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It's not often that I have the time or concentration lately to consider my gaming aspirations for the new year ahead. Still, there are shed loads of random ideas knocking around in my skull, that may or may not come to fruition in the next 12 months, one can still dream on. I thought I'd… Continue reading Wargaming Aspirations for 2015 (better late than never…)
In times gone by when I was a nipper, I remember the old crappy plastic chewbacca costume I used to own. How I'd run around the place pretending to be the famous wookie co pilot of the millenium falcon, I was nuts about Star Wars. As luck would have it, I'm still a fan today.… Continue reading Fan Vs Fan, Tales of Star Wars fandom and extended universes…
Some of you may wonder why exactly I have taken upon myself to at some points, to sculpt strange chicken mutant creatures in my endeavors. The Clukkatrix and the chukk being the examples I'm referring to (in the photos), but I do get asked just why my creations come about. Simply put, the things around… Continue reading Taking inspiration from life….
Here's something I never thought I'd be revisting, but once again I'm back with more new Clown News, a feature that has been rather popular here on the Grinning Skull blog. Ok, so I thought as many did, that the clown craze was just a fad that had died out, but I was wrong.… Continue reading Clown News: Creepy Staten Island clown, Manchester and Cambridge Clowns also on the loose!!
Ok, you're going to have to forgive my net connection, it's not great at the best of times, but like I have told you before, I promised to show you some stuff I have been working on. This is a personal WIP for my WFB orc and gobbo army, mainly my troll mob. I must… Continue reading Mini Sculpting: 28mm Ettin/2 headed troll; Fnar-frag the two faced!
Well, the Ladbrokes betting people have done it again, and are offering odds of 2000/1 of a festive zombie apocolypse! That's right, if the dead start to rise at chrimbo, you can be sure of netting a big win, although if that's the case you'd be hard pressed to even cash it in or spend it for… Continue reading Deck the Halls with loads of zombies! 2000/1 odds on for an undead Christmas!
In an even more weird twist of events, it would seem our friend the Northampton Clown (Thanks for the favourited tweet, by the way!) has got himself a copycat, but this "killer clown" and his assistant gimp has come undone by the long arm of the law! That's right Carrickfergus in Northern ireland has it's… Continue reading Northampton clown News: Carrickfergus copycat ‘killer clown’ turns himself into Police!
So, an update with the bizarre Northampton clown. It would seem our creepy fiend wants to gain even more noteriety than just being Northamptons unsung hero/villain, by taking over the UK. Now available are T-shirts and merchandise featuring the IT lookalike, in an attempt to fund the clowns travel of the country and appearances. Some… Continue reading Northampton Clown News: Could the clown be coming to a Town near you?
http://youtu.be/P-EyFnb8maU So OK, the clown craze seems to be an unstoppable force of nature, causing worldwide attention and interest. Even Alan Moore has been quoted as refuting claims that he is the clown, Will this never end? Well, I did say that I'd keep you up to date with news, so this is the only… Continue reading Northampton Clown News: Clown on video
In a strange twist of events, the creepy Northampton clown has aquired an arch nemesis! The latest is that the clown hunter was out and about looking for the freaky funhouse fiend the other day, but his patrol came to naught! This comes from metro and facebook, where apparently the so called crimefighter has set… Continue reading Northampton clown hunted by costumed Clown hunter!
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