Brush with Disaster!

So about 10 days or so ago I went to an art store in San Antonio, TX.
I asked for Winsor Newton series 7 brushes and the guy pulls out a
brush from under his counter that was a series 707.

A quick google showed me that it was a limited edition short handle
series 7, so I went ahead and got the brush.  I was so eager to get my
hands on a great brush.

Unfortunately, it was and it wasn't.  Heres what it looks like.

Mind you thats AFTER i reformed the head 1x.  It was much much worse when I got it.
I ended up getting the brush free, so I can't complain toooo much, but now I know
much better how a good brush should come.  The ONLY merit this brush has is that
the second it gets wet....it snaps to a very clean point and holds it without fail until
completely dry.

In Memphis, TN I stopped at another art store.  They also had Winsor Newton series 7
brushes on hand.  This is when I was enlightened to how a high quality brush SHOULD
come.

They come in a protective outer tube + the brush end itself has a protector on it;
and boy do these have rock solid tips!

I got my favorite 2 sizes  0 and 000.

I want to in the future try the Raphael 8404's and / or Rosemary and Co 33's.
All of a sudden though, I am very wary about buying brushes I don't get to see
before I pay!

All that a side, boy do these babies lay the paint down sooooo nice.
Time to get the paint on!

Memphis Motherlode!

So we were able to make a pitstop in Memphis on Sunday.  And boy 

did we score a LOT of great stuff.

The main reason for our stop was to go to the factory GW store to pick

up our ForgeWorld order that had come in.  If you order it directly there,

you can pay at the register....US dollars with no conversion fee AND 

they ship it for free!!!!!

We had a great visit with Dave in the shop there.  He was kind enough to tell

us about a model that had been sent to them on accident by ForgeWorld and 

were trying to sell.  We were able to make a spot purchase of the new Contemptor

dreadknought!!!

Every time I go there it makes me wish I lived near there.  They have great events

running all the time!

After that I made a stop at a local art store.  I stocked up on some great additons

to my ever growing pile of painting gear!

Check out my next post for the best things I acquired!

Sha'cea sashay!

It's a commission even if I don't actually get paid isn't it?
Why? For the chance to paint more models to grow personal
talents.  Makes sense to me!

Well enter the tau of the Sha'cea sept.

Roughly 4,000 pts of it....so I'm starting small with a kroot pack

All primed and ready!  Time to bust out the color palette and convert them
all over to dropper bottles.  Wait have I mentioned I hate GW paint pots?
Kroot colors along with my first new paint!

Salamander Update

Well, LA Totally Awesome...is totally awesome!
All the models are stripped and with the new additions in
the previous post...work can continue.

First of which is more lava bases -

The start of basing for the tactical squads.

New Goodies!

Had a chance to swing by the house, and pick up all the latest arrivals.

Crafting supplies and new army additions galore!  Can't wait to dig in!

Taking a bath

Time to work on the lascannon marines for tactical squads.
I'm using some old caked on paint versions from someone else's
army.  So time to clean them up.

After 24 hours + in my well used and yucky tub of simple green
The pewter was just fantastic...but the plastic was mostly untouched.

So its bath time again!  Only this time in my new stripper.

I'll post my review of it asap!

Green stuff...whats that?!

I did a lot of touchups on 3rd company tactical that I've previously shown.
Added 7 new ones.  Added chapter symbols and flames on the shoulder pads.

BUT...i can't do thier bases...I'm out of green stuff. Don't you think in all the city
of San Antonio, TX that I should be able to find some?   /SIGH

I went into "San Antonio's Gaming Mega Store" and asked for green stuff.
The guy behind the counter says...."What's that?"  REALLY?!

So anyway here they are done and ready for bases.....
Left -

Right -

A couple honor badges -

HOOAAAH!