What order of paint process do you do?

[cichy1012]

Just curious, as to the proper method of painting the mini's.
Ive been doing the following

1. primer.
2. paint the armour, body, legs feet etc.
3. washing
4 dry brush
5. touch up.

should i be doing the wash in that order is should that be last?

[darisus]

I work from the skin out in layers like how you would dress. I try to do eyes and face first thing on most medels because it is easier to fix if nothing else is done yet. I try to finish the lower half of models first to get them on bases so they ae easier to pick up and i don't touch my painted areas much. I wash and highlight as i go, so whatever piece i am on gets fully done, then at the very end i do any touchups.

It is all really whatever works for you.

[Calaban]

Ive been repainting my Cryx recently, and here has been my process (mostly GW paints, since I have them in stock already):

1:Basecoat (adeptus battlegrey- its a heavy pigment "foundation paint" that covers very well in 1 coat, and provides excellent painting surfaces)

2:Preshade with Badab Black heavy in the shadowed recesses (this darkens the next layer subtly- looking like I "layered it" without ever doing so)

3: paint the lowest/deepest layer first solid colors

4: paint the higher areas solid colors

5: Devlan mud browns/yellows/tans/flesh colors with a sloppy slathered soak (Badab black all other colors)

6: pick out details last with detail colors

7: badab black the recently painted details to give them shading and "blacklining"

8: gently drybrush original cloth/skin/armor colors over the Devlan mudded or badab blacked areas to "bring back" the color- now with highlights!

9: 'Ard coat the model with matte finish spray to armor plate the paintjob from chips, wear, and fingernails.

[Sacredsouless]

I go stupid simple with my stuff.
1) Prime in pieces
2) Paint pieces (usually 3-5 coats gives me perfect coverage with Reaper and P3)
3) Touch up any big mess-ups
4) Assemble model
5) Touch up any mess-ups I missed
6) Spray with clear coat
Optional
7) Get bored/don't like the paint job so I dump it in a pot of Simple Green and start over

[PG_Ghool]

I work from the skin out in layers like how you would dress. I try to do eyes and face first thing on most medels because it is easier to fix if nothing else is done yet. I try to finish the lower half of models first to get them on bases so they ae easier to pick up and i don't touch my painted areas much. I wash and highlight as i go, so whatever piece i am on gets fully done, then at the very end i do any touchups.

It is all really whatever works for you.

I do it this way as well. It works because you can clean up mistakes as you go, and you don't have to worry about being too neat.

[Northern Ronin]

Depends on the model, but typically the deepest sections outward.

[rvrchamp]

Depends on the model, but typically the deepest sections outward.

This...

My "basecoat" for models is typically a highlighted grey though. I drybrush adeptus battlegey, codex, fortress grey. I then do basecoats across the entire model, then wash with 50/50 badab black/water. Then I go back and highlight where needed.

[DieselDM]

I like to do all the different color basecoats first. This helps me visualize the finished product especially if I'm doing a custom paint scheme. I then go back and work from deepest areas out finishing each section with whatever it needs. Then I go back and do any touch ups and final details.

[Halcyon Dtier]

I've read that you should paint any hard to reach area's first
and do dry brushing at the start as it's messy. So you can clean up
when you do the other colours.

[Northern Ronin]

I've read that you should paint any hard to reach area's first
and do dry brushing at the start as it's messy. So you can clean up
when you do the other colours.

This is another point I left out, I like to do white first a lot of the time, because I do a lot of dry brushing for the color, and it gets everywhere, so any colors near them need to be re-done anyway.

[GreenJello]

I've read that you should paint any hard to reach area's first
and do dry brushing at the start as it's messy. So you can clean up
when you do the other colours.

This is what I do. Also anything that is REALLY small/thin, and I can then get sloppy on one side, and clean it up later.