QUICKSHADE PAINTING SYSTEM FULL
QUICKSHADE PAINTING SYSTEM PRO

However, getting the best results seems to be very technique sensitive so lots of practice is advised. The products are of very high quality and work as described. Overall, I think ‘The Army Painter’ system has massive potential. I will be spraying long range and lightly in future! I went for the point blank heavy coat approach and ended up with some wrinkles on the models. – Spray varnishing is very technique sensitive. I thought I had conquered this problem by using decal solvent, but it’s still a pain in the butt. Nice flat decal, nice rounded shoulder pad. – Games Workshop shoulder pad decals are not fit for purpose. The instructions specifically say spray at point blank range but in future I will probably take more time and apply two or three light coats. Paint Plumbing Storage & Organization Tools Back Back Quik Shade. I think I overdid it a bit and applied a big fat coat.

QUICKSHADE PAINTING SYSTEM FULL

Each paint is of high quality, full of colour and ready for use straight out of the bottle.

Designed for use on plastic, vehicle resin, metal and the new Warlord Resin figures. – You’ve got to be good with spray techniques for best effects. As you’ve seen, the Rapid Deployment System enables you to get your troops to the battlefield extremely quickly, and with little effort.

QUICKSHADE PAINTING SYSTEM PRO

Yes they’re never going to win Golden Demon, and yes all the pro painters will sarcastically say ‘Hur hur yeah it looks like you put no effort in…’ and no, the bases aren’t finished, but heck, I got five miniatures for about fifteen minutes work, and these are above some of the standards I’ve seen in my gaming adventures.Ģ ) Spray marines with ‘The Army Painter’ dragon red (really impressed with the spray)ĥ ) Paint details in base colours (eg skulls, seals, badges etc)Ħ ) Dip the whole model into the pot of ‘The Army Painter Quickshade’ (dark tone)ĩ ) Apply decals with decal solvent, paint baseġ0 ) Apply two coats of ‘The Army Painter Matt Varnish’ Especially if you’re a dice hardened gamer. Overall impressions: Great! Bearing in mind I put zero effort whatsoever into these, they’ve turned out to a decent gaming standard. Quickshade Dip: Strong Tone 29.99 £ 24.99 Using Varnish Sealing your models is absolutely necessary. Seemed simple enough, so I bought the stuff and gave it a try. I visited their website by chance and noticed they had a tutorial on painting Blood Angels and cooking bacon. This week I decided to try a system called ‘The Army Painter’ by some guys form Denmark. There are a ton of other tutorials and galleries on the web.I’ve always a fan of speed painting, as you regular reading spambots will be aware. A small container of Quickshade is roughly thirty US dollars, and the Minwax Polyshade (I prefer Tudor Satin), is about 8 dollars for a few pints. It's a great way to get a large number of figures painted and ready for the tabletop quickly. In my case, after I get it on, I carefully brush off the excess, but it can easily pool in certain recesses. I brush the stuff on, but the technique is called 'dipping' because the technique first involved dipping the entire model into the poly and then shaking/spinning it to remove the excess. Mold lines on your models, along with any imperfection, become accentuated with Quickshade, but again, that's the case if you use a wash anyway.ģ) It's messy. Often times, though, you will want to protect the paint anyway, so it may or may not be an extra step.Ģ) It requires a bit more prep work. While it certainly is a way to quickly finish a large number of models there are a few disadvantages:ġ) It leaves a gloss finish on your model that, except in a few cases, is generally undesirable, which requires the application of a matt varnish to eliminate. This pictures most definitely are not Photoshopped, but it's not quite the magic bullet as it seems. I have used Quickshade and the much cheaper but equally effective Minwax polyshade on roughly one hundred miniatures.

Quickshade painting system