Sunday, October 7, 2007

Painting at 1:1 Scale

I spent all weekend painting my new house before I move this week (yes, its another gangantuan effort to move my drinks cabinet 6" closer to Berlin"!).

After about 8 hrs on the second day, I started making a mental list on why painting this 1:1 scale models appeared harder than the 2mm and 6mm scales I'm usually happy to do.

In no particular order:
  • It has to look good at 1 inch AND 6 feet - at the SAME time
  • My wife (and every visitor) is as critical as a Golden Demon judge
  • Washing techniques make a mess on the floor
  • Drybrushing makes the wall look worse
  • Its hard to blend the exact colour you want and have enough for 18 square metres
  • Basing is a little more than kitty litter and some static grass.
  • Cleaning up is more than 2 small brushes and some newspaper

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