The process I used:
1: Spray both sides of the model using Krylon Fusion (Dark Brown I think).
2: Paint arms and face using Citadel Foundation Tallarn Flesh.
3: Paint helmet and torso armor using mid 90s era Citadel Colour Brazen Brass.
4: Paint spear tips using mid 90s era Citadel Colour Chainmail.
5: Paint helmet plume with Citadel Foundation Mordian Blue.
6: Paint grey rocks with Valejo Game Color Cold Grey.
7: Cover flat part of model base with mid 90s era Citadel Colour Vomit Brown.
8: Dip wet base paint into Tupperwear style tub of Woodland Scenics ballast. (Forget exact name.)
9: Use Vomit Brown around edge of model base.
10: Paint gloves black. Paint back of shields black. Paint Tail and Hooves Black.
11: Use new Citadel Washes Ogryn Flesh on the fleshy bits and the grey rocks. (Should have used Badab Black wash on the rocks looking back. I might go do that if I go back and drybrush the tails sometime.)
12: Drybrush mid 90s era Citadel Colour (man do those old paints store well or WHAT?) Snakebite Leather on the brown horsey bits.
13: Glue shield on.
14: Tape up pegs on the formation trays.
15: Spraypaint with Krylon Fusion tan(or light brown.. I dunno) over the trays. Once dry pull off masking tape or regular old clear tape.
16: Wonder why it took so damned long for such little models and feel bad because there is more detail to the minis I just skipped painting because I am lazy.
I need to learn how to paint faster and nicer because this whole box of nearly 200 minis needs some painting done to it:
15 Roman Spearmen/Shieldwall and 15 Egyptian Archers not shown due to Krylon Fusion/primer drying
Luckily the rares and uncommons mostly just need a nice Badab Black Citadel Wash and my favorite quickie base flocking method as I described.
But notice that Plano case? That's a great way to store your Arcane Legions minis, as well as many other minis. In Arcane Legion's case especially since I want to paint and flock the bases we need a quick way of determining the model's ID codes. Thus I size the models with some room to breathe/grow, and put a piece of semitransparent tape on the spot above the model's new home and write down the code. (If I had a label writer I could really get fancy!) If I buy more boosters I have room for extras, and the tape lets me remove it and resize in the future if I choose to spread things out a bit more and go to 2 cases.
The things are a pretty good deal for under 5 bucks for this sized one, and the variable slot setup lets me fit things better.
Those look good, Rufus. Your process is sound, but you're right - 6 hours seems like a tad long for that assembly-line.
ReplyDeleteI mean I did have things like coffee and IRC talks while painting, but yeah it took me forever. I am slow and methodical. Good thing I don't thin paints and do multiple coats. (One big reason for the Foundation paints!)
ReplyDeleteOf course the black was a 1 dollar bottle of a brand by the Apple Barrel paint maker so I got a little paint water on my jeans thanks to trying to mix the right amount of water to paint blob so I could actually paint with the stuff so that took a little time too.
But again, yeah. It took me way too long. And thanks for the vote of confidence on the paint job!
Maybe later on this week I will start up on the 15 Romans my faction has in it. I talked to a history buff about what the Romans under Marc Antony might have had for colors and apparently they were either white or red cloth. Ill go with white which will save a lot of painting time, then maybe give them blue on their furry head things to denote they aren't regular loyalist Romans any more.