“Foul creatures! Filthy abominations!  I strike at thee in the name of  freedom for all peoples!” - CMON Hello one and all and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! After learning about my Space Station Zero crew in my short story , we've spent the past few months getting to know them up close and personal. And today, at long last, we have the big kahuna himself, the captain of the crew, Captain Haarlock Varn.  Like all of the other models that I'm using for my crew, Varn contains a multitude of sources for his inspiration. When I chose this model I basically wanted a stand-in for Janus Draik - my previous captain from Blackstone Fortress . I actually pulled Draik's model out of my display cabinet, but he didn't quite fit the scale of the other crew members. Then I found this guy - perfect! The model is Captain Warlock from Zombicide: Invaders, but I was heavily inspired by my model of Janus Draik when I was painting this model, I basically lifted the great coat off Draik...

With great power comes an even greater electricity bill! Recently we decided to step into the near future and buy an electric car! Here's a little taster to waylay the fears of anyone considering something similar.  It all started at a gathering of parents from my daughter's class. I got talking to a dad-friend and he put me onto this brilliant video: The video is fun because the speaker is funny and he cleverly reverses the paradigm in a way that opened my eyes to the real benefits of an electric car.  Actually, if I'm truly honest, my fascination with electric cars really started 20 years earlier when I saw this film with my mum at my university movie theatre.  Hard to believe that was TWENTY YEARS ago!  Anyway, t here is a curious point in any significant purchase where you realise you are no longer shopping.  You're researching, t hen creating spreadsheets, t hen watching YouTube videos, enthusiastically discussing charging curves.  Eventually, somewher...

 When this baby hits 88 miles per hour,  you're gonna see some serious shit! - Doc Brown, Back to the Future Hello one and all, welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Today, we're looking again at last week's Topin Tal, the Ship Engineer of the Relentless Asteryx , my Space Station Zero crew.  This hilarious miniature, a combination of Doc Brown (from Back to the Future), Doc Oc (Spiderman) and Dr Who (in the name), is from Zombicide: Invaders.  In Space Station Zero, he will be working with Dr. Falconer  to defuse bombs and don Hazmat suits and the like.  While not quite as capable as his Chief engineer counterpart, he will none-the-less prove a very useful asset in the bowels of this mysterious space station.  I really like the model, the monkey wrench which looks just as capabable at tinkering with machines as it does bashing up heads. And then the seriousness of the gun juxtaposed against the silliness of the drink cup with straw.  And there we ...