Camping out

One of the extracurricular activities which Gerry has taken on is the Boy Scouts.  Most of the activities are for the kids only but recently, they did offer a family outing in the form of a camping trip.  Which seemed like a good excuse to get out of the flat and do something different.

The good thing is that Gordon was also able to join in the fun

Although he did find the games quite challenging

Gerry, on the other hand, breezed through

Although it looks like he is about to fall off, he also handled this one fairly easily as well

Outside our tent with his prize for doing well in the orienteering

Dark Angel Space Marines

Quick update on the painting front.  You may recall that I took up a new hobby in October last year.  Well, after approximately 3 months, I finally managed to get round to finishing off the Citadel starter paint set.  You can see the results below but, as you can clearly see, they are pretty much identical in terms of style and painting ability as the previous space marine I did.

I have now started to paint up some of the miniatures from the Castle Ravenloft board game.  Considering my glacial speed, I have no idea when those will get finished but I will share them on this blog as I go through them.

I also intend to try and get my mitts on some painting tutorials to try and improve my technique.  The below mini's were okay but my lack of skill and knowledge around painting really showed when I tried painting some models without clear step by step guidance!

Also - if you are my dad - don't worry, I will put up some pictures of the kids next week.

You can tell this is a captain by virtue of the eagle on his helmet

Back view of the captain

One of the squaddies - I quite like the gun on this model

Back view of the squaddie

Another squaddie - apparently a twin of the one above!