How do you get a model painted to table-top quality (and more) in a day or less? Take a look at this quick walkthrough of how easy that process can be!
Kenny is at it again, painting up a fantastic Plague Prince by Spellcrow. By utilizing the airbrush, he is able to take this miniature up from zero to hero and ready for the tabletop. While this tutorial focuses on the airbrush, you can do similar effects with a paintbrush, though it will take longer. Check out the process below then be sure to watch the entire tutorial by pressing play on the video below!
From Box To Painted In One Day: Next Level Painting
First, the model is primed black then a pre-shade is applied by thinning down white and glazing over the blacks from top-down. To get an effective pre-shade, get most of your white on the peaks where the light will hit most, then fade it down to black where the shadows are going to be strongest.
This isn’t exact, you can apply as much or as little white to this step until you are happy with the result.
Skeleton Bone and Moon Dust by The Army Painter are combined together with flow improver and some water to create a very thin glaze. This thin paint is sprayed over the pre-shade as a tint. Mummy Robes by the Army Painter is thinned down and glazed over the bone color to add a subtle highlight to that tint.
Warlock Purple and Crusted Sore by the Army Painter is thinned down and used as a wash to color the legs and create a shade in the crevices.
To get this thinned over a large surface, such as the stomach, use a dabbing motion called stippling to get the color where you want. Apply these colors over the skin in thin layers, drying in between applications.
Jungle Green is then dropped into the holes in the armor thinly while the skin is drying. Necromancer Cloak is also glazed over the spots that will eventually be black or grey. Gun Metal is used on the axe and metallic pieces.
To build more colors on the skin, time to glaze! Using the Warlock Purple, thinned down, glaze over each spot on the skin that you want to be brighter. This is a very controlled version of the previous application, using thin layers brushed over the surfaces. This glaze helps bring out highlights and apply even more color to the skin.
Strong Tone is mixed with Quickshade Mixing Medium and applied over the armor pieces, stippled into each crack to apply shade and more tint the everything. Green Tone is also added to the weapon for a more unique silver. Once that is done, he is table-top ready!
That was an easy way to get a model to tabletop quality in a single day. Spellcrow offers optional pieces to this model, such as the jetpack. Check out their website for the optional pieces.
Take a look at the entire process, including how to paint the jetpack and loincloth, by pressing play on the video below!
