Here's my tips on painting:
1. Get a magnifier. I acquired one a decade ago and it allows for much finer line work and precision.
2. Use a wet palette. It's essential for both watering down paint a bit to make it flow and also for blending colors.
3. Use acrylic thinners to get the paint thinned down enough to flow smoothly straight out of the pot. It does not need to be watery, just thin enough to not leave brush strokes.
4. Prime everything black, then wash it black. This includes the sand/gravel aggregate on the base.
5. Go ahead and dry-brush the base first using at least three colors fading from dark to light. For example, dark gray, medium gray, then light gray.
6. Touch up the areas where the drybrushing hit the feet of your miniature.
7. Block in your base colors. With a black undercoat it will take 2-3 coats minimum to get the base colors to have even coverage.
8. EDGE HIGHLIGHT ALL THE THINGS. Start with a chunky, wide mid-tone, then a razor sharp high-light on the edges, and finally use a very bright pinpoint highlight here and there on the corners of things.
9. Details like weapons and equipment can be handled with a true metallic, a black wash, and a couple quick highlights.
10. Cockpits and eye lenses deserve their own set of recommendations, YouTube has great tutorials on how to do them.
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