Breaking them up into squads helped me a bit. And there's nothing like a deadline to hurry things along on your work, lol. I don't necessarily have time to pore over every detail, fortunately they're just to tabletop standard and to play with, not to showcase. That being said, the blue on the shields was just two thin coats, moderately sloppily put on, then I touched up the gold and white areas after washes and slight highlights.