Well February didn't go to plan. I lost all my motivation for painting for most of the month, only getting some done at the very start and end of the month. These were my goals: Finish painting my Temple Guard command. - DONE Prime my 2nd Salamander Hunting Pack. - DONE Attempt to paint another 5 TG. - NOT STARTED Maybe start painting my Clone ARC Troopers. - NOT STARTED Instead of starting more, I started painting my next Salamander hunting pack. Hopefully I can stay more motivated in March.
The last two goals remain open perhaps for next month: - Paint/convert up a Ranger of Gondor (out of a normal warrior with bow) - Finish up the Easterling Banner Bearer - Finish up the Minas Tirith Banner Bearer - Build and paint a banner objective marker And - Read and vote on the short story contest (perhaps writing reviews) - Additionally have another game night with my brother Grrr, Imrahil[
Well, I did my story for the contest. I did the painting (bar basing) of one Fireborn and started 2 others. Overall much better than January ( )
Progress was slow but I managed to clear a few older items from the list. Assemble: Model of the Month: – Completed! Morrig Crowcaller, Knight-Azyros: – Conversion/Green Stuff: Morrig Crowcaller (Combining Neave Blacktalon and Knight-Azyros sprue, greenstuff hair, base conversion, adding crow from Garden of Morr): – Grymm Grundstock (Base conversion, top hats conversion): - Paint: Two Renegade Psykers - 6 Classic Dwarf Thunderers - 4 Completed! Model of the Month: – 5 Vindicators (Astral Templars): – Starblood Stalkers - Necromancer – Completed! 1 Black Ark Corsair – 1 Skyrigger – Base: One model of the month – One Black Ark Corsair – One Skyrigger – One Necromancer - Completed!
I'm afraid I've failed to to any painting at all so no progress Some evenings I get home from work and I want to, but just can get motivated.
I can sympathize with this entirely. One thing that helps me is finding a YouTube video of a painting technique that I need to do that I feel I can actually do. This seems to spark something. Also the forum comments on my blog help a lot. So maybe we should comment more on yours! Otherwise, momentum is also a big factor for me. I try to do something (even if just 10 minutes) on my painting each day. Makes it easier to continue.
I started of trying to do a hour an evening and that was great to begin with but fell out of consistency with that. perhaps I need to take a brak and paint one of my other models for a bit to get the mojo back. Appreciating the reply @Lizards of Renown
No worries pal, we forumites need to stick together against the evil scourge of the Grey! I think your idea is sound, just try making a smaller amount of minimum time and try to get something finished during the time (even if just an undercoat of a model).
As planned, albeit with a slight delay, I was able to finish painting the Carnosaur. As always, the photo is in our gallery.