Back in the painting saddle this evening after an amazing, yet very tiring, ski trip up north during the weekend just ended. Tonight's painting session was all about giving this company of Croats a good washing, which really helped define the basic larger areas of the figures and add some richness to the browns, blues, reds, and yellows.
Various Army Painter washes were used including Strong Tone, Mid-Brown, Blue, and Red. The figures are still wet in this photo, and I missed the officer's dolman, plus discovered the underside of a left arm still in need of its basic Mahogany Brown (Grrr. . .). Will have to attend to those first thing tomorrow evening.
But, they don't look half bad at this point. I'm even toying with the idea of not going back to highlight raised areas with the original colors as initially planned and just leave them as is and. I kind of like their muted yet still colorful appearance. What do you think?
Still lots to do, but it's getting late and time to join the Grand Duchess for our nightly yoga and meditation, which really help the two of us relax when skiing is not an option.
Speaking of which, I'm head back north on Friday morning for another 2.5-day jaunt at Forbush Corner Nordic Ski Center outside of Frederic, Michigan. Lot's of things finally falling into place technique-wise, with some solid feedback from the two coaches I've worked with the last three years. I am clinging to winter as long as possible, you understand, to practice on the 45km of groomed trails and solidify various skills before the long off-season interrupts routine skiing. Sigh.
I'd be out on the snow six months of the year if I could. As the saying goes, think snow and embrace the winter.
-- Stokes
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