|
Post by ghostwalker on Nov 17, 2013 16:23:18 GMT
Well i just took a step towards trying to get some clarity. The hobby room has been the den of a million projects and i think i have a dose of 'cluttered room cluttered mind' on top of the hobby ADD. So i have spent a good few hours with carol going through all the bits and pieces. Some have been sanctioned to the loft (most of the 40k stuff baring 2 models and carols dark eldar). We have streamlined the games down to x-wing, dreadball, zombicide, warhammer invasion and wfb.
In line with that i have streamed the armies i have available to distract me. My high elves which i fear will forever be plastic grey, the lone painted ogre test model for next years 'tale of' event and finally my Bretonnian models that have sat about pleading for a paint job. My method is simple and i hope eventually will be effective. High elves form a usable army to learn wfb with again.In turn the playing may lead to a paint love of them..i don't know. Ogres are the time constrained project for next year, being painted to a budget and with a time limit that will hopefully push me. Bretonnians are my imagery and fluff love army. My fall back project for when the ogres are done for the month and i want something to just paint for the sake of it.
I have the helldrake undercoated and waiting and also the Limited Dark Angel Dark Vengance libby as something entirely different.
So this evenings plan. Stare blankly at the Bretonian models and ask myself...what colours, what heraldry...what am i doing!
|
|
|
Post by badfang on Nov 17, 2013 16:42:29 GMT
I want to get into 40k and i don't..... .....This has me now scrambling for the brettonian bits i have laying about. But it comes with a big.... i don't know... curse might be the right word or it might not. The problem last time i tried was with finding the right heraldry and colour schemes. ...I seem to constantly want to over reach my painting ability. I will have an idea, try to put it into effect on a model. It will be more than i can achieve with my level of painting and in the end i will get frustrated and give up. This then taints any effort on the project and i give up. Any of you guys ever suffer this or have you had this issue and beaten it...if so how. The main problem I have with 40K is the ruleset, starting with 'your turn/my turn' and then getting worse, love the models (well, Orks anyway) though. Got a similar problem with DeffSkulz, my BloodAxes wear uniforms coz it's fluffy (and easy to do), my Sunburnz are all jeans and leather jackets (old biker joke: bloke with long hair, ripped jeans and stripy tee shirt says to a chap with long hair, ripped jeans and a stripy tee shirt "I know we dress like this to express our individuality, but do we all have to be the same individual?") but DeffSkulz loot stuff from everywhere so each one ought to be a separate individual, all twelve of 'em. AAAARGH! We (probably) all want to get better and that does involve stretching, and if you stretch too far all you can do is put it down, try and work out if it's do-able and put it to one side 'til you've figured out how best to proceed. WARNING - this can easily lead to a housefull of half finished projects stuffed in drawers, attics, under the sofa/bed/floorboards - a bit like my flat. EDIT - from your last post, it sounds as though you're there already
|
|
|
Post by Harkon Greywolf on Nov 17, 2013 17:08:04 GMT
Bretonnians planning: 1) Get sheet of blank paper and pencil. 2) Write down however many different basic colour schemes you can think of and want to do for the individual barding and matching surcoats for the knights. This includes everything you can think of! Get references on-line as part of the process and maybe save the pictures to a directory for reference. Include and start with the most basic one-colour schemes 3) Note all the different Heraldic and fantasy images and icons you want to use, rough sketches etc. included. 4) Mix and match heraldry and icons to colour schemes. 5) Do the same for horse colour schemes. 5) Choose a basic single colour barding scheme ansd simple horse colour scheme and use that to start your first knight with. Don;t make it a character, use a basic rank and file knight. 6) Proceed as necessary each time making it slightly different and progressing in skills required! That is all! Sorry if this is all old hat and if you've done all this already, bit I find with complicated tasks making a structured "To Do" list and then sticking to it actually makes these things easier. And at least you won;t be sitting there staring at them wondering where to start! Hope this helps! HG
|
|
|
Post by ghostwalker on Nov 17, 2013 17:56:56 GMT
Not at all HG, all the help and pointers are much appreciated. I was thinking of downloading a sheet i saw that has outlines of the shields and horses. A few sheets and a raid on the kids colour store! lol.
Badfang...i have more models than sense. Its why i have had a tidy up as i have manic ADD and will glance at a spare model and whatever project i was on will go by the wayside for a few more years.
Rumours have it that the Brets could see a new book next year and that would be a nice boost. Especially if Carols wood elves also get a new book. Lets face it both armies have been waiting a long ole time.
|
|
|
Post by badfang on Nov 17, 2013 18:25:19 GMT
Not at all HG, all the help and pointers are much appreciated. I was thinking of downloading a sheet i saw that has outlines of the shields and horses. A few sheets and a raid on the kids colour store! lol. Or go the hi-tech route by assembling the model, spraying it white primer, photograph it, put it on your computer and open it in a photshop type program. Using the 'irregular selection' tool to select the bit you're after and the 'paint brush' tool to fill it in - if a colour combo doesn't work, it's easier to 'undo' and try again than cover over with a felt pen and it could save a forest of trees As for more models than sense - guilty as charged
|
|