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This afternoon saw me get to work with a big, soft paintbrush and the Future floor finish. The result? O’Malley’s Irish Grenzers, General von Kallweitschen, his ADC Anders Gedacht, and the battalion of Freiherr Wilhelm’s Pioneers received their protective glossy coatings. This type of post-painting treatment is not everyone’s cup of tea, but I am pleased as punch with the results. The RSM figures, in particular, look like little porcelain figures. I can now retire to bed for the night with a clear conscience and dream about those cuirassier conversions. Sleep well, men!
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figures look great - more power to your paintbrush. I am sure you slept well with contented heart and mind , dreaming of lead ranks advancing across a green table to victory...
Alan
They look very sharp!
-- Jeff
Curse you! there was I happily painting my plastic Napoleonics when BG13 drops on the mat, with a great plastics article, and OSW to boot. I had dropped HH an article on plastics, but yours is definitely the better, so I will have to update and edit mine again.
Anyway, I post a thread on TMP about the mag, and your article, for someone to reply and point me blog ways. So during yesterday's shopping trip as I watch my son upset my wife, I phone surf my way to central Prussia. This then led to me late last night rummaging in the loft for those boxes of Revells I had bought years ago (in plastics land, I learned years ago to always buy when available, before they are discontinued - avoids so much frustration later, and they act as loft insulation I reckon...). I had undercoated a few, and fleshed some, but had never really got into it (pre OSW days this was). SO, 6 boxes of Prussians, 5 Austrians, 8 Dragoons, 4 Hussars and 8 artillery later (I had planned to use for Saxon Naps, and they had limbers you see...) I was in plastic heaven.
Then, today I have had a good lunchtime "proper" surfing and am both inspired and humbled by your fictional world.
But I wil stop now before this blog post gets too big (do you have an email for more? Or is blog land the way to go?), and will wrap with a big "Thank you".
Regards
Marc (or "Marc the Plastics fan" on TMP
Best wishes
Giles
those light troops look really nice; like the offciers too
Allan