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Back in the painting saddle again yesterday evening and this (Sunday) afternoon for some much needed time with the brushes after a very busy 10-day period evaluating collaborative student projects, during which I sspent five or six days in bed with some kind of nasty bug that knocked me out. Yet the work had to get done. Not fun, but on the mend now. Amazing what a shower, shave, and putting on actual clothes instead of pajamas will do for one's outlook, eh?
In any case, I am now about finished with applying the red (Vallejo Flat Red) to the first of four squadrons of the Warasdiner Grenz Hussars. About two to four glazes, for want of a better term, to build up the red atop a maroon undercoat, which got a wash of Army Painter 'Red Wash,' ahead of the red itself/ Must admit that I am pleased with the way they are coming along at this point. Still lots to do, of course, but the figures are starting to look like something.
I keep the brush very wet though not sloppily so, and quickly touch each each drop of paint to the surface of the water in my brush-rinsing glass before gently touching it to the surface of each figure. This seems to facilitate very nice blending when done over the course of four cycles. Repetitive? Oh, yes. But Mom always said I was easily entertained. Still.
Happy too with the way the slung pelisesses (Sp?) look on all of the figures, bar the musician. I went ahead before cleaning my brush today and gave his coat two or three damp brushings of white atop the usual Quaker Gray undercoat and wash of Army Painter 'Strong Tone' wash. Slow progress all things considered, but we're getting there.
Next weekend is our four-day Fall Break weekend, so I plan to sit myself down in the painting chair for at least an hour each day in and around the remaining winterizing of the lawn and flower beds. Which is to say gathering up millions of Oak leaves. Not one of the more fun tasks that go along with home ownership, but needs must.
-- Stokes
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