Little painter
April 2nd, 2010 by Missy
So, Anya has decided that she is ready to get into the world of miniature wargaming. We’ve got boatloads of old miniatures lying around that we’ve never gotten around to doing anything with and likely will never get around to doing anything with.. tyranids, IG, SoBs, etc, etc. Anyway, we gave Anya a box of Cadian shocktroopers to paint and told her that if she takes her time with them, really tries to be neat and takes good care of the brushes and paints, then we’ll let her keep painting. So far, she has been very good about taking care of the supplies and I think that her minis look great for a six-year-old! Honestly, her little guy (she calls him Mr. Injured) looks better than a lot of stuff I’ve seen out of adult painters. Such as the pieces I received today (more on that later).
She could do with a little better paint coverage and a lighter hand with the wash, but all in all she did great! She was very careful to be neat.
She also appears to be taking after me! Notice the paint on her lip from licking her brush? Cracks me up.
Okay, later: The Empire army I ordered off of eBay arrived today and I am disappointed, I must say. Everything was just tossed into a box without any attempt to actually pack the items. An enormous number of the models are broken. I mean, some repair is expected when you ship Warhammer but this goes beyond what is acceptable. I’d say at least 1/4 of the models are broken, and not just snapped apart at join lines. The War Altar is smashed into several pieces and Volkmar is completely missing a hand. The 10 “master painted flagellants” (not that I really care about the state of their paint, it’s acceptable) are only 9 flagellants. Which I do care about.. now they look stupid sitting on a movement tray with a rank of four. It’s just like.. wtf.
And yes, everything that the guy painted (except for the 9 flagellants, which he didn’t paint) are terribad. Anya’s Cadian is definitely better. Not that I was expecting them to be well painted, (I was planning to strip them anyway) it just makes me lol.
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