None of that knitted tat round 'ere guv! Oh no!
Mine is a freshly painted and varnished Republican Roman principes with pila (ARR3) who has just jumped off his base and disappeared between two floorboards somewhere between the garage and my painting table; never to be seen again!!!
At least I assume that's what's happened, either that or he's been eaten/swept up/trod on/deserted.
Good thing I always paint a few spares.
What's your festive painting disaster for this year chaps & chappesses?
It's a tithe. For every 100 Pendraken figures you buy, 1 escapes back to Middle Borough.
Quote from: mad lemmey on 24 December 2016, 02:50:27 PM
What's your festive painting disaster for this year chaps & chappesses?
I still have not found the 15mm modern Africa figure that fell off its painting stick while being varnished. I have looked all over the floor in the my Den and I cannot find him. No one else goes in there so he must have gone AWOL
Minor one: a head with a Mounmouth cap undoubtedly gone forever (possible it is now being worshipped by a group of small spiders)
A 3mm artilleryman has vanished without trace. No surprise there then.
My festive painting disaster for this year (and every year) is that my lead mountain watches continental drift and wonders where the continents are going in such a hurry! :D
;D
not a disaster, just a giant ball ache. threading thread through drilled out figure's hands to make a charioteer look like he's holding reins. would they thread through easily? course not. stupid things.
Roy, you may already be doing this but did you try waxing the thread? Gives it enough body to make threading less difficult.
thanks d_guy. I wasn't doing that, nor had thought to try, so will try to remember your suggestion for next time.
problem was that the drilled out hole wasn't exactly large - I'd already smashed out the sculpted hand and had to resculpt with green stuff - so one strand of thread was contacting the other and blocking. anyway, I got there in the end.
And apparently one can also wax lyrical.
I tend to wain lyrical.
Lucky you, I gibbous lyrical!
I prefer to John Wayne rather than Wayne Rooney.
Hey, Wayne!
got to be careful in case Wayne net a Slob
and nobody wants to wax Waynetta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Enfield's_Television_Programme#Wayne_and_Waynetta_Slob (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Enfield's_Television_Programme#Wayne_and_Waynetta_Slob)
Semi seriously you could try to find a needle threader, a little wire device. You can get them from sewing shops and market stalls. Depends on what scale you are talking about?
28mm.
The problem was that I was threading two strands of thread into each hand's hole - both ends of the horse's reins held by one hand, the driver controlling two horses. The second thread going into the hole wasn't able to pass through the hole due to contact friction from the first thread. Got there in the end, thankfully :)
It is amazing how far something so tiny and light as an MG or a pin or worse, a 1/285 turret can bounce. Or, as I am starting to suspect, SOMETHING darts out from under the bed at the sound of possible prey falling... :o
Actually, it is always a good idea to check slippers, clothing, etc. first before embarking on a rescue mission contorting around on the floor with torch, magnifier, magnet et al. Removing the magnifying visor can also prevent injury. ;)
Surprising how often things land inside trouser pockets, I've noticed.