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Mini Painting!
Neko_Ali:
I recommend brush painting to start with. Less expensive start up option by far. :) Acrylics are definitely what you want for miniature painting. Enamels work for model kits, but they are terrible on miniatures (trust me, from experience). You will probably have to thin whatever acrylics you use. How much will depend on the paint you are using and what you are painting. It's trial and error to get a feel of it sort of thing.
One thing you can try is using a wet palatte. Get a shallow dish or container. Wet a paper towel thoroughly and put it in the container. Then place a piece of parchment paper (not wax paper) on the towel and let it soak through. Then you can put a little bit of the paint you are using on the paper and will keep it thinned down and keep it from drying out to quickly. Just add a little more water into the container as needed.
GarandMarine:
I cannot endorse a wet palette enough. You can also get "thinning" results by painting with a wet brush and getting a VERY small amount of paint on. I hear two to one mentioned for a lot of painters, though I'll confess I paint some stuff right out of the pot. Black, white, red as an accent, METALLICS (don't think metallics please >.>;)
Grognard:
I'll step outside of my usual BATTLETECH only box and recommend some minis for the DYSTOPIAN WARS series.
They're less expensive and with their high detail, extremely easy to paint and make them look great.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=APYG8rbQlPU
for instance: Cromwell Bombards. Resin minis with awesome detail. Dont even HAVE to primer them. (I did tho)
1. Krylon light grey primer
2. Dark Army Green base coat.
3. Lamp black covering to treads and exposed engine parts.
4. Gunmetal heavy coat on the main gun and workings., light brush on the treads, drive train and engines.
5. Medium Army Green dry brush of remaining green parts.
6. Medium Brown dry brush/smearing of lower hull and tracks.
7. Silver dry brush/highlight of main gun muzzle, machine guns: very sparingly.
8. final wash: either chaos black or sewer brown> coat evenly, try to avoid excess puddling.
LET DRY. preferably 24 hours.
9. Clear Coat. FLAT/Dull coat.
my results look alot like this, but without the brass or excessive shinyness.
GarandMarine:
Back with more work! I know! I actually painted something! I'm shocked too!
Space Wolf with Thunderwolf (Thunderwolf alt from War Gamma, buy their stuff they're awesome!)
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Brief review on the War Gamme Thunderwolf: The models are gorgeous, incredible detail, takes paint very well, but assembly's a bear. Some serious flash clean up to be done and some of the detail work are locked in with molded blocks that can be very difficult to remove without damaging the detail they put into place. The teeth in particular are a rough patch for this. The provided legs work well but on my particular model didn't seem to "lock" into the saddle as tightly as I would have hoped.
Arcadian Color Sergeant
Yes this is the Con exclusive model. No it's not one of the resin ones.
This is how the model looked originally. Tap the spoilers to see how she looks now.
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Third full sized shot to show off the finial on top of the regimental colors.
Grognard:
:thumbsup: SWWEEET!!!! :thumbsup:
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