Paint Fest January 2009

Every month all the artists get together and we have a Paint Fest; a time to share ideas, joke around, and paint like fiends. I can’t imagine heaven is any better.
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This time we headed to Sarah’s house, which has a lot of natural light, and we gathered around an enormous table. But I am ahead of myself.
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I stayed late at the studio last night packing everything in preparation. That included an entire Tyranid army (the hive Hades army, remember?) which Sarah and I managed to refurbish quite nicely. Everything is completely in order, improved, touched up, and detailed. Sweet. But I’m jumping ahead now.
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On my way in I stopped at the store and picked up about six gallons of various drinks. I decided to get something healthy, so I got a banana cream pie (that has banana in it right? fruit is good for you right?). I also picked up some potato salad at the deli. The crab salad had sort of a funny smell so they gave me a tub of it for free. Just kidding. But I did get some crab salad for free (I had to wait a long time for someone to finally get back there).
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As many of you know, Sarah is strict vegan so we had quite a platter of fresh veggies waiting for us. And a lot of juice. But there was plenty of savory fare as well– mexican type things, and peanut butter rice krispie treats.
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Oh, and while down at teh local game shop I got to take a gander at the new Lizardmen army book. Absolutely stunning. I can’t wait to get going on those. This will be Sarah’s project for the most part, first run at doing an army start to finish for her.
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Well, probably better just to give you a look.
Some of you may notice a few new painters here. I normally don’t give face time until someone has at least three months (usually more like six) under his or her belt. Not set in stone, but there it is. Also, almost everyone is part time, and we all like it that way. It’s good way to be. Everything is peaceful and tranquil. Zero drama.
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I dropped Joseph off at home, then headed home myself. My wife immediately headed out on an “errand” which of course means “I’m tired of the kids and I need a break”. Which I am completely groovy with. I really, really enjoy my kids. They are all so delightful. My youngest son bit his tongue. He decided the best remedy would be to put a bandaid on it. One tab on each mouth corner and the body of the bandage in his mouth. Hi-larious.
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Back to Hive Fleet Hades for a moment. I can’t wait to play this army. It looks amazingly good. You can look forward to pics and vid of that later.
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Another bit of news. I am looking at www.battlefoam.com and we’re likely to add that to our repertoire soon.

Posted on January 24th, 2009 at 4:34am by Shawn


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