Quick one today, just a couple of pictures of some painting in progress and some comments. First, the pictures:
These are my current project- the A Song Of Ice And Fire miniatures, by Cool Mini Or Not. The kickstarter shipped recently, and I was genuinely pleased with all of the minis as well as - surprisingly - my first read of the rules. After I get to playtest them, I fully intend to review the lot (probably long after the buzz has died based on how slowly I paint).
(Note also the picoarmour cold war units off to the side of the Tully Sworn Shields, for the Bledore/Sablenoir project)
The painting speed issue is what I am trying to work on now - partly with new techniques, and partly by philosophy. The new techniques come from an interesting discovery. Did anyone else know that sharpies show extremely well on a pale primer and leave very bright colour? For these fantasy medieval characters, I am working that in with heavy ink washes to get troops that really pop.
I had discovered the value of metallic sharpies when working on my Warhammer Quest characters in the past, but only now am I getting into using the plain color sharpie markers and it is helping seriously speed things along.
From the philosophy side of things, I am trying to stop being so picky in my paint jobs. Creative blocks or hangups about "making mistakes" often result in me going weeks at a time without painting, and I can't afford that if I want to keep up with all the projects I've placed on my plate, haha. As it is, with these, I am now putting a big emphasis on just getting painting done. Even if something isn't quite right, I can always strip it and do it again later, but at least for now I have painted minis for the tabletop.
Hopefully that will mean I can break out the asoiaf minis and have a good few games, both with their own rules and my own homebrew, before too long.
That's all for today, thanks for reading!
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