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Wednesday, 6 March 2013

75k!; Painting Swiss Pikemen Day 3

Well, this li'l ole blog o' mine has just passed 75,000 hits. I'm flabbergasted that so many people have liked it enough to reach that milestone. i wonder how long it will take to reach 100k page views?


Swiss Pikemen 

I got a fair bit done yesterday despite heading into town for a few hours. I decided that it would be easier on me to break the mob up into smaller batches now that the initial bulk-painting steps were done. The logical split was by rank, so that's what I did.

Starting with the front rank, I got most of the way towards finishing them by the time I put the brushes down last night. They only needed a couple of hours this afternoon to complete the painting. I'll be giving them a Klear/ink coat later on.



I've made a good start on the second rank figures, with cantonal colours done on all 64 figures. I might even be able to finish painting them tonight.



Once these two ranks are both finished, I'll get them based. After that it is on to the rear two ranks. At this rate, I will definitely have them finished before the Challenge ends.
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16 comments:

  1. Phil C6 March 2013 at 19:11

    great!

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  2. The Happy Whisk6 March 2013 at 19:16

    Woohoo. Congrats on reaching a very cool milestone.

    Happy Blogging.

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  3. Michael Awdry6 March 2013 at 19:20

    Congratulations Tamsin, a fabulous result!

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  4. Unknown6 March 2013 at 19:25

    Bloody hell. Flabbergasted indeed.
    Congratulations on the milestone, and keep it up!

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  5. Smillie6 March 2013 at 19:49

    amazing great work finishing these so quickly! would have taken me weeks if not longer.

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  6. roma9126 March 2013 at 19:50

    Congrats on the 75K hits! Good work on the pikemen too. Looking forward to seeing the finished pike blocks.

    Cheers, Ross

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  7. Neil Scott6 March 2013 at 20:11

    Excellent progress and congrats on the 75K hits

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  8. InChigh746 March 2013 at 20:29

    Figs are looking very nice, and well done on 75K!

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  9. Sean6 March 2013 at 21:20

    Congratulations on the 75K! The pikemen are coming along and I'm dangerously inspired to pick up a brush.

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  10. PanzerKaput6 March 2013 at 21:21

    Congratulations of passing 75K and those Swiss look the dogs dagglies

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  11. James Brewerton6 March 2013 at 23:54

    great painting, this will be a highly impressive looking unit.
    Peace James

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  12. Ray Rousell7 March 2013 at 00:31

    Nice one Tamsin, keep pluggin' away! Well done on th 75k too!

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  13. Rodger7 March 2013 at 09:08

    Congrat's on reaching the 75K mark!

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  14. TamsinP8 March 2013 at 00:32

    Thanks folks! I'm pleased how quickly they're painting up. Mind you, the last two ranks are mainly unarmoured so they might take a bit longer to finish off - lots of areas still to paint.

    @ Sean - pick up those brushes and get painting!

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  15. the.urban.bunny8 March 2013 at 21:06

    looking good tamsin. happy to give you a game when they are painted

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    1. TamsinP9 March 2013 at 00:52

      Cheers Simon. I'm definitely up for a game against you once they're finished.

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