Howdy folks! Its been busy here in the studio the past couple weeks! I'm behind on uploading stuff here to the blog but if you've been keeping up on the Facebook page you've seen Infinity and my Imperial Fists go up! Here's the latest commission we completed; a trio of Ork Mek Gunz, full of gubbinz and extra bitz to really make them pop! The Mek Gunz, deployed and ready to cause havoc in Imperial lines! The one on the far left is the client's original one, and the reference to match the other 3 to! What's Mek Gunz without some crew! For pricing sake, the client only wanted 5 of them done. Very characterful, lovely models! The extra detail! All 3 gunz got an old arcade cabinet look on the back monitors for extra detail! This one's got Galaga! While this one is rocking the Mario Bros! And my personal favorite, PacMan! I'm very pleased with how these turned out, as is the client! Would love to do more at some point, I always wanted an all grot ork army.....hmmmmm.... Next up is Blood Bowl and some one off pieces. The rest of the month sees Space Wolves, Eldar, Roboute Guilliman, and a couple other projects cross the table. September sees....well you'll just have to wait! Granesh
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Gathering handfuls of wild food plants like young Phak Mek (Syzygium gratum, Samet Chun, Maak mek, ຜັກສະເມັກ, Punk Tree, Paperbark Tea Trees) simply brings a sense of empowerment. In Southeast Asia, plants like Syzygium gratum grow in agricultural ecosystems, which develop as a result of farming and horticultural systems. Syzygium gratum also occurs naturally in tropical and subtropical ecosystems from India to the Pacific Islands, where it can be found as medium-sized shrubs, or giant trees. Young shoots and new growth have a red tint, maturing into woody red stems with flaky bark, and glossy evergreen leaves. Flowers are small, round, and plentiful, and give way to white, fleshy berries. When young Phak Mek plants sprout in Southeast Asian villages, paddy fields, plantation areas, and secondary forests, farmers seize the opportunity to harvest and cook them. In fact, seventy percent of wild Phak Mek plants are found growing as weeds in rice fields. Here, women farmers are tasked with tending to fields by weeding out unwanted plants, serving their communities by cooking meals. Phak Mek plants are especially important to rice farmers in the rural Northeast region of Thailand, where food security can be an issue. This plant’s shoots and young leaves have a sour tannin-like taste and are eaten raw with laap (meat salad) or served blanched. Phak samek is probably the most popular forest vegetable in Laos and northeast Thailand. You can grow Phak Mek without much trouble if you can mimic its native and naturalized growing zones. Phak mek plants can be found and consumed year-round in regions with sandy loam soil, poor drainage, and high salinity. Young shoots can be eaten cooked and served in combination with other vegetables. In homeopathic medicine, the plant is used as a natural antiseptic and stomach aid for its tannic taste. It is also eaten raw with nam phrik, vermicelli or with any Southern Thai food. Root Meanings: In Thailand, the prefix ‘Phak’ is used to name edible vegetable plants, including shoots, leaves, stems, and whole aerial parts.
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Members of the group have been abused, beaten and raped by police after their land was sold to US wildlife charities
