Oh the Pain!

Well, the past week has been interesting. I managed to catch Scott Pilgrim last monday at the cinema (free advance screening :D) and later in the week I had the pleasure of watching The Expendables. Both movies are spectacular, and both are incredibly flawed. Their respective target audiences though will forgive those flaws and find both movies entertaining and memorable.

Scott Pilgrim was a truly funny movie. The breakneck speed in which it dishes out the

comedic elements and humorous references to various pop-culture paradigms truly overwhelms the senses. This is also a weakness of the film as due to both its pace, and the lack of character development associated you do get the feeling that, if the pace were slowed slightly it would be a very empty and dull movie. Ultimately however it is an entertaining experience and a movie I enjoyed enough that I intend to go see it again!

The Expendables is another movie that I found entertaining for very different reasons. The

ensemble cast was truly epic (Dolph Lungrens character - Gunner Jensen was my favourite), the action scenes memorable and inspired by the classic action movies this pays tribute to...evidence of which being the location of the final battle, a militia camp/ammo dump. Was a

little disappointed in Jet Li's role...it seemed he was only there to be a foil to Lungren's character. Obviously this movie was not a cinematic masterpiece, however I like to think of it as the 'Sex in the City' for blokes, there is just something primal in this movie that once cannot help but love.

I did receive a new shipment of accessories/miniatures on

Friday and here are some pretty pics below. The first of

these is Ar-Fienel, a release from Studio Mcvey. Those with a games-workshop past will recognise the name of the studio head, Mike McVey. Studio McVey is delivering some truly fantastic sculpts (in resin). Not featured in the pic (as I havn't attached them yet) are the quiver and the falcon resting on her hands. I will be treating these miniatures from Studio McVey as both display pieces and painting treats...minis I'll spend a long time working on to get a beautiful result to do justice to the sculpt. I hope next to pick up from Studio McVey their latest sculpt called Y'Sydria. Mind you I'll also settle for Lisbeth. Check out their range at www.studiomcvey.com.

Also picked up number two for my Soda Pop minis, Fiametta. I've started on her and Rin Farrah from the earlier post. Both with resin bases from various retailers. I tend to start from the bottom up these days with minis I paint...but that may just be me being new to scenic resin

bases ;). The next purchases I'm looking at from Sodapop are Isabeau Durand and Princess Mayla - www.sodapopminiatures.com. You can see some of the progress below with the two sodapop minis.