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Painting 12mm Miniatures
‘Painting small figures is far easier and quicker than painting 28mm’. You hear this statement echoed at wargame shows as gamers survey epic battles of large armies in the smaller miniature scales. The painting techniques used are very different – you paint a unit for mass effect rather than one 28mm masterpiece, but the results can be splendid as you create a panorama of battle rather than just a skirmish!
Below is a step-by-step guide to the main techniques employed by myself and other intrepid painters to quickly and efficiently create large units and armies in 12mm.
What paint and what sized brushes do you use?
For priming the pewter miniatures I always use a can of matt black or satin black spray primer. After priming, I use acrylic model paints from a range of different manufactures. After a few years of trial and error you tend to find that particular pigment colours are better from one paint range than another. All acrylic paints and inks are intermixable, so you can select, mix and match your colours to your own individual preference.
I use brush sizes from 0 (smallest) to 4 (largest). The most common brushes which I tend to use are sizes 1 and 2, which can be loaded with a good quantity of paint and at the same time tackle fine detail.
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