Army painter quick shade

[Dave Fothergill]

I've recently got some quick shade to speed up army painting and wanted to know the opinion of anyone who had used it before. I'm doing a few tester models (pictures to follow) and find that it's quite thick and leaves a thick coat on the model after "dipping" it is this normal ?

[templarboy]

It is a bit thick. You need to shake the can up for a long time and shake the extra off the model after you dip it. I prefer to brush it on. I have more control that way.

[magickbk]

There was a recent discussion about Quickshade in relation to Lizardmen. [url]http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?34643-Lizardmen-What-Have-I-Missed/page3[/url]

Deadlift posted an example, and could probably speak more about consistency and so forth.

[Dave Fothergill]

This was dipped in



This was brushed on

[Bigred]

I did an entire ork army and about 50 plaguebearers with dipping. I also found that too much of the "dip" stayed on the models.

Here's my trick:

1) glue all your models (very securely) to be dipped to cheap wood golf tees (you can buy hundreds for nothing) I just superglued the golf tee head to the underside of the round base.
2) grab a small trash can you dont care about
3) when each model is ready for the dip lock the pointy end of the golf tee into an electric drill
4) quickly "dip" the model
5) invert it upside down well inside the trashcan and give it about a 2-3 second "spin" with the drill
6) remove the golf tee/mini from the drill head and stick it into something to dry

This technique will hurl all the excess dip off of the model and onto the trashcan inside walls. Try it with some test models to get the hang of it and get your timing down to the level of dip you want to remain on the model.

The technique works like a charm with any finecast or plastic model. With heavy metal minis, you have to get them on the tee very securely or BAD THINGS may happen.

I *may* have hurled a metal GUO (and my little plastic trashcan) 30 feet into the street - maybe... He's better now.

[Dave Fothergill]

Bigred genius idea !

[DarkLink]

I know a guy who won a Golden Daemon with his Hive Tyrant years ago who did that exact same thing with his Gaunts.

[Bigred]

My friend and I used to use flying stands before we discovered golf tees are way cheaper:

[url]http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2007/07/tutorial-dipping-orks.html[/url]

[magickbk]

Exactly how thick is quickshade? Is it something that could be feasibly sprayed?

[Dave Fothergill]

Exactly how thick is quickshade? Is it something that could be feasibly sprayed?

It's way to thick to be sprayed its a similar consistency to pva glue