Tuesday 13 May 2014

The eyes don't have it (and a neigh)

The poll is closed and it is a narrow win to those who advocate dispensing with ocular detailing. To be honest, I'm still not 100% certain that I'm going to listen to the people as a sizeable and persuasive minority have argued otherwise, and one can't be the tyrant of one's own Natholeonic Empire without doing as one pleases. I have the rest of the Achaeans on the paint tray at the moment and hope to have them complete by next week. As the finishing touches are applied I'll eye up a final decision.
Thanks to everyone who voted, commented here or on TMP.

Just to prove that I have no stickability whatsoever, I painted up the first figure in next year's project - an honourable but uptight ECW Roundhead:
'Bah! Christmas is the work of the Devil!'
'Folk dancers!? Has God abandoned this land?!'
This was an experiment with painting the Foundry figures and I wanted to see how well I could differentiate a dun horse with a buff coat. I think I managed it. The mental thing is that I didn't even quibble about painting eyes on this figure. My whole issue with painting eyes is the impending eye-pocalypse that is painting up two whole ECW armies. Yet I did this without thinking - even the horse has eyes! This does not bode well for my sanity in the year of the buff coat that is 2015...
OK, back to the Achaeans.
Nate

8 comments:

  1. Nice job Nate, the eyes cant have been too easy either with the helmet partly in the way?

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    1. A lot easier than I expected Scott. Foundry figures are really easy to paint - even if they take an age to clean up first.

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  2. Great looking result.
    Cheers

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  3. The thing (for me anyway) about painting eyes is exactly the same as every other thing with painting - it's my hobby and if I don't enjoy it or like the result then why bother?

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    1. That's a pretty sensible way to look at things Michael. Not that i'd ever be accused of being sensible!

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  4. Hi Natholean. I awarded this great blog here.
    http://dagamerstable.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/liebster-award-i-got-nominated.html
    Cheers

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  5. Thanks Brendan. It will give me something to blog about between painting stuff!

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