Progress!

So I am just tearing through my terrain.  I'm really wondering why I hadn't done this before?  I'm having a lot of fun painting the models, I'm getting a lot done, and it's allowing me to have more variable terrain for my games.

It used to be that I played with the same 3 tree bases, the Chapel, Tower and Mansion (none of the buildings are finished...) and the Temple ruins.  Every single game.

But now I have another tree stand:

The trees look a little glossy, but that's because the wash is still drying.  I got them done and went straight to photos, because I knew I wouldn't have time to do it later.

So I think I'll finish a building next.  What do you guys think?  Chapel, Tower or Mansion?

Late Night Update

I decided to give my brushes the full 48 hours, in hopes that it will make a big difference.  So I decided to keep working on terrain.  And since I happened to have my last tree stand downstairs, having just primed it, I started working on that.

As opposed to my other three tree bases, I decided to do a fall theme for this one.  The trees themselves are about 50% done.  Should have them done by late Monday night, assuming I work on the High Elves tomorrow.  If not, I might have it done by tomorrow night.

What do you think?

Super-Quick update

Just letting everyone know that I finished the Crashed Aquila tonight, after a complete re-paint because Wallshammer is a meanie and was bugging me about the colour. BOO!  HISS!  It's too dark for pictures now, so I'll edit this post in the morning with pics.

Edit:  And here they are!

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One Thing a Week, Progress Update and a Little Touch of Fail.

One Thing a Week Challenge finished early for this week:

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High Elf Swordmasters More or Less Step by Step

So I've been meaning to do a step-by-step to show my painting process.  And I started out really good with the Swordmasters, going one step at a time, taking a picture, then moving on to the next step.  Then, I got into my groove.  I know it sounds stupid, but it's like in my old fighting days, where I'm not really thinking about what I'm doing, I don't really notice the noises in the background or anything else.  I'm just moving forward.  It's the sweet spot where my accuracy and speed increase.  When I get into the zone I get a lot done.

Which I did.

So here's where I started.  White primer.  I use it a lot, but I don't recommend it.  It's finicky and fussy and doesn't always produce good results.  Case in point: I primed 3 Swordmasters I'd gotten from a friend to finish out a 20-man unit.  2 of those model primed just fine, the third one came out 'fuzzy'.  There was a weird residue from the spray can that gave the whole model a texture (and killed all the details).  That model is now sitting in Simple Green, which is why the unit is only 19 models in the pictures.

While The Cat's away...

... the mice will paint terrain?

As I mentioned before, I've joined all of the Tale of groups on Warseer, one of them being the Tale of Terrain Painters.  What I did not realize at the time was that they were already halfway through the event.  So, because I'm almost obsessive about these kinds of things, I'm going to whip up extra terrain to make up the difference in months.  Which means 6 extra pieces.  I must be out of my mind.

My August challenge was the Moonscape craters, which is the bottom row.  My September challenge was the Blastscape craters, which is the top row.  They are both 100% finished, and I'm really happy with the results.  Honestly, I don't know why I didn't do them up earlier.

Putting My "Money" Where My Mouth Is

Quick update on project X. I decided not to get a replacement model for my poor, doomed, stripped to death model.  Instead, after conferring with Wallshammer, I'm going to get a replacement model for it via my usual methods, and have it painted up for October 1st.  So that means I have only 3 models left to paint.  And they are now primed.  And the rest of the models have the basing material on them.  Now to paint the bases, then add some finishing touches and viola!

But more to the point, I've joined more painting competitions (or challenges or whatever you want to call them).  Over on Warseer, they have the Tale of... series (Tale of Fantasy Painters, Tale of 40k Painters, Tale of Skirmish Painters and Tale of Terrain Painters).  Well I joined 'em all!  If I'm going to say I'm all about the hobby, I should put my money where my mouth is.  So to speak.

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