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I was meaning to put some broken-off bits back on an already finished mini, but ended up spilling epoxy resin all over them instead. What's a good solvent to get epoxy resin off fast, without damaging sealed paint?

When painting with washes, what do you use to create flesh tones? Today's project: Learning to paint-with-washes using this Escher gang from Necromunda. Primed white and blackwashed, dry now and ready to go.

I have taken my painting on vacation, to Iceland. This may come as a shock, but Iceland is a land that is full of ice. It is, and I know you find this as shocking as I do, cold here. As someone who spends most of their time between California and Alabama I have little experience with things...

We usual put "cooler" colors in shadows and "warmer colors in highlights, but when highlighting a surface that's already candy-apple red, how do you warm that up? Heck, it's already glossy. How to add more specularity on top of an already gloss finish? Pictured: The work in progress. I'm...

The bits for my pin vise have lost their edge; time to order new ones. Do you have a favorite?

I'm always curious to do side-by-side comparisons, and due to a bit of over-enthusiastic consumerism, recently found myself with three different matte white primers: Army Painter "Base Primer Matt White" P3 "White Primer" SpazStix "Extreme White" The Army Painter is what my FLGS stocks. The P3...

Hello all. I'm primarily a player, and sometimes even a game designer, and yet painted minis make games more fun for all. So I'm very much looking forward to improving my painting. At this moment, I'm especially interested in improving my skills in delivering quality work at speed. When I...

I would love your critique on my work. Is it even average for the site? It is not. Will you hurt my feelings? You will not. I want to know what on the figs catches your eye. You tell me, what specifically is dragging these figs down for you? What skill would you challenge me to work on next...

I paint with a wet palette, and for the most part I love it. But it has one serious problem: It gets too wet and too dry at the same time. When the palette is too wet, water puddles through the parchment paper. The paint on top gets too thin, and separates into different colors. When the...