I managed to fit in my first painting session in the new house at last. Unfortunately I didn't get much done as my hands felt clumsy, almost as if I was wearing gardening gloves. Still, a little is better than nothing ans I'm just that little bit closer to having the nemesis goblins finished.
I've no more purchases to report so things are still going pretty well with the pledge. Unless I crumble at the last moment it looks like I will succeed. Nice one.
Thursday, 18 September 2008
Thursday, 11 September 2008
The return of the armies
The house move wasn't fun but we are now in and settling down.
One of the nice things about the new house is that I now have somewhere to store my Wargames stuff. I have been allocated two shelves in the store cupboard. I wasted little time in getting my armies out of storage and putting them in their new home as you can see here.
The one tinsy, tiny problem is that two shelves is not enough! I will also need to take up part of the garage as well and I haven't even managed to retrieve my 'classic' miniatures collection yet either. I'm not complaining as this is a vast improvement over what I've had to cope with for the past few years. Everything is dry, easily accessible and out of the reach of the children. Result.
Now to find some time for painting.
One of the nice things about the new house is that I now have somewhere to store my Wargames stuff. I have been allocated two shelves in the store cupboard. I wasted little time in getting my armies out of storage and putting them in their new home as you can see here.
The one tinsy, tiny problem is that two shelves is not enough! I will also need to take up part of the garage as well and I haven't even managed to retrieve my 'classic' miniatures collection yet either. I'm not complaining as this is a vast improvement over what I've had to cope with for the past few years. Everything is dry, easily accessible and out of the reach of the children. Result.
Now to find some time for painting.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Summer slowdown
Its finally happening - we will be moving house next week! This should explain the lack of recent updates and I'm guessing it will be a while before I'm able to pick up a paintbrush one I've moved in ... or at least a paintbrush of size 2 or smaller anyway.
Earlier in the month I sneaked in a couple of short painting sessions and I'm now down to the last 8 of the nemesis goblins, the end is near! It will be nice to tick this one of my list and get on with something not green again.
Earlier in the month I sneaked in a couple of short painting sessions and I'm now down to the last 8 of the nemesis goblins, the end is near! It will be nice to tick this one of my list and get on with something not green again.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
A short round-up
Oops, slight lack of updates recently.
Since my last post I have been busy with things like preparing for an upcoming house move and going to family celebrations. All this hasn't left much time for painting but I have still managed to squeeze in a little work on the Nemesis Goblins for the SoBaH warband. I experimented with using the new citadel washes alongside my normal techniques and I think the results have worked well. I'm pretty close to finishing this project so I really should put in the effort and get it finished.
In other news I have started shifting a few things on Ebay in preparation for the house move.
I've also be toying with the idea of adding horrors to my chick army using the GW dryad models. If I trim off the leafy bits and paint them as horrors then I think they will work well.
The last news item is that at last I have found my camera! For some reason it was in the back of my wife's car.
Since my last post I have been busy with things like preparing for an upcoming house move and going to family celebrations. All this hasn't left much time for painting but I have still managed to squeeze in a little work on the Nemesis Goblins for the SoBaH warband. I experimented with using the new citadel washes alongside my normal techniques and I think the results have worked well. I'm pretty close to finishing this project so I really should put in the effort and get it finished.
In other news I have started shifting a few things on Ebay in preparation for the house move.
I've also be toying with the idea of adding horrors to my chick army using the GW dryad models. If I trim off the leafy bits and paint them as horrors then I think they will work well.
The last news item is that at last I have found my camera! For some reason it was in the back of my wife's car.
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Some breaking news
Make that
15mm
Stands Bought: 0
Stands Painted: 34
(23 Night Goblins
11 Wood Elves)
Stands Sold: 0
I finished the basing last night and made a start on painting up some more Nemesis Goblins for the SoBaH warband. Ever onwards.
15mm
Stands Bought: 0
Stands Painted: 34
(23 Night Goblins
11 Wood Elves)
Stands Sold: 0
I finished the basing last night and made a start on painting up some more Nemesis Goblins for the SoBaH warband. Ever onwards.
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Round-up at the begining of July
I finally opened up the boxes and did a count up and the good news is that I am on target with the pledge. Yay!
So far I have not only painted up more than I have bought, I have also managed to reduce the lead pile quite dramatically but selling some unpainted stuff as well.
28mm
Miniatures Bought: 44
(1 giant [counts as 10 28mm miniatures]
11 Maidenhead infantry
6 Winged women
5 light centaurs
6 Sabre tooth cat riders [counts as 2 each])
Miniatures Painted: 65
(21 Savage Orcs
20 Black Orcs
1 Goblin Boss
17 Nemesis Goblins
1 Orc Boss)
Miniatures Sold: 42
15mm
Stands Bought: 0
Stands Painted: 23 (Night Goblins)
Stands Sold: 0
Lets see if I can keep this up for the rest of the year.
So far I have not only painted up more than I have bought, I have also managed to reduce the lead pile quite dramatically but selling some unpainted stuff as well.
28mm
Miniatures Bought: 44
(1 giant [counts as 10 28mm miniatures]
11 Maidenhead infantry
6 Winged women
5 light centaurs
6 Sabre tooth cat riders [counts as 2 each])
Miniatures Painted: 65
(21 Savage Orcs
20 Black Orcs
1 Goblin Boss
17 Nemesis Goblins
1 Orc Boss)
Miniatures Sold: 42
15mm
Stands Bought: 0
Stands Painted: 23 (Night Goblins)
Stands Sold: 0
Lets see if I can keep this up for the rest of the year.
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Speed painting
Couldn't get to the club last night so I stayed in and did some work on the Wood Elves. After a very productive evening they are now almost complete ... just the bases to do now (really).
I'm quite pleased with how they have turned out. When I first opened the box again I was worried thay they would end up being quite bland but with a few washes and a few highlights they look pretty good. For the washes I used diluted citadel badab black wash as neat it would have been overpowering on a 15mm figure. The first time I did this I just used water to dilute it and as I expected the additional water raised the surface tension and meant that the wash didn't dry into the cracks quite as it should. For the Cavalry I made sure that I added a few drops of future floor polish to the mix and it worked a treat.
I'm quite pleased with how they have turned out. When I first opened the box again I was worried thay they would end up being quite bland but with a few washes and a few highlights they look pretty good. For the washes I used diluted citadel badab black wash as neat it would have been overpowering on a 15mm figure. The first time I did this I just used water to dilute it and as I expected the additional water raised the surface tension and meant that the wash didn't dry into the cracks quite as it should. For the Cavalry I made sure that I added a few drops of future floor polish to the mix and it worked a treat.
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