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Last update I'll probably post here on these paints as I think I've given some good examples of what things look like painted by them. Overall my impression has changed a lot after the first day. I don't think the colors I used were the best representation of what you can do with these and think they'll get a lot of use at my table (except Wild Beast which just doesn't seam to have much pigment at all).

I finished up the boars tonight in probably another 30 but that was also included drying times for the washes. I added in some green to some of the shaded areas for some more color depth and then did a second thin coat of Ogre Brown on the fur highlights which intensified them.

I also did the skin with Insta Colors. The flesh colors are not very strong so I couldn't really use them as a tint for what I wanted the final effect to look like so I started with human flesh then once that was dry did a wash of Love Affair. This is a pretty strong color so I needed to add 4 to 1 thinner to it for it to work as a wash. I then did a light drybrush of a flesh tone.

As other things the tusks, hooves and tusks are Sepia Wash with a drybrush over them of an off white.

Great job. Still, looks like you did a lot of work with the paints.

 ced1106 wrote:
Great job. Still, looks like you did a lot of work with the paints.

I do about the same amount of effort with contrast paints so I really didn't go out of my way to make these look decent. I don't really consider 20-30 minutes for a figure this large that much of an investment as if you were doing lots of similar things these wouldn't need as much of the drying time (so being closer to 10-15min) and those extra few minutes to add a quick dry brush or a 3rd color are worth the effort to me. But the pack boars on the previous page are mostly just one coat of Insta Color outside of the leather where Snakebite is a better option so I'll end up probably mixing the two lines.

Here's my own experimenting attempts using some various criminal models from the Gotham City Chronicles board game. - It's worth highlighting these are board game minis.


First layers


And the Finish






I had a few observations from my experiments.


Overall, this is like, as many models I've painted in the past 3 weeks as I have in the past 3 years. It is THAT much quicker...

Everything was Scale75 instant paints except:
Wristbands on shotgunners, and parts of the shotgun.
Crowbars
Chains
The Bases (BIG comment here, the bases do NOT play nicely with instant paints. Too flat, but you could use an instant to go over the cracks).

Other Thoughts:
Grey (Ice Charm) undercoat for main bodies.
White (Holy Charm) undercoat for skin (You can see the difference there on the 2 red chain guys, one was grey, one was white)
Yellow-ish (Bone charm) undercoat seems rather iffy, it might only be good for literally doing bone.
Big flat areas are not ideal (Ideally I would have used normal paints on the shoes)
Light colour first. Then second deeper colour, with added acrylic medium. Paint as if a wash, that's really all you need. 1 layer each of 2 colours on the clothes.
If you mess up, depending on the colour, you might want to re-undercoat parts again, so plan out how you're going to paint the models carefully.
I have no idea what I was doing with the heads of the shotgun guys, I was trying a mask look. It was not.... successful. That is totally a commentary on me, not the paints.

I think those turned out pretty well. Seeing the skin wash on them makes me think a quick flesh wash from Privateer would work quite well. Something I'll see about trying once I get some time.

I think I narrowed down how to do the skin some, I want to test a little bit more to see how it goes by doing it right from the start.

1) Holy (White) Charm undercoat
2) Phoenix Egg (very pale skin)
3) Human Skin (Medium toned skin)
3) 66% Phoenix Feather + 33% Acrylic medium (dark toned skin)

There is some hope out there - after over three weeks in limbo while in customs jail, my order was finally turned over to the USPS. Who promptly sent it on a 1000 mile trip in the wrong direction. The order has finally arrived to me. Same problems many have reported - the box latch was broken, the box roughed up, and stuff scattered everywhere inside. I guess I have it now, and maybe will get to use some soon.

Glad you got it. The packing for these was way too bare boned.

I guess I was lucky with mine. My latch was just fine. One of the hinges came out but some wood glue fix the issue.

Got shipping notice on the 3rd and the package still hasn't left Spain.

Final word is that Spanish Post lost my €200 package and Scale75 can't even file a claim for another month. This after they charged so much for shipping that they could have used a next day delivery courier and still had half left over.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Final word is that Spanish Post lost my €200 package and Scale75 can't even file a claim for another month. This after they charged so much for shipping that they could have used a next day delivery courier and still had half left over.

Dang man, I'm really sorry to hear that. Hopefully they can get everything sorted and it is just a matter of getting your package late rather than never.

 Gallahad wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Final word is that Spanish Post lost my €200 package and Scale75 can't even file a claim for another month. This after they charged so much for shipping that they could have used a next day delivery courier and still had half left over.

Dang man, I'm really sorry to hear that. Hopefully they can get everything sorted and it is just a matter of getting your package late rather than never.

That does suck. Also, from what I've been told from people in Spain, couriers cannot charge less then the Spanish Post by law so they probably didn't have much options.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Final word is that Spanish Post lost my €200 package and Scale75 can't even file a claim for another month. This after they charged so much for shipping that they could have used a next day delivery courier and still had half left over.

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gak, sorry man. Mine has been in shipment since October 24, so I'm guessing I'm in the same boat :(

 Monkeysloth wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Final word is that Spanish Post lost my €200 package and Scale75 can't even file a claim for another month. This after they charged so much for shipping that they could have used a next day delivery courier and still had half left over.

Dang man, I'm really sorry to hear that. Hopefully they can get everything sorted and it is just a matter of getting your package late rather than never.

That does suck. Also, from what I've been told from people in Spain, couriers cannot charge less then the Spanish Post by law so they probably didn't have much options.

It is an actual law, yes.

That said, this is their problem, not yours. If they can't find your shipment they should have just sent another.

They really shouldn't have to wait a month to send you a replacement if Spanish Post lost it. Either they'll get the package back or reimbursed so they should just send a new one.