my painting challenge for 2020!

[Techno II]

 

I'm too lazy to post anything else. 

Cheers - Madame Backhurtz.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Shield works really well. Overall a good figure really nicely painted. 

[petercooman]

Excellent! I really like the silvery white of the winged horse

All my pegasi are highlighted up to that colour, i always feel like they should be white 

I'm too lazy to post anything else. 

Cheers - Madame Backhurtz.

I'll take it 

Shield works really well. Overall a good figure really nicely painted. 

Thanks! Funny story actually. was looking through my copy of tail feathers not so long ago. (the mice and mystics game with the bird riiders) In that game when two bird riders go base to base, they lock into a death spiral while they tussle mid air. The token to show they are locked in a spiral was the inspiration for my shield design. I thought, would be cool to have that as a badge of honour on my champions heraldry. Something like "sir Francois of Couronne, who emerged victorious after being locked in a spiral of death with a drake"

the token here on the right:

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That's even better!

[Techno II]

I like that. 

Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

Another nice paint job Peter on some 'classic' GW models. I much prefer these to the current offerings.

[petercooman]

Another nice paint job Peter on some 'classic' GW models. I much prefer these to the current offerings.

I believe a lot of people do, that's why the prices on ebay are only going up!

[sean66]

I think if I realise how much I have painted, and how many left to paint. it might make me realise
that the tag of not finishing a project was real 
Regards
Sean

Counted my 10mm Pendraken unpainted figures last night  :-
Came in at just over 2900 individual figures. 
now do I carry on into the 6mm figures  :-
or just go hide the list and forget about it 
Regards
Sean

[petercooman]

Counted my 10mm Pendraken unpainted figures last night  :-
Came in at just over 2900 individual figures. 
now do I carry on into the 6mm figures  :-
or just go hide the list and forget about it 
Regards
Sean

my advice would be to count the painted ones first 

[hammurabi70]

Counted my 10mm Pendraken unpainted figures last night  :-
Came in at just over 2900 individual figures. 
now do I carry on into the 6mm figures  :-
or just go hide the list and forget about it 
Regards
Sean

How many panted?

[Techno II]

All four of the Labradors....Only 'cos they know there's a bag of pigs' ears hidden in the kitchen. 

Cheers - Phil 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Nobby - Techno's coat needs a good chewing, preferably wit im int 

[fsn]

Pendraken: 11792 infantry, 1371 cavalry, 626 artillerymen, 189 guns, 865 vehicles, 400 command
1187 aircraft (mostly 1:600) and 301 ships (mostly 1:3000)

Lead mountain - 5734 pieces.

Average purchase 173 pieces per month
Average paint 271 pieces per month
Estimated 51 months to clear the mountain

I do love a spreadsheet!

[hammurabi70]

Pendraken: 11792 infantry, 1371 cavalry, 626 artillerymen, 189 guns, 865 vehicles, 400 command
1187 aircraft (mostly 1:600) and 301 ships (mostly 1:3000)

Lead mountain - 5734 pieces.

Average purchase 173 pieces per month
Average paint 271 pieces per month
Estimated 51 months to clear the mountain

I do love a spreadsheet!

That looks like some serious investment in time and money!

[fsn]

I have cut down on my lipstick use.

[sean66]

I have cut down on my lipstick use.

Well it was a bit excessive
Regards
Sean

[Techno II]

I am NOT counting how many unpainted figures I've got.....

There's a very big box full.

I DO want to get the paints out again, at some stage...But as I've said before....I'm not sure which end of the brush I'm supposed to hold, anymore.

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

I am NOT counting how many unpainted figures I've got.....

There's a very big box full.

I DO want to get the paints out again, at some stage...But as I've said before....I'm not sure which end of the brush I'm supposed to hold, anymore.

Cheers - Phil

step 1 Start with painting blood red.
step 2 check your hands veery five minutes. if nothing repeat step 1 and 2 , if it looks like yet another trip to emergency room, turn brush around!

[fred.]

Pendraken: 11792 infantry, 1371 cavalry, 626 artillerymen, 189 guns, 865 vehicles, 400 command
1187 aircraft (mostly 1:600) and 301 ships (mostly 1:3000)

Lead mountain - 5734 pieces.

Average purchase 173 pieces per month
Average paint 271 pieces per month
Estimated 51 months to clear the mountain

I do love a spreadsheet!

That is.a lot of figures!

I'm quite interested in your counting method - especially as you seem to count artillery crews and guns separately. Do you count bases, and then what is on the base? I've thought about listing my figures a couple of times, but each time I start to think about it, I start over thinking the whole categorisation thing, and then don't end up doing anything!

[fsn]

Ah! I count guns and men separately. That is because I do not have a fixed number of gunners per gun. A 2pdr may have a crew of 3, a 17pdr 4 and an 5.5" howitzer I think I put 6 on.

I don't count bases as the number of figures per base varies.  Mortars tend to be groups of 3 bases - 2 with 3 figures and 1 with an added command figure. A British section is a Bren base (3), a command base (3) and a rifle base (4).

What I do is I put together a project and work out how many packs I will need. For example if I want 2 units of 60. That is 4 packs of infantry. What tens to happen is that my unit size miraculously fits with Pendraken pack sizes - odd that, isn't it? The Dark Ages units are 32 figures each - one pack plus two command. Works nicely as 8x4 figure bases.
 
Then, I note each pack I buy.  This gets added to my lead mountain as I buy them.
When I paint, I make a note, and this comes off the mountain.
Extra figures get used up padding out gun crews, command groups and as status markers (pre 1900). Very few go into the spares box.

Works for me.