On Sunday, I had the brilliant idea to test the use of white glue as a primer on plastic figures, and what better place to try it than with my TSSD US infantry. I was smart and chose just one.
The undiluted glue went on easily enough, although it was a little bit of effort to get it into all of the cracks and crevices. When dry (nope, sorry, no pictures), it gave the figure a sheen of protective PVA.
Monday night, I decided to paint the figure, start to finish. The paint went on easily and, once dry, seems to stick well. When it's wet, well, it definitely came off more easily - every time I accidentally brushed against a wet part, the paint came off right down to the PVA.
It only took the bulk of the night to learn that lesson. But he's done now, and I'm rather happy with him. I think a protective PVA top coat is probably in order.
Here he is, with a Britain:
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| Are you sure this is Utah beach? |
A more "serious" composition:
Only tangentially related: about two weeks ago now, I decided to switch up my setup once again.
It will be hard to be more low budget than this: the surface is a 3' x 4' Elmer's brand tri-fold display board (corrugated cardboard), the forests are construction paper and the hills are scrap cardboard.
Don't worry, I'm not giving up on my Seussian trees (although I may try a new paper tree), I just didn't feel like carrying them downstairs when I played this game of Nuts! 2.0:
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| My squad in the foreground. Russian PEFs clumped to the left. |
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| OK, that Russian horde looks a touch ludicrous in that little patch of forest, but it was still fun! |
Me? I love it!
This actually looks a lot like I had been picturing my ideal setup in my head. Not a thing realistic about it - it screams "game with toys." And that's pretty much what I've been striving for.
The hills are what make it for me I think; they are completely absurd. I think when the trees are in place, it'll be even better.
It took me awhile to get here, but I got here!
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