Necromunda:
My eyes have betrayed me!

Wow.  These miniatures are small.  Why wont my eyes focus on the details of the face?  Why is everything blurry, and why isn't that small brush tip going where I want it too. 

Oh...  right,...   Im old now.

The Devil is in the Details.  

It's no surprise Games Workshop has the market cornered on Demons.

The new Necromunda models are ridiculously detailed, which is no surprise since their entire line of plastic miniatures now sport the same obsession to micro details and flexibility.

I decided to start with House Goliath.  They are the largest models and appeal to me this time around because they look brutal and aggressive (a little like human versions of Orcs.) 

Let's face it.  the original Goliath models looked a little silly.  These (pictured left) are actually not bad, but I wouldn't know because I've never seen a Goliath gang painted-up.

The new sculpts are amazing.  Less of a bondage look, an more armor plating gives these models a ferocity that fits with the other Necromunda Houses. 

Delightfully, you could still paint them up like a bunch of Joker Henchmen and they would look perfectly imposing.

Time to see if I can still do this.

Being an artist is it's own hell sometimes.  Being a slave to your own expectation can really cause anxiety and for me it causes me to procrastinate.   I often put off starting creative projects simply so that I don't prove to myself how shitty I am at creating.  
Eventually the desire to have a painted gang over ruled the trepidation and I grab the leaset interesting ganger and began painting. 

My goal was to see where I was skill wise after 20 years.   I know some tips and tricks, and I can make terrain look awesome, but fine detail and my materials were the unknowns.

1.  Did I have good enough brushes for these new uber-detailed models?   Yeah...  but I could probably use some nicer ones.

2. Can I see these fucking things.   Nope.   I've ignored having Astigmatism for many years now.  Not anymore.  Being able to focus my eyes on a spot close to my face is simply impossible.  So I now need +1.25 or  +1.5 reading glasses in order to paint these details.

I'm very glad I did one model as a test.  There are a number of things I learned and will be changing.
1. I used too much wash and didn't stop it from pooling.  Next model:  I will revisit the wash several times to make sure I don't get glossy patches.

2. I need better colors.   As much as I hate to admit it, the Citadel colors are just superior.  They have fucked up names that make no sense, but they really are superior to other brands and I learned the hard way that nothing beats their Mechanicus Standard Grey Primer.

 Flesh wash finished, ready for highlights

 Flesh wash finished, ready for highlights (back)

In the end, I am really pleased with this model,
but I'm setting the bar quite a bit higher for the next models.