Even though I've kept up with my "at least an hour a day" hobby routine, I feel I've done next to nothing this last week, but acccomplished quite a lot.
Photograph on the right shows the sum total of my efforts !
Here's my week:
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| Remember these ? |
Monday Blog -3 hrs approx
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| About half of the'herd' |
Wednesday, glue horse to bases - not enough superglue gel for such large bases so uses UHU - works fine on the two types of plastic (horse and 'credit card' - an hour at least
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| Part of the results of Thursday to Saturday's efforts |
Thursday - applied ready-mix filler to bases, run out half way through and had to find old supply and
mix by hand before applying - 3+ hours (I did it in approximately three lots iirc). Waited 24 hours to dry.
mix by hand before applying - 3+ hours (I did it in approximately three lots iirc). Waited 24 hours to dry.
Friday- seperate bases from tray, repaired some flaking (especially where there were no scoring marks) and then covered the whole base in PVA filler and allowed to dry for 24 hours - approx two hours, maybe three.
Saturday - a break in the awful windy, wet weather allowed me to take the oppotunity to undercoat all the models about an hour's work.
Saturday evening watched England beat Ukraine great end to a very satisfying day..
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| Flank view of the three hurriedly finised horses |
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| Bonus rear view for those that like this sort of thing |
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| 'Essentials' from Poundlandwold - £9 well spent |
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| Three banditos with their new mounts |
Today finished this post and took some stage pics:
The horse had a quick wash ver them and still need a quick spray varnish.
As an experiment I used three different washes, from left to right
Quickshade, homemade brown wash and an old black ink wash.
With my eyesight I see very little differences.
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| Three down , just these few to go (note fancy storage tray) |
That then has been my week, I'll be more than likely continuing to paint horses for the rest of this week - some sort of punishment no doubt.
And that's it for another week, thanks for taking the time to visit, hopefully you've found something of interest and as always your comments are both welcomed and truly appreciated.
Very productive week Joe, I think the horses look great, can see a slight variation between the different washes, which adds variety to the group.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, I was surprised at just how much I've done too !
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That's a lot of horses Joe ! Will you be doing different colour schemes on them, or predominately chestnut ones ?
DeleteThere will be few variations on 'brown', (just lighter or darker tones), no greys though(white horses) or anything else I find tricky ! ;-)
DeleteAgree! Great week with a lot of fantastic minis.
ReplyDeleteThanks you Michal, as generous as ever.
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Yeah, you got a lot done and those horses look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, I'm vey pleased with them too !
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Nice work on them all!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brummie, maybe not up to the standard you could acheive, but I'm happy enough !
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Excellent week from the looks of things, Joe. Your comment "I'll be more than likely continuing to paint horses for the rest of this week - some sort of punishment no doubt" didn't half make me laugh as I know that feeling :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Blaxx, I hate painting, camelshorses and foot figures - in that order. I've painted thousands over the years(like many others I suspect) andhave never enjoyed it.
DeleteAdd building to the list too, and scenics and the hallway...
Though it seems like lots of time spent, that is a large amount of horses you've managed! You got me thinking to the fact that in all my time painting, I've only painted maybe 4 horses. They are definately something I would likely hit with a spray can or airbrush when I begin to paint some again.
ReplyDeleteHaha, it's one of the reasons I went for the ACW - mostly infantry battles, but I stillmanaged to get several brigades of cavalry for each side done too.
DeleteAirbrushes are not on the agenda as they're part of technology and the latter hates me !
They're rather nice horses Joe.
ReplyDeleteThanks ray, a bit generic, but I'm experimenting on other colours/
DeleteGreat looking trio of horses and impressive work on the herd! Decent result in poundland too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, the herd is coming along nicely, if slowly. The most exciting thing from Pundland is the self-drying clay,; I'm looking forward to playing with it.
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