Re: [Epic] painting epic scale!

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 19:15:45 -0700

Craig Lytton wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Lau <alaub_at_...>
> To: space-marine_at_... <space-marine@...>
> Date: Sunday, December 28, 1997 5:13 PM
> Subject: [Epic] painting epic scale!
>
> >
> >My basic problem is how do you paint epic scale figures, I'm new to epic
> >but I have managed to do okay with painting the tanks but when I got to
> >the space marines, I was kinda worried that I'd screw up the details.
> >
> >Would anyone have some tips as to painting the figures?
>
> I prime mine black while on the sprue, then apply the main color, then a
> wash.
> Then paint boltguns boltgun metal. I've named my Chapter "the Hellhounds"
> and
> they are reddish brown, so my main color is Snakebite leather, then a
> Chestnut Wash
> and Red Wash.
>
> >
> >One more point, I thought that space marine bike squads had to be arranged
> >in 3's, but each box comes with 4 bikes only! does that mean I have to
> >buy more boxes in order to make full squads?
> >
> Yes unfortunately. 3 boxes=4 even bike squads, or E40k boxed set + 1 box =
> 4 bike squads.
>
> -craig
>
> >alaub_at_...
> >
> >P.S. I see stuff on WD217, is this b/c there's a delay between the UK and
> >Canadian versions?
> >Remember when they "promised" us that the new units would be available
in individual packages? Sadly, I believed that one.

Thane
Received on Tue Dec 30 1997 - 02:15:45 UTC