Friday, 7 September 2012

Painted 15mm Sci-fi "Aliens"......

.....or the "Bitch" is back!

Some fiends from Khurasan miniatures to go with my spaceship interior or underground complex project, what can you say other than truly iconic creatures.

A size picture at the end and the facehuggers are quite different but will do the job....

Not the best pictures as usual.


The bitch and retinue.....

Facehuggers.....




Eggs.........


Sunday, 2 September 2012

Things that may make a Wargamer whine part 4.......

....or maybe they should just man or woman up, I've changed it from crying as normal!

So anyway on to the whining/whinging, I am on my last shift of 6 x 12 hour days and I have had nothing to paint of my own, the lead box was dry for one of the first times ever, I had placed an order with a company on the 15th of last month to cover this eventually but I contacted them last Thursday and they said it had just been despatched but I truly had nothing to paint, I offered a friend (no not Ray as he's on holiday, it's been lovely!) and he cycled down to the site with 2 x 28mm WW2 undercoated tanks (that I had bought the bollox for his birthday last February, I should have just painted them then!) and I painted them (that was an hour killed), I then repainted 2 28mm sentinels form Games Workshop that I had stuck on a shelf and had been looking at them with malice for many years (and will be used for the sci-fi shenanigans) and then there was nothing....left!

I've lost a fortune on Facebook poker, made other members of staff cry, upset some landscapers, looked at some nude things, contemplated and dismissed 74 new periods, went on eBay a lot, more nude shenanigans, upset some delivery drivers, had an argument about the movie "Shoot em Up" again with a co-worker, read some rules, threw a lot of cans back over a wall, upset the Royal Mail etc.......

Even actually working didn't kill enough time, I have ordered something small from some other sources for next Wednesday when I'm back at work but what if they don't turn up....... and no I'm not painting your figures either!!!!!

I know some of you are thinking big deal but it's not funny to have nothing to paint and occupy a tiny mind!

Has this ever happened to you lot?

This is the Lurkers imaginary metal mountain box picture.....

28mm WW2 Churchill and Cromwell tanks, he'll do the decals himself......

A reject (John) has recently been to Australia and sent me some holiday snaps and this one really amused me.........
....but you say why Australia Lurker?

Well I've won another competition (been doing quite well lately, need to speak to Tamsin about something!) and the lovely Alan over at Dux Homunculorum has sent me this lovely 28mm Harald Hardrada figure (he's lovely)

Figure and postcard and he came in an impressively packed box with impressive postage (Alan probably was going "How fecking much"? in the post office) packaging and labels....


Proof if it was even required, Ray has said he's having the figure but I say over his dead fecking body.....

I'm bored and off to the GZG site to spend some eBay money....



Saturday, 1 September 2012

Angry Lurker Honest Movie Review 83: The Bourne Legacy 2012 (3 STARS)

"Not bad, worth a watch for the leads and the action"- Angry Lurker Honest Movie Review.......


Technically the 4th instalment of the Bourne series and there is a lot of references to the last movie and to characters from that movie (original footage is used) and some of them briefly appear as cameos helping the story along, there is now a newer program but assets are now drug dependent (probably so there's no more Jason Bourne problems) but a problem develops and the programme is terminated along with assets and support personnel but our hero (Renner) and support weenie (Weisz) survive and go on the run looking for answers especially to the drug dependency problem....

The movie starts off slowly but not a problem as we're learning a lot about the programme and the characters, the bad guys (government weenies) are well played by Edward Norton and Stacy Keach, the action set pieces are well done, the story or plot is a little plodding at times but I think they expect more movies to come and the ability to develop the stories.........

I liked the movie and left the cinema with a feeling of okay that wasn't bad and I would watch it again, so a popcorn movie with good work from Weisz and Renner but the story did need them! I hope there's more but I don't know....worth a watch though even with the ending catching me like a kick in the crackers.