"Really quick painting method required....!" Topic

Having got my grandchildren playing Heroquest, I feel it's not time to dig out my old copy of Battlemaster. But the figures need painting – can't use all those unpainted plastics. But therer are rather a lot of them.

I'm looking for suggestions of how to give them a seriously quick paint job. They should look Ok en masse – good enough to satisfy a 5 year old.

Any ideas?

Dou

Undercoat with a spray paint that represents the dominant colour, then block paint detail you want to depict, then dip in army painter. Good results in no time.

Agreed with above – no reason not to take it a stage further and throw some higlights in after dipping.

May need to think about a quick coat of gloss varnish and when dry followed by matt varnish – especially if fiver year old fingers will be handling them to protect the paint.

Hi Doug,

Black spray undercoat, than blockpaint the basic colour (but not with to dark colours).

Than wash with diluted black paint with a big brush over the figure. Let it try for 2-5 seconds and wipe than the black wash with your thump from the higher surfaces inorder to create the highlights.

Sometimes I take some minutes after they are dry to paint some eyes or bottoms…
The 80 figures can be done in a tough day or a weekend…

Greetings

The quickest way is to sprat in the main colour, block on a few other colours and then brush on army painter.

Jaz
Http://revolutionaryroads.com – do your troops march along pieces of material?!

All above is correct. I knocked out 40 Army Men figures in two hours, and that included The Dip. I also baked my figures, after Dip'ing, to dry the urethane-stain ASAP. I should disclose that I used the plastic's color, only applying paint to the non-green/non-tan parts -- saves an incredible amount of time.

My average painting time, per figure, was around 30-seconds. I achieved that by doing them assembly-line style: I grouped all figures of each casting, together, then I applied the same brush stroke to each, in turn, for each color to be applied. It was boring, but when I finished a group, I finished the entire group of each casting. That is quite satisfying. After applying The Dip, and baking them at 175 F, for 20 minutes with the exhaust fan on, and the oven door propped open, they were ready to game with, except for the necessary matte clear coat.

By using either The Dip, or Magic Wash techniques, the figures will be able to withstand a gread deal of handling, and being knocked about, without damage. It can be done in a long weekend. Cheers!

I'd check in with Chortle.

He did a pretty goodly number of figures to a good standard in this thread:
TMP link

While Rhysius Cambrensis said it first, all above are a Q&D way to get an army out.
The first 10 will be 'slower' as you are getting the 'hang of it'. Then it'll breeze past…

I just did 96 28mm figs over the weekend using that method.

If you don't want to dip, you can block paint with darker color then dry brush with a highlight. Fast and effective.

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painting this way I can paint 10 man units in less then 2 hours But I have been doing it for 20+ years

Spray with base colour, or black. Block paint main colours, then use the dip method or a heavy wash of dark brown ink. Dry brush highlights if required.

Great everyone – thanks. I've wanted to paint those Battlemasters figures since I got the game what, 20 years ago..? I'll be trying some of these ideas – my enthusiasm is soarked.

Doug