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How long do you spend painting your average troop, such as: Ork boy, Tactical marine, Fire warrior etc.

It takes me around 45 minutes a figure, in the following order: base->wash->detail->wash->eyes. I try to do a bunch at a time, as the waiting for the wash to dry takes the longest.

Takes me anywhere from 1.5 too 2.5 hours to paint a guardsman. Sigh...but it's the end result that counts, and if it looks halfway decent, and that's all that matters.

I spend an hour to an hour and a half once I've got the rhythm of a particular scheme down.

About an 40-1hr for a Guardsman or 2 hrs for a Tac Marine

About 45 mins per daemonette. That's what I was averaging today.

i have an obsession with them looking just right.. so even if i sit down and try to speed paint i end up slowing down and trying to pick out the details ...

its a curse to have .. esp for an ork player that is trying to build up a green tide

Depends entirely on the model.

For 40k, I can knock out, say, a Gaunt, in under an hour. Something larger, say, a Hive Guard? I'd say 5 hours. There's more layering to do, since that red is so vibrant it takes a good 6-7 layers at least, and I do extra highlighting on carapaces and weapons. Something even bigger, like a Carnifex? I'd say 10 hours. Same reason for the mid sized models - more surface to do lots of red layers on, more carapace that gets more highlighting, bigger weapons that get multiple highlight levels. Even bigger? The biggest model I've ever painted is still a work in progress, my Tervigon. Right now it's at the 6-7 hour mark, the red is not finished (still got one leg, the torso and the head to go), it's got much, much more carapace, and has leather type colouring on its egg sac like my Gargoyle wings. So I'd estimate it's going to hit the 15 hour mark. My Heirophant? That thing is a fething monster that will easily hit 20 hours once built.

For Fantasy, admittedly, I haven't painted much, but I can knock out a batch of 5 skeletons in about an hour with a simple blocking in of colours, single highlight, and all over wash of Army Painter Strong Tone Ink. They don't look fantastic up close, but when you've got 50 to paint which doesn't even make up half of your Core allotment, you tend to let go of wanting to paint them really well. I haven't put much work into my Vampires, however.

For Infinity, it varies a lot more. My initial Ghulam I knocked out in a few hours each. Later models like my Hassassins and Al Hawwa took longer, probably in excess of 4-5 hours each, due to refining my scheme and learning how to paint these highly detailed models better.

4 hours each on average

On boyz I paint a bunch at a time, like 5 - 10 boyz one stage at a time, put the time together I spend something like 20-40 minutes on each, and they are pretty simplistic.
I haven't started painting my Ogres yet, but I figure that'l take at least an hour on each basic troop model, and several more on HQs

Far too long.

3 hrs for an iron warrior. Basecoat, wash, detail, comeplete base. Space wolves took 6 hrs and broke me by the end haha

I take about 40 mins for each tactical marine most of the time one of my vanguard took about 2hours though.

It depends on the model. I can churn out an entire guardsman squad with a simple block-highlight-wash-weather scheme in the same time I'll spend on a single tactical marine(basecoat-layer-layer-wash-wash-freehand), about 40mins-1 hour. Characters obviously take longer, about 2 hours. Vehicles are probably in the same region as characters if I'm brush-painting, or a bit less if I roll out the airbrush.

Let's see...on average it has taken me over 2 years to get a single Eldar painted...

On average about 90 minutes or so if the scheme is forgiving ... if it's a bright color scheme, or lots of contrast, 2+ hours.

I paint very slowly, and i'm anal retentive about it.

Wow, I feel so slapdash. Generally it takes me 10-20 minutes to finish something like a necron warrior or Tac Marine.

I'm not too long in the hobby so it takes me on average half an hour.

i paint a lot to relax so i take me time with 2+ hours

I'm a really fast painter so about 20 minutes for the average ork boy.
if you look at my Painting blog, My Kaptin Baddruk took about 2 hours

I take about an hour per Tactical Marine. I have yet to paint an HQ so I cannot say how long more detailed models will take me.

2 hours minimum, each figure. Bigger ones take much longer. I put well over 10 hours into a tyranid MC.

I do all my basic models in batches but even still, I can knock out a full (10 man) Cultist Squad in under an hour, and while its been a while since I painted a Tac Squad I'm sure I could do a similar timeframe.


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I do all my basic models in batches but even still, I can knock out a full (10 man) Cultist Squad in under an hour, and while its been a while since I painted a Tac Squad I'm sure I could do a similar timeframe.

Depends on the models I'm painting.
For Veterans and special characters, I do more detail work.
Basic troops get a quick base, wash, and shade.

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
Wow, I feel so slapdash. Generally it takes me 10-20 minutes to finish something like a necron warrior or Tac Marine.

Some people paint faster than others. For example, according to people he works with, Angel Giraldez throws out something like this in a few hours. Granted, he gets paid to do it for a living, but I couldn't even begin to paint something like that, let alone in a few hours. Personally, I take far, far longer per model and my stuff isn't anywhere near that sort of quality. It's purely tabletop quality.

Far too long. I'm completely OCD when it comes to painting so it takes me a while to paint a single troop. My necron warriors when I started took me, what, 1 hour and something each? The immortals probably 2 or more each.

I haven't painted any CSM in a long time (I somehow finished them all), but I can knock out a group of five Guardsmen, highlighted and washed, in about 6 hours. So I guess 1-1.5 hours is about right for a plebe.

HQs and tanks get special attention, of course.

It takes roughly 40 mins to paint a firewarrior. It is hard to tell the exact amount of time because I paint a squad at a time (all the base coats then all the washes, etc,).

I selected 2 hours + on the poll though because my most recent armies have been a draigowing army (I took my time with those paladins) and my current WIP farsight enclave (I anticipate each suit taking a very long time).

Way to long

Usually takes me about 5 hours to finish 5 marines. but when i get to washing i laze out and never finish it .

1-2 hours for grunts, 3-5 hours for captains and such. Vehicles: ZOMG!

I'm in no hurry. I enjoy painting when I find the time.