I am rather proud of my 11 year old. She worked hard on these two today. All her own work, I gave the ideas on what to do. She is totally chuffed with them.
I can see she is going to want some more as she was very disappointed when she had finished them off.
Latest figures finished and not some 70’s progressive rock band.
I really must sort out a way to take better photographs. Once the shed is redone I will have a painting area with a light box and better lighting.
I have got the kids painting today.
I have made a start on these two. I have a bit of a conundrum with the froggy. It is basically down to the colour of his skin. On the website he is a blue colour. I am not so sure about blue, but if not, then what? He is meant to be mega rich, so his clothes are vivid colours with gold brocade ( base colour on ready for dry brushing with shining gold then top highlight with burnished gold). The dwarf is still in a base colour stage. I will get him further tomorrow.
Next up Baron Petrochemicoli and a dwarf in a travelling cloak.
That is the Hussars all finished apart from the basing.
Got these finished.
These chappies are taking forever. They, as you might imagine being Hussars, are quite intricate. I am also trying to get lots of shades etc in the different colours, I still think I am being too subtle on some of the colours. Once upon a time I would have just painted base colours then thrown a wash on. I am really liking how they look. The horses are all but done, just hooves and markings to finish.
I have made a start on my Orc Hussars. The horses were cleaned up and based around 9 months ago. There are some seriously complicated uniforms here. We shall see how I get on.
A lovely little chap to command my Ostarian forces.
To be honest I have decided I don’t like painting white uniforms. They either look messy/bitty or flat white. Something I will have to work on.
I had to pop into the car place and decided to give this stuff a blast. £6.00 is a lot cheaper than the £11.00 for the GW one. I stuck it in warm water and gave it a bloody good shake. I am happy with the coverage. We will see how it takes paint once dry.
Update 19.00 hrs
I tried to rub off the paint on the flanks of the horse and it wouldn’t budge.
Update….
I have done a base coat on these and the undercoat has worked fine, takes the different colours from the different paint manufacturers without a problem. The one thing I would say is that the undercoat is a little grainy, but at this scale I can’t see a problem.
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