Mojoman Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've noticed a great variance between whether people dip their minis or not. Some people swear by it, others say it's terrible. My thought for this discussion is two-fold... Do you or do you not dip? Why? Those are the (first) questions. How do you do it? This is for those of you that dip... what's your technique. I'm also curious to hear from some of you folks that use a dip as a sealer... I'm curious about what you use and the how/why/product you use. I currently do not dip my minis. I would say the reason is that I've just started the part of this hobby where I'm doing multiple paint jobs of the same one or two minis. Before October this year, I only painted one or two individual minis at a time for RPG stuff. Well, there you go... discuss. -mojoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRigger Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I haven't but I have a mass of bugs I'd like to paint up for a warhammer 40k campaign that my gaming club will be running. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastl Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I 'dipped' my reven force but used Magic Wash instead of wood stain. They turned out decent enough but I won't be dipping anything going forward. I'm willing to take the time to add a little more detail. The reven were basecoated then magic wash. No additional highlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Hey Rastl, do you have any pics of those? I'd like to see the effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastl Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 These are TERRIBLE pics but they're all I've got right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Cool, thanks! Not bad for that 'dirty' effect, though like you, I don't see any benefit over giving them a regular wash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Go over to Reapergames and in the Warlord gallery look for the submissions from Ugluk. Excellent miniatures that were done with a dip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushmaster Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Heard about it . Don't do it . Don't know how to do it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlordgarou Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Tried it on some Tau. I might try it again for some IG units. I can see how it would be useful, but I am not sure how often I will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted December 10, 2007 Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2007 Sure I did. My prefered is Strawberries in chocolate, though corn chips in Guac is good too. (Sorry, couldn't resist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decado Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I read about it for a while and saw some pics of dipped minis that looked rather good. I got up the nerve to try it on some GW Beastmen I had painted or had about half finished. I liked the results and will probably use it to paint "Army" miniatures or any minis I need a mass of. For RPG characters and just painting for show I will spend more time adding the detail. Decado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoman Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 Rastl and Warlordgarou - would you mind expounding on the technique, product, etc. that you used when you dipped? -mojman PS - Rastl, I think those reven look pretty nice for tabletop use. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRigger Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Here are some articles on dipping - including one by Darkstar - http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?...=11851&st=0 http://www.drunkdwarves.com/pages/artttgttcdipping.html http://www.dark-age.com/articles/dado111907.pdf (large PDF) http://www.dysartes.com/model/painting/Dipping1.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastl Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Here's what I did. Base coat with mid to high colors. The dip/wash will darken them. Clean up your lines so everything is the color you want it. Using a large-ish soft brush you can control (I think I use a #3 round for this) use Magic Wash* to cover the fig. Make sure you get it in all the recesses. Let dry thoroughly! If needed, add a few highlights. * Magic Wash has been described many times. I use 3 parts glaze medium, 3 parts water and 1 part brown liner. Glaze medium can be replaced with brush-on matte varnish. Either one can be found by the craft paints at many stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Porsenna Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 No, and IMHO even in this scale and for army building it doesn't give me the level of detail I want. I'm a firm dis-believer in the use of single-color washes, so this is a no-go for me right out of the box... Damon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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