{"id":935,"date":"2010-08-20T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=935"},"modified":"2010-08-24T11:34:15","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T15:34:15","slug":"935","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/935\/","title":{"rendered":"Color My World: Painting Miniatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mini-painting-supplies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-982\" title=\"mini-painting-supplies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mini-painting-supplies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>Just recently I&#8217;ve rediscovered the art of painting miniatures. I&#8217;d dabbled with it in high school and again in college, but I was never really happy with my results. At that time, before the Internet, it was difficult to find information on how to paint minis and I was reduced to trial and error, since no one else I knew did it.<\/p>\n<p>Not so anymore. With the Internet, there&#8217;s a wealth of mini painting resources available. Here&#8217;s some the ones I really like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brushthralls.com\/\">Brushthralls.com<\/a>. This is a blog devoted to miniature painting. While it hasn&#8217;t been updated since 2009, it&#8217;s still has a lot of great articles available.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolminiornot.com\/\">Cool Mini or Not<\/a>. This is a forum for miniature painters. They have a slew of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolminiornot.com\/article\">articles<\/a> on just about every aspect of painting you can think of.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paintingclinic.com\/MainClinic.dwt.htm\">Dr. Faust&#8217;s Painting Clinic<\/a>. Offers a whole slew of painting tutorials from highlights and shading to creating believable flesh tones to basic sculpting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.how-to-paint-miniatures.com\/\">How to Paint Miniatures.com<\/a>. Just as the name says, this site will take you step-by-step through painting miniatures. Offers both beginning and advanced tutorials.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenova.dk\/\">Jenova Project: Tips and Tutorials<\/a>. Has a variety of painting tutorials, including recipes for creating various skintones.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miniaturementor.com\/index.html\">Miniature Mentor<\/a>. If you like video tutorials, this might be the site for you. They offer both beginning and advanced to tutorials for download and some on DVD for an extra charge. I haven&#8217;t tried any of them yet, so I can&#8217;t vouch for how good they are.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.necrotales.com\/necroTutorials\/\">Necromancer Tales Miniatures: Tutorials, How-To, and Tips<\/a>. Has a variety of tutorials, including several on building great bases for your minis to stand on.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kan.org\/michael\/mkp\/welcome.php\">Painting Miniatures Figures Made Quick and Easy<\/a>. While aimed at the miniature wargamer, who wants to turn out whole regiments as quickly as possible, this site is still a great tutorial for the basics, even if your minis are one at a time labors of love.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reapermini.com\/TheCraft\">Reaper Miniatures: The Craft<\/a>. The granddaddy of miniature makers has a whole host of articles on their site. One of my favorites is on how to replace those gigantic swords.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coolminiornot.com\/umpg\/\">The Ultimate Miniature Painting Guide<\/a>. Offered by Cool Mini or Not, this is a PDF book of 400+ pages. While it could&#8217;ve desperately used some good copy editing (there are places I&#8217;ve had to guess the author&#8217;s meaning), it&#8217;s chock full of great mini painting advice, covering everything from preparing your miniature to painting to making bases to photographing your minis. 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