08/13/2004

I am admittedly no youth.  I became fascinated with painting little mini men when I was about fifteen.  That was in the early 1990's, when Games Workshop had Rogue Trader out and the shelves were full of Space Hulk and, well, at the time I cared naught of the fantasy aspect. 

I was never a very good painter then, as you will see from my early early works.  I really didn't become a "good" painter until the past year or so.  Life's always becoming, dig.  Frankly I ignored basic color mixing theory, only using white to lighten colors and only using black to darken.  pbbt!  Ignorance!  Laziness, too!  Once you get the color bit down, layering and blending is just a matter or practice and patience.  I must say that a good grip of color theory is as important to painting as a strong, muscular trunk is to downhill skiiing.  By trunk I mean your abdomen/torso area.  I'm a torso!  I'm the Jealous Jockey!

My dark dirty secret is that I have never played a game of anything with my mini's.  I have not a complete army!  I know the rules pretty well, WHFB as well as 40k, even the specialist games like Inquisitor, Mordheim, and Warmaster.  But I have never used my keen knowledge of Boer tactics on the flocked fields of fire.

I only paint so far.  I am working on, in decreasing priority, an Imperial Guard army, Witch/Demon/Alien Hunters army to go with my IG, Vampire Counts, Tau/Necron, Slaanesh.  Good thing I am working on my speed painting.

Other than the armies, I paint interesting individual models from the GW past as well as from other companies.  I like Superfigs a lot.  The sculpts aren't altogether perfect, but many of them have a simple design that is great for color work and just loaded with character.  I have never bought a miscast or had to deal with giant flash lines, the metal is solid, and the price can't be beat.  The paintjobs on the Superfigs catalog aren't the best.  I will post what I have painted.

'nuff said.  Excelsior!  Time to sleep!

-Sam