From the workbench of the esteemed Horati0nosebl0wer

I think I’ve cracked the issue as to why I have problems completing miniatures. I have been able to knock out more minis lately than I have for some time. Blocking in my colors with Speed Paints and then working from there has been my latest break. I’d say that putting down opaque layers should be my go to but setting up with white (or doing a zenithal) and then layering pigment that pulls and pools to create my working contrast with vivid colors has motivated me in seeing quick results. I know I can go back and rework areas I want as need be. The immediacy of seeing areas colored instead of keeping vast swathes of figure bare excites my eyes. Its similar to priming a single color but the value scale is what makes the difference. I’m glad to have picked up my set of Speed Paints as I can bounce back and forth on a single model. I might try batch painting this way somewhere down the road. I know I’ve got a backburner project that would do with some attention once I get a handle on my current active ones.

I’m happier for hitting this with paint to put on a table (when? No idea, likely not even my own) I put it down on a 25mm resin base I had leftover from long ago that came in a Secret Weapon castoff bag. I also added the spent shells from the company. All this and a No Dust Rust [NDR] effect despite having pigments. I didn’t have the time for cleanup so I painted. Overall the concrete came out nicely as well.

Keeping on track with painting and chipping away at the Pile of Shame

There is more resin for other projects in hand and a large lot of metal spears from Warlord Games. They were quite kind to send a sprue of Napoleonic Late French Line Infantry which I didn’t expect. Perhaps this might be the beginning of a Silver Bayonet force [shrug]. My thanks to the mysterious “RT” as I still maintain my Non-Purchase Pledge.

I got the commission work done and did quite a bit of modding on this trio. It all started out like the original like the one on the left.

Addendum: Courtesy of Goblin Lee’s Miniature Blog I’ve learned that these are from Heritage Miniatures

I’ve decided to give up buying any more minis for the rest of the year. I’ll hold off on the dopamine rush and hack my way through the Pile of Shame backlog. This will give me a chance to sort things out in life and send off Giftmas without issue.

Here’s a revisit to some of the stuff I cleaned up.

Time to set this project down for a short while (hopefully) as I start packing away things for an upcoming home transfer. The containers of stuff not immediately being used for my current big project are being stuffed into storage to await further attention.