Golden demon timing
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RedSevenBlue
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start now. The more time you have, the better it will come out. Don\'t start painting now, start planing. Though others may have better advice.
james sequeira
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plan the models piece by piece do it in sections keep calm, relaxed .
Orb
procrastinator
well it does very much depend on what you are going to do.
A week before the event there will be a few who start their entry!
I know of some folks who already have entries finished.
As the man said; ideally, plan what you want to do, but obviously knowing how much time you can spend and how fast you work will be helpful, as we all work differently!
I\'m partway through sculpting something pretty big........glad I\'ve started already as it will take me a long time
A week before the event there will be a few who start their entry!
I know of some folks who already have entries finished.
As the man said; ideally, plan what you want to do, but obviously knowing how much time you can spend and how fast you work will be helpful, as we all work differently!
I\'m partway through sculpting something pretty big........glad I\'ve started already as it will take me a long time
tidoco2222
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I don\'t paint specifically for the Demons, this will only be the second time I have entered but what I do is paint as I would normally and then pick what I think is the best of the crop that I have done. Probably a crap tactic but if I were to paint for the GD event then I would probably panic and go to pieces and not enter at all.
I\'m trying to pull it off for the last minute since as I said before, I\'m a good painter, but not a master. I need to practice and I need help. I think that if I\'ll work all day on the model, I\'ll sculpt one of them (There are two, it\'s a duel) in a week or so, but I don\'t know how to sculpt good enough...
Let\'s say I\'ll give my best efforts but I don\'t stand a chance.
Important Q: you say it takes you a lot of time, does that include jobs and study? Because I\'m about to graduate high school, so I\'ll have all the time in the whole day.
Let\'s say I\'ll give my best efforts but I don\'t stand a chance.
Important Q: you say it takes you a lot of time, does that include jobs and study? Because I\'m about to graduate high school, so I\'ll have all the time in the whole day.
put it this way, mosts of thr GD regularas put in at least a week of painting. that can mean anything from 10 hours (at the max for me) or 100s of hours for those who are able to dedicate a whole week to a mini. any more than this and i\'d get worried about keeping the drive going or flipping out with all that concentration.
work on one thing. plan it out, draw out/practice the freehand or colours you intend to do. then set yourself a week or two to paint the mini. and then give yourself a few days before the comp to really look hard at the mini and see what needs correcting, or just appreciating your hard work.
then enter it. there is a long time between now and september, you might improve your painting a lot since then, so don\'t go all out on it just yet.
work on one thing. plan it out, draw out/practice the freehand or colours you intend to do. then set yourself a week or two to paint the mini. and then give yourself a few days before the comp to really look hard at the mini and see what needs correcting, or just appreciating your hard work.
then enter it. there is a long time between now and september, you might improve your painting a lot since then, so don\'t go all out on it just yet.
Dragonsreach
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Well I\'ve known people still painting 10 minutes before the doors open for the entry. So there\'s no hard and fast rule.
I always try to start early and usually end up finishing an entry on the Saturday night before the GD.
Start the figure you are planning on doing now and if you are satisfied with what you achieve then you have time in hand to do another figure (or two).
I always try to start early and usually end up finishing an entry on the Saturday night before the GD.
Start the figure you are planning on doing now and if you are satisfied with what you achieve then you have time in hand to do another figure (or two).
Dragonsreach
Super Moderator
I heard that the varnish was still wet at 12:30 which was the cut off point for entries to be handed in.
Don\'t know how accurate that was.
Dammekkos2
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Didn\'t work out too well for him theugh, eh?
I was hoping to start after the LotR GT on Apr 8-9, then it slipped to the start of May, now its nearly the start of June and I still haven\'t started anything
Too many other things on the go
The definite benefit of starting (and finishing) it early is that you can go back to the piece a couple of weeks before the competition and look at it with fresh eyes. You could spot errors and ways to improve it that you may have been blind to when you were originally painting it.
Too many other things on the go
The definite benefit of starting (and finishing) it early is that you can go back to the piece a couple of weeks before the competition and look at it with fresh eyes. You could spot errors and ways to improve it that you may have been blind to when you were originally painting it.
One word of friendly advice , if it gets to the point were you rushing a mini & it means working through 1 or 2 nights to get it finished , let it go , there in lies the road to frustration or at worst a complete disaster !No model show, military or fantasy is worth putting yourself or your family under that kind of pressure . Plan ahead and try and leave yourself a weeks grace before the event ,that way at least you arrive fresh and sociable !!! GOD bless...... .VINCENTI :innocent:
green stuff
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In that case, forget about sculpting; convert. Nowadays there are so many plastic kits and spair parts that you can get away with not doing a full sculpt. You just need to choose and work out the pieces that go well together
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