What's on your workbench?

[FreddBloggs]

I know hobbyists and wargamers can be eclectic, but I might have taken the biscuit today.

So far I have been building a cottage for a Lady spellcaster, a turf bank for a roman camp, painted some ancient indians and french foreign legionnaires, and counting magic cards!

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Lovely work, RMD!

[DougM]

I know hobbyists and wargamers can be eclectic, but I might have taken the biscuit today.

So far I have been building a cottage for a Lady spellcaster, a turf bank for a roman camp, painted some ancient indians and french foreign legionnaires, and counting magic cards!

Can't beat that, just some 12mm ww2, some interwar armoured cars in 1/56, 28mm BEF, 18th century casualties, Indian Mutiny characters, a Russian flamethrower operator, Italian officer, 1/144 Gotha bomber and a single GI.

[Spanner]

Doing up some Minden SYW for skirmish gaming (Green Jackets) and learning about Army Painter QuickShade (and the fact it dries glossy). Lovely figures with lots of detail. I decided to concentrate on the artillery and dismounted hussars first, as an easily-reached goal, rather than doing all the figures together. Still a lot to be done, but they are getting there.

[Essex Boy]

They certainly are lovely figures, and their detail obviously takes well to the Quickshade.

Iain

[Count Belisarius]

Coming along nicely.

Unsurprising, I habe some of those dismounted hussars to paint...at some point...

[FreddBloggs]

Quickshade is polyurethane varnish with pigment tint.

You can make your own using a matt or silk varnish if you want.

The advantage of polyurethane gloss is that it is very very tough.

[Etranger]

You can make your own using a matt or silk varnish if you want.

The advantage of polyurethane gloss is that it is very very tough.

The matt version is my 'go to' spray varnish these days. After all, if it's tough enough to walk on, then it will help protect the paint from a little bit of hndling.

[FreddBloggs]

Army painter do a matt version or a different spray?

[Spanner]

Thanks for the kind words and tips, lads. The detail is very well done on these figures and does take the Quickshade quite well. Fredd and Stranger, two good ideas. I was going to gloss first, to even out the finish (I wish Vallejo blues would dry to a constant finish, but the changeable weather here isn't helping, either), but just matte polyurethane may work. I may try on one of the gunnies first- it will be easy to strip and repaint if things go wrong.

Andy, the hussars were easy to do, as the frogging on the dolman and pelisse is well defined and picks up the paint easily. I enjoyed doing them.