Painting Perry AWI Continentals

Here’s a tutorial on painting the Perry AWI Continentals.

Zombie Speed Painting Tutorial

The problem with Zombie games is that you need so darn many of the things. Painting them becomes a logistical nightmare. Here’s a tutorial on a zombie speed painting technique.

Wet Palettes or Not?

I am a relatively recent convert to wet palettes. I find it useful for keeping paint fresh over an extended painting period. But it can have an effect on the paint consistency.

Here’s a good video and short blog post on wet palettes.

How To Achieve A Natural Metal Finish

If your miniatures games involve airplanes — especially early jets — you need to paint your models with a natural metal finish. Swanny Models has a good article with ideas on how to create a natural metal finish.

Painting Stubble

The painting geniuses at Slave to Paint have this guide to painting a five o’clock shadow. I wouldn’t go to all of this trouble on my wargames miniatures, but I also have on occasion painted individual role playing figures for sale on EBay. This would be a good painting technique for such “character” figures.