Twenty Years of miniature painting... then and now!

I

isabellamor

New member
I can see the changes and the passion with your work, each sculptures looks different and beautiful at the same time.
 
W

Wappellious

New member
Thanks so much! When I think of how long it took to paint way back in the day, it is crazy! :) We didn't even know what miniature paint was... we just used liquitex artist acrylics out of the tube... yikes! :)
 
Beatnik59

Beatnik59

New member
I remember when Polly S came out. Before that time, we had to deal with Testors enamels. Polly S may be gone (I still think it was the best acrylic out there), but there's a whole lot more out there. It took us so long to go from oil based to water based paints. And the weird thing is that, now that we have all these acrylics, oil based paints are starting to make a comeback.
 
W

Wappellious

New member
Yes indeed! I have been using oils quite a lot over the last 4 years, and I love them :)

If I had my choice, I would only use oils and set acrylics aside altogether!!
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

Super Moderator
Staff member
I ‘started’ on Miniatures back when I was about 14/15 so that’s 50 years ago. (Fudge!)
Historex French Napoleonic's were my thing, delighted to find that they are still in business and trading at Scale Model Challenge.
Gave me a chance to exercise some very rusty Schoolboy French.
Picked up again 30+ years ago and still loving this crazy eccentric hobby, and still learning new ways of slapping paint onto “Little Men.”

Peindre des miniatures, un monde sans frontières.
 
W

Wappellious

New member
I did the 2D art thing for 20+ years before painting minis... folks ask me if I miss it, but the answer is usually not at all. There are so many new miniatures, so many new basing products coming out every day, the level of innovation is leaps and bounds over what it was when I did watercolors, pastels, oils, etc.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back To Top
Top