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How much time do you spend painting one basic troop type miniature?
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





 Nordicus wrote:
Really depends on the model;

A plaguebearer: Couple of hours
A chaos space marine: Couple of years of trimwork.


The new more baroque ones certainly don't help that situation

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GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Walking Dead Wraithlord






Probably around 3-4 hours in actual painting time. As pointed out with batch painting you kind of go through the different colours/details in a conveyor belt.

My basic guardian scheme is yellow over black so thats many many thin layers so takes loong.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/772746.page#10378083 - My progress/failblog painting blog thingy

Eldar- 4436 pts


AngryAngel80 wrote:
I don't know, when I see awesome rules, I'm like " Baby, your rules looking so fine. Maybe I gotta add you to my first strike battalion eh ? "


 Eonfuzz wrote:


I would much rather everyone have a half ass than no ass.


"A warrior does not seek fame and honour. They come to him as he humbly follows his path"  
   
Made in lt
Regular Dakkanaut





My first miniature took me more than a week to paint, but of course, I wasn't painting every day. From start to finish it took 20 hours. I was learning on my way, redoing a lot of stuff, working very slowly. Though, I love to paint and have attitude that it is better to spend as long as it takes to get a result you are satisfied with than to rush this process.

"If the path to salvation leads through the halls of purgatory, then so be it."

Death Guard = 728 (PL 41) and Space Marines = 831 (PL 50)
Slaanesh demons = 460
Khorne demons = 420
Nighthaunts = 840 points Stormcast Eternals = 880 points. 
   
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Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant





England

I’ll spend maybe 90 minutes on a guardsman, maybe longer. I’m a fairly quick painter, but I like having every detail correct.

See that stuff above? Completely true. All of it, every single word. Stands to reason. 
   
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Regular Dakkanaut





About 19 years, apparently.
   
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Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant





England

LeperColony wrote:
About 19 years, apparently.


Big oof

See that stuff above? Completely true. All of it, every single word. Stands to reason. 
   
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Unbalanced Fanatic




Atlanta, Ga

All in all, this basically depends on the troops that it is you're going to be painting.

When it comes to some imperial guard squads, or more mundane space marines. This can be done with relative ease and with very little preparation.

I can spend upwards of 15 minutes painting singular models in a round robin rotation. Basing, washing/dry brushing and highlighting. Can all be taken care of rather quickly.

But generally, yes. If this takes into account all of my troops from the army that I'm building. Several hours will have to be my choice.

One has to wonder. Do the Tyranids consider drop-assault troops... fast food? 
   
Made in au
Bush? No, Eldar Ranger





Ahhh god I spend days and days on each model.. I just like to get them to a higher quality and can’t bring myself to take shortcuts, which really affects time efficiency xD But I like to think they look good after!

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40K - Ynnari

AoS - Daughters of Khaine/Sylvaneth/Lumineth

 
   
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Ork Boy Hangin' off a Trukk






I voted a few hours, but it really depends on my mood, and the paint scheme, so for example, I painted my looted rhino in only an hour, due to it mostly being blue, metallics, a few other colors, and weathering (is that the right word?) of dusty paints to make it look like it's in a dust storm, and the fact that it is mostly flat also helps, but I can spend an outrageous time on grots.
   
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Guarded Grey Knight Terminator






Depends. My cadians I can batch paint quickly, and can finish 10 in a couple hours. My grey knights get a few hours per model.

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"Glory in our suffering, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint"
-Paul of Tarsus

If my post seems goofy, assume I am posting from my phone and the autocorrect elf in my phone is drunk again 
   
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Armored Iron Breaker




Charlotte, NC

However long it takes for me to be satisfied with them.

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Horrific Hive Tyrant





No rule. I hate painting but when I finally decide to do this I can be very picky and sometimes I can return to some minis or even details to paint/repaint them over and over again until I am satisfied.
   
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting





Tangentville, New Jersey

I find this really hard to answer because I assembly-line my basic troops and some are MUCH easier than others. I can bang out Plaguebearers much faster than I can finish Genestealer Hybrids.


 
   
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Guarded Grey Knight Terminator






Depends. 15m per guardsmen. 2ish hours a grey knight.

"Glory in our suffering, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint"
-Paul of Tarsus

If my post seems goofy, assume I am posting from my phone and the autocorrect elf in my phone is drunk again 
   
Made in de
Sinister Chaos Marine





Frankfurt, Germany

Usually spend an hour on an ork because of my moron painting skills, but after picking up chaos legionaries it takes me a couple sessions depending on time I have.

'Awsum' is the highest rating I can give something based on quality. Example: I would call it an 'Awsum' AWS-8Q instead of an 'Awesome'

also, Yes-Close To The Edge is the best song of all time and I'll virus bomb/PPC anyone who says otherwise

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