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I thought I\'d share this fun site I heard about on another forum. It\'s a collection of illusions and oddities, some for sale, some just for information\'s sake. Most of them are based on scientific principles, and there are little videos demonstrating how most of them work...

Hi all. I\'ve uploaded my entry to the most recent Wyrd contest, which was voted 2nd place in the Fantasy category. I\'ve also uploaded my entries to the Wyrd Rotten Harvest contest, as well as my recent entry to fozzbozz.com\'s Hasslefree contest. And an old sculpt I painted in between. As you...

My husband (proving that he apparently does listen to at least some of my miniature babblings) has been monitoring news from GAMA, and sent me this link. Summary: Harbinger Magazine on hiatus hoping to work out legal problems, Testor\'s Game of Thrones mini game delayed for retooling. Has...

I was going through my links to weed out ones that have gone inactive, and when I clicked on my New Wave link, things looked different there. Half the stuff looked to be on sale, and the sections on sale looked like they had amounts of stock listed, and that things that were sold out weren\'t...

Wired Magazine does a \'Japanese Schoolgirl Watch\' of hot consumer/cultural stuff among Japanese, well, schoolgirls, and the one in the most recent issue is about very tiny pens. I\'m wondering if they\'d work for freehand. The first was a Pilot pen in 1994 with a diameter of .3 mm. Now...

After seeing a post on Board Game Geek, I figured maybe there are folks in the mini community who might also want to hear about this. I work in a Knoxville, Tennessee game store called Gameboard. There are actually two Knoxville stores, one in the West Town Mall, the other in Knoxville...

Has anyone got any experience with Testors acrylic paints? Would they be acceptable for someone who just wants to paint one or two figures or is just starting out? I\'m asking because we have a sort of starter set with 12 colours and a brief how to paint minis explanation at the store I work...

Hi all, I\'m hoping to get a little advice. I\'ve done my first serious freehand on the mini below. I\'m pretty happy with what I have so far, but I\'m not sure whether it\'s enough for this particular mini. I know kimonos are usually highly decorated. I\'m debating adding some flowers...

I\'m working on my first major diorama, and having some colour dilemmas. The scene is to be a palace-type interior, heavily decorated and incorporating a lot of colour. I haven\'t made a final decision yet, but I\'m leaning to the main wall colour being ochre, main accent colour of a dark beryl...

I did a search for pics of stone for a marble effect on a mini I\'m working on, and I found a resource that I found pretty cool, and thought others might enjoy - http://www.findstone.com/ At the top is a link to 2800 stone images, primarily marbles and granites, but some others as well.

I found this site when I was looking for ideas for painting an angel\'s wings, and I thought other people might find it useful too. It has hundreds of photos of the backs and fronts of wings from a huge number of bird species. http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/wingphotos.html

In case anyone\'s interested, Jerry\'s Artarama - http://www.jerrysartarama.com/Products.asp?Parent_ID=127 - is having a sale on standard size W&N series 7\'s until Dec 31. Size 000 are $5.99, and add $1 for each size above that up to size 2. They do also carry the miniature line, and it\'s...

What would people recommend for doing fingernails and cuticles? Use the shadow colour around the edges then the highest highlight colour for the nail itself? This is assuming non-painted nails on basic skintone types. Although tips for doing painted nails would be cool for future reference, too.

Hi all. Would anyone be able to give me some URLs or ID numbers of some minis with black highlighted with blue rather than gray? I\'m most interested in seeing fabric examples, but anything would be helpful. I\'m going to be painting a mini with a lot of black soon, and I\'d like to highlight...

Hi all. I just started painting this month, and I have some questions about paint. I started with the Reaper Learn to Paint kits, so I have 2 each of the basic colours. I\'m trying to decide what to buy in addition - whether to just buy single colours, or take the plunge for a package deal even...