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Anyone who wants to be able to use thin paint built up in progressive layers to achieve a smooth clean finish using acryllic hobby paints. This technique is an advanced technique that is the foundation for creating show-quality paint jobs.

Note that I said The foundation.

This technique, combined with an awareness of “light-sourcing” is what is used by many contemporary miniature painters to accomplish smooth, realistically painted miniatures. Ever heard of NMM (Non-Metallic Metal)? Thinned paint is necessary to achieve good results with NMM. (more…)

My latest assignment from Reaper is the Master’s Series Urban Legend Cowgirl. I’m including a WIP picture of one of her eyes. It’s a technique that I’ve been playing with & I feel it’s almost time to do a tutorial about it. It’s got similarities to the technique that I’ve seen used by the great miniature painters that do regular work for Reaper, but it’s slightly different.

The basic technique is to flood the eye socket with a base skin-tone, paint the whites, paint a large iris using a color slightly lighter than the color you’d like the eyes to be. Next, dot the pupil using black (it’s ok if it’s larger than it would be on an actual person). Then, use white to dot an even smaller highlight or two.

To me it’s pretty realistic looking AND it adds depth to the expression on the face. I’ll do a step by step tutorial once I’ve got this assignment done.

I fiddled with this sucker longer than I’d like to admit. I went through 4 or 5 different color schemes… and finally settled on this one (with much help from many friends)

The back of the cross is notable since the sculpt does not have the texture that is sculpted on the front. My goal was to make it hard to tell the difference.

It’s hard to see, but the sword pommel has the cross-trefled that appears on the mini Shin-guards and Overcoat Edge.

Overall, I’m happy with this piece.

Ron Hawkins and Bobby Jackson thought it would be a great idea to create a miniature version of Wayne Reynolds Avatar. This is the Viking version of it. I’ve got pictures of a German Soldier version, A Samurai version, and the original one, WAR himself.

Ron Hawkins and Bobby Jackson thought it would be a great idea to create a miniature version of Wayne Reynolds Avatar. This is the German version of it. I’ve got pictures of a Samurai version, A Viking version, and the original one, WAR himself.

Ron Hawkins and Bobby Jackson thought it would be a great idea to create a miniature version of Wayne Reynolds Avatar. This is the Samurai version of it. I’ve got pictures of a German Soldier version, A Viking version, and the original one, WAR himself.

Ron Hawkins and Bobby Jackson thought it would be a great idea to create a miniature version of Wayne Reynolds Avatar. This is the Original version of it. I’ve got pictures of a German Soldier version, A Viking version, and a Samurai.