Well the work bench this week is more a production line. Going through a lot of basing of the flat figures and some final touching up required. At the same time the ‘round’ highlanders are waiting to be based and some 10mm AWI have crept onto the bench shouting out to be finished!
In the background is the warehouse I’ve printed to kick off the preparation on the raid of Port Edward!
I’ve also been trying out some brush pens, I can’t recall where I read about these but I think they’re great, the points are very fine and hold their point and the line is broader the more pressure you apply. The pigmentation in the red,orange, light blue etc isn’t strong enough to cover anything but a lighter colour but will be very good on flags etc. I use the black on horses reins etc and the dark blue is very effective for shading, lining in etc. All in all really pleased with these.
Finally a colleague has made, what I think, are some very effective game boards. He’s building a WW1 battlefield and as his base has used 1” upholstery foam.
Easy to cut, easy to paint over using spray which forms a light crust on the foam but doesn’t peel off. To add rigidity he has stuck them to some MDF, I have ordered some an 80”x45” piece but smaller sizes are available. More reports in the future.
6 comments:
Love the flats. I use those pen brushes a lot and find them handy for detail work, but as you say, light colours over white only.
The printed building looks very special. Great variety in the remainder Graham.
Richard
A remember having foam hills years ago at the Aberdeen club. They were quite dense material and not very bouncy if you get my meaning. They were covered with a layer of filler and paint and lasted quite a while. Eventually though that started to crack from use. Though I think the issue was more damage from storage than through use. Something more pliable and giving might do better, latex or caulk perhaps.
Either way those will look great for WW1 , look forward to seeing them.
You are a very busy man as usual Graham. Love the flats. I got some Manga pens this week at Paul R's recommendation, most of which have brush tips and they are very interesting, though so far only used them for my 2D art.
Chris
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The flats look excellent!
We used foam for hills in micro-armour games back in the ‘70s, they worked well and had the advantage of being light 👍
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