Reply To: Advice on starter painting sets (& brushes)

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> I think characterful single piece minis of the type you get in board games are likely to be the way to go. Trouble is, I’d like to paint most of the sets myself and not have them done in two different styles / to two different standards.

Agreed. Some ideas!

* Terrain: Best if you two want to do your own projects. Hard to screw up, particularly for natural terrain, such as rocks and shrubbery. Obviously, her making terrain isn’t going to get the miniatures painted faster, but 3D stuff makes the board look more lively than 2D.

* Basing. Like terrain, hard to screw up. Very handy if you yourself don’t have as much time for terrain as you’d like. May step on a few toes if she accidentally botches up your painted figure, though.

* Prep and priming: Somebody has to do it! Scraping mold lines and filling gaps is tedious and boring, though. Brush-on priming followed by a wash (eg. Army Painter Quickshade Inks) is quite easy, and any mistakes she makes you can paint over, anyway.