Army Painter RuneWars Hobby Weekend Live Blog – Saturday
Using Army Painter Quickshade Dip & Flick
Apr 1 2017 @ 15:37
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Learn the patented dip and flick technique for your soldiers as the Army Painter team show off what you can achieve and just how to get it right.
We will be looking at alternative methods across the weekend too.
I can see me throwing minis into the neighbours garden during the flick stage.
Haha! Bit like as a kid you had to go get the ball from the neighbours, now it’s your goblins.
Been there and thrown miniatures across the patio, broke more than one that way, not a good experience for me.
Best make sure to alternate arms for the flick otherwise after 200 goblins I imagine you’d be feeling it.
Any bets on how many shirts get ruined this weekend using the method? It looks great though. I have a zombicide horde that may get dipped and flicked now!
I get messed up shirts anytime I use this stuff. Don’t even click that much.
I’ve heard about the dip and flick technique but I’ve never seen it before. Great tips about not shaking the quickshade, although I would imagine if you did get air bubbles in your quickshade you could brush them out?
Yeah one might be able to brush air bubbles out while the shade is still wet, but that would be adding one extra step, maybe two extra steps in the process. Not really something you want to do when dipping 30 plus models. If you’re brushing out bubbles after dipping, then you might as well be using the brush method which is just as time consuming. It’s a trade off, dipping saves time but wastes quick shade while brush method saves quick shade but could waste time. The cool thing about quick shade is you get fantastic results either way.
I guess the great part of having lots of miniatures is you can try different things. I will give this to with my build hall minis
I definitely do the paint on. Not only do you use considerably less QS, it is also far less messy.
Thank goodness Warren isn’t doing this segment … Flick’n Dip may just be too much lol
They’d be searching the parking lot and dredging the river for the minis if he did 😉
then again … I kind of expect most people to be throwing minis with this method the first few times.
I always paint the armypainter on the miniature with a brush – better result 😉
Is it really that much quicker than painting if you have to do each model one at a time and need to get a good grip on it first?
great tip
ive been leery of trying this technique. Feels like you would not have much control over the wash.
I once did this to 120 skaven clanrats.
top tips:
*do not wear your best shirt.
*make sure that all minis are securely glued to their bases
*make sure that all minis are properly glued together
*dont even think of doing this to metal minis
*do not spray the anti-shine if there is any amount humidity in the air or you get frosted minis.
I lost a standard bearer and an arm to the undergrowth in my garden. Metal minis went flying with bits of base still stuck in my pliers.
Also, my arm hurt for several days afterwards.
you lost your arm ?
😉
Okay, I’m sold. I need to finish my Conan KS and this is how it will be done.
Wow I’ve been using this stuff wrong
Dip and flick sounds like a Harry Potter sound bite…..
I paint on.
WOW this is amazing. Thanks very much for this vid @dignity I’ve always wanted to try this out but haven’t braved it yet.. I’ll be ordering some dip on pay day for sure!
i am very much a paint on if i am going to do it after getting it up the garage wall a few years ago
i like to paint it, looks fun tho
Im definetelly in to slow painting.
Much better to paint it on as a glaze in my opinion
I have tried this, and found that it does work. It is messy though – you splatter the surrounding area! At least, I did!
I used the Dip&Flick method on my ork boyz. Never threw a miniature in a wall. Everthing went well. It’s fun to hear than the Quick Shade can be used even after a year of storage. I’m glad I looked at this as now I know how to prepare the next time I use it. Thanks!
It’s hard to beat the army painter quick shade. I always use it for my zombies.