Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. Fire And Ice -  Robert Frost Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I hope you all had a very happy St. Patrick's Day yesterday, and are recovering from your "celebrations"! Today is very much a continuation of last week's post about Reichbuster's vril-powered, quad-cannon sentry guns, but this time there's FIRE! These flamer sentry guns are shorter range, but seemingly no less deadly than their cannon counterparts.  So, unlike last week, I remembered to take a couple photos of the work-in-progress this time! I detailed this quick and dirty paint scheme last week, but to re-cap: I sprayed chaos black, then leadbelcher, then painted on streaking grime and AK's Dark Brown enamel paint... ...then removed much of the paint with white spirit before highlighting the metal with Vallejo Silver. The only differences this time around was that I ...

 “Why stand guard when you can get  your machines to do that job for you?”  That’s what the Nazis in charge of  Department 119’s mechanical sentry project thought. - Reichbusters Hey all, welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Today we're taking a little jaunt back to Reichbusters , the game that enjoyably occupied much of this blog last year. We're looking at the < cue echoey, B-movie trailer voice > VRIL-POWERED, QUAD-CANNON SENTRY GUNS!! Like the fun, quick and dirty Vrilpanzer a couple months ago, these sentry guns were a fun exercise in speed painting.  After a spray of Chaos Black and then Leadbelcher, it was straight on to enamels! In fact, the whole process was so speedy that I forgot to take photos of the work-in-progress! Oopsie! After a messy coat of Streaking Grime, I sploged a few areas with AK's Dark Brown paint.  Then it was a quick reduction with white spirit to remove the enamels off the prominent surfaces... ...A gentle dry-brush of Val...

The Panzer name is a German word that means "armour".  It derives through the French word pancier, "breastplate",  from Latin pantex, "belly" - Wikipedia Welcome back one and all to The Art of Caesura! I hope you've all recovered from the blog's 6th birthday party last week ; if you haven't had a chance to check it out yet...I'll wait right here.  Okay, re-jazzed? Great! So, you might have noticed a rather large "mini" at the end of the birthday post; indeed, it was the blog's birthday present! Today, we'll be looking at that very miniature: Reichbusters' Vrilpanzer! Just like last year's Shrieker , this guy is another big bruiser from Mythic's Reichbusters. Completing him was a fun exercise in speed painting, but we'll get there. Let's start with prepping the model.  I started by indenting and then drilling the gun barrels. Not shown here, I later decided to further enlargen the barrel holes just by po...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ART OF CAESURA! My my my, look at that, my little blog is turning six today! Six years old, lordy lordy lordy! It feels like just yesterday (or at most only a few months ago) that we were celebrating the blog's fifth birthday, but as we shall see, a lot has happened in the past year! Another strange year in the bizzaroverse in which we now live.  -~- Now, what's the best way to get a party started? Why, with an infographic of course! Depending on your device, it might be easier for you to see if you click on these cut-up images below. Let's take a little look-see at those hobby goals, shall we? Number 1) Tick. I somehow managed to keep on blogging through all of life's craziness. The Caesura has been living up to its name, and has been a nice distraction from some of this year's downers - namely the continuation of the global pandemic.  Number 2) SOOOOOO close to tick. I really thought I would get this one. As we'll see in a moment, I was r...