12-17-2019, 01:36 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Aerlith
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Painting minis
Just curious as to what kind of paints are recommended for the minis. Also, I've added the Ogre Battle Box to my pledge, so will the same paints work with those too?
Thanks!
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12-17-2019, 02:57 PM | #2 |
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Re: Painting minis
The final materials that the Car Wars 6e minis will be made from has not yet been finalized.
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12-17-2019, 04:28 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Frederick, MD
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Re: Painting minis
It stands to reason that any paint designed for miniatures (and even most modeling) will be good.
From the KS comments, there was discussion of one example where a particular brand of miniatures had a chemical reaction with a common type of spray paint, and the plastic softened. SJG is aware of that incident, and has posted to KS that they will avoid that particular trap. As long as your base coat has “primer” it’s name, you will be fine! What else are thinking about as far a painting the minis goes? |
12-18-2019, 07:12 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Painting minis
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Nothing too fancy, really. Just the base coat and element highlights, and maybe some drybrushing. I'd like to pick up some metallic paints as well, for both Car Wars and Ogre. Thanks!
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12-18-2019, 10:27 AM | #5 |
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Re: Painting minis
I painted some Ogre Miniatures with standard spray paint and they came out fine. I was really happy with the way they are attached to the sprues, you can cut the sprues and use the sprues as handles while painting because the spot where the part attaches to the sprue is hidden when you put the model together.
Painted the hulls red, the treads black bronze, and the weapons silver. Then assembled and a wash. Done. I'm planning on painting the cars with a cheap airbrush, then painting the weapons black and maybe a rusty look for some of the ram plates. (Love the cow catcher on the Conestoga.) |
12-18-2019, 10:38 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Re: Painting minis
Cool, that sounds like a practical approach, thanks! And they've added some real heavy metal vehicles with the latest updates. The Goblin, Conestoga, and Butcher all cry out for some metal-tone meanness. I'd love to paint a barbed wire motif around the Butcher, for instance.
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12-18-2019, 05:38 PM | #7 |
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Re: Painting minis
I am also hoping to learn about metallic paints. I was thinking a gloss protective coat (I have only used matte finish so far) might do the trick.
Mind you, I only started painting miniatures this past year (because I got Cthulhu Wars for Festivus), but what do you mean by “standard” spray paint? Household grade spray paint would have covered too thickly and ruined my miniatures. |
12-19-2019, 01:01 AM | #8 |
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Re: Painting minis
I shot the Ogre minis with a better brand spray paint from Walmart. The details are not covered over. It just takes a light touch.
I've used 99 cent walmart brand car primer (grey, rust, or black) to undercoat gw minis for years and had good results. |
12-19-2019, 08:24 AM | #10 |
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Re: Painting minis
There are metal primers that can damage plastic so read the label.
For paint I stick to acrylics. Cleanup with oil paints is a PITA. If you are just painting the 20 odd minis in the CW box and expansions I'd just get an assortment of paints made for the wargaming hobby. You can save money buying in larger quantities meant for other uses but you'll never use it all up so is it really cheaper? Spray paint is questionable for small numbers of minis unless they're all being painted to one scheme and can all have one base coat. I do use spray for my 40k minis since in most cases I paint entire units at the same time. So my ultramarines get a base coat of blue. That saves a lot of time. But my BattleTech minis rarely have one color scheme across a bunch of minis so I usually paint them by hand. |
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