WW2 Japanese Battlegroup

[nikharwood]

Japanese battlegroup: Painting Diary here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3434.0

Battlegroup:


Commands:
















Engineers:




MGs:




Mortars:




Veteran infantry with ATR:






Infantry:






Armour:
Type 95:






Type 97:






Artillery:

[Leon]

Niiiiice!   

[Grundig]

Simply awesome

One question; how long does it take you, from start to finish, to paint up such a Battlegroup?

[Serotonin]

Dont ask Nik such questions unless you want to be incredibly depressed.

[OldenBUA]

The (depressing) answer is in the painting diary:  total elapsed time = 5 hours 30 minutes!

Painting Diary here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3434.0

[Arsenus]

Awesome job!!

[nikharwood]

Simply awesome

One question; how long does it take you, from start to finish, to paint up such a Battlegroup?

Dont ask Nik such questions unless you want to be incredibly depressed.

The (depressing) answer is in the painting diary:  total elapsed time = 5 hours 30 minutes!

Painting Diary here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3434.0

They're right...it's not depressing though, is it? 

[Grundig]

Hi Nik,

Just read your painting diary; brilliant to see how you're able to speed up the process and still come up with top notch models. Might  be a basic question but what size brushes do you use to paint the various stages of your little masterpieces?

[nikharwood]

Hi Nik,

Just read your painting diary; brilliant to see how you're able to speed up the process and still come up with top notch models. Might  be a basic question but what size brushes do you use to paint the various stages of your little masterpieces?

I use:

- 6: for basing
- 4: for vehicle base colours
- 2: for base colours
- 1: for highlights
- 2/0: for 'big'detail
- 5/0: if I'm being obsessive & want my eyeballs to bleed  [ie not very often]

The trick to painting quickly is to use your experience to know where you can take some shortcuts - and thinking these through so that you've got a high level of confidence that they'll work...and then testing...

It's also useful to use the biggest brushes that you can get away with, keep a steady hand & move quickly: the longer you look at something / think about it, the more you'll be inclined to slow down. If something needs further attention / redoing / tidying up, I'll reposition it on my painting stand at 90 degrees so that I know to come back to it: but I move on straightaway so I don't get distracted.

Oh - and supreme confidence is required - know & believe that you can paint fast...and you can.

Zen and the Art of Pendraken-Painting Maintenance 

[Grundig]

Thanks Nik, really appreciate your help. Perhaps one day I'll have a couple of armies that can take to the field in anger 

Thanks again

[nikharwood]

Thanks Nik, really appreciate your help. Perhaps one day I'll have a couple of armies that can take to the field in anger 

Thanks again

No worries - happy to help; give it a bash - and post pics so we can help!

[TheOlivant]

Well.....that will teach e to go trawling through old threads in search of something new to read, especially Nic's threads.

Should have know better......

Note to self: add WW2 Japanese to list of buys for next month.

BTW: lovely paint jobs on them Nic, inspirational stuff )

Wayne

[nikharwood]

Thanks Wayne - they are beautiful figures & were an absolute delight to paint 

Looking forward to seeing yours once you've got 'em done