After the feedback I got from the Halfling article, I was determined to do another piece, and try and improve the opinions many of the other members had about my painting. I asked Editor in Chief Bill
for the opportunity to do this, and he gladly obliged.
With the Halflings, my problems were manyfold: I had a lot of other stuff happening at the time (namely, Christmas!), as well as numerous other projects to do with my studies. I was also painting in an area I was not familiar - I do not game much in the realms of fantasy (and being a keen gamer, this is something I have now tried to rectify), and as a result, did not have a clue as to how to paint them. This time round, I asked for a smaller quantity of figures, and something slightly more in line with what I am used to - World War Two Germans.
![Early war German LMG figure Early war German LMG figure](workbench/pics/ww2land/2007/27785a.jpg)
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When I got these figures delivered, I was not surprised to find that they had little flash and were mostly clean castings (just one or two mould lines, that needed minor work).
![Early war German LMG figure Early war German LMG figure](workbench/pics/ww2land/2007/27785d.jpg)
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Essex Miniatures are one of the best and most popular figure manufacturers in the U.K., and this was one of the many things which were running through my mind as I PVA-glued them to my wooden painting bases.
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My next step was to do a quick trawl through my resourcebooks and the wonderful Internet to check the painting scheme.
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