What are some steps to getting them ready to get paint. Will a good wash add age and a dirty look to them? Just some tips so I konow where I can start when I do my first mini.

I painted mine up way back when the game first game out and I have to say a decent paintjob can really add something extra to the gaming experience especially in a game like Doom. One thing to do is make sure you give your minis a soap and warm water bath to clean any residue before you decide to paint. Then you need to decide what type of primer you want to go with. If you want brighter looking minis then go with a white, if you want more of a darker look use a black primer and for something in between use a gray or even a brown. There are plenty of how to paint miniature sites out there to get you started with the basics.

I do have to say that a good paint job can really define the look and character of FFG's miniatures. I know my players have commented on how the painted minis really brought something extra to the game and the theme than the crayola coloured plastic the minis come in. If I get some time I will take some pics of what I have done and post a link. They might give you some ideas on how to go about painting them.

I thought about painting my miniatures, thinking it'll make my minis look more realistic. I decided against it incase it goes wrong. I just used my painted Tyranids for the invaders, they're painted, and they look awesome. Also a nice change from demons to aliens.

Knuckles Eki said:

Did you paint your Tyranids? If so what makes you think you would not do a good job on the Invader minis?

CanadianPittbull said:

Yeah I painted my Tyranids hive fleet Llanowar (Purple skin, Light Blue carapace). Except the tyranids are easily replacable, Doom miniatures are not. I don't want to stuff it up

Acatually I found the Doom minis to be rather easy to work with when painting. They have just enough detail to bring forth and look sharp when finished. Do you have pics of your Tyranids?

Knuckles Eki said:

At least do a Cyberdaemon! I don't think more than one appears on the board in the game scenarios!

Sure I'll get pics of my nids on here once I get a camera

But my carnifex broke his claws, so I used a Red Terror model (it's a collector's model, not an actual gaming model) for the Cyby

Can we even post images on these forums? I will have to break out my copy of the game and take some pics and see what folks think. Who knows maybe it will inspire you to paint yours. I just think a half decent paint job makes all the difference at enhancing the game experience.

Hopefully we can place pictures, it's got an 'Insert Image' on the toolbar, except I haven't tried it out yet

I'm in the process of painting my Doom minis. I've never painted miniatures before, so I went to my local gaming store for advice. Luckily the guy I talked to had also painted the same minis.

As CanadianPittbull already adviced I started by bathing the minis as they are really dusty straight out of the box.

I want my Doom figures to resemble the video game (and look like grimy corpses), so I started by priming them with Army Painter Skeleton Bone spray. This way all the figures already have skin tone and you only have to paint the details.

As I've never painted before I did not want to get tons of different paints so I only got the most essential colors (all from GW's Citadel line).

SCAB RED for the bases, blood, clothes and monster eyes.
REGAL BLUE for the bases, clothes and marine eyes.
DARK ANGELS GREEN for the bases and clothes.
TIN BITZ for all the metal bits and weapons.

After painting I dipped the minis in Army Painter Quickshade (Dark Tone) to bring out the shadows and get a protective coat.

Many of the monsters were pretty easy to paint (Imps, Hell Knights and Archviles) as I only had to dry brush them with red and paint the eyes before dipping them in the Quickshade.

The trites were the easiest because I only painted the eyes on them before dipping them in the Quickshade. As they have no bases to color, I choose to paint their eyes red, green and blue. This might sound stupid at first, but looks pretty good.

Experienced painters may scoff at my technique, but it gives very good results quickly, which may be important for those who are inexperienced and are more interested in the result than in the process.

I'll post some photos when I find the time.

You will definately have to post your pics! I am always interested in other folks approach to miniature painting and the techniques they put to practical use. I have never used the dipping method personally but have seen some very skilled people really pull it off.

I'm gonna have to try dipping instead of regular style washes. Now I just need to know the mix ratios of ink and floor wax.

I just started painting mine as well Haven't painted since about 10 years ago, when I had a Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marine army (and before that, an Ork army).

This is the first model I painted, using Citadel paints (because I'm used to them from back in the old days):

I'll add another layer of black wash to separate the body from the wasp tail, and I'm not sure what I want to do with the base - leaving it plain black is a bit boring, but I really don't know what to do with it. What did you do with your bases?

As for technique, I covered the mini in spray black undercoat, the chitin bits were painted with Dark Angel Green first and then drybrushed with Boltgun Metal, and finally a coat of green wash was added. The baby itself was painted with high-pigment Tallarn Flesh, then washed with brown, brushed with Elf Flesh and then I had to tone down some bits with brown wash again. Finally, the wings were brushed with Tin Bitz, the claws were painted in Tin Bitz as well, red dots with tiny white highlights for the eyes.

I love painting again can't wait to step up to the more complex models, but I'll do the mass-built ones first to warm up.

haslo said:

I painted them red, green and blue. It really looks OK (at least with the shades I used), but of course not very realistic. But as the colors of the pieces are used as a game mechanic I found this a good way to preserve it.

burke said:

Hm, I don't worry about losing that game mechanic - as essentially, it's just another way to count to four (or two, or however many minis there are per type per Marine). It makes things a bit easier for the Invader player, but since I assume I'll be that one most of the time anyway and can prepare stuff for whoever else is it if not, I'd rather have the bases look good than keep the colors...

I'm thinking about painting them just Boltgun Metal or something, add blood splatters and ducts here and there, and maybe tear apart a pack of Warhammer skeletons or something for structure. How does that sound?

I got my painting skills from my 3 armies, Space Marines, Tyranids AND Tau, no less than 2000 points each. And since I used the Space Marines (sometimes Tau Fire Warriors instead of marines, but same stats) and Tyranids for the pieces, it looks good (no 'base colors', I just count) The Tyranid base I painted Vomit Brown (citadel paint) to represent Martian soil, the Marines I got grey base and Tau Fire Warriors I left Black base

I'd have thought the plastic the Doom models are made from would be quite difficult to paint on. Aren't they made from a different, slightly weaker plastic than say, Warhammer models. Wouldn't the plastic deteriorate after it's been painted?

OK, I think I'm done now with that Cherub The Boltgun Metal plus Blood Red approach worked pretty well, methinks.

Off I go to paint the other five Next: Zombies, I just got Rotten Flesh today.

I'd have thought the plastic the Doom models are made from would be quite difficult to paint on. Aren't they made from a different, slightly weaker plastic than say, Warhammer models. Wouldn't the plastic deteriorate after it's been painted?

I was afraid of that as well at first. With proper coating though, painting works a treat, and the color doesn't fall off or anything. The only thing is that the models remain slightly bendable, the color seems to be flexible enough not to tear though so far (and those Cherub wings are quite thin). I noticed no detoriation whatsoever really.

What I did read is that the Games Workshop clear coating didn't work for everyone. I'll risk it anyway (since those people seem to have used acrylic paint underneath, I think that has a bigger influence than the plastic) and report afterwards.

Used the coating and check, already now no stickiness whatsoever. Let your models dry properly, use water-based paints, and everything should be OK

Heh, I wonder if I should make a new thread with my little painting journal? Or if I should not post it on these currently-slow-as-hell forums here but elsewhere?

The Cherubs are all painted meanwhile (and got some more claw detail). They now look like this:

Then, I went on to paint those zombies. Here's the first:

I painted the skin portion in Red Gore first, then washed it with brown, and then drybrushed it (intensively, leaving only small bits of underlying darker color) with Rotten Flesh. Off I went to paint the pants with Dark Angel Green and the jacket with Warlock Purple, then washed them both with black. I was happy with the jacket at that point, but the pants needed more oomph, so I drybrushed them with Snot Green and finally gave them another green wash. Add eyes and base and detail touches, and I was done

Gross (not in a bad way, you want zombies to be gross, don't you?)... that zombie is awesome (for a zombie) That painted zombie sure looks more menacing than their unpainted counterpart.

Those look great! I am going to have to really get around to posting some pics of my stuff I did way back when the game first game out. I kept with the 3 colour system and just incorporated those colours into the paint scheme of the models, left the tops of the bases black but repainted the base rim in the colour the model belonged to. Great stuff thus far Haslo!

Viewtiful_Joe said:

As long as you spray coat the minis first, the paint will dry and stay on just fine. For more detailed info see my earlier post.

I painted most of my Doom minis, and I am very pleased with the result. I also got some three-dimensional props to use to add atmosphere to the game...things like barrels, crates, etc. I also painted one of those cylindrical CD holders to serve as a water tower or something similar. Playing with painted miniatures and 3D props really enhances the gaming experience. Here's a link to my painted miniatures on photo-bucket: http://s337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/BarbarianWanderer/ . There's some Doom and Descent miniatures here, as well as some older Citadel and Grenadier miniatures I had in the past (some of the Grenadier miniatures, like the barbarians, I had way back in the 1980s when I was playing D & D). Anyway, I used Citadel Paints on my minis, and I primed them all in Chaos Black and then varnished them with matte varnish. I did not like the space marine miniatures that came with the Doom game, so I painted three Warhammer space marines, and these turned out bad ass in my opinion. Regardless of your feelings toward Warhammer or Games Workshop, the Warhammer 40K space marines are super cool. I painted my marines in Dark Angel Green with appropriate shading and highlights to keep with the theme of Doom.