Stuff what I been painting

I rounded off April by finishing off some models that I’ve had on the painting table for some time for different reasons.

First up, we have a very old Grey Seer. I started painting this chap years ago before he got discarded and forgotten in a shoe box of other half painted figures. I fancied trying some blending from the grey into the green using glazes as part of the overall job. I think it’s turned out OK but could probably have done with some more glazes to really smooth the transition.

The base does need to be finished off by removing the excess basing material and painting the edge but otherwise all done.

I’ve also completed four 12cm Heavy Mortar teams for my FoW German forces. These will add a little bit of punch to the support teams and, as I’ve modeled them behind earth works, I surely get permanent cover and bullet proof cover don’t I????

These have also been on the painting desk for a while. I started and got a little bored with batch painting various shades of field grey, khaki and other drab colours.

So that’s another 5 models removed from the pile of potential. However, I and my son decided to give Bushido a try and have dived in head first. I’ve started a project on it here:

https://www.beastsofwar.com/project-entry/1815678/

This has pushed the pile of potential in April completely in the wrong direction, particularly as I have 3D printed a lot of terrain for the game. Here’s the latest update but the pile has grown by a net 73 models in the month. Still, just means I will have to work harder at getting things painted – and I’ve already started a lot of the painting for the terrain with 45 models getting at least primed in April with some further along, so I hope to get the number down quickly.