WIPAL - What I Painted at Lunch

[kenohhkc]

I have started a new project of sorts. Its called WIPAL or What I Painted at Lunch.

I have about an hour for lunch when I don't have meetings. And I am bored with surfing the interwebs. Its starting to feel like playing World of Warcraft, fun, but what do I have when I am done.

So I decided that as my budget dictates I go out less for lunch, I would paint whatever I can get done at lunch during the week. My goal is 3-5 28mm figs or a unit of 15mm figs. Seems pretty reasonable if i paint all week. At the end of the summer I could have 3-5 dozen figs done that I wouldn't otherwise have done. So we shall see how it goes.

I am posting progress on my blog at : http://leadaddict.blogspot.com/ with a tally to the right. Come by when you're surfing at lunch and I'm painting.

What I Painted at Lunch today:

Group shot: Necromunda Spyrer, Old Citadel Ganger, Old Adeptus Mechanicus


Old Citadel Adeptus Mechanicus - Will be using for Post Apoc gaming. Has a nice Fallout Power Armor feel to it.


Necromunda Spyrer

These aren't done and the project isn't about finishing a mini a day or anything. Althought it started out there. I just want to paint toward 3-5 figs a week of stolen paint time at lunch. I may do a speed week, where I set a dozen figs out and see if I can get them done or something. And then a week of a mini a day. We shall see. the real killer is getting in some lunch and getting set up and put away everyday.

Hope to have the Spyrer and Mechanicus done tomorrow. anyway, join me if you can to steal back some painting time during the week and I will post your pics if you send them to me.

You can start with a Plano storage box, 10 paints, and a handful of figs. If your boss will let you.

[Hat Guy]

I've been thinking about using my long breaks at Uni to paint, I may give it a go now.

[supervike]

Love the idea!  Why not take advantage of that downtime?

I've tried it at my workplace, but the lighting is awful!

Great job all around, I'll be following along.

[kenohhkc]

Here's todays offering 5-13-2010

I finished the Adeptus Mechanicus/Post Apoc power Armor guy today. I had painted him pretty clean then decided it needed to be messed up, rusted, aged, etc.

So I washed it with light rust, heavy rust, metal wear and fatigue, then overall dirty washes. I think GW's Devlan Mud is the best wash ever made. Its just dirty enough to age, but doesn't over power. I never thought I would say that about any GW paint - ever.








I only got about 5 minutes on the Spryrer but I got her leg armor, electro hand and waepon hand base painted and highlighted. I will finish her on monday and then on to my pyro ganger.





One of these days I will get my photography to be better.

[Photographer]

Looking very nice. I tried painting during my lunch break but I find that exhausting as I concentrate intently whilst painting. I Paint on Thursday night and the weekends.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Looks good. Well done on the Adeptus mechie, looks really good.

 

[cheetor]

The Adeptus Mechanicus and Spyrer look great so far.  I always wanted one of those Adeptus Mechanicus figures but never bought one when I had the chance 


Painting at lunchtime is a cool thing to be able to do if your workplace is conducive to it.  Setting a schedule and publicising it on a blog or forum is a great motivator too.

With a bit of luck you should be able to churn out a sizeable number of figures over the next while.  Good luck!

[Argonor]

Ahhh... Adeptus Mechanicus is what it is.... I have one of those I got with a bunch of old Marines somewhen...

Could be a splendid commander for the Iron Brothers I'm going to get... soon... then....

[john Hollyoak]

I had thought about bringing figures to work and cleaning them up over the dinner break. Painting is an even better idea.
Have to agree with you about Devlan Mud. Painting up some Black Tree Russian WW2 and the wash works great over leather for belts, cream for shoulder bags and various greens and khakis for uniforms. Has speeded up my painting massively.
Vallejo washes are also interesting. Black is very gritty and the grey is too pale to do anything but the umber shade is nice and completely different to any of the GW ones.

[kenohhkc]

Been a while, but got a lunch to paint and chat with Baron Von Jaye at my office.

Got a unit of Hvy Centaurs done for our Battle Lore game this week. They were half painted from a lunch before.

Enjoy.

What I painted at Lunch Today 6/23/2010:

[kenohhkc]

Can somebody tell me how to cross post this to the Fantasy board and Workbench boards?

[Overlord]

Can somebody tell me how to cross post this to the Fantasy board and Workbench boards?

Sorry, cross-posting is not allowed.  Please check the forum rules para 2.10 "Cross-Posting" for the reasoning behind this:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=16293
Fast painting BTW. I wouldn't get one done. 

[kenohhkc]

I had my 10 year old with me today at work. He used my WIPAL stuff to bang out this knight. He did a great job I think. The more you paint the better it gets.





also, any way I can move this topic to the workbench section? seems to fit better there.

[Daeothar]

10 years old you say? That is most excellent then; I know adults who couldn't paint to that level to save their lives!    Great job indeed; tell him to keep up the good work, he's got all the makings of a great miniature painter it seems...

[Comsquare]

10 years old you say? That is most excellent then; I know adults who couldn't paint to that level to save their lives!    Great job indeed; tell him to keep up the good work, he's got all the makings of a great miniature painter it seems...

Have to second that

Very good paint job by your son, keep him busy on painting.
My son is also 10 and was painting a few months ago his first one, an ogre:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=19913.0

It's nice to see the young ones enoying the same hobbies as their fathers