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Hello all,

In an effort to become a better painter I made an attempt at painting a Khador model "correctly."

Here is a picture of two models I painted. The one of the right is my old style. It was undercoated black, foundation paints laid on, a thick wash of black ink, and then three stages of highlights. This style seems to make very high contrast which I like.



After a lengthy discussion with one of my friends he convinced me to try painting a mini in the more professional style (watering down the paints slightly, not straight from the pot and attempting to blend the colors together with multiple coats). The model on the left took about 4 hours where the one on the right took about 1-2. After looking at them both side by side, I would say there does not seem to be much difference between the two from afar. Up close the red shoulders on the field gunner look much better after about 15-20 coats of red glaze than the simple highlights of the marksman. I am not really deterred by the length of time if the results are noticeable. After all, Warmachine armies are significantly smaller in size than most Fantasy and 40K armies.

Please give me some feedback, any comments would be appreciated.

Pretty hard to tell since both models look so different modelwise... But to be honest without the text I would not notice any difference in technique, both look pretty good.

They both look good and at the end of the day its about how happy you are with your models.

I had a struggle with this when I moved from 40k over to WM/H because there are so few models the tendency is to want to paint them all to a higher standard.

Also think about what the goal is when painting the model. Are you making it a show piece that is going to be closely inspected, or is it a table top model that you want to have look good from 3 feet away.

I like the look of the one on the right better. To be fair, though you went from painting in a way that you were comfortable with to an entirely different method of painting and are expecting it to be better immediately. Seems like you wouldn't necessarily expect positive results on your first go.

The one with the sniper rifle looks slightly better. And from what I'm reading, that's your old style. Stick with it man, the coat looks better in the picture.

Thank you all for your input! I think I'll stick to my old style but use a few of the elements I learned from the glossing tutorial.