On painting
This weekend was fun and if you read Loopback0's LJ you'll know we where watching films for a lot of it as to the rest of the weekend I did a bit of painting.
It occurred to me that one of the things I never show people is my hobby - for a long time I was pretty embarrassed that I would sit down and paint small lead miniatures to relax and well for a long time that was probably okay since I wasn't that great - I mean I was OK but nothing special. Recently at the risk of blowing my own trumpet however I've gotten fairly good at painting so I might post the occasional piccy in the lj in the future. As to what I'm painting at the moment - little diddy 25mm Roman Legionary which is going to be a gift for mum and dad. It's been a fun paint even if it's been a chuffing swine to paint the shield design freehand as it's very complicated.
Otherwise next Saturday I'll be in Reading receiving my Post Grad Diploma which I'm nervous and excited about. The only thing I really have to watch out for is my mum popping with pride...
It occurred to me that one of the things I never show people is my hobby - for a long time I was pretty embarrassed that I would sit down and paint small lead miniatures to relax and well for a long time that was probably okay since I wasn't that great - I mean I was OK but nothing special. Recently at the risk of blowing my own trumpet however I've gotten fairly good at painting so I might post the occasional piccy in the lj in the future. As to what I'm painting at the moment - little diddy 25mm Roman Legionary which is going to be a gift for mum and dad. It's been a fun paint even if it's been a chuffing swine to paint the shield design freehand as it's very complicated.
Otherwise next Saturday I'll be in Reading receiving my Post Grad Diploma which I'm nervous and excited about. The only thing I really have to watch out for is my mum popping with pride...