Painting Stormin' Annie

Kevin Dallimore describes how Stormin’ Annie, the Salute 51 Model, was brought to life in two very different ways

She is a jaunty 18th century style rogue with more than a touch of Pirates of the Caribbean about her and none the worse for that! I have painted her in the two different ways, like I did last year but this year trying the new second iteration of Speedpaints.

THE STYLE

The first version is something that might suit people who do not have lots of time to commit to painting. Using the new V2 The Army Painter Speedpaints, which give a most satisfactory effect in much less time than normal painting, however they are not everybody’s cup of tea so I have painted a conventional version too. The conventional full paint job took about 14 hours, whereas this speedy one took 1½ hours. These are estimates of course, as I tended to fit the speedy one in around painting the other model. That’s just for the paintwork; more time was consumed thinking and cleaning and undercoating, and writing...

The second version follows my well known method of working from dark to light shades from a black undercoat. This three or more colour painting method uses successive lighter tones of colour (shade, middle and light or more) which are added to the model in layers, working up from dark to light. This creates a three-dimensional effect of shadows and highlights, the layers of colour giving depth to the model. The paints used are from The Army Painter – Warpaints.

Both methods are explained in full detail in my online magazine at http://

nstarmagazine.com/ published by North Star Military Models, so head there to know more.

THE PREPARATION

Prep was the same for both. Well cast in metal with little cleaning up to do, she’s a fine one-piece casting so no assembly is required. Trim off any moulding lines, flash or extraneous material with a sharp knife, I used a brand new blade in my scalpel, then finish off with a fine file. As always be very careful with the sharp knife.

THE UNDERCOATS

I undercoated them in both the same matt black Humbrol enamel 33. The enamel was thinned by about 10% of white spirit and applied with a large old brush ]. The model that was going to be painted in Speedpaints then got a second undercoat in the form of a zenithal sprayed white undercoat, which is very much the key to the success of the Speedpaints.