I recently bought some 10mm ACW figures to use with skirmish games. I based some of them on craft sticks and primed them with black paint.
Last night they were divided into Confederate and Union units, and I started painting the uniforms.
This morning I woke up at 5:00am with a bad headache, caused by neck problems. At 6:00 I gave up trying to sleep. I got up and took something for the headache, got a cup of coffee, and checked the usual websites. Slowly the headache went away, and looking at my painting station, got the sudden urge to do some painting. I actually got the figures just about completed, along with doing some more work on the Les Higgins duelists. I was happy with the results, doing more detail work on the 10mm figures than originally planned. I also believe that it might just be good therapy for my essential tremors.
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| Some of the painted figures, along with clip on magnifying glasses. |
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| A strip of figures in the clamp, freeing up my hands so I can use both hands to steady the paint brush. |
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| A clip on work light with a good LED bulb gives good lighting without straining the eyes. |
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| The finished figures. They just have to be taken off the sticks and mounted on individual bases. |
