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Hi all,

I have a bit of a painting dilemma! I've spent quite a few pennies on the Iron Duke Indian Mutiny range all beautifully sculpted by Paul Hicks. I've been carefully painting up my NWF and Sudan collection with my usual 'style' but there aren't enough hours in the day to get all three of my major projects (four when you throw in the HYW!).

I was thinking of 'Speed Painting' to a wargames standard for my Indian Mutiny collection but the mini's are so wonderfully crafted that I find myself in a bit of a pickle!

I've made a more comprehensive post detailing the pro's and con's as i see it on my Shooting Leave Blog here:

http://allthebrave.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/a-painting-mutiny-dilemma.html

Do I go for the Wargames Standard or stick to my usual painting style?

Below are some pics of mini's painted at Wargames Standard:









I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions

Darrell.

Perhaps try getting them "table ready" for now with an eye toward polishing them up to your higher standard bit by bit over time.

If those Cataphracts are examples of your "speed painting," I'd say that standard is more than sufficient. Seriously, all of your stuff looks great. I would never guess that any of that was speed painted.

 Hordini wrote:
If those Cataphracts are examples of your "speed painting," I'd say that standard is more than sufficient. Seriously, all of your stuff looks great. I would never guess that any of that was speed painted.

I'm in total agreement. That your 'speed painting' looks that good is incredible!

I wish my speed painting looked that good.

Is this a humblebrag post?

 Easy E wrote:
I wish my speed painting looked that good.

Is this a humblebrag post?

I kind of wondered as well. My display quality stuff doesn't look that good!

 Manchu wrote:
Perhaps try getting them "table ready" for now with an eye toward polishing them up to your higher standard bit by bit over time.

Thanks for the input, i can see your point but I think I would be disappointed with the results if I speed painted them now as I do this in a much looser manner than I would normally paint.

I think that I'm going to try and paint them in a sort of in between mode..... if I can manage it!!

Darrell.

Yeah......I wish anything I painted for any length of time looked that good - let alone speed painting!

I think I could do something to that level, but it would most certainly not be deemed "speed painting" more like "leisure painting".

I must say these look fantastic, although dat flag though... way too big.