Focus on the face and eyes, it's what really brings a miniature to life! If you're having trouble with faces, this hands-on class is for you. Miniature and paints provided. Please bring your own brush. Handout included.
Learn the subtleties of painting faces. Using a bust provided by JMD Miniatures, explore various techniques for painting faces, color tones, transparency, color and nuance choices, and how to emphasize volume and expression with the right lighting and textures. Improve your skills on this crucial part of your mini! Figure & paint provided. Please bring your brushes. This is hands-on! Mathieu Fontaine is an award-winning minis artist from Canada.
Is it hard to tell your sorceress from your burly ranger on the tabletop? Join our MHE Guest of Honor, award-winning hobbyist Jen Haley (Paintrix), as she shares her favorite techniques for bringing female miniatures to life. She'll demonstrate skin tones, facial details, transparent fabrics, cosmetic effects, and more. Some materials available for practice. Participants will receive a technique guide.
Is it hard to tell your sorceress from your burly ranger on the tabletop? Join our MHE Guest of Honor, award-winning hobbyist Jen Haley (Paintrix), as she shares her favorite techniques for bringing female miniatures to life. She'll demonstrate skin tones, facial details, transparent fabrics, cosmetic effects, and more. Some materials available for practice. Participants will receive a technique guide.
Female skin and muscles are complex to paint due to the subtlety of female anatomy. Emphasize the various muscles on a female body without overdoing it by looking at the right balance of shadows and highlights as well as good color choice. These models will not scare you anymore! Figure and paint provided. Please bring your brushes. This is hands-on! Mathieu Fontaine is an award-winning minis artist from Canada.
Painting Non-Metallic Metals (NMM) Practice and Theory
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Award-winning miniature painter Zach Lanier helps you understand Non-Metallic Metals. There are many types and ways to paint metals and we'll cover as many as time allows. From bright shiny Gold to rusted out Steel hulks, we'll touch on what you can do to make your mini convincing and eye-popping. Demo/Q&A with handout.
Painting Non-Metallic Metals (NMM) Practice and Theory
Description:
Award-winning miniature painter Zach Lanier helps you understand Non-Metallic Metals. There are many types and ways to paint metals and we'll cover as many as time allows. From bright shiny Gold to rusted out Steel hulks, we'll touch on what you can do to make your mini convincing and eye-popping. Demo/Q&A with handout.
Demo/Q&A focused on shading, highlighting, and blending metallic paints on miniatures for a more realistic effect. Covers how to apply the metallics, highlight and shade correctly, and add interesting effects to your metallics. Feel free to bring your paint kit and minis for help in class.
Focus primarily on how to properly paint muscles. If you are puzzled by how to define and paint your muscles to emphasize the important parts of your models, take this class. Explore the balance of highlights and shadows, proper colors, and nuances to make sure you do justice to your minis. Figure and paint provided. Please bring your brushes. This is hands-on! Mathieu Fontaine is an award-winning minis artist from Canada.
Painting for Competition 2- Intermediate/Advanced Techniques and Theory
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Award-winning miniature painter Zach Lanier helps push your painting skills to the next level! We’ll do a quick refresher on choosing a paint scheme and creating contrast with color, then get in-depth with techniques: blending/glazing, weathering, NMM/Metallics, freehand, faces and more. Extensive coverage of paint consistency and proper thinning. Demo/Q&A with handout.