use these dioramas to dispel the idea that the ID and super ego take the place of the "devil and angel" on someones shoulder.To me, both of these elements are devil and angel in equal measure, as each of them conflicts the other.the id may hold our primal desires that we suppress to stop ourselves getting beaten up, but without it we simply wouldn't have any drive.likewise, the super ego keeps us from killing people who cut in front us at theme parks, but it would gladly let us starve to death if it was left in control.for this reason i chose to use skeletons, not only to show the fatal nature of both these extremes, but also to provide an analogy for structure, a recognizable symbol that reflects the important nature of these two elements in keeping the mind together.

Now, sadly it seems these pictures get resized beyond all decency on this site, so here is a link to the full gallery.

you can find them on my facebook page here.

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welcome brave adventurer to the shifty horse, where i will bore you with tales of art, miniatures, and the terrible deeds of untrustworthy horses.

I look forward to filling this blog with bizarre images, half baked ideas and insane rants in the future, and i look forward to many weeks of confusion and fun and hope you will join me.