Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)

el-remmen

Moderator Emeritus

• Monday at 7:31 PM

• #1,101

Mannahnin said:

Personally the best success I had with quickly doing "organic" figs (models where they are primarily flesh, fur, scales, horn, rather than metal or clothing) was to prime black, paint colors in brighter shades than I'd normally use, then do a head to toe dark wash. Then touch up any brighter spots with a little highlight. I did dozens of GW Beastmen like this in a single evening's sitting and they came out really well.

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That’s how I paint 99% of all my minis.

 

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MGibster

Legend

• Thursday at 5:37 PM

• #1,102

A member of the Children of Atom for Fallout. Still working on some details.

 

Zardnaar

Legend

• Thursday at 5:47 PM

• #1,103

MGibster said:

A member of the Children of Atom for Fallout. Still working on some details.

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That is speed paint?

 

MGibster

Legend

• Thursday at 6:59 PM

• #1,104

Zardnaar said:

That is speed paint?

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No. I mostly used paints from the Vallejo Fairy Flesh set for the skin and some tan and gray from other lines. I did use a slightly thinned Boney Matter Speed Paint as a wash over the cloth bits.

 

Zardnaar

Legend

• Yesterday at 9:03 AM

• #1,105

Well day 1 on speedpaints start to finish. I liked one of the brows and bought a bottle.

At the flgs.

 

Sacrosanct

Legend

• Yesterday at 8:20 PM

• #1,106

Gonna call this one done.

 

Simon The Hunter

Explorer

• Yesterday at 10:18 PM

• #1,107

Very nice!

 

Zardnaar

Legend

• Yesterday at 10:51 PM

• #1,108

You guys not using speed paints?

 

MGibster

Legend

• Today at 12:36 AM

• #1,109

Sacrosanct said:

Gonna call this one done.

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I like the glowy eyes.

 

soviet

Hero

• Today at 1:17 AM

• #1,110

el-remmen said:

That’s how I paint 99% of all my minis.

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Exactly what I do with most of my models too. All of my non-named character LotR models were painted like this.

Occasionally I will use a non-black wash on something and occasionally I will put edge/line highlighting on some key features, but the basic 'light colour black wash' on its own makes anything look good.

I not long ago finished 40 old plastic cadians using this method, with the addition of an edge highlight on the gun casing and helmet/armour. Flesh I did as cadian flesh, flesh wash, and then a nose highlight (only) in kislev flesh.

I once painted a night goblin not only with full edge highlighting but also a wood grain highlight on the spear shaft - but ain't no-one got time for that these days.