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過去一直都對鋼筆有興趣, 近來買了一支百樂牌及四季彩墨水...
今晚終於突破三位數字入手寫樂 1911透明筆!
下面係一啲好靚仔嘅白金筆咀嘅近照

Hi everyone,

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I had always been interested in fountain pens and recently I had started investing in better ones.  I started with Pilot Pera with a set of Iroshizuku ink, then moved on to TWSBI ECO and just tonight, I broke the 3 digit price tag (Hong Kong dollars, that's about USD20 max)  and got a 1k+ (again HKD, about USD150) Sailor 1911 Profit Standard Demonstrator Transparent Body.

Here are some close up shot of the beautiful nib, more entries for the other pens to follow.

Close up shot of the 1911 engraved on the platinum nib 
Sailor 1911 Profit 
Canon EOS 40D
Lens: 100mm f/2.8-32
0.004 (1/250) Aperture 3 f/2.8

Close up shot of the 21k platinum engraving on the nib,
also showing the 375, H MF marking
Sailor 1911 Profit 
Canon EOS 40D
Lens: 100mm f/2.8-32
0.004 (1/250) Aperture 3 f/2.8

Sailor 1911 Profit, nib close-up 
Canon EOS 40D
Lens: 100mm f/2.8-32
0.001 (1/100) Aperture 3 f/2.8

Close up shot of the tip of the nib 
Sailor 1911 Profit 
Canon EOS 40D
Lens: 100mm f/2.8-32
0.001 (1/100) Aperture 3 f/2.8

Close up shot of the back of the tip of the nib 
Sailor 1911 Profit 
Canon EOS 40D
Lens: 100mm f/2.8-32
0.001 (1/100) Aperture 3 f/2.8

Another close up shot of the tip of the back of the nib
Sailor 1911 Profit 
Canon EOS 40D
Lens: 100mm f/2.8-32
0.001 (1/100) Aperture 3 f/2.8

筆店:
豐原行 Feng Yuan Pens Co/Pen Gallery
Feng Yuan Co

G 21, Houston Centre,Tsimshatsui East, Hong Kong
尖沙咀東麼地道63號
好時中心 G21 店
Tel : 2366 1703
Fax : 2724 3906

Finally got a chance to paint again and I suspect the paint is a bit off.

Haven’t painted again for a very long time now, most of the paint on my desk settled and different layers of liquid started to appear…

So last night when I started on the lower part of the body I had to paint larger and almost flat surfaces.  This kind of surface had always pose problem for me, getting it even and smooth isn’t easy with brushes, and using air brush isn’t that easy for me (yet).  I’d post photos later than the track if it persist: as the paint dries little pigments started to appear forming rings on the surface… so I had to paint over it again and again…

Very keen to get something motorized to deal with these paint when I am busy, but for now I don’t have the money for it.  Speaking of that, there are two options: one is to vibrate it, the other is to get a mechanism to shake it up and down like what I do with my arms.  We’d see.
One thing I was rather pleased is how I handled the lining on the hat, I think I got the detail just right.

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I am getting some Zombicide Blackplague Promo Exclusive heroes and will paint and sell them.

They should be going to DHL at Germany now, not planning to make a killing with these but just want some incentive to motivate myself to continue with painting miniature.

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