Figure painting

[Subedai]

How do you paint your figures?  In a specific sequence or are you superstitious and always paint certain areas first or last? Years ago for some reason, I always painted the rear of a base first, don't know why coz it never brought me any luck.
   I used to be quite meticulous and carefully block in the colours leaving a thin black line of undercoat showing all around; then shade each colour. Nowadays I just block in the main colours on a white undercaot with black wash and tidy up as I go along with each successive colour. Finally I give them another coat of Magic Wash in either black or dark brown. Job done in half the time.

I've put in for a weeks running of the poll.

[Techno]

Have voted.
Though I'd say, WHEN I get a chance to actually paint anything...(HAH !)...First thing I prefer to do is use any relevant metallic paints.....I just find those the 'easiest' to make a mess with.
Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

Biggest colours to smallest.

[Techno]

Biggest colours to smallest.

After the metallic paints....Yep..Biggest areas first, and then work down.
Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

Voted for best fit,  probably need hundreds of options to cover all the different ways we paint. No mention of dry brushing 

[Squirrel]

Basically the same, prime black, metallics, flesh, then block in largest areas to smallest, then wash.

Works for me. 

Cheers,

Kev

[Womble67]

 Block all colours then wash and highlight with slightly lightened colour s

Take care

Andy

[Zippee]

Tricky,

I voted for block and wash though more accurately I block and tidy, then wash, then shade (highlight) each, one at a time

[Subedai]

Voted for best fit,  probably need hundreds of options to cover all the different ways we paint. No mention of dry brushing 

Interesting, never occurred to me to include dry-brushing. In my defence I would have thought that the small surface area for each colour would have somewhat negated the effect.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

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SometimesIwashmorethanonecolourwiththesameink

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[Subedai]

Blockwashhighlightsecondhighlightmoveontonextcolour

SometimesIwashmorethanonecolourwiththesameink

Fleshgetsdonebeforeweaponsastgwirinkstainsfleshnicelyespeciallywoodenkit

GivingupongrammarandpunctuationthekidsIteachneveruseitwhyshouldI

Icanheaefiecekittysscreamsfromhere

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Just splash it all over 'enry......

IanS

[Subedai]

Just splash it all over 'enry......

IanS

Aha! So you are the one person who chose the last option, eh?

[paulr]

Interesting, never occurred to me to include dry-brushing. In my defence I would have thought that the small surface area for each colour would have somewhat negated the effect.

I use dry brushing as a quick way to highlight, can be a quite heavy dry brush at times.

[Ithoriel]

I use dry brushing as a quick way to highlight, can be a quite heavy dry brush at times.

Me too!

I think 6mm and 3mm are the only scales I don't drybrush figures for - tanks etc. still get drybrush treatments even at that size.