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Start of the Pumpkin Patch

Or two in this case!

Yes I know Halloween was a good while ago, but I needed a nice simple project this evening!

In hindsight I wish I had done the pumpkins over three bases instead of two… but I didn’t! Once the basing gunk dries then I will see how effectively it has stuck to the base and stuck the pumpkins into it. Again I probably should have glued these to the base and then gunked around them.

Ahhh well, time will tell!

I will be adding patches of grass in places with some tufts and some maple leaves… sadly I don’t have any pumpkin leaves 🙂

Hopefully I will carry on tomorrow and let you know how I get on.

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Almost Finished

Yes, the Flintloque miniatures are nearly done. I worked on them this evening again. Painted the base, did the rims, took the photo and then realised I had forgotten all the brass work on the rifle and pistols!

I will try and get it done during the day tomorrow.

I have a hospital appointment with a specialist on Thursday so it is a ferry trip down to Aberdeen tomorrow evening. I could have taken a flight, but this way it is cheaper for the old NHS… oh yeah and it means I get some time in Aberdeen.

I am going to see if I can find any model shops… not holding my breath as I haven’t been able to in the past.

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Starting 2024 With…

Some painting! Yes indeed first day of new year and I painted. Okay totally forgot today was 1st January… so while I remember… I want to wish everyone health, wealth and happiness for the years ahead.

Here are the fruits of my labour so to speak…

I hadn’t really made many hobby plans for 2023, well apart from getting stuff painted and built. The one thing I did decide on was to give up printing for a bit, this is one thing I pretty much kept to. My new resin printer is still in the box and the only reason the FDM one was opened was to print my son a replica pipe pistol from Fallout.

So do I have any actual plans… not really. Try and people more should be a major one… hopefully that will come about.

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A Bit More Done

This evening I managed to get some work done on the Flintloque miniatures. Basically from left to right is unfinished towards a more finished state.

Spot the odd one out!

As tomorrow is Christmas Eve it is unlikely that I will get any more done, but I may get lucky.

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A Bit More Painting…

This evening I decided to try and get some painting done on the 28mm Flintloque miniatures. I got a bit further than I thought I would… a couple are close to finished…

I will try and get a bit more done tomorrow evening.

Yesterday we had gales, today we had snow and for some reason strong winds about half four. My daughter and I were trying to grit the hill out the valley and we had to fight the shovel constantly as the wind was taking it.

Luckily we had a mattock in the back of the car (like you do!) because the grit piles were frozen solid… oh yeah the only shovel I could find to put in the car was a plastic snow shovel!

So with the wind and snow the kids broke up early for Christmas! I managed to stay home too, which was a huge relief yesterday!

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Some Painting and a Dog Update

This evening I managed to get some paint on the majority of my mates 28mm miniatures.

I also added some shading onto the blue flags I started a week ago … the following is the original photo… I forgot to do an update!

They now look a bit better. I have to sort out the highlights next.

With regards to the dog, she is bleeding again. About four or five times today. Not as bad as before, but enough to be worrying. Thankfully she is in the vets tomorrow. The drugs came today. There are no boats tomorrow so we were lucky there.

Come to think of it, there are no schools on tomorrow. We are expecting 80mph gusts so the powers that be pulled the plug on safety grounds.

Hopefully she will be sorted Soon!

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Jean D’Arc

Well sort of…

Not really much done. I was going to undercoat the militia, but it was torrential rain and strong winds so there was no way I was going to go into the shed… wimp that I am!

I painted both flags in the same blue. This was with Army Painter standard acrylic. Some shading and highlighting will be required.

Oh yeah I painted the green on the knight too.

Hopefully I can carry on tomorrow.

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Knights and Pumpkins

I carried on with the Knights and foot soldiers this evening. I just need to get the bases painted on the foot below. I have to finish Joan D’arc and make a start on another mounted knight and another banner bearer on foot,

I also got this lot done for my mate…

I still have to do the stems and then get them based up.

For these pumpkins I went outside my usual method and sprayed these black, dry brushed them white then added the orange. I actually did something different to my usual… I won’t be doing this regularly though.

In other news my new filament printer arrived today.

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Something Achieved

This evening I forced myself to paint something. I am really not in the mood at the minute. Ongoing health problems mean I am knackered and then I have had this flu thing…

But this evening I went for it 🙂

Mr Dwarf was picked up and added to the part painted pile. He is nearly finished… it has only taken me about ten months so far.

Hopefully I will keep the momentum going tomorrow.

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Another Knight Finished

This evening I got this pair finished.

Bill the pony made an appearance to balance the scene up a bit. I am toying with the idea to add water slide transfers to the knight as well as the shields on the various foot soldiers.

I made a start on another pair of mounted knights as well as more foot.

The school has built a little diorama for a local festival of trees. Here is a work in progress…

I will get photos of the finished diorama tomorrow… well it better be finished tomorrow as I need to get it to the organisers tomorrow afternoon.