![]() and such beasties as the M-60-120S, which was made using GHQ M1A1 turrets and GHQ Magach-6B hulls.Īpart from conversion corner I also intend to do a number of product reviews as well. Such as my utilisation of GHQ ERC-90 turrets and GHQ Sheridan hulls to make a near-replica of the rare Belgian ACEC-90 - a commercial light tank design. but I may spread it out to one every fortnight as uni workload kicks into gear.Īlso, conversion corner is still alive and well and I'll be putting up more information about models as time comes. ![]() Quantity has a quality of its own, but nothing compares to quality alone! :)Īnyway the first things I am doing are laying out some forces to start painting and assembling I hope to get a platoon a week done and dusted. the posts I put up will be big and absolutely chockers with detail! So what does that mean? It means that 2018, whilst I won't be posting as much as I still have university and now work commitments. Well that work is finally starting to pay off as after fifteen months of looking I have finally got employment again and can begin to truly pick myself up off the floor and start getting back into the more enjoyable aspects of life, like my models!Īs usual, this is not exactly what the project looks like now! Suffice to say it was a hectic time! I spent a solid part of 2017 basically getting myself back on my feet, with a lot of time spent at university as I rebuilt for a new career. As some who read the blog may know, just as I started the blog back in 2016 things took a turn for the worse with pretty much everything else in my life. The reason though has been pretty important. ![]() Yes yes, I know, I've been away for ages! Sorry! With AML-60 and AML-90 turrets to see if BMP-2 A lot of these conversions were first-time 'proof of concept' models, that will be replicated now that they have successfully worked out.Īerial forces will also start making more of an appearance, as I start to expand into both 1/700 scale aircraft for flying units, and 1/285 models for those caught on the ground!Ĭonversion corner going for gold, playing around In the meantime, here are some extra shots of miniatures I have been painting or converting in the limited spare time I have. There is much in the work in the background however, and should I have the time available to me, I will begin to add links to information about my different military forces I am building up. ![]() By including family photos, she greatly increases the dramatic impact of her ancestors by allowing readers to pair faces with her words on the page.Īnyone wishing to explore this rarely presented viewpoint in America’s racial history or simply looking for a well-written work with incredibly well developed characters and compelling narrative should find a copy of Lalita Tademy’s Cane River as soon as possible.Well hi everybody! So the last few years have been, well, busy! Unfortunately, not on the hobby side! Fear not though, this is a message to say that this site is not dead - it is merely in hiatus whilst I focus on my university degree.Īs much as I enjoy painting and modelling my models, I kind of need to get my pharmacy studies done so I have a job to pay my bills (and of course, get more models!) She beautifully recreates that world and narrates a moving tale of love, death, betrayal, and survival down through the years to her great-grandmother, Emily “Tite” Fredieu.Īlthough Tademy does admit to changing a date, name, or place for the purpose of narrative flow, the story she crafts is all the more riveting because it tells a true tale. The resulting novel spans one hundred years and five generations of black women in rural central Louisiana from the slavery of the 1830’s, through the Civil War and the end of slavery, to the harsh segregation of the 1930’s.īeginning with her great-great-great-grandmother, Suzette, Tademy gives readers an honest rendering of slave life and the fears these women faced: sexual advances from white men, the breaking up or selling of their families, and the harsh and uncertain future as slaves. Tademy left a stellar career in Silicon Valley to research her own family’s history. Cane River, Lalita Tademy’s literary debut, is a stunning family saga mixed with incredible historical detail and honest, yet brutal and painful, descriptions of five generations of black women struggling to survive America’s darkest days of racial inequality. ![]()
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