After the wars had subsided  and the Major was no longer needed abroad,  he returned to London and joined the police force.  His experience and reputation were enough  to earn him a spot on the riot repression brigade,  a perfect position for a man  who had been missing the joy of cracking heads.   - CMON Hello again and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Today we're picking up from where we left off two weeks ago with The World of Smog: Rise of Moloch's Major Dreadful.  As I mentioned in last week's post: I really love this model; I just think he's hilarious and brimming with character - as are many of the miniatures from this game.  I added a few little hightlights and painted the flames since last week's post and I think he came together quite nicely.  Have you played Rise of Moloch? Have you used Major Dreadful? Let us know how you got on in the comments below.  See you next week on The Art of Caesura! Watching: Master Che...

Advancements in technology have made it  so that wars are fought largely by automatons,  keeping living humans out of harm’s way.  However, Major Dreadful has never been one  to shy away from a good dust up. -  CMON Welcome back, one and all, to your weekly dose of The Art of Caesura! This is a monumental week for me outside of the blog. This week I finally started the job that I have been soul-searching about for the first half of this year. Regular readers will have noticed that I started most of my posts during the first half of this year with philosophical meanderings, quotes about living a fulfilled life and general ponderings not specifically related to the miniatures at hand. This was an overflow of my meditating on various books that I was reading and deep introspection I was having regarding a significant change in job. I finally came to a decision several months ago, but this week is my first in this new role. Because I am, necessarily, ...

What the hammer? what the chain, In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp. Dare its deadly terrors clasp? The Tyger - William Blake Hello one and all and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I hope you're all well! I am very slightly under the weather (antigen negative) but in high spirits. Last week we looked at painting these fun miniatures from The World of Smog: Rise of Moloch, today we shall see them emerging from the dark. The black background really brings the flames to life!  I really like these models! I love their jaunty angles and small details like the moustache and pocket-watch.   I hope you enjoyed checking out these guys as much as I enjoyed painting them.  See you next week on The Art of Caesura! Gaming: Boltgun Watching: Dune (again) Next Week: Birthdays abound!

Don't you wanna know how we keep startin' fires? It's my desire. - Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! For almost the past month, I have been in my hometown of Victoria, Canada for my brother's wedding. It was a wonderful event and our trip was a much needed respite from the daily doldrums - to which I have now returned!    Anyway, for a further excursion from the daily grind, let's take a look at today's models: World of Smog's Flaming Zombies! Last week marked a bit of a return to the miniatures of The Rise of Moloch (the second game under The World of Smog banner). I love dipping back into these models from time to time because they are suffused with such character and paint up very quickly.  I previously painted up the Dismembered Zombies and the Beefeater Zombies , so now it was time for the flaming variety.  I painted all 5 of these guys at once, and for expediency sake, I just kept them all the same colour scheme....

Drago fell upon his would-be executioners.  What was found of their bodies would haunt  the nightmares of the men who came across them. - CMON   Hello one and all, welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Last week we left off with Drago after 3 quick passes with contrast paints over a zenithal undercoat. From there I just added a few quick highlights to bring him to where he is today. I have detailed those highlights in last week's post .  I think he turned out pretty well for half an hour's work! Drago was a nice palate-cleanser after all the Black Templars that we've had this year. I have a few more of these odd balls in the pipeline.  Reading: Lessons - Ian McEwan Next Week: Fire in the disco...

After years enjoying a privileged life,  Drago was now forced to run,  a hunted beast pursued by his father’s soldiers.  - CMON Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Today we have a bit of an intermission from all of the Black Templars content of late. Every so often I just need a bit of a palate-cleanser, and today is such a day.  I have painted many miniatures from the World of Smog Rise of Moloch. I really love the steampunk Victorian aesthetic, and the miniatures are zany and full of character.  Today we'll look at the monstrous Drago. Drago was born into nobility and raised with all of the benefits of a royal life. His father was the Voivod of the Province of Valcea, and Drago was destined to succeed him in that role. That is, until a fateful foxhunt went terribly wrong. It had dragged on until dusk and the hunting party was just about to give up when Drago was attacked by a vicious beast that ran off before it could be identified. In his agony, Drago showed ...

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ART OF CAESURA!! Cue the confetti-poppers, my weekly blog is FIVE YEARS OLD!! That's half a decade of posts every single Friday right here on The Art of Caesura! And what a year it's been. With these birthday celebrations, I don't want to dwell on the negative, but I will just acknowledge that this has - without a shadow of a doubt - been the hardest year of my life. And not just because of the pandemic, but that certainly exacerbated everything. So it's with some degree of pride that I managed to keep painting and posting despite it all. Your support, through comments and just tuning in, has been especially wonderful this year.  Five years is quite a long time to do anything. It's longer than I've been in my current career, it's over three times the length of time that my daughter has been alive, it's longer than I've been married, it's longer than most university / college degrees...that tenacity is another source of pri...