How to Start Painting Miniatures with ZERO Experience

This is a tutorial for beginners on how to paint miniatures. If you are new to miniature painting or warhammer, this guide will help you start this hobby so you can paint some great models yourself!

Miniature painting is a hobby where you are in control. That's why I love it, you can fix anything you want and do whatever you want. Even though the sky is the limit when it comes to painting models, there are certain techniques and certain knowledge that will help you get started on your way. Learning these fundamentals in this complete guide to painting minis will be useful for sure!

This tutorial should be a great resource to not only help you get started on your miniature painting journey, but to also paint to a very solid standard. It doesn't matter if you are painting just for fun, for a game or competition - some techniques are usable for all of these cases.

I have selected several miniatures to show you variety of techniques - there is a very round miniature without too many details (Charizard). Then there is Emelda from Warhammer quest: Cursed City, which has perhaps too many details. The last miniature is spider man from Marvel Crisis Protocol, which is a bit round but also has some details. All of the mentioned techniques should cover the start of your painting journey. If you are looking for a way on how to start painting miniatures, this is indeed THE tutorial for you!

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I am painting miniatures for warhammer, age of sigmar, marvel crisis protocol, D&D and much more! Whether it is superhero miniatures, heroic characters or space marines, I will paint them! If you are looking for some sweet miniature painting tutorials or warhammer hobby content in general, this is the right channel for you!

Charizard miniature is 3D printer from Thingiverse - credit goes to Patrickart

Chapters:
00:00 Who is this for?
0:14 What should you paint?
0:48 Assembly
2:29 What to do with bases
3:35 How to prime your miniatures
4:59 Tools you need to paint minis
5:30 Which brushes can you use?
5:49 Paints for miniatures
6:06 What is a wet palette?
6:57 Basecoating miniatures
13:22 Shading miniatures
14:51 Lamps for miniature painting
15:15 Blacklining
16:13 Fixing mistakes
18:02 Highlighting and details
18:18 What is drybrushing?
18:51 What is edge highlighting?
19:34 How to glaze
22:04 Example of a mistake
22:54 Painting eyes
24:33 Philosophy of Miniature Painting
25:11 Why do you highlight the edges?
25:34 Details
27:28 Finishing the bases
27:59 Special tricks for gaming minis