Ogre and GEV Usable Miniatures

[tbeard1999]

I've just received my first set of Ogre plastic minis. I'll post them on my site when I get them painted. In the meantime, here are some links to my website www.texaswargamer.com that show painted sci-fi and modern 1/285 miniatures that would work with Ogre/GEV:

Ogre/Gev: http://texaswargamer.com/6mm-sci-fi/6mm-ogregev
Epic: http://texaswargamer.com/6mm-sci-fi/epic
Ground Zero Games hovercraft: http://texaswargamer.com/6mm-sci-fi/gzg-6mm
Exodus Wars: http://texaswargamer.com/6mm-sci-fi/6mm-exodus-wars
Khurasan: http://texaswargamer.com/6mm-sci-fi/6mm-khurusan
Mixture of Units for FFT 2050: http://texaswargamer.com/6mm-sci-fi/fft-2050-units
Comparisons: http://texaswargamer.com/6mm-sci-fi/comparisons
Modern 1/285: http://texaswargamer.com/modern-us
Modern French: http://texaswargamer.com/modern-us/modern-french
Modern Strykers: http://texaswargamer.com/modern-us/strykers
Modern Germans (the Puma is particularly Sci-Fi looking): http://texaswargamer.com/modern-us/modern-german

[Steve Jackson]

Very nice work there!

[tbeard1999]

Originally Posted by Steve Jackson

Very nice work there!

Thank you. I specialize in speed painting techniques, usually 3-5 minutes per model. They'd never win a Golden Dragon, but they look spiffy on the table. The Techniques tab on my page has a number of speedpainting tutorials, including:

AFVs with 3 toned desert camo (55 models; 4.5 mins/model): http://texaswargamer.com/techniques/...nting-6mm-afvs

1970s Germans (26 models; 3 mins/model): http://texaswargamer.com/techniques/...g-rehabbed-ghq

[CON_Troll]

OMG, that cammo MK V is fantastic!

Also, thank you very much for the "speed painting" instructions. That's gonna help a LOT of us. Really. Some of us have about 11,000 minis coming our way in May. Yeesh!

[schoon]

Well done, Sir. Well done!

[tbeard1999]

Originally Posted by CON_Troll

OMG, that cammo MK V is fantastic!

Also, thank you very much for the "speed painting" instructions. That's gonna help a LOT of us. Really. Some of us have about 11,000 minis coming our way in May. Yeesh!

Thanks for the kind words. And you’re very welcome; I’m on something of a mission to liberate gamers from the tyranny of the Golden Demon painters. :D

I’m pretty sure I saw that Ogre cameo scheme somewhere else. I’m not that creative.

[ColBosch]

Hear, hear! Using a similar technique to yours, I was able to knock out two full copies of Ogre Miniatures Set 1 in about three weeks. I was only painting one or two days a week, and only for a couple of hours each day, so while I didn't time myself I think it was about eight to ten hours total. I will definitely be adopting some of your methods to speed through my burgeoning collection.

For reference, my technique (based on the Army Painter method):

1. Clean up and assemble models.
2. Spray with a colored primer
3. Wash with appropriate ink
4. Drybrush with the color that matches the primer
5. Drybrush again, with that color mixed 50/50 with white
6. Add details: usually just black, but sometimes a couple others

I don't usually seal, but I really should.