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Project Entry by ugleb

RU-B1?

April 19, 2021

Once all my B1 droids are built, I spray primed them in Vallejo Bonewhite.

Next, I needed to start experimenting. I don’t want to spend several months laboriously shading 36 droids because I’m a slow painter and dislike painting the same thing repeatedly.

So first I tried washes and slapped Agrax Earthshade on one droid. It didn’t bring out the details as much as I hoped so tried again with Nuln Oil. It was slightly better but still didn’t define the model as I wanted.

So I escalated and brought out the big guns and reached for the Army Painter Strong Tone Dip. This stuff stinks and takes 24 hours to properly dry so I took advantage of the good weather to go sit in the garden and slap it on with an old brush.

AP Dip is basically a tinted gloss varnish, it dries hard, darkens everything (strong tone, named for a reason) and leaves your minis quite shiny. So I then went over everything with a layer of Matt varnish to take the sheen off.