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So I've bought and assembled my nomad army (Corregidor starter, 3 Alguaciles, 2 Zeros and a Prowler) and now I'm itching to paint them. I'm thinking of painting them like the official scheme, as the red looks badass and my second army is gonna be Ariadna so it's different enough to that scheme I think. However I don't know much about painting and haven't really done it before, so when I went to order paints the sheer breadth of choice was a little scary haha.

Which colours would I need to order? Like obviously red,black, white etc but what shades? Probably gonna use Vallejo paints so if someone could list the shades I would need I would really really appreciate it.

Sorry for the nooby questions!

As for official schemes I would recommend bookmarking Studio Giraldez, he is the official painter and from time to time he posts step by step guide for some of the models. For instance starting here and hitting left you can get an idea how he painted up the Corregidor starter. As for the other Nomads, you can look through his pictures, maybe he has a guide on them. Also he is fairly good about answering any questions that are left in the comments sections of his pictures.

If you haven't painted before, I have to be honest these are some quite difficult miniatures to start with!

However, that being said the detail can work to your advantage and you can make a nice finish with a couple of 'tricks'. I would look up drybrushing and washes - from a single base colour you can highlight and add depth using these techniques, with only a little practice.

Personally I always start with a black spray undercoat, as I like a darker finish (and it can help hide mistakes in shadow!), but I know a lot of people think the brighter aesthetic of Infinity suits a grey or white undercoat.

Vallejo paints are fine - I would probably get a couple of shades of red, and some brown which makes a good basecoat to start red from.

I'm sure someone else can give some better advice than me also, but the important thing is that amongst all of the advice, you find your own method that you are comfortable with.

Hope that helps, and good luck in any case!

 Pacific wrote:
If you haven't painted before, I have to be honest these are some quite difficult miniatures to start with!

However, that being said the detail can work to your advantage and you can make a nice finish with a couple of 'tricks'. I would look up drybrushing and washes - from a single base colour you can highlight and add depth using these techniques, with only a little practice.

Personally I always start with a black spray undercoat, as I like a darker finish (and it can help hide mistakes in shadow!), but I know a lot of people think the brighter aesthetic of Infinity suits a grey or white undercoat.

Vallejo paints are fine - I would probably get a couple of shades of red, and some brown which makes a good basecoat to start red from.

I'm sure someone else can give some better advice than me also, but the important thing is that amongst all of the advice, you find your own method that you are comfortable with.

Hope that helps, and good luck in any case!

To add to this if you go the Vallejo route I recommend the airbrush paints, even if you do not have an airbrush, they are pre-thinned and will help you avoid the common new painter mistake of putting the paint on to thick, which can ruin the fine detail in the models.

 Pacific wrote:
If you haven't painted before, I have to be honest these are some quite difficult miniatures to start with!

I dunno. While they're smaller with finer detail, they're also (especially Corregidor stuff) free of a lot of clutter that passes for 'detail' these days from other manufacturers. Lots of smooth surfaces and clean lines. Add to this the sharpness of the details, and they take to the good old 'base, layer, wash, layer, edge highlight' method extremely well, .

I agree!

THIN coats of paint, patience and washes will work wonders on these, and just about any, miniatures!

Thanks for all the help guys! Just some clarification, I have painted before (like a few years ago) so I have some grasp of basics like drybrushing, washing, thinning paints etc but these models are a lot smaller than what I'm used to so I am a bit nervous haha, wanna do the great sculpts justice

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.512234792231096.1073741835.369354179852492&type=1

Here is a nomad tutorial.

Thank youuuu