The digital home of author & photographer Chris Elphick | All content, unless otherwise stated, is copyrighted © Chris Elphick

Tuesday 28 November 2023

Nice to see you again :)

Thursday, November 28, 2023

Nice to see this fella again. It's been a while..

 

The Caracal is Devoping

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Getting very close on my Lego caracal now...


Monday 27 November 2023

I Will Miss the Sunrises and Rainbows

 Monday, 27 November, 2023

My team in work are being relocated to a new floor in the New Year. I am gonna miss the views from my current location, and not just the spectacular sunrises. This rainbow lingered for almost half an hour, and grew in intensity with each passing minute.



Sunday 26 November 2023

Lego Swamp

Sunday, 26 November, 2023

I think this Lego diorama is ready to be photographed for the cover shot. I need to work on the positioning, backdrop and lighting now, and I might change the marsh grass....


 

Saturday 25 November 2023

Guy N Smith Caracal

Saturday, 25 November 2023 

Having a reading and cuddling this mad cat day.

Friday 24 November 2023

Lego - The Dark One

Friday, November 24, 2023

Building a Lego scene from Guy N Smith's The Dark One novel...

who's that in the bottom right of the pic lol?


Wednesday 22 November 2023

I WILL Get a Decent Lego Likeness

Thursday, 23 November, 2023

I WILL get a decent likeness in the end, I promise 🤣

Tuesday 21 November 2023

Grim Lego

Wednesday, 22 November, 2023

Seems more grim making a horror Lego set than actually writing horror novels. Anyway, here is the start of my first Guy N Smith lego diorama. It's gonna be a graveyard set, sharing scenes from the author's books Nightspawn and The Dark One. There is also a nod to Bats out of Hell. I will probably change the Sylvia Kline gravedigger minifigure for a better one. I'm waiting on some Lego base plates and graves before I can continue with this model... #GuyNSmith #Lego

Monday 20 November 2023

Lego

Monday, 20 November, 2023

Well, this took my longer than I thought it would. Spent my entire evening playing Lego lol. 

Sunday 19 November 2023

Guy N Smith - Caracal

 Sunday, 19 November 2023

Starting my 20th and last GNS book of 2023. It's been a long and entertaining journey. Thanks to the lovely people on the Guy N Smith Appreciation FB Group, including Guy's wonderful family, for making the reads a hell of a lot richer, and helping me get hold of some of his very rare books. Chuffed I kept to my New Year's resolution to devote my reading year to Guy ☺️

Saturday 18 November 2023

Lego

 Saturday, 18 November 2023

Slowly getting my first Lego Guy N Smith book recreations pieces together. It's taken bits from four different sets to get this close to Doomflight and there's still more work to be done...

Friday 17 November 2023

Liver News

 Friday, 17 November 2023

My liver scan at the hospital gave me good news so I can continue on my low dose chemotherapy to help my condition. The walk to hospital yielded some nice view too. Even the waiting room in the hospital was cool. 

Wall Art outside Three Corners Orchard, Sketty 

Singleton Church

The last remaining leaves of Autumn

A nice coastal view from the hospital waiting room

A quick foto grab from the bus into town

Relaxed in the evening with a good book (Guy N Smith's Nightspawn):


Monday 13 November 2023

Reading

Monday, 13 November 2023

Sunday 12 November 2023

 Sunday, 12 November 2023

An afternoon read. One of Guy N Smith's best - Nightspawn

Friday 10 November 2023

Guy Photohoot Prep

 Friday, 10 November, 2023

With my Guy N Smith reading year coming to an end next month, I'm already starting to collect items to make GNS character photoshoots, including Lego versions of some classic GNS covers. The photo below represents just a few of the props I already collated. The book covers I can so far reproduce as Lego Covers are Werewolf by Moonlight, The Slime Beast, Bats out of Hell, Satan's Snowdrop, Doomflight, Wolfcurse, Accursed, Throwback, The Walking Dead, Alligators, The Reaper and Deadbeat. More to follow as I source more suitable Lego parts...These will feature in my book about Guy's works and the fun that can be had reading and collecting his books. This should reach the shelves late next year. #guynsmith






Wednesday 8 November 2023

A Melancholic Autumnal Walk Thru Town

Wednesday,  08 November 2023





Graham Masterton

Wednesday, November 08 2023

I've finally sorted out my Graham Masterton Books. Click here if you want a detailed look: https://www.pixie-led.co.uk/p/graham-masterton.html #grahammasterton

The Pop Funkos don't really fit in with book theme, except that they are horror pops, but I am struggling with space for them all lol:

Sunday 5 November 2023

Pop Funko - Regan Puking

November 06, 2023 

Look what the postie dropped this off for me today - Regan Puking from The Exorcist!

Saturday 4 November 2023

Reading Nightspawn

November 04, 2023

Reading Nightspawn - Up there with my favourite Guy N Smith reads so far...

Wednesday 1 November 2023

Loosening the Chains of Office Mundanity (2)

There has been a bit of a change for me, work-wise, starting today. I have started new compressed hours at my day job, meaning I now work four 10-hour days instead of 5 eight hour days a week. This gives me every Wednesday off work :)

This is a very real game-changer for me, addressing my work/home life balance issues, which have been too work-weighted for far too long.  I plan to utilise these freed-up days well, using them to concentrate more on my creative projects, housework and mental well-being. And all that without losing a penny in pay. :)Today, I started work on finally sorting out our attic room, got ahead of schedule in my reading and novel writing, and catalogued these books in my Pixie-Led library: