1889. The mechanical and magical empire of Queen Victoria rules the world. The World of Smog: On Her Majesty’s Service And welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I hope everyone has had a fulfilling week and that you’re warm inside and not being buffeted by the hurricanes that continue to hit us on Ireland’s West Coast! As I have mentioned previously, I am endeavouring to paint one miniature per week and I’m thrilled to unveil the model that I have been working on this week. He belongs to a great Kickstarted Victorian steampunk board game called The World of Smog: On HerMajesty’s Service . It is a fun, atmospheric game with beautiful tokens and minis. Last week, I started by painting the coin tokens: These were quick: a bit of Hashut Copper, a bit of Runefang Steel and a torrential dose of Nuln Oil over an undercoat of black spray. They were super-easy, and I think look pretty effective. I then went on to paint the various essence tokens (Blood, Titanium, Ma

Welcome back, So, this is really an extrapolation of yesterday’s post. This will be a weekly blog but I want to give it a bit of steam to set it on its way before cruising into the regular weekly schedule. To lay the foundation for what is to come, I will show you my modest painting setup: As you can see, many of my brushes and paints are from Citadel. I am neither a Games Workshop fanboy or hater, but I am most familiar with their paints and brushes. I have had good experiences with their brushes, and I have also recently been enjoying some of Army Painter and Winsor & Newton’s fare. I got into the hobby when I bought the models for the original Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader in a jar at a garage sale for $2 when I was about thirteen. I painted them as Black Templars and played a bit during 3 rd and 4 th editions. I then got into Fantasy and collected (but never played) a massive Orc and Goblins Waaagh! The lore of Warhammer Fantasy always interested me and al

I’m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there’s a pair of us — don’t tell! They'd banish us, you know How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog! Emily Dickinson Welcome one and all to the inaugural post of The Art of Caesura! Just so no one feels misled into reading further unwittingly, despite its name, this is not a literary blog nor is it strictly about art. I anticipate that this blog will be a fun weekly diversion for me (and I hope for you too, dear readers) from the daily hustle and bustle. A bit about me: I am a pretty big fan of many things in life. I am recently engaged. I am pushing 30. And because a lot of people identify by place, I’ll tell you that after working a year in Australia and travelling through South East Asia, I recently moved to stunning South West Ireland - if you’ve ever cycled the Ring of Kerry, you’ll know that it is a place to write home about! No