Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Whilst trying to err, brush up on my technique I decided to go for some help on the web. Here is a pick of the best I found (after an hour or two of surfing):
And these videos:
Have any dry-brushing tips or links to good examples? Leave a comment and let me know!
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Reeves Acrylic Colour Paints x18 (including free brush), from Tesco and now Play.com
Whilst perusing my local Tesco store I saw this set of 18 acrylic paints for just £4.50! Now I’m not claiming that they are going to be a replacement for Citadel or Vallejo paints, but at that price who can blame me for trying? That’s 18 paints for the price of about two (or three if you shop around) citadel paints!
Alright the pots are not even close to the size of the citadel/vallejo ones, but if you are looking for getting a good range of colours on the cheap, then they beat the pants off the others as the initial outlay on 18 different colours of the aforementioned would cost you £36-42+VAT. Question is how many of those 18 would you use daily?
Oh and they throw in a nylon acrylic painting brush, which might be good for drybrushing at best or one to add to your child’s paintbrush collection.
As long as I use a decent quality undercoat I think these will coat and cure just fine.
Be interesting to see if the colours are as vibrant as other products. I’ll let you know if I have any success with them.
Worth a try?
Update: They are also available online from play.com for a little more than your local Tesco store though; currently £5.99 with free delivery.
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
My other favourite book is the Foundry Miniatures Painting and Modelling Guide.
This is a hardback book, and the modelling pictures are simply fantastic. There’s a lot of good tips on painting, and some really useful descriptions of how to make best use of colour on your models. This is a book you will keep coming back to, even just to marvel at the creations inside.
Friday, March 19th, 2010
There are quite a lot of books on how to paint miniatures or lead figures. Quite a few deal with other genres such as modern warfare, but can have some useful tips in them.
There are a couple of books that in my mind stand out from the “crowd”. I can highly recommend How to Paint Citadel Miniatures
My other favourite book coming next… Yep, only another one…
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Here’s a HD capable video of the drybrushing technique. The person in this vid is hammering on the model, I tend to take things a little slower than this, but then he is doing the whole model!
