The limits of multi-tasking

As I've previously posted, I have a low boredom threshold and historically have suffered from painting army fatigue (better known as oh-good-grief-not-another-one syndrome). In order to make much progress I have to paint more than one thing at a time, else I grow bored of the latest paint-scheme and get distracted by the TV, latest video game or other stuff.

However there comes a time where painting multiple different armies at once becomes counter-productive. This happened to me last week.

Death Guard Incoming

I posted a few pictures of a Death Guard test miniature I'd painted. I was happy enough with the outcome to add a block of Mark II Plate Astartes to my latest order from Forgeworld. Luckily I've found time this weekend to start painting a tactical squads worth of Death Guard astartes.

Mark IV Sergeant and Vox Astartes

Imperial Fists; The Dancing Legion

I finally have got bored of taking photo's with my Camera Phone and resolved to dig out my old camera (which at least could pretend to have a variable depth-of-field). What I had forgotten was how complex even the most simple of dedicated digital cameras feels compared to the simplicity of a camera phone. I've spent much of this evening, which I'd ear-marked for painting, muttering darkly and clicking at random buttons in a photo editing tool.

Breacher Squad Part 4

Another two Astartes completed

During the odd moments I managed to drag myself away from Dead Space 3 I managed to complete a few more Breacher Astartes. I must admit, I'm getting bored with painting shields (and I'm rethinking whether I'll include another squad) but overall, I'm pleased with these two.

Random Reinforcements

Inspired by the recent release of the Dark Angels codex, I've actually spent some more time painting. I've complete a Sergeant and Nuncio-Vox Marine for my Mark IV tactical squad and finished off the Sergeant for the first Heavy Weapons Squad. Finally, as I seemed on a bit of a roll (perhaps it was just down hill) I started the weathering of my latest Landraider. Now I'm off to look for a packet of quavers... rock n'roll!

Command Squad - Part 1

As usual my plans to keep to a regular painting schedule don't last long. A combination of work and general apathy conspired to stop me from finishing any miniatures for the last week and a half. Today I managed to find a couple of hours to at least take photos of the starts of my first command squad based around the Legion Champion and Communications Marines.

Mark II Tactical Squad Part 1

As I've got older, my attention span seems to become shorter (to be fair, it wasn't ever that long to start with). However, as a result I find I need to run multiple projects in parallel if I'm ever to get anything completed.

So, while I've been working on the Breaching Squad, I have also been working on a Tactical Squad comprised of ten marines in Mark II plate.

Here is the Sergeant , Vox and Vexilla bearer:

 

Breacher Squad Sergeant and Vox

Okay, so I may have already completed a few miniatures before I created this blog. The first couple which are ready to share are the beginnings of a ten marine Breacher Squad. Ever since I saw the artwork for Shadows of Treachery I've wanted to have a squad of these. Once Forgeworld released the updated Legion Mk III armour and the Boarding Assault set my bank balance was inevitably doomed.

With the help of the staff from my local GW store, the fine folks over at Bolter & Chainsword and much trial and error, I've finally come up with a method of painting yellow that I'm happy with. It doesn't look as good as the amazing work of Dave Taylor but I'm pleased with the result.