I've put silver edging on swords and brightened up gemstones post-dull coat and it worked just fine. The minis are easily dulled back down, and despite the heavy coating if you dull coat and then do touch-up painting, the new layer sticks. Then dull coat and you're good to go, with a tabletop quality mini. He's ready for flocking if I choose to, or I'll just touch up his base with some "flagstone" looking patterns, and he's ready for the tabletop. He's sealed nicely, he's got a dark tone and looks battlefield worn, and the details on the minis are revealed not obscured. My next experiment will use cheap clear coat, but for now I went with the "good stuff" as I was also sealing another mini that wasn't part of the experiment.Īs you can (probably) see, the shine is gone completely. Step Three: Dull Cote After 24 hours of drying, I took him outside and hit him with my Testors Model Master Dullcote. Notice his strong gloss tone at this point. This was much easier with a plastic model. Step Two: Dip I dipped the guy and whipped off the excess. I used a mix of Vallejo Colors, Reaper Pro Paints, and (mostly) Apple Barrel Colors.* I did no detail work here, I just painted within the lines. A quick base coat of black for his armor, maroon for his pants, crimson shirt, flesh tone, burnt umber boots, leather belt, brown and steel grey for his crossbow. Step One: Base Coat I took an assembled and grey-primed Warhammer crossbowman out of my collection (I think he's Empire Militia) and set to work. My apologies for the so-so pictures I have a camera for snap shots and I don't have a good miniature photographing setup. But I wanted to do one from scratch, deliberately going fast, to see just how easily I could paint cannon fodder type minis. They came out well, generally, good enough for tabletop use. You know, those minis that get 80% done and just sit there as you mull over how to wash and drybrush it best to bring out the colors, or why you debate the color scheme again, or where you just lost interest in the finishing process and want it done. I'd used it on a few minis I'd done detailed base coats on, but just couldn't seem to finish. I decided to try an experiment with my Army Painter Quick Shade. This is as much a review of Army Painter Quick Shade as it is a demonstration of me using it.
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