Spring Cleaning for the 2024 Spring Clean Challenge

I practically lived at my workspace during lockdown and it has slowly, but steadily become covered in all kinds of things.  In the past I would have straightened up yearly but that hasn’t happened for quite some time.

This is where I’m at;

I’ve cleared off 3/4 of my painting table.  It did clear enough room for the wooden tray I have started assembling models in.  So tired of spending untold hours looking for the tiny piece I dropped.  Can’t believe how many decades it took for me to figure this out.  I used it to assemble the MCP Rhino model that was on my table.  It is the last model I will assemble or prime for a while.  Gotta focus on clearing some of these old projects out.

Got a few things near finished.  I am actually behind in posting these as I’ve been a bit under the weather.

Got some MCP characters closing in on finished as well a few more started.  I assembled Rhino as well as Red Skull & Hydra Troopers.  I only glued down one of the grunts as it is easier to paint them separately.  I took a picture of where they will fit as their base has no set footprints like the Howling Commandoes.

Drew Williams, of Satyr Studios https://satyrartstudio.com/ is one of my favorite sculptors and I just love his Old School sculpts.  Of course they are all over my workspace so will be popping up here regularly.

Reaper Bones are great for practice and Speed Painting.  I’ve packed most of them away for now but this little fellow was started so I will finish him.

I was feeling rather under the weather Friday so got nothing done but made up for it yesterday.  Being my Spring Break, I had had a productive week already.  I was able to finish and photograph Green Goblin, Bob- Agent of Hydra, and Star-Lord from Marvel Crisis Protocol.  I have a Tortoise Sage which I believe was a Reaper mini but could be wrong.  He will be joining the Burrows and Badgers collection despite being a little small.  Finally, I finished two more of the Sisters of Battle minis I picked up from Satyr Studios.  I love Drew’s old school sculpts but find units hard to paint anymore which is why they get done in small groups. Only seven more until I have this unit done.  I plan on using them in Space Weirdos.

Last week was my Spring Break so I had quite a bit of painting time.  Over the weekend I finished off a nice little pile including Deadpool’s Taco Truck.  You can see where my work table was as of last night as well as the space that is beginning to show among the “Waiting for Paint” minis.

I’ve started work on a Burrows and Badgers Toad Shaman as well as a Reaper Bones Survivor. They should paint up fairly quickly.

I photographed two of the Satyr Studios fantasy minis I finished, a noble and a necromancer.

I’m still rolling along and getting things done and a little closer to clearing my work surfaces.  As I mentioned earlier, part of what I have been doing is consolidating like items and better organizing my storage.  The Marvel Crisis Protocol sets were all over my studio to the point I wasn’t sure what I already owned.  Now they are all in one plastic bin and I can see what I still want to add but, more importantly, that I have plenty to work on before searching eBay for more deals.

I finally finished the Nonmetallic Metal paint work on Ironman.  Lots more pictures of him on my MCP Project blog.  I think he looks good but I look forward to the day my NMM skills are strong enough to make him GREAT.  Got a Mole Knight for Burrows and Badgers as well as a wonderful wizard from Satyr Studios done and photographed.

Like the new minis, I have a tendency to collect new paints in strange places, basically where ever they fit when I bring them home.  Like the new minis, I went through the collection and consolidated it in three drawers.  This clears the desk surface and by painting the lids with the color inside I have a good idea of what I have got.  I still have some old paints that are either not very good or almost out that I will not replace.  The GW paints for the most part fall into this category.

I also finished off some Reaper Bones minis.  Nothing fancy, just playing pieces.

As the title states, I made some progress on minis last night but didn’t finish any of them.  I did get Kingpin close to finished.  I will be doing the fine details and clean up tonight.  One can see the variety of genres, systems, and sizes I deal with when painting, including a 3D printed Appa.  Such wandering attention span does make steady progress harder to chart.

As the title states, I made some progress on minis last night but didn’t finish any of them.  I did get Kingpin close to finished.  I will be doing the fine details and clean up tonight.  One can see the variety of genres, systems, and sizes I deal with when painting, including a 3D printed Appa.  Such wandering attention span does make steady progress harder to chart.

As the title states, I made some progress on minis last night but didn’t finish any of them.  I did get Kingpin close to finished.  I will be doing the fine details and clean up tonight.  One can see the variety of genres, systems, and sizes I deal with when painting, including a 3D printed Appa.  Such wandering attention span does make steady progress harder to chart.