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Title: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Easy E on 29 January 2024, 03:16:12 PM
Greetings all,

In preparation for an upcoming Kill Team narrative campaign, I have given myself a bit of a challenge.  I decided to paint a box of Sisters of Battle for my Kill Team, and I have given myself 5 days complete it.  The Campaign begins this Saturday. 

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You can read all the gory details on why I did this to myself, about the list I chose, why I chose it, and a bit about the campaign on my Blood and Spectacles blog here:

https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/01/on-painting-desk-5-day-challenge.html

I will be trying to "live" blog as I go on this one. 

The key thing is that I intend to build, prime, paint, and detail all in 5-days for a 10 Sister roster.  Do you think I can do it?  I am not sure, as I still have all my normal life activities to attend to as well.  No sitting around and working on this for hours at a time!  Wish me luck!

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Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: LouieN on 29 January 2024, 04:52:59 PM
Luck!
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Easy E on 30 January 2024, 01:30:57 AM
I appreciate the support!

Day 1 is done and everything is assembled with a basic Grey Seer primer. 

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You can read all the details and see some more photos on the blog if you are so inclined.

https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/01/on-painting-desk-5-day-challenge-day-1.html

Tomorrow I hope to finish priming with a dark grey wash and dry brush of white.  Maybe I can even decide on a color scheme by then?
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: mikedemana on 30 January 2024, 03:17:38 AM
Good luck! Quite the challenge...I hope life doesn't intervene to handicap your chances!!

Mike Demana
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Tactalvanic on 30 January 2024, 08:38:54 AM
+1 Good luck and all speed, look forward to your battle reports next week!
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Easy E on 30 January 2024, 10:37:48 PM
Thanks for the support and luck.  I will need it all.  I will probably have some high level battle reports from the start of the Campaign this weekend.  Probably all losses!  lol


Here we are at the end of Day 2, and I made a several bad decisions when it comes to speed painting. 

1. I went helmetless so I could paint them with various skin colors and to keep that iconic Sister of Battle look.

2. For some stupid reason, I decided to try and give them White armor.  I have never painted that much white before.  Plus, I have never used the Speedpaint Holy White before. 

Here is what the test models looked like:

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That is not white!  It is light grey.  Oh dear. 

It took me the rest of the day, and I got to a white that I am happy with.... for now.  However, I will probably mess it all up when I go to the next colors anyway. 

At the end of the day, things look a lot like when the day started!

You can see more details on this horror show on the blog here:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/01/on-painting-desk-5-day-challenge-day-2.html
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Tactalvanic on 30 January 2024, 11:23:04 PM
well you got paint on them so.. good start!
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: ithoriel on 31 January 2024, 02:55:24 PM
That's more paint on figures than I've managed in months.
Cherish your achievements, however humble.
I look forward to seeing the finished result.
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Easy E on 31 January 2024, 11:07:07 PM
Thanks all, your support is helping me stay focused and motivated!

Okay, Day 3 is done and I got a lot more paint on the models but they still don't look like much at this point......

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That white armor is just not working!  I should have used my trusty "Palid Bone" but that has a bit more of a yellowish look to it than I wanted.  This is looking more grey, and after I give it a light wash.... who knows? 

Anyway, the main colors are done on all the Sisters and I even did a bit of work on the Icon. 

Tomorrow, it is on to detail work.  Might have to do small batches at a time to avoid missing anything.  We'll see. 

You can follow along on the blog:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/01/on-painting-desk-5-day-painting.html 
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Easy E on 01 February 2024, 11:11:18 PM
I just finished off Day 4, and detailing has begun...

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Sadly, I did not finish all the detailing I wanted so that will push me back into Day 5.  There is a lot to do on this final day of the challenge!

You can see more photos and my idle chatter on the blog:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/02/on-painting-desk-5-day-challenge-day-4.html
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Easy E on 02 February 2024, 09:46:15 PM
Today is the 5th day.  Was is mission accomplished or mission failure? 

Going into the last day I had to finish up some detail work, wash, base, and varnish.  Tomorrow was time to start playing games with these models.

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You can see more photos, final progress shots, and the final pass/fail on the blog:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/02/om-painting-desk-5-day-challenge-day-5.html
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: LouieN on 02 February 2024, 10:08:19 PM
Effective.  But the best part is they are done
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: ithoriel on 03 February 2024, 01:35:56 AM
If they were mine I'd be very pleased with the result. Well done!
Title: Re: 5- Day Challenge - Sisters of Battle
Post by: Easy E on 04 February 2024, 10:07:25 PM
Well, the first day of the campaign is over.   

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Despite the photo, the Order of St. Augustine Martyred did not get to hit the table!  I was paired up with an Imperial player, so the Hand of the Archon got the nod. 

You can see some more photos and some final thoughts on the 5-day challenge here:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/02/5-day-challenge-epilogue.html

Thanks for all the support and well-wishes.  I think I might try something like this again when my Chaos Guard show up.