Weird rambling post. I was on Facebook last night discussing uniform colours (Like you do). It got round to which figures were which and what range they were. It kind of struck me how much I miss an actual printed, hard copy catalogue. This online stuff is great, but you can’t flick back and forth, discuss something online whilst looking at a picture in your hand as it were.

Somebody needed to know what I was talking about so the photo above was uploaded. Okay it isn’t colour and it costs to produce, not to mention this catalogue is over 10 years old 😂. But I don’t know I keep going back to it, even though the ranges I am looking at have expanded massively. I suppose I still like hard copy.

51019 2eme Regt de Ligne

Here they are in all of their coloured online glory 👍

A follow up from my how NOT to post things post.

The seller was actually very good – offered both an apology and some cash back. As I had been in two minds whether to get these or not I decided to use my cash back in figures.

I really do reckon these will have made it in one piece.

I therefore am believing that my original package was an anomaly and not the usual way of things.

Managed to get quite a bit done. Still quite a bit to do.

I also bought some of this stuff:

Well I managed to get a bit done this lunchtime. I got some highlights on the flesh and the light grey base coat for the white belts.

Still a fair bit to do on these.

I got a dark wash on the flesh. Next stage highlights. After that equipment, weapons and metalwork.

I remember reading in Kevin Dallimore’s book where he said paint the faces early on as it makes them come alive sooner.

It is weird but true. A bit of flesh colour and they look totally different.

I really wanted to crack on with these today, however I just about had time to eat my lunch let alone paint anything.

Flesh base coat done. I will have to get the highlights done tonight.

I purchased a set of figures from a well known auction site. The seller delivered it quite promptly. It rattled a bit when I picked it up. But I thought it might be okay when I opened the box.

Sadly, I was mistaken.😡

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gures in a plastic bag? If I send figures each is individually wrapped in bubble wrap and then packed in bubble wrap inside a box. If they had been plastic, it might have been ok. However even my plastic ones are individually wrapped up.

A fair few have come off their bases, all are chipped to heck and quite a number have bent weapons etc.

Now ok I got 21 undercoated figures for £20 with free postage…. I would happily have paid postage costs if it meant they didn't arrive twisted together. However the same company sells painted figures, I hope they don't sell those the same way.

As it stands I am going to have to rebase them all as well as redcoat them.

All together not a happy chappy.

Update:

Partial refund and apologies given.

Really quick to reply to my email.