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Hi All, A friend of mine who's painted metal miniatures for a number of years now, with some degree of success(at least you can tell what the figures are...
According to golgfag1, on 13-04-2009 09:32 the word on the street was... ... It's more to avoid problems, rather than to cause them :) ... I use a copper wire...
[REF BELOW RELEASE] NO ONE KNOWS FIGS AS WELL AS MINI-S PAINTERS SO ... Who can refer ANY figures, RELEASED in 2008? Send the info or website url direct to...
FWIW, After cleaning all the flash and such I wash mine fairly thoroughly in a bowl of near-scolding (or at least as hot as it comes out of the sink tap) hot...
I have never noticed that washing miniatures with dishsoap has helped. But I have noticed that miniatures that I have stripped with Simple Green or Castrol...
It is recommended that metal miniatures are washed after flash & mold lines are removed.? I used dawn dish soap, an old toothbrush and hot water similar to the...
I absolutely wash all minis with hot water and soap. Then, for metal figures only and when the mini is dry, swish it in acetone, mineral spirits or turpentine...
Thanks to all, who responded. It seems it's well worth investing the time & effort in washing your miniatures. I'll be certainly be doing it from now on ...
Greetings! Kublacon '09 is almost upon us! The KublaAwards Mini-Painting Competition has exciting new changes this year! We are pleased to announce the new...
Funny enough, while I did wash my minis in the beginning, because I read to do so, I rarely wash them at all now. And I never had a problem with it. I guess,...
Hi, after a break, I started to work on my homepage again. As I try to do quite a few things with it, it seems to take longer than expected. Thus, to make sure...
Whatever the underlying material, metal or resin, I like it clean enough where the water "sheets" off it. If it beads up, I know I'll have problems with primer...
Hi everybody, i have just converted and sculpted new fur on five boars for my orcs. Can anyone please help me? I am looking for some realistic paint recipes to...
I use this method for painting cloak but I'm sure it can be applied to animal fur as well: Paint fur with a base of bestial brown Apply chestnut wash wash fur...
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" I am looking for some realistic paint recipes to paint the fur. Thanks, Paul." One aspect to it is the fact that furs are not uniform in color: the upper ...
Does anyone know if someone has available storage boxes for minis similar to the old Grenadier boxes with the compartmented foam inserts? Cliff Linton...
Hey there glad to help on this. If I understand correctly, you are looking for the plastic cases with the foam compartment inserts inside. If so, Chessex still...
... Other companies make similar products. Figures in Comfort and Kaiser Rushforth come to mind. A search for "wargame carrying case" should turn up a lot of...
A place to also consider is battlefoam. They will do custom foam trays for that special hard to store figure and they've a lot of pre made template trays for...
... Some other names are Sabol Designs, BattleFoam, the War Store has Pull and Pluck foam (basically the foam is broken up into .5 inch squares and you pull...
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We have an ongoing Miniature competition here <http://www.toycollector.com/index.php?option=com_jreviews&Itemid=677> and would love to invite more entries (or...