[HoE] Miniature painting Tips (long)

[ElGuappo1@aol.com]

Greetings all

I too have had some trouble decideing how to paint my HOE minis, so i will 
impart all my painting knowledge to you, and i play warhammer so belive me i 
have painting knowledge.  To start off your going to need to decide weather 
you want to glue them together before or affter you paint them.  The only 
real differance it makes is its alot eiasier to do details and get all the 
cracks if you paint the pieces seperately.  To glue them together I recomend 
standard Super Glue, it works great just don't get in on your fingers.  After 
that you need to undercoat it.  A under coat is a special pain used to seal 
all the pours of the metal and to give you a clean even serface to paint on.  
There are several types out there just for Mini's, most come in two colors: 
black or white.  Which color you use will have a impact on the look of the 
miniature, if you want it to have a darker look to it go with black, if you 
want a lighter look use white.  I recomend the stuff Cidital makes, its a 
little pricy but it gets the job done.  Now for brushes your going to need 
basically three: A large base coat brush, a medium brush for dry brushing and 
filling in smaller areas, and a very fine brush for doing detail work.  You 
can find these in hobby, craft, or art stores.  Now you need to choose your 
paints.  It is very important to have some idea of the color scheme you want 
before you go out and get the paints.  Once you've decided the color scheme 
head out and grab the paints.  As for types of paints any type will do.  
Personally i use a mix of Testors modeling paint and Cidital Miniature paint. 
 Try to stay away from craft acrylic paint it tends to give a very dull 
color, but if thats what you want then by all means do it.  Once you've got 
all that together find a large flat serface where you can work.  Assumming 
that you already applied the undercoat the next step is the base coat.  The 
base coat is the defalt color of the miniature it is usually the p[redominant 
color of the scheme.  Your going to need to cover the entire model with that 
color.  Once you've got all that its just up to detailing, i can't give you 
any real tips on that except that everyone has thier own way of doing it.  
Don't get frustrated if some techniqe dosent work for you, your going to have 
to find your own personal way.

Thats All i can give you.  Enjoy

John Swift