Thursday, September 4, 2003
It Just Doesn't Pay Sometimes
I'm currently painting 15mm Battle Honors Napoleonic Austrians. I'm working hard to make them nice. I snipped off the cast standard and replaced it with brass wire. I resculpted the bearer's hands and finial. I lovingly painted the miniature. I rescaled the appropriate standard from Napflags, printed it out and attached in, waving in the breeze in an energetic manner. I gloss urathaned the miniature to protect it, then a coat of Dullcote for sheen. Then, yes, I see that I've mounted the firkin' flag upside down. I think I'm just going to leave it.
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Hey, just curious. What kind of paper do you use to print off the flags from Napflags? Any specifics like name brand, paper weight, etc.?
ReplyDeleteNothing special, just whatever dot-matrix paper my wife bought (Xerox Premium Multi-Purpose, it appears). Covered in regular Elmer's glue on the inside, nothing on the outside. Ends up pretty stiff.
ReplyDeleteI've done the same-- mounting a flag upsidedown.
ReplyDeleteHeartbreaking. That's what it is. Heartbreaking.