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Hi there,...

I really have no idea how to paint Miniatures. NO IDEA!!!

So after buying my "silvercolored"-Skaventeam i wanted to paint it. But i have no idea how to start...
should i first glue the minis into the base, then put the groundpaint on ... or the other way... and whats the difference between "normal" colors and the "Inks"???

So u see i absolutely have no idea of painting... has anyone a good "absolute-newbie-ish"- Guide or Tutorial? (in german or english.... think i found one in french ... )

Thanx,
grem

CoolMiniOrNot Articles page
Jenova Project Tips & Tutorials
Dr. Faust's Painting Clinic
GW's own "Getting Started" page

Ask, and ye shall receive... information overload, that is! I figure that should be enough to get you started.

well done...

now i have a good evening lecture


thx

keep it real simple...
good start is paint as thin as you can - dont blob on the paint and use bold colour.

No problem. The important thing is to not get overwhelmed by the amount of info out there. The book-learning is great, but it can't beat old-fashioned practice. I think I'd actually start with GW's beginner's page, and then put some of it to use. Just try to start by keeping the paint inside the lines, so to speak, and don't worry too much about things like inks and washes yet. As you start to work your way through a few figs, then start moving on to some of the more in-depth articles and start working on the fancier techniques.

Remember, you're not going to win a Slayer Sword a week after you start. But don't get discouraged, keep at it, and remember that it was less than one year after picking up a paint brush for the first time ever, that Vincent Hudon took home the 2004 Canadian Sword by painting this:

I wonder why the top of the lava bubble is hotter than the puddle it's popping out of.

The horizons the NMM on his armor belts are going vertically too.

Brilliant execution. Fantastic skill. The whole piece is hard for me to look at because of these flaws. If I could paint like that, I'd be dangerous.

Believe me, I cringe every time I look at minis on GW's own pages that are holding torches with the flames being yellow on top, red on bottom... it looks horrible! However, I thought the lava bubble was correct. I could certainly be wrong, but my impression was that the bubble area being hotter was why it was forming and bursting in the first place, the hot gas escaping?

Don't have time to look that one up right now, but as for the belt, I've got a link already in my bookmarks that would address that:

Well, shit, one of the main sites I want has crashed, and according to the webpage message, they're still trying to figure out why their RAID array won't mount. Anyway, here's an image from another article I had on reflectives:



Horizon lines on a vertical tube run vertically. By circling around the waist, that belt is essentially a (very, very, very short) veritcal tube, so the principle still applies; it's the same reason why the reflection line runs vertically along the axe handle shaft. Better examples and explanations will eventually be available at http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/meta ... ctive1.htm, but it's supposed to down while restoring a backup for another couple hours yet.

Eh, found the lava thing quicker than I expected; apparently it is done correctly. The darker areas of the lava surface are cooler, crusting in contact with the air. The bubble is raising because it is in fact hotter than the surrounding areas, and thus the lighter color. I won't inline a whole bunch more large images into the thread, but here are some live-action photos illustrating this coloration:

http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/perm/er ... ja_231.jpg
http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/perm/er ... ja_219.jpg
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/img ... 33_667.tif
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/img ... 33_670.tif

Sweet. I love it when I'm wrong and someone actually shows me why. Thanks for those links.

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Now I just wish I could paint as well as I can Google up links; somehow I don't think my GamesDay Los Angeles entries are going to be quite up to that level!

@Gremlin

I collected some links about painting minis at my website, too. Just check the usefull BB links section. There are some website of some good painters, too.

Traveller