Just got Vision of Dawn and Stewards of the Secret yesterday for Father's Day. Love all the sculpts, but there are some areas that are going to be nigh impossible to reach. I have not seen any painted versions of Seer Kel, for instance. How on earth would you paint the inside of her peacock dress with those legs hanging down?

So I have a couple thoughts, mainly airbrushing a bluish color back there and trying to carefully highlight some detail with a lighter blue. That should suggest shadows and make the whole thing less difficult, but trying to paint the back of her legs will just not work. Has anyone had any success in taking apart the minis and then putting them back together? Any special solvents that will undue FFG's glue without having to cut or eating the plastic?

I would suggest removing the base, then painting a base-layer of dark blue inside, then spotting some of the darker areas with greens and reds, then in the more visible areas use a thin brush to add some more detailed highlight. Then re-base when you're done.

Don't waste time and effort taking the mini apart. It's not necessary, and it can only serve to wreck the mini if you can't reassemble it seamlessly afterwards.

Paint the inside of the dress first, so you can mess up as much as you need to and fix the splash damage later.

Don't worry about the back of her legs - no one is going to see them anyway. Just go far enough around that it looks complete from the side.

A wise (miniature painting) man once told me "it only needs to look good from arms-length, that's as close as most people are ever going to look."

He's not wrong.

as Steve-oh pointed out, definitly paint them first. Priming your miniature black also helps, because these parts won't be that visible when they are black.

Keep in mind that hard to reach parts usually aren't that visible, so you can get away with very basic colors without much shading in the really hard to reach areas (behind her legs).

Don't waste time and effort taking the mini apart. It's not necessary, and it can only serve to wreck the mini if you can't reassemble it seamlessly afterwards.

Paint the inside of the dress first, so you can mess up as much as you need to and fix the splash damage later.

Don't worry about the back of her legs - no one is going to see them anyway. Just go far enough around that it looks complete from the side.

A wise (miniature painting) man once told me "it only needs to look good from arms-length, that's as close as most people are ever going to look."

He's not wrong.

Also my approach to painting minis:p I don't spend a lot of time on them, only use basic colours etc. And everyone who sees them says they look amazing! Only a friend that painted a lot of Warhammer has had some criticism. But he also spends numerous hours on a single figure.

Also my approach to painting minis:p I don't spend a lot of time on them, only use basic colours etc. And everyone who sees them says they look amazing! Only a friend that painted a lot of Warhammer has had some criticism. But he also spends numerous hours on a single figure.

Unfortunately, that's me. I take at least 4 hours per mini and am a perfectionist at heart. I do woodworking as well, and all I can see when I'm done are the flaws. I've stopped compulsively pointing them out to others, so at least I think I'm getting better

Also my approach to painting minis:p I don't spend a lot of time on them, only use basic colours etc. And everyone who sees them says they look amazing! Only a friend that painted a lot of Warhammer has had some criticism. But he also spends numerous hours on a single figure.

Unfortunately, that's me. I take at least 4 hours per mini and am a perfectionist at heart. I do woodworking as well, and all I can see when I'm done are the flaws. I've stopped compulsively pointing them out to others, so at least I think I'm getting better

If you enjoy it:p Essentially it is all about fun/ creative fulfillment:) I do like painting myself, but in the end, I bought the game for playing it, not for painting it.