Done is Better Than Perfect – A Forbidden Psalm
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About the Project
With limited time to spend on my hobbies I struggle to get to a point where I can actually play a game. I get stuck in a loop of buying miniatures for a game but only having time to paint two or three a month and then switching focus to something else which has caught my interest. So for this year’s Spring Cleaning Challenge I decided I would get enough miniatures painted to play Forbidden Psalm.
Related Game: MORK BORG
Related Genre: Fantasy
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge (Old)
This Project is Completed
The Setup
Being late to the game I started this challenge at the beginning of June. In order to complete my task I would need to come up with a novel approach. I would be playing Forbidden Psalm solo so I don’t need to worry about rules regarding painting styles and I wouldn’t have anyone to impress. I am not a good painter, nor am I quick, so with 40+ models to get done in a couple of weekends I needed to try something different.
In the end I took my inspiration from the rule book itself. The art style for Forbidden Psalm is in the Mörk Borg style which was a big draw for me and it offered a very quick option for a painting style.
The Models
Forbidden Psalm is miniature agnostic and encourages kit bashing and modelling to build your characters. I didn’t have the time or the skill to get creative so I started building several sets of Warcry miniatures to use for my group of adventurers and to play the role of the monsters I would be up against.
For a quick and easy base I used a mixture of fine and course sand held on with PVA and covered with a PVA and water mixture to fix it all in place.
The Paint “Scheme”
Based on the artwork of the rule book I gave each model a zenithal highlight prime. I went heavy on the white highlight to enhance the next phase.
Next I used The Army Painter washes and Citadel shades to paint each model. I picked a different colour for each faction so that they could also be used to play Warcry in the future. To get enough colour options I also used some Reaper paints, medium, water, and dish soap to make additional washes.
I added some citadel skulls for the “Bone Desert” bases with some Army Painter Dead Grass tufts.
Finally, I picked my favourite model from each of the factions to form my party and painted the base rim a dimmed gold to differentiate them from the other models on the table.
The Result
With 54 miniatures painted and based I have completed this project ahead of my target. It roughly took something like 20-ish hours and this is a very loose interpretation of painted.
Ultimately though the goal of this project was not about painting. It was about breaking out of the “model paralysis” and getting to play a new game. So tomorrow “The Black Flesh Corp” will head out to gather some mushrooms for a mad wizard’s tea and hopefully not get murderised by ghouls and a Corpse Collector.
