This evening I got the part painted foot soldiers finished…
Now with these I did cut a few corners. I didn’t bother doing every strap and piece of rope. But they are done and that is what I am wanting. I don’t think I have any other Gallian’s undercoated.
Tomorrow I think I will blast on with the Part finished skeletons i found when looking for my big Sharpie.
Tonight I got the two knights finished … well I still need to do a shield for each. But the bulk is done for this pair.
I also got a bit done on the foot soldiers…
These still have a whole load to do, but at least all of them have some paint on them.
I am going to have to print some shields, even though I said I wasn’t going to print anything new for a while… I need the shields to finish these.
My wife has got well into her Isopods so I thought a necklace and earrings as a bit of a daft present for her birthday 🙂
Oh yeah some twit forgot to take his steroids this morning then spent 3 or 4 hours sawing and using sanders… really not clever!
So this evening I set about adding the metallics to the knight and his pair of foot soldiers. I got a bit heavy handed on the gun metal so looked for anything I could to avoid wasting the paint. I found a box of various bits and found my armoured bear and a couple of goblins. Basically anything that needed a metallic colour got some.
I will hopefully carry on tomorrow and get the shading and highlights done on the armour.
This weekend I am embarking on a project I never though I was going to do…
I am super annoyed that a whole pile of my Contrast Paints have dried up. I maybe haven’t used them for three months and I am going to have to bin a lot.
I used to say I preferred the pots as you can shove your brush in and get the amount you need, but at £4.50 a pot I reckon I have nearly lost £50 worth of paint. Pretty miffed about it to be honest.
So watch this space and listen for my fell voice on the wind as I drop pots, knock over bottles etc.
This evening I set to work with the Contrast paint. I did a bit more on the knight and his entourage as well as this Operatic Wide Mouthed frog from Alternative Armies.
I really had to push myself to get going, but once sat down I set to work with gusto. Now the pallette in front arrived in the post today. It is made from silicone and is for either wax melts or chocolates… I cannot remember. Anyway it had 24 indentations and is about 30cm long and 18cm wide. This is it on Amazon Here (evidently it is for wax seals). I thought it was a bit on the large size so attacked it with the scissors…
So I am slowly getting back into painting regularly, I am really hoping that I will carry on with it. I did about 45 minutes this evening so it is do-able.
This evening I got this trio cured and glued onto some bases. It was my plan to get them undercoated for painting tomorrow.
This one is going to be done in my re-enactment colours. These colours will be matched on the large shields, but the foot soldier clothing will be in random colours as befits the period.
The more astute of you will notice the lack of undercoat… I have two words ‘Effin midges.
They were so bad I actually ended up finding my net hood to go into the shed to retrieve the above. They were so numerous around the door it seemed misty.
As the title says, I actually got my arse into gear and managed to paint something… not a huge amount, but I did manage. It was really hard to get motivated. I mean I actually had to force myself to sit down… it was a definite case of Captain Procrastination this evening.
I have added a Greenstuff saddle to the bear to give the rider a bit of packing under his backside.
I also finished the ram rider, he is now ready for basing.
I got a couple of packages today, one was a paddle board and the other was my long awaited Vallejo Xpress paints… sadly I had a bit of an issue…
Luckily it was just one of the bottles of red.
This came today and I asked for Speedpaints 2.0 for my birthday on Friday so look out for a wave of painting taking place…well I hope there will be.
It was the last day of term today and the last Geek club for a while. I managed to get some painting done.,,
The one on the left is the latest one. I do like this range. which is why I went for another red panda.
Now to put things into context in gaming terms I am à wood elf player… dwarves… meh! But I have persevered and painted some for Mordheim. But to be honest I want a lot of these 🙂
Really like the bear heavy cavalry.
This evening I did a bit more on the pair of rangers and a smidge on the mounted dwarf too.
They are nearly finished…
I have come up with a new game… it’s called ‘Guess the model from it’s supports’. Here is your starter for ten
