News Archive

Commenting disabled - 2009·11·28
I have disabled commenting on the site for the time being. This is in anticipation of the new version of the website, which is now well into the development stage. It will probably be ready to go live early next year.

Maybe then I will actually get around to posting some more work on here!
 
Happy New Year again! - 2009·01·02
Yes, with only one post between last New Year and this, it really shows how time really does fly! As for 2009: will the redesign actually happen? Will I update the site with more work?! Will the Credit Crunch™ send the world hurtling back into the middle ages?!! If last year was anything to go by, this is not the place to find out! (But one never knows, of course...)
 
Changes in the air? - 2008·09·02
Well 2008 is screaming by, and nothing much has changed here. I may post some of the work I've been doing later in the year. I am also considering giving this place a new lick of paint! The site design was originally intended to be plain and simple to keep attention on the actual work, but I think ultimately it failed, and instead looks rather drab and dull... the physical layout and general structure of the site could use some attention as well, and so I shall be looking into redeveloping the site, time permitting. It's unlikely anything will be rolled out this year, but hopefully next year!
 
Happy New Year! - 2008·01·11
It has been quite a long time since last I spoke on the front page here - and now 2008 is upon us! Where does the time go? Well, some things never change - HMS King George V is still awaiting texturing (though I did make a start on that at last!), HMS Bellona has made no progress (and is likely to be restarted now)... and I have started another new project!

Well, not really a new project, but rather the next part of the same project started with HMS Captain. HMS Britannia is now under way - a 100-gun first rate - the first first rate I have built! I only have lots more to do once she is complete! Captain is on hold for the time being, whilst other ships catch up to her level of completion. I have a few ideas to save some time in the later phases of construction which requires the pause.

Now, enjoy MMVIII!
 
What happened to those plans?! - 2007·07·22
I said I would texture KGV and then work on Bellona... and then I didn't?! Well, I did do some work on Bellona, but realised I had made a mistake interpreting the plans. It's probably not too bad, but I didn't have the time to carry on with her for a while after that, and so she has returned to the back burner for now... KGV unfortunately never left, but she will be textured eventually! Instead I have hit upon an interesting idea, which requires me to build a dozen different ships of the line! Just a quick side project, kind of thing - you know how it is! Anyway, HMS Captain is the first of them, and can be seen in the projects section.
 
Forthcoming plans - 2007·02·09
With Mir approaching completion (well, the modelling is anyway), I'm starting to think about what to do next. My new year's 'resolution', if you like, was basically to focus on one project at a time. As I was already working on Mir, I decided to get her finished before moving back to one of my other on-going projects. I think that it is quite likely that I will move on to the texturing of HMS King George V (finally!) once Mir is finished... hopefully that won't take more than a couple of weeks, and then I can return to working on HMS Bellona, which should quickly start to look rather more interesting that it does at present!
 
Happy New Year! - 2007·01·02
Well, it's 2007 already! It comes around quicker every year... This year I am going to try and get my projects under control. I have a lot of momentum with Mir at the moment, so I shall see that through to completion (including texturing). After that, well, HMS King George V is crying out to be textured as well. So we'll have to see how things progress.
 
Where are the updates?! - 2006·10·27
Well... they're out there... somewhere! Several of my projects look like they're dead right now - I think I've posted one update since the summer. However, they are not dead! I just haven't had the time to work on them very much, and I have even less time on my hands now. However, I fully intend to keep working on my projects. I will not abandon any of them - although it make take a long time to finish a few of them!

I am actually working on both the Bellona and Sweep-Stakes at the moment (pretty much weekends only for the time being). Eventually I may even get the time to texture King George V! Anyway, I am hoping to update Bellona in the near future, and the reason for the extensive delay should then become apparent!
 
Back from holiday - 2006·09·23
I have just returned from a couple of weeks' holiday in Ireland - and quite nice it was too! I'll post a few photos up eventually. If you sent me a message through this site over the last couple of weeks, don't worry I'll get to it soon!
 
The Site Returns! - 2006·07·30
It's back! Well, sort of. You might notice from the original date of the previous news item that the transfer process took ages! It would have been quicker but I had a lot of trouble getting my old hosts to do anything, and to cut a long story short, I basically lost my old domain name.

Actually though, that's not such a bad thing. I registered a better one, and I have given the site a bit of a renovation. Search engines should like it rather better now, for one thing. I've also adjusted the layout of a couple of the pages, and added commenting to the photo pages. There are also a few changes and additions to stuff that only I get to use, but should make the site even easier to manage! I'm always keen to hear what you think of the work I do, so please do post comments if you have them!