Sean's Painting Diary 2022

[Sean Clark]

Aaaarrrggghhh! I've hit painters block!

Got lots prepped ready to paint. I'm planning a couple of new projects. But I can't find the enthusiasm to pick my brushes up!

This is something that comes and goes from time to time and I always come out of it soon enough. I tend to explore other areas of the hobby, whether that be making terrain, ready some rules or even just having a clear up of my work area.

But it's so damned frustrating!

[fsn]

My sympathies, Sir.

Not to rub it in, but I'm having a few days off and am flying! I'm having a few days off and have managed to complete 1 infantry battalion, 2 Cuirassier regiments and 2 12pdr batteries for my 1813 Austrians. Got a battalion of Hungarian grenadiers on my table at the moment and then a regiment of light dragoons to
"finish" the project. In other words, since Good Friday, I've painted more than I did in all of February.

In my low periods I usually plan new forces, and browse the Pendraken catalogue for ranges I haven't dabbled in yet. Thus low painting periods tend to be expensive. 

As a matter of interest what are your projects?

Although I basically done nothing but Napoleonics since January 2021, I find a change usually peps me up. I, for example, really need to paint something with an engine!   

I hope your dry-brush spell ends soon. 

[mmcv]

It happens. As fsn said a change sometimes helps. I've taken to keeping a lucky dip box of individual units presorted into little bags so if I'm feeling unmotivated with the current project or in a bit of a lull I can grab something from that for a change of pace. Did that recently and ended up doing a few bases of ancient Greeks, then again with an ECW unit bag, then got on a roll and was able to paint up a good few units from that project.

Prior to being well organised enough to have them prepared I would have just written out a bunch of projects on a piece of paper with numbers beside them (particularly ones I'd not touched in a while or been avoiding) then rolled a dice and painted something from whatever came up, even if it was just a couple of figures or a small unit, just set myself the challenge of doing that then either continuing on with that project or rolling again for something different.

Then yes if all else fails, reading, research, planning are all good too!

[fsn]

OK .. maybe I am going to rub it in ... but I offer this as inspiration. Not as good as your work (which is why everything I do is shown at table distance), but I'm quite taken with the 8 horse limbers for the 12pdrs.
 


2 12pdr batteries, 2 regiments of Cuirassiers and a bttn of German Infantry (on my "drying tray".)


The two bases in the front are my tests for Danish infantry.

[paulr]

FSN     

Sean - I try and paint something every day, even if it is just one piece of clothing/equipment. Often I end up doing a little bit more, then a little bit more...

I hope you dry spell ends soon

[fsn]

@paulr - Thank you. I've got that "end of project" impetus. One more (admittedly big) cavalty regiment and I can tick off the Austrians.

@Sean - I agree with Paulr about doing a little bit. Those Danish I painted were a test paint because a) I wanted to see how the Danes would look and b) I was so bored with white Austrian uniforms 

[Sean Clark]

Thanks all. Seeing those pictures is inspiring - especially the limber which I always seem to avoid doing!

As to projects, I have two active on the go. SCW and AWI. Awaiting their turn are:
1. 10mm Vietnam
2. 10mm early WW2, Polish campaign, then Barabarossa.

3. Very early stages of planning is FPW using Bloody Big Battles. I'm working out an order for phase one currently. Might even use the Neil Thomas rules to get playing a bit sooner.

4. I have a long delayed 6mm FWW using Great War Spearhead.

5. Mexican Revolution in 15mm using Peter Pig figures and rules.

So plenty to go at! Trying not to force the issue and relying on the fact my mojo will return sooner rather than later.

[fsn]

Regrettably neither the Rebellion in the Colonies, nor the unfortunate Iberian conflict hold much of an attraction for me. However I am fighting NOT to get involved in the Viet Nam war. I'd go for Australians, mainly for my favourite tank - the Centurion. 


What holds me back is the terrain. Very difficult to do is jungle, though I had my eye on the Samurai range for proxy buildings.

For the Polish campaign are you going to do German vehicles in gey and brown with the solid white (or yellow?) crosses?

I was very tempted, but I had decided upon 1940 France, so chickened out and went all over grey.   

[hammurabi70]

For the Polish campaign are you going to do German vehicles in gey and brown with the solid white (or yellow?) crosses?

I was very tempted, but I had decided upon 1940 France, so chickened out and went all over grey. 

I did not think the tanks in the Polish campaign were done in stripes but were upper brown and lower grey.  A bits much to do white crosses for one campaign unless you are going to do it for many years!  My take on it: https://captainnemogamingworldwartwo.blogspot.com/2021/11/poland.html

[Sean Clark]

Niot my most rivetting of posts, but evidence I have listened to the wise words and spent 10 minutes tonight just adding the red to these British for the AWI project. I think I may treat myself to some new brushes. Have my problem is I have cheap old brushes that just don't hold a point anymore.

[Sean Clark]

Regrettably neither the Rebellion in the Colonies, nor the unfortunate Iberian conflict hold much of an attraction for me. However I am fighting NOT to get involved in the Viet Nam war. I'd go for Australians, mainly for my favourite tank - the Centurion. 


What holds me back is the terrain. Very difficult to do is jungle, though I had my eye on the Samurai range for proxy buildings.

For the Polish campaign are you going to do German vehicles in gey and brown with the solid white (or yellow?) crosses?

I was very tempted, but I had decided upon 1940 France, so chickened out and went all over grey. 

It's a good job we all have different tastes, or else it would be a boring hobby!

For Vietnam, I'm very tempted with Aussies after seeing Danger Close which for me is the best war film for many years.

As to the tanks, I'll likely go with boring panzer grey as I'm intending on using the same figures for a Barborossa campaign - though maybe a few tanks in the scheme in the picture would be nice.

[mmcv]

And looking most spiffy they are indeed

[paulr]

Niot my most rivetting of posts, but evidence I have listened to the wise words and spent 10 minutes tonight just adding the red to these British for the AWI project. I think I may treat myself to some new brushes. Have my problem is I have cheap old brushes that just don't hold a point anymore.

Good to see some progress Sean

Definitely retire those old brushes to painting large areas on vehicles or maybe even dry brushing

Last thing you want is to be struggling with a brush that won't hold a point

[Matt J]

Did someone say Aussie centurions .

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Those Koalas look very good.