"What do you dread painting?" Topic

Also is there anything you would love to game if you didn't have to paint it?

Personally I have a of a time with any cuff lace or designs. Can never seem to get it good enough.

Horses in general – at this point I am not bad at painting them but they are the one thing I don't like to paint

Another vote for horses.

horses

That figures… I enjoy painting the horses. I hate the riders! All scrunched up and trying to hide things.

Highlanders, of pretty much any variety prior to 1914.

To combine Frederick (and Lascaris) with skipper John, I totally, completely, and thoroughly, hate painting cavalry.

So then, Highland Cavalry?

Tires. Especially tank road wheel tires.

One more vote for horses. Don't like painting them at all.

Pretty much anything at the moment. Ive been in a hobby funk for the past couple of months or so.

Limbers. I always assemble and base them first, and it's hard to reach many parts to paint them. I have tried painting then assembling, but that presents its own challenges.

I'm not up to highlanders any more--and I never was good--but I truly hate having to paint irregulars. They break the rhythm, they slow me down, and there's usually something I can't even identify, and so don't know what color to paint.

Anything yellow!
And Hussars.. in 6mm!

Metallics. I have yet to find metallics that are reasonably opaque but not as thick as paste.

Reins on horses.

Horses here too. I don't know why, it is some sort of mental block.

As a consequence, any time I start a project, I paint the Cavalry first to get it out of the way.

Horses, because mounted troops just take longer to get painted up then infantry. I have no problems painting them , I just don't like the extra time.

Also 28mm as I have been painting only 15mm the last few years (if any painting). I have to switch to different painting technique and have to remember how I did them before.

Ceilings and walls.

;-)

Napoleonic drums. All the small vandyke on the edges. Pain in the A!

If you don't enjoy your hobby then it isn't a hobby, just a chore. I only choose armies and periods that are interesting or rewarding to paint. I quite like reading about the American Civil war, but the idea of painting a sea of endless blue and grey is unthinkable.

Kilt/tartan pattern.

Horses…chariots

Painting for me is therapy, once I start painting I very easily can paint for hours, no matter what I am painting. There is nothing I dread.

Tartan!

Tartan, or any other plaids, stripes, checks, etc.

Only one thing I never care to paint – horse and rider.

Everything

Tanks.

I am going to have to say tartan….

Eyes and straps.

16th – 18th century troops with all their tassles and fru fa… takes forever to paint.

Badly sculpted and/or badly casted figures.

Bar those, Celtic designs.

I'll go with basileus66 on this – anything that isn't well cast is horrible to paint.

That aside I've never liked painting spoked wheels and artillery in general.

Going against the flow here but I love painting horses, especially ABs ones.

I am dreading painting my 28mm Samurai armies.

It used to be horses until I got the War games Illustrated painting guide last year. It showed how to do several different colours and all of a sudden I was painting cavalry in no time. Don't know what clicked, but something did. This summer it was Arab infantry for the Crusade period. Don't know why, they just didn't do it for me.

After painting several thousand figures from a variety of periods, I would have to say anything which is not uniformed; any ancient barbarians, native American Indians, Vikings, Saxons, etc. My goal is not to have the same dress on these guys…which makes it difficult to paint…thus dreading the task at hand.

P.

Highland kilts, socks and the dice around the base of the bonnet. UGH!

Highlander kilts & socks, Louisiana Tiger Zouaves, horses.

Infantry. Cavalry is no big deal, riders are less packed down than infantry, takes me about a third the time an infantryman takes me. Horses are a breeze, separate them out by color and pose and start painting the bridle etc.

Love horses (see latest thread about them) but at 15mm never tried faces, they get different hair colors but faces are plain fkesh tone.

Splinter camo.

Historical uniforms nothing is as hard work as churning dozens of miniatures who all look the bloody same, while trying to get the right historical shade and making sure all the little details are just right. I mean it should be easier with the limited pallet but it gets boring really quick.

Irregulars with lots of different coloured clothes and such like might take longer but are easier to keep up the interest levels on. Fantasy/sci-fi is even better as I can't really paint it "wrong" and can let my imagination run riot.

Tricorne hat lace, tartans, parallel striped trousers and checks. Hussars are a special dislike.

Lozenge schemes on WW1 German aircraft

I agree with Rich Bliss tires…..

Horses and tartans

Everything.

I agree with the horse haters. For some reason they seem to take forever. I dont know why they elicit that feeling in me but they do.