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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 2268995" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>Painting Miniatures Guide</p><p></p><p>Greetings! In the last few weeks a number of folks have asked for advice on basic painting. I firmly believe it is possible not only for anyone to paint miniature to a table top level, but to rapidly increase their skills in the hobby with just a bit of dedication. I hope this thread can serve as a sort of table of contents for folks and if you think there are some links I should add, please post them!</p><p></p><p><u><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Basic Painting</span></strong></u></p><p><strong>Games Workshop’s Tutorial</strong> has a few useful articles. Naturally, they are trying to sell you some product, but it still is solid advice from an industry leader. </p><p><a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=1100022&pIndex=0&aId=1700006&start=1" target="_blank">Tools and Brushes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?community=&catId=cat410002&categoryId=1100022&aId=1700007" target="_blank">Spray Primering</a></p><p><a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/articleCategory.jsp?community=&communityArticleCatId=1100019&articleCatId=1100019&catId=cat410002" target="_blank">Step-by-step tutorials for various models</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>J.D. Wiker</strong> has some decent basic tips to get you started</p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=minis/mi20010312i" target="_blank">Miniatures 101</a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=minis/mi20010312j" target="_blank">Miniatures 102</a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=minis/mi20010312k" target="_blank">Miniatures 103</a></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=minis/mi20010312l" target="_blank">Miniatures 104</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Sven Adrian</strong> has a different technique worthy of consideration on coolminiornot:</p><p><a href="http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/242" target="_blank">Step-by-step painting Easterlings</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Jakob Nielsen</strong> has a solid step-by-step tutorial of a GW Chaos Warrior:</p><p><a href="http://www.jrn-works.dk/tutorials/tut.php?tut=chaosWarriorTotal&lan=eng" target="_blank">JRN Chaos Warrior step-by-step</a> </p><p></p><p><strong>Mike Kan</strong> mostly paints GW, but he paints pretty quickly and has lots of tips for painting lots of clean, well done, table top standard figures quickly:</p><p><a href="http://kan.org/michael/mkp/index.php" target="_blank">Mike Kan Paint</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><u><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Paint References</span></strong></u></p><p>Totengraber has begun a really cool paint database that gives swatches and matching colors for other lines of paint. Still a bit of a work in progress, but very cool!</p><p><a href="http://www.totengraber.net/" target="_blank">Totengraber's Paint Database</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p><u><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Techniques</span></strong></u></p><p>One of my favorite painters is <strong>Jenova!</strong> Who is very generous with her knowledge.</p><p><a href="http://www.jenova.dk/" target="_blank">Jenova!’s site</a> - has not updated in ages.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">NMM</span></p><p><strong>Thierry Husser</strong> a very skilled painter who does mostly Rackham stuff has posted an excellent full color chart of his NMM fomulas:</p><p><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/thminiatures/Sites/anglais/html/astuces/couleursnmm.html" target="_blank">Color chart for NMM</a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">INKS</span></p><p><strong>Total Model</strong> has a nice basic article on the uses of acryllic inks:</p><p><a href="http://www.totalmodel.com/workshop/pages/workshop_243.shtml" target="_blank">Painting with Inks</a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Metallics</span></p><p><strong>Jakob Rune Nielsen</strong> has won numerous Golden Demons and posts an excellent tutorial on painting metallics:</p><p><a href="http://www.jrn-works.dk/tutorials/tut.php?tut=armour&lan=eng" target="_blank">JRN Metallics Tutorial</a> </p><p></p><p><strong>Shading Metallics</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.mainlymedieval.com/ozpainters/viewtopic.php?t=878" target="_blank">Shading Metallics by Automaton</a></p><p><a href="http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37059&hl=shaded+metal" target="_blank">Shading Metallics by Jabberwocky</a></p><p></p><p><strong>MIG Productions</strong> has produced a cool article on using dry pigments to weather metallics. </p><p><a href="http://www.internethobbies.com/seofpi.html" target="_blank">Using Colored Pigment Powder to Weather Metallics and More!</a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Blending</span></p><p><strong>Oz Painters</strong> has a solid thread on using transparent glazes to blend - he calls them juices.</p><p><a href="http://www.mainlymedieval.com/ozpainters/viewtopic.php?t=49" target="_blank">Juices for blending</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Dipping</span></p><p>Here is a cool article on dipping figures in poly stain for speed painting. I have used it on Eastern Indians to great effect!</p><p><a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/dip.html" target="_blank">DIPPING FIGURES IN MINWAX POLYSHADE</a> </p><p></p><p><strong>The Army Painter</strong> is a company that produces a ton of stuff for speed painting. They have three kinds of dips, base spray paints, base terrain, and now a new line of paints. The site hosts a number of "how-to" articles. I've used their products for painting historicals and it is good stuff. They are a worthy resource for those looking to paint a lot of troops quickly!</p><p><a href="http://www.thearmypainter.com/" target="_blank">THE ARMY PAINTER COMPANY</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Faces</span></p><p><strong>Jen Haley</strong> is the queen of painting without peer in the states. Her painting a face article is particularly helpful!</p><p><a href="http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/" target="_blank">new page</a> her articles thus far:</p><p><a href="http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/articles.php?&art=7&page=1" target="_blank">Painting Faces</a></p><p><a href="http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/articles.php?&art=11&page=1" target="_blank">Painting Freehands</a></p><p><a href="http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/articles.php?&art=8&page=1" target="_blank">Choosing & Using Brushes</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Reaper</strong> has a tutorial on painting eyes by Darin Hlavaz. Thanks Lord Tirian for the scoop.</p><p><a href="http://www.reapermini.com/TheCraft/12" target="_blank">Eye Tutorial</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Wings</span></p><p><strong>Necromancer Tales</strong> brings us a lot of cool tutorials including this one on scratch built wings.</p><p><a href="http://www.necrotales.com/necroTutorials/tut_wings01.php" target="_blank">Scratch Built Wings</a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Gems</span></p><p></p><p><strong>ZaPhOd's</strong> has a neat tutorial on painting translucent gems:</p><p><a href="http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/205" target="_blank">Complex Gems</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Lighting Effects</span></p><p><strong>Iron Halo</strong> has a very interesting article on painting a blue lighting effect:</p><p><a href="http://www.ironhalo.net/lighting.htm" target="_blank">Blue Lighting Effect</a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Hair</span></p><p><strong>Darkstar</strong> over at Reaper's message board does some of the most awesome hair I have ever seen. He explains his techinique in this thread:</p><p><a href="http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16611&st=15&#entry251038" target="_blank">Hair tutorial.</a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Horses</span></p><p><strong>Veni Vidi Vici</strong> has an excellent section on painting horses:</p><p><a href="http://www.3vwargames.co.uk/horsepaint.htm" target="_blank">Painting Horses on VVV</a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Stone</span></p><p>Texturing Granite article on Hot Lead:</p><p><a href="http://hot-lead.org/advance/texturing_granite.htm" target="_blank">Texturing Granite</a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Textured Wood</span></p><p>An article over on hot-lead.org on painting textured wood:</p><p><a href="http://hot-lead.org/advance/texturing_wood.htm" target="_blank">Painting Textured Wood</a> </p><p></p><p><u><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Bases</span></strong></u></p><p><strong>Frank the DM's </strong> Marble bases</p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2969637&postcount=27" target="_blank">Quick and easy marble bases</a> </p><p></p><p><strong>Make bases like Rackham</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/239" target="_blank">Rackham style corkbase</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Brush Thralls</strong> outstanding bases</p><p><a href="http://blog.brushthralls.com/?page_id=3381" target="_blank">Bases on Brushthralls</a></p><p></p><p>I have found articles on the net to be very helpful, but one other resource that should be employed is message boards like Reaper’s where excellent painters are always anxious to share their knowledge. When I have more time I will further organize links into techniques, but this certainly is more than enough to get someone started!</p><p></p><p>Have fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 2268995, member: 6588"] Painting Miniatures Guide Greetings! In the last few weeks a number of folks have asked for advice on basic painting. I firmly believe it is possible not only for anyone to paint miniature to a table top level, but to rapidly increase their skills in the hobby with just a bit of dedication. I hope this thread can serve as a sort of table of contents for folks and if you think there are some links I should add, please post them! [u][b][SIZE=6]Basic Painting[/SIZE][/b][/u] [b]Games Workshop’s Tutorial[/b] has a few useful articles. Naturally, they are trying to sell you some product, but it still is solid advice from an industry leader. [URL=http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=1100022&pIndex=0&aId=1700006&start=1]Tools and Brushes[/URL] [URL=http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?community=&catId=cat410002&categoryId=1100022&aId=1700007]Spray Primering[/URL] [URL=http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/articleCategory.jsp?community=&communityArticleCatId=1100019&articleCatId=1100019&catId=cat410002]Step-by-step tutorials for various models[/URL] [b]J.D. Wiker[/b] has some decent basic tips to get you started [URL=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=minis/mi20010312i]Miniatures 101[/URL] [URL=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=minis/mi20010312j]Miniatures 102[/URL] [URL=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=minis/mi20010312k]Miniatures 103[/URL] [URL=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=minis/mi20010312l]Miniatures 104[/URL] [b]Sven Adrian[/b] has a different technique worthy of consideration on coolminiornot: [URL=http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/242]Step-by-step painting Easterlings[/URL] [b]Jakob Nielsen[/b] has a solid step-by-step tutorial of a GW Chaos Warrior: [URL=http://www.jrn-works.dk/tutorials/tut.php?tut=chaosWarriorTotal&lan=eng]JRN Chaos Warrior step-by-step[/URL] [b]Mike Kan[/b] mostly paints GW, but he paints pretty quickly and has lots of tips for painting lots of clean, well done, table top standard figures quickly: [URL="http://kan.org/michael/mkp/index.php"]Mike Kan Paint[/URL] [u][b][SIZE=6]Paint References[/SIZE][/b][/u] Totengraber has begun a really cool paint database that gives swatches and matching colors for other lines of paint. Still a bit of a work in progress, but very cool! [URL=http://www.totengraber.net/]Totengraber's Paint Database[/URL] [u][b][SIZE=6]Techniques[/SIZE][/b][/u] One of my favorite painters is [b]Jenova![/b] Who is very generous with her knowledge. [URL=http://www.jenova.dk/]Jenova!’s site[/URL] - has not updated in ages. [SIZE=6]NMM[/SIZE] [b]Thierry Husser[/b] a very skilled painter who does mostly Rackham stuff has posted an excellent full color chart of his NMM fomulas: [URL=http://homepage.mac.com/thminiatures/Sites/anglais/html/astuces/couleursnmm.html]Color chart for NMM[/URL] [SIZE=6]INKS[/SIZE] [b]Total Model[/b] has a nice basic article on the uses of acryllic inks: [URL=http://www.totalmodel.com/workshop/pages/workshop_243.shtml]Painting with Inks[/URL] [SIZE=6]Metallics[/SIZE] [B]Jakob Rune Nielsen[/B] has won numerous Golden Demons and posts an excellent tutorial on painting metallics: [URL=http://www.jrn-works.dk/tutorials/tut.php?tut=armour&lan=eng]JRN Metallics Tutorial[/URL] [B]Shading Metallics[/B] [URL="http://www.mainlymedieval.com/ozpainters/viewtopic.php?t=878"]Shading Metallics by Automaton[/URL] [URL="http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37059&hl=shaded+metal"]Shading Metallics by Jabberwocky[/URL] [b]MIG Productions[/b] has produced a cool article on using dry pigments to weather metallics. [URL=http://www.internethobbies.com/seofpi.html]Using Colored Pigment Powder to Weather Metallics and More![/URL] [SIZE=6]Blending[/SIZE] [b]Oz Painters[/b] has a solid thread on using transparent glazes to blend - he calls them juices. [URL="http://www.mainlymedieval.com/ozpainters/viewtopic.php?t=49"]Juices for blending[/URL] [SIZE=6]Dipping[/SIZE] Here is a cool article on dipping figures in poly stain for speed painting. I have used it on Eastern Indians to great effect! [URL=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/dip.html]DIPPING FIGURES IN MINWAX POLYSHADE[/URL] [b]The Army Painter[/b] is a company that produces a ton of stuff for speed painting. They have three kinds of dips, base spray paints, base terrain, and now a new line of paints. The site hosts a number of "how-to" articles. I've used their products for painting historicals and it is good stuff. They are a worthy resource for those looking to paint a lot of troops quickly! [URL=http://www.thearmypainter.com/]THE ARMY PAINTER COMPANY[/URL] [SIZE=6]Faces[/SIZE] [b]Jen Haley[/b] is the queen of painting without peer in the states. Her painting a face article is particularly helpful! [url=http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/]new page[/url] her articles thus far: [url=http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/articles.php?&art=7&page=1]Painting Faces[/url] [url=http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/articles.php?&art=11&page=1]Painting Freehands[/url] [url=http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/articles.php?&art=8&page=1]Choosing & Using Brushes[/url] [b]Reaper[/b] has a tutorial on painting eyes by Darin Hlavaz. Thanks Lord Tirian for the scoop. [URL=http://www.reapermini.com/TheCraft/12]Eye Tutorial[/URL] [SIZE=6]Wings[/SIZE] [b]Necromancer Tales[/b] brings us a lot of cool tutorials including this one on scratch built wings. [URL=http://www.necrotales.com/necroTutorials/tut_wings01.php]Scratch Built Wings[/URL] [SIZE=6]Gems[/SIZE] [b]ZaPhOd's[/b] has a neat tutorial on painting translucent gems: [URL=http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/205]Complex Gems[/URL] [SIZE=6]Lighting Effects[/SIZE] [b]Iron Halo[/b] has a very interesting article on painting a blue lighting effect: [URL=http://www.ironhalo.net/lighting.htm]Blue Lighting Effect[/URL] [SIZE=6]Hair[/SIZE] [b]Darkstar[/b] over at Reaper's message board does some of the most awesome hair I have ever seen. He explains his techinique in this thread: [URL=http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16611&st=15&#entry251038]Hair tutorial.[/URL] [SIZE=6]Horses[/SIZE] [b]Veni Vidi Vici[/b] has an excellent section on painting horses: [URL=http://www.3vwargames.co.uk/horsepaint.htm]Painting Horses on VVV[/URL] [SIZE=6]Stone[/SIZE] Texturing Granite article on Hot Lead: [URL=http://hot-lead.org/advance/texturing_granite.htm]Texturing Granite[/URL] [SIZE=6]Textured Wood[/SIZE] An article over on hot-lead.org on painting textured wood: [URL=http://hot-lead.org/advance/texturing_wood.htm]Painting Textured Wood[/URL] [u][b][SIZE=6]Bases[/SIZE][/b][/u] [b]Frank the DM's [/b] Marble bases [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2969637&postcount=27]Quick and easy marble bases[/URL] [b]Make bases like Rackham[/b] [URL=http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/239]Rackham style corkbase[/URL] [b]Brush Thralls[/b] outstanding bases [URL=http://blog.brushthralls.com/?page_id=3381]Bases on Brushthralls[/URL] I have found articles on the net to be very helpful, but one other resource that should be employed is message boards like Reaper’s where excellent painters are always anxious to share their knowledge. When I have more time I will further organize links into techniques, but this certainly is more than enough to get someone started! Have fun! [/QUOTE]
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