Painting white as the primary color of a miniature is hard. The video above offers some good tips. As does this one below:
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Using Washes To Create Weathering
Armorama has an article on using washes to weather your armor models. While its intended for plastic modelers, it also is great advice for 15mm and 25mm – 28mm gamers. I’m not so sure that it would be useful for anything smaller, though.
Painting Faces
This is a nice tutorial on painting faces on your miniatures. It’s probably over-the-top for painting armies, but for character pieces …
Making Oil Washes For Your Miniatures
Here’s a set of instructions for making oil washes for your miniatures. One key that I had not thought of is to first gloss coat your miniature for a smoother surface over which to put the wash.
I am seriously going to try this on my next batch.
How To Make Washes For Your Miniatures
Luks Aps has a video on how to make your own washes. As teh commercial washes are fairly expensive, this is a good method.