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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19359566
I've collected enough for a 1K army, just need to get through and finish up the painting now. Slightly regretting choosing an army with so much trim as the first minis I'll paint, and even more so that I painted them in slightly ugly colours first and am now having to repaint the Rubricae... But I am excited to finally table them sometime in the future!
Spray Retributor gold + blue contrast = easy mode Rubricae!
Tbh by the time I finished my army I loved painting trim. You'll get good enough at it that you'll enjoy seeing the results you get.
Oh that's interesting, how do you stop the gold spraying over the blue? :o I don't have an airbrush but that's cool, I don't want to skip the fundamentals of painting so I'm working through this army with regular layer paints and shades!
If you are using non-contrast paints, I find it easiest to not fully assemble the minis before painting. Paint the arms and shoulders separate so that it is easier to hit all that "chaos trim".
Make sure to leave your glue points unpainted. I use poster tac to cover those (and it makes a good handle when you stick in a toothpick).
Oh yeah I've been doing sub-assemblies, at least the first time around! It's a bit of a pain repainting now that they're assembled, but also there's a base that the new paint goes over so it's not like it's just straight primer on the bits I miss!
Ooh, why do you leave glue points unpainted? Does the paint make the glue less effective?
If you're using plastic glue (which melts/welds plastic together), you need bare plastic for it to work right.
Cyanoacrylate glue (superglue) doesn't need bare plastic, but there's always the risk of the paint coming off at the connection, breaking the join.
Ahhhh.... I've not left any glue points unpainted! So far nothing has fallen apart 🤞
Hit the whole model with the gold, then use contrast paints (I use Talassar Blue) over the areas to be blue. Be careful to not paint over the trim, but it can wipe off with a moist cotton swab.
Ahhhh genius!