Stuart Galsworthy
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Stuart Galsworthy
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Crafts of many types, including silver jewellery, lapidary, book binding, watercolours and leather work to name a few.


Also a fan of warhammer miniatures, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.

Pictures of all of the above will most definitely appear here.
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I have a blog that I go into a bit more detail of my model builds can be found here.
miniaturemodelmaker.wordpress.com

#blog #modelbuilding #modelpainting #miniatures
#tabletopgaming
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miniaturemodelmaker.wordpress.com
Demolding done. Now 24hrs to fully dry out. Then a quick soak in watered down PVA to seal the plaster ready for paint. After paint a few coats of clear varnish to water proof them.
#craft #bonsai #plantpot #plants #homemade
January 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Plaster of Paris is now poured. I’ll have to wait for it to set hard before I can demold it. 4 plant pots and 1 tea light holder.
Pots for bonsai when they germinate. Tea light holder is for stock.
#craft #bonsai
January 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
The after market heads have arrived for fusiliers.
Sallet type helmets.

I know they are not really the right look for the minis. I just love the look of the helmets
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Vision is going funny, precursor to a migraine.

Just what I need.
January 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
A plan for this year is to start walking sections of the S+D railway. Starting in Bath and heading south.

I wonder how much of it you can walk on the old trackbed.

I will post pics as I go.
January 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
It’s a homemade soup kind of day, spiced sweet potatoe with croutons and fried chorizo on top.
January 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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Snow under the moon
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Seeds have finished soaking.
All are now planted in damp compost.
Three pots are now in the fridge for up to 16 weeks to trick them into thinking it’s winter. This is called stratification.
The forth pot can stay at room temperature.

Japanese cedar.
Red maple.
Chinese wisteria.
Judas tree.
#bonsai
January 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM
All the seeds I want to germinate are now on a 24hr soak in water.
#bonsai
January 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Plaster of Paris powder ordered. I’m going to be making plant pots again. These will be for the bonsai trees once they germinate.
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A gift received was this bonsai kit. I used to grow them some time ago.
As it’s the new year I’m going this kit off as soon as I can.
I might just have to post either every day or once a week on progress. What do you think? #bonsai #trees #growing
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Got some work done today on the free guard fusilier.
An arm left to do, still can’t make my mind up on which after market heads to get.
#citiesofsigmar #warhammer #minipainting
January 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Happy new year to my followers. Here’s to a good one in 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
This year on Bluesky I wrote 126 posts and 136 replies. I received 613 likes, whereas 26 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "one" and 😆!

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December 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My son’s gf bought me this mini. Great looking mini.
Not what I’d normally buy but looking forward to doing this one.
December 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Merry Christmas to all my followers where ever you are.
December 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This will be the 14th Christmas without my dad, The greatest teacher of life skills I ever had. I miss him like mad even now.
So if your folks are still with you love and visit them as much as you can.
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Now I quite like to listen to heavy metal, However I do like other stuff as well, including classical music.
Some of it is so emotional, Like the theme tune to the Snowman. Every time I hear it I get goosebumps and a chill down my spine. And I takes me back many years to my childhood.☃️
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Took Bill out for a Christmas Eve walk, It was so quiet at the local park.
Ducks on the pond and Bill enjoying a climb.
#walk #dachshund #ducks #pond
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Back to work tomorrow, I have had an amazing time on MV Britannia in the Caribbean for the last two weeks.
December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Think I need to start on the craft side of things again. I shall have a tidy up on my modelling bench then I can do some Mandela dot painting.
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
One last Caribbean sunset onboard MV Britannia. Fly home tomorrow. That will be a sad day.
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Didn’t get as much painting time as I hoped today. First of the fusiliers is so close to being finished. Arms still to do and I’m now looking at buying some alternative heads for the fusiliers, So he will be headless for a while.
#citiesofsigmar. #gw #40k
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Watching #totp reruns, wow blasts from the past.
This music takes takes me back to my childhood schools days.
Shame totp got axed.
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Finished the squad captain if that’s what he is.
I’m enjoying painting these guys, there’s something believable about them.

#citiesofsigmar #gw #gamesworkshop #tabletopgaming #minipainting
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM