Sunday, February 3, 2019

'Mercenary' from AlanD: The Grainy Landsknecht


Argh! Disaster!

For the Mercenary Round, I had my heart set on painting a Landsknecht from Warlord Games. Unfortunately, when I came to give him a white spray undercoat yesterday, the mindnumbing Sydney humidity resulted in a horrible grainy surface. I nearly gave up on the little guy, but decided to persevere, and this is the result. Maybe, as a hard-bitten old mercenary he is a gritty character? 



11 comments:

  1. Oh yeah, I hear you! That humidity will get you every time. Still, he turned out fine despite the vagaries of the weather. Well done!

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  2. Great colour scheme. I've no sympathy for the climate, though (it was -2C here).

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  3. Nice work, shame about the humidity.

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  4. I had similar issues yesterday so I feel your pain mate. Great job even so.

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  5. Great work in spite of any priming issues!
    Best Iain

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  6. Great job Alan.
    I share your spray-can rage...has cost me many figures over the years...good on you for sticking with it!

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  7. Great rescue on the primer problem. I've been suffering with chalky primers too of late.

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  8. Humidity and Primer don't make for a good combination. The model has turned out nicely regardless

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  9. You'd never now you had a gritty problem. Nice work.

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