First ‘contrast’ pass, what do we reckon? Better? Worse? Legally indistinguishable?
I think one of my problems is that I’ve pushed the skin so bright in the highlight (no regrets).
More detail, both dark and bright, and secondary reflections have been added to the shell casings and the gun barrel. Still, the only thing you really notice in the shot is GREEEN.
Perhaps, this is how it should be.
Ohh, we have a canonical spelling.
Two different wheeps! An exotic triple-a graaa!
Two painting sessions in a single day, purely to appease @erikcats ‘s relentless whip-cracking! My knees won’t last. My ‘painting knees’*
I have though, quite literally, turned a corner.
*What?
At some point I’m going to have to actually paint the front of this thing…
I feel you, Optimus.
Ba weep granna weep ninny bong, everybody.
Hasty post-work floor unboxing. It’s… it’s full of stars 🤩
Massive compendium box of 80’s Transformers comics just arrived. Regression to childhood approaching 90%.
Includes the legendary Marvel UK run, natch.
(Pics later when I unbox… you flippin’ nerds)
A few more tippy-taps at lunch and I think we’ve veered into Accidental Hulk territory.
Absurdly small forward steps, but this is now a full-on hobby streak: two consecutive human calendar days of tiny, tentative brush-pokery.
Trying to bring back a little saturation while keeping the contrast by applying yellow and purple glazes.
There’s a faint whine of something being stressed to its limit in the stormy dark.
(Not me…)
(… currently)
It is, of course, essential to choose the mini with the greatest number of back lumps when practicing skin.
Never a great sign when you can scoop the cardboard box from what was just delivered to you with cupped hands.
We have reached the ‘100% vocal fry’ stage of the meeting.
Imagine being trapped in the hell of not being able to finish writing something you still love, while those who love it most just wish you dead.
George R. R. Martin created a book series so beloved that his fans actively despise him for it.
Just out here aura-farming.
… she had never been on TV before.
… just now learning that the performance was a last-minute booking for a song that she had just finished writing and wasn’t even on her current album at the time.
I think it may be too dense a reference to use in mere human language.
Okay HobbyPals, let’s see if I can top last year’s record of one (1) completed mini. I’m semi-confident I may be able to match that same pace again in 2026 if the knees hold out.
Not a great start tbf - even with my red-green deficiency I can tell that the yellow-red and black-purple here are nails-on-blackboard clashing. Maybe I can do an oil filter when I see how bad the rest of my colour choices turn out to be?