Sunday 18 March 2012

Let's take it back to the start...

I had a less than productive shopping day yesterday and as a result, was unable to find a can of spray Matt varnish. That means that the vehicles for Number 6 Platoon will have to remain shiny until I can find some. The troops, however, will be getting a brush-on, Matt varnish this week while I am on a week's holiday (YAY!).

I am not a fan of varnishing but it is one of those jobs that have to be done...a bit like preparing miniatures for paint. Fortunately, I had a productive day on the preparation front yesterday and have managed to achieve this:


Yes, the next platoon is ready to start receiving their paint. I haven't started on the vehicles because they will distract me...and I won't be doing so until these are glossed, ready for decals so it is a fair way off. I have chosen the 8th platoon because I have enough decals for the vehicles. I expect that the next one will probably be the 5th platoon for the same reason.

On another note, I have finished adding all the ranks to the 6th platoon and here is an example of what they look like:


Nice and easy to see and nice and easy to paint.

I have a feeling that things will be fairly quiet here for a while as I paint up the sections for the up-coming platoon but fear not...if anything else turns up, I will let you know.

5 comments:

  1. That looks pretty good. The grymm look grim!

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  2. Cheers :)

    They'll look much better when they are all Matt though... shiny paint adds smiles to miniatures.

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  3. Excellent painjob Inso, I really like your colour choices.
    The varnish seems a bit glossy, but perhaps that's from the lights needed to take the photos.

    Keep it up.

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  4. The pics were taken before the matt coat went on. Even with the matt coat, they are still more satin than matt...which is a little disappointing :(.

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  5. I understand your pain, happened to me also, but don't worry too much about it -It should be absolutely fine (and barely noticable :).

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