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Made in gb
Longtime Dakkanaut





I’m trying to think about my end goal now before painting a model or a unit. For example I’m painting a unit of word bearers at the minute and I don’t want them to look audacious or heroic, I want them to look stoic and sort of utilitarian. Because they aren’t interested in being fancy they are pious and monkish if you know what I mean. So I’m trying to make them look good but I don’t want bright edge highlighting etc, it’s an interesting challenge but happy with the results so far.

Do you do this or do you just sort of paint to the same style every time? I’m not criticising that, most people here are bette painters than me, but I’ve found it has helped me to try and visualise what I want before I start doing it. I think have to try different things to see if I can get it but that part of the fun. Until I get really frustrated ha.
   
Made in jp
Regular Dakkanaut






i just painted my first model in over 15 years so for me now i just try to think about a general idea what the model should look like. i try to picture the finished model in my head. that is the challenging part as my minds eye doesnt work that well. i then rely on images found online that i can try to recreate. a lot of times i can get stuck on this part as i cant decide what i want, call it analysis paralysis. getting past this point can take days or weeks. once i am able to start i mostly stop thinking and just do. if it doesnt turn out right i just do it differently until im happy. i generally dont think about the details and just worry about them when it comes up. it would have probably be easier if i think or planned it out in advance but eh.
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut






Just colours, aka what kind and where to place them, and how to do it the easiest way with the least amount of effort.
It is hard work to be lazy =P

Base design allso becomes a subject, cus if i do a dark model i need a light base, and vice verca.

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Made in ca
Fireknife Shas'el






Okay, I have to separate this into categories, because different thinking applies.

Am I painting just one model? Then all I'm thinking about is color choices and amount of detail I'm willing to put in. If it turns out bad, no problem, into the paint stripper it goes. Not a ton of visualization before-hand because I have decades of experience painting models and trying out stuff mid-stream can be fun.

Am I painting an army? Then I'm thinking not just about color choices but issues like paint transparency and order of operations, because it has a monumental effect on how long it takes to paint a lot of models. I'm thinking about shortcuts that can be taken, what sub-assemblies are necessary or even practical. I'm thinking about how much of the army I should build before starting to paint (because if I run out of steam they're likely to sit on a shelf half painted for a year or more). Then I'll do a test model, which all the rules for a single model still apply - I can try stuff, because it's just one model. Once that model is done, the scheme for the army is either decided or I do another pass and the first model goes into the paint stripper. Repeat until I'm satisfied.

   
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Wisconsin

I like to think about what sort of environment they might be in. I'm currently doing Iron Warriors with bases themed after a destroyed city.

   
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MN (Currently in WY)

I think about my deadline.....

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Everything! Its gotten so bad that I'm procrastinating on most paintjobs almost indefinitely. I think it's called "paralysis by analysis".

There's so many aspects to painting that its very time consuming to find the best approach to everything. To make matters worse, I've gotten into airbrushing last year, and this year I just learned about the Grimdark style and now the whole pandora's box of oils, enamels, and hot solvents is opening...

Obsessing over paint coat thicknesses, colour modulations, paint coverages, paint glossyness, pooling inks, I could go on an on... Being picky about the technical details and not being a superb painter is a bad place to be in.

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Made in gb
Longtime Dakkanaut




Scotland

I usually get by on the happy accidents most of the time, I'm not really interested in sticking to the same method each time. Just yesterday was the first time I experimented with wet blending on a space marine chaplain's armour, to my eyes it looks alright though it would never win prizes!
As for thinking beforehand, most of the time it happens at construction , and most of the thinking goes on with me in the evening, working out the next day's painting!, I find it's better to not be precise on the painting process, otherwise as some have mentioned, you get stuck in the thinking mode and get nothing done. So allow yourself a free hand.

I actually got one of the best painting tips just the other day from one of Artis Opus youtube vids. Basically he said that if you are painting cloth or dull material, you only need to go upto midtones in terms of highlighting. If you are painting something shiny or armour, you can go all the way up to white as a highlight. That may seem obvious to some but to me it was a revelation! Trust me I have some minis with shiny white highlighted clothes...

 
   
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Fresh-Faced New User




United Kingdom

Usually the thing I think about is when am I going to find that little bit of elusive time to paint.

The second thing is then where to set myself up to paint so I am not in the way of anybody or anything.

Then its a case of where I put my coffee cup. After all red or green coffee seems to taste slightly different from the normal brown coffee, but something in the paint may cause a slight touch of nurgles rot.

Remember not to wash my brush out in coffee cup today. 
   
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For a brief moment, I think of all the other unfinished paint projects that I should be working on instead...

Heresy World Eaters/Emperors Children

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