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Skits wrote:

ArbitorIan wrote:
- ONE PROJECT PER BLOG. I am never ever going to click on a blog if it's just 'XX's blog of stuff he painted'. I'd like to see the evolution of a project from start to finish. If you've got five projects on the go, have five blogs - that way people can follow the armies their interested in.

Out of curiosity, when you say one project per blog, do you mean like one model, or one unit, or one whole army, or just stuff with the same theme even if they aren't going to be in the same army? If I'm working on a few different models at the same time, but they're all part of the same army or theme, is that still 'one project'?

Oh, I'd say one per army or theme.

For example, I'd have separate blogs for my Arbites army, my Slaanesh army, and my Terrain projects. If I were to make a certiain type of terrain board (say, a Lava board), I'd probably start a different blog for that. If I were to have a combined Nurgle Plague Marine, Nurgle Traitor Guard and Nurgle Daemon army, where the models switch between the three but the project idea and paint scheme are all consistent, I'd probably make that into one big 'Nurgle' blog....

I guess there's no hard and fast rules, I just like knowing what I'm clicking on, and I never ever click on the 'Pokeminis' or 'Whatever's on my workbench' style blogs. I want to watch the evolution of a project from start to finish, not just someone painting a load of random stuff....

I'm with AI until the "Whatever's on my workbench" statement.
I will watch a blog that is focused or that's random, but it's all about the first page for me. If the first page is crap or if I can't see the pics in the first post because they're blocked @ my work, the chances that I'll come back are near zero.

Hook me and pull me in. Make me want to be there. Even if I don't think your stuff's well executed, a good idea can keep me interested.

Eric

I just have to say, the advice in this thread should really be put into an article (maybe I will do that, I have free time at work).

I followed the best I could the advice given and started a new P&M last night and got some comments for the first time, and right away, it really is inspiring to keep going and to get better.

Gah! I give up with blogging!

I've also been updating my blog after reading through this. Please take a look and let me know.

- The first post has been sectioned out and formatted better, with more, but smaller, pictures.
- TOC added

Still can't think of an amazing name, though. Do you think it would help if I added some fluff in? So that, instead of 'Adeptus Arbites Blog' it becomes more like 'Drade Precinct IV: An Adeptus Arbites Blog'.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/346076.page

I started a new blog, how is it now? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/436738.page#4035500

@ArbitorIan: I like the extra fluff in the title, but it's not like you are competing with a lot of other Adeptus Arbites Blogs is it? I would imagine that would be enough of a draw card by itself for anyone interested. In fact, you might be better off with "Adeptus Arbites: Drade Precinct IV". My theory is, "Adeptus Arbites" is the draw, so putting it first makes it more recognisable/noticeable.

If you want to really find out, check your views, wait a week, check your views and change your title, wait another week, check your views - see which one garnered more views, stay with that.

@Arm.chair.general: It is looking like a solid first post - enough to draw me to comment (the entire blog didn't before - go figure) - but only time will tell Let's check back in a week...

I've just divided the two 40k and fantasy, though fantasy is just my skaven army and I admit is slow and nothing particularly special , that one is more so for my self motivation of painting 200+ models.

Though I am trying a bit more with my 40k blog, its seen more response and views already but at the same time I notice in myself that I often read, get inspiration but just don't post I think that for alot of it tends to be the case unless I find something specifically to my interests or I want to know how something was done.

I think its a matter of involving other people / the community in the blogs but I'm not sure what I should put, I'm all in favor with things fun and creative xD

A good avatar helps...

oh, you've got that covered.

Well, I've digested this thread, and decided to take the plunge.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/437272.page

My hook is that I need to build my 1000pt lamenters by Adepticon. I'll change the lead picture to show the current progress of the army. It's a focused blog, featuring a 1000pts of only one army. I'm explaining my plan, my choices, and my techniques. There's a decent number of pictures, but this is still just in the assembly phase.

So, any feedback on the blog as a blog, feel free. Any feedback on the army, feel free as well!

The problem I seem to have is I rarely have a big amass of stuff out to picture or do all at once. Some of the better blogs seem to have TON's of stuff in them but I can only really do things one at a time because of both space and money. Does anyone ever find they are more drawn to the projects that start out big or ones that begin smaller and grow? By small I mean on the premiss of about 1 model to a single unit in size.

I still need to update both my blogs and I'm looking to do 'another' regarding my chaos... my skaven was more of a 'here it is' blog as theres so many trash troops that conversions and high detail painting were at a zilch tbh, so that hasn't seen much... the grey knight 40k one has been doing better but I find myself only being able to update on the single model I'm doing at a time and I feel like its bad for the blog, in that people like to browse lots of stuff opposed to just a single small project...

That said I'm not sure if I should horde resources, pictures and conversions regarding the upcoming blog (with intentions on it being better) so that it is recieved on a greater scale or if I should go the 40k blog route and casually go on replying to myself with updates of my individual models/units till people pipe in xD