Tag Archives: paint

Using a Sharpie to Straighten Your Lines

August 11, 2010 – 10:29 pm

It happens to the best of us – you are trying your best to paint a straight edge, but it ends up being just a tiny bit rough or crooked. So what do you do? Well, it depends on how “off” your edge or line is. You will have to repaint that area in some [...]

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8 Ways to Become a Better Customizer

November 13, 2009 – 6:30 pm

As you create more and more customs, your skills will improve naturally. However, there are a few things that have helped me over the last nine years of customizing, and I wanted to share them with you. Some of these seem obvious, but I think it helps to repeat these time-tested words of wisdom and [...]

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Guest Post: Building a Better Minimate

October 15, 2009 – 10:45 am

Today I have a quick WIP picture to share with you, and then I am going to hand the reigns over to brobotc from Minimate Multiverse. So what is the WIP exactly? Well, I won’t say exactly what I am doing yet, but you can probably guess by looking at the picture: Check back in [...]

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Tough Customs: Sentinel Base Part 2

July 15, 2009 – 9:29 am

Last week I showed you how I built up a lego base around my broken Sentinel, and filled in the gaps with Super Sculpey. Today I will show the finished product. After filling in the gaps, my next step was to sculpt all of the detail on top of this clay base. I imagined that [...]

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All About Airbrushing

July 3, 2009 – 7:41 am

Today I am proud to introduce Minimate Factory’s first guest writer, Punisher=D from MMV! He has written an excellent article on airbrushing, which is something I have not had a chance to experiment with. I would love to see more guest articles here, so if you would like to contribute, please contact me. With that said, I will hand the reigns over to Punisher:

Hey all, this is Punisher from MMMV talking about something that hasn’t been talked about here! Today’s article is all about airbrushing. I got my first airbrush Christmas of last year, and I will never look back. To start off, let’s take a look at the brush itself, along with all of the other materials you will need to spray your minimate.

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