by Dave Garbe | Apr 8, 2015
If you don't clean mould lines from miniatures, they'll be REALLY obvious when you paint them. There are a couple ways to approach them. I prefer using a hobby knife (X-Acto) but this can also be done with files if kids are involved. However, a file leaves a rougher...
by Dave Garbe | Mar 18, 2015
Continuing after the previous Getting Started post on Unboxing Miniatures, we'll look at more basic steps to hobbying. Some figures come in "sprues", which are plastic or metal waste product from the molding process that hold a bunch of bits. All the pieces first have...
by Dave Garbe | Feb 11, 2015
For the next while, I'm going to be looking at basic steps for beginners of our hobby, including revisiting some of my old tutorials. I'll begin right at the start by looking at unboxing your miniatures and what you can do with the packaging.Didn't realize you were...
by Dave Garbe | Jan 28, 2015
Whether you're planning on painting models you picked up used or decided to restart something you're already working on, sometimes you need to remove paint from miniatures.I'm going to show you some ways to safely break down a miniature and strip the paint from it....
by Dave Garbe | Jan 23, 2015
Last week I looked at some general colour terms and laid out how I'll be covering things. I also discussed some of the factors like Primer and Lighting that end up affecting how colours look when we paint them.This week I'm going to concentrate on some of the things...
