Because, well, it was about time I painted some of these OGRE miniatures.
(pause)
You will note that there are no photos. That’s because the first batch came out… well. There was what was in my head, and then there was what ended up on the miniatures, and then there was the dimensional portal that suddenly opened up and brought the whole thing to the Elemental Plane of Bad Paint Jobs.
At this point, you are either wincing or nodding; it all depends on whether you’ve painted miniatures yourself. This is the first time that I’ve tried it, you see. My wife painted ’em; I didn’t. So I’m not actually upset; I was expecting a learning experience from all of this… and hoo, boy, I got one. Still fun to try something new, though.
Moe Lane
PS: Oh, all right, one picture:
No, that’s not shaving cream.
Well, it’s, uh, certainly, um… you know… striking. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Striking. Distinctive even.
This is why I farm out my paint jobs to people who are good at painting (and enjoy it.) I still need to find people like that.
Kresh: I believe that the phrase that you are looking for is ‘it looks like ass.’ 🙂
This is why I’m looking at my pile of unpainted metal and thinking it needs to find a new home.
If I had a way to post the 28mm Vikings I’ve painted recently, I would, just for bragging rights…
Moe do a spray paint undercoat first then do the colors you want, looks like your going for the white undercoat go dark they’re OGRE’S for Xenon’s sake’s they aren’t supposed to look HAPPY CHEERFUL AND NICE!
The Vatican Guard is happy.
A jaunty OGRE is a happy OGRE. I’m going to make a “hello kitty” themed one. (But with the pattern provided, and my wife’s scrapbooking die-cut printer.) Not that I think my girls will need too much encouagement…
Luke: I would put a picture of that on my website.
If you’re going to be doing Hello Kitty miniatures, they should probably be Hello Kitty 40k ones…
“There was what was in my head, and then there was what ended up on the miniatures, and then there was the dimensional portal that suddenly opened up and brought the whole thing to the Elemental Plane of Bad Paint Jobs.”
Stealing this for my quotes file–it explains so much about my writing …