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Probably takes me 2-3 hours per troop, but that's spread out over a great deal of time, since I do them assembly-line style.

i tend to do like 20 at once?

I voted an hour per basic troop. I like to use the assembly line method as well and if you break it down it comes to about an hour. I dislike having models that I think I could have painted better.

Each dark eldar I paint has 3 different green highlights so they take a fair bit of time I'd say but wyches and stuff are so much quicker maybe half an hour per wych same with Hellions,the only thing that takes considerable time is the skyboard and the tribal freehand work which looks in my opinion rubbish but oh well

It can depend on a lot of different factors.. First off, which army am I painting for? I tend to spend a lot more time on my Sisters of Battle and Dark Elves then I do on my Orks; simply because I have so many damn Orks. Also, how bored am I when I'm painting? Depending on that, I may spend a lot more time painting then normal.

One hour.

When finished i refine them all.

Up to half and hour for basic troops and blocky Imperial vehicles. Several hours for characters or beasts.

About a hour for me. and about two hours for my Imperial Fists, so much yellow!

A standard cadian takes me around a hour, give or take a few minutes. But since I kit bash them into Knights of Nexburg it takes me about a hour and a half to paint them.

My IG take about a hour per. Most of that is due to detailing and livery. Not a single Crimson Cavalier will take to the field not flying the colours of noble Vorradis!

2 hours or so, with drying times. I like to give them each a little personal feel, and as I'm just starting up it really gives me practice. However, since I'm playing tyranids, it sadly leaves most of my army unpainted at any given time. (I only paint one a day)

I voted "about an hour", but honestly it takes me multiple hours because I'm just that slow

1-2 hours i would guess

Depends - are we talking calendar time or actual brush-to-model time. Brush to model is maybe a few hours, but that's in short bursts of a few free minutes over days/weeks/more.

Usually about 2 hours to get the wyches highlights right

Less than a half hour per Boy. They don't need to look super marvelous as they spend very little time on the board in the grand scheme of things. It's the things I bring less of that get the most attention. (Such as Koptas and Walkers). Boyz and Gretchen get the basic treatment (Green skin, white teeth, red shirts and purple pants) and off to the carry case they go.

Depends on what I'm painting. Blood letters only take a few minutes. It's just base black, drybrush dark red, wash, drybrush light red, wash, good to go.

My tau on the other hand have a primarily white color scheme, so they can take quite a bit of time....

So far I've only painted my necrons. And those are just prime black, paint silver, add green to the tubes and orange to their armor plates.

I've recently started painting Orks and have found a quick and easy way to paint the masses.
Spray Brown, paint skin, paint metal parts, wash, highlight.

I can get that down to about half hour to 45 mins now if I work on one model at a time.

I've been taking an assembly line style approach to my painting, but it still takes me a while to paint anything.

I've been working on a set of 5 terminators for a week now, averaging about 3-5 hours of painting a day, and they're still not done!

It takes me several days to paint and I frankly don't understand how it would be possible to do it any faster.. Well unless you just airbrush the whole thing with one color, or if you can sit and paint all day long, which I guess most people can't because well, family, work..

Several hours but not all in one go. Usually over the course of a few days to a week or so.

Well, I work with an assembly line too.
Generally from 40 to 50 models.

It's a brainkiller, but it gets my painting time down to about 1h/model (including undercoating, basing, washes, basic highlights, weathering)
and up to 3h for big models (i.e. bane blade).

They won't win me any serious competitions, but they suit me fine.

BTW : using some hot lamps (not too hot, mind you) helps cutting dry time

I voted 1 hour but I usually take about 1 hour and a half to 2 and a half.

Here is the way I operate:
I build the model, spray paint it white, then sit down and paint.
First, I give it a base coat. Then I give it either brown or black inkwash. Then, I give it the final coat. 5 stages 3, technically 4 painting stages.



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Or, as long as it takes.

I paint my squads in batches, and time really depends on the miniature I'm painting. I'll spend more time painting a tactical marine that I will an eldar guardian, but it usually totals to about 0ne-and-a-half to three hours per miniature

My troops are painted no differently than any other model. The only time savings is that they are usually simpler models.

But really, I will spend as much effort on a BA Tactical as I would a Sanguinary Guard, or as much time on a Kabalite as a Succubus.

The exceptions are Eldar and Necron troops. Eldar Guardians are dumb, old models, and not worth the effort to paint with any particular care. Necron Warriors are so easy to paint that they're done in no time.

Modelling and converting 4-7 hours. Painting 7-10 hours.

I have been thinking about logging the exact time but I am a little afraid to

I tend to spend the most time on the first model of the troop then everything else goes faster.