Meh? Imagination vs Application

I had a pretty strong vision in my mind.  High contrast, smooth blends, and shading that just brought out the slight undulations that I knew I couldn't tackle with my brushwork alone.  It was going to be the eel to end all eels.

Instead, an eel was painted in a way that gently whispers "meh".



Today's paints, are all from the Army Painter Fanatic line.  Grotesque Green, Camouflage Green and Woodland Green which are all from the same Olive Green family, from light to dark.  I had to add a bit of Matt Black to the Woodland Camo for the deeper recesses.  After finishing their application, I gave the whole thing a wash of 1:1 Contrast Mantis Warrior Green to medium. This was probably a mistake, and I was forced to do a drybrush of Grotesque Green over everything to tone it down.  This caught a few edges of armour, so will need to touch those areas up.

I don't hate how they look, but may do something different with the next unit.

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  1. Ian21 May 2026 at 08:57

    Looks like you also painted some underwater elf skin, too...?

    I see what you were going for with the greens, but yeah, maybe the extra green over top of them all blended too much...?

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    1. Al21 May 2026 at 10:05

      Yes, I did the base skin colour, which is Topaz Skin, the same one I used for the other non-Namarti elves. In terms of the eels, a minor fail, but maybe they will look so nondescript on the table that our enemies won't even notice them. Yeah.

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    2. Ian21 May 2026 at 10:53

      I promise to blind them with my magma colours.

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