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Da Butcha wrote:
I don't have a good example to show you of what I mean, but it seems like it would be possible to start with a metal basecoat, and then, using a stippling brush and sponges, apply a paint job that looked like it was done by a load of lazy grots. Have people seen this done? Does it look like crap?

There was actually a gallery in WD a while back where one of the 'eavy metal painters (or someone who works for GW at any rate) did this sort of thing, and it looked really good.

As other posters have said, the trick is making it look like a grot did a bad job rather than just looking like some ham-fisted painting attempt, think about applying weathering techniques in different ways, and using translucent coats of paint to represent splotches/uneven coats/etc, paint runs could be done in the same way oil/rust streaks are made, but using the base colour instead of blacks/browns.