Touch Ups

I'm still painting my mini. I think I've put about 4 - 5 hours of work into it so far. I'm pretty much done with the skin, and it's ok. I'm not quite as happy as I could be with it. I don't like the base color I chose, and my highlights aren't as smooth as I'd like. This is my first mini in years, though, so I may just be rusty.

I noticed a few other things. For one, the position I used to paint in just doesn't work anymore. I used to cross my right leg and kind of lean on the knee and paint that way. I don't know if my arthritis has progressed or what, but I can't sit in that position for any more than five minutes now. So I'm trying to find a new, relatively painless position to paint in.

Also, I forgot how hard it was to make clean lines. My hand doesn't seem to be as steady as it used to be, and I now have tiny bits of black paint on the guy's skin. Even if only I notice, it irritates me, so I have some touch ups to do.

Next I highlight the black parts. It can be tricky, because you can't shade black, but if you highlight too much it turns into grey. Fun stuff.