Hobby exploits 2020 and onward

This holidays I pushed my 3d printed Chimera Pathfinder a notch closer to comletion. Moslty did the engines and some glasswork.

More pictures to be found here: https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/1635297/

I finished another one of my little diorama-frames, a spaceship cargo bay this time.

More history of this project can be found here.

It is no surprise to probably anyone, that this year I had to buy two big bundles from Corvus Belli. With My Op. box delivered a couple of month ago I want to work my way through Morats before getting to Steel Phalanx. So I’m doing a bit of speed painting on them. 3 minis this week, all light specialists.

The same story as with the Vanguards, but due to project system limitations I had to create new post. The difference is that I didn’t like the model as much as the Vanguards.

EDIT: somehow after compression the pictures turned really dark, I’ll see if I can change them in any way.

EDIT 2: Better photo

These three little Morat simpletons were painted in a way presented by Marco in his videos and wider explained here in one of the posts bellow, teh one describing the workshop I had with him.

What may be considered unusual is that, even though they read as mostly black, I didn’t use pure black anywhere on these minis, save for first layer of primer.

What I used was:

• Hard elements of uniform (armour) – mixture of VGC black-green and violet inks,
• Soft elements of uniforms – mixture of Liquitex bright orange and turquoise inks,
• Dark elements of weapon – mixture of VGC black and violet inks,
• Light elements of weapon – mixture of AP blue and gravelord grey speed paints over white,
• Skin – AP red speed paint highlighted with Vallejo sunny skin tone.

Every colour was diluted with mixture of 2:1 acrylic medium and retarder for better flow, this is element that lets you avoid stains and uneven coverage.

The main problem with this bunch is underpainting – the light direction is inconsistent and lights are not pushed far enough – when you start applying colours in this method getting back to lights beyond edge highlight is rather hard.

EDIT: Additional photo.

I don’t know how many of you share my experience, but when I paint I have great fun and have so many new ideas, ways to approach the process and really enjoy it. That is until I proclaim a model finished, from that very moment I can only see flaws in my work, like no good brush stroke was achieved on a mini in question. Below is the most recent offender of my self-esteem, painted for completion with huge dose of enjoyment, now that I posted it, I can’t even look at the photos.

The competition gallery (all entries)  can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=531050259025032&set=pcb.531069439023114

In August I started new job which pretty much decimated my hobby time, as this project clearly shows. On the flip side it brings a bit of income which I can spend on hobby supplies with hope that I would use it some day.

This is what I found in the post today.