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Hi,
A few useful tips for painting armies (I would write more, but I'm tired, so I might write more tomorrow.  ). Most of these points are made in one way or another on many other online "army building" guides.
*Always build armies in small chunks. Split your planned army up into 500-ish point chunks and buy/paint one of these per month. Don't rush into buying loads (especially since you might find that you don't want to collect a certain army after all) and take your time painting. I also find writing army diaries are a good way of keeping focused too, even if you don't plan to share them with anyone. A notepad full of ideas and painting methods, etc will give you a nice way of keeping your mind focused on your plan.
Also, when painting, alternate painting troops and vehicles, etc. Variety is great for avoiding monotiny (the evil that destroys most armies!).
*Always have a second army(/gang/team/warband). If you play other games that use small forces (Blood Bowl, Necromunda and Mordheim are good GW examples), why not paint a single mini for these in between each unit for your main army. They break up the monotiny of painting similar colour schemes nicely, and by the time that you have a reasonable army built for 40k/WFB/whatever, you will have a gang/team useable in another system.
*Consider following a Tale of X Gamers method. Limiting your purchases per month and giving yourself targets for painting them will not only stop you from wasting time and money, but also gives you a fun and challenging experience.
Bit off topic, but THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, every wargamer I know has fallen into the trap of wasting hundreds (if not thousands!) of pounds on minis that will never be used and definitely won't get close to a paintbrush. Take it from me, limit yourself when you buy stuff and paint it all before buying more. If you buy online and want to save money on P+P by ordering lots at once, just open one box/blister at a time and put the rest in a drawer until the first is complete.
Hopefully all useful stuff in general. When I use these methods, it takes me about 6 months to produce a large army that I'm really pleased with. When I was getting into the hobby and buying lots of stuff, I ended up taking forever just to get a single army done. Everyone wants to buy a large army and use it straight away, but if you give it a little patience and self-restraint, you'll find you build and paint an army a lot quicker (and the end result will be a lot better).
I'll edit this post tomorrow if I think of anything else to add. Hope it helps.
Cheers,
Freshmetal
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