meanwhile on a completely random post...

so.. my room and painting area is getting tidier, but still not enough to paint miniatures again, and my airbrush table has been taken over by my father.  in other news, uni's back in, and o week is going along like this.  i was massed stalked by people taking my pictures yesterday, but i guess that was expected when you go to uni dressed in your Kendo uniform for clubs day.

the part time course i think is a LOT better than the disaster of my first year, when i attempted a full time course, 2 sports, and a bunch of other activities all at the same time.  it was hard, particularily since i do design, and that is a very full on course, but now my workload has been cut in half, i can start to enjoy the things that i used to, like mini painting

anyway here's pretty much what i've been up to on the interwebs lately:

BANANAS

BREADDING CATS

ASTOUNDING THINGS

AND MORE BANANAS

*links because video thing is not working*

...so yeah, nothing much ^^;

anyways, aparently i'm getting spray paint and basing materials today *dances*, and i'll post when i've finished the BIG tidyup (which right now is looking something like this)

until next time
   -claire

IT'S A BASE!!! (the making of) pt 1

before i start the tutorial, i'd like to say this: i am re-organizing my entire room, which includes my painting area.  this will take time, so i will be a little slack on the painting side for a while.  i decided to do this because i didn't have any sort of system that let me quickly and easily find the paints/tools/supplies i was looking for, and that meant i was wasting time looking for what i wanted, and broke my concentration.  with a re-organization of things that should change.  to make things even more organised and to store my (soon to be) rapidly growing paint/supply collection (we're finally breaking the GW shell!), we (as in my beloved mother *thank you mum*) have purchased a lot of drawers to accomadate for what i have/ what i'm about to have.  i will post pics when it's all done.  another reason i will be slack is that i've also run out of primer.  i am very specific about what i use, and i only like the GW primers (mostly the skull white) because of the fineness and colour of their spray.

and on a final note, i'd like to thank Slave to Painting for the honourable mention in thier recent competition.  i was really surprised and it was a real morale booster, inspiring me to continue painting and improving my skills. the $50 voucher will be spent readily as soon as you restock on some supplies too :).


right onto the main reason of this post then...