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So...

Spinal surgery sucks, lemme tell you. Having hobby projects left half finished due to it is almost as bad (maybe more, depends on your priorities).

Going from rock steady hands to somewhat shaky is not conducive to maintaining a good quality painting aesthetic, either (or typing well).

But I'm painting again, on the mend, and the painting is a great way to re-teach my body to be steady and calm. Here's my completed terminators. See if you can guess what steps I finished before the surgery:




And showing that I have magnetized the Cyclone Missile Launchers (there are two TH/SS terminators who also have received magnets but have not been painted):

very well done.sorry to hear you had spinal surgrey,hope your haveing a fast and not to painful recovery.

Get well soon That's some really nice work there

Hey these look great, i suffer something similar with the extremely shaky hands and i find the best way is to rest you wrists or forearm on a desk while painting, cuts the shaking right down

Very nice. The bone color looks nice and smooth.

Waenchile wrote:Hey these look great, i suffer something similar with the extremely shaky hands and i find the best way is to rest you wrists or forearm on a desk while painting, cuts the shaking right down

It certainly helps. But fingers have been acting of their own accord, too. It is getting better. It's just a part of my spine no longer being compressed and my nerve impulses sorting themselves back out for the first time since I was like, 2.

Darth Bob wrote:Very nice. The bone color looks nice and smooth.

Thank you. It's a very quick technique, too. I've spent years trying to find a way to make the Deathwing bone color look good (and not like a creamsicle), and I'm finally happy with it. It does involve some oil based paints, but they're part of what make it so quick.

I said it on the other post, and I'll say it again here. Sweet terminators, especially given the circumstances!
Definitely like the tone of the bone armor.

Look's Great! Hope you get better soon!

 Deacis657 wrote:
Look's Great! Hope you get better soon!

Thank you so very much! Getting better every day.

They look great, well done ;-) I hope your recovery goes smoothly; I hear pounding an enemy squad to mush with bone-coloured powerfists is good rehabilitation.

Sorry to hear about the surgery, but frankly these are better than anything I've painted!

These look really, really great! Well done, considering the circumstances ;D

These are great! I have DV Termies but I couldn't paint them anything like this!

They look great, I'd love some more photos if your condition allows

Nice! You've executed the bone really well.

 Xenocidal Maniac wrote:
Nice! You've executed the bone really well.

Thanks. It's the part I'm proudest of and took a lot of attempts to finally get right through the years.

Thanks Caasc. I'm going through Chemo for cancer picked up from Afghanistan....Hodgkin's to be exact. Thanks for giving me to motivation to drive on with the painting along with Kronk Shaking hands do mess up some fine lines lol

 Jihadin wrote:
Thanks Caasc. I'm going through Chemo for cancer picked up from Afghanistan....Hodgkin's to be exact. Thanks for giving me to motivation to drive on with the painting along with Kronk Shaking hands do mess up some fine lines lol

No, thank you, man.

Both for your service and for letting someone as insignificant as me be inspiration. All my best thoughts and wishes are with you in your fight. I wish you well and the ability to overcome.

These look awesome, dude. I hope you get better soon, man. Keep up the good work! You do better paint jobs with shaky hands and a bad back than I do when I'm healthy!

Looking good, hope you heal okay, I know firsthand how much surgery can bugger up painting, you have my congratulations.