”USB-stick is the slapchop” - Dj and miniature painter here, laughed til my cup of coffee blew out of my nose. Brilliant stuff, it ain’t about the tools, it’s how you use them. And I say that as a grotesque horder of vinyl records (and brushes and minis)
A model is finished as soon as I paint the base rim, and then go back and paint the purity seal that I somehow never noticed from the start... Great episode, guys. Thanks for sharing!
I love how this conversation pops up in all skilled domains 😊 in my opinion, using an effective tool to get any job done is not cheating, especially if it saves time. Time is really precious.
Loving the podcast guys. I particularly like how the spectre of Matt Kennedy looms over each episode. It's like you definitely don't want to bring up Matt, but you find yourself powerless to resist mentioning him.
I feel like air brushes can reduce the skill gap people have with quality painting via a normal brush. Some say the inflates skill level i say its a tool that anyone can use but does help lower skill painters have a better finish.
I know my scheme evolved and got better over time so I’m happy to go back and spruce up older models so they fit in better. I started up again at the start of ninth and I’ve improved leaps. I do like to keep examples of periods in my painting skill but I’m not afraid to go back in. I usually leave hq’s shabby and touch up rank and file. Maybe that’s a bit backwards.
personally i have no nostalgia for my old paint jobs. i started painting models with heroquest when i was about 7/8, im now 41, had a massive gap in between. i respect people who value the journey, not knocking it, but for me i just look at old stuff and think thats awful, i look at stuff i did 4 years ago and think its awful. ill touch it up, repaint it, my goal is models as close to perfect as i can get them that i feel happy looking at. i know i was a garbage painter when i was 8, i know i painted some models badly 5 years ago, i dont need bad painted models sitting around my house to be aware of those facts 😆 everything i paint either goes on display on my shelves or is shoved in a drawer never to be seen again unless its repainted so it can finally do its job of being on display. im not rly into finished, i have a point where im happy with a thing and at that point its done until my standards change at which point i may become unhappy with it and it needs improved or banished from my sight. its a personal take tho, i totally understand and respect the other perspectives.
im not rly a gamer but i think for people who want nice gaming armies it probably pays to have a 2 stage approach. do you want a tabletop standard where you do 1.5 hours per troop and 10 hours per character and youre sure you will get it done or a nice display level where its 10 hours per troop and 50-100 hours per character but you risk never finishing it? work out a method where you do a first pass on the models to the tabletop standard, have them game ready, then over time do a second pass where you upgrade them all to the display level. that way if you never finish the display pass you still have a functioning army that was playable a few weeks into the project and that pressure has been taken off.
”USB-stick is the slapchop” - Dj and miniature painter here, laughed til my cup of coffee blew out of my nose. Brilliant stuff, it ain’t about the tools, it’s how you use them. And I say that as a grotesque horder of vinyl records (and brushes and minis)
I knew someone would understand my logic!! - Joe
A model is finished as soon as I paint the base rim, and then go back and paint the purity seal that I somehow never noticed from the start... Great episode, guys. Thanks for sharing!
I did the same, spent 20 hours on my first model then realised I missed the purity seal 😂
I love how this conversation pops up in all skilled domains 😊 in my opinion, using an effective tool to get any job done is not cheating, especially if it saves time. Time is really precious.
Loving the podcast guys. I particularly like how the spectre of Matt Kennedy looms over each episode. It's like you definitely don't want to bring up Matt, but you find yourself powerless to resist mentioning him.
Thank you for this painting podcast!
I feel like air brushes can reduce the skill gap people have with quality painting via a normal brush. Some say the inflates skill level i say its a tool that anyone can use but does help lower skill painters have a better finish.
Love these discussion great to hear other painter having the same thoughts great content 😊
We'd all have Golden Demons if it was!
I know my scheme evolved and got better over time so I’m happy to go back and spruce up older models so they fit in better. I started up again at the start of ninth and I’ve improved leaps. I do like to keep examples of periods in my painting skill but I’m not afraid to go back in. I usually leave hq’s shabby and touch up rank and file. Maybe that’s a bit backwards.
personally i have no nostalgia for my old paint jobs. i started painting models with heroquest when i was about 7/8, im now 41, had a massive gap in between. i respect people who value the journey, not knocking it, but for me i just look at old stuff and think thats awful, i look at stuff i did 4 years ago and think its awful. ill touch it up, repaint it, my goal is models as close to perfect as i can get them that i feel happy looking at. i know i was a garbage painter when i was 8, i know i painted some models badly 5 years ago, i dont need bad painted models sitting around my house to be aware of those facts 😆 everything i paint either goes on display on my shelves or is shoved in a drawer never to be seen again unless its repainted so it can finally do its job of being on display.
im not rly into finished, i have a point where im happy with a thing and at that point its done until my standards change at which point i may become unhappy with it and it needs improved or banished from my sight.
its a personal take tho, i totally understand and respect the other perspectives.
im not rly a gamer but i think for people who want nice gaming armies it probably pays to have a 2 stage approach. do you want a tabletop standard where you do 1.5 hours per troop and 10 hours per character and youre sure you will get it done or a nice display level where its 10 hours per troop and 50-100 hours per character but you risk never finishing it? work out a method where you do a first pass on the models to the tabletop standard, have them game ready, then over time do a second pass where you upgrade them all to the display level. that way if you never finish the display pass you still have a functioning army that was playable a few weeks into the project and that pressure has been taken off.
Finished, not perfect!