Sisters of Battle Backlog Motivation

This last week I managed to get a lot of prep work done. It doesn’t look like much but it will help me blast through a lot of models. After doing all of that assembly work I decided I’d try and stomach some batch painting. We’ll see how long that holds!

I also finished my test Rhino and I’m pretty satisfied with the look.

It has been a crazy week and I did not achieve as much as I’d have liked to. I did take a sudden turn and started working on some rhinos. One was the newest kit and the other was an old space marine rhino I’ve had since about 2006 or so. It didn’t take too much to adepta sororitas it up!

One new ‘innovation’ I found that worked for me was in shading. I’ve been using a purple shade for my blue cloth and it often darkens more than I’d like. I’ve tried more water and other things, but what I really wanted was it to run more smoothly into recessed areas and follow towards ground.

I believe I saw it on Sonic Sledgehammer where he recommended mixing your shade with contrast medium. I tried it and loved the result!

My second week of project work towards getting my Adepta Sororitas completed. I was pleased that I managed to get off my rump and get things done. This week I was prolific on building models.

I don’t love the assembly part because I get obsessed with mold lines. There is so much scrapping and sanding that ends up eating a lot of my hobby time. I did find a recent tool that has helped me a ton! Someone mentioned a ‘sanding sponge’ which I’d seen at my  local hardware store but they’re huge.

Modeling companies have their own though! Particularly for people that are big into Gundam. I purchased some in #240, #600, #800, and #1000 and it has sped up my processing quite a lot. The #240 will take any bur right off. The rest I use to polish and I’ve been pretty pleased.

As such, I finished the last three sisters for Squad Charlie and four sisters for my first Retributor Squad.

On the painting side of things, I finished the Squad Charlie Sister Superior and one of her sister members. Not my finest eyes but I think I did alright. All they need is for me to glue on some grass and they’re ready.

I also made some solid progress on the second paragon warsuit. With any luck I’ll have it done for the next entry.

I would like to have done more this week but in the scheme of things any time paint goes on a miniature that is a good thing in my eyes. I’ve been struggling to work on rank and file miniatures as I’ve done a lot of them and I can’t batch paint without wishing for the sweet release of death.

I thought the Dogmata was extremely interesting and really wanted to work on her. She went from start to finish fairly quickly.

The regular battle sister is just about done too. I have to finish up the power pack and her base.

The sister superior and paragon didn’t get much love. Perhaps next week!