Could 2020 *be* any crazier?
Many moons ago, I posted that 2019 had been pretty bad and kind of a downer, and… well, don’t ya know it, 2020 has turned out even worse. But for everyone!
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RIP Christopher Tolkien
This broke a few days ago, so those in geekdom will already know this, but J. R. R. Tolkien’s son Christopher died this week. Hopefully, anyone who is a fan of fantasy, science fiction and most things that sprang from these genres (magic/vampire/werewolf/anything like that young adult series, anyone?) has given a thought to what Christopher Tolkien was able to do, because without him it’s quite likely we’d be decades behind where we are now in regards to the general state of fantasy and sci-fi in movies, video games, books, tabletop games, wargames and much more.
Well…It’s Certainly Been Quite A Year!
If you haven’t been paying attention – and I don’t blame you if you haven’t, there’s certainly been a lot going on in the rest of the world, and I imagine in your own life! – it’s been a rocky year for TPS. In addition to serious ongoing health problems
We’re on Twitch!
We’ve* got some free time here at TPS Towers** so we’re now experimenting on Twitch! (see the purple logo to the right!) Yes, due to various recent conditions and situations, it’s high time to toss Tiny Plastic Spacemen on the premiere livestreaming platform!
Winter Airbrushing Tip: Watch those temps!
TEMPERATURE ALERT! Just a little Painting PSA (Public Service Announcement) 🙂 If you read nothing else on this post, just remember that warm paint will stick much easier to a warm painting surface than to a cold painting surface!  If you want a bit of the ‘how’ and ‘why’, read on
Our first business cards!
How awesome! These are from the first batch of business cards we’ve had printed, using the all-new Tiny Plastic Spacemen logo.
All future painted models will get a couple of these thrown in for happy customers to pass on to their friends and fellow gamers, and of course we’ll be passing these out at any future gaming and model shows we’re at.
How about that new logo?!
Thanks to my friend Paul, we’ve got an awesome new logo! How about THAT!?
We’re really digging it here at Tiny Plastic Spacemen, and we hope you like it too. We’ll have a few more updates in the next few days, just some projects we’ve recently finished and are working on – keep coming back or check out the Facebook page for a sneak peek!
We’ve also got a new look to the site, in case you couldn’t tell – this one is a bit easier to find stuff without scrolling ALL the way to the bottom of the page 🙂
We’ve got a Facebook page!!
Yes, we’re on the Book of Faces now! We even have a custom URL!
Here’s the link:Â https://www.facebook.com/TinyPlasticSpacemen
If you haven’t already, drop by, Like the page and check out the growing picture gallery!
Royal Mail won’t ship more than 4 paints at a time
Sign this petition! Now this is the most ridiculous thing I’ve read today. Royal Mail restrictions now limit people from posting more than 4 post of water-based paints in a package, and each one must be under 150ml. Water-based paint. Water-based. Water. Not cellulose, not alcohol…water. Harmless water. I know
Fabulous Birthday Gift!
Got these Horus Heresy novels for my 40th birthday from the folks at work. Luckily 3 of the play 40K with me so the gift idea was pretty easy to think of – then someone had the marvelous idea to get Games Workshop’s Jervis Johnson (game designer for many or all of the GW games, including winning an award for Blood Bowl!) to actually SIGN all three books!