Brushes and tools

   Once there were four blind fellows who came upon an elephant. The first fellow felt the leg and declared - "an elephant is like the trunk of a tree". The second, grasping the trunk said - "why it's not like a tree at all. It's like a great snake". The third, feeling the elephant's stomach said - "you're both wrong, an elephant is like a great curved wall". The last fellow, holding the elephant's tail, somewhat confused by his friends descriptions said - "I'm a bit lost by you fellow's descriptions when an elephant ...

Funky mathematical thinking…. By Cenotaphe, the upside down mini-student… (http://www.cenotaphe.net) Here’s the very ...

Some of you may have read the page on my own website or the post I made to the forum a while back about suitable ways to hold your figures while you're painting them. If you didn't, well you're in luck; I thought I would add a suitable article on what you're looking for, and where to find the pieces to the CMoN articles section.
Essentially, there are two good ways, one cheap and some-what Do-It-Yourself, the other already assembled but slightly dearer. The former I started making myself a few years back when I found a place ...

Well, after i got tired of my small palette unable to hold all the colors i need at times, i began my search for a replacement, i raided my house and found the perfect answer...
An ice cube thing! its big enough to hold many colors at a time, ...

I make models for 25mm or 1/72 scale. I use all sorts of things to do this. Plastic sheeting is one of the things I use. ...

This is my first article, and as such I will be quite brief.I come to you today to talk about the BendyBrush and it's uses. ...

Raiding the Spice Rack
        Hello, good day and welcome to another one of Chrispy'S
Crazed Articles (tm). Today, I'd like to spend a bit on basing, which can be just as important as the painting of the miniature
itself.. However, if you're like me and you absolutly refuse to pay $5 for a teeny weenie bag of flock which is, in essence,
usually painted sawdust. Lately, I've tried to find a cheaper, more common alternative to some basing supplies.. As many
of my articles have started out, I was on the shoutbox and we were discussing basing materials (it began with snow, then
went into more common types of areas. Someone, I believe Sintricat (thought you'd get out of this, eh? :P), asked about a
really ...

Paintbrush Selection and
Care





Introduction A paintbrush is probably the most
important tool that you will purchase in helping you bring a
miniature to life. With proper selection and care, a good
quality paintbrush is an investment in the miniature-painting
hobby, and can make the experience all the more enjoyable.
With a fine tip, you, the painter will have more control in
the application of paint, exactly where you want it to be. So
take extra time in choosing and caring of your brushes, as
they will result in your best possible work. Anatomy
of a paintbrush In general most paintbrushes are still
assembled by hand with brush tips made from either natural or
synthetic hairs. These hairs are bound together with cord or
nylon rope and then set into the metal ferrule with a wax
based adhesive. The wooden or plastic handle is then pushed
into the back of the ferrule and held in place with a crimp.
Knowledge of how a paintbrush created is important, because it
allows you to properly care for your brush. Because the
adhesive that holds the brush hairs is wax based, you should
never rinse ...