Laying it on too thick…

We all do it sometimes, usually when we’re in a hurry or trying out a new paint, sometimes we terminally bugger-up a paint job and have to start again.

In this case, I was both hurrying and trying a new paint, in this case Colour Forge’s awesome Sunset Yellow spray. I’m going to use this for my 30K Imperial Fists as it’s a near (if not) perfect match for GW’s Averland Sunset.

To test it out, I decided to paint a spare Praetor in Cataphractii Terminator Armour from the old Betrayal at Calth box. This particular one had been cast in a strikingly blue shade of plastic, and idiot that I am I thought it best to apply a black spray undercoat before the base spray. This was the result…

Yuck.

As you can see, while the colour’s fantastic the coverage is so heavy it’s obscured much of the detail. It’s as if the Brother Captain was hit by a heavy mustard cannon.

I posted this on the ‘Eavier Metal Facebook group and the opinons were quick and many! All agreed (and mostly in a pleasant manner) that the coverage was far too think and it was time to consider going back to the drawing board. Or in my case, the hobby station.

Fortunately, I always have plenty of BioStrip to hand so before turning in I gave the mini a quick spa break.

Seriously, if you’ve not used this stuff you should look it out. It works so quickly and cleanup’s a breeze. I ran it under warm water this morning and used an old electric toothbrush to remove the few stubborn flecks of remaining paint.

A couple of hours ago I resprayed the model. As you can see it looks so much better now!

While there are a couple of small areas that will require a touch up with Averland Sunset, that’s hardly a big deal. Now I just hope I have time to finish him before my copy of the Age of Darkness box arrives this weekend.

Lord of Plagues

Finally, my self-portrait is done 😉

I’ve wanted to paint one of these since it came out about ten(?) years ago. Hopefully this will help me get the rest of my Nurgle stuff finished.