The Contrast Paint Cheatcode

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When we paint at Notts Hobbies, we typically use pre-shading on details that are not the model's focus but require painting, like boots and pouches.

To save time, we would pre-shade the area with some light, neutral tones we are already using on the model.

It saves time as you can quickly apply an overbrush and a drybrush with colours already being used, so it is included in a different step.

Whereas to apply a Wraithbone basecoat, you need to get a different paint out, thin the paint and apply two thin coats which takes a lot longer, which compounds when army painting.

Below, we pre-shaded the model's backpack with skin tones, as there are no light grey or cream parts of the model. Then we painted Cygor Brown over the pre-shade and Wraithbone to create the comparison below.

As you can see, there are minimal differences between the finished models, but the model on the right was quicker to paint than the model on the left.

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Glossary

Drybrushing - a miniature painting technique where most of the paint is removed from the brush so it deposits paint on the raised surfaces of a model.

Overbrushing - a miniature painting technique where some of the paint is removed from the brush so the paint isn’t deposited in the deepest parts of a model.