Time Painting a Model?

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**NewGuyWhoDontKnowAnything**

For an average infantry sized model, how much time do you spend painting it?
Thanks for sharing!

**A Black Ram**

Maybe an Hour, to make it look nice.

EDIT:
I meant an hour as a normal troop, say an ork warrior,or a clanrat.

**Jackal**

Been painting snikch (a bit smaller than average size) for around 30 hours now.
Need to finish up the scenic base and im done after i spray it with matt varnish.

**Ailaros**

To go from absolutely nothing through assembling, slight converting, priming, painting, sealing and basing takes me about 8 hours of actual work

Of course, I have 14 color models... so...

**Bullfrog**

Frickin ages, even longer if you factor in the prevarication between stages and time spent merely staring at the damn thing trying to decide how to progress.

**Winter**

On average probably somewhere between 4 - 6 hours and upwards of 15 for "Leader" type models.

**monkeytroll**

Far too long in all honesty

Paint just seems to flow very slowly around me, no idea on actual time but definitely hours and hours - and that's just troops.

**Fatty_Tuna**

2 for something like an orge, same for something like Death Company. Was about six for my Ogre Tyrant and the Ragnar I'm working on has been about 4 hours which is everything but his arms. (I paint piece by piece). Dante was one of my quickest and he was under 2. Asorath was like 10 or some bs but his armour made me want to die, pictures of him in my gallery later!

**Shadowbrand**

About 1-2 hours a marine/maruder.

**Brother SRM**

1 hour per model is the norm for me. At one point I had painting Grey Hunters/Blood Claws down to a science and painted one from primed to finished in 46 minutes. However, I usually batch paint and paint things piecemeal over the week - 5 minutes while a game or video is loading here, 15 minutes while my dinner cooks there, etc. so it goes pretty quick.

**LunaHound**

I have alot i need to get done , so usually i do 1 unit at a time ( if im not burnt out ) of 5 ish.

Most of the time for infantry models i try to pace myself to keep it at around 30 mins , because usually thats when it looks done , and anything
more painted after the 30 min mark usually turn into mistakes ( which ends up costing me more time to fix )

**NewGuyWhoDontKnowAnything**

Seems I am still in good condition... I thought I spent too much time on my Dark Angels...

**Sarrazon**

I don't even want to think about it. Then again, I tend to paint characters and skirmish game models, so I spend a lot of time on each guy even when I'm not. Maybe that's why I've never finished an army....

**Jihadnik**

I've never actually painted a single model without doing other stuff in between. I like to plan it all out and do the colours in stages. I'll paint a squad of IG in thier various stages and then in between the base coats, do all the guns and arms seperate. My mate who paints orks likes to do them one at a time but he's slowly seeing the light...Especially since I always backseat paint while he's doing it.

'Oh, just one at a time again eh...can I just store these IG in your paintbox while I finish these other ten...you've got the space there!'

**kastellan**

Up to an hour on a normal guy, a little bit more on something/someone special lol.

**Fafnir**

2-4 hours, depending on the model.

Although in the case of my True Scale marines, from sprue to finish, they take about 6-8 hours each to assemble and paint.

**romeo.lima**

On a single marine, I'll generally spend around 6 hours, and even longer if it's an elite or HQ unit. This is minus all of the cleaning, preparation, planning, and Google-fu (for ideas) that I go through beforehand, so... all in all, probably around 8-10 hours per model.

Hey, slow and steady wins the race...?

**jullevi**

It's very hard to tell, because I rarely paint one miniature at time. If I am seriously trying, I can paint 20-ish models in two evenings. They don't have to be from same unit, as long as they share similar colours.

**beezley1981**

For a standard Marine, 45 minutes to an hour.

**1-UP**

I try to do them in batches as well, usually 3-5. It takes me anywhere from 2 to 4 hours of work for a reasonable quality. I usually prime, then base coat the details their own color, then wash, then highlight, then sometimes wash and highlight again. The wash kills my time as I've found it's usually best to just let the things sit overnight to dry lest you start getting some obnoxious paint flows. If I count from start to finish, it's about a 3 day process for a small batch of troops.

It takes me MUCH longer the first time I'm painting a unit though, as I have to sit and stare and think about color schemes as well. Those first units take forever :(

**Chrysaor686**

At least 8 hours per figure once they're all ready to go, but I have pretty severe ADD. I tend to space out and try to think of the end result in my mind. Occasionally, the music I listen to while painting will divert my attention as well. I count all that towards the painting time.

I treat every single one of my figures as if they were an 'important unit'.

**Vene**

I don't keep track, I think it's counterproductive. I want them to look good, so I am going to take time on them.

**loranafaeriequeen**

i spent eight hours at the hobby shop on mother's day and i didn't actually finish the six dryads i worked on, but that's because i tend to paint in stages. i'm currently painting glade guard in couple hour snatches here and there at Starbucks when i get a chance.

**JSK-Fox**

About 1 hour per model max.
Unless it's bigger than a normal marine.
Then it's a lot longer.

**Petite Francois**

Hi all! I don't paint for looks, I paint to play. I wish I could paint for looks, but I find there isn't much difference between a model I spend hours on or a model I spend 15 minutes on, so I don't bother. Low grade table top for me!

If you don't count drying time (which I spend here on Dakka on a comp near my painting table), it probably takes me 15 minutes per model. But I'd encourage anyone to spend more time if they've got talent!

--- Be well, be blessed!
----- Frankie

**Ktulhut**

I paint units, not individuals. I used to spend around 4-10 hours on each mini I painted so I just started batch painting everything that's not a centerpiece. I try not to spend longer than around 5 hours painting per ten models now.

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