A City worth fighting for?

Over the last little while I spent some time painting up some scatter to put around the town to give the lived in feel. This all came from the Mantic Terrain Crate range. I backed the KS when it was live and have four boxes to work through. My goal is to work through it quickly, using batch painting techniques.

In order to keep myself sane and focused, I’ve started setting a timer for 1 hour while I paint. The reasons:

• Focus.
• Commitment
• Mindfulness

Focus: setting an hour timer means that I know I need to stay focused on the task at hand… As opposed to getting distracted, say, trying to pick a YouTube video to play while I paint.

Commitment: after the 3rd or 4th barrel, it was kind of easy to think about other stuff I’d much rather be painting… By setting myself a time limit I know I’m only with these less exciting pieces for a set amount of time.

Mindfulness: I find it easy to feel guilty about wanting to sit and hobby. I should be “doing something more productive” (study/cleaning/finding a better job). But then I feel crap when I don’t get to hobby, because that’s how I recharge the batteries. By setting myself an hour, I know I can turn down the volume on that little voice that Says, and just enjoy my time ?

In order to get this pile of stuff done quick (really… I’ve got so much more of this stuff ?) I wanted a quick shading option. Results below!

Army Painter Quickshade Dip Strong Tone:

Army Painter Quickshade Wash – Dark Tone:

Artists Ink – Sepia:

Mixed with a little water and something to soften the flow, as the first application just tended to sit.

The ink really didn’t work for me. It didn’t want to flow over the spray painted surface, an issue I’ve had before when I’ve used ink to quickly colour hordes of Skaven.  Perhaps some proper flow-aid my help. But that’s a future question to ponder.

The Dark Tone wash went on just fine, and the pieces that I tried it on look good in hand. But I’m churning through the little dropper bottle quickly.

The Quickshade Dip is the way I’m going forward. The first few pieces were dipped, later I thinned it a little and brushed it on. I’ve got much better control this way and it doesn’t take long to slap some on more than a few pieces.