Welcome to Lee Hadley

... of Big Lee's Minipainting on Blogspot.  He has a much wider range of interests than I do, or at least than I've managed to put on here.  I'm always interested in periods such as WWII, but I want to concentrate on as few projects at a time as I possibly can.  In other words, I'm trying desperately to resist that bane of the wargamer's life, the Ooh Shiny! complex.

Anne Boleyn: Work in Progress 3

Just to prove to myself that I did get some painting done during the winter holidays:

This figure is taking a lot of effort.  Here she is with the first basic coat done.

Strictly speaking, that's not true.  I have managed to do quite a lot of work to the pedestal of the sundial.

In the original box artwork, the pedestal is simply stone-coloured.  I decided to try to get a marble effect.

I think it is beginning to look like my mental image.  High gloss varnish should bring up the stone nicely.  Before then, the highlighting and detailing will need to be done.  Those will take some time...

On the Painting Tray: January 2012

In December I managed to complete 24 Spartans.  Still on the painting tray this month are another 60 Hoplites plus Anne Boleyn; she is taking a lot of effort.  I might make one slight change to the blog this year.  Now that I have been doing this for two and a half years, I think it's about time that I keep a running tally of how many figures I manage to complete.  I'll stick to 25mm for this, since that is my main interest.  Anything else I manage will be an added extra.

And a Happy New Year to everyone loosely floating around in blogspace and the outer ether of the interwebs...