Hello again, and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I hope you enjoyed the 9th birthday party for this blog last week . The birthday posts are always quite an undertaking, but I enjoy putting in the effort to mark the occasion. As I mentioned in the post, it's also nice to force ourselves to reflect from time to time! So at the very tail-end of last week's post, we saw the blog's birthday present: the largest model of the year (or at least the largest undertaking): The Gallowdark Terrain! So I actually wrote today's post almost exactly 1 year ago! It was January 2024! I've updated it slightly, but by the end, you'll see why it is only appearing on the blog now... *** Two years ago the Gallowdark terrain was released for the "Into the Dark" Kill Team season. Subsequently, this was introduced into larger 40k in the "Boarding Actions" game mode. It was my hobby goal for 2023 (and then again for 2024) to get this terrain painted. I really REALLY...

Come one, come all to the NINTH birthday celebrations for The Art of Caesura!   It's an exciting day, here on the blog! For those of you joining us new this year - welcome! For those of you who have been 'round these parts a while - welcome back! Regardless of whether you're old or new, (and to quote an Irish pub song) "whoever you are, we'll make a fuss, whoever you are, you're one of us"! So grab the beverage and snacks of your choice (water and celery sticks, I'm sure!) and settle into the biggest blog post of the year as we celebrate the past year on The Art of Caesura! And, we shall begin the festivities in the time-honoured fashion of all great parties; with an infographic! I was kind of smitten with that template when I saw it, what it lacks in colour, it more than makes up for in that late 90's / early 2000's Mouldy Peaches / Napoleon Dynamite doodle-vibe.  But let's take a few moments to slow it down and take a closer look at what...

  Hello dear readers, welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Today is a very special day in our lives...it's Isla's first birthday! Our little ray of sunshine is one year old today and she already has her own personality! She is full of smiles and determined to keep up with her two older sisters.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISLA! I'll see you next week for another very special birthday...the blog's! Next Week: The Art of Caesura's 9th birthday!

The sword is an extension of your soul,  wield it with honour and respect. - The Way of the Sword  Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I hope you are all safe and warm. We are having a cold spell at the moment in south-west Ireland. We've been snowed in for the past 2 days with no running water and it's supposed to get to -10 degrees Celsius tonight! Luckily we were well prepared and the kids are enjoying the snow days! Well, in two weeks time we have the very exciting celebration of the NINTH birthday of The Art of Caesura! And today we are seeing the conclusion of the past month and a bit of posts about my Black Templars Sword Brethren. Let's dive in and let the photos do the talking! I styled the Wolverine guy (dual lightening claws) kind of like a Space Wolf / viking - with his ginger hair and beard, so I gave him the fiery brazier to match.  The thunder hammer guy is just pure brutal. I kept him quite streamlined with no extra trailing purity seals or crusade seals a...