Is it just me or are some Armies much easier to paint than others?

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**DorianGray**

After spending hours painting those tiny diamonds on my Harlequins... are there some armies easier to paint than this??!

Should Necron players be ashamed while others have to slave away at details painting?

**Gamgee**

Tau are fairly easy.

**aronthomas17**

I painted all 100+ of my Guard Infantry Squads in a couple nights... Choose an easy scheme I could hammer out and went for it.

I think when you choose an army it should be something to consider... You are going to paint it at some point... Its one of the first things I think about when I am looking at a new army... "Can I be arsed to paint this?"

But saying that if you have painted 1000 tiny diamonds on your Harlies then
A) Good for you, I couldn't
and
B) Itll look more impressive than my olive drab guardsmen, so its worth the time spent?

**DorianGray**

Dude painting those tiny diamonds on the ENTIRE army is a PITA.

**MechaEmperor7000**

I love painting nurgle, namely because I can be sloppy on some parts and it won't matter.

Conversely, painting slaanesh is like pulling teeth for me.

**aronthomas17**

DorianGray wrote:
Dude painting those tiny diamonds on the ENTIRE army is a PITA.

Not surprised haha

... I don't envy you man

**casvalremdeikun**

Just be happy you aren't playing Lamenters. Itty bitty diamonds EVERYWHERE.

**MechaEmperor7000**

What about harlequins in the old Eavy metal style?

**wuestenfux**

Harlequins is the most difficult army to paint if you try to implement the checkerboard pattern.

**Los pollos hermanos**

Space marines and tyranids pitifully easy the heroes are more complex but nids are all about washes and space marines are just blocks of smooth surface. Its so boring painting marines I can only get through a couple before going to do something more exciting...like staring at paint drying.

**DaPino**

DorianGray wrote:
After spending hours painting those tiny diamonds on my Harlequins... are there some armies easier to paint than this??!

Should Necron players be ashamed while others have to slave away at details painting?

The thing is, I think everyone can make his army as complex or as simple as he/she wants. For example it's a myth that Necrons are always easy to paint.

Now I am not a pro painted and I'm colorblind to boot but I can assure you that my necrons weren't painted haphazardly (link to Necron album: http://imgur.com/a/2oA6P).
At the same time, I bet Harlequins can be done easily (altough perhaps not as easy as Necrons).

**Jimsolo**

I found Eldar much easier than my Space Marines. Harlequins are a damn nightmare, though.

**Intercessor**

It's taken me four months to finish painting 11 infantry... I envy some of you guys

**Jaxler**

Any army is impressive if you paint all of it, regardless of the quality.

**Gamgee**

Yeah my army isn't super pro painted. Maybe above average a little, but it's consistently painted. I knocked out a Stormsurge in 40 hours from assembly to basically done. All it needs it some touch ups.

**the_scotsman**

Harlequins are as hard as you make 'em. You could do diamonds, you could do polka dots, stripes, swirls or just solid tones.

**Grey Templar**

You are correct. Some armies are easier to paint than others. Of course how much easier or harder an army is is up to you. You could do some simpler schemes and make your life easier.

**BRB**

It also depends on your standards. For example BTs can be the easiest army to paint, if you just want something that looks painted from a few feet away. prime black, colour a few parts in white, apply decals and you're done. On the other hand, they can also be one of the hardest to paint if you want to make them look good, to have the white and black stand out without having them look grey or beige.

**mhelm01**

Los pollos hermanos wrote:
Space marines and tyranids pitifully easy the heroes are more complex but nids are all about washes and space marines are just blocks of smooth surface. Its so boring painting marines I can only get through a couple before going to do something more exciting...like staring at paint drying.

I would not compare marines to harlequins but making a solid block of color not look like a solid block of color can be a challenge. It, like anything else, is what you make of it.

**Brother SRM**

That's not just you. Some armies are harder to paint model by model than others. 30 Gaunts will take a lot less time to paint than 30 Ork Boyz for instance, since you're only going to be painting carapace, chitin, claws, and eyes on the Gaunts, and for the Orks you'll have to worry about weapons, skin, pants, shirts, straps, armor plates, teeth, and so on. Some models are just more detailed than others, and take longer to paint as a result. That being said, even a simple model can be painted to a really high standard if you put in the effort. I've spent as much time painting a modern character model as I have painting a super simple plastic Space Marine from 1991 because I spent so much extra time doing freehand and the like on the Marine.

**Polonius**

Jimsolo wrote:
I found Eldar much easier than my Space Marines.

For complete beginners, Space Marines are easier. However, making Power Armor look good is actually pretty tough, as it involves flat surfaces and plenty of Whites, Reds, and Blacks. However, Eldar can look great by simply staying in the lines and using basic washes and highlights.

**Isengard**

I think it depends upon your skillset and personal abilities. Some people will find certain things easier to paint. You can get away with clean, straight lines for the most part on marines for example, but you need to be a solid blender to paint a fleshy army like nids. Some lucky people can do all of them. Water your paints and you can do anything with enough patience and practice!

**CrownAxe**

Every army is easier to paint then harliquins

**xana666**

Gamgee wrote:
Tau are fairly easy.

The white colour scheme isn't.

**KingDeath**

Painting well is never easy, no matter the army. Some think that Necrons are relatively simple but let's be honest here, simply drybrushing them with some metal paint will never get them above simple tabletop standard. No matter if you go for true metalics or nmm, both require lots of effort to look realy good.
Some miniatures have relatively few details but these empty surfaces have to be filled with something interesting (battledamage, symbols, scars... whatever fits) if you don't want your model to look dull and boring.

**Mr_Piddlez**

My problem is always specific models being more difficult to paint instead of an army as a whole. With base CSM, it takes only 30 mins or so to paint up a troop model. Which is about average for me since I like to take my time and do it right the first time.

Then I look at my raptors. There is just SO much detail in that kit. I have one model painted. They rest are just primed. The reason for that is it took me roughly two hours to paint just one raptor to a point that I was happy with. Don't get me wrong, I love the detail, but its just intimidating to spend that much time on one model, especially with my backlog of cultists that I just can't seem to paint fast enough.

I can't even imagine trying to paint harlequins. I would never play with them.

**Gamgee**

xana666 wrote:
Gamgee wrote:
Tau are fairly easy.

The white colour scheme isn't.

It's slightly harder, but I got a good look for my Shadowsun who I painted up in her colours. I did do a lot of research before hand so I knew it would be harder to work with. Also yellow was the one colour to trip me up and its my sept's colour to designate rank. It's only recently I've come up with a better yellow paint style so my earlier models are marred by the hideous yellow paint job. Again it's not the worst, but definitely isn't as good as the rest of the model.

**MechaEmperor7000**

I dislike tau because I have a hard time painting non-shiny colored armor. Or non-metalics in general. I actually have to learn to highlight! Dur

**notredameguy10**

Gamgee wrote:
Tau are fairly easy.

I beg to differ lol. All the sharp edges on battle suits take forever to highlight and shade off of. My tau have taken me much longer than my Grey Knights or Eldar

My Ghostkeel and Riptide took more than 60 hours each

**Frozocrone**

Tau plates are easy. Its the highlighting and recess shade that'll get you.

Nids are hard to do well.