'He hates and loves the Ring, as he hates and loves himself.'
I feel a bit like that about Ork Boyz. I mean, they're great. Seriously, I really enjoy painting green skin. Bit weird, I know, but there it is. The problem is, there's so bloody many of them!
And it was definitely a bad idea to try and paint thirteen of them at the same time. I've spent days painting leather straps - seven stages, times thirteen - that's ninety-one separate painting stages for probably the least noticeable part of the miniatures.
And now I'm faced with the skin itself. Stupidly, only six stages. So why am I painting more detail on the leather than the skin? Madness. I suppose it's because it's far easier to make Ork flesh look nice. I'd probably even get away with five stages. Oh well...
I'm quite tempted to paint the bases first - one, because it's a nice, easy break and two, because it's really easy to rush the bases at the end - and a badly done base can really ruin a decent miniature.
Either way, not sure I can be bothered tonight. I think I'll watch the final Ashes to Ashes again instead.
No point painting if I'm tired and not in the mood.
Any excuse.
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