Article: Painting a 4.0 mini (updated with photos!)

[Cytore]

Wow, I never realised thata so much hard graft went into doing a 4.0 miniature. It comes just naturally to me - take a look at my gretchin 5915, currently rated 3.3! I've got a few additional tips though:

1. If you do use flock, then glue it on with polystyrene cement. A fairly thin layer will do as you don't want to melt the base too much. While it's drying you also get the lovely fragrace of mouldy cider wafting up.

2. The best way of highlighting the model is to paint the surface with successively lighter shades. taking my gretchin as an example, start of with dark angels green, then goblin green, then sunburst yellow - but make sure that at each stage the coats are really thick so you get a nice even colour.

3. If trying to paint a chequered pattern, rough circles will do instead of squares - they look about the same from a distance.

 

[NuckinFutz]

Pure Drivel!!!! I love It!!!

 

[Vlad]

aah with some help of this nice guide my mins is startig to look...

 

[Mytola]

Great job! The only thing I dont like is that you suggested a cat should drink of the paint-water. I used a small glass as paint-water, greenstuff-water and glue water (I probably got some nail polish remover and brake fluid in it as well), and the cat would not drink it. I forced the water in the cat, but he died.

 

[FredrickvonCarstein]

Oh my god! No wonder I've been doing so horridly. *Shoves all old paint brushes and supplies aside, ties a mini to a string and starts dipping it in his own personal mixture of glue and paint (sticks better *

Thank you so much!

 

[Cerridwyn1st]

I really liked the stuff about pets invading your painting space. I have three cats, and they take turns wandering through. I just don't get why they prefer dirty paint water to fresh water in their dish. .

I, too, earn my living writing. But in my case, I make mediocre resumes into something legible. Doesn't pay that well, but it's easy work.

 

[Oxygenthief]

Outstanding! Very funny

 

[TJeffers]

Hilarious....it is nice to see some serious fun.

 

[TheDuke123]

mwuhahahahaha now, that's fun!

 

[Swordwind]

Nice. The sad thing is most of my friends must have followed your advise to the letter!

 

[Gilvan Blight]

This is almost as good as my friend's Citadel Dip method of painting - that may get you a 3. Take mini, dip in paint, let dry, drybrush lighter version of paint (if none avaliable use white). This was a serious method to one friend and he used it often.

 

[Ghaffasa]

NecroN: My friend's also using that "technique", his snotlings looks like nothing ever seen before. Brrr!

 

[stonefox]

I've seen a lot of 4s on this site and wondered what it takes to get a 1 - the ultimate score. I don't know what messed up scoring system this site uses since my friend tells me that #1 is the best. So, mind writing another article that explores the hard work needed to get a 1?

 

[JhonnyGoo]

The sad thing is.... My first attempts looked like your 4.0 minis and my first ones on CMON only achieved a 5 :-(

-But you are right, it's a good satire (and my minis became better..... *THANK GOD* )

 

[crossfit]

very funny. And actually your guide to paint texture is a really good example of too much paint. So it is even useful. As long as you know that your trying NOT to get that look. LOL

 

[EdE]

Nice!You got me a good evening!A laught a lot!Thanks and please note me if you do some more!

 

[chaosgorka]

Very funny. I enjoyed this very much. One Love

 

[Ephalim]

Funny indeed. But also usefull for the new ones.

 

[Necroghast]

I think to get a 1 you need to post half an unpainted mini titled "another mini" with no comments on what its supposed to be, perhaps have some other random objects in the photo as well.

 

[bbcversus]

Awesome and very funny!
The thing is that I kinda learned some things that I must not do!!! Haha, I let the weapon of my minis bare naked to look metallic and now Im feeling awfully stupid lol Im a newb!