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I played corpses on multiple seasons of that show and I don't see a single STL with my face on it. I'm writing to my MP.
Well… I know what I’ll be working on when I get the Farseer finished up. Can’t believe it’s even _smaller_. Look at that likeness though, even just primed!
When I say ‘finish the Farseer’ first, I obviously don’t mean not putting _any_ paint on that tiny little face.
Starting into his jerkin and only realising while taking this photo that the filigree is approximately the same width as the ridges of my fingerprints 
I have, definitely intentionally, decided that he should have Very Shiny arms. Didn’t come up much in the show, but a big part of the books.
(Awkward Look Monkey Puppet dot gif)
His little boots have a strap around them that I wasn’t expecting. Sudden colour paralysis.
I added an attempt at a cast shadow on the base, trying to emphasise that I want the scene to read as though lit from a shaft of light above, but I hated it so much that I set it aside for a full week 
I think it’s just far too extreme, I’ll try to soften it and lighten it to recover.
I always intended to go back to this one and do a finishing pass or two before submitting to the competition on MMF, but the thought of doing so put me off _any hobbying at all_ for several days . So I’m calling this guy done. This will be the hero shot. Also the first mini photo I’ve ever removed the ‘WIP’ tag from.
@dmcgk it looks great
@blueorangeblue Thank you! 
Miniature painting teaches the attitude of the knife – chopping off what’s incomplete and saying: ‘Now, it’s complete because it’s ended here.'
@NinjaDebugger I always knew the true origin of the Fremen had to involve hobbyists to _some_ degree… living among all that free basing material…
@dmcgk pal that is way beyond done. I feel like I could touch the materials of the clothing and they’d feel right. Just gorgeous work.
@RollleafD 
Thank you! It may just be the 'too close to it' thing, but I definitely feel like I should have been able to tidy up some of that paint placement in the hair, face and jerkin highlights... though as I say the thougth of actually doing it just made it feel like such a job of work. it's probably just the mild OCD that stops me ever finishing a thing. So onto the next thing!
@dmcgk we’re all our own worst critics completely feel you on that - I’m the same on myself!
But honestly - this is just stunning - everything you’re saying you’d love a pass over I’ve been zooming in on and in awe - there’s a serious life like quality to the way you paint. I love it.
@RollleafD I really appreciate those far-too-kind words Hey, this is technically the first mini I've 'finished' since getting back into the hobby (18 months? 2 years?)! Also technically, I never actually did much more than priming minis back when I was a teenager (~30 years ago )... so I reckon that makes this a near infinite escalation in pace. I should be able to knock out several full armies by next month.
@dmcgk I think anyone who says they actually painted armies in their teens is either dangerous or a liar. 
Best I managed was a bit of undercoating too.
If that’s your trajectory I want the secret - I’m just counting the minutes till monkey goes down for a nap today and I get back to my Stir River Patrol - so close to my first painted “army”
@RollleafD And it is absolutely gorgeous and characterful! Definitely looking forward to the next instalment. In reality I know I’ll never get any more painted than a kill team, and that could take years The community here is far more interesting than the actual painting anyway half the time!
@RollleafD @dmcgk best I could do was black Templar (only had to paint the shoulder pauldron white) and even then it was only like 20 dudes. And definitely no highlights.
@mcjwarhammer @RollleafD Black is a tricky one to do too!
Also, infinitely more than I ever managed. I was an Ork collector for 40K back in the day, pristine Halfords-ratlle-can primed pure-white Orks Made a _little_ bit more sense for my smaller collection of undead for WFB.
I'm not even sure Black Templars existed when I was playing in the before-version-number days.
@mcjwarhammer @RollleafD I did eventually find copies of 'Ere We Go and Freebooterz on eBay that didn't bankrupt me, along with the reprint of Rogue Trader that GW did as print-on-demand a little while ago, and collectively they may be my most prized possessions.
@dmcgk @RollleafD they didn’t exist when I started either! I was a 2nd ed kid - my brother got the orks and I got the blood angels. I was so bad at painting terracotta that when 3rd cam out I thought black would be a lot easier to paint. Little did I know that black is actually a pain if you do any amount of highlights.
@mcjwarhammer @dmcgk dark angels green primed Imperial Guard. Managed a red should pad or two and give up Pretty sure. @seanayres5 has the remnants of my younger selfs collection and various attempts at ‘painting’
@RollleafD @mcjwarhammer @seanayres5 Ahh, what I wouldn't give to have all my OG minis back again... I saw the first non-Heroquest mini I ever owned, one of the metal 'Space Ork Raider' kits, on eBay a little while ago and was sorely tempted, but knew that way madness (and a small fortune) lay.
I think the Skaven models from Advanced Heroquest may, weirdly, be the ones I miss the most.