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Blog Joshua's Paint Blog - Back from the dead!

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Joshua Horchler, May 8, 2018.

  1. Deed525
    Stegadon

    Deed525 Well-Known Member

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    Good advice, I will stealthily take this onboard as well :p
    Really liking the blood warriors - nice to something other than red - also a fitting colour for the blood
    God that loves a good skull
     
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  2. Joshua Horchler
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    Joshua Horchler Well-Known Member

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    I'm such a slow painter, but the squad is getting there, still a lot to do. The skin was a failure but I learned a lot and can always apply some more blood if I don't like it.

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  3. ravagekitteh
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    Looking good!
     
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  4. Joshua Horchler
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    For the first time in my painting career I have hit a nasty wall. The wall is the shape of 10 blood warriors. I hate this unit. I hate the model and I hate how much time i've wasted on the paint job.

    I've spent hours and hours on this one squad and overtime I've just made them worst. I had a terrible plan for painting them and i've made a million mistakes. It sounds dramatic but it makes me never want to paint a Blades of Khorne model again.

    Has anyone else experienced total failure painting a unit? I think the best thing for me to do is to shelf these guys and get them out of my sight...
     
  5. Deed525
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    Deed525 Well-Known Member

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    You certainly
    You are certainly not alone !!

    For me I quit for a few years after a very similar unit of tau I painted up - difference was I lived the models and was desperate for them - got them, put them together but struggled so badly to paint them well - I tried and tried but failed so bad that I ended up hating them (haven’t touched them since)

    The problem was that I hadn’t painted clean armour before and the skills I did have couldn’t be used to a good effect - is advice thinking about what you want them to look like and test/try on other models and get the technique nailed.
    If you keep trying and keep failing it will just piss you off, in the words of Elsa ‘Let it go’ :D
     
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  6. Joshua Horchler
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    I boxed them up pulled out some Lizards. I already feel better about things. When I think about how much time I wasted on that unit it is frustrating, but it taught me I really don't like painting that type of a model. I much prefer painting organic things. Not sure what I'm going to do with my BoK army now haha.
     
  7. Deed525
    Stegadon

    Deed525 Well-Known Member

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    Lol, you may dig them out in the future :D
    It’s a hobby that is very easy to enjoy - just make sure you are actually enjoying it :)
     
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  8. Deed525
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    If it helps I actually quite like what you’ve done :D
     
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  9. Acrocanth
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    Haha funny the skin was my favourite part what caught my eye first. :p
     
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  10. Joshua Horchler
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    So small update. I scrapped my BoK army and traded it for some Sylvaneth. My hobbying is sort of all over the place right now. I am in the middle of stripping those models but I'm hoping to share my progress with them soon.

    In the meantime I wanted to do something fun so I pulled out my SoulWars Nighthaunt. I wanted to do a different paint scheme on them. Below is what I started. These are only the base colors, so no highlights or shading, but it's interesting! I need to pick a secondary color for the "flames" on the bases and paint the weapons.

    Not sure if I love it or hate it. Let me know what you think!

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  11. Joshua Horchler
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    Also these bad boys are always lurking on my desk and someday I'll finish this batch of 40 :)

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  12. Aginor
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    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    They look really great!

    Finish them!!!
     
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    Slann

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    That is some stunning painting, like to see the end results ;)
    Keep up the good work

    Gr, Imrahil
     
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    Really great looking crop of skinks :cool:
     
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  15. Joshua Horchler
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    Thanks. I struggle finding hobby time lately and I have a lot of cool grey models on my desk so I keep putting them off but they are really close. I've also accumulated a ton of great basing material and I think they would look great on some jungle bases.
     
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    I have project ADHD and I started rescuing some poor Sylvaneth that I picked up on eBay. I took some additional pictures along the way to document the process.

    After soaking in some purple stuff time to scrub!!

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    Cleaned up, primed and starting with basecoat.

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    Basecoating completed. Faded to almost black.

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    First wash. Second to follow and then i'll go back in with some careful airbrush work to bring back some highlights then finish the details.

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  17. Aginor
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    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Good job!
    No such thing as too many Dryads for Sylvaneth!
    Just like Skinks for Seraphon and Skeleton Warriors for Legions of Nagash. :)
     
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  18. Joshua Horchler
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    I should have picked lower model count armies lol
     
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  19. Joshua Horchler
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    Basing 40 Skinks. Lord give me strength. I can't wait to be finished with this group and to move onto some other, bigger Seraphon :) 20190808_212156.jpg 20190810_165123.jpg
     
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    Finally finished with my 40 man unit. I left some spaces on the bases because ill be adding some painted plastic plants and purple flowers which will help add some color. i just need to paint like 4 feathers but ill calling them battle ready!!! Finally complete. Hoping to share some work my Bastilladons soon. 20190817_080353.jpg 20190817_080340.jpg 20190817_081201.jpg 20190817_081223.jpg
     

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