Speed Painting Miniatures for Warhammer | Duncan Rhodes

In this tutorial, we show you 3-speed painting techniques for your miniatures. Slap Chop! Dip! Contrast! We show you how to do each speed painting technique in detail by painting an Ork Beast Snagga for Warhammer 40,000 for each one. At the end of the video, Duncan gives you his thoughts on each, their pros and cons as well as which one is his favourite.

Let us know in the comments below which is your favourite or if you have another technique that we and viewers may found interesting.

Thanks for watching.
Dunc & Rog

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Dip Technique
06:20 Contrast Method
11:08 Slap Chop Method
15:34 Final Thoughts

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[DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Firstly, thanks for watching :-) Remember to let us know your favourite speed painting technique or if you have a different one in the comments below, we'd love to read them. If you enjoyed this video, feel free to Like and Subscribe to this channel. 😊😊

[Thornsworks]

As someone who has always struggled with getting stuff painted traditionally, my discovery of "slapchop" has been game-changing for me.
I had a huge pile of grey and black primed orks and had been trying everything to get them done. Even bought an airbrush thinking it would help! (It didnt)

Painted up my first set of Beast Snagga boyz using slapchop a couple of weeks ago and the whole process was just so relaxing and enjoyable with completely decent results! Its not going to win any prizes but my god is it close to the models I did traditionally (Base, shade, re-base, highlight) that took me 10x as long to paint!

I was taking weeks of several hour sessions just to get 10 boyz painted up. Now with Slapchop Im getting 10 done every 2 sessions of about 2 - 4 hours a night, and I can kind of just relax with it while watching videos and not be super hyper focused on small edge highlights etc.

I've heard people think badly of it, but for me its been a game changer!

[fretsoffury]

Oh yes, my speed painting technique is “spend a month working on one model at a time with paints and washes, even contrasts, for it all to be a sad imitation of the ‘Eavy Metal team’s box art, and then feel both accomplished and depressed that I may never be that good”
It’s my tried and true method.

[oskar]

I've been using dip for years (I do several hundred minis per year for a variety of games, and I don't do painting competitions). Like everything, it takes some experimenting. You need to have white spirits on hand over time to dilute it and keep it fresh. I suggest using a bunch of torn up (not cut!) paper towel bits once you dip to draw out excess pools of dip, etc. I definitely suggest adding a few highlights, and particularly metallic highlights after flat coating, etc. Like everything it requires some work, experimentation and practice to get it down to a simple and reliable method. I will also say that for slimy/sticky/icky creatures (plaguebearers, for example) it's absolutely brilliant. I don't flat-coat stuff like that and they appear glossy and slick and nasty. I also let the dip remain heavier on dirty stuff.

[TheKingsPride]

One time when my mom was on vacation she found a Games Workshop store and bought me a box of Ork Boyz. I used an airbrush to prime them white and she’s been having an absolute blast painting them with contrast paints. She loves Orks and can’t get enough of her Boyz, and contrast allows her work to actually look pretty good all things considered.

[vagabondprime]

I have been using what the kids call "Slap Chop" with inks for about a decade now, and I love it. It really comes together with some highlights after! The biggest advantage for me is that my eyesight is getting worse (I have been painting minis for 40 years) and the extreme highlights from the drybrushing really helps me see all the little bits on the model. Thanks for the video!

[CharlesBowden]

The dip method shocked me, it was my favorite of the three. I totally didn't expect it to turn out so great.

[victorcongos]

I find "slapchop" when you do the undercoat with an airbrush creates shockingly smooth highlights with contrast/inks.

Your dipped model came out way better than I expected. Might need to experiment with that technique

[trueseeing]

I've been experimenting to great success with combining Contrast paint with Tamiya weathering powders, giving it the same treatment as a dip almost. It's extremely fast and easy and make the models less 'pastel' and while giving them a great finish.

[admiralron]

My scale model soul aches whenever I hear someone refer to the decades old concept of underpainting as slapchop :P Great video as always duncan!

[Umbasa_]

My favorite is using either airbrush or rattle cans to first put down black primer then do a misting of white over top or at an angle. That way, you get the same tonal variation but without all the drybrushing, so you can avoid some of that texture.

Bonus Tip!: After trying literally every Contrast green color, my absolute favorite Ork skin tone is Plaguebearer Flesh followed up by Biel-Tan Green. That gives such a beautiful, rich tone to my boyz without looking too cartoony or over-saturated.

[cuthwulf]

Great video. Only 1 correction. Army Painter did not "pioneer" dip about 15 years ago. A lot of us starting dipping before that. It began with chestnut colored polyshade wood stain from the hardware store. You can still buy it there and it's much cheaper than the Army Painter version. They were just the first to realize it could be marketed to miniature painters that didn't know others were doing it already.

[coreyrramsay]

Just getting back into the hobby after 20+ years. Bought a kill team box and tbh was never any good at painting so slap chop has been really interesting to me as an easy way to get something looking decent. Really happy to see you do it as I love your videos.

[helwrecht]

The new Imperil Fist contrast actually works really well on large spaces

[athollmcnicoll]

Yes like you Duncan if it were me painting them fast I'd go for the Dip Method and leave them to dry in a well ventilated area, as this I find enhances the tones as air flows freely over the mini's.

[SnyperMac]

I think speed painting is fantastic if you play. For me personally it’s not a worry of mine i just like to paint them. I recently painted Guilliman and I spent nearly 55 hours getting through it and it came out fantastic. Your face painting tutorial was a huge help

[christopherpeery]

Dip method used to be my favorite and I still use it for certain hordes, and i think the most worth it would be slap chop. It looks amazing for the amount of time it takes

[TheArmyPainter]

Don’t sleep on Quickshade Dip. The original Speedpaint!

[windows_de]

I'm more or less new again to painting and I tried out a little and right now I'm doing slap chop method and I really like it. I'm not looking to become a pro-painter but still want my figures to look good.. and so far I'm satisfied with what I see. I also cannot spend tons of hours for painting. So it's amazing so far.

[ChrisB-uhfx]

I used slap chop for my Into the Dark teams. I modified it a bit and used my airbrush for everything but the final white which I dry brushed. I'm really happy with the result. I do want to play around a bit with colored undercoats versus the traditional black/grey/white.