by FourEyedMonster | Mar 26, 2022
Because of the nature of the Speeder Bike's dark metal alloy (aka black metal), metallic scuff and scratch marks were painted as well as dry-brushed onto the the chassis and main frame structure (see previous post) in order to bring out both details and structural...
by FourEyedMonster | Mar 18, 2022
Tempted as I was to strip the Girl's Rider miniature figurine's denim jeans down to its primer coat and begin painting from scratch, I felt it was too drastic a step to take. I couldn't bring myself to just write-off the untarnished areas of the denim texture, which...
by FourEyedMonster | Mar 9, 2022
As I take a temporary step back from the recent denim disaster (of which restorative works should be completed before end of this month), momentum for the hobby continues unabated. Perhaps for the first time since I began this hobby more than 10 years ago, I find...
by FourEyedMonster | Mar 2, 2022
Ever had that nanosecond of wool-gathering while you were in the midst of a painting session that just absolutely ruins days of meticulous work. Well I have, almost too many times. And this particular fubar was an absolute horror show! So what happened was during the...
by FourEyedMonster | Feb 25, 2022
Sometimes a seemingly inconsequential circumstance (the case in point being my inability to find a specific hobby paint color i.e. Tamiya Mica Blue for some recently acquired car scale model kits) will kick off my inane hobby OCD behaviour. With so many miniature...
