I’ve been trying to force myself to complete projects by committing to CGMasters ‘Weekly’ Challenge. The latest was ‘The Viking Age’.
I wanted to focus on good texturing/shading and lighting effects so spent 70% of my time on that and only about 30% on the actual modelling. This was also my first ‘live’ usage of Substance Painter.
More detail on my process/tutorials that helped here:
http://themightygert.com/blender-art-animation/something-6/