School is about to wind down here, a day and a half more to go, and my son has been on me about painting some of those Mantic figures. You may recall that Edwin King of
Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist graciously sent him some skeletons and Orcs from the Dwarf Kings Hold line. I of course then went and scrounged up some more Orcs, Dwarves, Elves and Skeletons from some sets I found on ebay. Then I got busy, lost my mojo, etc.
Now that he doesn't really have homework and football is over, he has been asking to paint again. Thus I have been shamed by an eight year old into getting off my duff and have cleaned up all the stuff he cut off the sprue plus my 1/72 that I rushed to table for the Talomir campaign. (Which reminds me that I have another nascent project to come up with something of an award for the members of the campaign.)
Here are some pictures of the figures that mock me.
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| The Mantic Stuff |
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| I think these haven't moved since I last showed them to you. |
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| Romans and Egyptians to be used for N. Tropilium and Stygustan. |
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| More Zvezda Roman Auxiliaries to make up units for N. Tropilium. |
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| Sigh! Curt's entry figures in the middle of the painting desk, or as I like to call it, the altar of Chaos. |
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| Those pesky Mongols awaiting a bath. |
In the interim they have all now been washed. I will glue them up and get to basing. I'm going to let my son have carte blanche with these mantic figures and just help him with his technique. My main worry is whether I should try to fill and smooth the gaps with putty or green stuff. I think compulsion may win in the end.
I hopw to be able to show you some progress shortly.
