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Miniatures - A tiny world come to life

Breathe life into a world of fantasy miniatures. Miniatures is not just about playing a board game. They are about realism in detail and scenery. A miniature by itself is nice but to build a little world for your miniatures to inhabit is sheer magic.

Miniatures have always been a bit of a niche area. And one of the dominant niches was military miniatures. But the advent of dungeons and dragons and other role playing games has exploded the popularity of miniatures. Fantasy miniatures are now a very vibrant niche that is more popular than the military niche. Now there are significant miniatures in Fantasy, Military, Horror, Science Fiction and Game Players genres.

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New Tutorial series: How to sculpt fantasy miniatures

This is a very in-depth series of tutorials that take you through the whole process of sculpting your own fantasy miniatures. It includes a series of videos. How to Sculpt Fantasy Miniatures

 

 

Spartan MiniatureNew Tutorial on Painting Miniatures : The Spartan Warrior; This miniature is a series of spartans for the 300 Diorama. - This tutorial for miniature painting starts here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

300 diorama

The 300 Diorama - The latest tutorial on miniature painting (above) uses a spartan warrior. I painted this warrior and others for my 300 diorama depicting the battle of thermopylae. You can see that diorama project here and see how I made it and how you can make a big diorama like this too. 300 Diorama It has a sound system and lights too!

 

 

 

Painting Miniatures Tutorial Here is the basic tutorial on how to paint miniatures. It assumes you are an absolute beginner and teaches you all the tricks and techniques you need to know in order to do some fantastic painting. Your miniatures are going to look great! This tutorial also shows you the tools, paints and supplies you should have.

 

Make a Shadowbox to Show off Your Miniatures - This is a great project. You build a small dungeon under glass and mount it right on the wall. The Tutorial uses a group of female warriors. It looks great.

 

 

Make a Fantasy diorama for your Miniatures - This is a very popular tutorial. It takes you through all the steps to make a terrific diorama for your miniatures. It looks very realistic.

This is a Storm The Castle Project

Table of Contents for this tutorial

  1. Miniature Home
  2. Painting Miniatures Tutorial start
  3. The Paints
  4. Preparing the Miniature for painting
  5. Priming the Miniature
  6. What to paint first
  7. More Painting and the details
  8. Close-up of the completed Warhorse
  9. Adding texture to the base for realism
  10. Tips and hints for painting miniatures
  11. Diorama and Miniature supply Store
  12. New Painting Miniature Tutorial: A Spartan Warrior
  13. VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to paint miniatures
  14. Miniature Paints and kits at Amazon
  15. NEW: How to sculpt fantasy miniatures
  16. Sculpting Fantasy Miniatures Video Tutorials
  17. Sculpting miniatures store- all the supplies you need.

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