/r/minipainting
A community for painting miniatures and models. Everything from tabletop wargames to board games, display pieces or just for fun!
Painters of all skill levels are welcome! From beginners who have never held a brush to pros who have been painting for years.
A community for painting miniatures and models. Everything from tabletop wargames to board games, display pieces or just for fun!
Painters of all skill levels are welcome! From beginners who have never held a brush to pros who have been painting for years.
Identify your minis in the title or a comment.
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Titus from Space Marine 2
I recently got back into WH40K modelling after a 15+ year break and wanted to get some feedback on this Titus model. Any advice is welcome!
21:29 UTC
GW Commander Dante NMM WIP - does this look ok?
Obviously still a WIP. But is this reading as bright polished gold?
21:28 UTC
Are there any recommended follow-along tutorials?
I know the best way to learn to paint is just to do it
HOWEVER, I would love it if there was a good follow along tutorial, whether it’s for one technique or for multiple, that has you start with a particular mini and takes you through painting it all the way up. Happy with either a video or a written tutorial.
Any recommendations?
20:24 UTC
Trying for a Skynet terminator theme for my new army. Think I nailed it.
19:28 UTC
How do you get lines like this??
Is it brush quality or the amount of paint on your brush? I just get thick smudges whenever I try.
20:17 UTC
Brush on primer, methods brands etc.
Basically looking to dry brush on primer, I paint exclusively GW plastic minis, maybe the odd bit of resin.
Due to living in a flat and having no interest in airbrush painting I was wondering if there's good brands or methods of applying primer outside of using spray cans.
Any info or insights appreciated thanks
20:06 UTC
My First Holiday Themed Mini
Seasons Greetings, all!!
Critique and advice welcome, but I'm pretty proud of this little Santaman!
19:56 UTC
Started this tiny guy. Quite like how it is going :)
Started this project recently.
Using a size 1 brush kolinsky and 2x magnification to get these details sharp. I am painting it in AK colors and the following were used:
Armor: Hull Red, Wine Red, Blood Red, Scarlet Red, Cadmium Red Face: Wine Red, Medium Flesh Tone, Radiant Flesh, Basic Skin Tone Gold: Grim Brown, British Khaki, Green Ochre, Ice Yellow, Greenish White, Light Rust, Medium Flesh Tone
19:42 UTC
I just need to lay down some texture paste for the base but before I do… what would you change about this mini before “finishing” it? C&C please
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19:33 UTC
Gritty paint on my some of models
Hi I could do with some advice as I am a bit stumped.
My paint is coming out quite gritty and I am not sure what exactly I am doing wrong. L
- I don't let the paint dry enough
- humidity is wrong
- paint drying out on wet palette
- Thinning the paint incorrectly
- maybe not shaking to paint long enough?
Which just lead me to a growing amount of possible problems and a growing list.
Looking at my models from 6 months ago this was not happening. Since then half my models have the gritty finish. I use Mr Surfacer 1500 for the primer.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
18:26 UTC