Woohoo, I managed to actually paint again this evening. I was on training all day so really couldn’t be bothered. So I am quite pleased with myself 😉.
As per normal, they won’t win any prizes, but they are getting paint onto them.
As you can see, painted bits totally outweigh the unpainted bits.
Well okay, only the gambesons on seven mounted troops, but it is the most I have done in days… I will rephrase that, it is the only painting I have done in days.
Nearly finished. Well this evening I decided to bite the bullet and work on finishing the commanders. I nearly got there…
I added a bright silver to the armour as well as getting a wash on the gold too. The yellow harness on the horse looks a bit flat… as does Joan’s face.
Something to sort out when I get painting again. Hopefully it won’t be too long.
Getting there. Yes I managed a bit more painting this evening. I did have a parent meeting until 9.00 but felt the need to paint…
They are definitely closer to finished now. Another evening and they will be done.
I was going to do Jean with reddish hair. Not sure where that came from as I cannot now find any mention of it. As I had the black out I just went with it.
I am not too impressed by the metal miniatures compared with the plastic ones. I mean if you look at her face then it is closer to Quasimodo than the Maid of Orleans. But hey, I bought them so that is on me!
Regarding miniatures I have some very exciting news. My son is super happy… I mean jumping around happy. I will share more tomorrow. This evening I am just to tired, he is asleep and to show you I would probably wake him up.
This evening I got my backside into gear and did a bit more on the French Commanders.
Still a fair old bit to go, but they are getting there. I just have to remember the plastic ones need finishing too.
How do you relax?
So I have two main ways to relax.
First up is my painting of miniatures etc. Although frustrating at times I do find it relaxing. I switch off and push paint around on a model.
Second is gaming, mainly through technology but also using miniatures. I tend not to go out much so the technology side is winning at the minute.
Technically reading should be in there too, but I tend to use audio books more than using my eyes.
Funnily enough I don’t find my 3D printing relaxing. Interesting yes, relaxing…no.
Well I got some more paint slapped on the metal commanders this evening…
Not particularly happy with the black and white. I was using ancient white paint, and to be honest it needs binning. It has had so much medium in it it has started to reactivate the paint underneath. The blaze and stockings on the horses are in fact pure white… as is the bridle on the left!
As it was so crap I opened up a brand new Corax White. I mixed it for bloody ages then dropped the sodding pot…sadly this happened!
This is seriously a newly opened pot that I stirred for about 5 minutes. I did think that after I dropped it then an air pocket or perhaps forcefield had stopped the paint escaping.
I mean I really should have guessed that it was crap when I saw the solid lump of paint inside.
So Jean, La Hire and the Bastard of Orleans had some paint splashed on.
So La Hire and the Bastard have their surcoats visible. La Hire is black with white grapes and his comrade is the blue with yellow fleur des lilles with a white bar…. see I did find out 🙂.
The metal was a bit bumpy so I went for pretty much covering the lot and I will go over the raised details with white when the base colours are dry.
Well after languishing in the doldrums for a while I decided to attempt some painting this evening. Not a huge amount, but at least something. I am finding I don’t have the energy or head space when I get back home so I have been on the console faffing about on Ark, and I mean faffing. I had so many plans to do or make things but really cannot be bothered.
So here are the metal trio.
Jean D’Arc will be in her white armour with blue trappings on the horse. I will have to find out the heraldic colours onbthe other two. I will rephrase that… I want to find out the heraldic colours. To be honest I could have painted them green (seems to be the random colour of choice with the plastics).
As for my trick cup… one of my kids put it in the microwave….
Might just keep it for guests I don’t like 😉.
I will see if I manage any painting tomorrow.
Why do you blog?
The short answer to the question is to help me with my hobby projects. It started off with blogging about something I had painted. In 2017 I started this blog and have now posted 2395 Times. The Longest streak was 960 days, which frankly is bonkers. The Longest blog streak prior to starting this one was 3 days.
I have ‘met’ some amazing people via this blog and follow a lot back. This is definitely a supportive community.Â
I am about half way through my allocated space allowance so I reckon I have got about another five years to go.
As for the long answer… that will have to wait… I need to go to sleep!
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