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Hi all,

It's been a very long time since I've been involved with miniatures. Played Space Crusade and Hero Quest as a kid and then got into Warhammer and had some small armies (Skaven and Space Marines from memory)

I decided to get the Know No Fear set in an effort to get my eldest son (8) off of the screen all the time. The effect of this was that I realised how much I enjoyed Warhammer and it's somewhat rekindled my interest in the whole thing. So far, we've decided that I am taking the space marines and he is going to have the death guard.

I am after a bit of advice about painting more than anything. I decided to dive into buying the contrast paints as I've heard it was easier and quicker and with limited time I thought it would be the best option. I also want my son to really enjoy it and not get too bogged down in the painting as he mainly just wants to "battle". I've so far painted a few of the space marines using the contrast paints and considering I haven't done any of this sort of thing for a very long time I am pretty happy with it.

However, I feel like the finish could be a lot better and wondered how people go about highlighting the models after using contrast paints or does that slightly defeat the object of using them in the first place?

Also, I have no idea where to start on bases. I was going to just get some varying grit/sand sizes and have a play about gluing and painting over them.

Any advice much appreciated.

Hi,

Welcome to Dakka

Welcome aboard!

Welcome! I got my start about the same, with hero quest. There's plenty of good advice to be found on basing here, it's something i'm still learning about as well.

Welcome to dakka!