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Post by sgtslag on Feb 13, 2022 15:58:11 GMT
In case the video is not appearing for you (it is not, for me), here is the link: url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCE8RW_dDo&t=0s. I found this incredibly useful: 75 models primed, painted, and table ready, in 3 hours… If you want to paint mini's fast (not just fantasy, these techniques can be translated to any genre), to what I consider a very decent table quality, check out the video, linked above. It is by Luke, at Geek Gaming Scenics. He shares six techniques, not all of which are new, or improved, but overall, he presents them in a succinct manner, showing what can be done using these techniques. He employs Army Painter Speed Paints, and his video is making me think I need to buy some to try. Variations on his techniques are possible. Not much more to say. Cheers! PS: FYI on the new Army Painter Speedpaint sets being released: the Starter set, has 10 colors, and it will be released on 19 February; the Mega Set, containing 24 colors, will be released on 26 March. The shipping is steep: $17.99 USD, in the USA. Calculating out the cost per bottle, they come to $6.30 USD/bottle for the Starter Set, and $4.87 USD/bottle, in the Mega Set. After watching several videos of YouTuber's testing pre-release sets of these paints, I've become interested. If they work as well as the YouTuber's demonstrate, these paints will be phenomenal to work with. If I can use a colored primer paint, followed by Speedpaint, I can get my backlog of mini's in my painting queue knocked out in record time. I am all for that. Cheers!
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Post by margaret on Feb 13, 2022 21:30:04 GMT
Nice link!
Price is too steep for me, since I don't have armies to paint and I wouldn't need a full set of paints to begin with. But the metallic Sharpie for weapons is a great tip that I hadn't seen before. Not sure if that's something you would use only for fast batch painting rather for carefully painted one-offs, but it sure does save time. Having to re-dip a small brush frequently does slow you down.
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Post by sgtslag on Feb 13, 2022 22:22:18 GMT
Agreed, the price is high, for the complete sets.
I have used acrylic paint pens, in the past. They, too, are useful, but their employment is somewhat limited due to their extremely hard tips. I have known of gamers using very fine tipped permanent markers to 'paint' the eyes on their mini's, for several years now. I have not bothered, as I do not paint the eyes, even on 54mm figures!
I plan to buy some silver and gold Sharpies, soon. Based on my acrylic paint pen experiences, I think they will work rather nicely, for figures painted for arm's length viewing. That is the only level of quality I paint for, but that is just me. Cheers!
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Post by sgtslag on Feb 14, 2022 15:08:27 GMT
CAUTION!!! Just read that these new Speedpaints are acrylic ink based... Acrylic inks will re-activate as soon as they are wetted with acrylic medium/paint! I experimented with some acrylic inks, last year, for coloring a fantasy map. I tried the acrylic inks on a miniature, waiting 24-48 hours for it to fully dry and cure... When I applied some acrylic paint, the ink dissolved, and soaked into my paint brush, smearing on the figure. The pigment in the inks, is amazingly heavy, and saturating. I loved their effect on the miniature -- until I applied paint to the inked portions. If acrylic inks would cure like acrylic paints do, there would be no issues. Unfortunately, the inks never really set, they just dry out, with the pigment sitting there, waiting to be re-activated... Long story short, I am resigned to continue simple block painting, followed by The Dip Technique, and/or Magic Wash. Very glad to have learned this before I ordered the Mega Set! They would have been a mega-disappointment... Cheers!
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Post by margaret on Feb 15, 2022 18:59:42 GMT
So I guess you can only do the additional details with other Speedpaints. And I wonder if that means that you cannot do a final coat of clear spray...
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Post by sgtslag on Feb 15, 2022 22:52:16 GMT
You can do a clear coat, but you have to spray it on, lightly. When I worked with the acrylic ink, it was fine, until I hit is with acrylic paint -- that is when the acrylic medium dissolved it, and it mixed with my paint. I suspect that applying more ink will re-activate it, as well (acrylic medium with ink suspended within it).
Some folks over on TMP stated that you have to matte clear coat the ink, between layers, and before you hit it with acrylic paint... Too much hassle to bother with. I am all about speed, and simplicity. Here's to hoping the chemists solve this issue, as they could really speed up my painting while improving my quality, by a fair margin. Cheers!
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