by Pesren
Bobby4th wrote:
I HATE painting. I am never happy with what I do and am not good at seeing color implications and often want to start over. The Speedpaint 2.0 comes off when you soak the figures in isopropyl alcohol and the primer from Army Painter stays on the mini. I let the mini completely dry over night after stripping them. If you overpaint in area and just want to touch up the figure, get some standard white paint and paint over the mistake, then apply more Speedpaint...
I recommend looking at what others have done over the official paint jobs. They have a lot of experience and spend a lot of time to get awesome effects, most of which are not noticed on the table. I find looking at what others post online helps me be better at deciding colors.
I recommend looking at what others have done over the official paint jobs. They have a lot of experience and spend a lot of time to get awesome effects, most of which are not noticed on the table. I find looking at what others post online helps me be better at deciding colors.
I understand the frustration and the desire to want to reset when it didn't work out. One of the nice parts of painting to me is.. well, you can paint over your paint! If the SpeedPaint didn't get you what you wanted, a different color speedpaint might be able to just fix it entirely or tint it differently. Barring that, you mentioned Satin craft paint earlier - I find acrylic paint used on top of quick-paints to be a great strategy. If you're looking to increase the visual quality of yours, a quick-paint layer, some targeted highlights with acrylic paint, and targeted areas with wash (or say, a quick-paint equivalent like Bony Matter/Gravelord Grey) can do wonders for you. I definitely run into times myself that the mini doesn't feel right until I start adding some wash/shading effects.
Checking out images here is a good idea for sure. If you like something someone did, the images are usually quite big and can be zoomed in enough to help scrutinize what they did. You can either look for the exact thing you're painting and try to find people's work as inspiration/something to emulate.. or just scrawl through the images and stop when you see something you like that catches your eye! Sometimes painters are subscribed to their own images (I certainly am) and will know if you comment on the image asking questions too.