Finished the Hungarians a while ago now. Back on Late War German gear for a valued client of mine.
I'll try to post some pics up here of progress as I do them but it's tough to get the time to take the pics as well as painting them and doing other jobs, and watching the Lions tour too.
On the Painting tray at the mo is:
4 Famo
2 88mm Pak43s The cool cruciform ones
2 88mm Flaks.
4 Schwimmwagens
2 Quad Armoured Cab Flak
and some light trucks
Some Reaper Orcs, and some Reaper Fantasy stuff for my Nephew (who plays talisman)
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Wet Palettes
Painting Hungarians Tonight!!
I'll need to make one of these after being lazy and not bothering but as the weather gets hotter and even if not, it's really worthwhile.
Wet Palette
A wet palette helps prevent your acrylic paints from drying while they are on the palette. (Very handy for summer-time painting). You can buy these but they are simple and cheap to make.
Take a small fairly flat plate and place 2-3 sheets of kitchen towel and place them flat on the plate. Next soak them in water and hold the plate up so that most if not all of the water drips off, just leaving just the soaked tissue paper on the plate.
Next take a piece of grease-proof paper (baking parchment is the same) and place it over the top of the tissue paper, pat the greaseproof paper down gently and you are done.
Make your self a cup a tea (or beverage of choice and congratulate yourself on the completion of your palette)
To use it simply put your paint onto the grease-proof paper surface, as the paint evaporates water will be drawn through the grease-proof paper keeping the paint wet and the paint stays above the paper for a reason I'm sure any decent Physicisist could tell you, but to me it's just magic.
When I made my first I left my paints out overnight came back in the morning and they were still perfectly useable!
If you want to be flash make the same palette in a lid of a "Tupperware" or equivalent plastic container and your pallet can be sealed to stay wetter for longer.
You need to replace the Kitchen roll and Greaseproof eventually, normally best done before things start growing in it.
I'll need to make one of these after being lazy and not bothering but as the weather gets hotter and even if not, it's really worthwhile.
Wet Palette
A wet palette helps prevent your acrylic paints from drying while they are on the palette. (Very handy for summer-time painting). You can buy these but they are simple and cheap to make.
Take a small fairly flat plate and place 2-3 sheets of kitchen towel and place them flat on the plate. Next soak them in water and hold the plate up so that most if not all of the water drips off, just leaving just the soaked tissue paper on the plate.
Next take a piece of grease-proof paper (baking parchment is the same) and place it over the top of the tissue paper, pat the greaseproof paper down gently and you are done.
Make your self a cup a tea (or beverage of choice and congratulate yourself on the completion of your palette)
To use it simply put your paint onto the grease-proof paper surface, as the paint evaporates water will be drawn through the grease-proof paper keeping the paint wet and the paint stays above the paper for a reason I'm sure any decent Physicisist could tell you, but to me it's just magic.
When I made my first I left my paints out overnight came back in the morning and they were still perfectly useable!
If you want to be flash make the same palette in a lid of a "Tupperware" or equivalent plastic container and your pallet can be sealed to stay wetter for longer.
You need to replace the Kitchen roll and Greaseproof eventually, normally best done before things start growing in it.
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
First Post
Well here we go !
I'll be periodically adding to this and let you know what I am painting and offering any hints and tips as to how I paint as time goes by. (feel free to ask questions).
I started painting about 25 years ago but had a long time off for good (or maybe bad) behavior I got back into painting a load of Warhammer 40K stuff for my Boys (I have 4),Then one thing led to another and now I paint professionally and have my own online modelling supplies shop www.filsmodels.com.
I might throw in the odd line about Rugby and Manchester United Just to stir things up a little
Currently on the Painting table are:
WW2 Hungarian Army for one of my regular clients
12SS Vehicles for another regular
Some Reaper Fantasy Miniatures (Now I'm Playing DnD again with some long standing friends)
I'll be periodically adding to this and let you know what I am painting and offering any hints and tips as to how I paint as time goes by. (feel free to ask questions).
I started painting about 25 years ago but had a long time off for good (or maybe bad) behavior I got back into painting a load of Warhammer 40K stuff for my Boys (I have 4),Then one thing led to another and now I paint professionally and have my own online modelling supplies shop www.filsmodels.com.
I might throw in the odd line about Rugby and Manchester United Just to stir things up a little
Currently on the Painting table are:
WW2 Hungarian Army for one of my regular clients
12SS Vehicles for another regular
Some Reaper Fantasy Miniatures (Now I'm Playing DnD again with some long standing friends)
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