"Tips That Will Help You Paint Your Miniatures Faster" Topic
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Tango01 | 08 Mar 2021 10:16 p.m. PST |
"Do you want to paint faster? Do you need to get an army finished on a short deadline? Maybe you just don't care for painting and want to get it done as quickly as possible. Well, I'm going to share my tips on ways to paint miniature faster to get those models on the table. This will be more useful to newer painters, but there may be a few tips in here that veteran painters might find of use. More here link Armand |
Frederick | 09 Mar 2021 7:17 a.m. PST |
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Garryowen | 09 Mar 2021 9:07 a.m. PST |
Thanks, Armand. I must admit I was a bit surprised at his comments on assembly line painting. He has the painter pick up a figure, paint the pants, then put it down and pick up another figure and paint the pants. So on and so forth. I found years ago it is much faster to put several figures on a block of wood. I use rubber cement to hold 5 15mm or 20mm foot figures to a block. I put 3-4 28mm foot figures on a block. The blocks I use are 5 1/4" long, 3/4" wide and 1 1/2" high. I normally put the figures on the 3/4" part. These are actual measurements, not the nominal size of the wood. I bought the wood so long ago that I do not remember the nominal size. But I bought it at a store who would cut it for me. All that was necessary was to cut it to the 5 1/2" lengths. Besides holding multiple figures and thus speeding the painting, the block gives a nice rest to steady your hand if necessary. Sometimes I will paint right after my weight lifting and I tend to shake. This helps a lot. I know a lot of people use popsicle sticks. The blocks are easier to pickup than a thin stick. Also the support I mentioned is much better than I could ever get with a popsicle stick. Tom |
Sgt Slag | 09 Mar 2021 10:28 a.m. PST |
Assembly line painting can really finish an army quickly. I organize my mini's by poses, mounting same pose figures on a stick. I repeat the same brush stroke/color on each, in succession, rinse, repeat. I rely on simple block painting, followed by The Dip, and/or Magic Wash. I end up with GEtGW minis, averaging 10 minutes painting time, per figure. At arm's length, on the tabletop, they look very good. Since I view them at that distance 99% of the time, that is the level I paint to, the 99%, ignoring the 1% (two inches from my eyeball). Cheers! |
dapeters | 09 Mar 2021 10:38 a.m. PST |
I do pretty much as what Sgt Slag does. I also try to prime and base coat, that is using a light earth tone for peasants and a green tone for orcs, this has been made much easier with an airbrush. |
Tango01 | 09 Mar 2021 12:41 p.m. PST |
A votre service mes amis!. Armand
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von Schwartz ver 2 | 10 Mar 2021 6:46 p.m. PST |
I've always painted assembly line style, 15mm. I will paint the entire unit, battalion or regiment in a single block. I just paint one item at a time like, boots, then headgear, faces and hands, etc. The final painting is touch-up of all the smears and over painted areas, then paint and flock bases, and mount on stands, flock the stands and gloss coat, black wash, and dull coat. |
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