I haven't had much time to paint so far this month. I'll have to really kick it up a notch if I want to meet my monthly goal. Right now I have the HRB base coated. A few high lights and it'll be ready to finish gluing together and then the final highlights. I have also finished one of the crewmen.
Its amazing howl much worse something can look when you zoom in this close to it! I thought I'd done a smoother job on those highlights. He's just a crewman so this is how he stays, but it really does look much better from tabletop range. I took the pic so close because I was trying to show off that I'd managed to paint the eyes. The eyes on the current range of minis are so much smaller than the 6th edition ones, and much more difficult to paint. I suppose to make it look better if you don't paint them? Or is it supposed to look more realistic?
The color scheme used here is the one I'll use throughout the army. My Swordsmen and Spearmen are already painted similarly, but with a gray third color that I liked years ago when I painted them, but am not very happy with now. If I ever make the time I'll go back and touch them up to be more like this crew member. Here's a photo of my old state troops.
So one new model painted and a picture of my older stuff. Hopefully within the week I'll have the HRB finished and will get started on that Warrior Priest. The only chance my 10 RnF troops have of getting painted this month is the long Christmas weekend, but it may be a long shot.
