Base Coating my Marines

Recently I've started collecting a Warhammer 40K army. Specifically it's the 4th company of the Ultramarines. As anyone that knows anything about Games Workshop will know, it's not exactly cheap. So it'll take some time to get it up to the size I'm wanting. However, the one benefit of this, is that I've got plenty of time to paint it.

However, base coating the models, after you've undercoat them, has to rank up there as one of the dullest things to do. So, in an effort to make life less dull, I purchased myself one of the Citadel spray guns. It's basically a very simple airbrush, that's pretty much only useful for basecoating and ink washing. It's not for detail work. But it's fairly cheap, and more than that, it was available there and then. Yes, I could find one somewhere else, but that'd need more work. In the future, I'll probably see about picking up a cheap airbrush and compressor kit. Right now, that'd be about three times the price, but without an ongoing expense for propellant cans; it would also not drop off on performance as the can cools down.

But to get back to my main point, it really helps. It's so much faster than doing it with a brush. Biggest downside is that I base coated them black. So telling where the dark blue paint was going was a trifle difficult.  Had to look for the glisten of the wet paint.

I'd say: If you're not wanting to spend too much at one time, it's a good buy (though get two cans of propellent, and switch them out when they get cold). If you're going to be using it a lot, and you can afford it, get a compressor, and a proper airbrush. (or use the compressor with the spraygun, if you don't care about doing details)