For the king! - Let's paint.

So remember how know-it-all Pete said: "Meh, I'm not taking this seriously, I don't need no primer." you do need a primer if you want a half-decent job. I had to send away for some, it seems like there are not many outlets for The Army Painter brand, sure there are lots listed on the official website but when you visit the partner websites they offer the sites look and feel very much like they're not active for example the one close to me, all the images where broken which didn't fill me with a lot of confidence.

I'm so glad I bought the 'helping hands' thingy otherwise painting this would have been a nightmare!

The paints I suppose are not that expensive they range from £2.00 each to about £2.80 that depends on colour and outlet. It certainly pays to shop around I found, the same paint can be £2.00 at one site and yet £2.50 at another. Obviously, another factor to take into consideration is 'delivery' I'm trying to buy as much stuff from one site as possible to save on delivery however, it's difficult as they don't all seem to stock everything you want.
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What I would say is try and use as much of the paint you've dispensed so, for example, I did a few faces and hands of some figures that I actually plan to start on after I've finished the Mortar project.

I found that it's more economical just to dispense a small blob of paint rather than squirting some out. If you just squirt it you'll waste a fair amount, so it's better to not have enough in this instance, you can always squeeze more out.

I've also discovered I might need a 'holder' like I've seen in the Youtube videos. As you can see in the above image his boots need doing again because the paint has come off where I keep handling him. (Yes, I know there's some yellow on the top of his boot. LOL).

@steevc was right, I may well have made a new friend at the local model shop. I nipped up yesterday to buy some balsa wood for the base, while I was looking at his fake lichen I said: I want some of those small grass bushes but I suspect you don't do those as you're more train orientated. I'd like something similar to that." pointing to the ground around a scale model of the Schwerer Gustav in a display case. "Here you go." he said as he handed me the perfect combination of grass and rocks (Cork crumbs) in a scenic bag plus a strip of grass bushes! Great, I'll have to ask him his name now. 😉

I could have just stuck the figures on a board but then the stands would have stood proud by a couple of mils so I bought some thin balsa, cut out the places for the figures ready for covering. The plan is to glue the second piece of balsa underneath and then glue the figures to that through the holes I made which in theory will level out the figures stands with the ground level of the board. I'm happy with the idea I came up with (no, I didn't see it in a video. LOL) but I don't think I'll do it this way on my next build.

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