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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9820618" data-attributes="member: 4534">One of us!  One of us!  I have mixed feelings about slapchop, but it's definitely quick.  While I have mixed feelings about slapchop, it's quick.  I have mixed feelings because my success rate with slapchop hasn't been great.  I painted a lot of my Fallout miniatures using slapchop and I don't really like them.  But then I've seen some other people posting here with their slapchop triumphs which make me wonder what the heck I was doing wrong.  This Cthulhu bust is one of my first real successes with slapchop and I just painted it last October.[ATTACH=full]425016[/ATTACH]I started with a light grey over the whole model from which I applied my base colors using Army Painter Speed Paints.  I even did a bit of wet blending on the tentacles and other areas.  Once the base colors were dry (wait at least 30 minutes), I dry brushed the entire model with light grey again and reapplied the the original base colors to the same areas.  This particular model is highly textured which made it ideal for slapchop.  Models with a lot of flat or curving areas aren't particularly suited to the slapchop method.  Selective washing is not conducive to saving time.  Within the next few weeks, I'll paint a Beholder and I intend to use slapchop on it.  I just want to get it done.  I'll post some pictures of the process.</blockquote>