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CeruLucifus writes:

Thanks for sharing this. I have not painted soft plastic models in many years. Pens definitely provide a different type of control which is quite useful for certain things. For instance apparently painting stripes on kilts. I may try that with my artist paint pens.


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Formerly Regiment Games Fezian writes:

Next I use some Dullcote as a finish on the figs. You can see how the additional silver looks on the crossbowmen's armor and helmets; I just ran the marker back over to lighten it up, at the expense of some of the detail the dip had picked out.

Two cavalry finished
Two crossbows touched up

That's about it. I decided to put new silver on the cavalry swords, since they darkened up just a bit from the dip. Here are the figs on a table (not a Battlelore board):

On the table

Conclusion

I think this technique might be useful to someone who wants to work with less mess, or have portability. You just need some markers and some primed figs; you could do the priming and the final work at home, but take the coloring stage of the work on the road. I don't think that, with dip or without, that it can replace painting for quality and color variety. For consistency, I might do some more Battlelore figures with this technique. I will continue to use paint for metal figures, although markers should work on white-primed metal. Maybe some enterprising TMP'er would like to try markers on metal?