The Complete Guide to Miniature Painting Review

[WarGameGuru]

Today I posted an in-depth review of the Complete Guide to Miniature Painting Video from Miniature Mentor...




http://wargameguru.weebly.com/review---the-complete-guide-to-miniature-painting.html

Enjoy!

[Christian]

I'd be interested to see a comparison against other written media, such as "How to paint Citadel Miniatures" or Kevin Dallimore's ne book from Foundry. I mean, how essential is it to have someone to look at "going through the motions" compared to stills of particular steps?

I understand that people learn in different ways before they get it, but for what you're paying, you could walk into a GW store and get the techniques explained to you in person for the price of one miniature.

[WarGameGuru]

I'd be interested to see a comparison against other written media, such as "How to paint Citadel Miniatures" or Kevin Dallimore's ne book from Foundry. I mean, how essential is it to have someone to look at "going through the motions" compared to stills of particular steps?

I understand that people learn in different ways before they get it, but for what you're paying, you could walk into a GW store and get the techniques explained to you in person for the price of one miniature.

The GW store thing only counts for SOME people, as I'm near Pittsburgh, PA in the states, and the closest one to me is about 500+ miles away near Philly, or in the other direction 500+ miles away in the Chicago, Ill region. However, good point about the books comparison. I had the Citadel book before, and as I recall it was about as helpful as that specific video, maybe even a little more because the book covered a lot more ground, and on more than one single model. On the flipside, seeing the techniques used in front of you in real-time via video is still better than how the book showed it to you as well.

[Christian]

Actually, your point about geography was a bit of an oversight on my part! Totally understand what you're saying.

[Aaron]

If you are near Pittsburgh you should check out Phantom of the Attic in Oakland if you haven't already. They have some great painters on staff who are usually happy to share tips if you're interested.

[WarGameGuru]

If you are near Pittsburgh you should check out Phantom of the Attic in Oakland if you haven't already. They have some great painters on staff who are usually happy to share tips if you're interested.

I've known the owner of Phantom Jeff for decades. He and I used to chase each other across the country to the large comic-cons back when Comic-Con was still called the San Diego Comic Book Convention, and when it was more personal. One year we ran into each other in Chicago, Ohio and then later San Diego, those were the good old days man. We have so much fun back then.

Jeff is a good dude, he's the only Phantom of the Attic left too. There used to be 3 of them, and maybe even 4 briefly if I remember correctly. I think gaming is what kept Phantom alive, as Jeff embraced gaming, while the others stuck with comics, and when comics ended up burning out, the Oakland Phantom was the last one standing. When I was big into comics as a teen I used to come visit Jeff weekly, and Oakland was always my favorite Phantom, because Jeff was sooooo cool.

The problem is Phantom is all the way downtown in Oakland, where #1 there's next to no parking ever, and #2 it's about a 45 minute drive each way, so I visit there these days about once a year, maybe twice if I need something bad enough that I don't want to buy online.  Thannk you for the tip tho Aaron.