Posting comments on Blogs!!!!

A bit of a rant.

I've been having problems posting comments on a number of Blogs over the last couple of months. The accessing of the Blog isn't the problem, the issue occurs when I try to post a comment. I usually compose a fantastic and flowing response, full of prose and witty remarks, only to have a report stating that the page you are looking for is broken or doesn't exist! The initial post being lost and all enthusiasm for re-writing it is lost.

It is becoming a regular occurrence and is very frustrating. I am now wondering if any of my followers have the same problems? And is there a way of overcoming it?

I enjoy writing for my own Blog and regularly check up on a whole load of favourite Blogs. I also want to contribute, but this inability to post comments is now really getting to me, so much so, that I've posted on this subject on TMP and now on my own Blog.

I would hope that this could be sorted soon.

Tony

HELLBOY - On-line painting article part six

With the coat finished and in my now usual haphazard way I decided to paint the groundwork next! Not so silly as once the grey colour was painted I was able to detail the black feet or boots and then use GW black wash to define the sculpted details and help to add shadows around the feet, something that I try to do on all my models.

In this second photo you can see that I have done some detail painting, the left hand glove, the patch on the right shoulder etc.

I wanted the groundwork on this model to be different to my normal base colours of brown or dark brown. I think the ash waste colour and finish is a good contrast to the red of Hellboy.

I should have all the painting finished soon - it is just detail painting and tidying up, then on to varnishing and flocking.

I have even started to base Abe in the same way - using Lego building bricks, but a full report will have to wait.

Tony

It is strange that with the groundwork painted (even though the base sides still have to be tidied up) , the complete figure and base does not look as 'finished' as earlier posts!

Dr Who

There can only be one story or post today and as I don't want to spoil it for anyone who may have missed todays episode of Dr Who - The Waters of Mars, I'll have to keep quiet!

I'm not sure it was the scariest ever Dr Who, but it was close.

David Tennant - I'll miss you as the Doctor, but we still have the Christmas special.

Tony

Green Line grass clump - review

I have recently purchased a pack of grass clumps from Green Line, see photo (if you 'click' on the third photo you can see the individual clumps). The pack contains 120 small clumps of medium/long static grass, which are then glued to miniature bases to give a little variation to plain static grass, for example the static grass sold by Games Workshop.

These first two photos show a modified 40mm Front Rank AWI figure, a British Officer miniature painted as a French Officer based on an illustration seen on page 100 of Wargames Illustrated, issue 265. The base has one clump of the Green Line (Fredericus Rex) GL-009 Wildgrasbuschel mix Hellgrun or grass clumps light green - mixed.



The pack was purchased via E-bay from KIRTLES, Darlington for £4.50. I have also seen adverts for similar products in WI.


The first application, just one clump on this 40mm figure looks very good. However, I would recommend that anyone wanting to use these clumps studies the different colours available. On my test figure the clump and static grass colour are almost the same, I would suggest that a variation, light clump against dark green static grass for example may have worked better and looked more impact full.

The French Officer colour scheme was great fun to paint. I am particularly pleased with the red trews and waistcoat, which was GW Blood Red over GW Red Gore and a black/dark brown undercoat.

Tony

I forgot to add that I used uPVA glue to attach the clump, pressing the clump into the glue. The instruction state that you should use UHU glue. My first impressions are that this is a great (new) product and I would expect to use it on future miniatures and maybe even add clumps to my existing collection. At £4.50 these may look expensive, but with over 120 clumps to a pack, I think they are OK. I would give them a 8 out of 10 and have no hesitations in recommending them.

November Update

It's been a busy month so far with work progressing on a commission to build some 28mm buildings which are now nearing completion. In researching different techniques I came across illustrations by Emmanuel Nouaillier, who produces some fantastic examples of French 1940's - 1950's style buildings, for more information GOOGLE Emmanuel Nouaillier or try this link to Military Modelling;
http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article.asp?a=4083


I have just received this Dwarf Napoleon miniature from Scibor Miniatures, see;
http://www.sciborminiatures.com/


I intend adding it to my Flintloque Dwarf collection. The miniature is 28mm tall (foot to top of bicorne) and came with a very well cast resin base, but I plan on mounting it on to a 2p coin, I'll keep the Blog updated as to progress and other activity

Tony

HELLBOY - On-line painting article part five

Part Five is all about painting the coat! A base colour of watered-down Games Workshop Snakebite Leather, then layered up through pure Snakebite Leather and highlights of Snakebite Leather and White - all understated and no washes. The collar was painted GW Scorched Brown and Bestial Brown. In the words of the great Mike Mignola "Hellboy looks better with a coat".





Tony

The Rarest Tin

Following a review of this booklet, see; http://www.orcsinthewebbe.co.uk/index.php/orcs-in-the-webbe/written-matters/387-the-rarest-tin-a-review

I have uploaded an additional photo of my Karl Lagerfilled (LE011) miniature.

The figure is 'stock' with no modifications and is mounted on to a UK 2p coin (as are nearly all of my Flintloque miniatures). The uniform colours are dark, bottle green with black facings and white detailing. I painted the beer stein in the same colours as one that my Mother-in-Law has, with foaming beer spilling out of the top.

Karl is the leader of a similarly uniformed group of seven Dwarf revelers from my Flintloque collection.

Tony