Halfway there, living with a painter... Or something like that, was it?

This wasn't planned, it just sort of happened. I finished the Mexicans and bam, we are halfway done! Basing them was a doddle as expected.

I did get Mr. G and his merry band started too, but mostly they just got their boots done (I often work bottom to top and inside out). Instead I concentrated mostly on the two new batches of 15mm figures, which are aliens this time.

Since they were going to be different colors, I thought breaking out the airbrush would be too much hassle and just basecoated them with a large brush. Quite frankly it's hard for me to see how that could have been any faster. Maybe if I had an airbrush ready to run (don't have the space for it) and didn't bother to properly clean it...

Anyway, the snout aliens seemed so British to me I basecoated them in British Denison brown. They are still pretty much in that state as I concentrated on the other bunch -- some sort of bug aliens from GZG. They sort of reminded me of Kafers from Traveler 2300 / 2300 AD, but GZG never held the Traveler license as far as I know, so they can't be that, right?

I've been doing so much dreary and drab stuff lately I decided to brighten things a bit and painted them brightish red with an orange twist. They don't seem to wear a whole lot of equipment, mostly a bandoleer, so I did those in white for contrast.

Working on that for another six hours they are done, painting-wise. I'll just have to base them. Let's see how much of the others I can manage.

In other news, the storage box is filling up. I'll need to take another into use. And I'm on the last leaf of the painting diary, which has served me well since 2006. I'll enter the diary updates soon as well, promise.

Figures remaining: 250

Hours Worked: 61

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