What’s next?

After the Tyranids…

So I’ve got my painting area sorted, 95% of my materials are purchased and I’m ready to finish off the Tyranids – the question now is where do I go after that? The Tyranids army is something that doesn’t too much planning and/or focus to keep going – a simple paint scheme, with a simple basing approach – I should be able to knock one major model or single unit of Tyranids in a week without too much effort and by scheduling the basing for a single effort, I’ll be able to have the army ready to play by the time of the Corsairs’ 2009/2010 club ladder league in September.

But I really will need to plan anything after that – most of what I have is 15mm and that requires organisation and scheduling to maintain a work ethic that keeps me from getting frustrated and bored or subject to the ooh shiny syndrome. So I’ve added a quick poll to the front end of blog with some options in no particular order.

Paints and Paintstation pics

As promised, some pics of my intial setup, at this stage I’m ready to restart painting again. A fewthings are missing: my wet palette, normal mixing palette some older brushes, the epoxy putties and superglues and a few of my tools including the airbrush stuff.

The Paintstation

I still have to grab a few more things from Eckersleys and Dymocks, but for the most part I’m set. The unlabelled big white in right centre is White gesso, but as it’s an el cheapo pot, i may need to get some Liquitex white to avoid the lumpy finish commented on at Wee Toy Soldiers. There’s some Derivan  ink medium to the left of the Dullcote which i’m going to play around with at some point but I think I’ve got a decent selection of media to start with, even if some of it performs much the same function.

The Paints (& some tools)

Not as many Vallejos as I’d prefer but the real binge on them is at Christmas when I’ll be looking at starting the 28mm ACW stuff. The P3 stuff was bought for the particular hues and shades included in the two sets – very useful particularly if I go for the variant templar look on my Marines. Most of the older GW stuff on the right is a large amount of the various reds and yellows – I’ll decant them into new bottles shortly and that shoould clear some room nicely as well as help reduce wastage.

The Brushes

A good starting point – but a fair amount still to buy before I’ll be satisfied. Good Games Gosford brought in some more Vallejo synthetics and sables that I may pick up. I do like this wallet for storing my better quality brushes, though.

The Inks

Some oldies and goodies here – add in a couple of the newer washes and some FW inks, I may well be ready to work with glazes again. I’m glad I didn’t chuck the oranges away as I can definitely use them with my Tyranids, plus the old Flesh wash will be really useful for my 28mm work.

Conclusion

I’m pretty happy with the setup above – the only issue is that the Paint Station weighs a ton with everything on it and I will need to glue it together properly and add a sturdy carrying handle to the sides. I’ll add a proper cutting mat from Office Works next weekend and then no excuses will be sustainable.

Pete