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I've got approximately 4000pts of unpainted Space Marines, no skill with a paintbrush whatsoever and I need them all finished as soon as possible. I'm trying to achieve something quick, simple and tabletop quality.

Here are my first two test models:









Any comments or criticism would be much appreciated!

Cheers.

Really great stuff, I always loved Imperial Fists.

How'd you go about doing the yellow, BTW?

Looks super mate :-)

Phototoxin wrote:Looks super mate :-)

Merci!

Cryonicleech wrote:
How'd you go about doing the yellow, BTW?

As simply as I possibly could!

- Prime white.
- Quickly wash with watered down Sunburst Yellow twice.
- Paint on Army Painter Quickshade, removing any excess with a small brush.

For something so quick they look good. Your highlights on the face are pretty sweet as well.

Nice job, they'll look okay on mass.

Looks good for a quick paintjob. How long did it take for both?

Nice job. Good, solid, tabletop qualty work. I don't think anyone can complain.

I think they're swell marines, nice work.

Thanks for all the nice comments chaps!

I finished off a few more yesterday afternoon. I've included some WIP pictures as well this time to illustrate how simple and basic the whole process is.

--> Basic, block colours over a white undercoat. I'm an incredibly slow painter, but I imagine for most people this would only take them a matter of minutes. The painting is a little sloppy, and you can see where I made mistakes and covered them up with Iyanden Darksun (the foundation paint):



--> Smothered in Army Painter Quickshade - Strong Tone, with the excess then removed with a small brush. Nice n' greasy looking:



--> Decals, bases and a coat of matt varnish to finish them off:





...and here is the whole test squad completed:



Certainly not fantastic quality, but considering that I have hundreds to paint, very little time and I'm really not very good at painting I think they'll have to do!

Don't knock the quality mate,i think they look bang tidy.I'm seriously thinking about getting some quick shade.Any idea if it would work on grey knights?

Great job mate, yellow is hard to do and you've done it well. Keep it up.

try the dip after the decals. This is what I do to cut down the shine.

I like em'

For the simplicity of the scheme I can't complain - I'd be happy to see those Marines on the other side of the table

For quick and easy I think they've turned out great...nice job.

Very quick and great results = a win. Also, if this is just a gaming army (even though the painting quality isn't bad) they will look even better with more buddies.


PS: Good to see someone using those old marines.

Look great!
But I believe your first step, to actually cover them in yellow, is he part where most painters have problem
I like Imperial Fist to be dirty and worn. The emperors bulldozers.

wanax wrote:try the dip after the decals. This is what I do to cut down the shine.

forgot the important part: excellent job!

Thanks for all the nice comments. That's the reassurance I needed to crack on with the rest of them with this paint scheme!

shingouki wrote:I'm seriously thinking about getting some quick shade.Any idea if it would work on grey knights?

I certainly can't see why not! I think Quickshade definitely gives better results on Orks, Nids etc. but that doesn't mean its impossible.

Just found this thread which may be of some interest to you: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/373701.page#0

A Black Ram wrote:PS: Good to see someone using those old marines.

I've built this whole army from second-hand models bought from eBay so I think almost everything I've got is an old version! Can't beat a nice bit o' retro!

Fayric wrote:Look great!
But I believe your first step, to actually cover them in yellow, is he part where most painters have problem

A big splodge of yellow paint, and a dollop of water mixed together and then sloshed on over a white undercoat works perfectly for me. Two coats gives a solid enough colour. Probably takes less than two minutes per model (excluding drying time). Easy peasy!

Thanks again.

Wow those look great. i tried paitning fists along time ago and never got it right, wish you where around then

My Imperial Fists have same sort of yellow, mine aren't as muddied up though but that's just me.

Although you did these "quick and simple" they still look outstanding. Nice job.