The instructions suggest soaking the sponge with distilled water, not having any in the house and keen to get started, I used filtered water instead, and so far this seems to be fine. The paint stays wet and workable, which is a pleasure, and I can see that blending colours will be a lot easier too. It’s size is just perfect for my workspace.
In other news, I have been reading a bit about the Suakin to Berber railway, discovering a piece on William Edge, who was involved with the work in 1885, and an old post on a German blog that I follow (which is in German, but Google Translate is your friend). Apart from being better informed, I have decided that it would be interesting to model one of the forts built to protect the railway while work progressed, or didn’t.
Links
William Edge
The Berber Railway – in Sudan
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| The first Naval Brigade figures near completion, and the wet palette had something to do with it. I improved the appearance of the flap collar by painting the light blue on the underside and edges, giving the single white stripe a light blue border. |
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| One of the strongpoints built along the route of the railway. This will make for a nice model and a perfect wargames scenario. |
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