I must be barking mad...

[Phil]

Since last Thursday I have painted 48 figures: 16 Western Archers; 16 Eastern Archers; 16 Slingers.

Sorry about the last one - I took it while I was on with painting some of the others, so it was taken on a piece of hessian draped over the sofa rather than on my workbench.

48 figures in a week - I'm in a state of shock.

They are really nice figures - the slingers look very 'Mediterranean' in appearance, while the Eastern archers do look quite Eastern. The Western ones look very Gallic - big moustaches, etc.

Cheers,

Phil

[Paul @ Warlord Games]

We really do need to do something about adding pics in the forums, don't we?

Don;t worry - we're on the case!

Phil, I've resized your pics so you can see the whole image...

Cheers,

Paul

[Paul @ Warlord Games]

Oh, and very nice they are too!

Cheers,

Paul

[Fluffy05]

You have been busy!

Not just that. They look great!

Allan

[bork da basher]

stunning results. god knows i couldnt paint so quickly.

[Phil]

Neither can I!!!!!!

It's all down to 'The Dip'. I can paint the basecoats on reasonably quickly and neatly, and after that, the job more or less does itself. And that is the secret, and the way the technique wins over all the others: you are only block-painting the figures with a single shade of each colour.

Paul is still showing a remnant of his 'sad gitness' by continuing to highlight some areas (like the flesh) before 'dipping' - I'm not, I've become an all-out, good-for-nothing, lazy sod.

Phil

[bork da basher]

the main reason why i moved away from large scale wargames where i needed 50 or so models as a minimum to play was because i never ever got an army finished. i'd get bored with painting in a repetative and slow manner which would end up with my enthusiam for painting drying up long before the workload did. hence i play skirmish games since then (hell dorado and confrontation) painting 12-20 models is alot easier

however this is the days long before army painter. i can paint block colours very quickly as im sure we all can. im quite prepared to dip my models if it means i can have a fully painted army in the fraction of the time. i can then go back to models to add additional details and highlights at my leisure still knowing the army is still fully painted and worthy to be used on the battlefield (i hate using unpainted stuff)

[generulpoleaxe]

with the little time i get to paint my own stuff i'll be painting the front rank to my usual unit standard and dipping the rest, that way i may get an army done this century.

[Jim]

They look magnificent phil!

Is there much difference between diipping metal figures and plastic figures.

I recieved my models in Oz on Thursday. After some magic assembly i have 30 legionaries and 16 archers ready and waiting for painting. I dont have any dip though, so i think it may take me longer then a week to paint all of them. I am hoping to have the bulk of my legionaries done by tuesday. Hopefully by then the picture poster will be sorted and i can post some pictures. Otherwise i will have to get a photobucket account.

I have been so jealous of everyone saying how great the figures were. but now i have them i can see why.

Cheers

Jim

[Phil]

Jim said:

Is there much difference between diipping metal figures and plastic figures.

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Not with the Warlord plastics - the detail is very crisp. I suspect that with some others I could mention, you might be able to see a difference after they'd been dipped, but the only thing giving it away with these is the difference in weight when you pick them up.

Phil