Two down...

Except for basing, the two smaller dragons are done. Since the larger of the three will be representing a frostheart phoenix, I am planning on going with a color scheme that looks like a cold based critter. I thought it best that even though none of the dragon models in the army will actually represent dragons,  they should at least look related.

WIP

Those aren't dragons. That's a frostheart phoenix and a couple of great eagles. Just a base coat with the airbrush.

  

The Deed is Done

My list for Bayou Battles is submitted. Swedish comp 1.13 says it's a pretty rough list. I don't know. I think I may be calling it suspect because it's my list and I have a pretty poor track record at GTs. I am betting I'll be getting fed to the lions in round one. I hope to beat last year's performance, at least, which shouldn't be too tough since I don't remember winning a game last year. (Just checked. I didn't.)

As it is, I'm really looking forward to the event. I'm just way behind on painting for a number of reasons. I'm committed to this army, but I am not sure I'll get it done on time.

Small Victories

While it isn't so much a painting victory, last weekend I figured out that between the roll of galvanized flashing I found when we moved into the house, a metal shear, and an anvil made from a chunk of railroad rail, I could make my own movement trays. 

I need a little practice to clean up the edges, but they'll do.

Back at the paint table...for now

I got back to the paint table last weekend finally. Progress on the elves is slow. I did manage to magnetize about half of the bases and found more of the metal White Lions on Ebay. Today's painting background noise was The Shadow Riders, with Tom Selleck and Sam Shepherd among others. This was followed by the Spurs violating the Trailblazers. The beverage of choice was Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy. I used to think that the idea of mixing lemonade and beer would be nasty. Oh how wrong I was!

End of Vacation...

Vacation has ended, and there are far fewer elves painted than I'd hoped. I think I've settled on a paint scheme, the archers have been blocked in, and the dragons, except the big one, have been base coated.

I was hoping to at least have the archers done, but honey-do projects consumed much of my time. So little painting was done, but my lovely and patient wife is happier about the state of our house, and that's always good.

Finally, I came to some conclusion. The first is that I need to paint more regularly to build skill with a brush rather than in flurries and mad rushes. The second is that this is not the army for me to learn to paint non-metallic metals. In fact, an army is not the thing at all for me to work on learning that skill at all. once I finish this army, I'll consider learning that skill on either a smaller unit or single models.

When Geekdomes Collide

One of my other hobbies, which consumed much of my life for the last 20+ years has been historic fencing. Through that organization, I also got to continue my interest in archery that began in college and was furthered for a number of years instructing archery in day-camps during the summer.

I FINALLY got to start applying paint to my elves this afternoon. I started with the archers and, to my amusement, I found myself wanting to correct their form and advise them that wearing shirts with big sleeves would risk interfering with their bow strings. Then, of course, I found myself thinking, "But they've been doing this hundreds of years, so maybe they know something about form I don't..."