Which paint style are you?

[exilesjjb]

I think most painters fall in to one of three groups

1.light Undercoat, paint with washes
2.dark undercoat, base then midtone then highlight
3.either undercoat, mid tone sahde then highlight

I guess you could add the AP way now  

Undercoat major colour base tones then dip, highlight if wanted

Personally I use 2 and 3 but mostly 2.

Whats your poison or do you have a different style

[nikharwood]

My poison [unless I'm on a nice single malt] tends to be:

Black undercoat: overbrush: base colour: mid-tones: highlights: shade / wash: re-highlight

[Steve J]

At present it is:

black undercoat, base colours, Devlan Mud wash and light drybrush dependent upon major colour.

It may not be the best paint job in the world, but once based and on the games table, most people are happy with the outcome. Most importantly, I am .

[goat major]

black undercoat and then base, mid and highlight. But for 10mm i often miss the midtone and go straight from base shade to highlight since the stronger contrast is usually needed on the smaller figures

[Pruneau]

Uniform colour base coat
Flesh, leather, guns
Dark Sepia wash
Highlights

[NTM]

Basically 3, grey undercoat, base colours, black wash, highlights

[GordonY]

Any method that speeds up painting 

[sultanbev]

As a painting service I use:
10mm and under: base first then paint
15mm+: paint first then base

6mm and 15mm Napoleonics: black acrylic undercoat
6mm tanks, 10mm, 15mm+ 1900+: any humbrol enamel undercoat
20mm plastics: wash in washing up liquid, dry overnight, spray in GW Purity Seal, when dry spray in car primer
25mm LoTR plastics: black acyrlic undercoat

Mark

[Luddite]

My poison [unless I'm on a nice single malt] tends to be:

Black undercoat: overbrush: base colour: mid-tones: highlights: shade / wash: re-highlight

Ditto.

[andymac]

For me it's mainly a 2, though some uniform colours get only a under coat, base and a highlite, dark blue being one of those colours.  I no longer use washes.

[Pruneau]

When talking strictly about style, the answer would be: sloppy.

[DanJ]

Depends on what I'm painting

WW1 - White primer, main colours working from background to surface detail wash with Derval Mud.

7YW French - White primer, black wash surface details.

Ancients - White primer and main colours, I don't generally bother with a wash.

My armies tend to be brighter (garish) than most but I prefer that in 10mm.

[nikharwood]

My armies tend to be brighter (garish) than most but I prefer that in 10mm.

This is really important I think - in the smaller scales you really do have to consider lightening tones to make the figures 'pop' from the table - otherwise they can become lost I think.

[fred.]

Making the figures brighter is important - but I really struggle to do it.  I think I struggle to put under-colours on, as I want to see the end result.

Not sure that this makes much sense...

[Hertsblue]

When talking strictly about style, the answer would be: sloppy.

You mean I have to stop using the Dulux roller?