Sick

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I was out of action all last week with a nasty virus that took away most of my energy and my voice!!! 

I am on "staycation" all next week, so I'll get some pictures up soon!

Audible Review: The Relic

I just finished listening to The Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, two of my favourite authors.  I haven't "read" this book in ages and it was great to listen to it this time instead of reading it.  The narrator was great, throwing in a lot of different voices (I don't know how he jumped back and forth between the accents!) and really kept my interest. 

I forgot how great this book is!  It has the first appearance of Pendergast, which has become their (in my opinion) best character.  I can't say I was too fond of some of the later books that deal with him against his brother, but I have enjoyed most of the later Pendergast books (especially Fever Dream). 

I haven't seen the movie in a long time and may have to watch it again soon.  I remember it being so-so, but I thought the monster looked cool.

I really liked the monster in The Relic.  It was a breath of fresh air how well they blended in the science and came up with something fresh!  I won't spoil it if you haven't read the book yet, so I'll leave it at that.

The Kothoga monster from the movie is available in a 1/12 scale kit by Pegasus.  I think it's 16" long, which is probably a bit too big for using with 28mm miniatures, but I may pick it up for the cool factor alone.

Two Mad Scientists

I have completed two mad scientist-types:  Dr Frankenstein and a Mad Scientist.

Dr Frankenstein is from Heresy (as Dr Frankenmuller - UNDEAD017), and was very easy to paint.  He comes with an arm that you have to attach, and I had a bit of trouble keeping it stuck on.  I ended up having to put some filler on the shoulder in order to patch it up a bit.

The next mad scientist model is by far my favourite and had a great time painting the chemical concoction in the flasks (and which I think really makes the miniature "pop").  This is a Reaper miniature (Dr. Ervin Friedman, Mad Scientist - 50046) which was a pleasure to paint. 

Both miniatures are on resin bases by Fat Spider.

Godfather Monopoly

This afternoon some of the family were able to sit down and unwrap Godfather monopoly and have a game.  Being the hardcore board gamer I am, I promptly got bankrupted after three hours of play.  ;-) 

The other three players managed to slug it out for another two hours or so, which worked out great for me as I went and got some painting done!  It was a fun game, one of the few boardgames I've actually played and it brought back some nostalgia from my childhood.  Sounds like my family is open to playing other games, so I will have to check it out...