Spartan - Step 1

For step 1 I paint all of the flesh tone areas first. It is important to get all of the nooks and crannies otherwise you will be forced to do this after you have applied other base colors. Getting into small places after other paint has been applied can be a bit tough.

I always try to overlap the other areas just a little when painting this first step. I always find it is easier to clean up the edges by only having to paint the next color rather than doing a back and forth between steps if I didn't get things right the first time around.

One trend I have noticed when painting minis is to use a black primer and then leave areas unpainted. I really don't like the look of the figures when they are done this way. Some of the colors are so high contrast that they end up looking like Alice the Goon from the Popeye cartoons.

I didn't know Alice was German.

(Did I just show my age with that last comment?)

Next step cloaks and tunics.