NERamblings

Something I wanted to be more cartoony than my usual but…...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:12:31 -0400

Something I wanted to be more cartoony than my usual but… ended up less so.

Ah well. 8I

Well this has certainly been a terrifying weekend. :I

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:07:03 -0400

Well this has certainly been a terrifying weekend. :I

So I stayed at my friend Danny’s caravan for the duration...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:06:33 -0400

So I stayed at my friend Danny’s caravan for the duration of the NYMR visit, and I said I’d repay him with a picture.

DANNY

Is this to your liking? Haha :D

Battle Of Britain, Dogfight (by John Dillon)This is superb. I...

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:49:22 -0400

Battle Of Britain, Dogfight (by John Dillon)

This is superb. I love the raw sketchiness of it, really adds to the feel of the whole video. :)

Dude. You're one of the best railway artists to use a digital medium that I've seen in a long time. Keep up the good work!

Sat, 11 May 2013 03:45:29 -0400

Thanks! I do hope my work will entertain you in future. :)

Photo

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:45:39 -0400

Some more photos from my holiday. :)

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:34:49 -0400

Some more photos from my holiday. :)

Some photos from today and yesterday.B1s. U8

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:43:29 -0400

Some photos from today and yesterday.

B1s. U8

Adventurers-rest-inn, this is what was on top of the mug in the...

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:54:25 -0400

Adventurers-rest-inn, this is what was on top of the mug in the general picture. It is a small replica nameplate of the Great Western locomotive, ‘Hagley Hall’. :)

The book production sample arrived this morning, along with two...

Fri, 03 May 2013 06:11:00 -0400

The book production sample arrived this morning, along with two new engines from Simon. I’m elated to say the least!

I can’t wait to show the book to family and friends. Well, to those who haven’t already seen it! :D

Full production is imminent too!

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:11:30 -0400

UK.Gov passes Instagram Act: All your pics belong to everyone now • The Register:

Just what the hell. Really?

Bit worried now. ):

roadside-assistance: nevertoomanyspiders: thepredatorblog: Two...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:54:02 -0400

roadside-assistance:

nevertoomanyspiders:

thepredatorblog:

Two spotted hyenas hunting zebra unintentionally flushed a baby Thompson’s gazelle from its hiding place.

Photos by Michael Nichols

yay, more food!

” Maaam heelp!” ” Urgh. Lame”

Thompson B1 Gazelle.

I’M SO SORRY GUYS BUT I’M NOT.

‘The Great Gathering’Just a doodle incorporating the...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:56:11 -0500

‘The Great Gathering’

Just a doodle incorporating the six A4s. :P

Great Eastern Railway Decapod locomotive. Quite a way to break...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:31:40 -0500

Great Eastern Railway Decapod locomotive. Quite a way to break the loco art block anyhow :P

Meet our newest friend in The British Railway...

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:04:33 -0500

Meet our newest friend in The British Railway Stories!

“Drew the Colliery Engine”

Drew is based on the preserved Andrew Barclay diesel No.615. No.615 was the last surface locomotive working for the National Coal Board (latterly British Coal).

Owned by the Barton family, Drew is the first character in The British Railway Stories to benefit from The Heritage & Railway Preservation Donation Scheme.

In exchange for character rights, £1 from the sale of every eBook and book will be donated back to the owners of the real No.615, to be spent on overhauls, running costs and the preservation of other heritage items within the owning group.

The development of the book “Drew the Colliery Engine” is expected to take up to a year, with a Christmas 2013 release penciled in.

I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome aboard Drew and his owners, and can say wholeheartedly that myself and Simon Martin are looking forward to writing and illustrating this, the third book in the stories.

Welcome aboard Drew!

Dean Walker, illustrator of The British Railway Stories Ltd

Whitehead shunting in the colliery yard. C:

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:07:28 -0400

Whitehead shunting in the colliery yard. C:

Hello friends, I bring you fantastic news. :DThe first of the...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 05:15:03 -0400

Hello friends, I bring you fantastic news. :D

The first of the British Railway Stories ebooks is now on sale at Amazon!

Written by Simon Martin and illustrated by yours truly, this will hopefully be first in a line of new childrens books. However it’s down to everyone’s support to make this happen!

If you’d like to purchase the eBook, please see how to download the kindle app, to read the book on your computer without the need to buy an actual kindle.

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SEEH.

Link to the eBook: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unnamed-British-Railway-Stories-ebook/dp/B008L5LYG0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1342250842&sr=1-1

Link to the kindle app: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_ln_ar?docId=1000426311 C8

And what of Britain’s Railways? Once proud and...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:42:39 -0400

And what of Britain’s Railways?

Once proud and competing,

For style and for speed, the rivalries heating.

Upstaging, challenging, records to smash,

The task of great gleaming monsters that galloped and dashed

Over field and fen, up hill and through dales,

With business expresses, and fast goods and mails.

Blackouts, evacuations, carters wailed,

The bid for peace in Europe inevitably failed,

Pushed close to breaking, the blitz fires raging,

Constantly giving and bare necessities taking.

American engines, and the D-Day landings,

The pressure on the railways no less demanding.

Victory won but not for the railways,

Now nationalised, scrutinized, choked by the byways,

Of trunk routes of tarmac from the South to the North,

From London to Scotland, Thames to the Forth.

New lorries and wagons, making claim the new roads,

Passing whole sheds of engines, war-weary and old.

Modernisation, the reaper, swept away classes,

After years of loyal service, scrapped in the masses,

So too were the standards, each class hardly old,

removed and destroyed and returned to the mould,

For a desperate attempt to present to the people,

A modern British system, with transport unequalled.

The Human aspect too, jobs more of an art,

With many a man forced to depart,

From an honest day’s work, done for all his life,

Taken from his grasp, in his back thrust a knife.

Signalmen, porters, looking forward to futures,

Suddenly gone, replaced by computers.

Small lines full of character, to village and farm

Torn up after years of doing no harm,

Later regretted, mourned, lamented,

Their replacement bus service not doing as intended.

And the villagers, waiting in rain and in cold,

Long for the service, the railway of old.

Rest in peace you manual signalboxes, hump yards and shunters,

Rested are the cheap fares, too, who drew in the punters.

Now the only way you’ll get there on time,

Is if your destination is on preserved lines.

Ad for the coming e-book which I’ve illustrated. If you...

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:07:42 -0400

Ad for the coming e-book which I’ve illustrated.

If you like you can re-blog this, and help Simon and myself out. :)

Here’s another ‘ad’ for the BRWS books. Please...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:27:51 -0400

Here’s another ‘ad’ for the BRWS books. Please link, show around etc, if you can. :)