ECW with speed paints

[PhilG]

I've just started my ECW figures, and I've decided to use speed paints. I'm not sure if I like them, I think the process is better suited to larger scale figures.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

They look pretty good to me

[paulr]

   

Not sure about the green hat at the back

Painting edges of the flags will hide the stark white. The red doesn't have to be too close a match as there is so little paint

[fred.]

I use contrast paints quite a lot on 10mm figures, and like the results. 

Some of the contrast colours are a bit bright, but they can be mixed. Also slightly different base coats can give quite different results. I tend to use Vallejo brush in on grey primer, that is a very pale grey, but gives quite different results to a white base coat. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good

[PhilG]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm going to persist with speed paints, I only bought the starter set so I may get a larger selection soon. I like the advice about the primer, so that's probably the first change I will make and check out the difference.

[sunjester]

They look good to me. I haven't tried contrat paints on 10mm yet, but i will now.

[Big Insect]

They look good to me. I haven't tried contrat paints on 10mm yet, but i will now.

Likewise - looking at a 10mm Peninsular project for next year and that might work.

I also tried some of the army painter washes - but struggled with them. I didn't like the gloss finish, or having to use white-spirit to clean brushes, or the smell or that they seemed (on smaller figures) to make them look 'muddy'. Which is fine for C20th stuff but coloured uniforms tended to look not so great.

[fred.]

I've used the contrast darker red (can't recall the stupid GW name) for my British naps and like it. 

Contrast paints are nothing like the army painter dip - for starters they are a single coat over a pale base coat. And this then gives a depth to the colour, they work well with good definition to the sculpt which is often the case with 10mm figures, 28mm figures can often have quite large flat areas of clothing. 

The dip method probably works better with bigger flatter areas - but making colours muddy was a general downside to it as a method. Never really used it, was always happy to use a traditional wash which had much more control. 

[Bunny]

Contrast paints a very good, IMHO.  I have used them on 6/10/15mm and bigger individuals for my 15mm fantasy forces.

They are a great way of getting base colours down, which I then overpaint the details with conventional paints.

As for Army Painter DIP, I used to use it but stopped when they brought out Army Painted Washes. I use Dark Tone a hell of a lot.  GW Agrax and Nunn Oil are also very good and both are acrylic.