![]() ![]() What actually took the most effort was putting on the individual colours, now if I had chosen a simple one colour Marine Chapter I could have sprayed them their basic colour, and then just picked out a few bits of metal, flesh, the odd purity seal and I would have saved a lot of time. So what do I think of Army Painter, well their products are really good (I was really impressed with the undercoat spray in particular), and the Quickshade (as the name suggests) is really quick, and requires very little effort, or skill to use, which is really what you are looking for when you buy this product. Then all that was left for me to do was to base them and they were ready to go. So once the Quickshade was fully dry I gave them a blast of the Anti Shine Matt Varnish Spray from Army Painter, and this dulled them right down. Now the shading looked good to me, but the varnish effect left the models VERY shiny. When I woke up the next day they were very nearly dry, just slightly tacky to the touch, and by the time I returned from work they were dry. I painted on the Quickshade last thing at night, and then left them near a well vented window, as the Quickshade made it quite smelly in the flat. Now Quickshade works like is a varnish and wash combined, with all the smell you would expect from a varnish. The first option is dipping the models and flicking off the excess, not really option in my tiny London flat (my wife is understanding but I think she would draw the limit at me flicking varnish around the bathroom), and the second option is painting on the Quickshade with a brush, much tidier, and this was the option I went for. Now on the video they recommend two options. Once I had painted the whole squad in their basic colours I was ready to begin using the Quickshade. Adding these individual colours was the most time consuming part of the process, but as I didn’t have to worry about shading or highlighting so it was MUCH quicker than the normal. I actually discovered (accidently!!) right near the end of painting the squad, if I watered down the Dark Angels Green a little then the colour worked almost like a wash, and gave a nice highlighted effect, something I will bear in mind if I ever paint another Dark Angels army. I used Citadel paints to add the individual blocks of colours, and painting on to this undercoat was a pleasure, there was no blotching or welling of colours. I tried applying some washes to some dry stone walls I undercoated with Skeleton Bone, the effect of the washes was less “pastel” than white undercoat, and the base coat gave a more realistic muted colour to the scenery. In fact I enjoyed painting on this colour so much I may use it in future, as an undercoat colour in place of a white. In fact my friend Jim decided there and then to collect a Deathwing army, just because the colour was SO nice, and it would be super easy to paint using the spray. The spray went on perfectly, and gave a nice smooth matt finish with a great colour. To make it a true test I used the Army Painter products when possible, and I started with the undercoat spray in this case I used Skeleton Bone. I wanted to do this properly so I carefully read all the instructions, and even watched the instructional videos on their site just to make sure I did it safely and correctly, to get the best results. I had 1750 of mostly unpainted models (Tactical Marines are not the most inspiring bunch of models to paint), so I decide to give them the Army Painter Quickshade treatment. Well that was about a year ago, but it wasn’t until I signed up for the 40KUK GT that I finally had the project I needed to really test it out. Now what it said on the tin really seemed too good to be true, so I decided to put the tin in my cupboard, and planned to test it out when I had a big enough project that needed painting quickly. I first heard about Quickshade while trying to buy some washes and due to a misunderstanding about what I was looking for I was introduced the Army Painter’s Quickshade. I’ve learnt a few tricks through the years with washes, dry brushing and the like, but I’m always on the look out for another way to speed up the painting process ![]() I wish I could spend hours painting all my models to Golden Daemon standard, I’m actually an okay painter, but it isn’t possible for me simply because of time. ![]() It’s the best way to motivate myself to get my new killer unit painted. I really hate seeing that ‘Imperial Grey’ of partly assembled and unpainted models marching across the board I won’t use what I haven’t painted. ![]()
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