28 Years Later (Approx)

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Mid-1980's country bumpkin wandering streets of Edinburgh, trying to get to a university lecture, finds himself staring into a shop window filled with D&D figures. Intrigued he steps inside and before you know it he's leaving the shop with a few figures, some Humbrol paint pots and a selection of brushes. Painted up some figures, black to darken and white to lighten any colours, all very basic. However, this led to the shop owner asking me to paint some figures and introducing me to a local figure designer. Standards improved, thanks to Heavy Metal articles in White Dwarf, which led to better shading and highlighting. Inks for lining came next and some small dioramas for promotion of the designers figure line in another Edinburgh gaming shop, the original one having closed. This takes us through to the early 90's then painting became a bit sporadic, figure designer having hung up his green stuff and sculpting tools, and my life became busier with a career. Then, all of a sudden and a bit earlier than expected, retirement was upon me and the dried out paint pots, stiff brushes and boxes of metal, and plastic, called out. However, could I still paint? Picked some larger figures, approx' 40mm metal giants, to ease myself in, and quite surprised myself. Being critical, never happy with dry brushing but maybe I could improve with newer brushes along with some washes and/or glazing (needs to research to update my knowledge). One major thing that came back to me once I got into things was the mindfulness that comes with painting, not sure if the term was around back in the late 80's/early 90's, but I began to remember the calmness that the brain feels when hunched over a model. Hoping to keep digging into the boxes of unpainted models and enjoying my return to the brushes; there is a local shop that will take them off my hands (paint given as payment) as I am not a gamer and my wife is not one for clutter.

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