Quick Answer
Paint your Edgerunners miniature by priming, applying a dark base coat, adding a wash, layering highlights, and finishing the base.
Why These Steps Work for Combat Zone Miniatures
The Edgerunners miniature has fine cyberpunk details like cables, armor plates, and weapons. A dark base coat and wash bring out those details without losing them under thick paint.
You don't need airbrushing skills. These steps use standard brushes and acrylics, keeping the process accessible for any painter.
Step-by-Step Painting Process
- Prime the miniature: Apply a thin layer of spray or brush-on primer. Focus on recessed areas to ensure paint adheres. A common mistake is using too much primer, which hides detail. Shake the can well and spray from 12 inches.
- Apply a dark base coat: Use a dark gray or black acrylic for the main body. Thin the paint with water until it flows like milk. Thick paint obscures cyberpunk panel lines. Two thin coats are better than one thick one.
- Add a wash to recesses: Mix black paint with water (1:10 ratio) and brush it over the whole model. Wipe the excess from raised surfaces. Let the wash dry for 10 minutes before moving on. Rushing this step leaves splotches.
- Layer highlights on edges: Dry-brush a lighter gray or metallic color on armor edges, cables, and weapon barrels. Use a flat brush with almost no paint. Too much paint fills the recesses you just shaded.
- Paint the base: Coat the miniature's base with a neutral brown or concrete gray to ground the figure. Avoid painting the base with the same dark colors as the model—it will make the miniature blend into the table.
Product Facts
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Combat Zone: The Message (Edgerunners): This box set includes three Edgerunner miniatures and the cards needed to add them to your Combat Zone gang. You get multiple models to practice on, so mistakes on the first one won't ruin your gang.
Combat Zone: The Message (Edgerunners)
