As an experiment I grabbed 10 Perry plastic WOR archers and began a little speed painting challenge. To be honest these figures are so detailed they are no fun to paint. Layer upon layer of clothing, straps and buckles (all in a "small" 28MM) just grinds my gears. So the plan was to cut my plastic mountain down a little....base colours, wash and tidy up. It took about two hours in total, please ignore the bases I am waiting for the glue to dry before basing.
The colours are Burgundian but I believe that they hired bows...oh well they will work for fantasy if not. Tomorrow the bases will be painted and I will work a little nore on the details....to be truthful I am not sure that I will notice that they were speed painted (3 hours total) once they are completed.
Lately I have been reading Frostgrave and painting the odd figure for it, mostly skeletons, ghouls and trolls etc but I did not have a toad. Until now. A strange event occurred this afternoon, as we emptied an old box a toad of perfect proportions fell out of the bottom. I can attest 100% to never having bought a plastic/resin toad in my life! Maybe he was already in the box? Anyway he is getting a coat of paint....can anyone ID this cherub of a free toad? I think he is a decoration or a toy and not a war game miniature.
Thanks for checking in, have a good Easter and keep gaming!
I've got to say for that is rather impressive for two hours work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael, after painting nearly 50 of these I was losing the will to do any more so I had to find a new way.
DeleteThis is, in my opinion, the best approach; they look good with none of that" trying to match what I've seen in a Wargames magazine" syndrome and consequently never painting anything without being miserable. Well done, Carl!
ReplyDeleteYou nailed it Monty! I was not enjoying painting at all and managing about 6 figures a week...completely changing my approach from now on.
DeleteThey look bloody awesome and would love to have such skill to paint like that. Let alone be criticising the way they look. Great job dude
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