Paint Stopped Painting

So I had another opportunity to buy some paint. It's not like I eed any more. Even at the pace I had been going at, I couldn't imagine needing, and I mean needing not wanting, in about ten years.

I am a bit of a paint whore. I don't care which range I use and I don't care who knows it. On the cheap. I've put some away already so I don't know the exact number. But it will be little over a 100 pots. So about £350 to £400 at full retail. Which cost me £4. Some have been used a little but are pretty close to full. So give or take ten pence each. 

So I have been sorting them out as they arrived at mine in a bag. I now need some way to store them. So this probably means even more paint racks. In theory I would like to put them all in dropper bottles. Which would cost way more than the paint. That would be in the region of £40. So maybe, maybe not.

There were a few MIG paints in there along with over dozen Vallejo paints. The majority of the paint is from the Foundry Paint system. This basically a triad system. There are a few incomplete triads, which if I like the range, I might fill out. I like the idea for layering colour and I considered buying into it at the time. There is a deal on the complete range, which costs as much as my first two cars. So I didn't bother. 

Still will give them a trial. Seems like the right thing to do.

Beware Of Geeks Bearing Bargains

To further ass to the queue I have purchased the BattleTech Clan Invasion box set. From a good friend, at a bargain price. I did this last night. So the set is now based alongside the last one of my unpainted mechs. Just the ugly ones.

The Clan Invasion was something I was never going to buy into. Oh well.

End Of The Week - Start Of The Summer

Well some progress has been made. My heart isn't in stuff at the moment. So I guess any movement is better than no movement. It's more a case of being busy this week but there are plenty of distractions.

So the Goblins for Blood Bowl. Like most GDub stuff there is a lot of detail. Fortunately not as much as the Skaven. I've almost finished a base layer for Varag. Some I can't complain. Except I do. Frequently.

Speaking of Skaven, I have put some paint to plastic. Not much, just a couple of colours. But it is a start. There has been a little bit of progress on the snow troopers and Sludge hussars too.

Re-Start

I have been busy. Busier than usual. School holidays are almost here and I am excited about that (more excited than when I was a kid even). So the immediate future is a little unpredictable. In a very good way.

So having some time, and finding a chance in-between storms, I got some preemptive priming done. Kits have been put together. Texture has been applied to bases. Even some green stuff has been added. So real progress.

Despite having had enough of Skaven, there are more in the pipe. I was going to paint another five. I was missing a couple of gutter runners and you never have enough linerats. I had some leftover minis. Due to the figure mix in the boxes sets, if you buy one set you don't have enough and if you buy two you have too many.  So I have a couple of extra blitzers and throwers that probably don't have much resale value. I now have a blister and thrower with a mutated extra arm.

Then there are some referees. I'm not sure about these. I don't really do elves. Nasty. I have a dwarf team but need a lot more minis. I have an old death roller which might see some action.

Bilerot Vomitflesh is on the way. Just a question if colourscheme. It's going to be Nurgle. I like Nurgle. He is primed and ready to go.

Given that I have goblins on the go I might as well throw in Varag. He is a bit of a beast. I hadn't realised that he was that big. I have the Black Orcs to paint and it seems likely that I will paint them all in the same scheme. I have Lord Borak on the way and I have Glart Smashrp somewhere. So I. Fitting with the overall chaos vibe. Will Khorne appear on the bench some time soon?🤔

Then there are six more cavalry for Sludge. I think I had them planned as hussars/light cavalry. Not going a colour scheme yet but given that they are hussars, you can bet that they will be jaunty.

There are a few other bits and pieces. Just have to figure out where they fit in to the schedule.

Start Of The End Of Something

My heart hasn't been in the game over the last month and my head? well who knows where that is. Summer holidays are looming and I am not sure how that's going to work.

Things are progressing. I have more Blood Bowl Skaven to paint. If you had asked me last week if I fancied painting some more Skaven I probably would have gone looking for a chainsaw. I'm thinking I might as well get them done now so at least the colours will match. There are a few goblins still in the queue.

Then there is Bilerot Vomitflesh, for my second favourite team when I am feeling the urge to bash. So plenty more Blood Bowl. These all need priming and currently it is raining here for the first time in ages. Fate mocks me.

                                                            

I've also got some Imperial Snow Troopers for Star Wars Legion. Which will bring me up to four units. Another unit that has been sat around for two years. I just found them and it seemed like a good idea at the time.

 

End Of The Week (For The First Time In A While) (15)28)

It's been a busy few weeks. I haven't had much time to do much of anything. Life and stuff. Forgive father, it has been two weeks since my last post. It has been three weeks since I last finished painting a miniature. Or something like that. I'm still on track, but there has been a blip.

The wall I think involves the Skaven. Compared to most of the stuff I paint, there is three times as much work involved (but I am only counting it as two). What started off thinking I was almost done, I had to reconsider that point of view. Still I have "finished" a Blood Bowl team which was a goal for the year. Well I say finished.

A couple more space dwarves are done to. The Titansgrave project they were purchased for now seems long dad. But I still like the idea.

I'm pretty close with the rest of the stuff in the queue too.