I've painted a unit of Goblin Town warriors!
I
batch painted all 18 models in one go- I've painted some 5/6 models
batches at a time in the past, but I generally hate batch painting and
never really got the hang of it. Painting 18 models at once was horrid,
but still totally worth it once they were done!
They still need another coat of matt varnish, before I can add the
grass tufts (which will hide a multiple of sins on these paint jobs!)
I
aimed for these being 'finished', over being 'perfect' or 'detailed'.
This meant skipping over things like eyes, the bandages on their feet
etc. I will probably add some further details like another colour/wash
to the ropes on the crude weapons when there 2+ units to do at once (It
didn't feel like it was worth the extra time doing just 1-2 models at a
time). I do have more models than I do time for this project!
I've
recently switched to mostly painting with cheap €0.30 craft brushes, as
I can paint a lot faster with throw away brushes (not worrying about
jabbing paint at the model as I might do with my €12 W&N brush!)
I
also used a good deal of army painter quickshades on these as I don't
like the new recipe GW washes and trying to move away from relying on
their stuff for painting. I also tried to stick to using under 12 paints
for the whole unit (Though the basing colours might have pushed me over
this limit!)
Though
these models are from the round base GW MESBG, I've used Square bases
for use with mass battle rule sets rather than MESBG itself. I'm really
not worried about any issues arising about 'incorrect' basing for use
with MESBG rules as I only play at home with a very select group of
people. We'll most likely be playing oathmark, though I am planning on
putting together my own 1st age mass battle rules. I also recently
picked up the war of the ring rules (the old mass battle rules for
MESBG) which we might try in the future.
These
models are really good fun to paint, except for their hair which at
times feels like it was only half sculpted on. Had to improvised with
some jagged painting to get hairlines looking natural. Half of them have
the 'Devin Townsend skullet' (will have to paint a 'Strapping Young
Gobbo' in batch number 2!)
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