kept bleeding through no matter how many layers of paint you applied or how long you let the paint cure. I didn’t like Antithesis Paints at all– they are far too thick, dry quite patchy and don’t settle well in the recesses. I have all of the first wave, and with some of the colours, I find you have to be very sparing with the applications – if you let it pool, you are guaranteed to have it pull back, crack and a lovely primer show through. But for the target group of “non-painters” who just want to quickly colour up some minis, they are… decent.

He lives in Craftworld Hamburg, located in the north of Germany, where he walks the Path of the Graphic Designer. I use Contrast paints mainly as a basecoat, and layer and highlight over it, like with the skin of my Spiteclaw’s Swarm. As you can see, this is a diverse array of shades and variations on every primary colour, though there is one notable omission – white.I’ve been incredibly slammed with the school year, but that made the Speed Paints a welcome addition to my life. All four comparison sheets shown were painted under the same conditions on white primed plasticard and professionally photographed under neutral 5500K light. If you would like a more detailed tutorial you can check out our Hobby 101 article on one-coat paints, but the basic gist is simple. Magic Blue is a little darker and more intense than Talassar Blue, but with a little thinning it would be very similar.

It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control them. It’s a shame my rating will have to be marred by the exploding dropper bottles, but had it not been for that, these would have been very easy to recommend. I’ve also used it to good effect on the black rubber seals present on Space Marine and Clone Trooper armor. It is a quite muted gold tone though, but the complete range has a few other gold tones I’m very eager to try. will prove valuable to those who can afford it and want to either experiment with their painting experience or just want to get some models bished, bashed and boshed.Xpress Colors are a close second, but I also use the few unique Dipping Ink colours you can’t find in the Contrast range. After 24 hours, reactivation is almost a non-issue, though I can still detect minor discolouration for some of the colours. With any new paint product or technique, there’s always a bit of a learning curve to get the best results. With colours ranging from rich Talos Bronze, to shimmering Broadsword Silver, and glimmering Hoplite Gold – you have the perfect metallic selection for your hordes of plate mail, carapace, and armour. For the pipeing that is on the base, I used the Ashen Stone paint which again, was amazing with its coverage.

On the left side of the Plaguebearer’s guts, I painted Brainmatter Beige over the old Slaughter Red and go over it with a damp brush.The Army Painter now had the difficult task of responding to the criticism and reconciling both camps. Also, people started to use the reactivation in creative ways that I honestly did not predict, like for blending effects similar to wet blending. I reached out to The Army Painter and they told me it is due to the composition of the medium and most prominent with Speedpaints containing a high amount of yellow pigments. As you can see, after 30 minutes, yet despite rubbing hard, I could barely get any paint off the edges of the details.