A friend of mine has the Deep Rock Galactic board game that comes with multiple figures that can be painted.
Here’s a gallery with ~71 pictures. This project took me 9 hours to complete.
Things I learned:
- The YouTuber that has painted several of these figures created two versions that my friend didn’t care for. Gillie took some screenshots from the video and create this third color scheme with Gimp.
- The Speed Paint 2.0 paint works more like a glaze — transparent vs opaque pigment. This means if you don’t like how a particular color worked out, using another Speed Paint color blends with it, rather than covers it up. You’ll need to use another paint such as Vallejo, Tamiya, or Citadel.
- I tried my Harder & Steenbeck airbrush (0.2 mm needle) at low pressure with the Speed Paint.
- Pro: The Speed Paint can be airbrushed without thinning.
- Con: I don’t have enough skill to work on small areas without overspray or pooling paint.
- There are parts of the model that seem too dark, namely the undersides of the stalk. However, the environment where this game takes place is in caves lit from above. These figures fall into the tabletop category rather than work-of-art category.
- I’m done with Citadel paints. I had several paint pots left from when I painted the Warhammer mini. Despite being closed tightly, many of the paint pots were either dried out or very goopy. Good replacements are Vallejo or Mission Models, both of which have better seals.
- I was hoping the matte coat would have a greater effect — it looked exactly the same to me. If nothing else, it will prevent the paint from chipping while being handled for game play.
- For bases (like the rocks the figures are standing on), just use drybrush, otherwise the paint flows into the cracks which should be darker.