Genographic Project

Very cool. This project sets out to map human migration throughout history with genetic markers. Now to convince the missus I should spend $200 to get paternal and maternal mapping done....

Charge!

I finally finished my first batch of Crusaders from the Warlord line. Several learning points on these: 1) Doing a brown wash over the white undercoat is dangerous if you're going to have whites and very light colors in the end product. 2) This was my first time working with gloss varnish, which I understand protects the paint job much better than matte. I used three coats of spray matte finish and one coat of brush-on varnish, but you can still see too much shine on parts of the dirt and cloth. I wonder if you can mix matte and gloss....

First Diorama

Not my best work, but definitely my most time consuming Christmas gift. I got this Old Glory antitank gun and crew for my brother in law and did my first diorama.