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Man, I sold off a ton of stuff to bankroll my Warlord, and still have 4 digits of crap.

4???? Sweet mercy....I'm feeling like I just started hobby a week ago!

Welcome to my world, guys. I've probably got hundreds of minis waiting their turn patiently for some painting love. Still, I'd rather do a good job on them slowly than rush them and have them look like crap.

Aye- totally agree. Take time and do a proper job is the way. Meanwhile the hordes grow - lol

Over 1000 minis Whalemusic? Never mind being swap shop mod you should just give them away .

I kind of do not mind a quick and simple paint job on mass rank and file, but obviously a painter of Jan's ability is never going to settle for that.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Man, I sold off a ton of stuff to bankroll my Warlord, and still have 4 digits of crap.

Now that's impressive!

EDC

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Over 1000 minis Whalemusic? Never mind being swap shop mod you should just give them away .

I actually do quite often. Mostly older, used models or stuff like AoBR marines to help people just starting out get a decent sized force without breaking the bank.

Took a painting break tonight but couldn't help but wander back over to the desk and get a little hobby done finally got The Nurse from Thirdman Studios put together. Not the hardest of builds but a little fiddly at points. Minimal flash and only 1 or 2 mound lines to trim. Little gap fill needed. The pipes were a bit of an arse but nothing swearworthy!! Lovely crisp and varied details and a beautiful sculpt overall. Hoping to get her primed next week and then started on next month. She'll be a comp entry this summer - fingers crossed

gorgeous mini. Looks like it'll be a ton of fun to paint. I'm quite jealous.

She's really rather gorgeous. Pretty sinister with lots of great details. Can still get them over on CMON's website shop. Looking forward to getting some paint down soon

Great mini. Will be great to tag along while you get some paint on her.

Hopefully get her some zenithal priming done this weekend. HAve some other stuff ahead of her paintwise so next week or so to get her started proper

Cool, but somewhat terrifying model.

EDC

How are you going to Zenithal prime? I've read of a method using the evil airbrush......

......you've not turned to the dark side I hope

Hahahaa - no. Rattle cans. Light spray of black then a zeni coat of white from above after.

 Januine wrote:
Hahahaa - no. Rattle cans. Light spray of black then a zeni coat of white from above after.

That's how I do it too makes life easier

So what's the advantage of zenithal priming?

EDC

It's handy for a few things. Give you an immediate guide in balck and white so to speak, as to where the shadows and highlights are going to be (presuming you are wanting to paint as if the light is coming from above). Everything that is going to be hit by 'the light' will be primed white while everything thats in shadow wiull stay black(ish). I like it especially for skin as (for the nurse) I'm going to do the skin mostly in glazes. So folk refer to it as 'pre-shading' or 'pre-highlighting' even I guess.

Heads up Jan, your Solitaire is featured on the GW Blog for Thursday

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/blog/blog.jsp

Awesomeness - just checked it out. First time I've been featured there - really chuffed - Cheers AoV

Congrats dude, well deserved.

Congrats on getting featured on GW's site, man! That must make you proud! It was indeed well deserved, that mini is spectacular!

Many thx folks. Aye - was a really nice surprise to start the day off with. Totally chuffed they chose to put it up

Yeah, a massive 축하합니다 to you mate. It's about time really! And it truely is a fantastic mini (and base).

 Januine wrote:
It's handy for a few things. Give you an immediate guide in balck and white so to speak, as to where the shadows and highlights are going to be (presuming you are wanting to paint as if the light is coming from above). Everything that is going to be hit by 'the light' will be primed white while everything thats in shadow wiull stay black(ish). I like it especially for skin as (for the nurse) I'm going to do the skin mostly in glazes. So folk refer to it as 'pre-shading' or 'pre-highlighting' even I guess.

Ah yes, that makes alot of sense. Congrats on the getting featured on the GW page!

EDC

Aye! Big congrats on being on the blog. Saw your mini and was like - "that's my friend, woohoo!". Revel in the glory, you deserve it!

Very cool! Congrats Januine. You're internet famous

Ta muchly lads. Week off work next week so loadsa painting time on the cards

Great work, and well deserved, mate!

Home and back to painting. Got the Reds done on another group of space hulk termies. Should've finished these guys last month but ah well, they'll get there