I wasn't expecting to get back to painting in the very near future. That's why I felt safe in using the area on, around and by the paint table as temporary storage.
But things changed and now I guess I'm running a demo of the game of Warlord on Friday. And one of my demo armies doesn't have painted bases.
Yes. I can use them without painted bases. But they're just not as cool!
So I dug out the paint table and drenched the bases in the shadow color. Once that dries it will be a quick matter to drybrush up the rest of the colors. I do want to put seaweed on them (undead pirates, etc.) but that's not 100% necessary and I'd rather get them painted and sealed for play.
I'm also playing with the idea of adding a highlight to the base edges in the army color. Nothing too fancy, just another way to easily identify the pieces on the table. Of course one of my far more detailed painter friends took that to mean that I was going to gem the bases.
For those not in the know, to 'gem' something is to paint in the manner of a gemstone. Reflecting light and all that.
I wasn't planning on going that far for demo army bases but I will try one with the highlight edges and see what that looks like.
Base coat is on and drying. I touched up the spot on the crab where primer got on the underside of the claw. So they're set for the evening.
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