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Levitas
Kabalite Warrior
Posts : 154
Join date : 2012-01-25
 |  Subject: 3 colors good - Getting an army done quickly  Fri Feb 17 2012, 15:53 | |
| Painting an army is a daunting thing. We all want those beautiful eavy metal armies that gleam in the dexes and white dwarves. For the rest of us we just want to get paint on there, and avoid an army looking like its been dipped. It still requires time, but with a few lil tricks you can get them on the table. If your going to a 'con that requires painted minis then this might help. I use the 3 colors approach. Basically pick the most dominant area, then the second most and finally a spot color. On my marines this was the power armor, the metalics and the eyes or flesh. Then you want to wash those areas. Then the last important part is to paint the base, because as gamers we associate a finished base with a finished model. This combines with the 3 washed colors to fool the eye when viewed from a distance. You can then go back at a later date and finish the models, but this method gets painted minis on the table pretty fast.   | |
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Evil Space Elves
Haemonculus Ancient
Posts : 3717
Join date : 2011-07-13
Location : Santa Cruz, ca
| | Subject: Re: 3 colors good - Getting an army done quickly Fri Feb 17 2012, 15:57 | |
| Sound, sound advice. (And nice SW and Wyche too!) _________________  "Solutions are good, how many dark eldar archons can you find sitting in their throne rooms whining that they used to rule the universe? Exactly." -The Burning Eye Splintermind: The Dark Eldar Podcast My Dark Eldar Project Log | |
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GAR
Dread Pirate
Posts : 910
Join date : 2011-05-19
| | Subject: Re: 3 colors good - Getting an army done quickly Fri Feb 17 2012, 16:27 | |
| Nice to have the images as a reference to go by.
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The_Burning_Eye
Trueborn
Posts : 2501
Join date : 2012-01-16
Location : Rutland - UK
| | Subject: Re: 3 colors good - Getting an army done quickly Fri Feb 17 2012, 21:03 | |
| Good work, particularly with the pictures to illustrate the point you're making. I really hate not having painted miniatures in games, so this technique is a great idea for getting miniatures on the board quickly.
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jb7090
Kabalite Warrior
Posts : 114
Join date : 2011-12-02
Location : south jersey
| | Subject: Re: 3 colors good - Getting an army done quickly Sat Feb 18 2012, 02:42 | |
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Evil Space Elves
Haemonculus Ancient
Posts : 3717
Join date : 2011-07-13
Location : Santa Cruz, ca
| | Subject: Re: 3 colors good - Getting an army done quickly Sat Feb 18 2012, 02:48 | |
| Sadly, I'm doing this for my last Raider that I need for tomorrow's tournament  _________________ "Solutions are good, how many dark eldar archons can you find sitting in their throne rooms whining that they used to rule the universe? Exactly." -The Burning Eye Splintermind: The Dark Eldar Podcast My Dark Eldar Project Log | |
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Gobsmakked
Rumour Scourge
Posts : 3274
Join date : 2011-05-14
Location : Vancouver, BC
| | Subject: Re: 3 colors good - Getting an army done quickly Sat Feb 18 2012, 09:45 | |
| Nice job Levitas. Great little tutorial, and props for the photos. A good example to follow.
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