Basics Archive

  • Two of the most important techniques to learn as a beginning painter or aspiring speed painter are drybrushing and washing. Today we’ll look at how it applies to very textured bases. In this case, they are skull bases from Secret Weapon Miniatures. Drybrushing involves loading a brush with paint, removing most...

    Hive Zero: Basics: Drybrushing, Washes, and Bases

    Posted on February 27, 2012 | No Comments
    Two of the most important techniques to learn as a beginning painter or aspiring speed painter are drybrushing and washing. Today we’ll look at how it applies to very textured bases. In this case, they are skull bases from Secret Weapon Miniatures. Drybrushing involves loading a brush with paint, removing most...

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  • Two of the most important techniques to learn as a beginning painter or aspiring speed painter are drybrushing and washing. Today we’ll look at how it applies to very textured bases. In this case, they are skull bases from Secret Weapon Miniatures. Drybrushing involves loading a brush with paint, removing most...

    Hive Zero: Basics: Drybrushing, Washes, and Bases

    Posted on February 27, 2012 | No Comments
    Two of the most important techniques to learn as a beginning painter or aspiring speed painter are drybrushing and washing. Today we’ll look at how it applies to very textured bases. In this case, they are skull bases from Secret Weapon Miniatures. Drybrushing involves loading a brush with paint, removing most...

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  • By Anonymous Foodie   Whether you’re a competitive player or a beer and wings type, we can all take a lesson from our favorite PSA’s… Let’s face it… we all have to look up rules once in a while, but having a good grasp of the basics leads to a...

    The Back 40K: Know Your Foe – Vehicles

    Posted on February 20, 2012 | No Comments
    By Anonymous Foodie   Whether you’re a competitive player or a beer and wings type, we can all take a lesson from our favorite PSA’s… Let’s face it… we all have to look up rules once in a while, but having a good grasp of the basics leads to a...

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  • *pre-amble ends* For anyone wondering, this is an old post I did elsewhere earlier in the year. I’m reposting it here because a) I was quite pleased with it and b) as reference for a friend who is getting back into painting 40k minis again.  *pre-amble ends* I put this...

    Paint it black: Basic Ultramarine Paint Job – I Feel Unclean (and Lazy)

    Posted on October 13, 2011 | No Comments
    *pre-amble ends* For anyone wondering, this is an old post I did elsewhere earlier in the year. I’m reposting it here because a) I was quite pleased with it and b) as reference for a friend who is getting back into painting 40k minis again.  *pre-amble ends* I put this...

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