Am I getting lazy?

I'm getting sick of shaking Vallejo bottles to get the pigment distributed.  Some colours always seem fine, while others require serious shaking at all time.  And that is without thinking about the Humbrol enamel that may have been sitting in the tin for a while!

So I have finally acted on advice offered by my friend - the proprietor of The Cardinal's Painting service - some time ago: to get a paint shaker.

This beauty arrived today.  Haven't tried it yet as I don't have a plug adapter that will take a US plug - but a trip to Dick Smith tomorrow should fix that.

And back to that Humbrol.  Shaking those tin lid enamel pots around could be a disaster waiting to happen.  Maybe some experimentation in the back yard to work out how to hold them securely without the lid coming off.

I know it has been a long time .....

It has been months since I posted and even longer since I picked up a paint brush.  Lots has been happening that has kept me away from painting through this period.

But I have taken up the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge as a way of getting back into the swing.  Lots have been prepared and under-coated - just need to get painting.

The photos below will show that as usual I cannot make up my mind on what to paint - so started many things and will wait to see what takes the fancy.

Painting started yesterday with the hope of a base of four mounted arquebusiers for the Italian Wars collection to be completed by end of today.

Landschneckt shot and mounted shot

20mm WWII (SS and US Rangers) and Adler Prussian Landwehr cavalry

Last of the Venetians .... for now

 

Here are the last of the Venetians for the time being.  Again all are based for Impetus.  Firstly an FL of Shot 



 

Foundry Arquebusiers

Then two units of Skirmisher Shot.

Foundry Arquebusiers

 

And finally the obligatory camp or bagage stand.

 



Redoubt camp scene plus a tent from I don't know where

Pike blocks

These are nearly all TAG from their Italian range - but as they didn't deliver the whole order I needed to pull out some Old Glory which forms the front base of the bottom picture. 

 

The TAG are lovely figures - but the Old Glory are very good as well - definitely one of the best ranges of theirs that I have seen.

 

TAG Italians

TAG Italians

Old Glory from base - TAG remaiinder

Detail on the Knights and Light Cavalry

Here are close ups the Knights and Light Cavalry

Foundry Gendarmes

 

Foundry Gendarmes

TAG Mounted Arquebusiers

Perry Stradiots

Venetian Artillery

Here are some close ups of the artillery stands