With me, after being in the hobby for 25-30 years, I found that chipping away at the backlog is best. If I get bored painting space marines, I flip and paint a Marvel crisp protocol mini, then I 'rough and ready' some Tyranids, before coming back to a tank or a space marine squad. Its really helping me get through projects, keeps me interested and avoids the dreaded grind.
That's great insight, thanks, definitely agree that it can be a good idea to take a break here and there! I personally find if I take a break with other projects too often I may never get stuff done, but with that said it's really all about doing what's enjoyable in the long run so that's not really so bad in reality!!
I liked the vid, but why put yourself through the pain of manually priming all the box? That must've took several hours at least when it could have been a 10 min job with a can.
Super fair point yeah, as mentioned above I'm not a big fan of spray cans, I have had bad experiences in the past which I think are probably some combination of user error and the fact that I don't live in a warm-weather environment! I actually filmed most of this video while temps outside were below freezing so I don't think a can would have done well in those temps. Plenty of people say you can get good results in the cold but I can't seem to get it to work and I didn't want to risk messing up all the previous effort by making a mistake. But, I don't disagree that cans would probably save time in the right environment!
@@herossongstudio yeah i hear you. cans can be a bitch in cold weather. i couldn't take it anymore last winter and bought one of those 20 buck airbrush and compressor kits off amazon. it's meh, but it can lay down a prime and a basecoat like it's nobody's bussiness.
I suppose I've never timed myself in terms of minutes per model; but I batch them per page/spread. Cutting/scraping/prepping all the pieces for each model on a page/spread and stacking them in the upside GW base I'll glue them on. Once that's done I'll switch to gluing and batch glue in the same way. Glue "pre-assemble" portions along the way so they'll be dry enough by the time I come back for the main glue pass.
Very interesting, that's a great idea! I have always been afraid of mixing up which piece is which if I cut too much at once but I love the idea of putting the bits in the upside down bases is a great idea, I'll have to try that! Thanks so much for the idea!!!
@@herossongstudio I've both heard stories and once watched a YT video where the builder broke open the box, cut EVERY piece off the sprues into one big pile and then were mad that they didn't know which pieces went together. We're long past the days where the majority of the arms/torsos/legs were all interchangable. Even back then, matching arms had little details on the forearms/wrists that could help you out. An alternate to putting pieces into the upside-down bases, is to arrange the pieces on top of their respective illustrations in the instructions. I also have long glued the legs to the bases at the beginning and built from the bottom up. Rather than building the whole figure and then gluing onto the base afterwards. There's really no "wrong" way, just whatever way works for you.
Yikes, every single piece is brutal, I wonder if they ever got it built! I like bottom up as well, definitely agree though and like what you said; so long as you're enjoying it there's no wrong way!
I thin it a little bit by way of some moisture in my brush, I actually use a cheap palette from a big box store rather than a wet palette for priming. Apply with a dabbing motion and make sure you don't have too much on your brush when you hit the model so you don't obscure details. Overall though it's pretty forgiving, just dab off anything that looks too thick and do a few coats and you should be good! I'm in the same boat as you, weather doesn't allow the spray cans, I gave up on them a while ago.
Man, I'm going to miss that combat patrol
I totally agree with you, I have half a mind to pick up a few more 😂
With me, after being in the hobby for 25-30 years, I found that chipping away at the backlog is best. If I get bored painting space marines, I flip and paint a Marvel crisp protocol mini, then I 'rough and ready' some Tyranids, before coming back to a tank or a space marine squad. Its really helping me get through projects, keeps me interested and avoids the dreaded grind.
That's great insight, thanks, definitely agree that it can be a good idea to take a break here and there! I personally find if I take a break with other projects too often I may never get stuff done, but with that said it's really all about doing what's enjoyable in the long run so that's not really so bad in reality!!
They look awesome just with the skin done
Thanks so much!! Definitely feels good to have that piece done, really makes them feel alive all of a sudden!
Subbed, lovely work on those
Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed it!
Fun little hack for painting guardsmen. Paint them with gloves on.
That's a great idea, thanks for the idea! I think I'll do that with a few of the artillery guys, great call!!
Cool! Looks like it was fun!
It definitely was, even when it wasn't 😂
I liked the vid, but why put yourself through the pain of manually priming all the box? That must've took several hours at least when it could have been a 10 min job with a can.
I think it might have something to do with the “I hate spray cans” comment he made.
@@stephenbateman9776 dude i hate them too :) i just hate spending hours brushing primer more :D
Super fair point yeah, as mentioned above I'm not a big fan of spray cans, I have had bad experiences in the past which I think are probably some combination of user error and the fact that I don't live in a warm-weather environment! I actually filmed most of this video while temps outside were below freezing so I don't think a can would have done well in those temps. Plenty of people say you can get good results in the cold but I can't seem to get it to work and I didn't want to risk messing up all the previous effort by making a mistake. But, I don't disagree that cans would probably save time in the right environment!
@@herossongstudio yeah i hear you. cans can be a bitch in cold weather. i couldn't take it anymore last winter and bought one of those 20 buck airbrush and compressor kits off amazon. it's meh, but it can lay down a prime and a basecoat like it's nobody's bussiness.
That's awesome, I am definitely intending to get an airbrush one of these days which will hopefully speed up the process a bunch...
I suppose I've never timed myself in terms of minutes per model; but I batch them per page/spread. Cutting/scraping/prepping all the pieces for each model on a page/spread and stacking them in the upside GW base I'll glue them on. Once that's done I'll switch to gluing and batch glue in the same way. Glue "pre-assemble" portions along the way so they'll be dry enough by the time I come back for the main glue pass.
Very interesting, that's a great idea! I have always been afraid of mixing up which piece is which if I cut too much at once but I love the idea of putting the bits in the upside down bases is a great idea, I'll have to try that! Thanks so much for the idea!!!
@@herossongstudio I've both heard stories and once watched a YT video where the builder broke open the box, cut EVERY piece off the sprues into one big pile and then were mad that they didn't know which pieces went together. We're long past the days where the majority of the arms/torsos/legs were all interchangable. Even back then, matching arms had little details on the forearms/wrists that could help you out.
An alternate to putting pieces into the upside-down bases, is to arrange the pieces on top of their respective illustrations in the instructions. I also have long glued the legs to the bases at the beginning and built from the bottom up. Rather than building the whole figure and then gluing onto the base afterwards. There's really no "wrong" way, just whatever way works for you.
Yikes, every single piece is brutal, I wonder if they ever got it built! I like bottom up as well, definitely agree though and like what you said; so long as you're enjoying it there's no wrong way!
With my schedule this'll take me a year 😂
I know exactly what you mean, that was part of why I wanted to take on the challenge, gave me a huge head start!! Hard to find time for sure!
Welcome to the guard!
Haha thanks! Let's hope my service is long and fruitful...
What brush on primer do you use?
I use Vallejo Black Primer, it works like a charm for me!
Thanks! Do you need to thin it down or go straight from the pot? We do not get the weather for spray cans and my pile of shame is really building up.
I thin it a little bit by way of some moisture in my brush, I actually use a cheap palette from a big box store rather than a wet palette for priming. Apply with a dabbing motion and make sure you don't have too much on your brush when you hit the model so you don't obscure details. Overall though it's pretty forgiving, just dab off anything that looks too thick and do a few coats and you should be good!
I'm in the same boat as you, weather doesn't allow the spray cans, I gave up on them a while ago.