Music gives a soul to the universe,  wings to the mind,  flight to the imagination,  and life to everything. – Plato   Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I continue to send loads of positive vibes your way especially if you need them today! Today is something a little different! I used to be in LOADS of choirs. Throughout my school years I was always in the school choir and by high school (secondary school) I was in 3 choirs (Concert, Competition, and Jazz) I was singing almost every night of the week, plus I was also the lead singer in a band ("Good Craic") at the time - more singing! After high school and the built-in choirs that I had always been part of, I went a bit wayward in the singing department. I joined my university choir but it was more academic than I was used to. My friends and I started up a jazz choir ("Gumbo") but it fizzled out after a few months. I was still playing in the band and I eventually joined a church choir (St. Christopher Singers) whi...

The flesh is weak. - Iron Hands  Hello one and all, welcome back to Friday on The Art of Caesura! I'm sending loads of positive vibes your way, especially if you need them today! I'm sorry this post is a tiny bit late. As I write this, I'm a few hours away from performing in Dublin's Convention Centre, so spare time has been short leading up to this moment.  Today we're looking at my sixth game in our Warhammer league, it was against Rowan and his very nicely painted Iron Hands.  In our local group there are three of us who self identify as painters Rowan and I are two of those people. Prior to this league, neither of us had ever played a 2000 point game. We also spend every match learning new rules and trying to improve at the nuances of the game. For this reason I was really excited to play Rowan, it felt like he and I were really evenly matched. Also, while we both play black power-armoured loyalist Space Marines, our armies and play style could not be more diffe...