Dipping mixture.

[ohkay]

Hello all:

I finally got tired of painting my army, very very painful painting... So I was thinking of using the dipping technique. If so, I'm going to have to strip my old colour scheme and create a new one. I've never dipped before nor I've seen it done. I try searching in the site but nothing too useful show up. So I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what I need to dip? I heard that you water down floor wax, then what? Is that all you need to do or do you need to mix colour in it? What about your model, I read that you need one base colour, no shading just plain colour then you either dip the model in the dipping solution or you could brush it on.

If anyone could point a website with step by step dipping or just tell me, that would be really hopeful. Also, I use black primer for my models, would that affect/limit my colour scheme with dipping?

Thanks for helping/reading.

[krakenfiend]

Uhhh....dipping....you...?!...*shakes head in disbelief* Ok...I'll "help" you....here is a page that will show you what to do:

armypainter.fanatic.dk/guide/page_01.asp

You don't have to have the same dip that they use...Minwax will work too. Its not floor wax...more like wood finish and/or stain. I don't recommend priming black any more...that will make it much harder to achieve a smooth base coat to dip over....Go with white primer...it will be a lot faster that way.....I still say you should keep going the way you are....your models look great....don't change what you are doing...think of the extreme pain that will be had by stripping all of your other models...its not fun...be prepared with a lot of simple green.

krakenfiend

[Scizor]

yeh, keep your models. you can always have another army as a side project while tired of painting

[bigpig]

I haven't seen your models, but I would question whether stripping and starting all over is that much of a time savings. Could you maybe tone down the detail a bit and go for tabletop speed painting with same color scheme? I would suggest you try a couple sacrificial models first. Some paint schemes lend themselves to dipping and others don't. Different shades of dip can make a difference too.

That being said, I have had extreme success with dipping. Check here for some of my picture posts on the topic

thetyranidhive.proboards28.com/index.cgi?board=painting&action=display&thread=1197484190

Heres my painting diary from another site. Ignore the undead at the beginning

z2.invisionfree.com/herdstone/index.php?showtopic=11978

I go over my process in there, but its basically, basecoat then one color on the carapace and claws, then dip. Total paint time per model is about 15mins. Once I add in basing and prepping of the model, I suspect I am into them about 1 hour each for the gaunt/stealer types.

Here are some posts I referred to when researching the process. Some good info on them.

www.dysartes.com/model/painting/Dipping1.php

s2.invisionfree.com/herdstone/ar/t4130.htm

s2.invisionfree.com/herdstone/ar/t4143.htm

s2.invisionfree.com/herdstone/ar/t4146.htm

s2.invisionfree.com/herdstone/ar/t4152.htm

s2.invisionfree.com/herdstone/ar/t4157.htm

s2.invisionfree.com/herdstone/ar/t4166.htm

www.drunkdwarves.com/pages/artttgttcdipping.html

www.thearmypainter.com/

I use minwax polyshades. It contains a polyurethane already so the models are already 'ardcoated when you finish and the paint is mostly indestructible.

Dipping will create a great tabletop level army. With a swarm this looks incredible. Up close and personal, it still looks better than bare metal but nowhere near as nice as you can get if you spend hours on the model. Some folks hate dipping, I like it because a fully painted army is sexy, bare metal, plastic and primer isn't.

I'll try to line all my guys up so far and give you a shot of them so you can see how it looks at tabletop level. Now that I think of it... www.cvgamers.com/index.php?topic=1820.0 About halfway down you can see a pic of my stealers and hormies swamping some marines. Poor quality, but iyou get the idea.