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To paint your miniatures, you’ll need some Miniature Painting Essentials to start. Read below to find out about the ultimate starter kit for miniature painting!
Before you get started, find the right working place in which you are going to be comfy. It is quite important. Cleaning isn’t always fun, we think that it’s the least fun part of painting miniatures. That’s why we choose a hobby mat to put on our table. It will also protect the surface in which you are going to work on. Indeed, it will prevent from spills and drips of paint or glue. Usually, we work with an A2 or A3 size, which looks like this:
There you go, you are now prepared for the next step: let’s move into the big stuff.
Speaking of brushes, you’ll need some to achieve your next work! Pick a few amake your decision based on the specific purpose for each of them. Actually, you can start with some cheap random brushes which are adequate but we think that it would be a shame to not invest in great quality brushes right away. They will be more resistant, easier to paint with and will last you longer. In that sense, great quality brushes are more economical.
Redgrass actually created a set of 2 brushes of the highest quality. They will be long-lasting, sharp and cool! There are only two brushes, a miniature painting brush size 2 and size 2/0, but just with these two, you will be able to do anything. They are available on Redgrass miniature painting store here.
You have now your brushes, and in order to paint, you’ll need the key part: hobby paint. There are a lot of different types of paint and also brands to choose from. Pick and try what suits you best – every painter has their preferred brands and colors. Some brands that work well with our everlasting wet palette are: Citadel, Vallejo, P3, Army Painter, AK Interactive, Scale 75, Kimera, Monument Paints, but pick your favourites!
A wet palette (learn more about it here) is the must-have tool for any serious painter. This is where you put your colours and dilute them. You could of course create one youself, but Redgrass created the everlasting wet palette, a high quality yet affordable wet palette designed for miniature painters! They also have more premium wet palette options that will bring your painting to the next level: the v2 series. You can decide on which is the best wet palette for you here.
It has a hydration foam in which you pour water to damp it, then you put the paper sheet over it. And voila, you have your wet palette ready to paint!
Also, for ink paint, you will need a well palette. Redgrass has developed something more specific than a basic well palette: the wavy well palette. It has holes in which you put your liquid stuff and on top of that, it can hold your brushes. So you know where exactly you did put your brushes and besides they won’t spill paint everywhere.
If you need more room, you can also have the Redgrass Glass Palette, available in 3 sizes to fit your preferred palette, which gives much more space for using oil paints and auxiliary products when you are painting! This is easy to clean at the end of a session even if using solvents for the oil paints!
To comfortably hold your miniature when painting, a painting handle is a great idea. Why do we recommend the Redgrass RGG360 Painting Handle?
Furthermore, you need to dilute your paint, and to do so, you need a water cup. Any empty jar of jam, for example, can be your next best friend. Otherwise, you can use any cup that can fit your brushes so you can shake them in it. Pour some water into it and you are almost ready!
To go with, you’ll need some tools, such as plastic nippers and a file. If your minis don’t come pre-assembled, you’ll need to cut them from the sprue. Choose some tools that you are comfortable with because you are going to use them a lot. Try to pick one with a nice grip on it for your plastic nippers such as the RGG precision nippers or the Redgrass Sprue Cutters.
Finally, a good lamp would be perfect to light up your working surface. The key specs we are looking for are shadowless and good color rendering. Well, you need to see correctly what you are painting, right?
The Redgrass R9 Desk Lamp is designed specifically for creative and artistic people to see color accurately, be comfortable for use and looks great!
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