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Do you colour your miniatures? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have bunch of games with miniatures made of single colour plastics which is a bit boring. I did buy a Warhammer paint kit to eventually try to paint some but so far I was too lazy (or scared? 😅) to try.

Do you colour your miniatures? If yes, what do you do to them - nice single colour coating/detailed multicolor paint job/...?

Edit: "derailed" -> "detailed"

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have the time and patience to do a real paintjob for minis anymore. I used to do individual character minis whith whatever talent I have but for board games I just try and make them not look a drab grey.

I like to do either a discount Sundrop especially when the game's theme is darker, or alternatively prime in a light color and then wash with one or two suitable inks.

Both of those techniques don't take an exorbitant amount of time and effort but make minis a lot easier on the eye, plus more easily identifiable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely the way to go if you don't want to spend more time painting the minis then playing with them, but still want them to look reasonable. It's incredible how much even a single dry brush on a base layer brings them to life. Maybe the only caveat is that some miniatures are not designed with painting in mind and don't have the textures and structures that give the depth. But even then the worst you will get is a not really improved mini and some spent time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly, it's my "make them presentable" procedure, really. I'll never brag about how well they look but they definitely have more presence than plain grey.

And I agree, not all board games have high quality minis unfortunately. But I've rarely encountered any that didn't look better with a primer / base layer, some wash and/or dry brush.

Plus I really enjoy differentiating them a bit by picking hues for the ink and highlights that match the character class or monster type etc. But that is really as far as I'm selling to go nowadays. :)