As you may remember I started this segment with the Reaper Learn to Paint Kit, so naturally I graduated to the Layer Up! which teaches you how to do highlighting, and shading. These techniques have made me nervous for some time primarily because it requires decent awareness of how much paint you use to achieve …
Continue reading Mike’s Minis #6: Layer Up! Part 1, The Wizard
In my home campaign the kingdom has enlisted some mighty authoritarian laws that restrict and limit magic and magical races. The fist is closing tighter and tighter with each passing day, and just recently my players had a first encounter with the new enforcers of magical law enforcement. A platoon of monks specifically trained to …
Now I know I'm still pretty green when it comes to painting but these little bastards have to be the most difficult project I've done so far. These are two swarm of rats I completed a few months ago. When I bought them I endeavored to make them more unique than just a solid color. …
Now that I had tackled the Owlbear I thought maybe returning to something more manageable would be good. A nice and paint job to continue flexing these muscles. So I threw that idea in the garbage and painted these zoombie pals. I honestly thought these two would be far simpler and in a way they …
Continuing my mini painting adventure I moved to a slightly larger figure, the Owlbear. I looked at a lot of reference photos of how Owlbears are typically painted and I found them all to be really well done, but not exactly what I wanted to do for my go at it. In my head I …
From what feels like a century ago now, Christmas was in our hearts and my roommate had just given me an awesome gift. It was a Reaper: Core Skills Learn to Paint Kit. Like all obsessions it began as an innocent hobby to flex some creative muscles, but once I put paint to plastic I …
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