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+Title: One-shot Painting
+Category: Craft
+Date: 2025-11-08
+Tags: miniature painting
+
+The Strange Artifacts crew has decided to explore Mordheim, and we've all
+selected war bands. Myself, I've chosen to play the
+[Skaven of Clan Eshin](https://mordheimer.net/docs/warbands/grade-1a-warbands/skaven-eshin#0--1-eshin-sorcerer){. .anchor},
+pics and lore to come. But, as a hobby goblin, now that I have a project to work
+on there's nothing I want to paint more than _literally anything else_.
+
+So, since I've begun my Mordheim war band, I've dug out cast models from the
+vaults to assemble and base. I've reread all the rules for Cauldron - a
+beautiful, whimsical game by
+[HILL GIANT](https://mordheimer.net/docs/warbands/grade-1a-warbands/skaven-eshin#0--1-eshin-sorcerer){. .anchor} -
+and pulled together two new gangs for Ramshackle's
+[Mini Gangs](https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/home/680-preorder-mini-gangs-v2-book-and-pdf.html){. .anchor}.
+
+I don't know what it is about me, but I'm flawed in this way, and I'm sure I'm
+not alone. Big projects are fun but they can also be daunting.
+
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+
+## Palate Cleansers FTW
+
+I don't do a lot of kit bashing, in part because I don't buy very many kits,
+Battletech aside. Most of my models I 3D print at home. I've easily painted a
+hundred or more
+[Knucklebones](https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Knucklebones%20Minis){. .anchor}
+minis, for example, and I've printed many more. The bulk of the rest are from hand casters, like
+[colecifer\_xxviii](https://www.instagram.com/colecifer_xxviii/){. .anchor},
+[Marcello Rizza](https://www.instagram.com/uollas_uolsh/){. .anchor},
+and especially [Ramshackle Games](https://shop.ramshacklegames.com){. .anchor}.I
+even do a bit of sculpting and casting myself.
+Printing and collecting can be a hobby all its own. Because of this, whenever I
+print new models, or I get new hand cast models in the mail, I will usually
+clean them up, base and prime them right away. This way I always have plenty of
+models on hand, ready to paint.
+
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+
+I don't want to skip a hobby session because I'm feeling overwhelmed by my
+current project. I'd rather grab a prepped model off the shelf. While I'll
+frequently have one or two non-project models in various states of completion,
+my favorites are the models that I can paint, start to finish, in a single 60-90
+minute session.
+
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+{. .image}
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+
+Each of these models I had based and primed, on hand in a box on the shelf, just
+in case I wanted to paint something fresh. In the case of the frog and the
+Dunger in particular, I had a moment of inspiration that I wanted to act upon
+right away, while the muse had me. Each took about an hour to knock out, and I
+left the bench feeling very happy with the outcome. Each session was time well
+spent even though they were painted with no other purpose in mind except to have
+painted them.
+
+I'm also reminded during these one-shot painting sessions why I choose the
+models that I choose. Each of them speaks to me in some way that only I can
+hear, in a way that is unique to me. Just like everybody else.
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