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Ellu, I am currently painting some Iron warrios and have now after painting half- a squad changed the way I paint for the better. Was just wondering about any suggestions on what to do wqith the onces already painted. Small question perhaps but it bugs me a bit that they will be different looking to the rest of my iron warriors.

Strip and re-do is one option. It ensures everyone is uniform. Lot of work depending on volume, and time that could be spent on new stuff.

Depending what changed, some touch up passes might be all you need. I did this for some old guys when I added new members to the squad. Didn’t even own the old colors of pain any more, so I couldn’t match the new ones to the old. Not perfect, but at table-top distance, not noticeable .

Just remember, the guys with the ugly paint jobs are the squad’s first casualties.

Assuming you have more models/squads to paint, I pretty much always recommend moving on to unpainted models rather than trying to re-do or upgrade previous minis. Firstly, a group of painted minis always looks better than a mix of painted and unpainted, even if some of them are of differing levels of skill or have somewhat different color composition.

Also, you're likely to continue to improve or try new methods as you go. So giving in to the impulse to re-do all you previous work can become Sisyphean.

Much like writing a paper/book, most people will be more successful if they push straight through an entire draft before they go back and rewrite/edit large swaths of the work.

Also, always keep some of your original paint jobs, so you can see how far you’ve improved!

Hankovitch wrote:
So giving in to the impulse to re-do all you previous work can become Sisyphean.

#1 cause of painting backlog.

 skchsan wrote:

Hankovitch wrote:
So giving in to the impulse to re-do all you previous work can become Sisyphean.

#1 cause of painting backlog.

Certainly #2 behind “shiny model syndrome” and buying things at a rate that far outstrips your ability to paint them.

Might be a fun poll. “Why is your pile of shame so large” and see what people give as reasons.

Hankovitch wrote:Assuming you have more models/squads to paint, I pretty much always recommend moving on to unpainted models rather than trying to re-do or upgrade previous minis. Firstly, a group of painted minis always looks better than a mix of painted and unpainted, even if some of them are of differing levels of skill or have somewhat different color composition.

Also, you're likely to continue to improve or try new methods as you go. So giving in to the impulse to re-do all you previous work can become Sisyphean.

Much like writing a paper/book, most people will be more successful if they push straight through an entire draft before they go back and rewrite/edit large swaths of the work.

Problably the better idea for my mind for now. Continue instead of retreading the same steps

Nevelon wrote:Strip and re-do is one option. It ensures everyone is uniform. Lot of work depending on volume, and time that could be spent on new stuff.

Depending what changed, some touch up passes might be all you need. I did this for some old guys when I added new members to the squad. Didn’t even own the old colors of pain any more, so I couldn’t match the new ones to the old. Not perfect, but at table-top distance, not noticeable .

Just remember, the guys with the ugly paint jobs are the squad’s first casualties.

I have dabbled a bit in paint stripping and when the rest are done I problably could do it without making to big of a mess.

Hankovitch wrote:Assuming you have more models/squads to paint, I pretty much always recommend moving on to unpainted models rather than trying to re-do or upgrade previous minis. Firstly, a group of painted minis always looks better than a mix of painted and unpainted, even if some of them are of differing levels of skill or have somewhat different color composition.

Also, you're likely to continue to improve or try new methods as you go. So giving in to the impulse to re-do all you previous work can become Sisyphean.

Much like writing a paper/book, most people will be more successful if they push straight through an entire draft before they go back and rewrite/edit large swaths of the work.

Very good advice which I shall follow. Now I just have to clear the paint log of them .

 Nevelon wrote:

 skchsan wrote:

Hankovitch wrote:
So giving in to the impulse to re-do all you previous work can become Sisyphean.

#1 cause of painting backlog.

Certainly #2 behind “shiny model syndrome” and buying things at a rate that far outstrips your ability to paint them.

Might be a fun poll. “Why is your pile of shame so large” and see what people give as reasons.

“Because GW keep putting the things I want to buy eventually OOP” needs to be one of the options.


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I agree with the others; painted is better than unpainted, so don’t go back until everything else is done.