Learn how to use the new Speedpaint 2.0 and get Peachy’s thoughts on the new Mega Set in this review and painting tutorial!
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This week, Peachy looks at the new Army Painter Speedpaint, shows how to paint up three marines with them, and what he thinks about them overall. Let’s take a closer look!
Speedpaint 2.0 Review & How To Use It: Peachy Painting Tutorial
They sent him a set but Peachy was not paid for the review. So you know he’ll give his honest thoughts on everything. To start, he will paint a White Scar to see how it does! Just keep in mind everything used is from AP, which you can score here! Let’s check it out.
Painting a White Scar
For this, he starts with a white undercoat. Then, he takes Poppy Red and hits all the details he wants to be red. The markings might be a little rough to start, so go back with white and cover them up.
For all the black details, he uses Grim Dark, and again, don’t be too worried about getting this on white. For all the Silver Details, he uses Broadsword Silver. This is a little odd for him as he usually never uses contrast for metal, but he can see the benefit.
For any parchment, he uses Boney Matter.
For the armor, he thins down Ashen Stone with the Medium and applies it all over the white armor. There will be some pooling, so just take a dry brush and clean it up. To finish the armor, he takes white, adds some chipping, and then applies Occultist Cloak with a sponge.
Lastly, he picks out some blue details and highlights the black leather. Overall, he’s pleased with the results, the sponge chipping worked great, and nothing was reactivated. However, he would do another coat of red to make it punchier, and he’s not sure about the silver. Still, super happy with the results.
Painting an Imperial Fist
He’s using a much different method for yellow; he actually sprays the model a pinkish color. Peachy starts by spraying the whole thing with Pixie Pink and then does a quick coat of white from the top down.
Once dry, he takes Maize Yellow and just applies it all over the model (other than the gun). To add some extra punch, he drybrushes the whole thing with Skeleton Bone (and nothing reactivated), but it didn’t make a huge difference.
He uses Grim Dark for all the black details and Broadsword Silver over all the black. It gave it a very dark gun metal style, so he’ll probably have to paint silver over the top.
On the other hand, the Hoplite Gold is punchy (even over the black) and has a considerable effect. He does the sponge chipping again and hits some small weathering with black. He uses Skeleton Bone for all the parchment, highlights them with Poppy Red, and finishes with some blue and black highlights.
For this, he likes the Hoplite Gold and is happy the paint goes over the pink undercoat well. The only real issue was a little bit of cracking on the gun. However, he went over the model with a hairbrush, and he thinks he overheated the model a little.
Painting a Blood Angels
He sprays this with Skeleton Bone, as he wants to see how the red looks over a more muted coat. He then applies Poppy Red all over the model and ensures it’s in the deeper areas. He puts Grim Black all over the details (it’s not quite as dark as Black Legion, but it still works well). Next, he puts the Broadsword silver in all the silver areas and Hopelite Gold in all the gold areas.
For highlighting, he highlights all the black leather with Castle Grey and then highlights all the red armor with Elf Flesh, and ties in nicely with the red. To finish it off, he washes all the silver with Dark Tone. He really likes that you can paint this over different undercoats.
However, they did have a little bit of cracking again, so they did a bunch of tests. They couldn’t get the cracking to occur again, so he thinks it’s more of a painter’s error than the paints.
Overall, he really liked the paints; they get models looking good without a ton of time, they don’t reactivate, and he likes all the newly added colors and tools.
If you want to paint fast and get minis on the table, he would totally recommend them!
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
