As promised here is the technique I use to paint my Praetorians. In just over a month I have painted 55 infantry and 12 tanks (4 of them are still waiting washes and clearcoat). I am working on an Aegis defense line line that should be done Tuesday night. Without further ado here we go
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| Bare Metal Mini cleaned of mold lines | | | | | | | |
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| Mini Primed White |
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| Base Coat Applied (Blood Red, Mordian Blue, Chaos Black, Skull White, Iyandan Dark Sun, Mournfang Brown, Mithril Silver, Elf Flesh/Tallarn Flesh Mix). I work one color at a time on between 10 to 20 models. Do not be worried if primer can be seen in the creases. This will be covered in a later step. |
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| Playground Sand Glued to Base |
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| The Secret to Speed |
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| Do not "Dip" the Mini. Apply the Floor Stain like you would a wash. Spread any pooling over the rest of the model and coat the sand. It does not take long to figure out how to do this . |
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Model completely covered in floor stain. This is what the model should look like when done. Let these models sit at least 24 hours before moving to final step.
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I find that Testors Dullcoat works the best. No cracking or whitening.
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| Once Dull coat is dry, paint base chaos black, drybrush the sand (vomit brown) and add static grass. Your model is now complete. |
I hope this answers your questions. I know some people are purists and opponents to the "Dip" method. I find that it works really well with the color pallette and gives me a good level of detail in a very timely manner. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask. I hope this gets you all motivated.
