I am geek, hear me roar

[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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Painting guide

[voxaurorae.livejournal.com]

Yeah yeah, I know you don't know me. :) I got to your page through Dellaran's friends list. And as a (once) figure painter myself I thought I'd put in my two cents. The guide I used the most was one put out by Robin Wood of "The People of Pern" fame. I looked on her site, but didn't see it. I'm not sure if Dellaran still has a copy of it, but if he does I'm sure he'd share. :) If not, there's always DragonCon - Ms. Wood usually makes an appearance. There are some great tips in there, although I'm not sure I'd go so far as to string tiny lutes with strands of my own hair... (although I did rip apart a cheep necklace and bore holes with a tiny chisel to insert fake gems into a treasure chest once...)

~Vox~