I finished painting and lining the last dwarf for my tournament army last night. And I had enough time to put the basing material on all the other models. Including time to putty up the holes in the slotta bases. Wow.
Today I attached and varnished that last fella so tonight I'll be getting his base material in place. I can prime everyone but him (the glue needs time to set) so they're ready for painting when I get to Texas.
I still can't believe I'm actually done. Yes, I still have one figure for the larger pickup army and she's been started but I could field her as-is without being less cool but it would be nice to have that one done as well. I just don't paint to my standards when I'm painting away from home. I guess I'm too used to my setup.
I will have to paint a familiar (little beastie) for her and I'm thinking of using the tortoise. Seems appropriate for a dwarf. That is something I can paint while at ReaperCon since it's a fun little paint job.
The mercenaries aren't even an issue right now since I haven't bought them yet.
So now my plans include creating the cavities in the foam inserts for the carry case, getting all my melt boxed up and shipped down, shopping for those things I have to bring with me (not including the bakery items for my father I have to get on the way to the airport), and making about 37 lists so I don't forget things. Which I will. And which is why they have Wal-Mart.
After all this I'm still excited about painting other things. I didn't burn myself out too badly getting this army done and I credit all my tabletop paint jobs for that. And Mr. Rastl for just letting me do what I felt I needed to do. I did try to spend some quality time with him every evening but generally he just sent me off to paint. He knew that he wouldn't get me back until after my trip.
I am taking my camera with me (of course) but I won't even try to post pictures while I'm down there. Once the convention kicks in I won't be spending much time at all at the hotel if past years are anything to go by. Here was last year's schedule:
07:30 - meet for continental breakfast in the hotel lobby
08:30 - gather up folks who are riding with me
09:00 - arrive at convention
23:00 - get kicked out of convention for the day
23:30 - meet up for beers
01:00 - stumble back to my room
Lather, rinse, repeat.
I really feel my age after this convention.
