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[Roy]

Bum.

Reason why I hate painting specific uniform colours and trying to match.

I've just finished painting a figure and found out its collar and epaulettes are meant to be very dark green and not the black I've painting them as.

Hands and fingers are aching, and the brushes have just been soaped, so I'll have to do it tomorrow.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh heck!
Will anyone notice?

[Leman]

If very dark green, why not a green wash over the black.

[Roy]

Luckily it was a very easy job of painting some GW Caliban Green over the black painted areas.
In this case the paint job is part of a display item, so I'm having to go to town on painting detail and trying to get colours correct.
Three more crew figures (for a horse-drawn wagon) to go, and then its varnishing, gluing, basing, thread for reins, photographing and then delivering.
All of it making, one, four figure crewed, two horse pulled, 4 wheeled MDF wooden wagon - painted, which is a ball aching process! All based, varnished and completed with thread reins and traces.
Probably never to be played with! 

[Roy]

Balls. Big bouncing footballs!

Just found out I've only gone and painted the hats to match the trousers, when in fact the colour should match the tunic.



Stupid historical uniform colours!

You don't have this trouble when painting GW stuff 

[Tawa]

Balls. Big bouncing footballs!

Just found out I've only gone and painted the hats to match the trousers, when in fact the colour should match the tunic.



Stupid historical uniform colours!

You don't have this trouble when painting GW stuff 

Well there's clever 

[Dr Dave]

Has anyone else noticed, when referring to WW2, the media etc invariably substitute "Nazi" for "German"?

The Nazis invaded Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, bombed London etc... thankfully the Tory-coalitionists were there with the democrats to drive them back. It's the only war where they do this. The BBC is the worst, but even in the film Dunkirk it starts with "The enemy has surrounded...."

What are these people up to?

[FierceKitty]

Like Casablanca where the Germans always march in. Never drive, go, travel, or enter.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Like Casablanca where the Germans always march in. Never drive, go, travel, or enter.

Sorry, not old enough to remember that.

[Leman]

That boy hasn't lived. In all the fora, in all the world, he has to go and pick this one.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Round up the usual suspects...

[FierceKitty]

This seems relevant.

[Leman]

Presumably all lost on Ian.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I'm permanently lost.

[Leman]

Probably not a bad way to be in the current climate.

[steve_holmes_11]

It's hard work but we manage...I'd like to thank the English for inventing all these sports that we can dominate them with. It won't be long until we add Football to the list.

You'll be pleasaed to see Minibits new range of small, easily concealed sanding pads 

[paulr]

Well played, that man

[Techno]

I sincerely trust that the folk that took on the knife wielding barsteward on London Bridge yesterday, get put forward for some sort of gallantry award. (George Medal ?)

Hats off to them !!

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Agreed Phil !

[steve_holmes_11]

I sincerely trust that the folk that took on the knife wielding barsteward on London Bridge yesterday, get put forward for some sort of gallantry award. (George Medal ?)

Hats off to them !!

Cheers - Phil

How many plusses would the forum award for a narwhal horn?