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Hello everyone. First of all, apologies of this is in the wrong thread area. I have bought the new D&D collector's miniature Adult Red Dragon which does require assembly and painting. I am relatively new to the area of assembling and painting miniatures and was hoping the box would include a listing of what paints to buy for proper painting of the miniature. To my shame, it does not include any such list like the warhammer mini boxes do. I am asking for a list of advise on which paints to purchase for the painting of such a great mini. Any quality advise will be greatly appreciated.
Reaper makes some very good miniature paints. I use liquitex heavy body acrylics myself...but they need to be diluted to properly paint minis.
Any art store carries liquitex...but you may have to order Reaper online.
GW makes some decent paints as well but they are rather pricey.
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Maybe this will be of some help. I have been painting the Reaper Bones minis and found their site helpful with prep and priming advice.
Reaper unofficial paint hints
To assemble - I suggest a craft glue called E6000 - it works great - it fills in gaps, it holds great, but you can roll it off if needed.
I would suggest priming them - use a hobby spray primer like Armory primer in black. Do it outside, not humid (unless you want bumpy troll skin texture). Test your spraying on something else first just to test your technique.
As far as paints, I would search the internet or go off an image you like, or from the box. You would have to judge by your eye, and then find the main color (like a red for your red dragon) and then a darker shade(red with black mixed in)painted in first in deep areas and then use main color (red), then a light red with some yellow mixed in on the tips or high areas.
If you wanted to try and pick a color from an image, you might try a tool on the Reaper site I found looking for the above painting hints. You can load an image and then highlight an area and it will give you colors that match what you point at - kinda cool.
Reaper Color pick tool
Otherwise, I would search youtube and see what they might have for suggestions on color mixing, techniques, etc. I am not a Reaper paint super-fan - P3 and Citadel paints have been good for me too.
Sorry I do not have a list to give you, but I think you can pull one together by eyeing it or use the Reaper color tool. Hope this helps.
This one is painted with Liquitex.
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