After 6 long weeks of no painting, I finally took a break from putting our house in order and laid brush to lead today on some random projects. A new version of my zombie stoner (by request), a WW1 officer, and Marshal Ney:

It's amazing how much I missed this.

Well, sort of at least. I'm mostly unpacked, and all moved into the new place. The painting area has been set up, even though I haven't started back to work yet. Hopefully soon as most of the major move-in projects are getting done or are nearly there. To celebrate, I thought I'd share this guy, who I finished just before the move.

Penrose Il Matto. He made it to the semi-finals in Steve Dean's last competition, and he's ...

I have to pack and move. It'll probably later in the month before I have any time to paint and post again. I'm very excited about the new place, but it'll be a chore to get everything moved, and not painting will be a bit of a drag, even if it is for good reasons. until next time. . .

It took all of my restraint to not paint the fella on the right's bicorne in tortilla-brown and the ruffed fur edging as lettuce and cheese. These aren't as fun as the Gloucester napoleonic was, but they are an otherwise OK distraction during this stressful week.

The Barbarian chariot is done, can I get a witness? So the original archer is pinned to be swappable with Red Sonja here. I also made a base for which everone is not currently in the chariot, to hang out in.