Now that we know Contrast paints are right around the corner for us, take this time to get your models ready with these 3 hobby projects now!
If you’re like plenty of other hobbyists out there, you might have a “shelf of shame”. That’s where your unpainted models go to collect dust. Contrast paints are going to be the new hope for players that decided to get into a horde army only realizing they don’t have any desire to paint. We’ll be able to shave off tons of hobby time by slathering our models in a healthy dose of contrast paint in one sitting.
Just make sure your models are good to go when the new paint pots hit the shelves!
3. Finish Putting Your Models Together
If you’ve got boxes and boxes of units sitting in storage, take the time now to suck it up and finish gluing all your models together. If you’ve already got your models together, go back over your models that aren’t even primed and make sure the mold lines and sprue tags are gone. You might have put them together in a rush a while back to get them on the table. Then, after one game you threw them back on the shelf to gather dust.
Avoid getting home and stopping your hobby progress just to clean up your models while all your friends paint their armies.
2. Prime Your Models In a Bright Color
If you really want to get a jump on things, go ahead and prime your models in a bright color. (White or Tan are probably going to be best).
These two new primers are on the way and their purpose is to give the model a bright background. That way, the colored pigment in whatever contrast paint you choose will be more intense. That being said, if you’ve got a primer color that you think will mix with your contrast paint scheme, go ahead and get your models all prepped!
1. Detail Your Model’s Bases
This last one is probably going to be the most fun for you. While you wait, you’ve always got the option of dressing up your bases for your models. You can go ahead and add the dirt, flock, etc. and have them set aside. As soon as your paint dries you can pop them on the base and take them down the road to your LGS.
Or conversely, if you just want to scoop up some pre-painted bases Gamers Grass has four cool varieties in a ton of base sizes ready to buy right meow!
Long story short, we’ve all got something that we could be doing while we wait for contrast paints to hit. Let us know how you’ve been preparing for the new paint line in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
About the Author: Wesley Floyd
Wesley Floyd
Job Title: Staff Writer
Joined: 2018
Socials: @RealmbrushPainting
About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
Imperial fanboy, tabletop fanatic, and the self-proclaimed King of Sprues. He knows for a fact that Mephiston red is the best-tasting paint and is the commission painting equivalent of a Wendy’s 4 for $4. If you like what he writes and want to contact him or have your tabletop minatures painted (to a mostly okayish standard), message him on Instagram.
