Commissioning isnt cheap. It can easily more than double what you paid for to get the models.

6 minutes ago, taylorcowbell said:

I consider time investment as a cost. I get paid to stream video games in my spare time, so taking time to do painting literally costs me money.

I can tell you that personally, I got into painting (my first time ever) to have something to do with my solo-spare time that was board game related. I didn't know what to expect, but I've been enjoying it.

Just dont get overzealous with it (paint too many models at once, paint a massive model, try a technique way out of your skill level)

I got a bonus at work so i bought a Gargantuan Squiggoth for 40k with said bonus. That model is massive and so rugged its actually a pain in the *** to paint...i still havnt finished it and it kinda discouraged me from painting for quite awhile because it was so freaking annoying to paint. I dont want to touch that thing for a long time.

Thats why i still dont have my 2cores +2command +2spear +1calv +hawthorne of Daqans painted yet. I got about 1/3 of it done, got that Squiggoth, and stopped painting almost entirely because that thing pissed me off so much lol.

I paint 8 rank and file and then paint a character?

Rank and file get 4 to 6 colors. Archer got chain mail greaves, oak brown bow and shafts, leather brown armor, and red cloak and red fetching.

The character get a much more detail job so they pop.

Big blocks of infantry like this game demands... I try to just be as lazy as I can, always remembering that in huge groups you can barely make out individual details anyhow.

... and I still have way too many reanimates left to paint.

I can't stop myself. When somebody likes your army, they invariably ask, "May I see one of your Reanimates." I want mine to impress under scrutiny, which is insane, I know. That's why I'm just now finishing up the Waiqar units from my first core. And they're still not even that spectacular, first time painting and all. I don't even have basing done yet.

Nevertheless, I am thoroughly enjoying the journey! It is so much fun!

10 hours ago, Tvayumat said:

Big blocks of infantry like this game demands... I try to just be as lazy as I can, always remembering that in huge groups you can barely make out individual details anyhow.

... and I still have way too many reanimates left to paint.

This, learning that over time, particularly with elves. The rank and file becomes blobs anyway on the table.

2 hours ago, Darthain said:

This, learning that over time, particularly with elves. The rank and file becomes blobs anyway on the table.

Bingo. I've done three colors and a wash on all of my infantry, but last night I decided to highlight a tray of Reanimates. I put them on the table next to the others, stepped back to a normal gaming distance, and said "NOPE, NOT WORTH IT!"

4 minutes ago, Click5 said:

Bingo. I've done three colors and a wash on all of my infantry, but last night I decided to highlight a tray of Reanimates. I put them on the table next to the others, stepped back to a normal gaming distance, and said "NOPE, NOT WORTH IT!"

Oh yeah well one of my golems has 7 layers just on the rock ? (my spears had like 6-7 colours, only 1 highlighted. My elves have 5? Still in proto stage. Wanted 4 but feel it needed the 5th to break it up (skin, hair, armour, clothe, sheathe/quiver)

My spearmen dont get any highlights other than the cloth, and i only do that because that one stands out too much to not do. The armor highlights i do is subtle enough to only really notice on larger models anyway. In fact i forgot to do it on one of my golems and when i had them side by side i noticed my diorite golem shoulderpads were oddly dark..oops...

My waiqar scheme is literally 3 colors and 2 washes anyway, even the heroes dont get much more than that. Antlers get more attention, but thats it lol. "Black metal" as i call it kinda removes the need for edge work when done right (basically black with a little bit of silver to give it a metallic shine, but its still mostly jet black in color)

18 minutes ago, Click5 said:

Bingo. I've done three colors and a wash on all of my infantry, but last night I decided to highlight a tray of Reanimates. I put them on the table next to the others, stepped back to a normal gaming distance, and said "NOPE, NOT WORTH IT!"

I dunno, since you'll see them from above most of the time, I think it's worth it to highlight the head, shoulders and cape.

On 9/11/2017 at 4:20 AM, Thornoo1 said:

Never

Exactly! ?

I'm mostly playing Daqan and are currently working on paiting a complete Cavalry Army led by Hawthorne!

When I'm done i want to try a complete Ranged Army led by Kari.

By the time I will be done with that I'm sure there'll be a third hero with a third style I would like to try.

And then there's the other factions... ?... no ... never!

My friend who I split 2 cores with is giving me his Waiqar stuff when he moves in a few months. On the one hand, he's awesome and I'm very grateful. On the other hand, I never expected to have more than 1 army for this game, so it's slowly dawning on me the curse he has put upon me. I think I'll need to either go broke or pick a side, and to be honest right now I'm looking at the Death Knights and Wraiths and leaning towards Waiqar.