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Wednesday 15 April 2020

Wednesday Workbench 15 April

First of all, some of you will have noticed that I have switched the blog to requiring moderation for all comments. I did this because I had been heavily targeted by comment spammers. They seem to have stopped for now, but that could be because it is almost a week since my last post - I'll see if they suddenly become active again with this post being published.

Since last Thursday I have carried on with the WotR project and finished painting all the longbowmen yesterday. I varnished them this morning and this afternoon have started the basing:



In case you are wondering what the brown gunk is, it is this:


Yes, brown acrylic frame sealant from Poundland. I simply spread a dollop out on the top of the base to about 1.5-2mm depth and press the figures down into it, then use a crappy brush to smooth out the acrylic around the figure bases.

Tomorrow I'll be adding sand to the bases, then on Friday I'll do the flocking. That's not bad going - 72 x 28mm figures in just over a week.

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10 comments:

  1. Carl 15 April 2020 at 16:26

    Excellent work Tamsin

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  2. Neil Scott15 April 2020 at 17:57

    Excellent progress Tamsin

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  3. Herkybird15 April 2020 at 18:31

    Look great! I like the idea of the poundland gunk, I must give it a try!

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  4. Michael Awdry15 April 2020 at 18:38

    Looking good Tamsin.

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  5. Ray Rousell15 April 2020 at 20:49

    Nice work Tamsin. If you drop a base, does it bounce back up?

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  6. Moiterei_198415 April 2020 at 20:57

    They're already looking good even with their feet in some brown... stuff.
    Would never have thought about using acrylic sealant for basing.

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  7. Norm15 April 2020 at 21:37

    The square basing works really well.

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  8. Stuart S15 April 2020 at 21:39

    Great work Tamsin that's some turnaround.
    Cheers
    Stu

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  9. TamsinP16 April 2020 at 09:35

    @ Carl - thanks! :)

    @ Neil - cheers! :)

    @ Herkybird - thanks! It's definitely worth trying. :)

    @ Michael A - cheers! :)

    @ Ray - thanks! Of course they don't bounce back up - it's not rubber you stupid boy! :)

    @ Nick - cheers! I've been using acrylic modelling paste for years and realised that this was basically the same stuff, just a whole lot cheaper. :)

    @ Norm - thanks. For ADLG, 60x60mm bases are the standard for medium infantry and it does allow for nicer positioning than two 60x30mm bases with the same figures. :)

    @ Stuart - cheers! Fast turnaround on these as I'm not doing much highlighting. :)

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  10. Scotsgrey19 April 2020 at 20:01

    Need to try that Poundland trick!

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