African Flesh and more for Ebay

I have been busy working out how best to paint some African flesh for a commission I am doing, I am very happy with how it turned out. I used a dark brown base the used shadows flesh as the mid tone and added a bit of red/brown to it for highlights.

As I was working on this flesh I completed the flesh on a couple of more projects, the first of my Dux B Saxons and two more of Curt's Pulp fiction plus another Warlord Games special model heading to Ebay when complete.

Taking about Ebay, I have another figure heading that way this week, a nice AWI Officer.

AWI and Forest Indians

I completed the AWI cav yesterday I managed to get them photographed today, just simple table top paint jobs.

Then today I started on a unit of forest Indians, these 6 along with a movement try from Warbases will be painted and sold in Viking Studios. I have made a break through in my painting, its one of those points that changes your style for the better. I have refined my painting and show less on the undercoat, most noticeable is the flesh where my base color is a deep flesh color. I am going to hit these guys with AP dark tone to add a bit more shading.

AWI and BB Progress

I had a few hours on the painting table today and pushed further with the AWI cav and the BB Orcs. I have the AWI up to the point at which I be hitting them with AP Dip. The BB Orc's are about half way through, I am enjoying these BB figure as they are that little bit different from everything else I have on the go.

I am braking in a new camera ATM and still working on the best settings for figure pictures.

Back to the Grindstone

Well after a great weekend in London and a return to Hockey training yesterday, today was my first full session on the painting table. I had a great time at Salute and the highlight was meeting my fellow bloggers, I am sorry if I failed to say hi to you but I am a pretty shy lad and so many new faces was quite overwhelming. I slipped off after a while but again great to see you all. Hard to believe but I only took one picture in Salute and that was a face shot of me and my old man to share on Facebook so the family could keep track of us.

On Sunday we went into London again to catch a bit of the Marathon was very happy to capture a great picture of Team GB super star the Weirwolf.

Back to the painting I have a quick shot of my painting table.

I spent a couple of hours on the Dwarf Crossbow men blocking in colours and doing the flesh, I have also started the flesh on the BB Orcs and completed the horses and flesh of the riders.

Lastly while in the loft the other week I spotted a box of Zulu war figures which I brought back down I plan to paint these up and sell them off, to which end I based the up ready for priming.

Back to the Brushes

So after my holiday I did a few days of prep I have started on my NWF figures and prepped all the Dwarf figures I have ready for my Oldhammer army.

After a few days sticking it was time to wet my brushes, I have started on the next lot of BB figures and am still working through the last of the F&IW and AWI figures.

I am busy getting ready for my trip down to London this weekend for Salute, I look forward to meeting fellow bloggers at the red dot.
Peace James

FIW & AWI Commission

Both these are boxed up and either in the post or going in the post tomorrow great fun to paint and both for great customers.

FIW & AWI progress

have finished the AWI Grenadiers and started on the light gun, also you can see the rest of my rangers on the movement trays we have bought to put the Indian units in. Off for a two week summer hols so no painting for a few weeks (not that this blog has shown much of my painting in the last month).