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Thursday, 7 December 2023

GNS: Claws and Teeth

Thursday, December 07, 2034

I'm proud of my Lego Caracal, but I need to borrow his claws for my next Lego GNS cover shot -The Sucking Pit! I've been looking forward to constructing this one.


Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Monday, 4 December 2023

Tissue Works Better Than Incense

Monday, December 03, 2023

Well, incense was not a suitable substitute for graveyard mist, and I didn't fancy using smoke bombs in the house. So, thinking creatively, which is what this Lego project is all about, I'm using tissue paper instead. Sticking Lego to the base through tissue paper is not the easiest thing though, but it's done now. I need to figure out a way to light it effectively now. 🤔

Sunday, 3 December 2023

Nearly there, despite fudjcat!

Sunday, December 03, 2023



Saturday, 2 December 2023

Guy N Smith - Ready for the 1st Photoshoots

Saturday, December 02, 2023

Finally ready to roll on the Lego version of the GNS The Slime Beast cover, I got cracking on it early. 




I just need to find the font used on the original 70's book
now, and make a Lego version of the NEL logo. But
that's for another day...

With one photoshoot done and God knows how many more to go, I cracked on with a couple more shoots later in the day. Although I usually love the cover art of Guy N Smith's books, I'm not the greatest fan of the cover photography of my favourite two novels of his - Nightspawn and The Dark One. To be fair, they also aren't the easiest to reproduce in Lego form either. And so I've recreated two of the grimmer graveyard scenes in the books to make my own cover versions of horror novels.


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 ☺️