PegaZus
Stealth Freak
A while back, on a thread about dual priming, a thought occurred to me. And that\'s never good for my weekend plans. What would happen if you tried using metallic silver spray paint as the \"second\" primer, in order to get a speed painted army up?
Turns out, that is an absolutely horrible, nasty, and ugly result. I shall not post those pictures. Ugly. Like Britney-shaved-head-and-50-pounds-of-powdered-donuts ugly. But here I digress.
Those three, poor unfortunate space marines that got only a \"seconding\" spray also had three siblings which got a FULL coat of the shiny (Rustoleum Bright Coat Metallic Finish, Silver). And they have a much better future to see the light of day.
To start with, everything was primed black. If you\'re very interested in seeing a featureless silhouette, click here. These were then given the shine:
That\'s a little better. And in real life, those things sparkle! It almost made me want to stop. And I did on one. The other two headed for a wash station; one in black and one in blue. The blue doesn\'t look good close up, so here\'s the finished survivor:
For larger shots, click here and here. The photos don\'t really do much justice. The mini now looks like it was made from pewter nearly. It is really a cool effect.
The final result, and all three together again:
or a larger shot here. As you can see, the blue paint wash didn\'t work too well. I had tried (on one of the first three failures) to use just an ink wash, but that didn\'t give me what I was looking for. I wanted an even blue tint to everything. I\'m sure someone can chime in with something that might work. So, for blue one shown, I just got lazy and did a blue paint wash.
So there you have it. With a shot of primer, a shot of silver, and a quick and simple black wash, there\'s a very interesting mini. It may not be colorful, but it does stand out and look \"finished\".
I\'ve thought about going on with this and getting the details painted up, but I think it wouldn\'t look right. Having that \"pewter\" look about it, I think adding any other colors would give it a cheap magazine advertisement hawking pewter figurines look. Any comments?
Turns out, that is an absolutely horrible, nasty, and ugly result. I shall not post those pictures. Ugly. Like Britney-shaved-head-and-50-pounds-of-powdered-donuts ugly. But here I digress.
Those three, poor unfortunate space marines that got only a \"seconding\" spray also had three siblings which got a FULL coat of the shiny (Rustoleum Bright Coat Metallic Finish, Silver). And they have a much better future to see the light of day.
To start with, everything was primed black. If you\'re very interested in seeing a featureless silhouette, click here. These were then given the shine:
That\'s a little better. And in real life, those things sparkle! It almost made me want to stop. And I did on one. The other two headed for a wash station; one in black and one in blue. The blue doesn\'t look good close up, so here\'s the finished survivor:
For larger shots, click here and here. The photos don\'t really do much justice. The mini now looks like it was made from pewter nearly. It is really a cool effect.
The final result, and all three together again:
or a larger shot here. As you can see, the blue paint wash didn\'t work too well. I had tried (on one of the first three failures) to use just an ink wash, but that didn\'t give me what I was looking for. I wanted an even blue tint to everything. I\'m sure someone can chime in with something that might work. So, for blue one shown, I just got lazy and did a blue paint wash.
So there you have it. With a shot of primer, a shot of silver, and a quick and simple black wash, there\'s a very interesting mini. It may not be colorful, but it does stand out and look \"finished\".
I\'ve thought about going on with this and getting the details painted up, but I think it wouldn\'t look right. Having that \"pewter\" look about it, I think adding any other colors would give it a cheap magazine advertisement hawking pewter figurines look. Any comments?
