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PAINTING DWARFS QUICKLY - THE ED SPETTIGUE
METHOD
Can't get your regiments of plastic Dwarf Warriors
done quickly enough? Need some tips to speed up and improve your painting?
Want to be more attractive to the opposite sex? Read on, and find out...
As promised in the North American edition of White
Dwarf #256 (if you haven't read it - shame on you) here is more of Ed
Spettigue's fantastic tips for painting a regiment of iron-hard plastic
Dwarf Warriors quickly.
Ed Spettigue is the head of all the Games Workshop
Stores in the United States, and is also a long-time Hobby veteran. Ed
decided to put together and paint a Dwarf army for the 2001 US Staff Tournament
with only a few months to get it all done. The results of his labors were
so amazing and so fast that we had to share Ed's amazing techniques. While
the examples are all for Dwarfs - different elements of his method can
be applied to other ranges and models.
What you will need:
- A box of plastic Dwarf Warriors
- Brushes
- Citadel Colour paints: Snakebite Leather, Enchanted
Blue, Skull White, Shining Gold, Chainmail, dark Flesh, Codex Grey,
Dwarf Flesh, Chaos Black. Note: All highlights were created by adding
Skull White to the base colours.
- Black Spray Primer
- Polystyrene Cement
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Step One:
Assemble the models using the polystyrene
(that's a big word for plastic) glue, but only the bodies, limbs
and weapon. No heads or shields yet! Glue them onto the base as
well. Some people prefer to add base details like gravel now as
well - although Ed prefers to wait until the end.
Editor's note: The hands in action in the
previous shot are actually the hands of Ed Spettigue. No stunt hands
were used in the filming of this article.
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Step Two:
Prime the whole assembly from Step One black.
At the same time, spray the rest of the plastic sprue - the part
with the Dwarf heads and the Dwarf shields.
You'll be painting the heads and shields directly
on the sprue. After they're done you'll have to clip them off carefully
and clean up any bits you missed. Some would argue that it is better
to attach the heads and shields all at once and paint the entire
model at one go.
However, since the beard is so large on Dwarfs
it tends to cover up large portions of the model and this method
makes sure that you don't have to try and get your brush into very
small areas and avoids having to go back and fix mistakes you might
make while trying to paint around the beards and shields. Trust
us, it's faster. Give it a try!
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On
to Step Three.
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