20 Blocks - how is it going? - How does it work

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20 Blocks - how is it going? - How does it work

Part of the challenge with painting is that I have heaps of stuff and from lots of ranges. If i put all my effort into painting one range or one game, one army etc, then i tend to get bored and end up looking wistfully at other models. This may mean my motivation drops off. But if i paint whatever i want, I don’t have anything finished - all my collections stay unfinished.

So this got me thinking, i want to stay motivated, i want to finish collections and I want to paint stuff that i enjoy and a variety.

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WIPTW 2020 #9 - Week 15

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Its been a few weeks, work has been mental busy, especially once we had to get quickly ready for lockdown, which NZ has been on since the 25th of March, and we have 11 days to go (at least).

I have not done massive painting in the first few weeks but now have a good routine, and after finishing a large project am now keen to blitz through a bunch of smaller ones.

While it would be nice to update each week, this is not meant to be a chore, so if i don’t have time, so be it.

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WIPTW 2020 #8 - Week 10

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WIPTW 2020 #8 - Week 10

Another odd week in terms of painting. With my father visiting, he has been staying with us into my normal painting time each night (which is great), but its done damage to my painting ability.

So i only got 1 model painted but i got a bunch of prep done. andddd i bought a few things.

The cool news is that i placed in both painting competitions. I got 3rd in the GW store comp with the Magos, and i won the Infinity comp on FB. so that was fun.

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WIPTW 2020 #7 - Week 9

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WIPTW 2020 #7 - Week 9

A good week, i may have bailed on Febs painting challenge as i could not get motivated by the Dredd block gangers, but i did finish (to varying levels of quality) 2 competition entries, and last night i knocked out a figure. Its nice to get back to being able to pump out some simple figures and i think i will spend this next week trying to paint 5 simple models.

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WIPTW 2020 #5 - Week 7

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WIPTW 2020 #5 - Week 7

A good week all round, i finished some terrain, and got a couple of models done and some more work on a couple of competition pieces, while also have a great work week, and celebrating my daughters birthday friday.

If i can maintain a routine like this we will get through a bunch of stuff.

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WIPTW 2020 #4 - Week 6

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I got back into the process this week, got a couple of models finished that i had started recently, and got work done on a variety of things. It was my first full week back at work and so my main focus was to getting things back on track work wise and getting my routine back down. all in all a successful week.

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2020 WIPTW #1 - Walking Dead Pics

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2020 WIPTW #1 - Walking Dead Pics

Here are the images for the figures i painted up to the first update from the Walking Dead game. more tomorrow of other models.

I have quite a few painted and i need to upload them, but these are the ones i got done over the break. I am trying to get the set finished, so working on 1 a week, has fallen back a little, but once i get into the groove i can churn them out.

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WIPTW - First proper update of the year 2020 #1

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WIPTW - First proper update of the year 2020 #1

Sticking with the plan i set out for the year, here is the first proper update.

So i will probably do the images for this post over the week, as it takes ages to edit the pics.

This is the compilation of all the models so far this year (well since Christmas break). Means i have a head start on the year. Most weeks wont be this exciting, especially once i am back to work fully in a couple of weeks (though i am doing some work anyway, even did an impromptu meeting at wargaming yesterday).

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What I Painted 14/09/2019

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What I Painted 14/09/2019

So my plan got a bit derailed since last time, i was busy with work and getting ready for baby number 2. And then Baby number 2 arrived 4 weeks early on the 28th. Keira (is her name), spent the first two weeks in NICU with her mum so i was full time dad with my other daughter Mia, so painting was low. But i actually got a bit done when the nanny had her and when she slept and i was not at the hospital.

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What I painted this 'week' - 18/8/19

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What I painted this 'week' - 18/8/19

Trying to keep track of what i painted each week, so i dont forget and its easier to take small batches of photos than lots at once. Reality is it wont be weekly, and this post is for what i finished last week, but this week is the post. essentially everytime i post i want to post what i have finished since last time.

I am only posting whats finished, so sometimes it looks like heaps as i finished off lots of small things that were 90% done. and we will definitely go through phases as i work on different games.

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