As you can see, the Speedpaints go on very nicely. With colours like Zealot Yelow, Sand Golem, and Fire Giant Orange you can create interesting shades of copper and gold or go wild and try out bolder metallic hues, like Plasmatic Bolt on the right leg.

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled “How to Paint Everything” we’ve got schemes and recipes for 100s of models. They all, however, assume you know the difference between wet blending and glazing or what the hell “zenithal” means. Welcome to Hobby 101. This series will lay the groundwork to teach you the fundamentals and best practices to make your models shine. Let’s move on to brown and bone. Pallid Bone is a bit warmer and softer than Skeleton Horde, Hardened Leather is very similar to Goregrunta Fur, while Sand Golem is a warm light brown. Dark Wood is like a mix of Wyldwood and Cygor Brown. Crusader Skin is a bit more reddish than Guilliman Flesh. All Speedpaints come with two high-grade, rust-proof stainless steel Mixing Balls already loaded in the bottle, making it easier for you to get the perfect consistency. Gavinthekaiser on reddit’s r/boltaction forum posted his Italian Gavinthekaiser painted with Citadel Contrast Paints in what might be one of the simplest, but effective paint schemes out there so far. The reason you want to prime white is because of the transparent nature of these paints. In the picture below I have a mini that’s been primed both white and Death Guard Green and went over it with The Army Painter’s Peachy Flesh. You’ll see that you get the “true” color over white and over the green, the undercoat shows right through.

In a post asking for photos of Foreign Legion forces in the Bolt Action Facebook group, some great photos were posted by Winter Guite and are made by combining “Warlord US Army with heads from Mad Robot. These represent the FFL that were equipped by the US under the 1943 ANFA plan.” It looks like he followed a very similar process to my US Army guide above. French Foreign Legion by Winter Guite Primer Recommendations: A simple white primer works well. If you want to apply a bright color and want a bright result, white is a good starting point. Bright yellow, bright green etc. Assembly Line Painting: If you are painting multiple figures, this technique is fantastic. If you’re painting 5 orcs for example, you might start with painting all the skin green. One at a time. Then add leather boots to each. Then add steel paint to the axes.

I’m gonna start with Peachy Flesh for a skin basecoat. Now you may be grabbing your monitor right now shaking it and screaming “You said to start with the brightest color??? Wouldn’t that be yellow???”. Normally you’d be right but Imperial Fists yellow is one of the oddball Contrast paints I mentioned above. It doesn’t highlight itself very well or really shade even, but it is a very strong paint and can cover a variety of surfaces. And that’s it! With just a couple paints we have a freaky looking weirdo ready to slam on the table. Before we wrap up though there are a couple of points I want retread There are a ton of amazing shades but these five might just be Rob’s favorites. There is a brown that’s perfect for popping things like leather. The blue from before obviously. The camo green has so many uses it’s just insane. His new favorite out of all of them is the red, it just pops like wow. Other Applications Diecast – Explore Our Range of Diecast Models At Scale Model Shop, we supply a wide range of diecast models, specialising in aircraft, cars, and tanks. Diecast models are a miniature replica made using a die casting or metal casting method. They are usually made of zinc or lead alloy and come fully formed in a single piece which portrays the vehicle in a smaller scale. Diecast models are much more than a simple toy, they demonstrate a higher level of quality than other plastic kits, due to the higher shelf life. This is great for any enthusiast collector as you can display for years and pass it down to the next generation. It doesn’t matter if you’re just starting out or have been collecting for years, there is no denying how appealing a diecast model collection is. Browse through our range of brands available, including Corgi, Diecast Masters, and Greenlight – there is plenty to choose from! If you want a very specific recommendation for a brush to use with Contrast Paint I would go with a Raphael 8404 either in Size 3 or Size 2Wait, there’s another angle to go with as well. Rob used it through the airbrush at about 20 psi and it applied amazingly even on all the crevices! Fully Painted Minis They do have differences and I can cover that later, but generally speaking they are very much the same. Other Uses of Contrast, Speed and XPress Colors: If you thin this out, you can actually even use it to cover vehicles and give them amazing base coats without hardly any effort. If you have nice flat panels it works perfectly. However, if you have a spot with a lot of crevices, it loses some of the pizzaz.