Good day and good week guys!
In my last post, I was telling you about the preparation of my newly arrived kits and figures for my WW2 armies. On the photos below, you will see that I painted the figures (after the basic priming which was done with sprays - in colours as close as possible to the uniforms colours I wanted to paint) with the first colour, which is usually the flesh.
As you will see, not much is done, but, late last night I managed to paint the basic uniform colours for all figures (which was rather time consuming - and boring, in terms of painting almost 60 figures with only two colours, VMC 70.879 Green Brown, and VMC 70.873 US Field drab). Unfortunately I don't have any photos related - I will make it up to you in my next post! :)
What was really interesting from last weekend though (and the main reason I didn't paint much), was an invitation that I got from a friend, asking me to participate in a ''Wings of War'' board game, even though I didn't have any previous experience (imagine how well I deceive people, that they think I can actually play a game).
The game by itself was simply fantastic, each player would choose a 1/144 (scale) WW1 plane (don't ask me which was my choice, I don't have a clue, I chose the ones with the funniest colours), and the basic strategic plan was to give your opponent a ''hard landing''....The game is played with cards and without dices and the rules are really straightforward. What more could a mere clueless wargamer (such as my self) ask for??? :-)
For these reasons, and of course my beginner's luck, I managed to win the first game, and lose the second (but not without bleeding the nose of my opponent)! All in all I was very pleased with the result.
It was a nice experience to find people who share the same madness with me (it's like in the movies, where there's a moment in which the actor, with the help of some musical accompaniment, feels like he's in heaven, and everything falls into place...).
If you guys care to join this club (I am referring to my fellow Athenian Greeks - or anyone else, discrimination is out of our vocabularies, that are searching for meeting new people with the same interests) this is the link: http://wgc.wargamer.gr/ . You could either email me if you need any further information. It will be my honour to get to know you in person (as long as you don't ask for money, you won't find any I'm afraid...). :-)
Have a great week guys (and keep on smiling)!
Hi T
ReplyDeletePutting the flesh on is always the step that (to me) makes the figure go from a lump of green plastic to a miniature person.
Glad you've found yourself a club too.
Even though the figures come in many copies per fig, the painting gives to each and every one of them, a uniqueness. Part of it is the flesh colour! :)
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Like MK above,once the flesh is done I feel more inspired to keep going.
ReplyDeleteIt's like they are watching you, waiting to be painted....it sounds weird I know, but I get this feeling every time I step in my workshop. :)
DeleteGood post Thanos. Glad you got some game time!
ReplyDeleteIt gives you a totally different perception of our hobby! I liked it very much!
DeleteT.
The flesh is the killer especially on naked celts, Wings of War I've heard a lot of good things about it....
ReplyDeleteIf I (a whimp in terms of wargaming) managed to play, you can imagine how easy the rules are (which means lots of fun and more game time)!
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Its not a hobby mate, its a lifestyle!
DeleteNice start. And congratulations for your glorious victory as a rookie pilot!
ReplyDeleteA romantic approach to what I would call as ''inglorious jetlag''!
DeleteThanks mate!
T.
I have to agree flesh can be a pain in the a*** that is why now I use a basic flesh coloured paint that is cheap to do the first coat over my flesh covered areas and then I appy my slightly better quality slightly different coloured acrylic over the top... gives the flesh a sence of shade and tan
ReplyDeleteI usually use washes for the ''folds'' of the figs (including faces). I find it less time consuming. I visited you blog, you are doing some fine work my friend! :)
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