Tuesday, 1 July 2025

TOTAL FAIL

 Yes it's true I have failed a painting challenge for the first time in my blogging history, even worse it's one where conversions and sculpting are key, which is kind of my go to, no excuses from me just couldn't get it done in time so how far did I get, the  bulk of the body is done, just missing some details, the legs are in varying states, and only one completed. the brain is sculpted and painted, still need to cast the color resin around it, so all in all about 50% done.


Will have to do way better next year as it's the 10 th anniversary of Forgotten Heroes, as I always try to beat my score from the previous year, that's another fail this year, but sets the bar low for next year ! LOL That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun ! 

Cheers Dave

14 comments:

  1. Good WIP shot, maybe a bit ambitious? I generally aim for adequate and sometimes achieve it!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain, as I only thought I'd be able to achieve one, I chose the most complex, but as you say maybe too ambitious in my current state ! LOL

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  2. failure is unacceptable. I shall be unsubscribing from the blog.

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    1. Just kidding! don't be so hard on yourself. I bet the trouble with your hand slowed you down.

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    2. That's okay then Stewart ! LOL I will always be my worst critic, if I said I managed 2 hours of decent sculpting, I'm probably over estimating, where most of the time I'd mix some up and it just wouldn't move the way I wanted it to, very little control.

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  3. Ach, tarnished pride is all you got from this.

    This monk is definitely a project you can back to whenever you feel you're up to it.

    I like where you got to on the thing so far!

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    1. Thank you Dai, tarnished you say, more like sat in a nuclear crater after a blast ! LOL
      I will keep plodding away on it, as I still really want it for my Jabba's palace, still think the abdomen might need to be bigger, with more detail.

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  4. No matter what, I believe that WIP pic is simply fantastic and way beyond what I'm capable of. No shame, keep it up!

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    1. Thank you Suber, having seen your fantastic conversion work, I would say you are more than capable of building something like this.

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  5. Dave, that pic looks an awful lot like the beginnings of a large spider, so I for one am happy you couldn't get it finished LOL!

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    1. Thank you Matt, glad I could save you some discomfort ! LOL

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  6. Definitely something to come back, and it'll be well worth the delay.
    It's a very promising start, I'm in awe of your sculpting and scratch building.

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    1. Thank you misterc, I will definitely get it finished at some point, as it will help complete another section.

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