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Thursday, July 17

Full Spectrum Daylight Bulbs.

This summer has been pretty bad so far and in one way in particular it has had an impact on my activities. The quality of the light even in the middle of the day has on occasion been awful. This as you might imagine makes painting very difficult.

If forced to use electric light I only really want to paint unmodified colours and even that is a bit risky.

I got so frustrated that I went onto eBay and ordered a 32W low energy full spectrum bulb from a supplier call Androv Medical in Germany. The bulb is supposed to give the equivalent of 130W.

The order took about 5 days to arrive - which I thought was ok from Germany.

What about the light. Well it is very, very bright and very white. When I leave the study, which is the room I paint in, and go to other rooms in the house the bulbs in those give a distinctly yellow light. I hadn't noticed before but the contrast is marked.

Now I have got used to it I am very pleased - and it really does make a difference to my painting. I can see subtle colour variations and shades and can pick out fine detail much more clearly. It's not as good as natural light at its best but I think it was a good investment.

Monday, July 7

Operation Turning Point - Flames of War Competition
July 5 - 6th


I took my Canadian Rifle Company to the Operation Turning Point Flames of War Competition organised by the Birmingham Trollslayers last weekend. The event was very enjoyable and well organised.

This was a mid war competition and although there was a slight preponderance of Axis forces the range of armies was very wide.

Wednesday, July 2

I have moved my web site. I had some ftp problems with the old one and I couldn't get any answers from the support team. I think I had exceeded my space allowance, but that is a guess.

I have now moved everything to Tripod. Loading and editing the site is certainly easier. I will have to go through and check things thoroughly but it is looking ok.

The only thing I have spotted that doesn't work is the hover command. The one that make a link change colour when you move the mouse over it. I will have to do a bit of research to find out where this has gone wrong - but so far I am pleased with the transfer.

You can visit by clicking the following link

http://members.lycos.co.uk/lastbunny

Loads of wargaming figures.