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Just curious, Is there an easy way to paint white, Without using too many diferent paints, Preferable with GW or P3 paints..?

Prime white or grey.

A wash to shade the recesses.

Codex Grey.

Fortress Grey.

White.


Make sure each colour is a solid, uniform coverage before moving onto the next one. Don't thin the white too much (i.e. not as much as you'd thin most other colours).

On a model which I'm not spending a zillion hours on or where I'm able to prime the part by itself, my preference is to prime brilliant white -- the best, cleanest, non-gritty white possible, which means either Airbrush or Mr. Hobby's ultra fine white primer -- and then glaze it with a custom glaze (instead of a wash), and then pick out the edges with bright white.

I find that all washes are too dark for white (leaving it stained). I prefer to use a very gentle glaze, and build up the recesses to the color that I want; usually a grey or blue.

Now, of course, there are times when priming white is not possible; for example, an icon on a power fist or a feathers on a bolter. In this case, it's "just work". I basecoat with thin celestra grey and keep at it until it's nearly opaque, then go to ulthuan grey, then white scar, and again, work my way down with glazes, and pick out the details by layering/highlighting.

Incidentally, I prefer glazes because it's easier to get a smooth gradient in close-to-white colors, than, for instance, with any type of wet blending (which can leave awful brushstrokes with white), and shades/inks which are very harsh against white (that you then have to spend tons of time cleaning up).

Finally, remember that if you photograph something "white" and inspect it, mostly you are looking at shades of grey. There are few things that actually appear as just flat, bright white.

I prime white, paint Ulthuan Grey, wash Drakenhof Nightshade, layer with Ulthuan Grey again leaving the wash in the recesses and highlight with actual white. It's best to do this over white or grey primer.