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Citadel PlastiC OrCs

h o w t o p a i n t

the paintshop of horrors

step

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The miniature was cleaned and led to removeash and moldlines. Since it was plastic, all Ireallly needed to worry about were the moldlines. The models was then mounted on a 25mmPlastic Base.

NOTE: This is an older instructional, so the mini is painted

on the base rather than on a temporary one which is mygeneral procedure now.

The model was then primered using Citadel BlackPrimer. Any spots that were missed were touchedup with Apple Barrel Matte Black paint. I mainlyuse Citdel brand primer as I have always hadgood results with it for both plastic and metal. Byall means, if you have a favorite primer, use that.

steptwo

The model was given a coating of CeramcoatKelley Green mixed with a drop of CeramcoatOld Parchment. That in turn was given a wash ofCeramcoat Black Green which has had a drop ofFuture Floor Wax. You can get the same effect by

just using Ord Flesh Wash from GW (I think itmight be called Dark Green Ink now).

The various leather parts of his tunic were givena coat of Ceramcoat Spice Brown mixed withApple Barrel Black. GW Scorched Brown can be

substituted or even Reaper Master Paint Walnut.At all points of application, I made sure to keepthe painted areas neatly done, as to avoid havingto recoat areas black before proceeding.

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The raised areas painted with the same mixturethat it was basecoated with. Make sure not to get

any of the paint into the recesses. After this coatdries, add a little more Old Parchment to themixture. Paint this mixture onto the same raisedareas while leaving a small bit of the previous coatshowing through around the edges.

This technique is called layering.

You will add additional layers over the previousones, each time leaving a little of the previous coatshowing through. While this is not a technique youwould use for painting character models, it doeswork well for painting large numbers of trooptype models.

Here, I painted the raised areas of the tuwith Ceramcoat Spice Brown. I also basecoated teeth with the same color. I also added a thand nal layer of green on the raised areasthe model.

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I added some Ceramcoat Antique Gold to the SBrown and painted the highlight on the raised arof the tunic. I painted the teeth with CeramcIvory, making sure to leave alittle of the bropeeking out at the base of the teeth. The lowerwas painted with Ceramcoat Raspberry, and thighlighted with Ceramcoat Raspberry mixed witdrop of White paint. The armor was given a coaCitdade Boltgun Metal, making sure not to get

paint into the recesses. The eyes were dotted wh

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I painted the blades of the knives, spikes, thehelmet, and the badge thing with boltgunmetal and then highlighted with Citadel Chain-mail. The hilts of the weapons were paitnedwith Folkart Gold.

The tongue was painted Ceramcoat Raspberry.The teeth were highlighted with CeramcoatIvory as well as painted onto the helmet horns,claws, the buckle, and the trophy teeth.

The eyes were dotted with Apple Barrel BrightRed.

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final

If you havent guessedyet, this is an olderinstructional fromabout four yearsago. Since then,Ive incorporateddifferent techniques

into my painting suchas blending and free-hand work. But thathas sort of come aboutwhen I came to the con-clusion that I am more of aminiature painting afciando andcollector rather than a die hardwargamer. But the process inwhich I have explained here stillforms the basic steps that I usewhen I paint all my minis now.

This instructional does

outline a way to paintyour various troop mod-els to a very high standardin a short amount of time.