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Last I checked, weety, they were talking about reducing the level of housing benefit paid (or capping it, at least), not scrapping it entirely. I can't argue with that, especially given some of the stories you read with people getting houses in London, where their benefit per week is heading towards what I get paid in a month...

Nice jobs on the Delaques up there - do you have any more of them to paint?

well thats a whole different kettle of fish - My rent is peanuts and I do pay most of it myself (unless its january). but I am not convinced that politicians wouldn't like to turn us all into slum dwelling peasants if they could make a fast buck out of it. Rent in london is so damn high I'm surprised anyone lives there at all!

There's still plenty of delaques left to go, including the gang leader.

Got called into work at the last minute to do sick cover so no painting... bummer-ish.

Sounds the same as here in the US, but the only stories they want to tell are of the ones abusing the system, in order to spin your opinion against it. Don't you know that if we aren't born rich, that it is our own damn fault? They never tell the stories of the people who really need help temporarily until they get back on their feet. That doesn't make for good, anger-inducing news like the one lady who keeps having babies in order to keep living off the welfare system her whole life.


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Now they are talking about eliminating the Department of Education, because if you aren't born rich, then you don't deserve help paying for a college education.

I guess 'master bedroom' makes it sound a bit grander than it is

It's a 40' trailer home based on a pontoon with decking around the outside....so I'm floating trailer trash basically
When I got it I looked at the main bedroom, looked at the 'single' bedroom, realised that my modelling stuff wasn't going to fit into the small room, and so decided the small room was fine for sleeping in.

I'll keep an eye out for the flaming torches, you'll be made welcome, but the angry mob will have to stay outside I'm afraid, it gets awfully cosy in here way before getting towards double figures.

Nice baldies by the way


edit: just reralised some of that was in answer to your reply on my thread

Thats ok monkeytroll - I understood it all at least. I will tell the angry mob to bring tents and sleeping bags! A mobile home jury rigged to float! Still looks orky in my head - maybe you should make your orks a floating base?

Yep dsteingass that is about the size of it - my occasional need of benefits and those of many others are just too pedestrian and reasonable to incite the rage of the "taxpayer" (I mean the tabloid media). Its a basic fact of British life that there simply aren't enough hours of work to go round for everyone to have a 9-5 job that pays enough to keep ends meeting all of the time.


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Of course that bloody woman with all her babies was a disgrace - but wadaya gona do? starve them? sterilize her? Difficult things to suggest... easier just to let the silly cow sponge.

- Stop paying Child Benefit after the second child (possibly the third, at a lower rate)
- Cap housing benefit (already in motion)
- If, due to the size of your family, you need a large house, that house will not be in London.

That'd do as a starting point.

But anyway, back to the miniatures - what've you got in the pipeline next?

Too much politics -not enough models haha .

I like how the latest batch have come out -really smart paint job. Shame the models are from gws gorilla hand phase - check out the paws on that heavy!

since I Cant have kids im not worried bout that.......

I don't want kids and my two brothers both have their GFs knocked up - so in my family I'm the forgotten son.

kids...are for..other people.

Keep your head down mate... it's better that way.

I like your Delaques goggles Weety, how did you paint them?

And actually, the big hand, big weapon look of the Delaques have a special place in my heart, they are the first GW miniatures that lured me into this hobby back in the day. I like the caricature-ish of them and a lot of the sculpts from this time, mostly for nostalgia reasons.

got enough sometimes...and sometimes the prospect of another one sounds good...kids are so nice when they are small and get worse and better at the same time when they get older... the good thing is we all can choose to do otherwise from the next day on... well of course only in one way^^ as the other option getting rid of kids...definite no go^^

Yes - definitely too much politics has slipped into this blog. Children? there's probably too many of them around... I can't help agreeing with dysartes that continuing to increase child benefit for every extra child is a incitement to over-populate the country.

Vic - its true - once they are out of the egg you can't put them back in. I would be very wary of taking on that kind of responsibility while I'm in such a financially precarious situation. Children are not just for Christmas - they want presents all year round.

Anyway seriously, no more politics. In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium there are no benefits...

No progress today - I'm ill. But maybe I will get my brush out later - there are more delaques in the pipeline, swathes of traitor marines, quite a few oldschool beakies and a good number of imperial troops. One or two eldar too. Its impossible to decide without a good deal of reflection

Tourured robit - I was thinking that about his hands while I painted him, but then he is a heavy so he might be a bit heavy-handed... (wind whistling - tumbleweed blowing about)

Get well soon, there's been at least half a page since any minis, can't keep your audience waiting you know

Love the purple on the delaques weets , nice work , get well soon also , weety

Illness? Its hot chicken soup and half loaf of Dippy bread - tho scrambled eggs and a can of hot chopped tomatoes also sets me right!











........or lots of whiskey.

I feel much better today so I thought I better paint something. But first here is my recipe for homemade baileys
350ml of whiskey
tin of condensed milk
tin of evaporated milk
desert spoon of instant coffee
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
Blend in blender... yums

Anyway I finally got my squad of harlequins finished, and I think they are some of my best work

Exquisite - vibrant and crisp. I agree, your best.

I envy your lack of fear when it comes to using color! Great Job Weety! But where is your trademark funky space bg?

dstiengass- because they have so much blue and purple they didn't stand out against the bluey-purple space background and I couldn't get a good shot!

Thanks inmygravenimage that makes my day - I love it when a squad comes together

I love it when a squad comes together


ROFPML

Lovely weety the diamonds are a treat. The yellows look slightly greenish is that on purpose or just lighting?

Its the holofield

weetyskemian44 wrote:I feel much better today so I thought I better paint something. But first here is my recipe for homemade baileys
350ml of whiskey
tin of condensed milk
tin of evaporated milk
desert spoon of instant coffee
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
Blend in blender... yums

Wow, thats some effort!! wouldnt it be cheaper to buy baileys?

Quins are awesome, even tho the colours are all over the place they still look like a squad! Nice stuff.

Well it is actually cheaper to make your own (marginally - because you can use the cheapest whiskey and it tastes the same). But I always take a certain amount of pride in making things myself. If only I could make my own whiskey then it really would be cheaper.

Thanks miss dee and neil - I would say that the yellow has just ever so slightly greenish properties - Its right on the edge of the colour value so any colour cast to the light makes it look greenish. I suppose its a pale unripe lemon yellow.

Beautiful work weety. I still play with those figures. I think yours are painted better though... yeah, definitely.

De nada weety. You are a gifted lady. I am seriously jealous of your talent. It also confirms my desire for a Harlequin teacup!

Nice job on those harlequins! Really cool colors and sharp details on the patterns....very hard to do. I actually have some of those figures, all broken up and badly painted lol!

Oh...retro.