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Do you colour your miniatures? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by neutronicturtle@lemmy.world to c/boardgames@feddit.de
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I have bunch of games with miniatures made of single colour plastics which is a bit boring. I did buy a Warhammer paint kit to eventually try to paint some but so far I was too lazy (or scared? ๐Ÿ˜…) to try.

Do you colour your miniatures? If yes, what do you do to them - nice single colour coating/detailed multicolor paint job/...?

Edit: "derailed" -> "detailed"

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[โ€“] cthonctic@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly, it's my "make them presentable" procedure, really. I'll never brag about how well they look but they definitely have more presence than plain grey.

And I agree, not all board games have high quality minis unfortunately. But I've rarely encountered any that didn't look better with a primer / base layer, some wash and/or dry brush.

Plus I really enjoy differentiating them a bit by picking hues for the ink and highlights that match the character class or monster type etc. But that is really as far as I'm selling to go nowadays. :)