Thursday, April 01, 2004
Horse Painting Guide
Painting
More information on painting horses for your miniatures wargames. Veni Vidi Vici has this guide.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Horse Color Painting Guide
Painting
Painting horses can be a daunting task. Few miniature wargamers ever get it right. Horse lover Catherine Petersen has a page with descriptions of horse colorings, and links to photos. I've been using it to paint horses for my Boxer Rebellion project.
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Friday, March 26, 2004
Paint Remover
Painting
So you messed up the paint job on an expensive miniature. Now you have to remove the paint without ruining the figure by turning the paint into an impossibly gooey mess. In the Two Hour Wargames group, Ken Hafner writes: We have had good results with Castrol Super Clean, Tough Cleaner Degreaser. It is found mostly in automotive sections of stores, and is in a deep purple bottle. I have used it on both metal and hard plastic figures on plastic bases, with excellent results. It doesn't harm the plastic at all. I prime with spray paints, paint with acrylics, and over coat with various dullcoats, including Testors and Krylon. It removes them all with the aid of a toothbrush. One caveat: be sure to use plastic gloves when you are scrubbing. It is an EXCELLENT degreaser and will remove all natural oils from your hands, and cause the skin to crack. We use it full strength.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Warflag
Painting
Nothing completes a unit of miniature figures as much as a good command stand. The only problem is that I hate to paint flags. And commercially sold flags are too expensive for my tastes. Fortunately, there is a solution: Warflag. I don't know what drives this guy, but he has created a huge set of professionally drawn flags for Napoleonics, the American Revolution, colonials, medievals, the 7 Years War and more! Just download them and print them on a color inkjet. Warflag
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Monday, March 22, 2004
Painting a Mogadishu Ranger
Painting
Interest in miniature wargames featuring recent US conflicts in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq are on the rise. Earthquake has a neat guide to painting Rangers from the "Black Hawk Down" battle. These are Brittania 20mm figures. I just bought a box of 25mm / 28mm Devil Dog Design figures from Brigade, so I'll be using these instructions soon.
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Monday, March 22, 2004
Magic Wash
Painting
Here's a recipe for Magic Wash, the all-purpose, superior figure wash made with Future Floor polish. All you have to do is mix this with a little paint in a shade deeper than the base coat, and let it flow into the crevasses of the miniature. It's an especially effective technique when painting a large number of historical miniatures because things go so quickly.
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