Hello from a noob to the world of painting miniatures. This is long
so I apologize,PLEASE forgive me, but I am excited to find the group
and along with it a lot of resources and answers....I'm sure it will
be awhile before I'm the one helping pass things on to someone, but I
will when I can and I look forward to playing a part...

I prefer fantasy D&D type figures..Characters, monsters, etc..I will
be forever looking to add more monsters to my collection so If you
have some I will probably be interested in them..If So, e-mail me
seperate and we can talk...

I do have several questions right out of the gate..Please be patient
with me...I hope everyone understands..All of these questions have
created an impass to actually starting to put a drop of paint on a
mini. Ugh!!!

I looked at the polls for some answers, but that in turn created more
questions...

1) I noticed more people seem to favor Citadel paints...IF that's
still true, why???? results? colors? Better colors? Cost? What? We
all have our reasons, but I would like to hear from others on what
brand they use and why?

I would also bet that some of you use a combination of different
brands. I would like to hear about that too.

2) I saw the poll on layering preferences..Led me to this
question...After base coating the miniature's base colors in their
desired places, etc..DOES IT MATTER whether you shadow first or
Highlight?

Should you paint all the way to completion each area or detail or
paint all of the figure and then work on each detail's shadows,
shading, and highlights???

MY newbie guess would be to shadow first because the colors are
darker and harder to cover and to paint the whole figure and go back
with the highlighting and shading, but again, what do I know?

3) And last, when you are sitting down to paint, Which method of
magnification and lighting do you use/prefer???

The jeweler's visor looking thing or the seperate lamp looking
magnifying lens with the "elbowed arm"?


THANKS TO EVERYONE for several things..For Reading this and giving me
your time, for providing a collective of answers and info, and for a
place to come, hang my hat, and have a medium to get answers and
share...

Slainte
Jim