While rooting through some boxes I came across some skaven I had not finished. I think the house move must have interrupted painting these. A few dabs of paint and they were finished
Sometimes you just lose steam on a project. This can be for a variety of reasons. This manticore figure has sat on the "part done" pile for what might actually be a decade. Every so often I would look at it and have no idea as to what to do to bring it to life. Then the other day inspiration suddenly struck me. I repainted the face using a ruddier flesh tone and the rest fell into place.
Sometimes the simplest shapes turn out to be difficult to paint because the margin of error is so small. In the last blog I mentioned that the Kren chapter insignia could be difficult to paint on pauldrons. Last night a new way of doing this occurred to me so I tried it out.
I have painted a lot of space marines over the years. Judging from the contents of the boxes in my room, I will be painting many more! What have I learnt painting these and what would I change if I did it again?
