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sundancer 4 years, 5 months ago.
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Man, it’s Friday again! Where are the days going to??
- How is the weather in your part of the world?
At the start of the month, gloriously warm; as time goes on, more “worryingly” warm – we’ve not had rain for a long time. And even when the weathergirl says “colder and a chance of showers” it still feels muggy and warm out. Warm enough that we’ve been swimming in the sea already – jeez, it was cold, but eventually your extremities go numb and you stop feeling it 😉
- Miniature painting and BBQ. Can you do both simultaneously?
Never tried; now you’ve got me curious. Mrs Blinky and I are talking about getting a narrowboat again. Probably not ’til the end of the summer (I know, timing and everything) but already I’m dreaming of next year’s warm spring afternoons, painting minis by the canalside – I might just set up a BBQ. How long do we have to answer this one?
- How many streaming services are currently subscribed to?
I recently bought Prime so we could have music on “Alexa” on demand. Does that count? And, of course, I joined Duncan’s Painting Academy. I call that my streaming service. Other than that, there aren’t enough hours in a day for me to be gawping at the telly!
Bleep bloop.
Oh yeah… pledges. I printed some not-LOTR minis the other day, just to keep my printer busy more than anything. Lots of swishing cloaks and nice, folded material. I guess I should splash some contrast paints onto them?
Music. Have we had this one?
“If all the people in the world camped out in your back garden, would you write and tell the king or would you grab a tent and join them?” Deep stuff from early 90s pop-rockers Terrorvision. I thought so at the time. It literally changed my view on the world. Simpler days….
- Raining, no wait! Sunshine…now it’s grey, oh! raining again. Typical British weather I’d say.
- Sounds like a challenge.
- Netflix, Amazon, Disney and the wife subscribes to NFL and Apple.
I’ve got this dinky example to get started, just waiting for my Mechanicus Standard Grey spray to arrive…not long now.
Decals and shields tidied up plus a Matt varnish.
Got the first two characters from Blackstone Fortress built and primed. I find red plastic hard to see things on, so am sure the black primer will reveal a multitude of sins.
Last week pledge complete and I pledge to get paint the logs and apply moss effect. Ferns will be done later.. or while I prime the next thing.
- The weather outside is delightful. But the heat I’d say isn’t so pleasant, atleast after deciding to go on an impromptu 12 mile hike. Sunburned slightly and recovering in finding all the muscles/tendons/ligaments I forgot with not walking.
- Mini painting and bbq simultaneously? Not possible. You’re never going to chew off mold lines line corn on the cob.
- I subscribe to no streaming services as I am entertained by the good graces of other’s subscriptions.
@robert Less distraction and more painting, good plan.
@blinky465 You’re letting your printer cool down? With all the work you do I’m surprised that it even has a chance to stop. Good to see the ‘not LOTR’ minis in the time you fired it back up. The short work with the contrasts will be good to be busy but not entirely overwhelmed with painting.
On priming I’d also recommend Privateer Press P3. The spray is pretty good for mass production. Tamiya also makes a very finely mulled product but in smaller quantity for the amount of use you get from a can. I haven’t used any Mr. Surfacer products for priming but I see so much in the Gundam world I think it might be a trial purchase if I get the urge to venture out of Vallejo.
@flatbattery “dinky”? I think that SW:L has found a way to sucker us otherwise mini gamers into the armor painting hobby. Now, granted, GW has had many on the hook with their vehicles but have they really offered so much pain for the brush painter with flat panels? I’d say that the bog standard designs with small flourishes (Rhinos/Landraiders… etc) were designed to be rattle sprayed and then drybrushed for most people with just brushes. That ATST screams “Panel wash me!” with no hope of doing otherwise.I haven’t added music in a while
Happy Weekend everyone. Same pledge again, to make progress on my FoW. At the start of the lockdown I thought I would be able to get 100pts of Brits and Germans done by D-Day, but I got nowhere near that. The Brits are close but for some decals to be made, applied and weathered. The Germans have a little more to go, they just need paint, all the paint, and another box needs bought. So a bit more to do yet.
These are the only fully finished models.
Questions of the week:
How is the weather in your part of the world?
Cloudy and breezy but not too terrible.
Miniature painting and BBQ. Can you do both simultaneously?
A history of spray cans and open fire says I shouldn’t try.
How many streaming services are currently subscribed to?
OTT, RoosterTeeth, Amazon, Netflix.
Two more Celts basically done, a bit more highlighty than I usually go on the cloak
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