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Hello,

Have put together a small White Scars force to Ally with my other Armies (Rainbow Warriors an Guard), But I am renowned for never finishing anything, all my other armies are only half done because I lack the patience for painting and get distracted by building something new.

Part of the problem is that I am a very slow painter, as I make it up as I go and don't really use the GW method. It all turns out pretty well but takes so long that every time I finish a squad I cant face another one!

The White Scars detachment is very small (Khaaaaaaann!! 8 bikes and 3 trikes) and I am determined to finish it, so I looked up various methods to see which works to a good table-top standard, and is relatively fast. All of them seem to advise working up through the greys until you reach white, but this seems pretty laborious, is there anything wrong with just....white, nuln oil, white....? Does anyone have any examples of what this would look like?

Cheers

You can check my Scar's blog (link in sig). My method for them is prime gray, airbrush white, and thin black wash where the armour meets other details.

IMO, the paint job is good. But judge for yourself

I find VMC sky grey is great for basecoating white.

Just get some of that army dip stuff where you just do basecoats and dip for a usually brownish all around shade. Its nothing spectacular but results in great tabletop minis.

@ Zambro

They look pretty good, you've obviously put a lot of planning into building and basing as well as getting the stuff painted. Do you find that doing a blog helps you stay focused on the project as you know people are watching?

Dude, its awesome The feedback the good people of dakka give help me pick up the paint brush again and again. I also have specific updating days, so it helps me keep some kind of regular targets. Plus, when i finish the army, i'd love to go back and read through from start to finish.

might give it a go, um...if you don't mind of course, two White Scars threads might be a bit ott, and don't want to be seen as pinching your thunder or trying to compete or sommit.
The commitment to complete a project is one of the things I find hardest.

 Inflatable love badger wrote:
might give it a go, um...if you don't mind of course, two White Scars threads might be a bit ott, and don't want to be seen as pinching your thunder or trying to compete or sommit.
The commitment to complete a project is one of the things I find hardest.

Haha, i get enough 'competition' with every other awesome blog on dakka that 1 more wont make any difference

When you get your blog up and running, comment on mine and maybe some people who are looking at my scar's will check yours out too

okey dokes, cheers, i'll look into it!

Anyone have any suggestions for painting styles? otherwise I'll just do what I normally do, crack on and see what happens

I was thinking you could use:

http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/modelmates/acrylic-primer-sprays/modelmates-primer-light-grey-400ml/prod_18142.html

and dip the model in:

http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/army-painter/dips/dark-tone/prod_3314.html

and spray it overhead with:

http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/modelmates/acrylic-primer-sprays/modelmates-primer-white-400ml/prod_15425.html

To be honest I've really gone off the army painter system since using their yellow base spray. A thick enough layer to colour well annihilated all the detail, and the GW paints seemed to just rub off it, even when dry, also proved a right sod to remove! Took multiple dettol and power spray soaks.

 Inflatable love badger wrote:
To be honest I've really gone off the army painter system since using their yellow base spray. A thick enough layer to colour well annihilated all the detail, and the GW paints seemed to just rub off it, even when dry, also proved a right sod to remove! Took multiple dettol and power spray soaks.

You sprayed too wet and heavy. And tried to get coverage in one go. That was the mistake. No spray will work well that way.

Multiple thin layers, and patience. Is the key to a good spray job, no matter what is being painted pretty much.

I do my primer, then a Celesta Gray coat, ink the lines in with Nuln or Drakenhof, and use a 0.2m art pen on the cracks. Then I just use Ulthuan Grey over the areas I want white and paint around the cracks. I like the look my self, but Celesta Grey then Ulthuan Grey works like a charm. If you click my little P&M Blog in my sig then you can see the legs of my marines done this way.

HairySticks wrote:

 Inflatable love badger wrote:
To be honest I've really gone off the army painter system since using their yellow base spray. A thick enough layer to colour well annihilated all the detail, and the GW paints seemed to just rub off it, even when dry, also proved a right sod to remove! Took multiple dettol and power spray soaks.

You sprayed too wet and heavy. And tried to get coverage in one go. That was the mistake. No spray will work well that way.

Multiple thin layers, and patience. Is the key to a good spray job, no matter what is being painted pretty much.

Nope, controlled conditions, Indoors, not too cold, multiple coats over a few evenings. Used the desert yellow a lot before and it's been fine, not the best keyed surface, but ok. Was just the demonic yellow, coverage was appalling so kept layering to see how much it took, then had to clean the figs as looked terrible. Just bought an airbrush instead, damn site cheaper too.


Gonna do a blog and might try a variety of techniques and post how they look http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/559999.page

 Inflatable love badger wrote:


Just bought an airbrush instead, damn site cheaper too.

Damn right! heheh