dmmike
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Post by dmmike on Jun 7, 2014 2:46:52 GMT
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Bael
Room Planner
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Post by Bael on Jun 14, 2014 17:54:33 GMT
I got the same red dragon. I did some washes and highlights on mine to give it more pop. It's the perfect size for a dragon imo for 25mm minis.
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Post by sgtslag on Jun 21, 2014 21:14:51 GMT
Are you familiar with The Dip, or Magic Wash techniques? They're used to shade mini's, in an incredibly fast, and easy manner. I paint armies, so I need to paint simple, fast, and effectively. The Dip, and Magic Wash are my bread & butter techniques to knock out armies of figures (typically 50+ figures per army, some are in the 120+ figure count...). I could not turn out completed, painted armies in my lifetime, without these two techniques. You can search the Internet for instructions on these two techniques, as well as photo's of completed figures, which will demonstrate their effectiveness. If you don't like the factory colors, these toy dragons will take craft paint quite well, but a priming with artist's gesso works very well indeed. I converted a "Swamp Dragon" toy from what I thought was a hideous green factory paint job, to a copper craft paint covering, making it into an AD&D Copper Dragon. Here is a Link to my blog page discussing the project. Check Schleich, Papo, and other toy dragon makers for additional dragon 'toys' which can be pressed into gaming duty, for a fraction of the cost of genuine gaming dragon miniatures. Your local Michael's store, as well as Hobby Lobby stores, should have some on hand. Otherwise, you can shop for them on Amazon.com. Cheers!
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dmmike
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Post by dmmike on Jun 23, 2014 0:37:12 GMT
I still haven't completely decided what I'm going to do. But I also use an acrylic line from pat catans it's not the greatest but get the job done. Anyways thank you for the ideas but I I've kind of picked up a lot of minis in the last few weeks I've backed myself up on miniatures that need painting.
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