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ok guys so i know this model isnt the best of quality but it took me less then 15 minutes to paint but any who

ok so you want to start off with basing the model white try to get every little nnok and cranny.

then what you want to do is either paint the crevases black with either a micro pen, vallejo black, or chaios black depending on what you use. do whatever you want black your call



after that use a mix of 1:1 vallejo game red ink and vallejo scarlet red, or blood red. To paint whatever you want red. aquilla. shoulder pads, just depemds on your tastes



Then if you have purity seals and what not paint them bleach bone then wash them with soft body brown wash and there eys use blood red skull white and blazing orange.
like i said it wasnt the best i have ever painted its just to share my technique with all of dakka and help out a bit oh and if you get a little red or black on areas that you dont want just use skull white to cover it up it. Have fun and enjoy!
Tell me what you think as well!
total time to paint one marine 13min and 54 sec

Looks a bit too much like a SW stormtrooper.

Maybe use a mid-gray rather than black? It looks far too stark as is.

A wash would probably be easier.

The only white scars model i have ever seen done well was the commander on bike and the guy took about 20 hours blending the white up from grey. Id go mad if i spent that long painting one model.

looks unfinished...

my go at speedpainting white scars , paint time 1 hour and change:









pictures are a tad to big but...

it looks good i know mine look unfinished but this is just to show how i get the white cause painting white just sucks a fat one and. and thanks guys i will definitely take your advice

They're tabletop standard, but since they cost so much (money wise) I like to spend more time on it.

and this ofcourse looks much better than plain plastic models.

vleermie wrote:They're tabletop standard, but since they cost so much (money wise) I like to spend more time on it.

and this ofcourse looks much better than plain plastic models.

Same here. I spend way too long per model. "Back in the day" painting was a huge part of the hobby. These days its as if 80% rush paint just to game, 15% add a little more effort with highlights and shadows and the last 5% try to get a really high standard. Meh, my 2 cents.

OoieGoie wrote:
Same here. I spend way too long per model. "Back in the day" painting was a huge part of the hobby. These days its as if 80% rush paint just to game, 15% add a little more effort with highlights and shadows and the last 5% try to get a really high standard. Meh, my 2 cents.

QFT. I hardly ever play, and so I spend a lot of time on detail. I have friends who play though, and they put very little detail in. I paint to paint, they paint so others don't laugh at their entirely unpainted army. I find myself painting 5-7 hours on a mini that I started off painting for tabletop quality.
BLARG.

H.A.

nice and crisp paintjob. good tutorial.

I think that for rank-and-file infantry, this seems a good compromise between speed and quality. Nota bene; A wash can do amazing things with the details.

I might spend a little more time on HQs and larger models, if only because the eye seems drawn to it.