Manda’s (Amachan) Hobby with Disabilities.

I have bought a light with magnifier to help me keep a better posture when painting. a bad posture is one of these things that can flare up my chronic illnesses, so this should help.

I started on the weathering on the Necromancer for Starcide by Archon Studio today and had to leave it here. This is sadly a bit of a fragile model as the arm holding the staff and ghost kept coming off.

I got the acrylic layers done on the Necromancer for Starcide by Archon Studio. Now just some varnishes and then on to the ‘dirty’ paints.

Here are the final pictures of my late Imperial Roman Hornblower from Wargames Atlantic for which I finished the rim of the base a couple of days ago.

I got a little bit more work done on the Necromancer for Starcide by Archon Studio during a midnight painting session.

Getting back into painting. First finishing the Late Imperial Roman horn blower from Wargames Atlantic. I just had to finish the rim no problem there.

And then on to a new model. This is a Necromancer for Starcide by Archon Studio. I only managed to paint for like 45 minutes, but I think it is a great start for my health.

These are the first miniatures I bought in quite some time. I always wanted to get into Infinity and that is what is going to be my aim. Not a lot of miniatures to paint for a full game, great looking and detailed miniatures and I can just take my time getting them done. Perfect for getting back into the hobby. Nomads is going to be my main force, but since I already have some PanOceania, I am building a second force for them and they can be used as loan force to introduce people. And since I do really like the universe I may get many more forces in the future.

And that’s the 2 new models assembled. I am still needing some stuff to do the bases in the way that I want to, so I’ll have to wait for that before I can paint them. Not that I can paint in this weather anyway, but I do hope the weather cools down so that I can at least paint something.

I’VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT A MINIATURE TOGETHER!!! ? My hands are getting better, the next step is trying to paint and maybe I can get back into this hobby after all. ☺️

I will be picking this project back up as my hands have really improved thanks to physical therapy and LEGO. So I will see if I can paint again. I do hope so because not being able to paint and do hobby left a huge void in my life.

That is my MV7 Marker Drone done as a proof of concept for doing chrome Tau. The concept needs a bit of work, but I am happy with the results overall.

And that is also the end of this project. The following projects are the projects that I am going to be working on in the foreseeable future. The links are at the bottom of this post.

My oiling up project. In this project I am going to be refining my painting style with techniques learned from the Grimdark way of painting. The goal for this is to paint historical figures in a more realistic and gritty style.

My Witcher project. In this project I am painting up the monsters and witchers from the Witcher: Old World. I also refer to this as my Old World project to confuse GW fanpeeps.

Kingdom Death Monster. In this project I am going to be repainting all of my Kingdom Death Monster models in a more Grimdark style befitting of the setting.

The Tsumugi Probe. This is a little side project that I work on occasionally in order to sculpt and paint the Tsumugi probe from Sidonia no Kishi or Knights of Sidonia in English.

I have finally been able to paint again and got the weathering on my chrome MV7 Marker Drone done. The weathering sadly did take away a lot of the shine of the chrome, but that’s why this was a proof of concept. I learned a lot from it anyway. Now, just letting all the paint cure and see where I am at, close to, if not done I think.

I got the results from the doctor today and I have been diagnosed with a Functional Neurological Disorder. This is what causes the tremors in my hand and my balance problems that I am struggling with now. There are more little things that I do experience that are also the result of that. Further more we are looking at some physiotherapy which may help with these problems.

I will finish the chrome Tau drone that I am working on and then call this project finished and go on to working on my other projects that I have on the go.

After a coat of Aqua Gloss to protect the chrome on my chrome MV7 Marker Drone, I added a couple of other metallics to change up certain areas of the drone. I am having to wait for an order to come in before I can resume work on this now, but that will hopefully arrive in the coming week.

Added some clear coats to my chrome Tau MV7 Marker Drone and here is a picture in both my painting light and the ambient light in which I feel the chrome just looks better.

So here is Commissar Yarrick all done, I am really happy with the result.

So on to the next model. This model is going to be a bit of a proof of concept, but should still end up being a good looking model in the end.
First up, I used a gloss black lacquer primer and put on like 3 or 4 layers. Before it dried I used a toothpick to just scratch and damage the paint and then followed up with one final layer of primer and let that all cure fully.

And then it was about getting the chrome right. I was really struggling getting the chrome right, it turns out the chrome is on perfectly it is the light that messes it up. So I put the model in just the normal ambient light and it looks absolutely fantastic. The camera does not do it justice though.

I did a little bit more work on Yarrick and I am fairly confident this will be the last work in progress pictures from him.

More work done on Yarrick and lesson learned, even though it is primed and received a base coat of acrylic paint before I put on the crackle paint, the crackle paint still pulls the strukture paste up…

I think he’s ready for shading and weathering. I did paint with my right hand today and it went okay for a bit. At least I got a lot of tiny detail bits done that I am just not yet able to do with my left hand.

This is Darkwing Duck finished. I am just leaving it here, I am not really happy with the paint job and I honestly did not really enjoy painting this model as it was all very flat with a lack of detail. On the plus side, I learned a lot about shading and highlighting using oil paints and I will definitely take those steps I learned moving forward.

Some more work on Commissar Yarrick done. I noticed that near the end of my painting session subconsciously started painting with my right hand, so I thought let’s see how well that goes and it went okay for a short time, but having to keep my hand this steady really hurts my entire right arm and shoulder. Maybe in time I will be able to paint normally with my right hand again. My main focus right now is still on painting with left though, but trying little bits every now and then with my right might not be a bad idea.