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Friday 7 October 2016

Deathwatch Kill team

OK, so on the Brick of Scrutiny now are the Deathwatch Kill team figures.  They're here so we can talk about painting. 


Red.  Blarrgh !  I know a lot of people grumble about painting red.  Here are some red ones.


Ultrasmurfs.


Now the green team.



There he is, looking for Alpharius within the ranks of the deathwatch.


Lighter colours.  Yellow.


Metal.


More yellow, he actually looks slightly better from the back.


Hell's Spangle.  I was feeling quite pleased with my progress here and thought to myself "I'll look at Karitas' Whitescar biker as a point of reference."  I won't do that again.


And my fluffy ffaves, the grey team.


So what you're looking at here are ten unfinished Space Marine figures.  I get so far, and then run into the law of diminishing returns.  By the time I get them to this stage, I've burnt through my mojo.  One of the reasons they are in their Chapter colours with black arms is that the variety of colourschemes are what maintains interest.


But I get 'em to here and then the steps required to finish them seem just beyond reach.  Picking out those final levels of detail is something I tend not do.  Long time readers may remember me talking about not enjoying painting (hence contracting it out), having neither the time nor inclination to practice in order to get to a level I'm happy with.


Now let's avoid a load of bollox where we blow smoke up someone's arse about their minis deserving a better paintjob than the one I'm currently putting out.  Two girls of primary school age eat money.  I need to improve my painting because contracting out painting is expensive.  There are a certain bits out there which I'm still getting help with, but I need to improve my painting to a point where these guys can look finished.


One thing which will need to improve is paint discipline - applying it where I want it, currently it goes a little bit further which means touching up.  Sometimes the touching up goes too far and needs touching up.  Better paint discipline in the first place would be a good start - go back up the picts and look at where the lenses are.  see ?

But I have a plan.

8 comments:

  1. I actually quite dig 'em in the full chapter colors - unconventional, but it's a heck of a lot more fun than painting all that black! I'll say I definitely hit the wall painting all the fiddly little detail on the DW, they're almost absurdly be-spangled.

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  2. I like the idea with the chapter colors as it gives diversity and black is not all that fun to paint even if it is fast. When it comes to paint discipline it is also a question about the right tools for the job, different brunches for different things. But in the end it is a question about patience, if you rush it to be done the result will be suffering. Just keep at it, and do one model at a time. Then you might finish it before the mojo is up.

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  3. I like the colors as well, I've be wondering what to do with my deathwatch force to make it different, I may have to borrow this idea! As for painting, I generally place my models on the board and step back, then just paint the bits that are noticeable, unless your going for a golden demon, you can ignore some of the finer detailing and still get a good looking model for the table top.

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  4. I like the colors as well, I've be wondering what to do with my deathwatch force to make it different, I may have to borrow this idea! As for painting, I generally place my models on the board and step back, then just paint the bits that are noticeable, unless your going for a golden demon, you can ignore some of the finer detailing and still get a good looking model for the table top.

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  5. I thought the older style of Death Watch was more along this line with the chapter colors everywhere but the arm.
    Looking good!

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  6. Well there's the touch ups. Then the touch ups for those touch ups, rinse and repeat again and again until finally it hits the 'fuck it nobody will notice' stage and they get the flock & clear coat.

    Then I pics take for the blog...and photoshop comes out, and then there's touch ups, and due to my lack of photoshop skills, touch ups for those touch ups and...

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  7. I think yer doing okay. Multiple colour schemes do indeed keep things fresh and mojo levels full. Multiple projects on the go help me in that respect also.

    Keep up the good work mate - practice makes perfect and so forth.

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