Right then! This has been a HUGE 10 days for me (and my lovely wife and mischievous wee hound) – moved back to Ireland from South Korea after living there for 13 years. Getting my new studio up and running was pretty high on my ‘get it done quick quick list’. And up and running it is!! First…. let’s have some tunes. One of my favourite types of music to paint to is electro swing. Really gets me going and gives a good pace and rhythm to a painting session so I give you one of me favs –
questions next….. oh they’re a couple of good uns!!
1) single pose or multi………hmmmm….. a bit of both. I don’t mind the single pose but I will probably personalise them a wee bit with a few additions or alterations. Some of the stuff I paint is purely display pieces and are single pose and that’s ok too. If I’m doing a squad or summit like that I want them all to be a little bit individual. A squad of total clones is a no no.
2) ohhhh superb question – I’m gonna cheat a little and offer up two minis. The 54mm Eisenhorn and Cherubael. I don’t think they are the best I’ve ever painted but when I look at them I think they may be the most important (to me at least ) I painted them soonish after getting back into the hobby after a 12 or 13 year hiatus and they were the first minis I really pushed myself on and started to not just try new things but to start making shit up on the fly as I painted – really just went for it and the result was something I was both really proud of but also felt a real jump forward in my own learning curve and confidence. See what u think. Whenever I feel a painting learning plateau or slump coming on, I look up at these two rascals and they push me forward and on.
3) hmmmmm……. I paint way WAY more than game so the minis are always more important to me than the game system. That said at the core (at the minute anyway) I focus on Necromunda snd KD:M but I do flit out and about if I find something else I fancy painting. And I have a selection of boutique or purely collectors minis that I am and do work on. And ofc there is then the commission pieces I work on which can be just about anything. Except infinity. Not a fan.
Oh and now that the new studio is up and running I’ve managed to get some painting done and FINALLY finished the prologue survivors!!
And that’s the week that’s been and gone 🙂
