Steve Troughton-Smith(They'll look like these when I'm done with them. Hopefully…)
Queuing up some fast ones in the meantime. Rescuing some very old metal minis
Halfway there, or so. I also looked up the price of these on eBay and it’s not pretty 😅 I’m glad I bought these in the 90s and not today…
…and here’s the rest of them. Gonna feel good to finally finish the lot after 25 years in storage 👀
Progressing the next set of minis in my free time. I’m going to finish the grey plastic pile of shame in my cabinet if it kills me
It's funny how everything mostly looks like crap until like 80% of the way through a paint job. Always gotta remind myself to trust the process: https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/110121125466943568
Final stretch now. Time to stress about painting the flag and camo cloak 👀
And this one comes to an end. I’m cheating: I’m gonna not paint that cloak until I can do a better job. But I’m going to base everything up and send it to the cabinet anyway
I broke the seal on my Tomb Kings box just so I can test my painting scheme 👀
I’m not entirely sure how I feel after all that…
Once it’s based, I’ll have a better idea if that was a success or not
I’m still unconvinced the effort of painting that the long way is meaningfully better than using Contrast with a highlight instead (middle). Raw Contrast (right) isn’t enough, at least, but the middle option looks kinda good too
I trawled the house for more skeleton parts, and was able to piece together a few. The rest may just be lost to the sands of time, but I can rescue these for sure and paint them up to a modern standard
Prepped and ready! Gonna bring them all up to the same level, and use it as an opportunity to test some theories before I try out the new plastics. I’ve had these since 1998
There are few things quite as satisfying as slapping down Skeleton Horde Contrast paint on an actual skeleton
Getting the hang of this; I feel pretty comfortable painting a skeleton now
You did say you wanted the return of classic models…
So enjoy cutting off all the flash and metal gates, sanding, resculpting missing detail, pinning, Green Stuff-ing all the massive gaps, and cutting new slots in the plastic base to fit the actual tabs in the model 😅
This Green Knight sculpt is gorgeous, but I’m definitely feeling the curl of the monkey’s paw
What's on the painting desk this weekend? More skeletons, of course
Easing myself back into painting with an easy project: touching up a model I did 2009-ish. Still need to base it, but pretty happy with the result!
And we’re done! One Terminator Chaplain repaint complete 😄
More skellies! Have to search my bits box for the rest of the shields, mind
Nigel Wadsworth 🇦🇺@stroughtonsmith I found some older 25mm Ancients, but really should paint those Warhammer dudes.
@nygl the only thing better than tiny toys are tinier toys! They look great
@nygl Cawdor minis are always fun