Joan of Arc - Avoiding Burn Out
Undercoating... and a constant battle against distraction.
I dread undercoating. I think it is because I have never quite developed the right technique and have frosted too many models or not shaken the spray for long enough, so the paint is either too thick or too thin. Obviously, the Gods of Gaming insist that such things only happen on expensive models!
But I digress.
So I decided to break down my painting of scenario one into four sections:
- The French
- The Scenery
- The English
- The Peasants
I then decided to undercoat in batches so that when my paints arrive, I can get cracking while not having a huge pile of undercoated models to distract me with the new shiny colours to “quickly try out”.
First up the French and their Commander for this scenario Bertrand du Guesclin.
Two small houses... have to say I love the models of all the buildings in this game!
And the trees. Think i may have gone to heavy on the undercoat but this is a learning and growing project afterall.So that’s that. Now to wait for my contrast paints to arrive. Though let’s be honest if they don’t, I will crack on and undercoat the remaining scenario models… Idle hands and all that…
I have to say this is really sparking an interest in the 100 Year war for me and have just finished my first Osprey Men-at-Arms book: French Armies of the Hundred Years War by David Nicolle. A really good resource… almost like they planned it.
Also would recommended giving the Wiki entry about Bertrand_du_Guesclin “The Black Dog of Broceliande” a read.
Looking forward to seeing how this project pans out. I’m painting Hellboy at the moment, and have JOA (all in as well) to do after, so hoping it motivates me to get a move on. Regarding your priming issue, try warming the spray cans in hot water before use, does a world of good.