Learn the Basics of Painting on TableTop Minions
March 17, 2013 by dracs
Over at Tabletop Minions, Adam has started a couple of videos to help give you guys some helpful tips for painting your minis.
Now these aren't how to paint your miniature vids like you will find all over the web, but rather a couple of tips just to help you prepare your minis for painting, hold them while painting and other such tricks of the trade that should help make life a little easier.
Are there any other tips for painting which you might recommend?
I’m going to have to start taking a considerable amount of pescription medication to be able to apply this tecnique to my latest army.
Old Citadel bottles work. In fact you can get 2 for 1 if you take the top off and turn the pot up-so-down.
Yes they do, but they were always a bit small for my sausage-fingers !
Well, you don’t have to attach something to every model in your army simultaneously, just the five guys you’re working on at a time. And they don’t have to be pill bottles, I have friends that use old paint pots, cork stoppers from the hardware store, or cut up 2-inch diameter dowels. Don’t forget, you can probably get your parents or grandparents or neighbors to start saving them for you, too. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in 2006, so I’m never at a loss for pill bottles. Though, in general, I wouldn’t suggest getting a disease as a… Read more »
Back when pixels weren’t the norm, you could get film pots galore for that sort of thing…
It’s what I use for my own tutorials, in fact.
Yes thought thats what they where, film pots. I’m going to use my super glue pot that the super glue tube comes in as my grip stand.
I have some lids from a drink my mother had to have
I prefer that to using the film cannisters that I previously used for two reasons.
Firstly they get a high CoG with metal figures and being a klutz I was always knocking them over.
Secondly the lower profile means that I can store them in sandwich boxes between sessions.
Being a slow painter and tending to leave it months/years (I kid not) before getting back to them, this is necessary.
Go to a hardware store and buy a bunch of PVC threaded pipe plugs. (http://www.sprinklermart.com/PVC_Male_Threaded_Plugs_s/419.htm I have no idea about that retailer. It’s just a good page to see examples of what I mean. I buy from my nearest hardware store) You can get them in lots of different sizes for models on larger bases, and the threaded sides make them a little easier to grip. Also, the dense PVC plastic gives them a little more weight so they’re less top-heavy. Sometimes, the solid part is at the top of the thread (by the hexagonal part) and sometimes it’s at… Read more »
i just grabbed 50 old wine corks off ebay and they cost like 4$ and work fine. I would recommend them to anyone and you can also pin parts to the cork.
Please keep these sorts of videos up mate, i find them so useful as i dont have any clubs or LGS close by so there is alot of trial and error atm :/