Posted

Dec 28th 2006

Music

Assemblage 23 - Lullaby

In case I didn't tell you personally, the issue with the Sheezy moderator has been solved. Turned out he thought my AngryMarine was actually a 3D model, instead of a physical model. Crisis averted. I've been working on my assault squad lately and it stands at about 75% completion. After it's done, I'll have my Chaplain, my Techmarine, my Landspeeders, and the Fifth to paint. And then, if I have time, I'll replace the Second and the old models in the Ninth.

Last night and today I timed myself while working on one of my Assault Marines. What resulted was a breakdown of every stage I go through when painting and how long it takes to execute it. Below is that list.

Priming (Citadel white primer) - 3 min.
Blazing Orange basecoat (3 coats) - 32 min.
Chaos Black - 35 min.
Boltgun Metal - 48 min.
Vermin Brown (3 coats) - 7 min.
Bleached Bone - 4 min.
Chaos Black control (drybrush prep) - 1 min.
Boltgun Metal drybrush - 1 min.
50/50 mix Red Gore and Blazing Orange drybrush (basecoat) - 2 min.
Blazing Orange drybrush - 1 min.
Bleached Bone drybrush - 2 min.
Blazing Orange control - 29 min.
Red Gore wash - 16 min.
Wash drying time - 11 min.
Chaos Black stippling - 10 min.
Boltgun Metal control - 15 min.
Black ink wash - 15 min.
Vermin Brown control - 2 min.
Bleached Bone control - 2 min.
Heavy flesh wash - 1 min.
Light flesh wash - 1 min.
Chaos Black control - 21 min.
Blazing Orange highlight - 13 min.
Chaos Black highlight - 8 min.
Boltgun Metal highlight - 5 min.
Vermin Brown highlight - 1 min.
Bleached Bone highlight - 1 min.
Rivets (Boltgun Metal) - 1 min.
Blazing Orange control - 1 min.
Bleached Bone trim - 6 min.
Bleached Bone insignia - 2 min.
Pencil insignia - 2 min.
Chaos Black chapter insignia - 4 min.
Blazing Orange control - 1 min.
Chaos Black control - 1 min.
Chaos Black squad insignia - 2 min.
Flesh wash - 1 min.
Snot Green basecoat - 2 min.
Goblin Green highlight - 1 min.
Skull White highlight - 1 min.
Blazing Orange control - 1 min.
Vermin Brown basecoat - 2 min.
Sand - 2 min.
Sand control - 1 min.
Base black - 2 min.
Base black drying time - 2 min.
Grass - 4 min.
Sealing (Citadel matte varnish) - 4 min.

Grand total: 5 hours, 30 minutes. Whew.

As special characters, the Chaplain and the Techmarine will probably take two or three times as long to paint.