TOPIC: Painting warbands or non uniformed troops efficiently ? |
Painting warbands or non uniformed troops efficiently ? Dave Hollin 5th Feb 2024 10:16:19 as a generality these days, having got an enormous lead pile. I have reverted to painting dark shades of colours and roughly 4 or 5 different colours tops and really not worrying about where the paint goes. My 'solution' for me is thus undercoat figures black put strip on base ready, rough paint over with dark brown front and back paint flesh very loosely paint spears paint metal bits paint shields paint colours onto backs of figures and legs/chest showing beyond where shield is very dilute ink wash
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Painting warbands or non uniformed troops efficiently ? ironass 11th Feb 2024 07:38:20 Excellent Thread and Posts... my congratulations gentlemen... I am going to indulge in painting some leftovers in my spares box, mainly Gallic Warbands... and I appreciated the tips. |
Standard User Posts: 5 Richie 13th Feb 2024 11:02:52 I've just started painting some Vikings, with the trousers I just kept them the same colour as they won't really be seen too clearly anyway. For the shields I started by painting them all white as a lot of the shield designs I saw had white on them and then I just picked out other colours and applied them to random figures. Not sure it's the most effective method but it worked for me. |
Standard User Posts: 21 Mort53 13th Feb 2024 11:21:10 I'm just ab I'm just about at the end out at the end of painting my Lancastrian army having already completed the Yorkist army. I used brown as a primer (Army brown leather) so anything below the belt line is brown unless armoured also helps with the leather items (belt, bags etc). The primer I use does vary from period to period i.e. ancients mostly flesh. Mort there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower |
Standard User Posts: 4 Trev Crook 14th Feb 2024 01:39:48 Different numerical method, originally borrowed from this forum I think.
Put your figures on a painting stick or similar. Basically you need a row. Choose an odd number. eg 5. Works best with odd numbers. Never 4! Put 5 colours pots in a row. Couple could be the same, if it’s a common colour. Paint the top of the first figure with Colour 1. Count 5 figures and paint that figure. Repeat down the line. Paint the top of the second figure with Colour 2. Count 5 figures and repeat. Repeat with the other paints until all the tops are painted.
Choose a different odd number. eg 7. Put 7 paint colours in a row. This will be for trousers/leggings. Repeat the same as above.
Use another number for hats?
Using this method means I don’t really have to make decisions. Just paint by numbers! |
Standard User Posts: 32 philemon 14th Feb 2024 04:49:09 Hi Trev Cook and folks, |
Painting warbands or non uniformed troops efficiently ? Dave Hollin 15th Feb 2024 08:26:11 works on 10mm too Editor, Slingshot (Society of Ancients) |