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[kellinator]

This weekend my love for shiny objects got the better of me and as I'd been considering, I took the plunge and bought miniatures, paints, brushes, and primer. Shiny figures!! Pretty colors!! Insert squeeing fangirliness here.

The only problem? My characters may have a high Dex, but I do not. I trip over my own feet on a regular basis. What made me think I could successfully paint tiny little details on tiny little pewter figurines without constantly getting paint where it's not supposed to go? Your guess is as good as mine. At least the figures I've been practicing on are smaller than the ones I really want to do a nice job on. I know, I know, gotta walk before you can run, but no one ever accused me of being patient...

Any more tips, or can people recommend some good painting guides (preferably online)?

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[tall-man.livejournal.com]

Reaper has a couple of really nice tutorials here (http://www.reapermini.com/?nav=The%20Craft&sub=Paint).

Tips... One, find a good solid table to paint on. We've got a coffee table that suits the purpose well. Cover the "working area" with some kind of paper (printer paper, blank newsprint, whatever). Seat yourself a little lower than you might normally do, so that your wrists are resting on the table. Use one hand to brace the other whenever possible. Move very slowly and deliberately.

And remember; if you screw up, you can paint over, or wash off with nailpolish remover (well, unless the figure's plastic, then you're just stuck with painting over). So relax!