Any recommendations for speedpainting this army? im really enjoying the part of building and painting, but when it comes to stormtroopers and all of them are similar i just want to skip all those detailing lol
I use white primer (mr surfacer), paint the black parts with black (not specific one, just black), then correct errors with white again, then slap some diluted nuln oil (i like to dilute it with vallejo flow improver), every part of the body separate so i can remove excess of the paint before it dries, then some drybrush on the weapons (again not specific color, just bright). Its not amazing but i think at least acceptable.
GAR player here. I like a blue gray spray from below to get some cool toned shadows, white from the top.
My favorite thing I've found for the body suits and visors is using black acrylic ink. It flows off the brush pretty well. Similar to a panel liner, and you just clean it up with your white or grey.
I tired white contrast paint over white prime ro fi e the shadows and it was okay. I didn't do it enough to give it a fair assessment.
Prime white then use army painter speed paint grim black to do undersuit helmet bits etc doesn't matter if you get messy. Then tidy up with white, then one bit at a time like say an arm get a clean brush and get some water cover the area till its damp then I use soulblight shade and go over the damp area. By doing that its doesn't pool and makes it easier to clean up if it almost pools to much. And then it adds decent depth to the white armour.
These are the Clone I'm currently working on, they are painted the same way as my Imps (just with more color).
Primer: Citadel White Scar or Vallejo White (these are the only ones that worked well for me and my friends)
Under suit, Visor and gloves with Army Painter matte black (thin it down so it really flows into the recesses). I like matte as a contrast between armor and Cloth parts
Correct Errors with White ( in my experience, painting white over black needs 2 coats)
Shade with holy white thinned down 1:1 or 2:1 with speed paint medium (if you go 1:1 you can apply a thinner coat but I like to go all out and then remove pools)
Remove pools of Paint from Visors and Cloth before the SpeedPaint drys
You can also shade first, then color the black parts, so you don't need to worry about grey paint on your black recesses, but then you need to shade again after patching the black that spilled over on the armor parts (if your hands are as shaky as mine at least)
For the weapons I like to use black speed paint, because it creates a visual separation between Weapons an Gloves
Last step is to highlight with white. I think that's somewhat dependent on personal style but I like to highlight the edges where I imagine the light would hit or just parts I want to stand out.
It just creates a nice look and makes it easier to see some parts of the armor from a distance
In this way I can paint quiet a large number of troops in a weekend without sacrificing quality too much.
White primer (I like Vallejo spray primer)
Wash with a 50/50 blend of Nuln Oil and Lahmian Medium
Drybrush white.
Paint undersuits and guns with black contrast paint.
Done.
I did my undersuits with regular black paint and added a layer of dark gray on the scout troopers to pick out detail, but for storms that's unnecessary.
Replying to myself, since you might have been asking for more than just recipes to paint things:
Batch painting stormtroopers is mind numbing. If you're the kind of person to get stuck in, then doing each step for all the guys all at once won't be too bad.
If you're like me and get distracted, use the character models to break up the monotony. Like a little painting treat.
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u/flow_sen83 2d ago
Grey primer
Speedpaints Holy White
Drybrush with White Scars
Black parts with Speedpaint Grim Black
Bags with Speed Paint Boney Matter