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Hello fellow Dakkanuts,

Happy (or unhappy for some I guess) Monday morning!

Are you struggling on a project? talk about it here.

Feel the "pile of shame" is too much? I want to discuss it with you.

Can't muster up the motivation to clean your finished sprues of bits and then throw the empties away? lets chat!

We all have our motivational roadblocks, especially with hobbies. If we can discuss them, and help our fellow hobbyists move forward, then I think that's worthy of a thread.

I just got my first set of Ork Boyz. I wouldn't say I'm struggling - However, making a 2,000 point army seems to be a long-term project at the rate I'm going!

Daunting!

Finksburg wrote:
I just got my first set of Ork Boyz. I wouldn't say I'm struggling - However, making a 2,000 point army seems to be a long-term project at the rate I'm going!

Daunting!

So that's 10 models, right?

How do you normally paint? Single figure, assembly line? What about this project is particularly daunting?

 lord marcus wrote:

Finksburg wrote:
I just got my first set of Ork Boyz. I wouldn't say I'm struggling - However, making a 2,000 point army seems to be a long-term project at the rate I'm going!

Daunting!

So that's 10 models, right?

How do you normally paint? Single figure, assembly line? What about this project is particularly daunting?

I do think its a process related issue and self induced. I'm having some growing pains with making the models have a great stance. With time, I can get them to look exactly how I want, but the problem is the amount of time it takes me to get there (practice makes perfect maybe?). Here is a quick rundown..

1. Building models in a good stance takes some time for me.
2. Painting the bodies of Shoota Boyz with gun attached (comes across their chest)
3. Paint consistency and clean paint application

Right now, I'm building and painting 1 Shoota Boy at a time. The primary reason is because I'm trying to define a repeatable process that works for me to get an assembly line style thing going on.

Any advice will be appreciated - even if it isn't asked above.

Thanks!

Finksburg wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:

Finksburg wrote:
I just got my first set of Ork Boyz. I wouldn't say I'm struggling - However, making a 2,000 point army seems to be a long-term project at the rate I'm going!

Daunting!

So that's 10 models, right?

How do you normally paint? Single figure, assembly line? What about this project is particularly daunting?

I do think its a process related issue and self induced. I'm having some growing pains with making the models have a great stance. With time, I can get them to look exactly how I want, but the problem is the amount of time it takes me to get there (practice makes perfect maybe?). Here is a quick rundown..

1. Building models in a good stance takes some time for me.
2. Painting the bodies of Shoota Boyz with gun attached (comes across their chest)
3. Paint consistency and clean paint application

Right now, I'm building and painting 1 Shoota Boy at a time. The primary reason is because I'm trying to define a repeatable process that works for me to get an assembly line style thing going on.

Any advice will be appreciated - even if it isn't asked above.

Thanks!

So, couple of ideas to rattle around:

1. Get some wine corks and Blu tack. Attach the shoota arms to the cork with blue tack and prime/paint separately.

This will allow you to paint the main body of the boy and get all of the details, while also being able to pick out details on the shoota itself.

2. Your third point revolves around neatness. I've always found that with the first couple of layers you don't have to be extremely neat because you're going to be going over it with a different color anyway. Just something to keep in mind in that regard.

3. I would start painting in batches of five. These are mainline troops and you are going to have hordes of them.

Yes you want to get all the details, but something to think about is if those details are going to be seen when the orjs are grouped In a 30bstrong blob 6 feet away from your and your opponents eyes on the table

Finksburg wrote:
I just got my first set of Ork Boyz. I wouldn't say I'm struggling - However, making a 2,000 point army seems to be a long-term project at the rate I'm going!

Daunting!

all horde styles are, you need to do it dirty, quick and simple, else you will loose your sanity.

1; build all the models in the box first.
2; have a sea of grey in front of you is demotivating, only have 2-4 models on your desk, the other models are placed out of sight.
3; assembly line painting is vital.
4; you can save alot of time with contrast paint. takes a bit of training to find out the proper amount to lay on, for ork i would do contrast on skin and clothing.
5: keep it simple and keep it neat, 3 different colours only. skin is one, clothing is one and gun is one, basecoat only. If it cannot be seen on one arm lenghts distance, it will not be seen on the table.
6: when you have 10 models painted like this, then you can go in and do additional work if you want to.
7: dont buy any new ork model boxes before you have painted what you allready own. that is how the pile of shame exists.

8: never do the same box of models in a row, you need to break it up. core-leader-elite-core-heavy-core-elite-core as an example.

Paint what you want to paint, more then what you need to paint. When you feel good, you can take a little hit.

My main motivational advice is that when you get about halfway through any given set of painting, it all looks terrible and there is nothing that can be done to fix it... you just need to keep adding colours and washes and highlights against your original plan and it should all work out for the best. An hour or so per day adds up to quite a bit of progress.