You are amazing

you are completely right., its ''overpainting'' something.. it happens to pretty much all the excellent painters.

@@redsampler2017 you're probably right. Do you see it as a positive thing or negative? For me it depends on the style they paint in; I've seen one great painter that painted a grimdark miniature so dark that most of the details had disappeared, even to the naked eye. When it goes that far I think they're ruining their work.

@@madMARTYNmarsh1981 personally i don,t like it. perfectionism is a good thing, only for those that aren,t affected much by it, because its never perfect enough and therefore always leaves a bitter taste in that persons head. other people see it and try to do it themselves, but mostly overdo it. with enormous caked on mud slurry be put on tracks too much pigments and rust on the exhaustpipes while the rest of the armour is squeeky clean without so much as a bullet hole.. either make it wartorn or make it look like its on its way to battle and keep that consistent throughout the army. as no techmarine/techpriest/mechanicum priest would ever allow it to go that far. if one knows the lore then they know that mechanicum litterally blesses, annoints,praises the omnissiah every part and is also ritually put in place.. no spot of rust would ever be allowed, be it with paint or oily ragg. but too each his own.

I completely agree, the only way i can justify some of it is by saying that its been in a protracted campaign or battle, that the environment was all encompassing despite the titans shields and so on .... Coming from an engineer background on subs, dealing with a lot of metal and painted surfaces, their painting isnt always wholly realistic but they do incorporate certain real effects so thats nice to see. overall the painting is more for catching the eye than any "real world" visual.

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