BobbiJay
Member
How much paint does a model have, how much detail and effort is required, before you call it "done"?
I ask this thanks to a long-standing and ongoing disability I have, a genetic disorder with my hand that manifests in pain and loss of fine detail control of fingers long-term. It's degenerative and will only get worse with time. I've never been a prolific, quick painter, but I've always enjoyed it and used to be "pretty good", at least among my local friends anyway. I still love to play and I want to paint my models, but it's simply the case now that I can't physically manage to paint for more than a few minutes at a time, a few times a week before the pain from painting makes other day-to-day necessities impossible.
So, thus my question. How much detail, how much highlighting, shading, how many colours, at what point would you consider a model "painted" enough to not be a shameful display?
Additionally - a plea - if you have any tips on quick short-cuts to spend less time but get "decent" results, my hand (and my armies) will forever thank you! Drop them here, or DM me, perhaps I'll start a thread of short cuts for all to share.
I ask this thanks to a long-standing and ongoing disability I have, a genetic disorder with my hand that manifests in pain and loss of fine detail control of fingers long-term. It's degenerative and will only get worse with time. I've never been a prolific, quick painter, but I've always enjoyed it and used to be "pretty good", at least among my local friends anyway. I still love to play and I want to paint my models, but it's simply the case now that I can't physically manage to paint for more than a few minutes at a time, a few times a week before the pain from painting makes other day-to-day necessities impossible.
So, thus my question. How much detail, how much highlighting, shading, how many colours, at what point would you consider a model "painted" enough to not be a shameful display?
Additionally - a plea - if you have any tips on quick short-cuts to spend less time but get "decent" results, my hand (and my armies) will forever thank you! Drop them here, or DM me, perhaps I'll start a thread of short cuts for all to share.