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Christopher said:
I finished one Ripperdactyl and Rider, except for final basing treatments (waiting for texture paint to dry), and find I have a question for you experts.

I've been basing all the models I've painted over the last two or three weeks identically, to try and provide a unity of look that my often disparate color schemes on the models themselves does not. See here?

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Those models (except for the in-process Ripper) have a coat of texture paint (Stirland Battlemire) applied and the edges of their bases are painted in Macragge Blue. That's my first step. Then I glue on some "boulders," which are these tiny bits of cork I bought online. You can see them drying on the Ripper there. After the texture paint dries (I usually wait at least four hours), I wash the texture paint in Agrax Earthshade, let that dry, then go over the base with a dry brush loaded with Underhive Ash. Lastly, I glue on some tufts of grass.

Here's my issue (if it is one). The much larger bases the Ripperdactyls and, of course, the upcoming Troglodon, are mounted on, have a lot more real estate to cover. I'm wondering if just a scattering of boulders and a few tufts of grass are going to look to sparse, or whether I need to do something more.

The "something more" I have in mind is putting on some different kinds of grass than the tufts. Years ago, the very first Citadel products I bought were in a lot of gaming material I purchased at an estate sale. That's where I got that nifty painting station, for example. Something else in that lot was a tub of Citadel "burnt grass." At some point in the last couple of years, I also bought a tub of brighter colored grass effects at a local wargame shop for an RPG terrain project I never got around to. Those two products are shown here.

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So, painting on a few drabs of PVC glue after the drybrushing step here and there on those larger bases and then sprinkling one or the other of these grasses on. Good idea or bad idea? I did that with my first ten, now made over "test Skinks" last year and didn't wind up liking the look much, but I think it's because it crowded those tiny bases. I'm not talking about coating them, just a few patches here and there.

Finally, for your edification, a warning about what can happen when you leave your hobby cabinet open.

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The cat tax is real. And cute.

I would add patches of grass, yes. Alternatively pieces of ruined temple causeway come to mind
 
Lord-Marcus said:
The cat tax is real. And cute.

I would add patches of grass, yes. Alternatively pieces of ruined temple causeway come to mind
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You mean kind of like the rubble the Ripperdactyl's elevation columns are set into, or the flagstone like features the Skink Starpriest is standing on? Is that something I can buy somewhere?

Any thoughts on the two grasses--darker or brighter?
 
Mix the grasses... a batch of bright here... a little of dark there... then some tuffs on prominent places... and for temple ruins: I think @Lord-Marcus might be able to provide some help... ;)
 
Don't fall into the trap that bases are just bases, they are an extension of your model and can add real atmosphere, core troops are fine with grass tufts I use premade ones and stick 2/3 on a base, bigger models like Trogs and Carnys deserve more attention so take your time, just paint it brown for your league and finish it when you have time.

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Crowsfoot said:
Don't fall into the trap that bases are just bases, they are an extension of your model and can add real atmosphere, core troops are fine with grass tufts I use premade ones and stick 2/3 on a base, bigger models like Trogs and Carnys deserve more attention so take your time, just paint it brown for your league and finish it when you have time.

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Wow, that looks amazing! Thanks for the advice!
 
At long last, I can field a fearsome fighting force of forty fiery Skinks!

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I picked my brush back up and began painting in earnest on, I believe, March 31st, inspired to get ready for a now-ongoing escalation league. Since then, I've painted 41 models from primer to completion and repainted 10 Skinks to match my new scheme. Here are those 51 models.

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Actually, that doesn't even include the three Skink Handlers I painted for a now set-aside version of my 1000 point list, now that I think of it. So it's actually 54 total models, 44 wholly new.

To be ready for my 1000 point game, which is scheduled to start six days from this posting, almost to the minute, I need to paint four more models. Though I hope to get these done sooner than that so I get started on the models I'll need for my 1500 and 2000 point lists!

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Christopher said:
At long last, I can field a fearsome fighting force of forty fiery Skinks!

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I picked my brush back up and began painting in earnest on, I believe, March 31st, inspired to get ready for a now-ongoing escalation league. Since then, I've painted 41 models from primer to completion and repainted 10 Skinks to match my new scheme. Here are those 51 models.

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Actually, that doesn't even include the three Skink Handlers I painted for a now set-aside version of my 1000 point list, now that I think of it. So it's actually 54 total models, 44 wholly new.

To be ready for my 1000 point game, which is scheduled to start six days from this posting, almost to the minute, I need to paint four more models. Though I hope to get these done sooner than that so I get started on the models I'll need for my 1500 and 2000 point lists!

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Go go go, you can do it remember you can always go back later and do more.
 
Great looking skinks, and I like how everything looks together as a group! Lot of color.
 
Christopher said:
At long last, I can field a fearsome fighting force of forty fiery Skinks!

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I picked my brush back up and began painting in earnest on, I believe, March 31st, inspired to get ready for a now-ongoing escalation league. Since then, I've painted 41 models from primer to completion and repainted 10 Skinks to match my new scheme. Here are those 51 models.

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Actually, that doesn't even include the three Skink Handlers I painted for a now set-aside version of my 1000 point list, now that I think of it. So it's actually 54 total models, 44 wholly new.

To be ready for my 1000 point game, which is scheduled to start six days from this posting, almost to the minute, I need to paint four more models. Though I hope to get these done sooner than that so I get started on the models I'll need for my 1500 and 2000 point lists!

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1. You can do it.

2. It's just 54. You repainted them. The old paint job is null and void.

3. Write everything down. Keep a list of what you paint. Trust me it helps.

4 you can do it.
 
Thank you @Crowsfoot and @Warden and especially @Lord-Marcus for your comments and encouragement.

Lord-Marcus, I just read a post at the Realm Gate blog about hobby project management and your advice to write everything down dovetails nicely with what the author wrote there.

Yesterday I took what I believe might have been my first day completely off painting in the month of April. Today I have to go to a baby shower, but this morning I've got a good start basing my two Ripperdactyls and I think I'll be able to take them to completion this afternoon and evening after we return from that. Then I have Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings for the Skink Priest with his feathered cloak and the Troglodon. I'll probably be taking Crowsfoot's advice on the big guy and just getting a niceish looking three-color down on him and a minimal base treatment so I can get everything done on time. Unless it goes a lot faster than I think it will.
 
Christopher said:
Thank you @Crowsfoot and @Warden and especially @Lord-Marcus for your comments and encouragement.

Lord-Marcus, I just read a post at the Realm Gate blog about hobby project management and your advice to write everything down dovetails nicely with what the author wrote there.

Yesterday I took what I believe might have been my first day completely off painting in the month of April. Today I have to go to a baby shower, but this morning I've got a good start basing my two Ripperdactyls and I think I'll be able to take them to completion this afternoon and evening after we return from that. Then I have Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings for the Skink Priest with his feathered cloak and the Troglodon. I'll probably be taking Crowsfoot's advice on the big guy and just getting a niceish looking three-color down on him and a minimal base treatment so I can get everything done on time. Unless it goes a lot faster than I think it will.
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The realm gate blog? I'm not familiar.

I'll share my full methodology for hobby management soon
 
Lord-Marcus said:
The realm gate blog? I'm not familiar.

I'll share my full methodology for hobby management soon
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It's run by Chuck Moore, a nice-seeming fellow who's big in Age of Sigmar tournaments and so on nationally. He helped put together a community resource document that's getting a lot of buzz on various podcasts and so on, and I believe he's running the AoS tournaments at the big Northern Virginia/DC area tournament later this year. I don't know him personally. Here's a link, if anybody is curious.
 
Christopher said:
It's run by Chuck Moore, a nice-seeming fellow who's big in Age of Sigmar tournaments and so on nationally. He helped put together a community resource document that's getting a lot of buzz on various podcasts and so on, and I believe he's running the AoS tournaments at the big Northern Virginia/DC area tournament later this year. I don't know him personally. Here's a link, if anybody is curious.
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I appreciate the link. Will take a look
 
I did not finish my Ripperdactyl Riders today but I got tantalizingly close. Got everything done but the riders themselves, and got a couple of areas of them basecoated. I figure I can finish them in an hour tomorrow afternoon, then get started on my Skink Priest.

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Ripperdactyls complete, finally!

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Of course, I have to build and paint a whole 'nother flight of these guys for my 2000 point list. But that's a week or two away.

Tonight, after dinner (and after my wife has gone to yoga), I will do as much on this Skink Priest as I possibly can. It's a tiny figure, but I have a complicated color scheme in mind for all those feathers, so we'll see how far I get.

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And then when he's done, Troglodon!
 
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