This is the first of what will (hopefully!) be a regular series of monthly round-ups of what I’ve painted over any given month. Idea inspired by Davekay’s “painting tray” and the need to do round-up for Decembuary, and the fact that I’ve not been great with my written list this year.
January is usually a productive month for me when it comes to painting. Summer means ease of spraying, time off work, and long hours of natural light. While there are a whole lot of figures here, it’s also important to remember that these are figures finished – not started AND finished (though some of them are that as well). You know how that goes. Some of these were started more than a decade ago. Still, 58 figures (by my rushed count as I type this before work) Not too shabby. Though I think I’m missing a plaguebearer there…
That’s just amazing, any way you spin it. A nice assortment too. Like those gangsters.
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Cheers mate, I’m very happy with the outcome regardless of any of my caveats. 🙂
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Great haul mate – most impressive!
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Thanks Alex! I doubt I’ll hit these numbers again for the year. Unless I mass-dip something else. Zombicide zombies, perhaps..?
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Amazing work for a January, and officially 55 more than I managed 🙂 kudos mate.
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Cheers Luke – but then you seemingly get to play scores more tabletop games than I do, so there’s always that!
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That’s a pretty impressive total and some nice minis finished! For all of the exact opposite reasons, getting anything painted, let alone varnished and photographed in daylight here in the UK in January is tricky. That’s why I’m only 50 (!) figures behind you for the month! That said, we had a sunny day over the weekend with no wind or rain, so that helped – not sure when the next day like that will come along!
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Swings and (weather) roundabouts, I guess. When winter hits here I’m often waiting a week or more for the weather to be warm and dry enough (when I’m not at work) so I can spray prime or basecoat (to start models) or spray varnish to finish them. I barely get to do mid-paint spray clear acrylic (to protect the stages) at all – so I know how you feel about the amazing value of a nice sunny winter day.
Gotta take advantage of summer as much as I can!
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January and Summer… We’re at +3°C here and I wish I were born as a bear… ^^;
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Well, we do get a bit of that here when you’re having your summer…
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Yes, that is a lot of quality work you got finished.
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Thank you, Ann. 🙂
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Very impressive mate. Why I like most is that the quality is still there. I think I could paint as many as you have but they’d look like a blink Tortoise had painted them.
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Thanks, IRO. The secret (for me) is often to focus on finishing stuff up rather than “start-to-finish”. It’s SO easy to start on new models, but then harder to complete them. Then again, having a lot started means when you get back to them, a lot of the work is already done. That’s the 9 Mentors, 3 Barbarians and 3 Vikings out of that lot, plus 10 Lions started at the end of January.
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Quantity + quality: great work.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thank you, Pete. I probably wouldn’t call the 24 Fortune & Glory Boardgame minis “quality”, but they’re good enough to pass muster on the boardgame table at least…
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Bloody Hell! 58! I managed 70 last year – total.
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As long as you get 71 done this year, it’s all good. 😉 We’re best off only “competing” against ourselves for stuff like this, IMO.
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Wow! Very impressive, and so well done. You inspire me to get back to work on my collection.
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Thanks Rachel – and quite a compliment there.
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Uncanny! Great job.
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Cheers. 🙂
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Wow, fantastic round up, it’s great to see all your models for the month together like that!
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Thanks Dave. It’s certainly good for my painting morale!
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Nice, very nice.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Yep that is a very well painted and impressive haul. You put us to shame!
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Thank you. I doubt I’ll come near touching it through the rest of the year, though!
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Impressive!
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Cheers!
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