Catching up

Recent work and stuff that I haven't posted yet.

Imperial Fists scouts





Some figures for Dark Sun.





The first minis I ever painted. GW original beakies.



Space Hulk 3-D board.



Tau Pathfinders

Priming with gesso.

I read about this alternative, and am a convert. Painting in the Seattle area means high humidity for long periods of the year. And humidity makes spraying problematic.

I got a bottle of acrylic gesso from the art department of my local Fred Meyer, cut it 1/1 with standard acrylic paint, and a little water. It still goes on thick and goopy, but this is good. The gesso shrinks to fit the details of the model.

Final results were indistinguishable from a spray primer, and even a little better since I could control the coverage and get to the underside of the model. Spraying is still much faster, but for a few models, I'll be using gesso.

Pics of the two test models when they are finished. If you're interested in how gesso dries, check this out.