Never painted minis before, but had to

By Demax51, in DOOM: The Board Game

When I got this game and saw the minis in person I decided I had to paint 'em. I'd never before painted minis (or, really, much of anything - I've never been particularly artistically talented), so I got one of the Reaper Learn to Paint Kits, a few extra paints from Citadel and Master Series, did the few practice minis that came in the kit, and then hopped in. My girlfriend used to paint minis when she was younger and has been getting in on the Doom action too. We've decided to do some of them with old-school Doom color schemes and some with the Doom 2016 look.

Here's how it's going so far...

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This was the first Doom figure I painted.

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I went with a slightly lighter brown on this Imp.

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I've been doing each of the Imps in slightly different tones, just to give 'em a bit of personality.

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My girlfriend has been tackling the Cacodemons so far.

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She did a really good job on the inside of this guy's mouth.

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Caco-butt

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We've each done a Revenant. Hers on the right, mine on the left. She went with old-school boney colors and I've gone with the newer 2016 fleshy style.

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Pinkies. They probably could have used a little more shading here and there, but these were among the first 5 or so that I did. Still learning, but having a blast so far.

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Possessed Soldiers. These guys are a lot of fun to paint, and I feel like they're some of my best so far.

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My girlfriend's Baron on the left and mine on the right.

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Delta and Charlie, both by my gf.

Still got a ways to go, but having a ton of fun so far!

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Edited by Demax51

Fantastic work! I like the classic DOOM Imp color scheme!

I've found that the majority of these figures can be nicely highlighted by liberal application of drybrushing. I'd look up a few videos on how to pull it off and try hitting some of these guys with a wash, followed by a drybrush of a highlight color. You'll be shocked at how much difference it can make.

Fantastic work! I like the classic DOOM Imp color scheme!

I've found that the majority of these figures can be nicely highlighted by liberal application of drybrushing. I'd look up a few videos on how to pull it off and try hitting some of these guys with a wash, followed by a drybrush of a highlight color. You'll be shocked at how much difference it can make.

Thanks man!

I've been checking out the tutorial videos by Soarastro (in which he paints Imperial Assault minis). I have actually washed and drybrushed all of these, but if you can't tell maybe not enough? Or too much?

The pictures I took are also just kinda crappy (I'm a terrible photographer) so maybe the details just don't come across that well?

Either way, learning as I go and still having fun :)

Fantastic work! I like the classic DOOM Imp color scheme!

I've found that the majority of these figures can be nicely highlighted by liberal application of drybrushing. I'd look up a few videos on how to pull it off and try hitting some of these guys with a wash, followed by a drybrush of a highlight color. You'll be shocked at how much difference it can make.

Thanks man!

I've been checking out the tutorial videos by Soarastro (in which he paints Imperial Assault minis). I have actually washed and drybrushed all of these, but if you can't tell maybe not enough? Or too much?

The pictures I took are also just kinda crappy (I'm a terrible photographer) so maybe the details just don't come across that well?

Either way, learning as I go and still having fun :)

Taking photos of minis is almost as hard as painting them.

Get yourself a nice daylight bulb, it helps for both!

Then, when photographing, take a piece of white paper and lay it so it provides a background for the figure, cropping out everything but the figure and the background. Helps a LOT!

Fantastic work! I like the classic DOOM Imp color scheme!

I've found that the majority of these figures can be nicely highlighted by liberal application of drybrushing. I'd look up a few videos on how to pull it off and try hitting some of these guys with a wash, followed by a drybrush of a highlight color. You'll be shocked at how much difference it can make.

Thanks man!

I've been checking out the tutorial videos by Soarastro (in which he paints Imperial Assault minis). I have actually washed and drybrushed all of these, but if you can't tell maybe not enough? Or too much?

The pictures I took are also just kinda crappy (I'm a terrible photographer) so maybe the details just don't come across that well?

Either way, learning as I go and still having fun :)

Taking photos of minis is almost as hard as painting them.

Get yourself a nice daylight bulb, it helps for both!

Then, when photographing, take a piece of white paper and lay it so it provides a background for the figure, cropping out everything but the figure and the background. Helps a LOT!

I'm digging it man! Like other's have said. take some time to set up lighting and repost with new pictures so we can see all the hard work you put into them at it's finest :)