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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Presence on April 22, 2014, 02:54:39 AM
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So I've just got back into painting 28mm's after a long time away. I came across some of my old Easy Eight US Airborne miniatures I did about 14-15 years ago and was inspired to get back into it. I think I'm more into it now to make dioramas/vignettes rather than game-playing though.
In any case I was wondering if you fine gents could point me in the direction of some good painting tutorials. I've ordered some miniatures from Artizan, Conquest, Foundry and other places, to include a beginners painting set from Foundry to get me back into the hobby. My painting skills could use some work, no doubt. Based on what I can recall and see in the miniatures I still have I relied heavily on ink washes which I think I want to try and avoid if I can teach myself to not need them. It's also nice not relying on my parents to buy me the paints and figures I want, I was so limited back then! ;D
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I like the Artmaster Studios tutorials on Youtube, myself: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvf43EaAtBIeC75Ndz0cThw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvf43EaAtBIeC75Ndz0cThw)
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WSS magazine has been sponsoring an interesting series (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3MqSyG5HkjKseY5QLhS4dA) of painting videos.
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Personally I really like the Hot Lead videos. Watched them all in one go and they are very helpful, especially if you need to dust off skills and see some of the new techniques. Everything is explained well with excellent videos. Only downside is the video in between scenes...this gets a bit of a drag after a while but other than that truly great!
http://hot-lead.org/dvd/index.html
And a review:
http://rpgathenaeum.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/product-review-hot-leads-how-to-paint-a-better-miniature/
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Your approach with tutorials and stuff smells to me like being blocked, so skip all this, and start doing it. Take some miniatures that are simpler, like half naked or plain clothes without a lot of accessoires and do it. If You can and want, ask someone to do it together, it makes things simpler.
Once You get back into doing it, You can watch all kinds of fancy specialized tutorials You want to refine Your skills.
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Interesting links - thanks