Thursday, December 4, 2014

Just in time!

Just as I finished my really fun group of wagon train figures my next set of figures arrived from Aussie. Now I have enough figures to work on until the end of the month.  I finally tracked down a company which makes static grass in the US so I am awaiting three tubs of "Summer". All in all this has been a pretty cool month on the painting front. I am just hanging out for the 6 horse limber stocks to fill up again with Hat's E26 release.

In the meantime here are some of the sets minus their static grass. I am soooooo happy with these figures from Hat.  They really add some serious eye candy to my French army. My pièce de résistance has been the coal in the field forge. I got some modelling grit which had been lying around in a box under the house for a few years and dipped very watered-down enamel paint onto it. It ended up looking quite coal-ish.  Pretty basic stuff but I am pretty chuffed by the results
You might just about be able to see the coal in the forge at the front!


I've got to go buy a Christmas tree so that I can wrap up my two boxes of French Infantry and stick them under. They will be such a surprise to unwrap on Christmas day!
Posted by John at 9:46 PM

2 comments:

  1. Kevin KimDecember 4, 2014 at 10:42 PM

    Your dedication is humbling. And I must say—your painting is quite, quite good. Great attention to detail. While I still don't understand the charm of painting and arranging these figurines, I'm nevertheless able to respect the amount of time, effort, and love you obviously put into this pursuit. Kudos.

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  2. peterDecember 29, 2014 at 8:41 AM

    Great work! Coal field forge! I mean cool! :-D

    Greetings
    Peter

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