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You crazy bastard, I've had long shifts but never 20 hours, jesus christ. That being said, good job and thank you for doing this, I read those books so long ago and the nostalgia was strong, props for keeping it true marines. I implore you however, please take care of your health and sleep when you can.
Thanks so much. I will do 😀 Exactly, the nostalgia from these guys I strong. I actually converted every single character from the books, Graevus with jis big hand, Tellos and his sword hands, Sarpedon etc. Recently re read them to make sure I got it right and forgot how good they were. More videos to follow on the soul drinkers, so make sure to check them out. 😀
That was very cool. Don't burn yourself out doing these, you can tell by your posture when the sadness starts. Maybe segment everything into a production line of 5 hour blocks of painting, so that way you viewers can see a streamlined way to produce an army. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.
IMO, if you're doing a challenge like this two things are most important overall to help you be more likely reach your goal. 1) Have a plan days to weeks before you do this kind of challenge. By a plan I mean take a unit which about middle of the road painting difficulty and details. These are your test unit for both your painting scheme and process. Paint them one at a time, NOT BATCH PAINT STYLE, to see how long each step should take of your painting process and write it down. Use them to refine your painting process and to see if there is any way to either remove elements completely or cut corners on them. Then do the math based off of those time numbers with that final process and adjusting for more or less detail oriented models. Your airbrush work should be broken down to the total amount of time along with break downs for each paint that you're planning on using. This way you know if you're falling behind, on par or ahead of the game. The same thing goes for all of your brush work and washes. Also for a project like this they should also be fully primed before you start, all of your breaks planned out along with all of your meals and have them already made so you just need to reheat & eat... otherwise you're just wasting time. 2) These challenges really are 42 hour challenges. 8 hours of sleep; 1 hour to wake up, shower and final setup; 24 hours which are as planned out as you possible can do; 1 hour to wind down from this challenge; 8 hours of sleep. Otherwise you are not going be able to give your all for either this challenge or any thing your trying to do the following day.
Thanks so much buddy! It was a real test, but felt like I learned a lot. I'll always try to be honest and show how things really are. I appreciate the support 😎
Having been that guy who takes a day off of work the day before a local tournament to paint his army, I totally empathize with the fatigue you experienced. And, it's safe to say that your paint job is orders of magnitude better than mine was - even if I had allowed myself a week's time to paint my army! Anyhow - great video. Thanks for everything you do for the 40k community! Cheers!
Haha man, I totally hear you. That's what I always end up doing, stay up until 5am, get to tournament for 9am, aim to be in bed by 6pm 🤣🤣 Glad you enjoyed the video, and it's only because of people like yourself that I do any videos! Appreciate the support. 😀
Been a big fan of this channel since finding it. You two are an absolute delight. Also, if you decide to take this task on again I'm in Australia so I'll be up when you hit that down period, I'll keep your spirits lifted!
That's exactly it, it's just an excuse to bother to paint something. Mine will remain half finished forever 🤣🤣 I look forward to seeing yours man. Joint painting challenge?
Man, if you haven't seen my pile of shame video, check it out.. It's horrendous. Like of torment is a much better description. 🤣🤣 Get stuck in. Pick and army, a warband, and do them. It's my new plan.
I work a night-shift and then have to do the school run, I only really get any sleep while my children are at school and it's usually around 5 hours. I feel run down and ill most of the time so christ knows how you must feel doing 24 hour shifts!! Hard-core youuuuuu!!
Good on you, mate, valiant effort. Those challenges are never easy. Nice to see you cracking through the pile of shame, inspires me to attempt to make some progress through mine.
That's awesome, if it inspires one person, it's great 😀 Get stuck in and set a goal, then work towards that. Even if you fall short (like I did), it's still a huge step towards getting things done. You can do it!
Good job, very inspiring. Procrastination is my worst enemy 🤣🤣 Once you start you can’t stop, it’s the getting started that’s the difficult bit. I might try a 12 hour paint session after watching this. 😃👍🏼
That is a great idea. 12 hours is a healthy time to get stuck in, and you much find it gives you the kick you need. I find myself constantly worrying about my ability, and comparing myself to some of the amazing painters out there, thats my biggest reason for not painting. We only improve our painting, if we are painting. 😀
Just gave myself 5 days to paint a 60 model army from my pile of shame. Tomorrow morning is the last day and I'm pretty much done. They're not perfect and are very basically painted, but giving myself this challenge of painting an undead army in 5 days was really efficient in making me paint some of my unpainted miniatures that I wouldn't have otherwise started painting. And even while giving myself a 24h ultimatum, the mental was the enemy, some tasks are really discouraging. But it's such a great feeling to be done with it and succeeding in that challenge !
That's amazing, well done! I think I'm a really goal orientated person, so the pressure helps force me through it. If you can enjoy the process too, that's even better. Well done for getting them painted, it's a really satisfying feeling. Looking back, I'm happy with the progress, despite the fact I have a lot left to do. 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming Yeah ad I imagine had I not met my goal the fact it had forced me to start painting them is a good thing because once I did start them I might as well finish them ! Hope you'll have the motivation to finish yours ;)
Your a brave man to go from long work, to 24 hr painting, and back to work. I have much respect for you sir. I have a ton of Space Marines I’ve primed and they have sat. Seeing people do this is inspiring and I think I will try to do at least one squad of marines tonight...ok maybe 5 seeing as I don’t have an air brush lol. Great video and hope to see another timed paint video from you. Just don’t over do it if you have to work the next day :)
Yeah man, they're coming along nicely. I feel free to sit and do them at home without the pressure of a video. Been chipping away this week. 😀 I'll be ready to take on some evil Admech soon.
@@BroadswordWargaming While I feel it might be more fitting to go up against the Thousand Sons with your particular force, the Ad Mech are always ready to prove the superiority of technology. Unless you're unwilling to fight a heretic legion due to you secretly being a massive heretic.
24h just painting (minus a few breaks) is a long time, great job. I think to make it more about fun and less about the time challenge, maybe try again w a fellow mini painter
Solid effort, fair play to you for getting stuck in and commiting to it. They are looking good. I like the colour scheme and the painted sword looks great. a quick tutorial on the sword would be helpfull to me as i need to do some weapons like that on some blood angels.
Those 24h challenges are crazy! I think you would get way more done when doing some hang-out & paint sessions, a relaxed way of going in on your own pce while also having some nice chats. Doing some my self via a Discord channel with a few friends
That sounds like fun, good to have a group and chat whilst chilling. I was actually on the phone to my brothers for about an hour during this video, we all tend to do "hobby time" together. Ciara (my partner) has started painting, so it's nice when she's into it. Hadn't thought about doing it via discord. 😀 I do struggle to make time though, with life, work and the channel, making time like really helped. 💪
YES! I've only just started coming round to primaris, but the Soul drinkers were like 36th Millennium, so I kept the army as fluffy as I could (except 3 aggressors because they look cool). FIRST BORN FOREVER.
@@BroadswordWargaming Huh, I think that agressors (and gravis stuff in general) is absolutely hideous. Easily the worst looking primaris models, at least in my book.
I could do almost the same vid, but mine would be "Can I paint 24 points of Warhammer 40k Space marines in 20000 hours?" Spoiler * the answer is no ;-)
Great effort man! No chance I could manage it, I'm such a frustratingly slow painter. Don't know how the fuck you managed to pull a 24 hour shift after this though!
Me neither, didn't feel great 🤣 Like yourself, I'm a terribly slow painter, but the airbrush, sponge chipping and oils have really helped speed up (and improve) my painting. I did a video a few weeks ago on 5 tips to improve your painting, check it out if you haven't. Might help. 😀
Airbrushing marine armor is a huge time saver in the long run. My recommendation in attempting to speed paint is to accept a lower standard. Then revisit the models once they've reached that "battle ready" level either after the challenge or if you have time remaining.
These guys make me think of the space marine chapter I’m painting my marines as: the Sons of the Phoenix, also supposed sons of Dorn with purple armour and possible chaosy secrets. Coincidentally one of my Dreadnoughts is even named “Brother Dionysos”
Oh nice, they sound great. I love fists and all of their successor chapters, they're the best. A classic space marine name, worthy of any dreadnought. 😆
Great video. I have a hard time finishing projects. So I would like to see a small update when finished. I'm also curious how much longer it will take you. Really like the channel :)
Thanks so much! I'm exactly the same (see massive pile of shame), so I think hitting full armies like this should be the kick I need to get me to finish them off. I won't buy more for them, that way I can move on completely. I also find, if I revisit things after a long period, my painting style has changed. 😀
I thought my build, magnetize and paint 7 imperial knights in 7 days was ambitious. hats off to you sir. (it was a Castellan, 2 normal knights with all weapons options (crusader kits) and 4 armigers (2 helverins and 2 warglaives) for those curious)
Thats sounds like an epic session. Building models takes so long definitely took me more than 24 hours to do that. My next video is actually similar to what you painted, so itll be interesting to see how far along I can get with my knights! Did you manage to finish them?
@@BroadswordWargaming yea I got em done but only with 2 hours to spare. RU-vid let me post links or photos would post here. But throwing some on Instagram in case links can be copy pasted instagram.com/p/CDBm_NulSSd/?igshid=14xfkiniam823
Yes, love it! 🤩 I was reading some fluff, and someone (unofficial I think) came up with the idea of Luko coming out of the warp as the new chapter master. It seemed like an interesting and not too unrealistic idea. Love the Soul bois.
A noble attempt! That was a crazy undertaking. You mentioned black templar is great for using on things like guns/belts: do you have any videos with suggestions on what particular contrast paints are good for what and how best to use them?
I don't, but that's a great idea. I've started using things like wildwood for staffs or wooden handles, guillamen flesh as a strong wash (So more watered down). Get ready for a video on this. 😀
They turned out pretty nice! If you add some white liquitex or daler Rowney ink into the white acrylic it goes on smooth as butter. Will change the way you think about white airbrush paint.
Funnily enough, I just bought the liquitex this week. I love it. Smooth and no spitting, it's a game changer. Can't wait to try it out in the next army... guess I'd best finish these first 🤣
I included just the aggressors, as they look cool and I felt they fit the breaching/centurion role (and i dont lile centurion models) They're also there so I have a decent unit for the army 🤣🤣 Love Sarpedon. He's awesome.
Do it.. I think sitting down with a few friends is a great idea. Just set a goal and work towards it. Even if you all do one army together, help paint each other's. 😁
Yeah, it's a really nice colour, especially once oils and highlights have been applied. It went over the purple quite nicely, so it wasn't too bad, thankfully. 🤣
Next time i would still count what you had painted in 224 hours but do it in 4 6 hours slots and have regular breaks like you are supposed to with a compputer still 24 hours but not such a nightmare
Hey! looking at the air brush your using , wondering what you think of it? for the price it seems like a really good starting point without having to fork out on an expensive one and not even enjoying using one. thanks
I think it's great. Its cheap, but it's lasted for over a year, with quite a lot of use. Sure, more money will get you something better, but I think this is the perfect way to learn. 😀 honestly, the airbrush has changed my painting world.
You mad man, you aimed way too high! Great video though. Not finishing anything is a drag. I've done several 24 hour painting challenges over the last few years. I recommend next time you do an infantry unit, a vehicle and a character. Absolutely achievable, treat the troops as your greens and the HQ as the sweet, sweet dessert at the end. I also think nobody will minus you points for doing the airbrushing beforehand. Hope to see more of your Soul Drinkers in future videos!
Thanks man! Yeah, it just didn't seem like that many models until half way through 🤣 I might do another after the zenithals, see what it is and how I go. You must be a machine if you have done a few of these. Hats off sir. I only ever paint like this the night before a tournament haha. Classic 4am finish. 🤣
@@BroadswordWargaming We used to do them during holidays at our local gaming store. It's a lot more fun to do the challenge with 3 or 4 other going through the same thing. I don't think I could get through it with only a camera for company.
Top effort mate. If I was going for a 24 challenge I'd got for speed painting methods to get anywhere close to finishing. You were painting to a higher standard so was always going to be an uphill challenge! I'd have ditched the zenithal and used a rattle can for the base colour with reliance on black base coat for shading. Paint the guns and weapons with preferred silver colour and blash wash. Can't cheat on the chest eagles and pauldron rims. That's just takes time!
Ha, yeah, I genuinely believed I'd have gotten more done.. what a fool 🤣 I didn't really want to lose quality, but could have done something so speed along. Lessons have been learned, mainly 2k is more models than you'd think ha
@@BroadswordWargaming 9th edition will help given the overall points increase per unit/model but your point stands! Quality vs Speed doesn't always have to be a trade-off but for someone with your painting skills it probably does mean a trade-off. I don't have enough skill to have high standards so not a problem for me :D Keep up the quality content mate!
Really well done, The trim for space marines is time consuming and there's just no way around it, I think the models that were finished were absolutely awesome.
I would suggest perhaps not so much a points goal but a modest model count, if you meet it great, if you exceed it, all the better. I found during the 2 month shut down that i need to do small number goals every couple of days, anything else drives me insane especially seeing as how i'm a hobby butterfly.
Ben Counter's Soul Drinkers books are what got me interested in Warhammer initially. I've painted about 1500 points of them, as primaris though, as I was getting the Imperium magazine.
Old video I know, but super nice to see- i'm just about to start a project on my custom chapter of 'storm watch' - deathwatch army for OPR but I am going to be doing a purple and cyan scheme- you're one of the few videos doing purple marines (though mine i aim to have a touch darker, more of a stormy purple) so seeing your process and having some reasonable expectations is going to be super valuable as I get stuck in myself.
Just went for too high quality on the marines for a speed paint job. If you did just a quick dark purple airbush -> lilac purple airbush -> light brownish colour on base. Skip the weathering because it takes too long. And then the details without being too neat. Then just an all over oil wash on everything. Would look decent but not great, but thats the price for a 2000(!) point army in 24(!) hours. Thanks a lot for the great video though, absolutely love speed painting.
That is some going dude nice out come. i wish that I could get some hours to paint i got a 18 month baby boy and full time work. Keep up the brilliant videos
Ah man, I hear you! At 6, they can do a little more on their own, it's less about keeping them alive 🤣 You can do it, find a little time here and there, if you can. 😀 Glad you're enjoying the videos, I'll keep doing my best! 😎
I agree, it's nice to see the older space Marines, yeah the new ones are the hit thing but these older Marines have been dudes for years some of us decades.. I say long live the original space Marines don't get me wrong I love the new ones but damn something about those older space Marines
We didn’t need the clock to show how much time had passed....we could just judge it by the craziness of your hair as the video went on 😂. Great work though well done 👍
Haha, I didn't notice it until I actually watched the whole video back. My hair goes totally mental for a while.. I think the depressed head in hands helps too 🤣
I know, looking back, it was a monumental effort.. but it did get them sorted. Im actually about to try something similar (2×12 hours) on the space marines from Indomitus. In a glutton for punishment. 😅
Broadsword Wargaming Broadsword Wargaming well hey give yourself some credit, not to compare apples to oranges but I tattoo for a living and working on something for hours on end is just mind numbing as all hell! But what you got done absolutely amazing! And that 2 days /12 hours sounds a lot nicer haha keep up the good work! Always looking forward to your videos 💪🏼
Great job man! I managed to paint one plague marine in that time and was over the moon with how fast I was :) But in all seriousness, you did a hell of a job, and even though you haven't done as much as you wanted to, you should still be proud because you never gave up. You should totally do a shared painting martathon with your missus, get a few bottles of some good stuff and have a few laughs as you both inevitably deteriorate and fall face flat into your wet pallettes at 3 in the morning.
That sounds like a great idea, we can chat our way through it, get drunk, pass out, wake up, and carry on painting! 🤣 I appreciate that man. It was a slog but I'm super happy with how they turned out. I've broken the back of the army and now I can work on them as I go. I'm a slow painter, normally, so this really helped. Try it out a little and see how it feels. 😀 You can do it.
@@BroadswordWargaming I can see batch painting as a great way of keeping your models' look consistent, but I'm really just starting out. I don't even have enough minis to batch paint ;) My pile of shame is just a few plague marines and a bunch of poxwalkers :P I'd love to see your army fully done though, it's a cool colour scheme and I bet they'd look great on a battlefield.
I've been thinking of ordering a 2k point space marine army if I do it on Monday it will come Tuesday morning and then I could get it built and sprayed in a day then getting them finished by the end of the week
I literally did a 24 hour challenge with my game group Monday/Tuesday just gone. I tried to build and paint 2 start collecting boxes in 24 hours... yeah, I built some models... 😂
Meanwhile I'm over here burning out on painting after like 6 hours. How much do you think ergonomics helps with extended paint sessions? I've got a nice table to work at but a not so great chair and meh lighting.
A comfy chair, good table height and good lighting is really important. I had 4 of my studio lights back, so that wasn't an issue. The chair and table weren't great for posture. A straight back, painting with your elbows on the table would have been better.. I ended up with a case of paint neck 🤣
@@BroadswordWargaming paint neck! Now I have a name for it! I get the same thing when I'm installing lots of small box hardware in my side carpentry job!
You mad magnificent B@stard, well done, I don't think I would do this unless it was for a commission and I had some how left it till the last day... pretty much like everything I did in college! =P
In all honesty, it felt like the night before a tournament. 🤣 too many times have j stayed up until 5am, starting at 7am, then being too tired to play haha. The things we do. 😂
I love to use Corvus Black with Nuln Oil for Space Marines. This creates an grey-ish black, wich looks like polymer-plastic (modern Guns and equipment are made of Polymer). I love this look. (Sorry for typos... english is not my native language)
@@BroadswordWargaming It looks best, when the Nuln Oil is watered down. But I still didn't found out wich accent looks best. With my next Marines I try out to accent first and shade later. I want to create a perfect polymer look...
Haha, thanks man. Yeah, looking back, it didn't look like loads to begin with, but obviously was. It did get be past the boring parts though, so the army is ticking along nicely now. 😀
Yeah, I think that was the hardest bit.. but made it out alive 🤣 I've got a few projects I could get on with, and my early war Polish are in there. They all got stolen years ago and I never had the heart to repaint them. The airbrush would make short work of them though 😀 So stay tuned, their time will come.
That was impressive, don’t think I could stay awake that long, maybe if the chair was comfortable. I’m planning on doing 100 total figures by the end of the year starting 1 September combination of Death Guard and Ultramarines. Only thing though I really only have 12 to 15 hours per week to dedicate to it. Also like you I want to do a good job and not skimp on anything. Maybe I document my journey.
You can do it! Finding time is so difficult, I struggle alot with it. Between work, a child and the channel, this was one of the best ways to break the back of an army. My advice would be, get a solid scheme, thats easy to replicate and just smash them in stages. All undercoats, all zenithals, all colours etc. Its a little dull, but now I can work on things in smaller batches. 😀 yeah, document it, why not!?
Broadsword Wargaming I have scheme for space marines: ultramarine blue, for the Death Guard: Death Guard green. I have all my supplies, just need to make sure the compressor will work with airbrush or I’ll stick to rattle cans. I plan to work in groups of 5 when it comes to the painting and I’m saving death guard and characters for last as they are going to take the most time. I watch your videos regularly they are very informative. It’s amazing how the painting aspect has changed since I last painted a model. All I ever did was paint and dry brush, that’s it done. Keep up the good work and thank you very much for the advice and inspiration.
I read the books when i played as a kid and played SM and CSM seperatly.. now that im getting a fresh start into the hobby and wanted a badasss purple color scheme, I searched and searched the depths of my ADHD brain and after many hours of researching chapters and non loyalists as a possibility, I REMEMBERED THE FUCKING SOUL DRINKERS. RUNES AND DEMON MUTATIONS FTMFW
I've got a bunch of Primaris coming in that I traded for recently. It's going to be my first real 40k army so I am pretty excited, but I don't think I will do all my painting in 24 hours lol
Oh nice, what faction are you going for? No, don't try for 24 hours, unless you're crazy 🤣 It was a great way for me to get stuck into them though.. you can do it!
@@BroadswordWargaming It was a toss up for me between Salamanders and a custom White Scars successor. I ended up writing a huge google doc of lore for the successor, so I went with them. They are a desert based chapter that takes a lot of inspiration from the Fremen of Dune.
That sounds amazing, I love the Dune stuff. I painted an army for 'Beyond the gates of Antares' as Fremen. You should get them done and get rolling some dice, sound epic.
The bit when you're on your own sounds like breaktime on a nightshift, no one is up to even text with or anything, just awful. And you're too bloody tired to read or anything.
I think I see The Hobbit on that shelf back there. I still suggest MESBG (Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game)!! It's such a great game, and painting at a different scale, if even slightly, is really fun. My Mordor force has purple as its theme, so I love seeing it on these Marines!
I love the Lotr stuff, I actually filmed a battle report last year (if you haven't seen it). My men of Rohan are calling for aid, and I shall answer. Oh, actually, if you're an LOTR fan, I've for a treat of a video coming up.. it'll be super fun. 😎
Haha, he IS the spider. 🤣 It's actually a character from the books called Sarpedon, he's the last chapter master of the Soul Drinkers. If you ever get the chance, read the books, they're awesome 😀
