Friday 1 January 2021

Raise a glass to 2021!

 Happy New Year to you all.

I'm gearing up for another years painting, finishing off a few more AB Spanish Grenadiers to complete a full 12 point DBN army. Having painted next to nothing for 3 weeks this last week since Christmas has seen a bit of a return of the mojo, the Grenadiers will complete a total of 50 figures painted and based plus the Spanish baggage base which will be painted tomorrow. First time in probably 30 years we have not had our family New Years dinner, so I'm sipping a large G&T whilst working on the Grenadiers. 

With the lack of natural light this time of year I decided to add a second lamp and what a difference it has made! being an orderly chap it had to be the same model as the first so they sit neatly side by side and both are on the same light setting, a mix of blue and white, which I prefer. 

From Monday I will return to some commission painting for Old John and Gerry ( who purchased the 6mm WSS army painted earlier this year and wants to add more bases). The much improved lighting will make a big difference to the 6mm painting. I have invested in several more Army Painter brushes which I have recently taken a liking to, the finest being the aptly named 'Psycho' perfect for fine detail work. 

Next post will feature a Spanish v French Peninsular DBN battle on the folding card table, 12 points per side, in the meantime I raise a glass to you all and a much better 2021 on the hobby front.

Oh, and the desk will be back in the lounge tomorrow when the tree comes down :)







(Please note: I have removed the Warlord ACW post with apologies to those who commented. The set will not be released until end of February 2021 and I will probably start a separate blog for the project. Meantime I hope to grab a copy of the magazine with the freebie sprue this coming week)


10 comments:

  1. Best Wishes for the New Year Lee. Agree about the light, the afternoon is not long enough or at the wrong time :-) for me to get the brushes out. Also agree that a cooler LED is better than a warmer white for accuracy, your second lamp must be making a huge difference.

    Much to look forward to in 2021. I will be interested to see what you do with your Warlord sprue, there are quite a few YouTube videos up as sort of painting tutorials and the figures seem to catch the brush nicely.

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    1. And best wishes to you too Norm. Yes. the second lamp is making a huge difference, I had noticed that I was struggling to see fine detail and thought it was my eyesight. I'll be 63 in a couple of weeks time, so was not unreasonable to expect some slight deterioration but all seems well again now. These are quite reasonably prices lamps from Amazon at £23.00 each and have 5 light settings.

      Hope to grab a sprue soon as the magazine comes out to see what I can do with it :) I have something in mind using the old 'Magic wash' the floor polish/black ink mix used to give me some excellent results.

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  2. Happy New Year, 'Lee! My eyes are so dim these days that I've got three lamps on the go!

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    1. And to you Matt, lets hope for a better year to come. It's just so dark and gloomy here at the moment, two years ago we were on the beach in Spain enjoying the sun on New Years Day, that's about the only thing I miss!

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  3. all the best to you and family in 2021
    stay safe, cheers mate
    Old John

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    1. And to you and yours John. So far so good and fingers crossed for 2021.
      Lee.

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  4. Cheers, Lee! Here's to a complete New Deal for 2021 - I'm mightily fed up with last year now!

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    1. I echo your sentiments 100% Tony, what a year it's been! Best wishes to you and the family for the coming year.

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  5. Happy New Year to yo as well. Good to see the mojo is back. This Napoleonic collection just keeps getting better.

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  6. Cheers Graham. I'm just loving the AB's at the moment but keen to see what I can do with the plastic ACW's.

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