Leather fail

Ok, the title might be just for the clicks.  I can always paint over this, so fail is maybe a bit much, but I ended up trying to put Hardened Leather Speedpaint mixed 2:1 with Medium on top of the PJs Wraithbone.  The result was expected, but not desired.  It look exactly as patchy as I had feared, and it dried so fast I really couldn't work with it.

I am not enjoying painting this shark at all.  Smooth surfaces, but fiddly, so blending didn't seem like the best approach.  I will probably just eat the loss on this one, and try a different approach on the second shark.

I also highlighted the armour.


  

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  1. Ian28 May 2026 at 20:48

    Umm... I just see leather. You might be too close. I think it looks like leather is supposed to look. Although maybe leather doesn't actually look like that underwater, but you stab anyone who tells you that. Er, anyone ELSE who tells you that.

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