the first, feeble steps on the painter's path (some starry nids for you finally)

i have been away for over a week, but i can tell you that doing this project has already started to bear fruit.  i just finished my first mini in one and a half years.

A Guided Tour: the painting table and it's contents

so now that i've told you all a little about myself, i guess i'd better get on to the topic which this blog is all about.
i shall start with a guided tour around my painting table.

well, this is my painting table (sorry about the mess, i am in the middle of a project). 

as you can see, it is very small (its the only table that i can work at though).  i have positioned it next to my bedroom window, and my bedroom has very pale walls, so the light bounces

a (brief?) introduction

so... first post...and i have no idea what to say :/
i guess an introduction is in order then.

greetings to you all.  i am Claire.  i have been in the wargaming hobby for nearly two years now, but i took a one and a half year break shortly after starting.  i am now back, and hope to be in the hobby for a lot longer.  i an NOT a gamer, though i would not mind getting into that part maybe once i gave a fully painted army.  i mostly just paint minis.  it's what i love doing the most in the hobby, however i like to pick up random new projects and minis that i like, and then ignore the projects (and armies) i was working on.  this has left me