@evilstu happy to elaborate. Let’s take the Song of Ice and Fire Lannisters for example. There are 22 “Lannister Guards” in the box (plus some Banners but painting Gold drives me nuts so those will be left at home I think) but there’s really only three. There’s guy with helmet up (8 minis), guy with helmet down (8 minis) and guy with sword up (6 minis).
Rather than do them by section or try to do them all at once you combine the two. I divided them so each pose was in it’s own group then started painting the entire lot one colour at a time. That way I get in a habit of exactly where to put the paint.
Also if I ever get bored it’s a lot easier to say to yourself “Ok just two more then I’ll do something else” since you’re painting by Section rather than trying to do the whole thing at once but you’re still getting the whole thing done at the same time. Also painting one colour at a time means I don’t get ahead of myself and start missing things.
I might make a project to demonstrate this a bit better but the basics (for me at least) are
Divide your minis into sections by sculpt. Even Plastic kits only come with 5-6 different bodies, ignore weapons and heads. Start painting the entire force colour by colour finishing one before moving on to the next. Once you finish everything they have in common split them again into new sections either by weapons or heads. eg. british paras with Sten’s/Rifles or Helmets/Berets. Repeat until done.
It might not be the best way to do things but I find I lose a lot of motivation to paint something if it’s only half done since it almost feels like re-doing the same old thing.
This works for non-uniforms as well. Sort the minis into sections then paint by colour but just put it in different places and don’t be afraid to leave it out entirely. Bashi-Bazouks from last week for example. Here’s a WIP shot where I’ve painted some of the colours but not all of them. These guys were cool since there were only two of each sculpt but I chose to split them into sections based on what type of jacket they were wearing instead.
Also a cool project to check out https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/1224831/
