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Hay all, im in need of help with my painting. Any tips and tricks for a noob painting. So far done 1 leman russ, got 1 more to paint soon. So please help.

Only tip I have is just keep going, probably 17 years before I was actually happy with something.

Lol, im happy with what iv done so far, needs a little touch ups but good. Now i want to improve

Shading highlighting and drybrushing sort any model out.

Best advice I can give is practice, practice, practice!!

Spend time on the base and failing that give em to Paul.

May be worth trying layering before drybrushing, takes longer but looks better and is actually a bit easier.

Depends on the models really, worth getting so cheap models to practice on.

Have a look at the paint colour leaflets Colin has in, they suggest a shabow/base colour and a highlight colour for most colours.

Also thin the highlight colour slightly, makes it much easier to use.

Other than that it's just practice really, amazing how quickly you get better

Baldie wrote:Spend time on the base and failing that give em to Paul.

Good bases, good bases and good bases are a winner... Paint little and often ..if you hit a wall with a project, leave it a few days and come back to it!

Ask on ere! Loads of top advice from sound painters!

Don't ever give them to a chap called Scottish!!!!!...ever!

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If all else fails give us a pm!

Have fun ...

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