Blog discription

What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Friday, May 29, 2020

Freeblades: Urdagger Slinger

Well I finally got around to taking photos of Freeblades Urdagger tribe female slinger. Things are a bit upside down here in my household, but I am making it work.

I ended up finishing this one and putting on the clear coat, but my friend stopped by before I could finish with my dulcote. I figured since he had some flat spray, and he was here after all, that we could do the porch exchange and all would be happy land in Graceland.

He sent me some photos and I was like what is wrong with these pictures. It didn't look like the figure I painted. Thinking that might be the problem, iphone pictures as opposed to me setting up my handmade light box. I asked him to bring it back so I could have a hand at taking photos.

I was stunned upon seeing it. The face did not take his flat spray well. It took away color it seemed, or was to thick. I don't know but I was like wow. I tried hand painting gloss coat, followed by hand paint of mat, but this did not fix it. So I ended up repainting face. It does not look as good as first time, but a lot better than it did. I hand painted on mat finish and called it a day. The only proper way to fix this would be to strip the head and start all over again. This is why painters tell you to do thin coats and apply more than once. Cause once it's on thick, it just turns into a mess.

Any ways here is the finished product. Until next time.

Cheers
Kevin