eris404
Explorer
Well, "disaster" is too strong a word really, so forgive the exaggeration. 
I love painting minis and sometimes I will surprise people with minis to represent PC, NPCs, monsters, etc. I suprised a fellow player with a mini of his character (a young necromancer dressed in grey and black) and though he was delighted I made the effort, he later worked up the nerve to tell me that mini itself was not to his liking. After much hemming and hawing and oblique references to the pose the mini was in, I realized he was trying to tell me he thought the mini looked "gay" without actually using the word "gay." Partly amused and partly embarrassed, I told him I would be happy to paint a mini of his choosing. He gladly bought a new one and I asked him about the details of the mini (colors, symbols, etc.). The character of course dresses all in black, which sounds good when you're describing a character, but if you're painting minis, is not terribly fun to paint.
How about you? Any horror stories about painting?

I love painting minis and sometimes I will surprise people with minis to represent PC, NPCs, monsters, etc. I suprised a fellow player with a mini of his character (a young necromancer dressed in grey and black) and though he was delighted I made the effort, he later worked up the nerve to tell me that mini itself was not to his liking. After much hemming and hawing and oblique references to the pose the mini was in, I realized he was trying to tell me he thought the mini looked "gay" without actually using the word "gay." Partly amused and partly embarrassed, I told him I would be happy to paint a mini of his choosing. He gladly bought a new one and I asked him about the details of the mini (colors, symbols, etc.). The character of course dresses all in black, which sounds good when you're describing a character, but if you're painting minis, is not terribly fun to paint.

How about you? Any horror stories about painting?