Agh!

With only a few days left, I've been painting like a mad man. Well, not exactly, but I have been painting!

Since last you saw, I've received my air brushed transports from a nice buddy of mine along with finished the bikers, the last members of Njal's squad (wolfen and standard), and the Long Fangs. On top of this, I've three colored all of the non-tank models in the army and have plans to finish the tri-color rule on the armor along with finishing painting the scouts. Now, some of you (by you I mean me when I read this later) might think it a little counter productive to finish all the special guys in the army before I finish all the troops. Yes, you're correct in the assumption that it is foolish to leave no reward for yourself when painting an army, but really I had no other choice. I highly doubt I could keep myself interested in painting Grey Hunter upon Grey Hunter this week while keeping up with my finals and personal life. Plus, there's the fact that I have a tournament this weekend. Why does that matter, you ask? Well, because people get bored of looking at basic guys very, very quickly and want some eye candy to look at. This means that, to get the best "feel" (which is where a majority of the always-subjective paint score comes from) for your army to your opponent, you need everything done to a basic standard, a good chunk of the basics done to a high standard, and hopefully all of your toys done to that same high standard. Joe Space Marine is probably going to be lost in the crowd (even if the crowd is only his 27 Grey Hunter friends), but nobody is going to miss that you didn't fully paint the Wolf Guard and his converted scout buddies.

Do yourself a favor when time is running out: paint up the eye candy. It'll keep your sanity and up your score.