this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
16 points (100.0% liked)

Tabletop Miniatures

2146 readers
34 users here now

From D&D to Warhammer and beyond, and including printing, painting and everything else - this is a place to discuss and share everything about tabletop miniatures and terrain.

Stand out threads:

Friends of TabletopMinis:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
ReadyUser31@lemmy.world
GuinnessChocolates@feddit.uk
16
Salutations from a complete novice. What's your recommendations to get started? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by Drunemeton@kbin.social to c/tabletopminis@lemmy.world
14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Salutations from a complete novice. What's your recommendations to get started?

Note: A FLGS in town actually has a mini-painting workstation that you can use for $5/session, or as part of their monthly subscription for playing TTRPGs onsite. Since I play PF2E there several times a week I have that subscription. So I have a place to paint that's already kitted out with just about anything you could need for mini-painting. (I think they charge extra if you want to add stuff like grass, sand, etc. to the mini, but the primer, paints, sealers, etc. are all included.)

I have two awesome minis arriving soon that are unpainted, so I'm looking for online sites/videos that start from "I know nothing" and work up from there.

Thanks in advance for any and all guidance you can provide!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] CorvusVoid77@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Go to the Warhammer store if you're brand new and have no one to introduce you to basic concepts. the Warhammer employees will give you a mini, and sit there and teach you how to paint it, from start to finish. They will provide the paint the brush the water pot, and the mini, all for free.

If you don't buy anything from them, that's fine, just thank them and walk out with your mini.

This is how I got started last year, and it opened the door to a wider world. Youtube videos and amazing painters who use interesting techniques have taken up my 2023 time as well. Gravitate towards painters who do not paint warhammer exclusively, they tend to have good opinions, and give great guidance outside of what Games Workshop would have you believe.

If you get stuck in a rut, don't feel down, just take a break, and think about something else.