Overall, I feel I've improved in the... overall painting of my miniatures. Given my condition, it's very easy for me to spend hours on a tiny little part to make sure it's 100%.. but you do that over and over, you forget what the whole figure looks like. I also feel I've achieved an almost "sixth sense" when it come to blending and paint thinning. I can tell what will flow nice and what will be gummy by seeing how the paint dabs off on a paper towel. Unfortunately, I don't have any examples of my very first couple of tries at painting.. because they were horrid. I was using enamels at the time and had put like and inch of primer and sealer on them. I do have an example when I was about a year in:
-Yeah, no idea where the top of this went.. more reason to pin your minis!
And now, compare with one I did just a month ago:
Pretty obvious some techniques sunk in, right? Of course, I am no where near happy with what I do. I always want to push myself further and do more projects. That's why currently I'm trying my hand at sculpting and though (again) I'm not content with the results, I've seen worse done by "professional" companies... I can't remember where it was, but some company was trying to do what looked like pottery based minis.. ick.. Anyhoo. I think I've grown a lot and I was sure glad to find like-minded people here at CMON for feedback!
