A.k.a - Progressing when you only get 60-90 minutes at a time to paint and are bad at estimating how quickly you can go in a session. 

Halfway through the month and I'm at least on track to finish my February vow for the 12 Months of Hobby by the end of the month. That's a marked improvement over January! I have gotten distracted by planning out a different project but that has been something I've been able to do when I couldn't paint...so no foul for this month.

I've gotten through 3-4 layers on the Bloodletters flesh and am mostly happy with how it has turned out. They are turning out slightly more orange tinted than I had planned for. I think this may be due to how I layered/glazed the color so far. The big test of 'can I live with it' will come after the next stage of more extreme highlights. Based on results so far, I will need to be a bit more cautious with how I approach the bloodthirster.

New bloodletters (pre final highlights) vs older herald

The Herald of Khorne I kept is definitely a more muted dusty rose on the highlights. It's different enough that 'll need to give more thought to whether I want to touch up the herald at some point - certainly not needed and I was planning to have variations of tone anyway if I did another bloodletter unit. This is also a gentle reminder that I need to be better at writing down what paints I mix together!

Because the intent is to have the bases done as well for the monthly vow, I also started on them while I debate how I want to highlight the red flesh. The rocks are 'done' (unless I finish everything and have free time to touch them up a bit more). The dirt/ground around them hasn't been touched yet...I need to make sure everything is fully dried before I muck about too much. There's a bit more color to the rocks in person, not exactly noticeable unless you're looking at them up close. The color variations might slightly help these look more like rocks than sticking with a solid grey tone...or it could be my mind playing tricks on me. 

Rocks, and more rocks!

Like the skin tones, these don't quite match what I have previously done for the herald and spawn. That is probably easier to fix at the end if it ends up bothering me. Honestly, while I'm satisfied with the result on the rocks, I'm half tempted to start over. However, these aren't for centerpieces and if I get started down that path this early in the project then I'll never finish! Intent is to keep this style of bases for everything but the greater daemons and any future characters. Those I plan to embellish more and be more diligent in the rock coloring.