AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR SAFE DESIGN IN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTIONPractically and efficiently implement the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations in any projectIn An Effective Strategy for Safe Design, safety and risk professionals David England and Dr Andy Painting provide a comprehensive exploration of the design process, from initial idea to the validation of the product in service, from a product and project safet...

Where Next for Health and Safety? evaluates the levels and types of competences required for the development and implementation of health and safety and is designed to encourage progressive ideas on the subject. Drawing on the authors’ experience working in many areas of safety, combined with extensive interviews with a broad range of industry professionals, the book offers an assessment of current trends and challenges facing the profession, and recommendations that will help to ...

This book examines how safety failings during the use of any designed product or system—be it a car, a building, or a chemical plant—can be mitigated through effective understanding of the conditions and controls surrounding its use.Drawing on historical failures and their own real-world experience, Dr Andy Painting and David England explain how corporate culture, engineering safety, personnel selection, and proper safety auditing are key ingredients to maintaining safety in all as...

For many wargamers, WW2 is synonymous with large fleets of tanks and other AFVs battling each other across the European countryside in the early Blitzkrieg campaigns or sweeping across the Western Desert in North Africa. Here Andy Singleton lends the benefit of his experience as a professional modeller and painter to help you get your own armoured force ready for battle. Andy starts by discussing the tools and materials required and explaining some basic techniques, such as dry-brushing an...

In "Fun and Easy Abstract Paintings Vol. 1" I'll walk you through the process of creating one of my most popular abstract paintings styles. This style of painting emerged from my commissioned work for the Omni Hotel Art Project in 2011. After I was selected as one of the artists they wanted to work with, and knowing they would want dozens of paintings created against a deadline, I came up with a very simple yet elegant design that I could paint quickly. It is this simple easy to paint abst...

Have you ever wondered where to begin an abstract painting? How to get started? In "7 Step Method to Abstract Painting" Artist/Instructor Andy Morris answers these questions with a unique method he developed over time while struggling with a difficult geometric abstract design. Coming up with a successful strategy, and having several students ask about the process, he decided to create a detailed Instructional Book about the technique. With images included to show exactly how each step in ...

A professional figure painter's guide to re-creating the legions of the Roman Empire.Andy Singleton has been modeling and painting most of his life and has been a professional commission figure painter for some years now. In this book, he shares his experience and tips of the trade with those collecting Early Imperial Romans. The emphasis is on achievable results and practical advice that is applicable to painting units or whole armies for wargaming purposes in a r...

"Andy Singleton lends the benefit of his experience as a professional modeller and painter to help you get your own armoured force ready for battle. … packed with useful tips and tricks of the trade." - Armorama For many wargamers, WW2 is synonymous with large fleets of tanks and other AFVs battling each other across the European countryside or amidst the rubble of cities. Here Andy Singleton lends the benefit of his experience as a professional modeler and painter to help you get your own...

This book is aimed at assisting those new or unfamiliar with historical figure modelling and wargaming by providing them with a range of simple tips and techniques to assist them in putting together good looking collections using methods that won't take an age. Covered in this book are an introduction to the majority of tools and materials commonly found in modelling, before moving on to cover clear, concise guides for painting British, American and Canadian forces, along with notes on the...

This guide features illustrated instructions and practical advice for assembling and painting wargaming figurines of ancient European warriors.Throughout their history, the Romans were troubled by formidable warlike tribes along their northern borders: The Celts of Gaul and Northern Italy who sacked Rome itself; the British who repulsed Julius Caesar and resisted later occupation; the Germanic tribes along the Rhine; and the fearsome falx-wielding Dacians on the Da...

Andy Singleton has been modelling and painting most of his life and has been a professional commission figure painter for some years now. Here he shares his experience and tips of the trade with those collecting figures for the North African campaigns in WWII. The four main sections of the book cover British, Italian, German and US troops, as well as tips on assembly and painting camouflage uniforms. Each section is divided into three levels of complexity, ‘conscript’, ‘regular’ and ‘elite...

Professional figure painter Andy Singleton provides a concise guide for painting Polish, Belgian, Dutch, British and French forces. This series of hobby guides is aimed at assisting those new or unfamiliar with historical figure modeling and war gaming by providing them with a range of simple tips and techniques to assist them in putting together good looking collections using methods that won't take an age. Beginning with an introduction to the range of tools and materials commonly found ...