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A night of frustration and then epiphany.
14 years ago
Well, after having difficulty breathing for a few hours, I got the bright idea to paint a miniature.
It was good until I finished.
After I finished it, I had my frustration. It took me two hours and fifteen minutes to paint this one miniature, a Lizardmen Saurus Oldblood, to a standard that honestly feels terrible for the amount of time spent.
It's why I stopped painting as much as I used to. It takes me way too long for the results I get.
The epiphany I had was that my skill as a miniatures painter hasn't improved very much. My first fifteen minutes of painting was the equivalent of prettiness as the first miniatures I painted, which each took about fifteen minutes.
The only reason my miniatures' paintjobs look better now than they did before, is because I spend more time on them because I've picked up techniques like drybrushing and washing over the past couple of years. And to be honest, the miniature looked terrible before the final wash of Badab Black.
There's horn on the scales, scales on the metal, metal on the horn and scales, stone on the metal... It just felt like such a failure.
It's exactly what I feel like... a failure. Nearly ten years painting miniatures, and it takes me forever to do a single model which should take less than a quarter of the time.
How do I paint faster?
It was good until I finished.
After I finished it, I had my frustration. It took me two hours and fifteen minutes to paint this one miniature, a Lizardmen Saurus Oldblood, to a standard that honestly feels terrible for the amount of time spent.
It's why I stopped painting as much as I used to. It takes me way too long for the results I get.
The epiphany I had was that my skill as a miniatures painter hasn't improved very much. My first fifteen minutes of painting was the equivalent of prettiness as the first miniatures I painted, which each took about fifteen minutes.
The only reason my miniatures' paintjobs look better now than they did before, is because I spend more time on them because I've picked up techniques like drybrushing and washing over the past couple of years. And to be honest, the miniature looked terrible before the final wash of Badab Black.
There's horn on the scales, scales on the metal, metal on the horn and scales, stone on the metal... It just felt like such a failure.
It's exactly what I feel like... a failure. Nearly ten years painting miniatures, and it takes me forever to do a single model which should take less than a quarter of the time.
How do I paint faster?
Turned out nice for fortyfive minutes of work, so I'm feeling much better about my skill level. ^^