Day 4.
Day 4.
Day 4.
Wow, only 1 day left to get these Sisters done! I have a lot to do! Yesterday, I managed to block in the main colors beyond the armor. The purple tabard and the dark blue weaponry. Those three pieces are the bulk of the models.
That leaves today for the detailing. I used a mix of regular Armypainter and Speedpaints to finish off the detail work. The Speedpaints are great for larger areas, but for really detailed work the regular paints are helpful. The Speedpaints tend to go where you put them, even though they are pretty liquid. However, if you want to make sure the paint goes exactly where you want it, there is no substitute for regular acrylics.
I decided to go ahead an use my Melta-gunner and a regular Sister as my "testers" and started doing some detail work on them. These two troopers were going to lead the charge on the detail work! Thankfully, I found that the standard troopers were not as detailed as I had feared! The detail work on them went relatively quick. At this point, I still had a bit more to do, but you get the general idea.
However, the biggest challenges were still going to be the Sister Superior and the Icon Bearer. The were followed closely by the Heavy Bolter sister. They had the most detail and the most hard to reach detail.
With the basics defined I got to work. However, I did not have a great system for applying the colors and I kept having to go back to colors. Not a very efficient use of my paints or time. At this stage, miniatures start to take on a bit of their own personalities. Sometimes, I think it would be better to paint them all individually at this stage. However, I try to paint all the colors on all the squad at the same time. I was not doing a very good job of it today.
At the end of the Day 4, this is what I had done.
I would say the detailing stage is NOT complete for these minis. I have to do the tubes around the neck area for most of the team. The Icon is not completely done. A few bits and bobs are still unfinished.
This puts me somewhat off schedule. On Day 5 I was intending to do washes, basing, and sealing. Thankfully, that shouldn't take too much time. I will probably have time to finish up my detailing before I do those finishing steps. Time is getting tight, but I think I am very close to getting this Kill Team done in 5-days.
Tomorrow is a big day. It is the make or break day. The final day.
See you tomorrow for the final day of the challenge!
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