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Thanks Steve, I'm kicking myself now after selling you all that paint ;)

Thanks Aris, I'm slowly coming round to acrylics. I'm still very much a noob though, I have much to learn and still get frustrated when it doesn't go quite like I want it to.

The reeds have been sprayed and glued into place on the base. I still need to go back and paint the seed heads but I wanted to get them in place to see how they looked in the grand scheme of things, mainly to see if I needed to make any more. I'm happy with things so far. My plan is to now add...

From what I've read, the nunchucka is an Okinawan weapon developed from a 2 piece staff introduced by Chinese immigrants. As a weapon is was regarded as a bit naff, especially against the many long reach weapons of the day so was rarely used other than as a street weapon for protection against...

Yeah Paul, it is a small strip of shredded foil (like a grass skirt) wrapped around a bit of wire to represent the central stalk. I'll make the bud on top from putty. I used self adhesive aluminium tape which made the cutting a bit easier to do as I just stuck it to my cutting mat.

Thanks for the support guys (y) I had a couple of hours in the shed tonight. I stripped the resin off the base, it came off surprisingly easily, and resprayed it dark green. I also reprimed the figure so that's now ready for paint. I found some aluminium tape tucked away in a box and, along...

I had another look this morning before setting off for work and it doesn't look good at all. I'll leave the resin to set properly then I'll try and peel it off. Next time I'll try sealing everything with Klear before pouring the resin. Every cloud has a silver lining though, I'll take the...

Thanks for the kind words Nicolae (y)

Onwards and upwards, next up on the bench is the 75mm Boxer from Alexandros. I've been itching to do this one for ages, I love the pose and it just screams "Karate Kid" at me whenever I look at it. I know there is an accuracy issue with the nunchucks but that doesn't really bother me, I'll be...

Lol, it shouldn't be that hard Wayne. I've been using a minimal palette with oils for ages so I'm just applying the same thinking to acrylics. I like the simplicity and it kind of forces you to think about colour theory to get the most out of your handful of paints so you learn a lot too...

Thanks Wayne, it is a very nice sculpt :)

Thanks Keith, nice to see you looking in :)

Cheers Paul, unfortunately that money's already been spent. A bit like shutting the stable door after the horse is long gone ;)

Thanks Paul, I'm glad you like him (y)

Thanks John (y)

Cheers Bob (y)

Thanks Joe, I'm glad you like him (y)

Thanks Ralph (y)

Cheers Paul, I think it'll be an extra good one this year, lots of entries :)

Thanks Marc (y)