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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 3677396" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>Start small - try to do a few monsters you will need in an upcoming campaign session.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of great information on the web. One thing you will notice immediately is everyone has their own style and preferences.</p><p></p><p>There are no less than four high quality paint lines for miniatures right now:</p><p>Vallejo Game Color and Model Color</p><p>Reaper Master Series</p><p>Privateer Press Paint</p><p>Citadel/Games Workshop</p><p></p><p>All four lines have very different properties and you will find very skilled painters using each line and a combination of all these and more. There are some painters even doing some impressive painting with cheap craft paints. IMO craft paints make painting harder and are not worth it, but as I said some folks make them work.</p><p></p><p>Primers - most painters use spray primers these days. I use a primer you can pick up for four bucks at NAPA Auto Parts - Dupli-Color Sandable Primer. A good friend of mine who has won numerous painting constests, including golden demons, insists on using the Tamiya Spray Primer. Others suggest going to Walmart and buying Krylon - anyway, you get the idea - lots of preferences involved here. I would stay away from Armory as it tends to give a grainy/ dusty finish and are very inconsistent.</p><p></p><p>There is much more universal agreement on sealer these days. Almost everyone uses Testors ModelMaster flat as a final coat. Painters may use a multitude of undercoat varnishes, but almost everyone finishes with this stuff these days.</p><p></p><p>Some more universal tips - </p><p>1. Thin your paints.</p><p>2. Work from the inside out - skin, then clothes, then armor, etc.</p><p></p><p>I could go on and on, but I think I will just link to my painting resource thread instead:</p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=133078" target="_blank">Painting Miniatures Guide</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 3677396, member: 6588"] Start small - try to do a few monsters you will need in an upcoming campaign session. There is a lot of great information on the web. One thing you will notice immediately is everyone has their own style and preferences. There are no less than four high quality paint lines for miniatures right now: Vallejo Game Color and Model Color Reaper Master Series Privateer Press Paint Citadel/Games Workshop All four lines have very different properties and you will find very skilled painters using each line and a combination of all these and more. There are some painters even doing some impressive painting with cheap craft paints. IMO craft paints make painting harder and are not worth it, but as I said some folks make them work. Primers - most painters use spray primers these days. I use a primer you can pick up for four bucks at NAPA Auto Parts - Dupli-Color Sandable Primer. A good friend of mine who has won numerous painting constests, including golden demons, insists on using the Tamiya Spray Primer. Others suggest going to Walmart and buying Krylon - anyway, you get the idea - lots of preferences involved here. I would stay away from Armory as it tends to give a grainy/ dusty finish and are very inconsistent. There is much more universal agreement on sealer these days. Almost everyone uses Testors ModelMaster flat as a final coat. Painters may use a multitude of undercoat varnishes, but almost everyone finishes with this stuff these days. Some more universal tips - 1. Thin your paints. 2. Work from the inside out - skin, then clothes, then armor, etc. I could go on and on, but I think I will just link to my painting resource thread instead: [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=133078]Painting Miniatures Guide[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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