Hello to the Descent figure-painters of the world

Many years back, I almost played Warhammer. In the time leading up to my not playing Warhammer, I painted a few minis and they came out pretty well, and now I'd like to revisit the concept with some Descent painting.

My recollection of what I did last time is that I'll need:

• Spray-on primer; white, black, or maybe one of each
• Paint (duh)
• A clear-coat sealer
• A selection of brushes

Am I forgetting anything?

Also, does anyone have any tips on a place online to buy painting supplies at good prices?

Finally, what do y'all use to store your painted figures? As it stands now, my little clumps of plastic that I store in boxes or baggies can suffer from occasional bending problems (Varikos' sword, for instance), and if I'm going to paint these up all pretty-like, I'd rather they stayed pretty.

Thanks

I'd add a good craft knife for cleaning up the flash some of the miniatures have. A moveable paint station is great (if not necessary), and a bright lamp essential, if you're not painting in daylight only. For a couple of the descent monsters you'll also need plastic glue (dragons and demons).

If you want to add some detail to the bases, bird sand, gravel, modelling putty and wood glue come in handy.

The Bordgamegeek page on Descent contains hundreds of photos for inspiration.

I'm in the fortunate position that our Descent gaming all takes place in our home, so my painted minis currently just sit on the shelf waiting for the games. Consequently I haven't thought about goos storage solutions at all.

For paints and and brushes I prefer to buy locally at the store instead of online. Especially for the brushes I want to take a look at the actual thing before I get it.

Here's my own little gallery .

I have yet to paint my miniatures (Moving + Marriage = Low money), but I remember when I first started taking notice of what to paint with, I came across this primer called Gesso.

Here is an article about it, regarding its use with miniatures: www.weetoysoldiers.com/wp/

The downside, as the article notes, is it is a brush on primer so it is time consuming. However it shrinks as it dries and can really pop out the details of a miniature before you paint it.

For displaying mini's at home, IKEA do a rather nice glass cabinet for somewhere around £30-£40. It even has the potential for a spotlight from above if you really want to show off.

As for painting, you need basing materials, too. A good base can turn a so-so paint job into a delight. Equally, a crud base can ruin an awesomely painted mini.

For simple basing, I use fine talus, paint it and highlight various layers.

Try searching on youtube for Descent, and look out for painting Kirga or something like that. One of the former regulars posted a rather good guide to painting. Got me into it and I have painted all the heroes, and about 20% of the monsters.