Speedpaint Pens vs The Pile
The pens are here :)
Give credit to Army Painter, this range was well heralded and hyped. I know they are called “Markers” but they are paint pens as far as I’m concerned. I had a long time to get my ideas together and, after a careful think, decided to go large and do an entire army with just these pens. I was pleased with the review that Gerry did as this showed that they delivered a result similar to using Speedpaint with a brush, which is a process I’m very familiar with.
I preordered 8 from Wayland, using my winnings from the Spring Clean Challenge. I’ve painted Roman armies before so know the scheme that I’m going for. The Gravelord Grey is a great NMM steel but I’m likely to highlight with the silver for a more conventional historical miniatures finish.
This is what I’ve got so far. I’ve mounted the minis on wooden spatulas with a tiny dot of superglue so they can be dismounted easily. Mounting on these spatulas is a compromise here between ease of use and accessibility for the pen tips. Hopefully I’ve spaced them out enough. It did make doing the zenith undercoat (Halfords White over Halfords Grey) much easier.
They have been sorted into sections for basing with a unit being made up of 6x 40mm squares with 4 models per base, 24 models per unit. There are a few metals from other companies to make some character bases and if this goes well I’ll be doing them with the pens as well.
This classic piece of art by Peter Connolly shows what I’m going for:
I wish you luck with the pens. I have a good selection of AK and Gundam ones, and found them useful for large areas. Once I needed to get into recesses, they fail miserably. Curious to see how you get on with these. 👍