Hendybadger vs Doc Cosmos Challenge - Failed!

The month long challenge between myself and Pulp Citizen is over.
The challenge was to paint up the Hendybadger and Doc Cosmos. Both being our own miniatures.

I failed!
I could real off a load of excuses about time and the lack of it but no. I chose to fail!
Here is how far I managed to get the models and below I will tell you why.

So why did I choose to fail?
These 2 are very limited edition models. As far as I know there are no more than 10 Hendybadgers and 25 Doc Cosmos models in existence.
I am not a great painter, I need a lot more practise. Slightly shaking hands and dodgy eyes don't help the matter.
My painting experience is next to nothing compared to others out there as well. About 40 models in total. The first 25 were flat coloured Tyranids from years ago.
With all this in mind, I choose to leave them where they are for now until I have had some more practise and gained more painting experience so I can make them look as good as possible.
If they were normal everyday models it would have been different, but I cant just strip these or buy a new one if I really mess it up!

I WILL return to them at a later date though. After I have played around with some readily available models for a while.

Apologies Pulp Citizen, but I hope you can understand why I didn't finish them.

Keep an eye out on here for how my painting comes along though. Plan to paints LOTS of Pulp City and Deep Wars models over the next year.

Hendybadger awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

January Challenge - Hendybadger VS Doc Cosmos

My good buddy Pulp Citizen from the Pulp Citizen Blog has challenged me.

Back in March my amazing wife, the Galley Wench, organised for the Pulp City team to draw, sculpt, cast and write rules for my very own Hendybadger Supreme to use in games of Pulp City
Pulp Citizen also had his own model commissioned this year. The Supreme Doc Cosmos

Each of use have a copy of the others model.
This led the Citizen to offer a challenge.
Between Jan 1st and Jan 31st we both have to paint both models.
Even though I am teaching myself how to paint again I stupidly took him up on it. Both blogs will be posting the progress of the models.

Whats at stake? Only international humiliation if we don't make the deadline!!!!!!!!!
(and maybe Supreme Edition rules for the Hendybadger?)

Here is what I am starting with.

The base toppers and brick details are from Fenris Games
The first hurdle will be replaced the piping from Docs costume on his right hand side (your left) as it was lost in casting.
Why is this a hurdle? Well, I have only worked with Green Stuff once before and it didn't go well. To top it off my hands are massive and the piping in tiny!

Keep checking back here and on the Pulp Citizen Blog to see how we get on.

Any ideas for colour schemes?

Hendybadger awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!