'Who you callin' a rush job?'

I've been experimenting with some speed painting techniques recently, motivated by a desire to spend less time worrying and fretting over perfect blends, and more time just getting stuff done. I'm fortunate, as a Chaos player; experimental painting can often look rather good on daemons and rusty old heresy plate. I doubt the same techniques would apply on Eldar, for example, or those cleanly Astartes. Yuck!

Anyway, I recently painted a Chaos Spawn and Terminator Lord with speed in mind. The two miniatures took me around four hours in all, painted across two or three quick sessions. Nice. I could get used to this. Neither of them stand up to close inspection, but along with the rest of the army they look great, and even have their own unique charm...if you look hard...

'Who you callin' a rush job?'

Without going into too much detail, I used a large brush, chunks of different grades of sponge, cocktail sticks, weathering powders mixed into the paint and stippled on after washes, and wet blending, if you can call it that, but really I just mean not waiting for one coat to dry before over-brushing another one on! The Chaos Spawn even has a filthy black mane made from static grass and Rusted Earth pigment powder. Yuck! Truly Chaos!

At last, I did it, I painted my Planetstrike scenery!

In a final fit of irony, the last miniature I am painting for my current army is also its centrepiece, a Nurgle Daemon Prince with Zombie Dragon wings (just pinned those on actually!). I am currently hawking eBay for a bargain lot of minis to extend my army with. Noise Marines, Defilers and Land Raiders are top of the list.

Looking forward to getting some games in some time soon. Perhaps Planetstrike Weekend Mk II ?

-scott