So, I went back and started photographing some of the previously completed models using this style. If you have been following the blog for the last few weeks, you will have seen that I have been struggling to find a style for the photos for Blackstone Fortress that I was happy with, but in the end I think I have settled on this blue to white oldschool fade look. Games Workshop were pretty frugal with the number of models in some of these expansions, weren’t they? Grrr….ArghĪnyway, here are a few angles of the big fella, and a shot of the entire two models from the Traitor Command set. I’m not exactly sure where I’m struggling, but I think I need to simultaneously push the contrast a lot more and make the transitions smoother to get to what I want them to look like. I am still not satisfied with my faces, I think I have a long way to go before I will be. His skin and claw are nicely detailed, but not overly busy and his weird chaos star body modification thing only took a couple of minutes to do and come out nicely. This week’s model was really fun to paint. Maybe an Instagram poll could help me decide? THIS WEEK’S MODEL Currently in the lead is a Grail Knight for my fifth edition Bretonnians, but I also have the Wood Elf archers to finish and a late 80’s Chaos Minotaur in the pile of shame who is calling out to me. That will then give me a final week to do something fun. With all of the models painted and two weeks left to go, I do have time to get into the studio and film the next update for the Hammer the Backlog YouTube channel. Of course, it is only going to be a break from painting. And since I have ticked off all of this quarter’s rocks, what better time than next week. But, since I am treating this project more or less like a small business, there are times when you have to down tools and refresh. I haven’t really factored holiday times into Hammer the Backlog before. With two weeks left in the quarter, I have decided to give myself a little holiday next week. With two weeks left to go in the quarter for Bits and Bobs, it is nice to see that there were zero hold ups due to missing supplies, good interaction with facebook and reddit groups, social media has been maintained well and I have completed (if not painted from scratch) over 75 Hammer the Backlog points worth of models.Įven more satisfyingly, all of this quarter’s rocks are not firmly ticked as complete, and I have two fully complete boxed sets in my collection that were just grey plastic this time last year. SCORECARDĪn easy week of everything in the green this week, mostly due to my decision last week to split the traitor command box over two weeks, giving me only a half painted ogryn to finish this week for the full five points. With quarter 3 effectively in the bag with two weeks to spare, let’s take a look at the week and the quarter’s progress, reflect on the lessons learned and look forward to the final quarter of year 1. Hello fellow hobby scissors, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer painting, productivity and accountability blog, where this week we all took on the aspect of paper, and absolutely smashed some rocks.
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