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Mizzy’s Bow and Bottles

This evening I achieved a little bit more on Mizzy. I got her bottles and bow started.

I am thinking of leaving the bottles as they are and working a bit more on the bow.

I also plucked up the courage and did a bit of work on her lips.

I bought the AP Thunderbird Blue a good while ago because I thought it was a nice colour. It worked well for what I wanted here.  My first thought with the bottles was to have two different colours, but I bottled it, no pun intended.  I just didn’t think I had enough ideas on what two to choose that wouldn’t spoil the overall effect.

Today I have evidently made my 90th post in a row. 10% of my longest run, but hey nearly three months of daily posts.

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Mizzy Layer Three

This evening I got the third layer done on the bodice and am now happy with the colour.

It is definitely different to the waist now. So I would say that is a success.

I will hopefully get the bow and bottles done tomorrow.

I am eventually going to have to tackle her face. I am slowly running out of other bits to paint.

Oh and WordPress has done the same again. I went from 84 posts in a row to three yesterday. Not sure if it is WordPress or actually Jetpack… whichever one it is, it is getting bloody annoying.

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Mizzy – Two Layers

This evening I did the second layer on Mizzy’s leather top and glove.

You should be able to notice the difference even if the photo on the right isva bit washed out.

My plan is to do three layers in total. Hopefully that should give a real tonal shift from the waist.

I was going to do the two bottles on her belt, but decided against it as the bodice was still wet. That would be just asking for trouble.

As you can see, I did a smidge more on the 28mm miniature.

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More on Mizzy

I worked some more on Mizzy this evening. I noticed today that she has fingerless gloves on her left hand, so I sorted that first. I also did some leather as well as her sleeves.

I also repainted her eyes white.

As I was doing her I was also working on a 28mm miniature.

Slow, but steady progress.

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Mizzy Again

This evening I did a smidge more on Mizzy. This time some of her leatherwork.

This was the Sand Golem Speedpaint. You can see the undiluted version of the colour on the bottle lid.

I really went to town on avoiding puddles (leading to staining). Sadly I did it so well that the lower coloured bit has lost all definition. It looks totally flat.

I really must brave the rosy cheeks sometime soon. I am do far out of my depth on how to do this that the fish have lights on their heads.

On a totally different note, my posting streak has reset properly now. Today I got back to where I thought it should be… namely 82 days in a row.

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Goblin Frog Riders

Well as expected I printed the three missing frog riders, and because I can never ever leave any space on the build plate I added a couple of Gallian men at arms.

I even managed to choose ones I hadn’t used before… (pure fluke!)

But because it is me then I decided to print another half dozen men at arms!

Sadly I didn’t feel up to painting and didn’t even try. Not sure if I will manage tomorrow as it is the school leaver’s assembly. I probably won’t be up to much.

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Finished Projects

Today I managed to finish a couple of projects.

First up is the elf bust. I added a bronze colour (well I think it was – might have been an antique gold) to the dress top and crown…

I even found her stand which I sprayed black earlier. It has an elvish motif around it which I will dry brush gold.

I also worked on the dwarven bear rider and got him finished…

I just noticed white spots on the red bits where the paint has rubbed off.

I also decided to print off a new bust. I was a bit annoyed to find four hours later that it had failed. Much swearing took place. I used the pre-supprted version. I have redone  the supports myself. Now it could be the case that my bed needs levelling. I will find out tomorrow when I redo her.

I have got about half a dozen busts that I have acquired over the years, as well as a couple if new ones. Come to think of it, I probably have closer to a dozen.

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A Busy Boy

Well after a totally Shite day work wise I came home and decided to be productive.

This lot are now finished, apart from some form of symbol on the two banners and shield  (oh and the green one needs a shield).

I know green is a bit of a rare colour in these kinds of fantasy miniatures  but this isn’t Brettonia so the green rule doesn’t apply. Interestingly enough after the 13th century green was actively avoided into the 15th century. It came back in the 16th, long after people had the need for it on a shield.

So I had a mooch about and got out the medievals I could find…

I might actually have more somewhere.

I now need a lot more commoners!

Actually to be honest, I really need to ask myself… do I really?

My original plan was that each knight had ten to twelve foot. So I would need about another fifty or so to paint! Obviously if I have some unpainted ones lying around then I will get them done.

I also painted some 6mm ork chariots and did a bit more on the bust. I tidied up the painting  cupboard and made another covered (Duck tape) cat food box to store some extra Speedpaints in.

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Ready for Undercoating

So this evening I felt inspired enough to hunt our some bases and get nine of the eleven stuck onto them.

The spare two were front left. As I have a bit of a Tyranid force then I thought it only fitting that they have some helpers. These are the Code Splicer cult. They remind of something else with a similar name 🤔.

Behind them is the pair of ‘slave ogres’. Front right are a pair of skull server things. One with a gun and one with a medical saw and syringe.

Behind them are a trio of police officers with a spare head of an Erroish warrior as a proxy. Some twit dropped the original somewhere and it cannot be found. I felt the gas mask worked with the other pair.

And finally at the back we have a cyborg bounty hunter which frankly looked so cool that I had to print it.

Somewhere I have this lot that I want to paint and can I find them?

We are taking my school on a mini residential tomorrow so I might have random bollards to write tomorrow evening. Part of me fancies taking something to paint tomorrow evening, but I doubt I would get the chance.

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Working on the Dohyo

This evening I was on puppy duty, This is basically following each other around waiting for one or the other to need the toilet. Quite a bit of it was Maggie was asleep on me so I couldn’t move.

I therefore didn’t get as much done as I wanted, but managed more than I expected…

Still a bit to go but definitely getting there.

Now doing a bit of research into what the thing was called I found out some new boring facts.

Firstly they are sacred spaces and offerings are buried in the centre. I knew they had a link to shinto but not that much. Secondly, I  never knew women were forbidden… now I know why there are no female Sumo wrestlers 🤼‍♂️. Thirdly, knew they threw something white around before the bout, evidently it is salt.

There you go, boring facts that may help you win a pub quiz or trivial pursuit.