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My good sir, you're lucky the mods can't translate that, i think that just made a sailor blush.

 

On a related note planning on my pledge being Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Space Batman Night Haunter

@The Hydra: How can your forum frater help? Is there a common reason that leads to you stopping with it half painted? We're here for you!

 

I know the struggle with finishing models and have also lived with it for decades. A desire to paint to perfection matching the vision in my head, inability to stay focused on one army project, GW dropping specialist games, and sometimes realization that 'oh lord, I don't want to paint another 2k points of this' have all contributed.

 

The B&C painting competions have helped immensely, although I still don't have a fully painted army. I'm personally planning on using the ETL to jump start me on the path to a field ablle painted 30k force.

I've been one of those bums that can churn out conversions easily but painting is like pulling teeth. I didn't want to settle for anything less than a really good paint job because I felt anything less would be letting the hard work I put into modelling down, and it turned out I didn't have the skill to get there. The answer? Put in the work to get better! Practice is the only way to improve. Soak up knowledge on techniques -- we live in the age of YouTube, free lessons on anything have never been more available in the history of society. This board also, is an amazingly good resource for having questions answered.

 

If you get all that down, and you still have some troubles painting, you might find time to be the thorn in your side. I've heard batch painting helps cut down time, but at this point I think sinking work into constructing a flux capacitor might be more realistic for me.

 

Any one have helpful tips for time management with painting? :)

I've been one of those bums that can churn out conversions easily but painting is like pulling teeth. I didn't want to settle for anything less than a really good paint job because I felt anything less would be letting the hard work I put into modelling down, and it turned out I didn't have the skill to get there. The answer? Put in the work to get better! Practice is the only way to improve. Soak up knowledge on techniques -- we live in the age of YouTube, free lessons on anything have never been more available in the history of society. This board also, is an amazingly good resource for having questions answered.

If you get all that down, and you still have some troubles painting, you might find time to be the thorn in your side. I've heard batch painting helps cut down time, but at this point I think sinking work into constructing a flux capacitor might be more realistic for me.

Any one have helpful tips for time management with painting? :)

Set a timer on your phones for an hour or so. Do that everyday and don't paint anymore after the time is up. Eventually you'll want to keep going, which gives you motivation to continue work the next day.

I have this problem where I can think big and plan up all of these conversions and then when it actually gets to working with the guys I get the cold shoulder. It might be that I have a fear of working with forgeworld resin since I've never worked with it before.

Paintings not so much of a problem with me, I enjoy it, but I've never been and I never will be, a batch painter. I like taking my time over individual models, and if i don't like what's happening then the chances are I'll get annoyed and do something else.

 

Things end up half finished for me because halfway through painting I decide to build or paint something else.

 

Edit: That One Marshel, I love working with resin, in fact I hate working with anything else now. I've done a few conversions with plastic for other stuff and really hate using it.

I barely slid under the deadline last year and have a long history of blowing deadlines. Not to mention, I have to find a new place to live very soon and may have even less time to procrastinate and not get anything done.

 

Besides, I've got an order of Mechanicum stuff on the way, which sadly, does not fall under AOD. Personally, I think 30k Mechanicum SHOULD be AOD while 40k Mechanicus should be IFOR.

Besides, I've got an order of Mechanicum stuff on the way, which sadly, does not fall under AOD. Personally, I think 30k Mechanicum SHOULD be AOD while 40k Mechanicus should be IFOR.

What with the Mechanicum's Red Book, I'm inclined to believe you should be able to get it into the AoD...

Y'know what? I'll double check. I have a convo with Semper going already. smile.png

Edit - Semper's Verdict:

Well, the HH Faction has access to all the lists of all the FW books, including the Mechanicum, Solar Auxilia etc. As such people can pledge Mechanicum units (from the HH books) for the HH faction - no problem.

Also, and this is an irregularity that persists mostly due to tradition, the AdMech Forum of the IFOR Faction has access to all the Skitarii, Cult Mechanicus and any and all Mechanicum units from Forge World, even the HH ones!

That was the case before, that's is going to be the case now. smile.png

Good morning my brothers it's good too see the conversarions progressing!

 

So I thought I'd drop some wisdom on the art of batch painting; Kurama Style!

 

Now what I do when I'm in the zone is a balance of magic and wonder, first I make sure I have no distractions for a certain amount of time let's just say an hour, I then turn my phone off put on some music (depending on what I'm painting depends what I listen too) I then progress through the painting with a beer in hand managing my progress with the whole squad or unit never progressing further than the stage the squads on. I then once my mind begins to wonder abort any further attempts at painting till I get the urge again. I then place the models somewhere central in the house but off to the side where I will constantly see them which causes me to want to finish them

Looking back at the thread from last year's ETL, it seemed a bit fuzzy. There's this:

 

6. Faction: Imperial Forces (IFOR)

Forum:  Adepta Sororitas

Defining Codex: Adepta Sororitas

 

Forum: Adeptus Mechanicus

Defining Codices: Skitarii, Cult Mechanicus

 

Forum: Astra Militarum

Defining Codices: Astra Militarum, Militarum Tempestus

 

Forum: Grey Knights

Defining Codex: Grey Knights

 

Forums: Inquisition & Agents of the Imperium

Defining Codex: Inquisition

 

Especially for Adeptus Mechanicum: Any Mechanicum entry from Forgeworld (Horus Heresy or otherwise)

 

And this:

 

7. Faction: Horus Heresy (HH)

Forums: Age of Darkness

Defining Codex: Every army list in every Horus Heresy book produced by Forge World

 

In part 6, it specifies Mechanicum is IFOR, and in part 7 it every army list for the HH by FW, but does not call out Machanicum.

 

But, if we're going with stompy bots in the AOD this year, I might try to do a small pledge. If I can find a new place relatively quickly, I'd like to really focus on getting a lot of models done.

*snip*

 

I believe that there is supposed to be a little bit of an overlap intended by Semper so that there is at least a touch of flexibility for the smaller AdMech subforum. Someone can choose between the AdMech or the AoD for who to pledge.

Far be it for me to say how things should be run by our esteemed Frater, but given there's a clear distinction between the Mechanicus Codex and the Tagmata Omnissiah list, hardly appropriate to have them under the same umbrella

Where is that distinction again, other than that FW didn't released 30k rules for the plastic stuff (yet)? Trust me, they are intended to be used together ...

 

Far be it for me to say how things should be run by our esteemed Frater, but given there's a clear distinction between the Mechanicus Codex and the Tagmata Omnissiah list, hardly appropriate to have them under the same umbrella

 

Where is that distinction again, other than that FW didn't released 30k rules for the plastic stuff (yet)? Trust me, they are intended to be used together ...

While they may be intended to use together, jumping the shark about using them together may be premature. For instance skitarii are priced for 40k which is generally higher priced than 30k games. Wouldn't it be unfair for me to plop down a 30 model 2k list of Mechanicus and have it go towards AoD? Since this isn't the last ETL maybe they should wait for FW to integrate the list instead of running with our own that might give the AoD an unfair advantage.

For ETL purposes, the HH faction can only use existing FW lists. These include apart from the Legions, any Mechanicum units that may be included (not only Tagmata) as well as Solar Auxilia or Renegades or whatever. They cannot use 40k Codices.

 

On the other hand, AdMech forum of the IFOR faction can use any Mechanicum unit from GW and FW including HH. This is admittedly an irregularity and has to do with the fact that the AdMech forum was for years the only place to discuss anything Mechanicum accross all eras/settings. It still is that place although now one can discuss 30k Mechanicum in the AoD forum as well. So tradition prevails....

 

Frankly, in real terms, this is not so much a problem as with the "Relic" rule a great deal of 30k stuff can now be used by 40k armies anyway.

For ETL purposes, the HH faction can only use existing FW lists. These include apart from the Legions, any Mechanicum units that may be included (not only Tagmata) as well as Solar Auxilia or Renegades or whatever. They cannot use 40k Codices.

On the other hand, AdMech forum of the IFOR faction can use any Mechanicum unit from GW and FW including HH. This is admittedly an irregularity and has to do with the fact that the AdMech forum was for years the only place to discuss anything Mechanicum accross all eras/settings. It still is that place although now one can discuss 30k Mechanicum in the AoD forum as well. So tradition prevails....

Frankly, in real terms, this is not so much a problem as with the "Relic" rule a great deal of 30k stuff can now be used by 40k armies anyway.

 

That's what I get for not using my brain :D

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