Ah, February. A month where I didn’t get much painted due to a whole bunch of factors. Work being immensely stressful, several heatwaves that always seemed to be scheduled around the weekends as the AC has been D.O.A. and a little misunderstanding between Leonard and myself that left my hand pretty messed up for a few weeks… So I wasn’t posting, painting or following others real well for a little while there…
So in the end, I wrapped up February with 5 pieces of pretty simply-done terrain, and only 6 models painted. A pitiful 11 pieces completed, all up.
They do all count towards Dave Stone’s current Paint what You Got challenge, along with the models I completed at the end of Dec through to January.. I even took a special photograph of the December batch at the time…
So my 2023 as of the end of February is 38 models from January and a mere 11 from February. March already has more models done – and I’ll be onto posting those in a couple of days, as I’ve already started to finish models for Monster March over at Swordmaster’s blog – Path of an Outcast.
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Still got more painted than I did mate. Is Leonard a panther?
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Thanks mate – and I think HE thinks that’s what he is. When he’s not being a dog or a human.
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Ouch!
I mean, you are taking the sacrifices to dark painting gods too far. You don’t need to do that!!
No, seriously, you’ve done more than a meritorious job, even without the… ahem… setbacks!
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Leonard decided that I needed to up my Blood For The Blood God game for the next Iron Man model…
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Wow, those are some serious wounds, mate. I hope you’re feeling better! You may not have gotten done as much as you hoped but what you did finish was quality. …Or at least that’s what I tell myself most months 😉
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I had to have a tetanus shot and get some antibiotics, as it was very quickly infected and blew up like a balloon. March has so far been more fruitful at least…
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Don’t fret, because everything is relative: if Leonhard had been a panther, the total would have been zero (not just for February, we fear); and eleven pieces painted in one month would be a positive record if your name was Rodor…
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Still knocks spots off my efforts so far this year mate 😂
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Haha your stuff has been pretty bloody amazing to be fair!
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Oh no, cat attack! I do like how those containers and water tower came out though. I find with the heat February was always a poor month for painting output for me too.
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Thanks Dave! Yeah, it was a sucky month for productivity overall. Thankfully we’ve cooled down a bit now.
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Great work on the miniatures you did manage to get done and as for the hand… in the words of the Warlord books…ouch, arggghhh or aieeeeee.
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Thanks mate! 😀
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With the size of the scenery pieces I would say you still managed a lot in a difficult month mate, and is Leonard a reincarnation of Freddy Kruegar !
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Those were the easiest kind of large pieces to get done possible, I think! We used to have a saying – “Don’t mess with Leonard!”
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Oh the joys of cat ownership! been there mate, I still have a faint scar on my wrist from one of our earlier felines. 😉 However the models you produced in Feb are as stunning as always, I bet you’ve forgiven Leonard too.
Cheers Roger.
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Oh yeah, I had to put work into apologising to him the next morning, since he was still a little shaken/dubious. I’ve got a nice (not so) little collection of scars all over my right hand and wrist now…
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Bad Leonard!! Been there though.
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It was my fault, really. I accidently scared *him* while trying to scare off another cat that he was having a growl-off with.
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Oh yea, that makes sense. Getting in the middle of a cat fight is never freakin pretty!
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Yeah, unfortunately I scared the crap out of him and he then went into full “fight for your life” mode on my hand after leaping up and clawing my cheek… 😮
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Saying that cats can inflict some nasty wounds is a bit of an understatement, and I can speak from experience as well! A tetanus jab and antibiotics are a must have! Hope you and Leonard both recover from the experience (cats are good at holding grudges)! As always, a nice haul of finished minis for the month! 🙂
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He’s more than fine now and long back to being smoochy. He was over it by the next day, while I took about 3 weeks to fully heal!
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Damn man, that’s some serious wounds. Did he sink his teeth in as well, or just scratches? The worst was when I tried to give my brothers adopted stray cat a bath. I’ve been successful with that in the past, but he didn’t want to have a go with it. Shredded both arms, but I managed, haha! Great looking minis and it’s amazing that you still powered through!
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Teeth, foreclaws and hind claws all. I lost a few little chunks where there were just holes left rather than woulds that “closed” up. You’ve just reminded me I’ve forgotten to apply the scar-fade cream for the last couple of days, actually…
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Hope you heal up fast after your tiger battle! 😃
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Yeah. It’s all just scars now. 😄
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