Friday 19 August 2016

Doing The Worthy Again.


I usually have a stock of figures sprayed up ready for painting but when I looked in the cupboard I found I'd run out . This then raised the question what to paint next ? - after some thought I went to the 'Corner of Shame' in the wargaming room to see what unpainted figures were there . I came across this box of Austrian Napoleonic  , they were the last figures of this project yet unpainted so with a hint of guilt I thought it would be a very worthy thing to clean them up , give them a spray undercoat  and start painting them and it would be something different for a change.


Bit of a challenge cleaning thirty six figures , but I buckled down and got them done and mounted on a couple of strips of waste wood ready for spraying.


I also found Archduke Charles and his staff so I did them as well , however they needed 'green stuff' to get them to sit on their horses properly . Pleased with my mornings work I thought "better get them sprayed up whilst it's fine weather !".


So I took them outside - picked up the spray can of black paint - shook it and thought " Hmm not much left !" - got one side of the figures done and the can ran out !!! - you can imagine the language ! (well it would be better if you can't) - don't you just hate it when that happens ! . So I will have to wait till I go into town at the weekend to buy a new tin . Oh well half way there to finishing them !.




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    1. Sadly not the first time for me either, I never learn, Tony

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  2. Isn't it due to rain this weekend?

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  3. It's already raining here - Grrr! , Tony

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  4. Hi Tony,
    Just further evidence that Murphy rules the universe.

    Say, you've had the Tin Soldiers in Action rules on display for a while. Do you have any comments on them? I haven't been able to find out much beyond their own hype.
    Thanks and regards,
    John

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    1. Started reading them , seem simple enough - if there's a problem it's that they need a square grid , I'll put my initial thoughts on them in my next post , Tony

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  5. For me it is not so much as running out of paint- but finding that my favourite 'Detail' brush for figures has given up the ghost...breaking in a New Brush can lead to great anxiety. KEV.

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    1. Yes I tend to use a brush constantly till it fails and then mourn it's lose , Tony

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