Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Terminator librarian models and failure

So recently I picked up the terminator librarian model. You know, the awesome one that someone described as "dripping with sweet, sweet detail".

I've been working on it.

So far...

...Fail.

I only thought I was up to the challenge of this model because my last two IC models turned out -- by my standards -- really well.

And it's not that what I'm doing with it is turning out horribly, but that I just can't seem to make it look as good as I want. Part of the problem is all those "sweet, sweet details" it's "dripping" with make actually painting the main parts of the model -- the armor and the toga-thingy -- difficult and tedious (at best).

I was talking with my girlfriend about it and she said, "Just put it aside and work on something else. When you feel up to it again, pick it back up."

I'm thinking that's pretty sound advice, until I can build up my paint-fu more to a place where I can tackle this model with the skill it deserves.

What do y'all think?