Steve Troughton-SmithPutting the new brushes to work!
Finally pushed through to the finish on these two. My new Artis Opus brushes are fantastic, now I just need to get better at using them 👌
At least basing is the fun part
Basing begins.
One thing new I’m doing on this batch is going back in and manually adding shading and black lining after the fact, which makes all the difference
Current status: very carefully trying to paint a model past me glued together and didn’t have the foresight to make in subassemblies…
When I’m just doing one, I’m much faster! Maybe batch painting is what’s been killing me
Particularly love how this cloak turned out. I still need a lot of practice
Honestly not a very complicated model or paint job. Another couple of sessions should be all I need
On the turntable, since this model arguably looks better from the back than from the front 😂
Attempting a pox walker test model, since I can’t find a decent box art tutorial. I don’t have my recipe 100% right yet, but it’s not too far off
I think I pulled it off? He looks reasonably close to the box art version
Poxwalker no. 2. These guys are fun to paint, as a little goes a long way, and every single model is unique
Already making a difference to the shelf. Now I just need to rescue the rest out from under the layer of dust 😝
Nearly there! Those pants turned out way better than I expected
One thing I'm noticing, doing these poxwalkers, is that it's really satisfying finishing one miniature at a time. It's quicker, I'm having more fun, and the variation makes each one interesting. I'm also more willing to try more advanced things, like mixing, glazing, etc, because I only have to worry about what's in front of me, and as a result I am learning and (I think I’m) getting better at this with each one. Batch painting doesn't give me that same dopamine hit
Poxwalkers on the turntable 😄
If you think painting miniature eyes is bad, wait till you try teeth 😅
Almost started painting the base before painting the horns 🤦♂️ Disaster averted
Roman@stroughtonsmith Where do you store all those figures?
@ramzesenok the painted ones go in the Detolf (IKEA)
@stroughtonsmith @ramzesenok I’d expect it to be full by now😄
@ramzesenok I'm just swapping the unpainted ones with the painted ones 😉
@stroughtonsmith @ramzesenok Ah wow! I remember you’ve been posting about painting those figures a few years ago, I wonder how many are there if you still have more to paint
@ramzesenok about 30 years worth
@ramzesenok I painted some, but I didn't have the skills and didn't want to ruin them before I could pull it off. I'm finally at a stage where I'm comfortable enough to tackle the harder things