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Right, so, I got the workbench (above) extra tidy before commencing work on the Goblin War Giant. So far so good - he's trickier in some ways than I expected, and easier in others.
The weight is probably the weirdest part (photo one, below). I know three pounds doesn't sound like a lot, but it wears my wrist out pretty fast. It's also balanced funny, doesn't really heft the way you expect.
Anyway, day one was devoted to filing off casting lines, assembling the giant and using putty to fill the gaps. He went together remarkably easy! The torso and legs are now basically one solid piece, as I filled the cavity with greenstuff. I didn't pin the arms (we'll see if I come to regret that later), but they seem pretty solid. None of the gaps were egregious. I like how, without the platform, he just looks like a really psyched old hesher (photo two, with chaos priest for scale).
Day two was priming (photo three). This took ... a long, awkward time. Despite the fact that the head hangs pretty good on the body, I didn't attach it yet, because it'll be easier to paint that way. Side effect of that, though, is that I dropped the head on the floor at one point and it smooshed his nose. You can see how flattened it was (photo four).
I fixed the nose with some putty on day three (photo five) and slapped some paint on the head. I didn't have a lot of time on day three, unfortunately.
Day four I got out there several times, probably put four hours of painting in? I can't stress how surprised I am at how long it takes to cover an area with paint. Because of the size of the thing, too, I feel like the sculpt is less forgiving than I am used to. I kind of anticipated that, which is why I am base-coating with Speedpaint (photos six and seven).
I...don't love Speedpaint. On some textures (fur, hair) it works really good, on others (anything smooth) its shit. Fabric and leather are hit or miss and I find, even using medium, that the colors are never quite what I want, usually veering too dark (look at that dark brown leather, jeeze). Basically, the sales pitch is that Speedpaint is a fast, one coat and done solution but I just don't find it acceptable as a finished paint job.
For the last little bit, though, I've been using it as a basecoat and then basically painting over it with layers of diluted Vallejo paints until it looks the way I want. I think I've gotten some nice effects that way and it has upped my highlighting game, but boy am I really worried about the time-suck I've created for myself, because all that noodly shading and highlighting takes forever, and the surface area on this guy is not small, even in sections. I think the giant alone is gonna take at least ~40 more hours? That's not counting the platform or the ten (!) goblins.
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