Yes I'm still Alive and Kicking!

Just a quick post to let you know that I'm still alive and painting.  The last few weeks have seen the condition of my ankle improver quite a bit and I'm now able to put some weight on it (Yay!) and have started to return to a fairly normal work schedule (Boo!).

On the Painting front I've completed a couple of things that I'm not at liberty to share right now as they will be used as contest entries in the future.  I have also been plugging away on my unit of Bret Halberds and they are nearly complete.  I ended up having to re-highlight the padded armor because I felt that i came out too dark after the wash I applied to it...I'm much happier with the result even though the difference is pretty subtle.

Take a look...new highlight on the left...un-highlighted on the right

And here is the Group as of two nights ago

Last night I got the Bases complete and they are looking pretty good.  Now all I have left to do is the Shields...but I've come to find out that I'm a couple short!  Here is what I have so far...

...So if anyone has 2-3 of these shields to spare...please drop me a note...:)

I've also selected my next unit to work on...and once it is completed it will just about wrap up my Brettonnian project.....the Knights!  I'll be double dipping with this unit and using it for painting challenges at the Blood Forum and over at Bugman's....shhh...don't tell on me.

....of course I'll be painting their horses as well.

So thats all I have to report today...I hope to have completed shots of the Halberd unit up by early next week....assuming I can decide on (and execute) a banner design...I suffer from Banner design block apparently....I still need designs for the scouts and the mounted yeomen as well....sigh

Cheers for now!

Blue

An Update on Life from your boy Blue

Howdy all,

I apologize for the lack of posts over the last couple of weeks....its been a hectic time for old Blue.  This Spring/early Summer has just been a whirlwind in VT.  My work schedule has been insane...I've been traveling for work and a brief holiday in Ohio with my parents...followed by a intensive field school for the museum.  In the midst of all this I was frantically trying to keep up with my painting "obligations" for the LPL and other painting challenges....and just barely keeping my head above water...

...and then...just to top things off...On the 8th of June I fell stumbled down the steps carrying my 2yo son and landed on my ankle sideways....fracturing 3 bones in there.  (my son was fine...)  this put me flat on back for a week...followed by surgery...They used a metal plate and no less than 7 Screws to reattached the most displaced bones...

Thats right.....I'm bionic now!

I don't know whose foot that it is but it looks NASTY!

....surgery, of course, led to more time flat on my back...but at least I had pain killers to help pass the time.

It has now been two solid weeks since the injury....and I'm slowly emerging from the opiate induced haze I've been  living in and starting to reengage with life.  Thanks to a TON of support from my wife, kids, and friends I've survived this far and now just need to wait for the damn thing to heal up.  I'll be in a non-weight bearing cast for a least a month more...and then a walking brace for another couple of weeks...but things are on the mend....finally.

As you can imagine this is meant that not a lot of painting has been accomplished. By sheer force of will I managed to get a team painted for Round 10 LPL.  I had to experiment with some speed painting techniques...and the team still looked rough and got slaughtered at the polls but it was a new team....and that was important for me.  As I find I can spend a bit more time each day in an upright position I have been trying to tackle some of the small lingering tasks from my to-do list.  Namely finishing off the basing and details on various teams from the LPL that I had to turn in without completely finishing by the deadline...as well as getting some photography done....So I'll have a few posts for you all over the next few days just documenting those aspects of what I've been up to.

I hope to be able to spend some quality time behind a paintbrush in the next week or two.

Cheers for now!

Blue