<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Mantic Marines speed painting?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Mantic Marines speed painting? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5180820.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5180820.page GMT Re:Mantic Marines speed painting?
Spraypaint Krylon Fusion Camo Olive Drab
Drybrush P3 Ordic Olive
Drybrush light Catachan Green

Paint guns black, sponge chip everything metal.

Paint boots black.

Paint skin Bleached Bone, wash with Flesh Wash. Paint eyes. Done.



You can churn out a ton of guys in an evening. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5181249.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5181249.page GMT Re:Mantic Marines speed painting?
One thing they have over GW is lots of detail, more like the metal figs GW used to produce. Each body has a good amount of straps, buckles, holsters, pouches & equipment so keep that in mind.

Also, you may or may not be aware of their integrated based. It's around the same width as the gap in a GW slottabase but it's a perfect circle attached to the feet. So if you plan on using custom bases you will need to remove this. If not, it fits into the bigger base but leaves a bit of a gap.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5183183.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5183183.page GMT Re:Mantic Marines speed painting?



http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2012/12/fully-painted-void-junkers-and-neo.html

For some figs I'll do a bit of drybrushing of hair, etc, but the only drybrushing above is a bit of silver on the shotguns.

You can see my Brush-dipping Tutorial here:
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2012/01/with-liberty-and-brush-dipping-for-all.html

Being able to spray on the basecoat and primer in one step is great. They Krylon and Rustoleum camo sprays are good for this. Also, spray primer is available in shades of grey and even ruddy brown.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5183597.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5183597.page GMT Mantic Marines speed painting? UK]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5183874.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5183874.page GMT Mantic Marines speed painting? In the UK, you can use Army Painter (though it costs 4x as much) or see if there is another stain+Polyurethane combination product at you're local home improvement/hardware store.

Minwax and Armypainter are basically just stain+polyurethane.

Check the minwax site for examples and then see if you can find similar shades near you.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5184431.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5184431.page GMT Mantic Marines speed painting? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5184551.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5184551.page GMT Mantic Marines speed painting?
I guess based on the link in his sig, it's an IDF themed guard.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/355940.page]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5185102.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5185102.page GMT Mantic Marines speed painting?
Eilif wrote:
Thanks!
In the UK, you can use Army Painter (though it costs 4x as much) or see if there is another stain+Polyurethane combination product at you're local home improvement/hardware store.

Minwax and Armypainter are basically just stain+polyurethane.

Check the minwax site for examples and then see if you can find similar shades near you.

The army painter sells for £20 which is..a lot. It's as much as a squad of infantry. I'd rather save the money if I can so I might check some hardware websites (British people seem to prefer to do things online for some reason).

Thanks again.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5186500.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5186500.page GMT Mantic Marines speed painting? uk, and minwax equivalents. There's some mention that brands like these are a good start. None of these is my info, just bits I picked out. The one thing I would recommend is staying away from Mahogany or other red-tinted colors except for special uses. A nice darkish walnut color will get you close to Army Painter's "Strong Tone" the challenge will be finding an equivalent to AP's "Dark Tone" which is a black pigmented dip, but is not black paint. In the US we have minwax "Tudor" but I'm not sure what UK brands have.

The name Ronseal pops up often. Despite your preference for internet, unless you can be sure it's a poly+Stain product, asking your hardware store employee is a good place to start.

Ronseal Quick Drying (Walnut satin) "Needs thinning" DIY stores etc www.ronseal.com/ The United Kingdom of Great Britain & N Ireland
Ronseal Floor Dye (Walnut) "Needs thinning" DIY stores etc www.ronseal.com/ The United Kingdom of Great Britain & N Ireland
B&Q (Rosewood) Indoor Satin Varnish B&Q own brand www.diy.com The United Kingdom of Great Britain & N Ireland

Just a note for UK+Ireland gamers that RONSEAL (http://www.ronseal.co.uk/) do a similar product to the MinWax Polyshades Satin Tudor used by the majority of posters. I bought the Walnut, although a Tudor (i.e. black) equivilent may be available. There is both a quck-drying (touch-dry in 20 minutes) and standard polyurathane (24 hours drying) product. I bought the quick drying and found it works well. No matt finish seems to be available, only satin and gloss.and

: Recently been reading with interest your page on the "Miracle Dip" technique. I have a brand name that your UK readership might be interested in, Dulux Woodsheen which I purchased from Great Mills (UK hardware/DIY store) for GBP4.13. The two colours I have tried are Satin Ebony, which is black and mutes colours too much for my liking and the fantastic Satin Walnut which is the one I really recommend. Great coverage on pale caucasian flesh tones and I have been using a second brush loaded with Humbrol Cellulose Thinners to lift any large puddles that I don't want on the finished miniatures. I have been painting some Foundry 7th cavalry with this technique and am very impressed at both the speed of production and the shading effect on flesh and brown colours.HTH,

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They were dead easy to paint though. I just painted them grey, painted the faces, and gave them a black wash. Then I dry brushed a bit of boltgun metal over. They come out like little starship troopers. I choose grey so I wouldn't have to change colours for the guns. it was really quick.

I don't really see any point in investing in army painter for these guys. They are really tiny, a decent sized brush and some wash would be just as quick.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5187707.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500907/5187707.page GMT