army painter quickshade instead of painting

#ARMY PAINTER QUICKSHADE INSTEAD OF PAINTING HOW TO#
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I just need strongly chip-resistant minis that look good on the tabletop. This stuff isn't for display figures, and I wouldn't use it for that. So I'm willing to plunk down extra money for the convenience and consistency of the Army Painter Quick shade but it's not cheap. I've done that in the past but mine always dries up, I can't keep the mix consistent from batch to batch, and I have issues storing it. It'll last a while but DIY painters who are willing to mix their own Magic Wash or vanish can save a lot of money.

The stuff is expensive - I got my for less than 15% below list and it still cost me about $26 for a small can. No worries on the difficulty of maintaining identical results that can come with DIY mixing. It mixes easily, stays well, and you can get identical quality results from batch to batch. I've put silver edging on swords and brightened up gemstones post-dull coat and it worked just fine. The minis are easily dulled back down, and despite the heavy coating if you dull coat and then do touch-up painting, the new layer sticks. Then dull coat and you're good to go, with a tabletop quality mini. He's ready for flocking if I choose to, or I'll just touch up his base with some 'flagstone' looking patterns, and he's ready for the tabletop. He's sealed nicely, he's got a dark tone and looks battlefield worn, and the details on the minis are revealed not obscured. My next experiment will use cheap clear coat, but for now I went with the 'good stuff' as I was also sealing another mini that wasn't part of the experiment.Īs you can (probably) see, the shine is gone completely. Step Three: Dull Cote After 24 hours of drying, I took him outside and hit him with my Testors Model Master Dullcote. Notice his strong gloss tone at this point. This was much easier with a plastic model. Step Two: Dip I dipped the guy and whipped off the excess.

#ARMY PAINTER QUICKSHADE INSTEAD OF PAINTING PRO#

I used a mix of Vallejo Colors, Reaper Pro Paints, and (mostly) Apple Barrel Colors.* I did no detail work here, I just painted within the lines. A quick base coat of black for his armor, maroon for his pants, crimson shirt, flesh tone, burnt umber boots, leather belt, brown and steel grey for his crossbow. Step One: Base Coat I took an assembled and grey-primed Warhammer crossbowman out of my collection (I think he's Empire Militia) and set to work. My apologies for the so-so pictures I have a camera for snap shots and I don't have a good miniature photographing setup. But I wanted to do one from scratch, deliberately going fast, to see just how easily I could paint cannon fodder type minis. They came out well, generally, good enough for tabletop use.

#ARMY PAINTER QUICKSHADE INSTEAD OF PAINTING HOW TO#

You know, those minis that get 80% done and just sit there as you mull over how to wash and drybrush it best to bring out the colors, or why you debate the color scheme again, or where you just lost interest in the finishing process and want it done. I'd used it on a few minis I'd done detailed base coats on, but just couldn't seem to finish. I decided to try an experiment with my Army Painter Quick Shade. The Army Painter did that and they are continuing to improve and now they need you feedback to do that.This is as much a review of Army Painter Quick Shade as it is a demonstration of me using it. People appreciate the transparency when a mistake is made, admitted, and amended. Personally, I think it’s pretty great when a company gathers feedback and acts on it.

This is an open invitation to make their products better. If you’ve got an idea for a product or an improvement to an existing one they want know about it. On top of that they are also looking for more ideas from the Wargaming/Hobby community. The are putting out an open call for more feedback on their products. They work great and I can say from experience that using the paint from the Warpaint line is just as easy as you’d expect.īut they aren’t done yet. To address this issue Army Painter has retrofitted their bottling machines to include two mixing balls in their paint bottles so that shaking them to “remix” the paint is now much easier. One of the biggest complaints had been that the Warpaint line’s paint separates - that is to say the pigment and the binders just sort of ‘unmix’ and the only real fix is to shake the crap out of the bottles. But for all those positives there were still some problems.

They also had and still have some great primer colors at a good price, too. They also introduced their quickshade dips which we’re a fan of here at BoLS.

#ARMY PAINTER QUICKSHADE INSTEAD OF PAINTING PLUS#

On the flip side, they came in dropper bottles which was a big plus for a lot of folks. You could fix it with some intense shaking - but it wasn’t easy. Their colors were great but there was some issues with paint and binder separation that made for some issues. When The Army Painter products came on the scene they had an “okay” start. The Army Painter is looking for more feedback on how to improve their products.

Army painter quickshade instead of painting