Battle damage
I really should learn that exercise is bad for you. Tell you why - I regularly do a 5km run down by the canal near Black Library Towers (it's a good way to keep fit, helps me clear my head and devote some much needed 'think time' to my projects). I figured, working at a desk, a bit of running could do no harm. How wrong I was...
Okay, so I'm on said run, yesterday in fact, and I have the misfortune to step on a bit of branch debris littering the canal path. Fairly innocuous, right? Wrong! My foot bent inwards and I stretched my ligaments pretty bad. I didn't feel much at first, but after I'd walked back several km (it happened at the end of my first lap, as luck with have it) it was hurting pretty bad. A couple of hours after that and I could barely walk on it.
I managed to drive my car (after finishing work late), got home and Louise suggested we go to A&E. This was an experience in itself. The nurses were all very nice and professional, but some of the clientele in there (i.e. the other patients) were just down right unnerving. I had an hour and a half wait, and when I finally got to the nurses station I was told I had sprained my ankle (i.e. ligament damage).
Luckily, it doesn't stop me writing, though I'm having a short break at the moment (for a few days), after finishing the Ultramarines novella/mini-book (more information/details on this soon, I promise). I'm currently (well, after finishing this post) with my foot up, well iced and playing away on Patapon for the PSP (and how awesome it is, too).
Next up, writing-wise, is the Salamander short story for the Heroes of the Space Marines anthology. I'm also going to devote some attention to a short crime story for my writing group and try and get chapter four to Wyrd Dreams down (thanks to all the Necromunda fans for their patience on this one).
Okay, so I'm on said run, yesterday in fact, and I have the misfortune to step on a bit of branch debris littering the canal path. Fairly innocuous, right? Wrong! My foot bent inwards and I stretched my ligaments pretty bad. I didn't feel much at first, but after I'd walked back several km (it happened at the end of my first lap, as luck with have it) it was hurting pretty bad. A couple of hours after that and I could barely walk on it.
I managed to drive my car (after finishing work late), got home and Louise suggested we go to A&E. This was an experience in itself. The nurses were all very nice and professional, but some of the clientele in there (i.e. the other patients) were just down right unnerving. I had an hour and a half wait, and when I finally got to the nurses station I was told I had sprained my ankle (i.e. ligament damage).
Luckily, it doesn't stop me writing, though I'm having a short break at the moment (for a few days), after finishing the Ultramarines novella/mini-book (more information/details on this soon, I promise). I'm currently (well, after finishing this post) with my foot up, well iced and playing away on Patapon for the PSP (and how awesome it is, too).
Next up, writing-wise, is the Salamander short story for the Heroes of the Space Marines anthology. I'm also going to devote some attention to a short crime story for my writing group and try and get chapter four to Wyrd Dreams down (thanks to all the Necromunda fans for their patience on this one).
posted by Nick Kyme at
13:47
3 Comments:
Well, take it easy Nick, have a few beers in Bugmans the next time you are there and chill out. That's a good start to anyone's day :P
Seeing as you seem to be the man in the know, and thanks to this blog I didn't make a mistake when painting my new Salamanders skin due to the change in background...
The Salamanders now have jet black skin and red eyes, right? Well, is this a product of the transformation process into a marine, or is it the natural skin/eye colour of the natives of Nocturne? If it is the former, as I am sure I read elsewhere in this blog, is the transformation of the skin/eye pigmentation a slow process or is it and instant (read; couple of days/weeks/etc) thing when a specific implant is added to the scouts?
I ask as I am thinking of grabbing some Marine Scouts for a cheap but effecting scoring unit for the GT this year, and I was wondering if I should paint their skin black and eyes red, or whether to have more natural skin/eye colours to show the change hasn't occurred yet? I know the standard answer would be "they are your models, do them how you want" but something like this would irritate me if I did it "wrong" and I would have to strip and repaint them. lol
As such your input would be most appreciated here Nick.
That's good advice, Dan - cheers!
I am feeling better now, though. :-)
As for the Salamanders, it is indeed a product of the genetic mutation that's brought about during the process of being turned into a Space Marine that results in the skin colouration.
Regards the development of the process, my plan is for it to be gradual, so darker shades at first until fully black (the final pigment change taking place once the black carapace is 'fitted', as it were). That way it'll be possible to have scouts in the story that have darker skin, not yet fully black. It also makes the final transformation into a full battle-brother all that more dramatic.
Oh, and yes, I have to say 'paint them whatever you like' - but read into my comments what you will... ;-)
'but some of the clientele in there (i.e. the other patients) were just down right unnerving.'
We know what you author types are like. Get a book in print and you don't want to sit with us average joes! :D
An hour and a half wait isn't too bad for an A&E nowadays, we've been there a lot longer. At least you weren't there on a saturday night with the steady inflow of drunks...
Hope you're healing well. You'll be out of running for a while i suspect?
Oh, and Nick? Watch out for branches in future.
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