Step-by-Step on how to paint a Rick Hunter VF-1J

[Pythdamion]

Greetings all. I just posted an article to my blog showing how I painted a VF-1J with Rick Hunter colors

http://rpgandtactics.blogspot.com/2014/10/vermillion-squadron-part-1.html

[zyanitevp]

Greetings all. I just posted an article to my blog showing how I painted a VF-1J with Rick Hunter colors

http://rpgandtactics.blogspot.com/2014/10/vermillion-squadron-part-1.html

Looks even more awesome in person!! Great work!!

[Phaze]

Love it! Great work!

[godsgopher]

Fantastic! A well displayed painting job! Please show us more

[Pythdamion]

Thanks all, just finished painting a super quick paint job on my starter box destroyed and will have a blog entry soon.

[Marcus]

Nice guide, should be helpful for a lot of new painters.

As a lot of the each mini is white/grey, did you ever try priming white and washing it black? Works imho awesome, gives a good base coat and helps showing details for easier painting

[godsgopher]

Personally I am a fan of avoiding black priming. The idea behind it is to get all your black-lining done automatically, though my experience has been that it is easier to line a miniature yourself than paint light colors smoothly over black due to the number of coats required. None the less this is a matter of personal preference.

[Pythdamion]

I tend to base in black when I'm blending and spending time. When I want faster paint jobs with less depth of color I base with a color that will remain visible on the body if the model and use washes to darken grooves

[Battle Damage]

Very nice indeed, and very characterful. It's nice to have visible evidence that the seam issue can be overcome.

[Grabula]

I love what you've done, it looks great. You appear to work backwards from how I would do it - large areas first, details later but whatever works for you!

[Alpha 11]

Wow. Great job! Will definitely use this to help in painting.

[slaaneshgod]

This is really helpful. Thank you for shasring. The other half says it was something she really found usefull looking into painting our stuff soon as I get it done. Heheh

[Gogal]

Thanks for the great article... I've never thought to use black as a base coat before to "cheat" a little when getting panel lines in place.
Recommendations on doing a black bodied unit with magenta highlights?