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Painting Progress - a Noob's Perspective

So I've been painting for about 6 months or so now and so far have "only" painted 12 models, though each has had several hours put into them. I tend to paint in short, 30 minutes or so sessions, sometimes ten minutes here and there, but I make sure to stick to each one until it's done.

Looking back at the first one's I've painted it's quite shocking; what a difference. With this in mind, I thought it might be inspiring for very new painters to see that you can progress very quickly with some effort and a little patience. Also I'd recommend to read; a lot.

Here's a list of some of the resources I've used to learn techniques:

Basics Painting Guide

Metal Work tips

Weathering - Havn't used all of these, but some (like the mithril silver "flicks" were very handy)

Green Stuff

So I give you my current lineup of models:

These models are lined up in chronological painting order from left to right.

The first one I did was this Nob from the AOBR set.

I didn't use any highlighting - as I hadn't learned it yet - and there was very minimal washing/shading.

The second guy I did was another AOBR nob with a slightly fancier hair style. With him I began to experiment with washes a bit, using a blue one to do the recesses of his hair.