Phalanx backlog

Hi,

Spent the last couple evenings finishing up some phalangites that have been sitting half-done on my shelf for months. Not a rush job, but I didn't spend as much time as the front unit, as this base will be stuck behind the visible guys for pretty much every game. I wanted to get these guys done before moving on to the Nappies, or the guilt would become far to burdensome.

This is two bases together:



And the new base:







Had a little fuss with the GW Purity Seal topcoat - definite "misting" on the finish. I hit them with a light topping of 'ardcoat, and that seems to have taken the worst of it off, but I'm stumped as to what did it. The can's been sitting around for a while, but I shook it well and it wasn't particularly humid. Go figure. Heh. "Figure."

On another note, I took a trip today, cub in tow, to a couple stores along the Danforth recommended by some of the THMG guys. Wheels and Wings is a block west of Woodbine on the Danforth, and John's Hobbies is a block east. The former has a fantastic selection of pretty much every plastic kit you can think of, and can get whatever they don't. Prices are better than ebay, from what I can gather, and service was excellent.

The star of the day, however, was John's Hobbies. They have a Thomas the Tank Engine table set up at the front of the shop, and the cub spent a good couple hours playing there while I puttered. Their stock has the little bit of everything approach (they do plstic kits, model trains, RC, etc.), but I managed an impulse buy (Revell French Hussars and Italeri French Staff), and the cub left with a new coach for his Thomas collection. Staff were increadible, and I had a couple of interesting conversations with different staff members. Kudos to the place, kid friendly, and knowledgeable.

I should be playing an Impetus game with JJ on Wednesday, so assuming all is well, I should have a batrep up by Thursday.

FMB