HEEELP!!!! Painting Questions (3).
Johnny Five
I have justed started warhammer and have no painting experience but I
want to do an impressive job with my minis. I have a few questions:
a) do i prime plastic figures - or just metal, and what and how is
priming done?
**b) what brand of paint do i use for vibrant colors? This is
very important because i don't mind simple paint jobs as long as the
colors are VIBRANT! (can i make my plastic troops vibrant?)
c) Can i paint vibrant and decent minis using spray paint? I was
thinking - either way i paint (brush or spray) I will isolate the color
specefic area I am painting (say my footsoldiers boots) using seran
wrap or something - then I will paint that area and do each mini step
by step. How does this sound? I would GREATLY appreciate any help
from painters of any experience at all!
Thanks!
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Andy O'Neill
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In article <691461$1g04$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>, Johnny Five
<BHD...@prodigy.com> writes
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>a) do i prime plastic figures - or just metal, and what and how is
>priming done?
Wash in warm water & detergent, scrub lightly with old toothbrush.
>**b) what brand of paint do i use for vibrant colors? This is
>very important because i don't mind simple paint jobs as long as the
>colors are VIBRANT! (can i make my plastic troops vibrant?)
They are?
You need a white undercoat for colours to come out well, plus you need
artists paints for the brightest. These include heavy metals ( Titanium
white eg ) so don't go licking the stuff.
Get these off any art shop.
Talk to your art teacher at school ( assuming you still are there... )
Acrylics in tubes are cheaper that way anyhow.
>c) Can i paint vibrant and decent minis using spray paint? I was
>thinking - either way i paint (brush or spray) I will isolate the color
>specefic area I am painting (say my footsoldiers boots) using seran
>wrap or something - then I will paint that area and do each mini step
>by step. How does this sound? I would GREATLY appreciate any help
>from painters of any experience at all!
Don't do this, for 30mm figures it isn't worth the hassle.
Painting on maskol in two layers and attaching a 'label' of paper so you
can pull it off easily would be a better mechanism.... if you *really*
want to do this.
Andy O'Neill
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Cameron Booth
In article <691461$1g04$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com> Johnny Five,
BHD...@prodigy.com writes:
>>I have justed started warhammer and have no painting experience but I
>want to do an impressive job with my minis. I have a few questions:
>priming done?
Always, always prime! Use a white spray for this... it will make your
colours on top much brighter. Remember to cut away any flash or moulding
marks on the miniature first, and wash them in warm soapy water. Good
preparation makes for a good miniature!
>**b) what brand of paint do i use for vibrant colors? This is
>very important because i don't mind simple paint jobs as long as the
>colors are VIBRANT! (can i make my plastic troops vibrant?)
Any water based model paints will do. The Citadel Miniature sets are
good, I use Humbrol acrylics myself.
>c) Can i paint vibrant and decent minis using spray paint? I was
>thinking - either way i paint (brush or spray) I will isolate the color
>specefic area I am painting (say my footsoldiers boots) using seran
>wrap or something - then I will paint that area and do each mini step
>by step. How does this sound? I would GREATLY appreciate any help
>from painters of any experience at all!
This sounds like more trouble than it's worth. Do your minis in groups of
five or so, and work through the group applying each colour one by one.
For example, my Marines (Omega Clan) are mainly red, with black boots,
and white chest eagles. I paint the red first, and build up the
highlights (which is really only necessary on Character figurines), then
Black on the boots and the chest eagle, then paint white over the black
on the chest eagle, which helps define the shape better.
You should see if you can get your hands on the 'Eavy Metal Miniature
Painting Guide... it's very good!
Cameron Booth
"Devil-may-care flying fool and all round good guy"
Trevor Guilliano
Johnny Five <BHD...@prodigy.com> wrote in article
<691461$1g04$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>...
> a) do i prime plastic figures - or just metal, and what and how is
> priming done?
Short answer is YES. Priming is painting an undercoat on your models. You
can either go for white or, if your model is going to consist of mainly
dark colours, you can also go for a black undercoat. The undercoat helps
the other colours attach better to the model. You can either paint it on or
spray it on...it's up to individual taste.
> **b) what brand of paint do i use for vibrant colors? This is
> very important because i don't mind simple paint jobs as long as the
> colors are VIBRANT! (can i make my plastic troops vibrant?)
I think you should stick to GW acrylic paints.To make any type of paint
vibrant it's usually better to undercoat the model with white paint (see
above). It's important to paint in white any bits of the model which are
going to be in vibrant colours eg red, light yellow etc. If not the
underlying paint will show through the lighter colours.
> c) Can i paint vibrant and decent minis using spray paint? I was
> thinking - either way i paint (brush or spray) I will isolate the color
> specefic area I am painting (say my footsoldiers boots) using seran
> wrap or something - then I will paint that area and do each mini step
> by step. How does this sound? I would GREATLY appreciate any help
> from painters of any experience at all!
Spray paint? The models are a bit small for spray paint I think.I suggest
you leave the spraying for undercoating (priming), large models base
colours eg tanks, and terrain building (it's much easier to spray a
building than to paint it with a brush)!
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Regards,
Trevor.