Seriously, I kept finding bits I'd missed and eventually realized that with my fuzzy eyes and strong prescription painting glasses, I couldn't keep a whole boot in focus at once. There's also the little problem of increasingly wavering hand when painting lace etc.. So I grabbed a little guy out of the cupboard and I can see all of him at once and would no longer dream of doing too much fiddly stuff on a little guy since it disappears at arms length now. However, doing 54mm Toy Soldiers still seems to work and be easy so we'll see.
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| The first half of the Greys, still minus carbines. |
Hopefully tomorrow will see the unit finished and I get back to nice simple skirmishers in stripy trousers.
I don't usually see the bits I've missed until I see photos of the based and glossed finished figures...
ReplyDeleteOh there's often such bits, this was just worse than usual and on bigger figures. Swapping glasses seems to have helped.
DeleteHi Ross- I generally paint my 25mm miniatures by eye - though sometimes I may do a detailed part using a small magnifying glass to help and a very fine brush...Your cavalry look splendid! Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteI've had to wear glasses to paint for a few years now.
DeleteLovely grey horses and an overall effective toy soldier look. I am a clumsy painter who often misses what he tries to paint, never been that great to be honest but the fun’s the thing I think.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, if not enjoying it it gets hard to justify.
DeleteI empathise - terrible eyesight has come with age, all very depressing, still the games are still fun despite having to squint!
ReplyDeleteand painting toy style 54's is still a pleasure.
DeleteWell, they look good to me Ross. I'm finding that at aged 62 painting 6mm figures is getting just that bit harder to focus on, so guess I'm lucky. I don't need glasses for painting figures but can't see the numbers of the buses without my glasses when I'm out until it's almost on top of me!
ReplyDeleteI started needing glasses to paint detail when I was in my early 50's. They help but its not the same.
DeleteA good coat of gloss varnish covers many mistakes .
ReplyDeleteI count myself fortunate that my eyes got so bad I had (as a matter of some urgency, as crossing the road was becoming dangerous) to get them fixed. I find now that with my glasses on (progressive lenses) I can paint at least to my own satisfaction!
ReplyDeleteI find your colourful cavalry have a fine and attractive 'toy soldier' look. They'll make a splendid unit.
I went through 3 sets of increasingly costly progressive lenses (TG for the old company vision plan) before giving them up. Finally a few years ago I found an eye doctor who explained why which also explained why I have extreme difficulty seeing small moving objects. In simplified lay terms as I understand it, one eye is slower to focus than the other so with the bifocals, every time I looked from one segment to the other there was a short moment, sometimes painful, when neither eye was in focus. Not good when walking down stairs or trying to look from figure to paint tins to reference book etc. So I've gone back to ordinary cheap magnifying reading glasses which work pretty well for painting.
DeleteThese are very smart indeed Ross!
ReplyDeleteSmart as in looking smart, well I am happy with them. How clever they are on campaign remains to be seen!
DeleteThey look good to me Ross. Nice straight lines on the saddlecloth trim too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Actually it does look like the lines have got there! They were pretty wonky at the first go when I was too hesitant and violated the "look where the brush is going, not where it is" principle and that stuck in my mind.
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