"Great advice for those getting started in miniature painting" Topic

"I have been a tabletop/roleplaying gamer, off and on, for most of my life. Miniature modeling, painting, and terrain building have always been my favorite aspects of this wide-ranging and very maker-friendly hobby. As I've given in even more completely to my game-related obsessions these past few years (I may be in line for an intervention), painting minis has become my daily go-to activity for relaxation, creative expression, and escapism. I pretty much live for my painting and modeling sessions each night.

I'm really enjoying focusing on painting and trying to get as good at it as possible. I am currently painting up a bunch of Frostgrave wizard warbands, adversaries, and terrain, several teams for Gaslands (and suitably Mad Max-ian terrain), and the recent plastic OGRE miniatures…"

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Putting advice together, if you're using the Wet Palette on your rank & file, that's probably a sign of too much detail.

Also, just starting I would not go Series 7 right away. Get an average quality set like Army Painter because you will destroy the brushes, get paint in the ferrule, leave it in the water, etc.

Thanks.

Armand