Gavin Greig

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Software developer wha bides i the East Neuk. He/him. Likes 28/32mm models for role-playing games, especially pulp/steampunk/scientific romance. Thinks Scotland should be a normal country - independent. ,

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Gavin Greig@ggreig· 28d

I dunno, I think he had some competition.

Toyah Willcox with one of her spectacular hair and makeup arrangements. A cover photo for Brave New World.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jul 8

This is my mini of the day. No particular reason. #jhbackdrops www.troublemakergames.co.uk/product-page...

A miniature of Count Binface stands atop an AFV in dazzle camouflage, in front of a post-apocalyptic landscape. He is facing us.

A miniature of Count Binface stands atop an AFV in dazzle camouflage, in front of a post-apocalyptic landscape. He is facing away from us.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jul 6

Fudge doughnut, chilled in the fridge so the custardy middle is cool. Would tick both boxes.

A fudge doughnut which some Philistine has halved, but at least it clearly shows the extent of the custardy interior. Taken in front of Fisher and Donaldson, Mecca of the fudge doughnut connoisseur.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jul 2

Yes, but just think of all the things!

The “All the things” meme modified to show an enthusiastic troll-like sketched figure yelling“print all the things!”

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jul 1

Interesting mechanism for conflict resolution.

A picture of the 1970s/80s game Simon, which involves pressing an ordered sequence of light up panels, effectively repeating what “Simon” says, until someone messes up.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jun 28

Soup bowls, about 100 years old. Not a full set, there are three surviving; no more lost (yet) since I became the owner. Not particularly a soup fan, also used for pasta, etc.

A Napier pattern Coronaware soup bowl, about 100 years old.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jun 26

Oh heck.

A number of mediæval demons gathered around a hell mouth in a rocky landscape.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jun 22

Their soundtrack for Le Voyage Dans La Lune is also worth a listen (though quite different).

An album cover for Air’s “Le Voyage Dans La Lune (de George Méliès)”. It shows the famous shot from Méliès’ early movie of a rocket in the eye of the man in the moon.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jun 20

Watch out, I think you've got one of these! Might need an exterminator.

An Ironside Dalek - an aggressive alien from Doctor Who in a battle suit that resembles a pepper pot. This one is in a World War II olive drab camouflage paint job, with webbing. It has a slatted are at the neck that looks not unlike a similar structure in John's garden photos.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jun 14

Castle Lachlan, Strathlachlan. It’s an ivy covered ruinous tower with two main internal ranges surrounding a rectangular courtyard (not visible). The single entryway is a small door at the top of a slope on the left.

Castle Lachlan, Strathlachlan. Inside the northern range, looking out over Loch Fyne. The walls on the left have windows that open over the internal courtyard. We’re one or two storeys up, and the gap where the loch is visible would once also have been a wall.

Castle Lachlan, Strathlachlan. The view over Loch Fyne. It all looks quite silvery, with the sea loch flat calm and mirroring the clouds above. We’re looking south along the loch.

Looking back at Castle Lachlan, Strathlachlan, from the viewpoint of the previous photo. The tower is lit by sunlight and we’re looking at the southern range. The tower stands on a mound surrounded by grass-covered rocky outcrops.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· Jun 10

Had a hailstorm here earlier.

Hail is falling on a garden path. A small amount is lying.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· May 31

Burbling as it came.

A jabberwock approaching through a wood which is presumably at least a bit tulgy. Although it’s been adapted to be a practical 28mm figure by Ral Partha, it still conveys a reasonable impression of the 1871 John Tenniel illustration with spindly clawed fingers, and large slab-like teeth. The background is a tunnel-like formation of trees.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· May 29

The first figure I painted for a specific RPG character - Malachi Stark, of New Jerusalem. Late 1980s, probably Essex Miniatures.

A gentleman of the 1640s on horseback in the borders of Faerie, near to the German town of New Jerusalem. He’s wearing a buff coat, breastplate and lobster-tailed pot helmet. His lance is levelled towards the right of the viewer. His horse is wearing leather barding.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· May 22

Each probably painted about 35 years ago. Don’t think either have changed pose since then, which seems pretty defiant! The Celtic chief is 15mm. #jhbackdrops

A Celtic chief at left on a rearing horse faces an angry dragon protecting an egg on the right. In the background is a cleft mountain against a blue sky.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· May 20

Gomnies. From Rupert and the Gomnies, where Gregory Guinea Pig can’t read very well and mispronounces a word.

Rupert the Bear and Bill Badger are standing with three shorter gnomes in red and black, one of whom is unlocking a cupboard door.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· May 11

A stuffed olive, painted from memory. Done in Fresh Paint on my laptop with a physical Sensū brush, and a degree of red-green colour blindness.

Gavin Greig@ggreig· May 8

This ticks the box for the first two. I can’t actually remember the first album I bought with my own money. (First single was Kraftwerk’s Tour de France).