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Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to you! :bday:

So, here's my plan. I'm going to start this WIP thread, so I can track my progress from "terribad" through to "less terribad" I've been painting a few months now, and I've come a fair distance from where I started. Already progressing from "ludicrous-bad" (which I like to call "Plaid") up through "ridiculous-bad" and into "terribad". All of my progress so far has been a little bit of brush control, and a lot of knowledge that I've gleaned from the internet - thinning paints, washing, dry-brushing, and just recently attempting some layering. And I think with a lot of practice, and a lot more determination, and a even more help from you wonderful people, that I might actually be able to turn myself into a decent mini painter. Bear with me, it's gonna be a rough ride.

A happy birthday to you, o one of the piratical avatar.

Here's Michelle from my WIP thread. Not a whole lot to say about her that I didn't say there, just a restating of my confusion about her fiddly bits not really... making sense to me. I guess the best way to explain it is that I wasn't always sure what was what. She's most likely going to get some tabletop time, so I didn't bother with any fancy basing. I might glue some sand down when I pick up some better sand, the stuff I have no is too chunky, looks more like gravel than anything else when I use it for basing. Likes: Cape - I think this is probably my best work on cloth to date (although it doesn't show well in the pics). Face - Not fantastic, but looks really good when not up close "Conversion" - When I put her arm back on I placed it sword out, which was my plan all along, it seems to work well. Not a real conversion, but it was my first time cutting something off that I meant to put back on (unlike the broccoli bases, that just get cut off). Dislikes: Hair - I thought red hair would look good on her with the greens and browns. And I still think it probably would if, I knew how to do red hair. Now for some pics: