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griffrat
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 | | 07/28/2005 9:13 PM |
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griffrat
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3506 Posts
| | 07/28/2005 9:13 PM |
| On the grass. There are different colors and different types. I use static grass that has a little red bits in it. But that is neither her nor there. The tip I will give you is to use white glue (Elmer's Glue AKA PVA glue) on the base not super glue. This will allow you to use the same brushes (provided that you use acrylic paints) you use to paint with.
Place a little glue on the brush and then spread the glue on the base. Using the brush will allow more control and better placement. Then you can clean your brush with water and be done. Also, you can get ballast (little rocks also from raile road suppliers) and place that on the bases as well using the same method of glue placement above.
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Zaukrie
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| | 07/28/2005 9:21 PM |
| | thanks, I love this community. My father in law has a train set and terrain, but he lives in Ohio, otherwise I think we would have started building terrain by now. They spent the last 15 minutes before bedtime imagining ways to paint minis. They seem to like red. | |
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aonaran
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| | 07/28/2005 11:18 PM |
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Now, i have no idea how to actually paint minis, but I think we found a new hobby that doesn't involve buying more minis.
You'll get all sorts of advice i'm sure, but to start out use cheap craft paint and VERY small brushes. 5/0 or 10/0 0's and 1's are huge on the scale of minis.
If you are making an extreme change (not just dirtying them up for realism) start with a primer coat. You can get white and black primer in most stores that sell metal minis, but grey car primer works well too.
In fact flat black spray paint is ok too. I've used the leftovers of black stove paint I bought for my BBQ once too and hey it works.
Pick a primer based on how bright you want your end result to be. (if you want bright colours pick white primer, otherwise pick black, and any that shows through just adds to the shadows ...grey is ok if you aren't able to get white/black easily)
Use 3 shades for each colour if you want results similar to my metal wizard. http://www.macphersonclan.com/rod/dnd/wizard.jpg shade one is the colour you want to end up with, shade 2 is the shadows (diluted india ink is nice for this, or just a diluted paint of the same colour but darker. This is put on as a wash, and just a bit at a time, you can always add more later if it doesn't dry dark enough. Shade 3 is the highlight (same colour but lighter). This is drybrushed on over the bits and folds that stick out the most. ...just lightly with almost no paint on your brush. I use a bigger, well used brush for this, just dip into the paint, wipe almost all of it off and just pull it over the area, almost not touching it.
Use wax paper or an old tea saucer to mix paint on.
Hope that helps.
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