This recent vid from TableTop Minions, asking the same six questions to eight different professional miniature painters has some interesting insights. Not all of them even agree in their answers, giving a good range of advice and considerations.

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This recent vid from TableTop Minions, asking the same six questions to eight different professional miniature painters has some interesting insights. Not all of them even agree in their answers, giving a good range of advice and considerations.
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The Gameosity Podcast Episode #20: Adam Loper on GameFor
Adam Loper (a.k.a. Uncle Atom), the master of miniatures at Tabletop Minions, is a man of many talents like designing his own board games, running his Youtube channel, and developing apps! His app, GameFor, was created to give players a quick and easy way to connect with each other and find...
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The Angry Villager
Well, uh, this guy turned out really well. I think there’s a weird paradox where I’m more willing to try new or risky techniques on models I don’t care about, but then when it works those models end up looking really great.
I’ve been watching a lot of mini painting videos by Tabletop Minions, and one of the things he brought up was doing stronger and brighter highlights. Even if they look like to much from up close, they hold up from several feet away, whereas more subtle highlighting tends to wash out.
So I went for much bolder highlights on this guys clothes, and it turned out incredibly well.