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Welcome to steeldog productions home of the most comprehensive miniatures painting guide available on the Internet.

Here an ex-Golden Demons judge reveals the best painting tips available anywhere. You may notice the Internet it's full of model painting guides. Many artists have different ideas and ways of doing things. Some of the miniature painting tutorials you see will be good and others are a mere flex of the artists ego.

Often miniature painting tutorials are overly complicated,  with many unnecessary complex steps. The idea behind this model painting guide is to achieve competition standard miniatures with simple easy to follow steps shown in high-quality video.

We've had people win competitions using the techniques revealed in these videos. "I won two competitions using what I've learnt in these videos" Christopher Stone. the videos had been selling successfully on Amazon. And on eBay simply click on the links to verify customer testimonials.

It's not every day you get the opportunity to watch a Golden Demon judge show you the correct way of doing things. The name of the artist in the video is kenaz Raynor. Not some gaming superstar but just somebody who's been quietly improving his techniques over the last 25 or so years. Judging the competitions automatically excluded him from entering. He has however won a few competitions while working for Games Workshop. Photographs of some of his work are below:

All of the videos are available via direct download. Simply pay by PayPal the download link will be e-mailed to you. You may need to check your junk mail is sometimes the filters stop the e-mail coming through. Once you receive the download link you will be able to download the zip file this contains the video file. Simply open the zip file to extract your miniature painting guide video.

The video itself is in a high quality divx format. This allows for extremely high quality video without taking an age to download file sizes are typically between three to 400 MB so most modern broadband connections will download this fairly rapidly.

You need to ensure you have software capable of playing back the painting guide. This is available from divx.com and is totally free.

If $20 is a little much for you then you can get these videos for free simply by helping many promote them. This is done by posting in a forum or on a website. Once you have reached a hundred views and provided me with the link I will then send you the download link to a video of your choice. Be sure to let me know which one you like. Many people have done this and it helps me promote these videos  Allowing people who are willing to put in just a little bit of effort something worthwhile in return.

The first video painting guide fundamental techniques has been created with the new gamer or model painter in mind. This will take you step-by-step from effective cleanup of your miniature right through to dry brushing highlighting and inking. This is an excellent foundation which allows you to sequentially build your miniature painting techniques.

Even veteran painters have learned from the painting tips in this guide. Many experienced modelers commented on how "they never thought of doing it that way" Missing out on simple time-saving techniques like two phase spray undercoat. Correct preparation using Green stuff instead of glue. And endless other simple time-saving painting tips that you won't find listed on forums.

• Pinning for extra strength.
• Gap filling using two-part epoxy resin (green Stuff).
• Effective basing.
• Undercoating.
• Three stage highlight.
• Eyes making them look realistic.
• Using ink to bring out details.
• Dry brushing.
• Realistic metalwork.
• Tusks nails and bone.

The first video painting guide Fundamental Techniques has been created with the new gamer or model painter in mind. This will take you step-by-step from effective cleanup of your miniature right through to dry brushing highlighting and inking. This is an excellent foundation which allows you to sequentially build your miniature painting techniques. Don't be fooled into thinking more advanced skills have been left out. Skills like making blades looked sharp, inking, highlighting, and furthering also included.

• Metal With white and grey highlights.
• When and how to use blending coats.
• Intricate highlighting to produce effective transitions.
• Reflections and highlighting with NMM.
• Sky Earth NMM
• Chrome NMM
• Nonreflective NMM
• Gold NMM
• Rust, NMM
• Copper NMM

This miniature painting tutorial is dedicated to non metallic metal. Often made over complicated by many artists. This model painting guide shows you the painting tips necessary to achieve stunning results without the need for wet blending. For the more ambitious amongst you these miniature painting techniques can involve over 30 highlight stages if you desire. Naturally we show how to effectively create non metallic metal with far fewer highlight stages than that. That said this DVD is a step up from fundamental techniques and using thin films of paint requires a little more skill and patience.

• Setting up and using a cost-effective airbrush
• Airbrush shading highlighting
• Applying colored pigments Metallising with graphite
• Creating effective paint chips
• Dust and dirt simulation. Rust using pigments
• Realistic mud splashes

Many airbrushing techniques clearly demonstrated on a games workshop Land raider tank. This does not mean the skill shown are limited to warhamer 40,000 miniatures. They can be equally effective with military modelling. Airbrushing is a really effective way to paint large military model vehicles and other larger military models. Preparation application and highlighting are all shown. This video also delves into techniques specifically relating to painting military model vehicles.

• Effective cobble and paving stone using Green Stuff.
• Creating a realistic cracks with spliters.  Millieput  3 phase stiperling.
• Realistic tentacles bring your bases to life.
• Creating your own small stones.
• Lush landscape bases With water and plants.
• Simulating armoured plate welding.
• Effective rivets and seems.
• Using micro balloons and varnish for realistic snow Icicles and crystals.

Many people know how to paint miniatures but fewer know the critical skills to produce a base which sets your skilfully painted model apart from the crowd. This DVD includes many simple techniques which involve realistic water and snow simulation. To more advanced techniques using mini putt and sculpting detail into the bases. Utilising the painting tips and techniques from the others are videos in the series bases take on a whole new look.

Please remember we don't repeat any content in any other DVDs for example this video will not show you how to paint. You won't find me repeating myself the other DVDs show highlighting and painting techniques which are essential for producing effective bases. The aim of these model painting guides is that each one to show you fresh new information not rebadged what we've already shown you.

• Repositioning parts
• Sculpting hair
• Sculpting belts and clothing.
• Sculpting arms
• Transitional blending
• Using plastic card for weapons
• Skin and muscle texturing techniques

Sometimes you just can't buy the right model miniature. For some reason it doesn't quite meet your requirements this is where the fun begins. Welcome to the world of converting. These techniques work with military models or fantasy. We show you how to work with green stuff effectively. This is a step up from filling gaps on miniatures. And will require some skill with clay shapers however you will be shown each step and the techniques are easy to learn with some practice.