I emptied out my stripping jar the other day. My stripping jar - if you don't know - is a thick 2 litre plastic jar which is almost always full of miniatures bought off TradeMe soaking in either Methylated Spirits or Heavy Duty Degreaser.
Even though I don’t think I buy many miniatures these days, it seems that enough random things take my fancy for there always to be a couple of inches worth of miniatures in the stripping jar.
So one rainy afternoon – or maybe it was just a lazy afternoon – out came everything in the jar for a good scrubbing and clean off in the ultrasonic cleaner. Then it all was based and primered.
One of the things that was in it was a set of Citadel Snotlings. Enough for a Snotling Swarm stand. Because they are so small I managed to break a couple while basing them, and as I had to do a bit of very fine pining to fix them, I decided to complete them. So this afternoon I painted them. And a little while ago – after a couple of games of Ticket to Ride – I glued sand to the base.
Tomorrow I’ll paint and dry brush the sand and then apply some static grass. If I’m lucky the day will also be warm and dry enough to varnish it as well. Then I’ll be able to take a final photo.
Wee boy took one look at it and asked if they were goblins. I said yes (as they are little goblins – of a sort anyway). He said “well they’re mine then”. Who can argue with that. He’ll probably want me to buy him more too


