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Hey guys,

So the first part of my new army arrived today; a box of Cadian Shock Troops (I'm quite over the moon)... Anyhoo, I had some questions to ask, as I intend to paint these ones to the best of my abilities (unlike my underwhelming Blood Ravens):

1. Should you only SPRAY on an undercoat? I've always painted mine on (I do spray sometimes... but it's a far more expensive method), does painting on chaos black create undesirable results?

2. Do I need to use a fleshy basecoat on human faces before a wash? Just, to be cheap, I didn't buy one... I only have Tallarn flesh and I have no idea as to what I am going to end up with if i use that: I got an ogryn flesh wash and elf flesh for higlights... I don't know how that's going to turn out?

3. Could someone show me a picture of models painted with the so called 'slit method' for their eyes? I don't think I'll manage to do eyes... and I haven't got the paints anyway.

Anyhoo, I am painting my men to this GW camo scheme: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=400032&pIndex=3&aId=2400008&start=4 (the one on the far left)

Thanks for any help

ive done 3 armies and never painted a single model with eyes(not that skeletons have any). but yes tallarn and develen mud is what i use so take a look at some of my threads and see if thats what you want.
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1. I always spray & use Halford's primer. Doing the whole lot by hand is a real pain. NOTE after spraying you may have to fill a few gaps where the spray missed - still a whole lot faster than hand priming.
Also temperature is very important - it has to be warmish for the primer to work well - I would recon above 14 degree C. At the mo it's quite cold in England so if you don't have a way of doing it in a garage or inside you might be forced to hand-prime.
If hand-priming, wash the models (on the sprue is easiest) in warm soapy water & leave to dry over night.
For your cadians I would prime them with a yellow primer they do.
2. Tallarn flesh with either ogryn flesh or develan mud (or a mix of the 2) will work well. You may have to highlight with a mix of elf flesh & tallarn flesh instead of straight to elf flesh.
3. Sorry I can't.

Good luck!

Also where are you based??

I'm at Reading University, we have a fairly good wargaming scene here

Henners91 wrote:1. Should you only SPRAY on an undercoat? I've always painted mine on (I do spray sometimes... but it's a far more expensive method), does painting on chaos black create undesirable results?

Sprays tend to be more durable than GW's current range of paint. Shame really... I have 15-year old armies undercoated with brush-on Chaos Black that have never had problems with paint coming off. The newer Chaos Black isn't quite as durable though.

So far as sprays go, I would recommend White Knight matte black over the over-priced GW stuff. It's a third of the price and gives a smoother finish. Does take longer to dry, though... a good 3 or 4 hours before you can paint over it.

2. Do I need to use a fleshy basecoat on human faces before a wash? Just, to be cheap, I didn't buy one... I only have Tallarn flesh and I have no idea as to what I am going to end up with if i use that: I got an ogryn flesh wash and elf flesh for higlights... I don't know how that's going to turn out?

Really depends on how you want the skin to look. Tallarn flesh will go straight over black... with the Ogryn wash it's going to be a reasonably dark skintone. Perfect if you're after desertworlders.

Painting a base layer of Tallarn flesh, a coat of Elf Flesh and then the wash would give you a paler look.

3. Could someone show me a picture of models painted with the so called 'slit method' for their eyes? I don't think I'll manage to do eyes... and I haven't got the paints anyway.

While a lot of people don't bother, I would very strongly recommend you give the eyes a go. It makes a huge difference to the models. If you're not confident of your ability to do them properly with a paintbrush, pop into your nearest stationery or craft store and have a look for a 'micro pen' (sometimes also called 'micro pigment pens'). They're basically just really, really fine fineliners.

Then, you just paint a slit of white across the eyeball, and then add a dot in the middle with the micro pen. If you find a fine enough pen, you can also blackline the eye along the top and bottom of the eyeball with it.