Never posted my Secret Santa model that I made, and after getting yelled at by Ramshackle Curtis, I realized that he's right I should just throw it up and show you.
A couple of months ago I made a post about wanting to slow down and focus more. Take my sculpting more seriously, and making my painting more meditative.
Through doing that I realized that I deeply missed the OTHER side of the coin. Making a mess and seeing what happens.
I crushed out the bash on this guy in a night. It's similar to what I do when bashing with friends. I used the Miscast/Trent style built up base, where I mashed a lot of sci-fi junk into something interesting all held together with glue and greenstuff.
The base of this bash is a Wargame Scenery? (I think) mech boy that was given to the Hive Scum studio by the Michigan Carnage Club (I think Jay3 specifically). From there I slapped a fish head by Gardens of Hecate and Smashbash, a Final Faction (dollar store toy) saw for the arm and the tyranid arm. I filled in the gaps with a messy mix of greenstuff, dirt and glue, wires, and tamiya paste.
Then I primed it when it was still curing before going to bed
Quick, dirty, and FUN!
Then I did the same thing with the paintjob. My toddler sat on my lap and we slapped a brownish basecoat, then that night I just hit the details with a little highlight. It felt good to let LOOSE!!
Anyways. Sometimes you gotta slow down, and sometimes just blasting through feels good.
PEACE!
Woaaaah! I've just been thinking about painting minis with my toddler, thank you for the inspiration! Turned out awesome! I think I'm going to start working on a toddler Goblin army since I've got some fun models lying around doing nothing.
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