Painting - A Year of Frugal Gaming - Batch Painting Jako - May 31, 2009 - 02:27 AM Post subject: A Year of Frugal Gaming - Batch Painting
Hello all,
This week on my gaming blog A Year of Frugal Gaming I think about batch painting my Blood Bowl team and whether painting fast (rather than spending ages on each figure) is such a bad thing really. Check it out here:
A Year of Frugal Gaming - Batch Painting
Cheers
DaveAxtklinge - May 31, 2009 - 06:12 AM Post subject: RE: A Year of Frugal Gaming - Batch Painting
I kinda agree with your point, depending on the objective of the painter.
There's a 'basic' table top quality I try to give each of my minis (so they look good in the table like from 1 meter away or so).
Rank'n file troops all deserve at least that.
Then if they are somehow special characters, or extensive convertions, or I realy like the mini, they get extra atention.
Still, I do realise that all the time spent from this point on, wont ever be noticed by 80% of the people that sees them, and they will look exactly the same on the table.
Oh, and they 'chip' just the same if they are hit with a loose dice, or fall on the table (god forbid 'floor'), it just hurts a hell of a lot more!
Jako - Jun 04, 2009 - 01:12 PM Post subject:
I agree, I'd only use basic painting techniques on the basic troops. Special characters require special attention!squigskin - Jul 08, 2009 - 05:42 PM Post subject:
Having just returned to BB and mini painting in general, I've found that batch painting and spending ~1hr on a mini yields me nearly the same results as spending 4+ hrs Thanks for the blog.
I'll spend time practicing the finer points of painting once I get this team on the board.Axtklinge - Jul 09, 2009 - 05:10 AM Post subject:
And squigskin, dont forget to post some pics of the team!
Looking at other ppl new teams or colour schemes is a great way to boost ourselves into finishing painting the team in the shelf...
Oh, and welcome back to the game!
