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Is there any aspect of the hobby you really want to try but haven’t done yet because you’re somehow afraid of it?

• I’m with @sundancer on this one – OSL is terrifying. That said, I’ve just printed some cyberpunk guys sat at computer terminals, that would look amazing  with osl painted faces, gazing into the screen…

What was the most daunting/scaring/intimidating thing (of our hobby) that you’ve done that then turned out to be easy as pie?

• Painting eyes. I went from sploshing a face with wash and pretending it was ok to painting ten pairs of eyes in an evening. I paint eyes now. Just paint them first, before *everything* else.

What aspect/technique in out hobby caught you off guard? (Thinking it would be easy just to have it bite you in the rear end)?

• Realistic shading. I discovered quickshade and it really does improve a paintjob by about 1000%. That’s my technique – basecoat, wash, highlight. But all my minis look like cel-shaded flat cartoon characters. They don’t look terrible, but it’s a look I’m a bit tired of. I’d like to get some realism with my shading – I’m trying with zenith highlights etc. but then “old me” kicks in and paints right over it and does the 90s style blacklining and solid primary colours again!

 

Speaking of flat, brightly coloured cartoon characters, here’s this weeks music. I was introduced to it by my eight-year-old nephew and while I hated the characters, I eventually had to admit I quite liked the song. Maybe it’s just because it reminds me of him when I hear it.

 

(these are the guys I’m going to learn OSL on)

(I paint eyes now)