Do you all ever allow yourself to blame the miniature?

I hope you all are having a great day!

I am just curious, do you all ever have a miniature that just isn't working for you and leaves you frustrated? I know that it is probably "wrong" to blame the miniature itself, but could it rarely be the case that it is part of the problem, and not entirely you?

For reference, I recently purchased one of the old Emperor's Champion miniatures for Warhammer. It is a resin model, and from the beginning it was just difficult. The surfaces on the miniature (prior to me even painting) had textures and weird shapes. The edges are not real defined, etc.

Some of, if not the majority, of my frustration is likely my own lack of skill. But I have painted hundreds of other models and been happy with the results. This one just left me frustrated, and I am curious if any of you have ever attributed some blame to the model itself. Or is this just a cop out?