Quick Shade is a tool, like everything else we use to paint our little metal/plastic figurines. I'll keep it in mind if I do.Īs for J.P's "lazy" commentary: please. But then, I haven't really worked it on larger panels yet. I haven't had any brush stroke or ring issues. I guess I use what you call the "splash" method. But, IMO at least, the effect is not as pronounced. It'll still work with cooler colors, like the blue. For the Protectorate stuff I've used it on so far it's done a fine job. So, from what I've seen, it tends to work better with warmer colors. Its kinda sad when you think about it : P I find I'm considering using it more and more as recently most of my time has been spent doing comission work for others using my airbrush and oils and I never work on my own armies. I have to admit that using QS doesnt improve your skill in painting but it does take your unpainted armies and get them ready to a durable table top quality. I havent checked this morning but I felt like it made the model look fairly decent. For my steelheads atleast I know I had brown leggings, green cloth, silver armor, brass plating, black poles, khaki rucksacks, lighter brown straps on the legs and pouches and then flesh / hair. Though I think most infantry has generally got 3 major colors and then about 2-3 minor colors to help break up the model (which I found is really important to paint prior to QS as it stops the model just looking like a lump of brown). Does the paper towel ever leave any residue ? I have been using a brush on my BF models to get rid o pooling but it tends to leave small rings.Īlso J.P - I think you need to pick the right models to QS for example scyrah wouldnt work the white would turn boneish IMO and the models are to plain. Thanks Bishop, I will try dipping the rest of my steelheads tonight if I get the block painitng done. Īlso Bishop do you get repeatable effects with your dipping ? I always see a vast array of dipped models with different finishes and wonder if its just people not doing it correctly or if from dip to dip it changes a little (scared to commit my next 8 steelheads to the dipping) I think it would probably clog up easily though with a bit of turps thinning it might work okay. Out of curiosity has anyone been brave enough to try this through an airbrush ? : P Figured I'd ask before even considering to try it. maybe dip gives you a more over all coverage and looks better on flat surfaces whereas, splash gives you more controlled coverage but doesnt look as good on flat surfaces due to brush strokes and rings. I'm in the process of comparing splash to dip on my blog so far about 18 hours into the drying of the comparing models and I dont think there is much of a difference in the two. It went against every 1 of my painting fibers to go into the realm of dipping but I must say I'm impressed by the effect it gave on my steelhead infantry. I've only ever done soft done splash on some flames of war models (turned out well but then again at that scale anything looks good). So after seeing the effect you got with your QS dips I decided to duck out and go grab a can of strong tone.
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