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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...
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 labours 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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