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Gray-Scale Washing is atechnique for painting miniaturesvery fast with very nice andsmooth shading and highlighting.

As I was a kid and learning topaint, a friend of mine (who wasmuch older and had beenpainting for many more yearsthan me) showed me aninteresting painting technique.He had primed his miniatures

black and dry-brushed themwhite before painting them withinks. It didn!t look very good, butit did have an unique feel.

  Many years later, GamesWorkshop discontinued their inkline and replaced it with thewashes line. I had rememberedthat strange technique of myfriend!s and wanted to try it with

the new washes. To my surpriseit looked pretty good. Over thenext few months I played withthe idea some more until I felt it

was perfected.

Here is a step by stepprocess to painting an ImperialGuardsmen.

AN EXAMPLE OF AN IMPERIALGUARDSMAN AND A ORK

TANKBUSTA PAINTED WITHGRAY-SCALE WASHING

GREATER DAEMON DWARF ENGINNER

GRAY-SC ALE WASHINGBy Whitman Bottiger

DAEMONETTS

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  Before we begin, we must

prep our miniature. Assemble theminiature and flock the base with some

sand. Be sure to use a fine grain. Also,be sure to shave off any mold lines.

You should always do this, but withGray-Scale Washing its very important

as mold lines will stick out like a sore

thumb when you!re done.

Next, prime the miniature witha white spray.

  The n, cover the who le

miniature with a coat of Badab BlackWash...even the sand.

  Lastly, give the miniature anextremely light dry-brush with Skull

White. This last step is not necessary,but I have found that after the black

wash the miniature is a bit too dark.

  The miniature is now gray-scaled and ready to be painted. Thisgray-scaling as taken care of all your

shading, highlights, and base.

NOTE: Another approach is to spraythe miniature black and then dry-brush

your way from gray to white. It looksalmost exactly the same (although abit darker) but i found it to take a bit

longer to do.

Although it !   s nearly impossible to tell from the above pictures,

the top miniature has been given a coat of black wash, and the

bottom miniature has been given a light dry-brush of white.

1: Paint the skin with one coat ofOgryn Flesh. With all these steps,don!t be afraid to kinda glob it one.You can be really generous witheach step.

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2: Paint the fatigues with one coat oGryphonne Sepia.

3: Paint the armor and gun casewith two coats of a mix of ThrakaGreen and Devlan Mud. The mishould be about 60% Green, 40%Mud. 50/50 was just a bit too brown

4: Take some Chainmail and water down until it!s as thin as a wash. Yowant the gray-scale you made tshow through the silver as well. Painthe rest of the gun with this silver. Bcareful as it!s runny. Once this is drygive the silver a coat of Badab BlackOnce again, don!t be afraid to bgenerous.

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5: Paint the boots, belt, and gearChaos Black. I was lazy and left it atthat, but if you want a really goodlook you can paint on multiple coatsof Badab Black. It looks real nice,

but takes forever.

Usually I just water down someChaos Black and leave it at that.

6: Finally paint the imperial eaglesSkull White and when dried givethem a coat of watered downAsurman Blue.

Paint the sand with a coat of DevlanMud, the rim with Bestial Brown, andadd a couple tuffs of static grass.

BE SURE EVERYTHING IS DRY

BEFORE ADDING STATIC GRASS.

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