Thursday, April 19, 2012

Victorian Adventuress


I entered this Victorian Adventuress in Curt's painting challenge and haven't got around to posting it until now. I really did enjoy painting this as I like working in earth tones and neutral colours quite a bit. As a matter of fact I'll probably due a few more.

A friend of mine is running some Zulu stuff and at first I was going to do some Natal contingents and I still might, but I think I'll do some Boars (as in Dutch natives) first as I really like their look.

When I do the Boars I can't really say as my schedule is pretty full for the summer which leads me into my next topic. I have some painting projects that really do need to get done and so I won't be able to follow blogs as closely as I usually do, but I will do my best for sure. For example I spend about 70% of my free time on blogs and forums and 30% at the painting table which doesn't help productivity very much. I need to at least change that to about 60% to 70% at the painting table and the rest on blogs and forums. So please understand if I miss a post or two I'm not ignoring you and will get back to you as soon as I reasonably can. By this I mean I'll read as often as I can, but commenting might prove difficult. I figure after September things will loosen up for me where I can go to about 50/50. Thanks for following my blog and understanding my situation and I'll do my best to support yours within my time allowance!

20 comments :

  1. Not a problem Christopher and she was a beauty.....

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  2. Just keep your own blogging going, I know what you mean though, seems I spend far more time on the computer than I want to and I also want to get some more kit finished, it's a hard life eh?

    Ian

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  3. Well done Christopher. I can understand on the internet topic, it can be a time sink and then there's also the danger of wanting to get into new projects and not finish the one's already active.

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  4. Awesome work on the young lady Christopher. I totally agree on the computer time. Same for me too, hence the lack of posts on my part.

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  5. Not a problem. That figure looks great

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  6. indeed surf time can be somewhat consuming!

    enjoy the painting

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  7. What a cracker Christopher. I love the dirt and mud slowly working its way up her dress, brilliant job. Fully understand you predicament regarding time and hope you get the balance right soon.

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  8. Love her, the mud is extremely well done. I changed my internet behavior recently as well. I read about twice a week the blogs for an hour or so now. I use a good feed reader and organized/prioritized things in there…

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  9. No probs Chris, I totally understand your predicament, my blog takes up a lot of my painting time!! Love the figure, it was one of my favourite ladies entered, love the muddy effect, that really adds tons of character to her.

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  10. I know what you mean with the Blog v Painting thing and I may have to go down that track myself.
    Superb painting and basing on this young lady.

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  11. Nice work, Christopher...great job on the dirt effect

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  12. I have her painted too, but I admit your work on her is much more elaborated...
    Very good rendition!

    Michi

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  13. Very nice work Chris. Love the pose, makes you wonder who she is aiming at!

    I know what you mean about the painting/blogging balance... I've been hard at painting recently over last weeks hols and havnt done much blog surfing or commenting...

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  14. Thanks guys I really appreciate the support!

    Oh so very true of not wanting to get distracted by other projects as I'm like a bird to shiny objects in that regard!

    Cheers
    Christopher

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  15. Lovely brushwork, Christopher, and I certainly empathise on the internet/painting/gaming balance.

    By the way, I hope you don't mind but I've given this post a guest spot on my blog (http://geeklydigest.blogspot.co.uk/)

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  16. I don't mind at all Rab and thank you very much for featuring my figures.

    Christopher

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  17. Great model - love the paint job. I want her on my safari for more than one reason, she looks like she know her way around that gun alright!

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