Thank you! I did some research now, hah, that’s not nearly long enough ago for me to know it actually! (I didn’t do any mini gaming during WFB 8th at all, I’ve got like a decade where I have little idea what happened in the mini gaming world other than what I’ve discovered in the last 18 months or so retrospectively).
And thanks re: my project! I probably can’t do them all to the same standard as the wartoad rider, but they will be painted to match that scheme, so gradually growing the Forest Goblin squad
(I’d better get off my computer and go get working on these in a minute actually!)
Well I’ve just finished some shieldwall and have just started some honour guard and ‘halflings’ (1/72 Persians) that I’d been meaning to do since Uncharted Empires came out in v2.
Well, in comparison to the age of some models I have, they are still pretty new
I am sure your Goblins will look great even if, by the necessity, the level of painting is not the same as for the heroes. After all, the heroes deserve some special attention!
Keep painting and let us know about your progress!
Really cool idea about using models from different scale range! I noticed some Seleucids elephants too! They remind me about those produced by Zvezda in 1/72 scale. Now you made me want to get back to some historical models as well!
I am current working on my 2 troops of Storm Wind to combine them into a regiment. I am using 5ed WHFB Dragon Princes (metal models) for this unit. 5 of them need repairs and repainting, the other 5 I need to paint from the beginning. It also means some additional work as I am adding extra barding to the horses, back banners for riders and it seems I may need to learn how to cast my own shields as I do not have enough of those!
Looks like this is going to be a longer project but I really like the models and I am very happy to work on them!
Hehehe, familiar models! The size of these makes them great for chariot bases! I used perry twins models as riders, as they scale better than anything heroic 28mm.
Might not seem like much, but doing stuff to 37-40 guys at once always takes a long time for me. And I’m a bit obsessive about varying shades and colours on things across a unit too
(btw I am classing about “5 hours” as a day for me, as it was what I averaged when I could dedicate evenings to this, now my work has been more sporadic when I’ve had the time, but trying to count in the same rough totals for comparison later)
They look really good! I think it is a great idea to have different scale models to represent “little people”! And looking at your elephants makes me want to paint my 15mm Xyston ones for Mortem Et Gloriam army. Will get there eventually
Great progress @Remy77077! I found out that when painting a few models at the same time, there is a stage where you paint a lot but it does not look as if you did. Then suddenly, with the next stage of some more details, the models look as if they are done but you still have work to do
Can’t wait to see the finished unit! Keep painting, you are doing great!
That’s great achievement! And they look great! Don’t worry about the pace, as long as you make steady progress and are enjoying the process, all is perfect!
Thank you @Swordmaster
And yup that weird “jumpy” feeling in progress when batch painting models is something I know exactly what you mean! I’ve tended to always to paint models in unit groups in the past 1.5 years I’ve been back at it now, so I’m getting quite familiar with that feeling. I reckin I can actually judge my own progress now far better than it even looks in photos. Recent experience is also why I did the shields first, as I have found I always get mildy aggravated doing them at the end or even simultaneously - not sure exactly why that is. Maybe because a model “done but shield” is actually far longer to go than you’d think for me at least.
40 Goblins is actually so far proving less daunting than 20+ Black Orcs or 20 human halberds though - which were probably the two most “difficult” units to paint as batch blocks for me, because the models were so detailed in the case of the halberdiers, and so large & different per model in the case of the Black Orcs I was doing. The Black Orcs were the one unit where I had to ‘give up’ doing them fully batch paint, and instead split them in half and did half of them to completion and then the next half, just to feel like I was getting somewhere with them. So I’ve got that idea in the back of my mind too in case I need it with these Forest Goblins.
From what I’ve heard people tend to find their own “optimal” number of models to paint in batches. I’m not sure what that is for me though (maybe around 10), but I find it varies so much depending on the size and detail of the model really, and how complex my paint scheme is. With some other simpler Goblin models I did 30+ easily so I still want to stick to full batch for these guys unless it becomes a struggle. I also did strip some of the detail of some of these models on purpose to make painting go quicker - and as rank & file guys I didn’t feel like they needed quite so many accoutrements
On the side I’m also sticking magnets to all my other finished units for (mostly) KoW purposes these days too (also in batches to dry the glue), so that’s eating into my hobby time a little. But expect a dedicated KoW-style army re-photoshoot when that’s done too! I’m looking forward to doing that
I’ve been painting my Goblins in batches of around 5. This is enough for the paint to dry so I can start on the first again after finishing the 5th. Maybe exepting the first layer and the ink layers. Arguably a full batch painting of 10-ish or even more is quicker, but painting in batches of 5 allows me to get a batch finished in an evening of painting, which motivates me far more than 20+ half-painted models on the painting table.
For my abyssals/ghouls I DID paint in batches of ~15 due to a very limited colour palette. (Basecoat, 2 colours, ink wash, highlight, details, done) which allowed me to finish them really quickly. I believe, I got two hordes worth of models (~50-ish) within a month and a half, including multibasing.
These days, I just slowly paint myself in little batches of 3-5 as I can take my time painting those models. My armies are big enough, extra models are just for brownie points.
EDIT: @FredOslow, I promised pictures of your soul reaver infantry idea that I stole. Here’s one:
Still slowly chipping away at my 2nd Regiment of Forest Shamblers right now.
My current “batch size” is “one” Too much stuff i’d have to check on every model the way I’m painting. Those Shamblers are larger than the models I am used too and have so many tiny details that one can do. Although I might get cocky with the last two and at least do the basecoat and basic “brown” as a batch.
Since I’m quite busy with work/Home Office it pretty much takes me almost a week per Shambler right now, so anything other than “one at a time” would be too frustrating.
… slowly and steadily I’m clawing my way towards my goal!
But even earlier as I was doing Archers and Spearmen, I never did more than 3 or 4 at a time and then usually only did basecoats and faces as a batch, then the rest and details one at a time.
Just my rythm for painting I guess. Wonder if it changes if I paint a different style army, maybe as allies to my Elves, at some point
Oh and … what’s next? Stormwind But only after I finish those Shamblers! … and maybe one or two more character models as well. … promised my girlfriend to paint a single character model for her to keep as well … uhhm … some months ago
… and they’re looking good already! 
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