Re: Jamie’s adventures in painting
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:05 pm
Steaming on like a man possessed, I find myself at this stage with the foot troops and dropship….
So that’s most of the basecoats (in contrast paint) on the troops and a wash on the dropship to muddy it up a bit. I’m hoping for some time this weekend to get them closer to the finish line.
I used ttcombat spray paints and I’m afraid that I can’t really recommend them. The colours are nice, but they have covered a fair bit of the detail (faces in particular) and I don’t know if it’s the soft mantic sculpts or the sprays being thicker than I’m used to or just that I was too heavy handed whilst spraying. Contrast paints save me as I don’t think the faces would have taken a normal paint followed by a wash, so that’s handy.
I’m planning to wash everything and then some highlights to make them pop a little as I find just contrast paints aren’t quite enough for the tabletop quail it’s I’m looking for.
So that’s most of the basecoats (in contrast paint) on the troops and a wash on the dropship to muddy it up a bit. I’m hoping for some time this weekend to get them closer to the finish line.
I used ttcombat spray paints and I’m afraid that I can’t really recommend them. The colours are nice, but they have covered a fair bit of the detail (faces in particular) and I don’t know if it’s the soft mantic sculpts or the sprays being thicker than I’m used to or just that I was too heavy handed whilst spraying. Contrast paints save me as I don’t think the faces would have taken a normal paint followed by a wash, so that’s handy.
I’m planning to wash everything and then some highlights to make them pop a little as I find just contrast paints aren’t quite enough for the tabletop quail it’s I’m looking for.