skellies!

[Biadetic]

How do you guys paint skellys ??? I want an effective yet fast way of doing it.

I tested some ways and the best result iv had so far is from white undercoat with brown ink and bleached bone dry brush with bleached bone with skull white lighter drybrush over that.

But under coating white is so damn hard witht the spray (and im not in the situation to buy the spray can )

any tips? :P

cheers

[Drax]

there was an article in White Dwarf a couple of months back (cannot remember the issue #) which showed quick ways to paint a skeleton unit, an ultra marine squad and some LoTR Marauders (i think?). the method for the skeletons was nice, simple, quick but effective imo - may be worth looking that up

[experiment 626]

prime white and wait for the new washes! delvan mud or strait black wash is great for vamp count skellies, while gryphonne sepia is perfect for tomb king skellies!

cheers!

[Biadetic]

so you deffo recommend prime white though? :P

[liveevil2000]

White base coat ... wash ... dry brush, has always been the easiest way to go for me. I have seen other methods which give incredible results, but those are not the quick & simple solutions you are looking for.

If the spray cans are not available to you, then get a good sized bottle of white paint (applebarrel, folk art or equal) thin down a bit to give a smooth coat and get a good sized brush. Then go to town and primer.

[crimslain]

Im going to dip mine, they drybush over them

[Brother Warchild]

Whats Dip Crimslain?

[liveevil2000]

Have you ever tried Dr. Ph. Martin water colors to do your dip. It works like a charm! (you have to mix them with some future but its great!)

[Prince of the Night]

I agree with the priming white and inking than drybrushing, but only because you want a fast and effective way. I personally would not paint my minis in this manner, but that will work for your purposes. When inking though, you could try a watered down dark brown wash and add a drop of dish liquid so as to make sure the color goes into the recessess better. MAKE SURE you let the ink process dry before you dry brush. About an hour would be just fine for the inking to dry.

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by liveevil2000

Have you ever tried Dr. Ph. Martin water colors to do your dip. It works like a charm! (you have to mix them with some future but its great!)

furture floor wax is the item of choice here in the frozen north... actually, this method was the insperation for the new washes coming next month!

the great thing about FFW is that it stops the current inks from pooling and drying in great dark 'blobs' of colour around the rescess of the model.

cheers!

[liveevil2000]

how many washes are coming out and what kind of bottle are they going to be packaged in?

[experiment 626]

Originally Posted by liveevil2000

how many washes are coming out and what kind of bottle are they going to be packaged in?

same size bottles as the foundations paints, but with black lids.

the colours are;
- baal red
- asurmen blue
- leviathan purple
- delvan mud
- ogryn flesh
- gryphonne sepia
- thraka green
- badab black

all will be availiable in a single box for $30(can)
individually, it's the regular $4.25(can)/pot

cheers!

[Spartan-11755]

Prime white and dip, Paint details (Sheild n metals and the what not) skellies

Grave Guard take time tho

[phil]

ive got the same problem with my skeletons but yeah prime-wash-drybrush sounds best.