Same here, gringe. Private schools suck. at least mine does. I can;t do anything. luckily im going public next year.
Speaking of Army men tanks, Double D, I'm practicing at figure painting by painting my WWII army men. One of them came out pretty good, but the other 5 are too glossy. I put mud on them with some brown paint. It's pretty cool. How's that for low-budget modeling.
Another Low budget modeling tip: If you cant get a kit of it, build it out of Legos. I currently have a "scratchbuilt" Lego MiG-25, BTR-80, Mi-24, SA-10 truck, Ural troop transporter, T-80, and BMP-2. I can't have a BMP and T-80 at the same time though couse they share the same chassis. I also have turrets for a T-34 and SU-85 that i can stick on.