Online Miniatures Information Source

There's probably a million places on the web for information about miniatures and how to paint them, and, as I am fast learning, also how to modify and sculpt your own. Since my artistic talents can best be described as "horrendously abysimal" I am currently staying away from any attempts at sculpting. However, what I will present here are as many links to as many online resources for painting miniatures as I can find.

If you follow these links, and follow where they lead, you will have at your fingertips a lifetimes worth of reading on how to paint miniatures. However, reading about it doesn't accomplish anywhere near the same as real practice does. Look, read, learn, do. That's the only way to really get good. Oh, and if you can actually take lessons from someone else, that helps a huge amount as well!

Painting Resources: Miniature Painting Mailing List Mini Sculpting The Miniatures Page Online FAQ Vallejo Intro to Painting Military Costume Replica Arms and Armour	Miniature Resources: Digital Dragon The Stuff of Legends Metal Magic Female figures Rawcliffe Dragons Mega Miniatures Archives Great Bear Blue Mule	People's Sites: Isabel's Grey Orc Emporium Newsie's Short Stuffs Laszlo Jakusovszky's Hot Lead Chambers of Miniatures Thomas Pope Joel Patton's Mini-A-Week project Anthony Karl Erdelji (Doctor Faust)'s Painting Clinic Matt's Mini's Paintrix Miniatures (Jennifer Haley) Creative Figurines by Jay Berezowsky Nice dragon's here Dirk Stiller Janine Bennett MINIATURE SPACE - Jason Richards Noel Meyer Mini Painter Lee Olson Lee Olson 2 Maximus In Minimus	Miniature Lines: Reaper Miniatures RAFM MiniFigs Grim Reaper Castings:Nasteez Magnificent Egos DiscountHobby.com Ironwind Metals (Ral Partha) The Laziest Dragon (more Ral Partha) Fenryll Dark Sword Miniatures & Larry Elmore! Drew Williams' Studio Thunderbolt Mountain Miniatures Lance & Laser Heresy Multi-part Miniatures	Tools: Handy tips'n'tools Scale comparison Citadel / Ceramacoat Citadel / Vallejo Painting red hair Colour Theory Colour Wheels Color Gradient Background Files
Showcases: Visions In Colour 2000's Chick Challenge I 2001's Chick Challenge II 2002's Chick Challenge III	Terrain: Great ideas for basing figures MasterMaze Mystic Moldwyrks WotC Foldup Paper Models Yahoo TerrainMakers Armorcast (Polyurethane Resin Models) 15mm Trees	Bases: Epicast Heresay Jeff Valent Studios Floorplans Flagstone bases Jennifer Haley's tips on basing Base Work 101	Gaming Info: D&D History Random Dungeon Generator HeroQuest! Risus: The Anything RPG Discworld ASCII Adventure Lotsa Games! iG's on-Web RPG Tools	How To: Paint a Tartan Paint Eyes
Sculpting: Sylvain Wire Dolly How to Make a Two Part Press Mold How to Sculpt a Hydra KAMB eBOB Miniatures	Magazines: Fictional Reality Stores: Mission: Fun & Games	Dragons: Pandora's Dragons More dragon info	Hirst Arts: Hirst Arts : Castle Molds Castle Molds Showcase Shifting Lands West Coast Dungeons Hydrocal Castings Exin Castles Exin Castillos (Italian site) Die rollers Jig Stones Highland's Hobby Buildings Buildings LDraw Dwarf Mine Master Maze vs Hirst Arts The Dark Altar Treasure Pile Treasure Pile II Festung Dunkelstein Temple of the Giant Lizards Carving your own fieldstone	Miscellaneous: Figmentia! Build your own Hero Dork Tower Larry Leadhead Build your own Trebuchet! Digital Map Projection

There are various newsgroups that also have thousands of people ready to talk to you and help you with any and every aspect of painting miniatures. I believe that the main one is {rec.games.miniatures.misc} although {rec.games.frp.misc} may also be of some help.

One last suggestion is to go into your favorite web search engine (I like to use Google) and see what it comes up with for keywords like "miniature painting", "painting miniatures", and the like.

Eventually there will be some thoughts here on how I do my basing.

Eventually there will be some thoughts here on how I do my scanning.