The Final Push - Lawnor approaches 100% painted

Models remaining:
Batch: 0, Normal: 76, Luxury: 7, Modular: 0, Bits Box: 3, Terrain sets: 9, To Ship: ATO Wave 2, KDM GCE+COD
Models Finished in Collection: 2791
Models since start of project: 466 out of 63 completed and still not done!

I finished the last Gigalion survivor this week.  I also completed the 7 models needed for the Prelude missions of Aeon Trespass.  They can be found at my dedicated project over HERE.  That’s 8 models finished.

A quick little PSA that’ll be old news for a lot of you. This is the single greatest hobby tool I’ve gained in a long time. It’s an Asda £11.00 hair dryer. Paint has always dried quick enough I’ve avoided getting one. I line up 6 models and by the time I’m done on the last, the first is usually ready for a second coat, or not far off. I’ve also got an airbrush and you can use that to aid in drying too.

Anyway, it’s been cold in the UK recently, and the heating is too expensive to run just to dry paint right now. 20 minute drying times have shifted to 2+ hour drying times. I had some paint still visibly wet the next morning recently. So I picked up the cheapest hairdryer I could find and it’s drying things in 30 seconds. I’m back to being able to paint all day. I can probably get more done in less time, especially when working on low model counts.

I even used it to thicken some paint I’d made too watery by very carefully aiming it at my palette from a safe distance.

I know this isn’t news to most people, but I thought I’d speak up because I was more impressed than I expected to be and maybe someone’s been on the fence, or is having drying time issues too. Maybe this post can help someone.