Here is my step by step approach to painting a SB army in a short time. Not to win any painting prizes, but will get it ready for the table pronto!
Step 1 - Assembly
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From packet to base. I wouldn't bother cleaning any figures up. This of course depends on the figure/mould age. The Turks here are new of the press so are neat and tidy. Most PP casting are good enough to do this with.
Step 2 Hot Glue
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Hot glue gun the figures on the MDF bases
Step 3 White glue
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Diluted white glue the sand on
Step 4 Craters
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Optional step. If I put 3 figures on a base then I milliput a crater just to fill the base up a little bit. Bob it on and rough the edges up. Then with the 'wrong' end of paintbrush push in the crater.
Step 5 Undercoat
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Spray the whole army with a 'coloured' primer. This time I've used dunklegelb (flames of war range)
Step 6 Drybrush
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3 Layers of dry brush, doing the whole army at once.
Layer 1 - Vallejo Iraqi sand (heavy brush)
Layer 2 - Vallejo Iraqi sand + 40% white
Layer 3 - White - just a soupçon
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Hopefully you can see the progression of stages here (from R to L)
Step 7 Washes
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then its a case of washing areas of the figures with a washy colour to give a variety. Any acrylic will do. I tend to use the GW Lahmian medium as the thinner, as this seems to give the best results.
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Step 8 Finishing touches
Paint the whole base with Army Painter 'Soft tone'. This is the big can, not the bottle
Spray with really Matt varnish
I put a lot of tufts on , and then .. finish off with some weathering pigments on the base.
I normally use MiG Europe dust, but of late I've taken to Secret weapons 'Terracotta', perhaps not as 'real', but gives a bit of pop for the table
Simon, I know that you are a wordsmith as well as an artist, so I'll just say prodigious and leave it there.
What was the pre-formed base that you used for the Higher Command stand?
Great tutorial again.
How long did this little lot take? Please don't tell me that you just fitted it in your spare time over 7 days (again...).
Quote from: pigsticker on December 29, 2016, 08:00:23 PM
What was the pre-formed base that you used for the Higher Command stand?
My guess, looking at the rounded corners, is that it is a FOW base.
QuoteWhat was the pre-formed base that you used for the Higher Command stand?
Yes a Battle Front Italian HQ set I had lying around
QuoteHow long did this little lot take?
Each stage was 1 'session' of about 1-2 hours. Stage 7 I did in batches of 10 bases , in 30 minutes stints ... so I'd reckon 21 hours in actual effort
Quote from: Lurkio on December 30, 2016, 09:50:04 AM
QuoteWhat was the pre-formed base that you used for the Higher Command stand?
Yes a Battle Front Italian HQ set I had lying around
QuoteHow long did this little lot take?
Each stage was 1 'session' of about 1-2 hours. Stage 7 I did in batches of 10 bases , in 30 minutes stints ... so I'd reckon 21 hours in actual effort
Many thanks Simon. Having just spent most of my free time over 4 days cleaning up and basing my Late War Brits, I think I may just give up now ;)
You see... there is a redundant step. I've saved you 4 days
Don't sweat the small stuff !