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
And shields for everybody! Now I can actually call these complete. I only wish more of them had survived since I opened the box (…in 1998?), but maybe I can bulk them out with spare parts later on
Next assembly line up and running. Left is washed. Middle is recess-shaded. Right is finished test mini. Painting is exhausting 😴
I’m still highlighting these Death Guard. Finding all those edges is *exhausting*; I can manage maybe a couple a night
It’s slow going, but next up is the metallics and that will make a big difference quickly
NGL, this has been a marathon project. Certainly in no rush to paint any more Death Guard in immediate future 😅 Can’t argue with the results!
This has been two weeks of 2–3 hours a night, or two seasons of Hell’s Kitchen worth according to my watch history. It’s real nice to do something analogue for a while
Not a whole lot left here! Bones, cloth, and final details
And just to highlight what 5 years of progress looks like, here's where I gave up the first time trying to paint these models, back in 2019!
I’m so glad I don’t have a timer counting how long these have taken to paint. The people who can do this all day every day are heroic
Tomorrow, the Death Guard will be done! Feels real good 😄
And we’re done; a full painted squad of Death Guard before Christmas 👨🎨
Nigel Wadsworth 🇦🇺@stroughtonsmith Outstanding.
Darren McGuicken@stroughtonsmith I’ve been back in the hobby for a year and a half and still haven’t finished painting _anything_! Just seventeen hobby days seems incredible.
clucose@stroughtonsmith Great work!
miketheiron@stroughtonsmith these look amazing. I’ve recently gotten back into mini painting after maybe 25 years away and am loving it again… tho not living needing reading glasses to focus up close now :-)
@stroughtonsmith Are you ‘just’ using a phone camera for these? Or something else? Great shots. And painting :)
@nygl just Halide and my iPhone 12PM
Doofus Canadensis
Jonathan Poh 📷 🏳️🌈@stroughtonsmith whoa that’s incredible. That detail.
martinbuckler@stroughtonsmith These are very crisp! Really in keeping with the ‘Eavy Metal box art style
erin sparling@stroughtonsmith such a good detail. Reminds me of the impact that using a hot foil stamp in print can have on a design.
Nicolas Marien@stroughtonsmith the Lord Of Decay will be pleased.
Max is making stuff@stroughtonsmith looking fantastic
tylercheung@stroughtonsmith why make figurines when we now live in grimdark times and president nurgle is about to make Konrad curze in charge of the national killing machine?
@stroughtonsmith the test mini looks super cool!
johnyorke@stroughtonsmith I’ve only just got into it. But I’ve never known a hobby be so difficult and yet so therapeutic.