Introduction to Painting Miniatures
The Base and Other Details
A course by Angel Giraldez , Painter
About the video: The Base and Other Details
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how I prepare a base for the miniature, painting it and adding details that simulate the terrain where the figure would stand. ”
In this video lesson Angel Giraldez addresses the topic: The Base and Other Details, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Painting Miniatures. Learn painting, volumetric, and color techniques to bring small-scale figures to life by hand.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Base and Other Details In this lesson, we'll work on the base. I am going to use a different base, but you have to make base for the figure you are using. I'm doing this for recording reasons so you can see the process better. To make the base I used this product, which, as you can see, is a texture that is applied with a brush, but you can use any number of products. In Additional Resources I'll leave a list of other products. The drying time for this is about 25 minutes or so. I've now applied it. As you can see, it looks pretty good. Now it is time to paint. For this lesson I recomme...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Painting Miniatures
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decorative Painting, Fine Arts, Sculpture
Angel Giraldez
A course by Angel Giraldez
Ángel Giraldez started painting more than 20 years ago, and became a professional painter not long after. Over the years, he has colored models of heroes, villains, monsters, machines, and an infinite number of other characters for display. He has collaborated on hundreds of campaigns to boost the visibility of his products, as well as participated in innovation projects, creating new materials and tools alongside some of the most renowned companies.
Throughout his career, he has also had the opportunity to publish his own books on the subject and work with big industry names including Games Workshop, Privateer Press, CMON Limited, and Mantic Games. His YouTube channel has been listed as the number one Spanish-speaking channel, and recognized internationally in the top ten for miniature painting.
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