Returning to the Hobby
Progress and Setbacks
Even though I am enthused to get back into the painting grove, my progress seems to be the opposite. (I keep promising that one day the house will be baby ready and there will be time to paint.) I did find some time this weekend to sling a little bit of paint. I started on back on the Hill Troll. I enjoy the character of this figure, but it was clear that I was going to warm in my color scheme. The warm tones of the leather and the orange skin was too much. So I switched to a normal flesh tone.
The photo does not do it justice. Mr. Troll is still looking warm. Here comes the mistake. I had completely forgotten that the next step in my leather process would cool it down as I added the shade. Instead, I tried to add a bluish shade to my flesh. When the first brush filled with wash touched the leg, I knew that I had made a mistake. I tried to use a clean brush to wipe it off before it dried and watched as the paint stripped all the way down to the primer.
I don’t like to give up on models. I want to think that there is always a way to save a project. But this setback was putting a severe damper on the painting mojo. I need a break and a fresh start. Mister Hill Troll needed a bath in some Simple Green to wash the stink of lousy painting off. I will get him in round two.
Instead of stopping, I grabbed a pair of Reaper orcs from the mass of unfinished miniatures. I started one with Reaper Grey Liner and the other Reaper Sepia Liner. They each got a quick drybrush of Reaper Dragon White. Reaper orc skin for their skin, and Reaper skeleton key for the metals with a bit of Reaper old bronze for a bit of character.
Not much, but it is a start.
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