Well, I have the internet again after a month of waiting and have safely moved house - Aside from fracturing my leg that is.
But I have not been idle in the Spring Offensive, more apt now I might suggest, being around a year old, this blog returns us to Spring 2012 and with that, some painted troopers...
Let me know what you think.
Steve
You.....painting.......mind blown :P
ReplyDeleteGood to see you back at it dude, the troopers are looking rather nice :) whats the plan for the bases?
Fractured leg ouch though I assume this likely involved large amounts of alcohol ;)
I'll airbrush the bases with a base of the initial dark brown used on the coats, then a few tans, greys and browns sprayed over all higgledy piggledy like.
DeleteThe fractured leg yes, did involve alcohol, I've moved to live on a farm, and after a day of drinking in the sun, then pub, then inpromptu lock in - according to Emma I drank 8 pints in the pub,on top of two bottles of shiraz and a few gold watches - I was walking back down the gravel path from the pub, and was having an argument with a sheep who I'd seen burping and decided he was Chris the Sheep from Father Ted. I was 'arguing with him' then fell off the path down an embankment with a piece of gravel lodged in my leg. Walked home woke up in screaming pain... Then noticed the leg.
Out of interest, do you use a brush or airbrush for basecoating infantry? Looking nice so far, but a bit clean!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear (read?) about your leg - be somehing to laugh about in the future though!
I use a brush, it's basecoat, wash, coat, highlight then edge highlight on the coats. The reason they look clean is because I haven't based them yet, what will happen is, I'll use the airbrush to paint the bases and with some judicious overspray muddy up the kriegers, then have a go with some pigment powders. I haven't painted the bases yet because it'll be a bit wasteful mixing up paints to do three troopers.
DeleteHowever, that will change, big update coming in the next couple of days!