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Greetings all,

I had little interest in purchasing anything new from Games Workshop. I dropped out of Warhammer 40K in 5th edition or so. I had all the specialist games stuff I wanted, and a lot of older miniatures that I still use in various games. However, some of my local players have been tinkering around with Kill Team. The sharp eyed among you may have seen my Kill Team games have gone up on the tracker, but no real reports on it.

Well, this led to our local wargaming group trying to run a Kill Team themed event in order to reach out to our local community of gamers and get them together in one place.



This coming event led me to do something I did not expect to do at all. I purchased a Kill Team from Games Workshop! I still have plenty of old models, and had been using some older Orks as my team. However, I was at a FLGS and saw the Corsairs box sitting there, and I also found a box of the Army Painter Speed Paints.



With that being said, I decided to commit to painting these new Corsairs only with Speed Paints.

You can see how this experiment turned out on the blog here:
http://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2022/10/on-painting-desk-speed-painting-some.html

Can't wait to see how it turns out, thanks for experimenting!

Here is the end result.....



I have a few thoughts on how to make Speed Paints really work:

1. The preparation step prior to painting is key. The speed paints will interact with different shades of prime differently. Therefore, prime, wash with a darker version, and drybrush with a lighter version for the best effect.

2. These paints do not "cover" each other well. So, if you are painting one speed paint over another, you will want to hit it with the prime color again.

3. These paints take a bit longer to dry than regular paints, so give them the time they need to set.

4. They are thin, so can be worn off easily. Avoid handling as much as possible until you can provide a protective coat as you go or at the end.

Overall, this project took me about 1/3rd of my normal time to paint up figures to tabletop quality.