The minis will not be a sea of unpainted gray

[Novelist432]

Yes there are no metallic contrasts. But going over some details on metallic then doing a wash is still pretty easy. Here are some examples. Contrast does skin and organic things insanely well.

Well none of my pictures posted so I posted the whole gallery below. You'll notice there's a style shift partway through, back when I was having stuff commission painted. None of that is contrast.

[Novelist432]

https://bolterandchainsword.com/gall...ers-of-battle/

[Good Pig]

Originally Posted by Novelist432

https://bolterandchainsword.com/gall...ers-of-battle/

Nice! The figure with the giant wings that have a white to black gradient was super eye catching and impressive. I really like the flame details on the mech chariot thing too. Overall the color choices look really clean and balanced with good attention to the small details.

[caps]

Small details can be hard to paint well with speed paints... Depending on the type of detail. I have not been happy with my attempts to do little dots like buttons or jewelry or studs with speed paints. It seems to me that those should probably be dome with traditional paints, or just covered in one color (the details probably won't show up that much at a distance anyway). But I'm still very much a novice.

[Grungebob]

Originally Posted by Novelist432

Yes there are no metallic contrasts. But going over some details on metallic then doing a wash is still pretty easy. Here are some examples. Contrast does skin and organic things insanely well.

Well none of my pictures posted so I posted the whole gallery below. You'll notice there's a style shift partway through, back when I was having stuff commission painted. None of that is contrast.

Those look great!

[brak88]

I like the colors shown in the new battle video. More of a subdued pastel look. Not as bright and in your face as before. The detail shows up a little better from a distance as well.

[AMIS]

Originally Posted by Novelist432

Yes there are no metallic contrasts. But going over some details on metallic then doing a wash is still pretty easy. Here are some examples. Contrast does skin and organic things insanely well.

Well none of my pictures posted so I posted the whole gallery below. You'll notice there's a style shift partway through, back when I was having stuff commission painted. None of that is contrast.

Contrast and speedpaints will cover most models very well (after they've been primed) BUT if you're looking to complete better looking models, then you have to put more time into them and use other types of paints as well.

That includes metallic paints, washes, acrylics and such.

The more time and effort you take in painting figures the better they will look (generally speaking), but in general for typical tabletop use, contrast and speedpaints will look good, even for the more hamfisted of us like myself.

[chas]

Like Brak 88, I am very happy to see them seemingly moving away from Day Glo and to more subdued shades.

[FrankensteinsMonster]

Originally Posted by chas

Like Brak 88, I am very happy to see them seemingly moving away from Day Glo and to more subdued shades.

Yes! Some colors are an assault on people with visual sensitivities.

[brak88]

[blast_shark]

Surely someone has thought of the 1,000,000 IQ plan of spraypainting all the classic 'scape figures to match AoA, right?

[Tai-Pan]

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