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Miniature
Jan 9, 2019

Magnets

All my minis have magnetized bases. I glue a magnetized sticker under each base. As most of my minis are now on 25mm round bases, I can simply order the matching magnets from Amazon and glue them. My …
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Miniature
Jan 8, 2019

Heroclix

One of my first main source of cheap minis were the Heroclix minis. Heroclix started making DC and Marvel themed minis, but they also include Star Wars and other settings. They traditionnally come …
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Miniature
Jan 5, 2019

Bases

When I started my collection again, I had abunch of old GW bases lying around. They were all of various shapes and size (square, round, small and large). I had no specific plan in mind on which base …
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Miniature
Jan 4, 2019

Varnish

All my minis have two layers of varnish. The first one is because I’m using the Dip technique and so all minis are under a coat of Wood Varnish (or Army Painter). This already adds a great chip …
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Miniature
Jan 3, 2019

Basecoat

Still following my principle of doing stuff on the cheap, I wanted to avoid using the expensive Games Workshop basecoat sprays. For that, I use the Montana set of spray cans. They have a large range …
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Miniature
Jan 2, 2019

Dip Painting

This is the technique that get me back to painting. Because I had a limited amount of time to allocate for painting, I wanted an efficient way of going through a large amount of minis. What interests …
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