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The title kinda says it all but, to rephrase. Have you ever put so much work into custom making a model from random (and even rare,) bits, sculpting one from greenstuff or cardstock, and adding lighting; that you are too scared to paint them? How do you overcome that? What if you are a first time painter with little experience so while you make great models, you are too timid to paint them and almost want other players to do it for you?

What do you recommend to overcome that feeling or vibe? How do you gain skills without trashing your first army? Do you just suck up tutorials and hope for the best, or do you guys have a secret for painting a model to a decent TT standard that is pleasing to the eye? I'm just curious as to how other converters deal with this.

Well I've got a whole Fortress monastery to make for a non-existant table, a contest piece I can't enter due to the fact the contest ends during my international trip (entered the LoER #12 contest, then realized "oh hurr durr, you won't make it since you entered late and the deadline is when you will be in Sweden," ,) and a 500 pt army of SoO consisting of high end models and FW and an old 2nd edition Rhino that I might make into a Predator using parts from Anvil Industry. It's all overwhelming, and I'm mostly a custom terrain guy, so yeah.

(Oh! Totally off topic but, if someone knows where I can find a guide to making the old school bubble turrets for predators, please link me!)

I am honestly thinking about using this guys process, what do you guys think? This will be my first time painting as I said above so I'm nervous that I will ruin all my conversions.

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/212123-sons-of-orar-blog

Thanks for all the input guys. I'm going to give painting a go sometime soon when I get the guts up. (And cardstock terrain quits distracting me, ) will have paint on some figures by January I hope. I revived my old P+M blog. It's kinda newbish, and cruddy but, I put a lot of heart into it regardless. I hope to make it as good as some of the greats on this forum's P+M blog. I guess I will )post a link here, as I have a lot and I mean a LOT of conversions ahead of me to finish.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/568699.page#7320334

Okay well I'm going to try and get some paint on this guy after doing a test squad hopefully by the start of December... )



I am just waiting on his backpack. (One of these.)



I will post the results here and on my Dakka Blog.

Is there anything in this range of paints that could even remotely try to give me a good gold?