
PAINTING OVER QUICKSHADE HOW TO
PAINTING OVER QUICKSHADE FULL
Leave the model to dry for a full 24-48 hours for the pigmented varnish to harden, thus protecting your models on the battlefield.Dip the whole model into the can and shake of the excess Quickshade with a few hard swings to remove excess drops. Next step is shading with Quickshade: STRONG Tone.Then follows a flat basecoat of regular miniatures paint, no highlights, outlining, ink washes, drybrushing or anything, only flat colours.Spray the models with Colour Primer: Army Green priming and undercoating in one.

The metal model was trimmed and glued together using a spot of Superglue and hardened using Magic Superglue Activator.
PAINTING OVER QUICKSHADE SERIES
The series of Battlefields XP Tuft adds a nice touch to the bases and comes in various shades. Sticking to the same type of bases throughout the army is essential. Battlefields Battleground and TuftsĪs with all armies, doing nice bases is key to an overall good result. As with all types of varnishes - follow the instructions carefully. The "Anti-Shine" is a super matt transparent varnish designed to remove the shine from the gloss Quickshade. After a few minutes go back and remove pools with an old brush or tissue. or you can paint on the Quickshade using an old brush. DIPPING: Dip your models in Quickshade, holding it by the base with a pair of pliers and then shake the excess drops off with a few hard swings.There are 2 ways to add Quickshade to you models: Once applied the Quickshade adds instant shading to the whole of the model in one go. It is a pigmented varnish engineered especially for Wargames miniatures.

The Quickshade is the second part of The Army Painter Technique. The unique qualities of the Colour Primer (combining priming and coloured pigment into one spray) is perfect for saving time, starting painting on top of an already undercoated model. Gamers rejoice: mountains of unpainted miniatures under your bed is now history! GET MORE TIME FOR GAMING!Īll the models on these pages have been painted using the same simple Army Painter Technique described here: Spray - Basecoat - Dip - Done.įor more info and techniques on The Army Painter products please visit: Colour Primer sprays This innovative yet simple technique is build on speed and efficiency (we will leave award-winning Golden Demon Standard to the people who've got more time.) - and anybody can get fantastic results the very first time they try it. If you are one of those thousands of painters out there with several half finished army projects - and way too little time to game with them, let alone finish their paintjob: then The Army Painter Technique is what you have been waiting for!
