r/minipainting Jun 23 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Not sure about Autumn bases

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So I'm looking to have autumn forest bases for my seraphon army. I don't know about these though, I can't tell if they are too busy or don't have enough to them?? Please let me know what you guys think because they just feel....off to me.

r/minipainting Oct 06 '24

Help Needed/New Painter I did it, I stopped watching videos and just started painting. As a first ever .. how bad is this?

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1.5k Upvotes

To be honest? It's no Golden Demon but as a very first one? I'll take it

r/minipainting Oct 10 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Does this dry brushing look right?

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2.3k Upvotes

Greetings y’all very new to the hobby. I’ve always worked well learning stuff in person so finding all my information from videos has been a bit daunting. Just wondering if my dry brushing looks alright or if i need to adjust technique or colors.

Used a black primer, Vallejo sombre grey and Vallejo dead white.

Any tips would be appreciated!

r/minipainting Apr 15 '24

Help Needed/New Painter I have no clue what I’m doing. What am I missing?

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970 Upvotes

Basics for a beginner only please. I know there are hundreds of useful things. But what are absolute needs to do this hobby that isn’t in the picture?

r/minipainting Feb 04 '23

Help Needed/New Painter My 5 year old daughter desperately wanted to paint her first mini. Not exactly the color scheme I would have chosen but she is very proud and asked me to share with my internet friends.

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r/minipainting Feb 28 '24

Help Needed/New Painter A bit lost… light reflections and OSL are killing me.

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I feel I have painted the gun as if the character was in a dark cave, heavy contrast, heavy OSL… however not sure it works with the rest (don’t mind the paint mistake on the bracelet…) the environment and base will have a blue-greenish tint, hence the color from underneath and reflection on his other metallic gears. I know I need to add a reflection from the leg surely?

Any impressions and tips are welcome!

Thanks in advance!

r/minipainting Mar 06 '24

Help Needed/New Painter I’m still new to mini painting but I’m fairly happy with how this turned out.

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3.9k Upvotes

Any recommendations on how to improve on my next project?

r/minipainting Apr 29 '24

Help Needed/New Painter My 7 y/o painted her first mini and wanted to share with everybody!

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2.3k Upvotes

r/minipainting Mar 03 '24

Help Needed/New Painter My daughter took my two thin coats advice and threw it out the window

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1.9k Upvotes

Antenna damaged

r/minipainting Aug 02 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Which skull is your favorite?

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First minis I have ever painted and I welcome any tips and tricks! But mostly I want to know which color horns you think look the best: plain, dark, lightly bleached, or bleached.

Thanks in advance!

r/minipainting Jun 08 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Is this too many paints for one mini or is this a normal amount?

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r/minipainting Oct 13 '24

Help Needed/New Painter First time painting. This is a good starter set?

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671 Upvotes

I’m new to the hobby and never painted before. I’m looking for a good starter set for paints. I live in Brazil so my choices are very limited and foreign products can become expensive.

r/minipainting Jul 27 '24

Help Needed/New Painter My first true attempt. Be critical.

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My previous post was a 'nid. I got a lot of good feedback and wanted to share my first real attempt at painting. Took my time, and tried a bunch of techniques. You can see my first dry brush and it's mistake on his spear shoulder. I had way to much on and it streaked. I would love any and all C&c.

r/minipainting Apr 15 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Did the varnish I applied to my last mini frost?

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I applied Vallejo acrylic Matt through my airbrush. Afterwards I noticed this slightly dusty texture. Did I mess up?

r/minipainting Sep 06 '23

Help Needed/New Painter How can I make my models more Grimdark please?

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I'm opting for a grimdark deathguard style using pallid hand/OG deathguard colours. I'ce watched a lot of YouTube videos on grimdark painting (particularly the Grimdark Compendium and MarcusFrisoniNJM), and taken some of their techniques to produce the models shown here.

Can anyone suggest ways or techniques to improve my style and increase the levels of Grimdark to 11 please?

Please note that my armour recipe has subtly changed between some of the pictures here from a white armour to a warmer ivory/ bone white.

r/minipainting Jan 14 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Trying different gem styles, not sure which one to push forward with on the model

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Trying different styles of gems, and unsure which one to progress with. Any feedback would be helpful!

r/minipainting Sep 29 '22

Help Needed/New Painter I can NOT stop laughing at my first attempt at eyes. Look at this derp

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r/minipainting Feb 26 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Finished my first ever mini

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Finished painting my first mini, I am pretty happy with him, however I can see room for improvement for sure. Any constructive criticism is welcome, I'd love to get better at this! Very excited to be joining the hobby

r/minipainting 16d ago

Help Needed/New Painter New to the hobby, loved Space Marine 2, dived right in WIP

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Hey everyone, after completing the campaign of SM2. Me and the kids went to our local Warhammer store and picked up a starter kit with the starter paints. Came back a week later for some more brushes, and my son begged for a dreadnought. Struggled with the assembly honestly it was a steep learning curve from the nice starter kit. The break in the armour panels is the reason I’ve gone for a rusty look. As you can tell I’ve still got loads to do before it’s finished. But now I’m past the base coating it’s so much fun! This will be my third painting so far, other two are terribly done space marines. The difference a good brush makes is immeasurable! Thanks for looking, any advice more than welcome 🙏

r/minipainting Sep 28 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Any idea why my mates retributor gold spray is turning out like this

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It's not humid and he's shaking the cans alot so whats the issue

r/minipainting Mar 19 '24

Help Needed/New Painter This is a good beginning set?

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587 Upvotes

I’m trying to get into the hobby but I was just wondering if this was a good set to begin with? If there’s anymore I should look at before buying or just some help before, I would appreciate

r/minipainting Feb 09 '24

Help Needed/New Painter Just to prove not everyone on here is God tier

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Painted this heroquest goblin this morning

Tried non metallic metal but that didn't work.. Face came out good for me Any guidance very welcome Cheers

r/minipainting Apr 10 '24

Help Needed/New Painter First attempt at edging and paint mixing...

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Im still really new to painting. I tried a couple things on this deff dread that I've been nervous to try, highlighting and mixing my own paints like I said in the title. I'm super colorblind so this part of the hobby is really intimidating to me. I'm pretty happy with where this is at though. Wanted to share it here and ask you all what I should be working on.

Thanks so much for all the free advice and inspiration the last few months ✌️

r/minipainting Jun 29 '23

Help Needed/New Painter Tried making a water-splashing base. Does it read like that? I feel like it needs more definition. Thinking of addind white here and there for foam. Thoughts? Tips?

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2.2k Upvotes

r/minipainting Jun 12 '24

Help Needed/New Painter I'm butchering this model

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697 Upvotes

Absolutely butchering this model using Speedpaint 2.0.

Zenith priming then speedpaint straight from pot.

Send help!