Miscellaneous

Granted, I don't have many figures posted yet, so why you may ask am I writing a painting article? To answer your question,

1.) I have been painting for close to 15 years.
(I had to sell my collection of painted minis to raise some money
when I was inbetween jobs.)

2.) I have not had a whole lot of time lately to paint because my
wife and I were recently ...

Wet Palette

Well, this is my first attempt at an article; I thought I would share my idea for a wet palette. I have seen articles that talk about using a blister pack, but you can’t hold a lot of different paint on one. I came up with an easy stackable plan. So with out further ado… Ginny’s mini’s stackable wet palettes.


Items needed
Wet palette paper
Sponges (I used compressed sponges)
Round stackable containers, I found these at my local craft store and at ...

To help with mixing paint when shaking the pot by hand I added a couple of 6mm plastic balls to the pot ( BB gun pellets ...

Making a simple showbase Squighoppers always scream out racing to me so I decided to make a little showbase with that theme ...

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I went to a painting seminar and got a chance to talk with Vaitalla
on her mixture. At the time I was a devoted "Floor Wax Guy", but have
since abandoned it as I do not like the stickiness it leaves on my
brushes. The shine I was always able to correct with brushed
on/sprayed on Dull Cote. I have experimented for about a year with
different formulations. Here is what I like:

Danny's Magic Wash
I use this to extend the open time ...

Basic Basing
What is basing?
Well, it's just a matter of applying some material to the base of the miniature, ...

Painting
Preperation

Before you
should even start to think about actually painting your miniatures, ...