Painting Miniatures Guide

pogre · Oct 17, 2007

Lord Tirian said:
1) Great thread. It really helped me to start this stuff.
2) Thanks pogre, for compiling all the stuff and keeping it up-to-date.
3) This tutorial on eyes is useful for painting eyes, at least it worked for me better than the other techniques, right now. In any case, one can at least try it.

Cheers, LT.

Thanks LT, I added it to the list. That is the opposite of how I do eyes, but worthy of consideration because my method takes more brush control. Darin Hlavaz is a talented guy!

Dog Soldier · Nov 27, 2007

Found this site. http://www.necrotales.com/necroTutorials/

Don't think anyone has posted it. It has alot of good base-fu tips and display base building.

pogre · Nov 27, 2007

That's a great resource Dog Soldier! I'll add in some of those tutorials!

pogre · Dec 24, 2007

Posted a tutorial on scratch building wings from Necrotales. The wings are so cool looking I'm looking for a project I can use them for!

Shape D. · Dec 24, 2007

pogre said:
Posted a tutorial on scratch building wings from Necrotales. The wings are so cool looking I'm looking for a project I can use them for!

Awesome link, This thread gets better every time I check it.

That and my painting got a lot better after checking out a lot of these links. Thanks Pogre!!

frankthedm · Mar 14, 2008

This thread should be stickied!

Well since that ain't happening, I'll bump it with a quick tip...

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Making a wedding cake pillar into a flight stand

Take wedding cake pillar and saw off any preexisting base. Give pillar rough break at height you want to attach the mini at {Plan now for how high you want the fig off the ground and how balancing might be an issue ]

Glue figure to regulation base for game it will be used in.

Fill hollow pillar with cheap weight, rocks and sand can work well. Near the top, use a non water based glue to seal the weight in. Use normal filler on top of pillar.

In your order of preference, paint and assemble the figure.

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pogre · Mar 16, 2008

Cool idea Frank!

I've done the same basic thing with Hirst Arts columns and arches.

I also weeded out a few dead links from Fantization, which are apparently not coming back.

WhatGravitas · Apr 9, 2008

pogre said:
I also weeded out a few dead links from Fantization, which are apparently not coming back.

Also: The link to Jen Haley's tutorial on faces isn't working, because she closed down her old page.

Her new page has articles on (so far):
Painting Faces
Painting Freehands
Choosing & Using Brushes

Though I get the feeling that all of them are more advanced and harder for a beginner, since they already require a larger painting palette and good brush control. But I don't think it's totally wrong to add them.

Cheers, LT.