If Only I Was a Better Painter
How Not to Paint Miniatures: the Pastor Jen Way
There are a great multitude of lessons to be learned in these two photographs. Here's 2 for today.
Lesson #1: Contrast paints and Speed paints are awesome IF you are a good painter.
I love contrast paints. They create depth and shade with a single coat. However, if you are like me and paint often ends up in places you don't want it, like back onto the belt, Contrast Paints DO NOT cover up mistakes! Because of the transparency and need for multiple layers you can't just dab a little paint back over it and erase the mistake that you didn't catch fast enough to rinse off.
Lesson #2: Yes, every painter should have 4000 or more different bottles of paint in their arsenal.
For those of you who need validation for your ridiculous wall of paint, THIS IS IT! After you have based, washed and maybe even dry brushed your model, you still find mistakes that you want to cover up. Unhappy accidents. If you only have a few colors and you spend most of your time mixing shades, best of luck trying to recreate the original shade you created or find a new shad that matches the final product of your painting. But.... IF you have every color of paint on the market in 4-5 different brands, guess what?!?! You can find one that works straight out of the bottle to correct your error. Go buy more paint!
Lesson #3: Owning 4000 bottles of paint is expensive. I highly encourage you to buy my miniatures so that I can. If you become my friend, I would even let you come over and paint with me. And maybe after we have built some trust with one another I'll let you use paint from my collection too because I am NEVER going to use it all. But I'll be darned if I don't have the color I am looking for!
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