kobolds

[jdizzy001]

These guys have been sitting in my pile of shame since 2013. I finally got them out and painted. Thanks to my army speed paints they were finished (after priming) in 2.5 hours. That includes some highlights as well. Speaking of highlights, yes, the rumors are true, speed paints reactive if you apply another layer of paint over them. Here are some tools to mitigate that if you are concerned. 

1. Let the speed paint dry. It takes longer for speed paint to dry than acrylics or even their GW contrast counter-parts. Once the paint is dry it doesn't reactivate as much.

2. Wet blend. What more could you ask for, a paint that does the mixing and blending for you! Perfect blends, every single time!

3. Don't thin your paints as much. If you are like me you thin every single paint before use. That is fine with acrylics, but for speed paints use much less thinning medium. In fact, consider skipping the medium altogether. Also, once your brush is loaded, dab it on a paper towel to wick-off excess moisture.

4. Dry-brush. These guys were tough to dry brush, there were pretty small, but if you do decide to dry brush, do it sparingly with very little paint on your brush or you will reactivate the speed paint.

5. Don't worry about it, just paint. If you are painting competitively, don't use speed paints (unless you want to wet blend, in which case, see point 2).

 

PS, the metallics were all done in silver then either washed as normal with a dark wash or painted over with Speed paints to create the bronze color.

Edited April 24 by jdizzy001

[Chaoswolf]

Good job on them!

[Glitterwolf]

Very good!

Love the little critters!

[Grand Slam]

These look good...the highlighted areas of the skin work well. I also like the spear tips 

[Kangaroorex]

Its a christmas crew!  Nicely done and really bright and showy.  Love the red especially.

 

Good Job!

[Iridil]

Look great - thanks for sharing the techniques used... I have a lot of little unpainted kobolds.....