{"id":8807,"date":"2019-06-23T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T10:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=8807"},"modified":"2019-06-23T10:54:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T10:54:08","slug":"a-modicum-of-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=8807","title":{"rendered":"A Modicum of Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being on the road for business all last week (Monday to Saturday), I managed to paint a couple of figures Saturday evening. \u00a0With the amount of business travel I have been doing, I haven&#8217;t taken the time to paint units of figures and have instead been working on a few random figures that have been sitting in the painting box for a while.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8805\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6281.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8805\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6281-1024x593.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6281-1024x593.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6281-300x174.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6281-768x445.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some female adventurers from Bad Squiddo (left and center) and Crooked Dice (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8806\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6280.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8806\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6280-746x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6280-746x1024.jpeg 746w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6280-218x300.jpeg 218w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6280-768x1055.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Quartermane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8803\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6283.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8803\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6283-656x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6283-656x1024.jpeg 656w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6283-192x300.jpeg 192w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6283-768x1199.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6283.jpeg 1682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A resident of The Village from The Prisoner. This figure is from Crooked Dice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8810\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6286.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8810\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6286-1024x778.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6286-1024x778.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6286-300x228.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6286-768x584.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6286.jpeg 1912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Other residents of The Village.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8802\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6285.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8802\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6285-946x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6285-946x1024.jpeg 946w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6285-277x300.jpeg 277w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6285-768x832.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A figure that has been on the painting table for years. I have no idea the manufacturer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8804\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6282.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8804\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6282-665x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6282-665x1024.jpeg 665w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6282-195x300.jpeg 195w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6282-768x1183.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6282.jpeg 1745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A figure that is obviously supposed to be 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