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Speedpaints - an experiment

February 28, 2022

Tutoring 15

Skill 18

Idea 18

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[The following text is translated with https://www.deepl.com because I can’t be bothered to do it on my own. Apollogies!]

There are many paints on the market for our hobby that say “one coat and good”. The best known are the Contrast Paints from Games Workshop. But they were always far too expensive for me, I don’t like pots as a form of paint, and then you always hear how different they are in consistency and opacity.

Enter Army Painter SpeedPaint. Even beforehand, a few YouTubers were able to try these paints and the general consensus was: do what they are supposed to and are all similar in opacity and consistency.

So I did something I don’t normally do: I pre-ordered a starter set of 10 colours.

To familiarise myself with the colours, I dug out some old models. Space Goff Orcs where someone (maybe even myself) cut off the weapons to use them as linemen at Blood Bowl. All already primed white. How handy!

First, of course, comes Orc Skin. (Side note: each colour comes with two metal balls as mixing aids and a large brush is also included in the set. You really get your money's worth[1])

They are green and the colour leaves a nice first impression. It applies well, flows easily from the brush and covers well. Now it's time to get into the boys' pants!

Again: quick, easy and very satisfying to apply. By the way, I use a simple palette and not a wet palette.

The Gravelord Grey looks darker on the bottle than it is on the mini. Nevertheless, the same applies here (and to all the other colours in the Starter Set): simply a pleasure to paint.