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Stranger Things and its authentically 80s titles
Following on from my Stranger Things review, and a_cubed's comment about the title sequence, there's a detailed deconstruction of it at Art of the Title, complete with a lengthy interview with the creative director of the animation company that produced it.
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Meet Nelson!
Mira has been increasingly clingy the last few months, and has taken to wandering around with one of her toys (a strip of fur) in her mouth in a manner that practically screams "I miss kittens!". The vet's suggestion was that she needed company, and he thought that a 10-12 week old male kitten would probably be the best prospect for integration, as ( Read more... ) -
More Cosford Airshow pictures - planes on the ground
I've already posted my Red Arrows pics from the Cosford Airshow, but I took a lot more than just that. As well as the flying display, there was a lot to see on the ground too ( Read more... ) -
Cosford Air Show - the Red Arrows
I have literally hundreds of pictures from Cosford on Sunday, but I've started sorting through my pictures of the Red Arrows display first. The cloud base was rather low so the team flew the 'flat' display (no loops) but it was still as spectacular as ever.
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The Force meets the Royal Air Force
I was in our local WH Smiths the other day and saw that they had a load of Star Wars kits in, including Revell's kit of the Snowspeeder from The Empire Strikes Back. It was only £6, and I wanted to have a simple kit to practice some painting and weathering techniques on. Well, I had a free weekend for the first time in ages, and during a recent ( Read more... ) -
Ragley Hall Classic Car Show
Pictures from the Ragley Hall Classic Car Show yesterday (click on photo to go to full album):
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More model-making: rusting things up
A little while back I made and painted the Minion Dalek I'd picked up at a model show. He looked like he could do with something to stand on so I thought I'd try out another model-weathering technique.
( Rust, via hairspray! )
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