Our Miniature Hobby Lifestyle
What’s better for painting miniatures, airbrushing or regular brushwork? The best answer for this question is that it depends on what you’re trying to do with your miniature painting project. Airbrushing is a powerful tool and adds other more technical options for miniature painters. For best results, regular brushing will always be useful for finishing …
Airbrushing Vs. Regular Brushing for Miniatures and Models Read More »
I’ve painted miniatures for a long time. Along the way I’ve gathered up a collection of miniature painting tips that have helped me. Many of the tips and tricks I’ve learned are from providing a miniature painting service. Through the years, I’ve learned how-to be a more effective painter. Of course, I’m always looking for …
50 Miniature Painting Tips: What I Learned as a Commissioned Painter Read More »
I was doodling, drawing at the dinner table in the kitchen at 1 o’ clock in the morning. I’m on night watch for our twin baby sons, when my wife wakes up and walks by me to get a drink of water. If we are all hard-wired to think a certain way, can we change …
Some days you just have to do something. Doing something, rather than thinking about it. I’m talking about the creative side of you. The writer, the painter, the sculptor, whatever it may be. What is an artist anyway? I write about painting miniatures when I don’t have the time or motivation to get some brush …
Do you use a wet palette? How do you setup your palette? I’ve tried all types of wet palettes: the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) disaster and even the fancier “Everlasting Wet Palette” (Red Grass Games). These are either mold-farms or over-hyped and expensive palettes.
This article is a descriptive overview of the differences between tabletop quality and display level miniature painting standards. What do the terms “tabletop standard”, “display level”, or collector quality” mean in regards to miniature painting? This seems to be a recurring question in the miniature painting community. And, it is an especially relevant topic for …
Tabletop Standard vs. Display Level Painting [Criteria] Read More »
Are you looking for that perfect color in your preferred brand of miniature paint? Or, maybe the paint you wanted doesn’t exist anymore. It’s out of production. You need a paint comparison chart that allows you to convert miniature paint colors from one brand to another. I personally tend to work out the color palette …
Miniature Paint Conversion Chart (Download Link) Read More »
I have a tabletop roleplaying group that I adventure with about once per month. We’ve met for more than two years and have a wonderful time. I won’t get into the nitty-gritty in this post about the campaigns or anything. But, I’ll say that we’ve been using the Pathfinder ruleset, which is similar to Dungeon …
Painting Showcase Ilkhan the Bloody by Reaper Miniatures: Do I Sell? Read More »
The Citadel Water Pot is an attractive hobby product, which I noticed at my local game store (LGS). On a whim, I bought it because of the unique aesthetic that caught my eye. For the water pot’s price, I thought it was a tad expensive. But, after a using the water pot in multiple projects, I …
On a coffee break, partaking in two of my favorite activities: consuming and spewing. Here’s my afternoon spew…. This is a precious…sss moment. A punctate lot of time in this short lifespan. In the words of the wise fictional character, Bilbo Baggins (the most famous of Hobbit-sss), I’m preemptively avoiding being “…butter scraped over too …
Do you want your photos to have more impact? Are they dull? Here’s the good news: you don’t need new equipment to take better photographs. Here’s one simple tip to improve your photos: find and use structure to compose your images. Look at how the elements within your camera frame work together, or fight each …
Do This One Thing To Immediately Improve Your Photography Read More »
As winter approaches, the beach near our home has become more and more desolate. But, it’s beauty is still the same. On an overcast day in the Autumn, with the wind and cool air, I walk the sand. I shoot with a single mirrorless Sony camera with a 40mm manual prime lens (Voigtlander). The light …
Today is Monday. No words come to me. I’m a prolific writer in private, rarely posting the journal entries, but here I am stuck. But, this I know: walking and writing go hand-in-hand. Each step can be a word. On a stroll to the lab from the parking lot I pass through the front entrance of …
The goal of the 3D printing project was to make a proxy model for one of the 40k Tryanid pieces (in particular, for the Ravener miniature). In my opinion, it’s a neat looking model, but it doesn’t carry the respect of the much more iconic Starcraft Hydralisk. So, searching the internet, the Hydralisk 3D file was available for purchase (among other 3D files for video game models).
Okay, so you have a lamp….but you’re still not sure if you have good light. Chances are your bulbs aren’t meant for your needs.