Miniature Painting Update: Knocking Out Some of My Projects!

June 29, 2021

Just a quick update on two of my projects:


Today I worked with the aasimar paladin.

Miniature angel figure with swords and translucent wings.

The only reason she has flesh tone on her face is that I had, a while back, accidentally poured out too much of the flesh color and pulled out a bunch of minis and started painting faces.


Then I started working on the armor:

Miniature figure of a warrior with wings and swords, standing on a base.

Next, the gloves and pouches:

Miniature angel with silver armor, wielding swords, wings spread, standing on snowy base.
Silver angel miniature with spread wings, swords, and a snowy base.

I know the paint job isn’t perfect, but I intend on following up later with touch-ups.


Next is the gold for the hilts and the scabbards:

Miniature angel figure with silver armor, wings, and swords on a cloud base.

It was then that I realized my brush wasn’t really doing the job, and I started looking at the brush I was using, which is a Citadel brand base coat brush that I got with the starter Space Marine paint set.

A dark-handled paintbrush with dark-red paint on the bristles, on a wooden table.

It’s pretty rough, and it’s not really holding its shape, causing pain to get places where I don’t want it to get.


So then I decided to bust out my Nolzur’s Marvelous Brush Set that I had recently purchased.

A sealed package of three black artist paint brushes on a wooden surface.

I mean, it looks like a decent brush set. And for $12 it’s not a bad bit.

Back of D&D paint brush set held by a person. Black packaging with white text, barcode.

As you can see it comes with a detailed brush, a base coat brush, and a dry brush. Again, not a bad catch for $12. Until, I opened up the base coat brush…

A close-up of a paint brush with a pointed, brown tip.

Needless to say, I am not impressed. I plan on taking them back to the store and exchanging them, hopefully to get a nice set.


As I am lacking, at the moment, a decent base coat brush, I will leave this as is.


I hope you enjoyed this painting update!



Until next time, Dear Readers…

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