The last
couple of months have seen me, for the first time in years, utterly
obsessed with 40k. It has been at least three editions since I was
any sort of regular player and I have probably played more games
since 8th came out than I have in the last ten years. I
adore the new ruleset.
Yesterday,
though, our friend Iain came down from Scotland for a visit and he
brought his Goblin army. I cracked out the Tomb Kings, Matt and Tom
brought their Empire (Nordland and Nuln respectively). We played
three games over the course of an afternoon and I remembered how much
I adored the Fantasy game.
Which is
good, since I want to spend my hobby time this month clearing the
backlog of half-completed models and most of them are Fantasy models
(with a few AoS for my Sylvaneth and Fyreslayers).
There are
some techniques I want to test out that I have more excuse to test
with Fantasy models. I want to try a white method that goes up
through a grey base and Rakarth Flesh. Actually, a lot of the
techniques I want to test out are based on using coloured base sprays
to make effects easier.
I also
painted a test Plaguebearer for my Death Guard and, I must say, I
have missed painting “natural” colours where you can be an awful
lot sketchier than lacquered armour. Drybrushing is my friend. After
all these years I feel confident I will never have a steady enough
hand for line highlighting.
At
the end of the day this is all about improving my skills: new
techniques, working smarter and faster, finding shortcuts that lead
to the same or better results.
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