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Hello everyone, I\'ve walked away from the painting table for about a year, but am back into it and am having trouble with MM. I\'m using the triads, so I start with my metallic shade, thinned with 1 dp of flow improv, 1 dp H20 and 2 dps of paint, I paint that all over, then I use the midtone...

Hello all, I\'ve been amassing a sizeable D&D collection, estimated at about 250 rulebooks, modules, etc. I have two questions: 1. Does anyone know of a reliable buyer of this stuff, where I could get good value? 2. Should I sell it as one collection, or as individual pieces? Thanks for any...

Hi, I\'m giving airbrushing a try and want to use it primarily to prime my minis. On many brands of airbrush acrylics, there doesn\'t seem to be black primer, only grey or white. Is there one out there and which brand? Thanks.

Hello, I\'ve been wanting to design a traveling painting kit for those weekends when I\'m at my In-Laws, bored out of my mind, and could use that time to catch up on some painting. Has anyone come up with a clever kit that is small, but also portable? Pictures of these kits or any suggestions...

Hello, I\'m working on three Reaper orcs and am using a standard yellow-green basecoat with dk green as a shadow and yellow as my progressive highlights. Are there any other combinations that might be better, or does anyone have different shadow and/or highlighting suggestions? Thanks.

Does anyone know if there ever was a index created that has a majority of all the miniature manufacturers to date?

I\'ve been experimenting with wet blending using the Reaper Master Series Paints. My ratio is very simple, 1 drop of distilled H20 to one drop of paint. Then I add a drop of slow dri. I\'ve found that if I thin it any more than that, it becomes hard to control. Has anyone else out there had...

Just wondering how many out there use a mangnifier on their figs and do you use a visor or one off of a lamp? Does anyone find it cumbersome to use? Thanks.

Hi All, I was considering starting a painting service for tabletop quality miniatures, nothing close to the type of work that some of the artists showcase here, but I was wondering if anyone who has already established their own service had any tips about how to get such a venture off the...

I\'ve read almost every post and article about applying colors when basecoating a layering, but even if I follow them to the letter, the paint still doesn\'t cover very well and tends to be soupy. I prime the mini black for starters, and add only a drop of distilled H20 per drop of paint. I...

Hello, I\'m starting to seriously contemplate selling off parts of my large 2nd Ed AD&D coll... and I know the obviously forum for this is ebay, but I\'ve seen past collections sold there for far less than what they probably are worth...Do any of you have advice on any other options for where I...

Just wondering how often everyone out there mixes their paints when trying to layer or blend? When applying these techniques I have a series of colors laid out on my pallet, but as I work with one, another \"goops\" up, and its always the lighter colors. Just wondering if there\'s anyway to...

I just purchased a bottle of VMC Metallic Medium and I was wondering if this can be used to help highlight metallics? Any help would be great. Thanks.

I was wondering if anyone could get me a link for a really good lamp, one that doesn\'t have alot of heat radiating from it, a good light to see all the colors vividly, and anything else about it that might be good for painting. Thanks???

Sometimes I struggle with eyes, other times they are right on the money. Any good tutorials or techniques out there where the eyes are perfect every time? Also, I\'ve seen minis with the irises painted in as well....any advise on that? Thanks for all your help.

I was trying to layer a cloak on a fig using a dark blue paint as my basecoat. The shade and basecoat layer dried/evaporated before I even lifted the brush off of the mini. Then when I started my first highlight layer (I mixed 3:1 basecoat with white + water), it left a light streak of...

Is it wrong to skip the inital basecoating step and paint an area with the darkest shade and then just layer with ligher mixes from there. Just wondering if anyone has done it this way.

So yeah, I\'m painting my first dragon, a commission for a dear friend, and the type of dragon he wants.....and Emerald Dragon! I\'ve already searched on google for a good pic, but to no avail. My only reference is in the old 2nd edition D&D monster manual. I have the entire VGC range and some...

I\'m looking to start trying NMM and am looking to purchase some colors needed for this process. As of now I use primarily VGC and VMC. Can anyone suggest colors from that line to use for this? Thanks.

I find that when I mix my paint w/ water, flow improver, retarder, etc., that it separates fairly quickly. Is there a way to prevent this besides re-stirring it constantly.? Thanks.