Wednesday 2 December 2009

Bad Paint Job


The fragrant Ron, over at FtW has asked members to post one of their worst paint jobs. He obviously fancied a laugh.

So here is my disastrous Tarzan. The fact that I gave him purple hair (red-green colour blindness) is almost incidental to the sheer horror of the over enthusiastic drybrushing.

The worst thing is that I thought that it was not a bad piece of work.

9 comments:

  1. I wish I could paint that "badly."

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  2. Haha as do I, I would post my work but I don't want to be responsible for any lasting psychological damage!

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  3. Dear Christian and Pacific,
    You are too kind.
    Cool Mini or Not voters think even my best stuff is barely mass wargame standard :)
    John

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  4. My early works were very similar to that. I also was quite pleased with them.

    The thing that always scares me when I finish a piece now and am please with it is that I will revisit it in two years and it will look like Tarzan to me.

    Also, Tarzan must have some amazing callouses on his feet to endure what appears to be a landscape made up of quartz (which is superior to what my friends used to call my "kitty litter basing technique")

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  5. Dear Mike
    I think you have to keep trying new things, and being philosophical about the inevitable disasters.
    John

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  6. Seveal layers make it better than unpainted no?

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  7. Hmm, John, I actually like your miniature, too. =) If you label him as a human from the ice age, he looksperfect. =)

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  8. i actually like it too, i wouldnt feel bad bout it.

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  9. dear Guys
    You are definitely in a generous mood. John

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