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The Boardgamer's Guide to Painting Miniatures

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02 Jun 2009 06:03 #268563 by hancock.tom
1.  Prep the miniatures


The first thing you...

If you really love your dudes on a map, you will paint them.  Well painted miniatures can vastly improve the look of a game and make it more immersive and impressive to look at on the table.  Despite this, you don't see that many board games with painted miniatures.  Why?  Well, mostly because people don't understand how easy (and enjoyable) painting stuff is.  People think it is physically difficult, expensive, and time consuming.  Painting can be all of those things, but it doesn't have to be any of those things.  This guide aims to show you how to paint miniatures cheap, fast and easy.  I have tried to add a lot of detail to this guide, so that you don't need to do much added research, but not every step will be needed for every miniature.  How much or how little you want to do is up to you.

Before I started, I viewed painting minis as a chore, but you know what?  After I did a few, I started to enjoy it.  You will see yourself getting better after just a few figures.  There are few things in my life that don't involve sex or alcohol that I find as relaxing as painting miniatures.  I love putting some music on and sitting down to paint.  It is a great way to escape the ever present laptop or TV screen and requires minimal thinking, so it is great when you aren't in the mood to game.  You will be surprised how good your results turn out, with a little pre-planning and some simple techniques. 

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