{"id":4621,"date":"2015-12-08T12:22:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T12:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2015-12-08T12:22:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T12:22:42","slug":"minions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=4621","title":{"rendered":"Minions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1865.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4620\" title=\"IMG_1865\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1865-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1865-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1865-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I haven&#8217;t had much hobby time the past couple of weeks with holidays and work. \u00a0I received these &#8220;helper&#8221; figures from Sergeant Major&#8217;s Miniatures in the mail and took a break from a mob of 20mm Dutch WWII figures to paint them up. \u00a0I typically prime figures in gray or black, but for these I first primed them in gray and then tried to spray them yellow, since yellow has such poor coverage. \u00a0That didn&#8217;t work. \u00a0I ended up gunking up some of the details and had to brush paint a couple coats of yellow anyway. \u00a0Still, I think they came out okay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now back to those Dutch&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Share this post : Minions! 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