First off, I do not claim to be the best painter on this forum.
I am not even the best painter in my own house
I have been asked to do this by forum members to highlight how I manage to paint so many units a week.
I try to paint my models to an acceptable table top gaming standard.
I am also quite obsessive in everything I do, so that helps
To start off, I prep and clean all my models for specific project in one go.
I then stick them to coffee stirrers.
I try to get at least a stands worth of models on each stick.
Then out to the garage for a quick blast of halfords matt black primer, this is an automotive spray that is better value and qulaity than GW's or army painter's offerings and the colour suits the process I use.
Let these dry about 24 hours but you can, on a sunny warm day begin the next step with minutes
Here comes your first choice, do you drybrush adeptus grey or chainmail?
This is decided by what the majority of the model is clothed in, full armour - chain mail, no armour - grey a mix of the 2 you decide. Don't forget by a good black or brown wash later on over chainmail paint can make it look like sweaty horse flesh
For the bull centaurs I decided on grey as I would be using washes for the largest area.
Be quite liberal with your drybrushing for the best results.
Next I wash the entire rear of the model in GW blue wash.
These washes are great and have definitely speeded up how I paint.
At this stage you could drybrush to a lighter shade, but I want quite a dark and grimy appearance to the CD's due to fit in with the fluff of their homeland.
Next up I pick out the hair, beard and fur, first with a heavy overbrush (load your brush and take off the surplus (I use my thumb nail)) of foundation red followed by a lighter overbrush of blood read.
The next step is a liberal coating of mithril silver leaving only the gaps between plates.
Then I wash the silver with black wash, this really helps define the plates whilst dulling down the metal.
If you were doing a high elf model, I would then highlight the armour with silver.
Next off, I pick out some the metal weapons and the top of the helmet and face mask in shining gold, this is then washed with devlan mud followed by a touch up of shining gold.
I next pick out the remaining metal parts with tin bitz, followed by a highlight of bronze.
The wooden haft of the weapon is done in beastial brown with a wash of devlan mud.
Now remove the model from the stick, paint the base with a cheap black acrylic paint
Then dip in sand collected from your last trip to the seaside
I have always used acrylic paint to base my models as I find it performs a very similar function to PVA glue whilst removing a couple of steps from the process.
Leave to dry, then overbrush foundation dark grey.
Superglue him and his mates to a premade base.
Leave to dry again, followed by a quick touch up to the base.
Finally varnish with Halfords, clear varnish and when dry a quick blast of testor's dullcote.
This not only helps protect the model but also keeps the basing material in place
The pictures don't do these guys justice, they look a lot better on the table
So there it is how to paint a unit quickly.
Pick a colour scheme for your unit/army and keep it simple.
Hope this helps.
Mick
