<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Painting on the sprue ...."]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Painting on the sprue .... AOBR models, and paint as much as possible on the sprues.

I am going with very simple color shemes. Green primer for the orks. Black primer on the trukks, bikes, kopters, etc. I am going to dry brush as much as possible.

Clip them out, glue 'em up, and touch up where needed.

Anyone have experience doing this?

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I might suggest, however, clipping the sprues, painting them, and then assembling them. Just my two cents.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532910.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532910.page GMT Painting on the sprue ....
Bloodletter wrote:Not really reccomended. In fact, it might actually take longer with all of the clipping and touching up.

I might suggest, however, clipping the sprues, painting them, and then assembling them. Just my two cents.


I am so anal about painting before assembling. I cant see how people assemble then paint...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532917.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532917.page GMT Re:Painting on the sprue ....
Mitty34 wrote:Bad Idea. WHen you clip everything off the sprue, you have to go back and touch up where everything was attached to the sprue.


I tried this with the cheap (5 for 8 dollars) Termagants...6 boxes of them. Not the best idea. Even the most rudimentary smoothing of mold lines and sprue connection bumps will require repainting at those points. I would recommend at least getting the parts off of the sprue, taking an xacto to the mold lines and bumps, and then priming the whole lot.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532920.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532920.page GMT Painting on the sprue ....
Mitty34 wrote:
Bloodletter wrote:Not really reccomended. In fact, it might actually take longer with all of the clipping and touching up.

I might suggest, however, clipping the sprues, painting them, and then assembling them. Just my two cents.


I am so anal about painting before assembling. I cant see how people assemble then paint...


I usually assemble and then paint as I like having my army usable before painting them. I can play with an unpainted assembeled model, but I can't play with a bunch of painted bits on the sprue.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532936.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532936.page GMT Painting on the sprue .... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532937.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532937.page GMT Painting on the sprue .... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532939.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532939.page GMT Painting on the sprue .... (edited cause I cant type some days)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532943.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1532943.page GMT Painting on the sprue ....
I am a quick learner, so if my method doesn't work, I will go back to the old. Leaving the arms off is a good idea though.

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After final assembly I cemented the bodies to the already sprayed bases, then glued sand on.

The result is decent tabletop standard and will improve further once I have Quikshaded it with Softone.

It was much quicker than conventional painting because I used Montana Gold sprays which dry hard in about 10 minutes.

Sprayed parts need to be cemented with Superglue and do not bond as well as clean parts.

While it works well for Tyranids, giving a nice organic gradation to the paint boundaries, it won't work so well on SMs who have a lot of well defined edges and bits or equipment.

That said, you should be able to spray the legs, torsos and pauldrons as separate parts, then assemble, paint details and weapons, and hard highlight the edges pretty quickly. It should look good even without any shading or washes.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1534624.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1534624.page GMT Painting on the sprue .... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1535965.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1535965.page GMT Re:Painting on the sprue .... SM, the arms just get in the way when painting even with a fine brush. hope that this helped you with your decision. also as a tip when painting i find it helps if you take a old paint tub or glass bottle thing and stick that white putty for putting up posters on the top of it so you can push the base into it and have a makeshift handle to use when painting. if you want a photo of what i mean PM me and I'll get you one. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1536051.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1536051.page GMT Painting on the sprue .... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1536110.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/292295/1536110.page GMT