More than once at recent club meetings, I have received compliments on my painting abilities and the presentation of my armies; thank you once again for all those kind words. It's only once I talk to the person paying the compliment that the problems start, I mention that they can paint as well as me and have some really nice table top quality armies, only to hear many variations of "I can't paint" or "I will never be a good painter".

Over the years, I’ve painted lots of 20mm plastic figures for various wargames armies, and received compliments about the painting standard.  I have what I consider to be a simple technique for painting 20mm plastic figures, which uses the detail of the moulded figure as much as any painting skills I have.  The following is a short summary of the steps I use can be a little time consuming but the end result is satisfying.

January 1st 2010

December 31^st. The night of much merry making. Perhaps some quiet drinking. And, of course, New Year's resolutions.

Some decide to stop smoking. Others to lose weight. Some to get married and some to travel the world.  Me, I decided 2010 would be the year of cutting back to just two types of gaming.