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How to Blend Paint on Miniatures (Simple Tips for Layering Color)

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Miniature painting, an art that demands precision, patience, and a sharp eye for detail, can be significantly enhanced by mastering the skill of achieving seamless blends on surfaces like cloaks. This technique has the potential to make your miniatures truly stand out. “Layering opaque color” to create smooth transitions between two colors is a basic […]

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Speed Painting Board Game Miniatures: A Step-by-Step Guide

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If you’re new to painting board game miniatures and want to get started with speed painting, this post can guide you. Speed painting requires a different approach than traditional miniature painting. It involves embracing the simplicity and high-efficiency techniques. Board game miniatures are an excellent starting point for learning how to paint more quickly and

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Strategic Triage: Prioritizing Your Creative Concepts

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Miniature painting is an intricate art that requires patience, focus, and attention to detail. As with any creative endeavor, it’s easy to get lost in the process and become overwhelmed by the sheer number of tasks that need to be completed. That’s where the concept of triage comes in. Triage is the practice of prioritizing

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Tabletop Gaming with a Board Game Dining Room Table (Editorial)

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Tabletop gaming has experienced a surge in popularity in recent years, captivating both kids and adults alike. The thrill of strategizing, making the correct guess, and outwitting opponents is an exhilarating experience. Creating the perfect gaming atmosphere is important to fully immerse yourself in board games. Enter the board game dining room table — a

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Batch Painting Miniatures (Tips and Tutorial)

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Do you want to paint your wargaming miniatures faster? Batch painting or assembly line painting are best practice methods for completing large miniature painting projects. The key to successful batch painting of miniatures is to keep your tools and techniques simple, minimizing any risk to mistakes and reducing executing decisions on color choice and composition.

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Essential Tools and Supplies for Painting Miniatures and Models

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Are you a new miniature painter, or want to help another painter get started? At first glance, the sheer amount of stuff you think you need may be intimidating. But, I’m here to tell you that you don’t need much at all to start painting miniatures. In fact, I think you’ll only need three things:

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Comic Style Miniatures: How This Color Blind Artist Paints!

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How do you paint comic style or cel shaded miniatures? In this article, Neil Amswych shares his experience as a colorblind miniature painter, and his whimsical comic book style of painting. Read on to learn tips and insights into painting with a comic book style (e.g., cel shading) that you can use for boardgame miniatures,

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Wargaming: The Illusion of “Balance” (Editorial)

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In a typical tabletop wargame, two forces meet in a pitched battle: one against the other. Warhammer 40k, Age of Sigmar, or even an accurate recreation of a real-life historical skirmish, it doesn’t matter. There’s something enjoyable and thrilling (perhaps, a tad sadistic) about miniature wargaming. Of course, a major draw for games is the

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Behold, a Guide to Attending a Tabletop Gaming Convention

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Are you going to your first tabletop gaming convention? Intimidated? Tabletop gaming conventions are huge events and can be overwhelming for first-time attendees. You never know what to expect! Tabletop gaming conventions pull you from reality, surrounding you with exciting gaming events, cosplay, celebrities, artists, and designers. Many vendors from big and small companies attend

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