Author Archives: Erin Strickland

Hobbyist Tactics Part 8: Fire

In today’s installment we will be discussing how to paint fire. This is a fairly common element on a lot of miniatures, and one that can be a bit tricky. Fire is a fascinating element; fluid and almost lifelike, and incredibly destructive. I have spent countless hours over the span of my lifetime sitting at [...]

Hobbyist Tactics Part 7: The Dead Shall Rise (continued)

I our last installment, we looked at painting pallid undead flesh. Today we’re going to continue with another technique I use for undead, painting exposed muscle. I tend to use a fairly low contrast color scheme; but as before, feel free to experiment with your own color choices to get a result you are happy [...]

Hobbyist Tactics Episode 6: The Dead Shall RISE!

In today’s installment, we’ll be looking at a technique that is geared towards a very specific group of Anima Tactics miniatures: The Black Sun. This group utilizes necromantic magics to create undead soldiers and weapons, meaning that their organization is filled with all manner of grisly and gruesome things. Zombies have long been one of [...]

Hobbyist Tactics Episode 5: Paint it Black

Black is, bar none, the most dominate color that will be on your palette. I’d wager, that it is a paint that will be (at least in some small degree) on nearly every miniature you ever paint. If your miniature features large areas of black, how do you go about highlighting it? Today I’ll be [...]

Painting with Metallics

Welcome to another installment of Hobbyist tactics! Today we’ll be going through a couple of different techniques used for metals!

Hobbyist Tactics Episode 3: The Rest of the Head

Welcome to the third Installment of Hobbyist Tactics! In today’s article we will be wrapping up the detailing on the head of our miniature. When we left off last month, we had painted the eyes and had the base color for the skin laid down. Today, we will be finishing the skin, detailing the face, [...]

Hobbyist Tactics Episode 2: The Eyes

“A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent, a kind eye makes contradiction an assent, an enraged eye makes beauty deformed. This little member gives life to every other part about us.” Joseph Addison Welcome to the next installment of Hobbyist Tactics! Painting the Faces on miniatures is often the trickiest part, mainly because of the eyes. It [...]

Welcome to Hobbyist Tactics!

On a monthly basis, I will be sharing with you the various tactics I employ when painting my miniatures. I have been an avid painter and gamer for over a decade now. It is a challenging, fun and rewarding hobby! When Anima Tactics came on the scene, I was immediately drawn to it simply based [...]