Re: painting minis

> "slop." Unfortunately, getting a really straight line takes some
patience.
> There are many techniques:
> 1) Masking
> 2) Drawing a line on the figure with a pencil to serve as a guide
> 3) Winging it
> No matter what technique you start with, the key is how you deal with
the
> inevitable "mistakes." What has worked for me is to touch up one side
of
> the line, then the other, back to the first side, and so on until I'm
> pleased with the result. It helps to thin your paint slightly for this
so
> you don't get a "raised" line from paint buildup.

I normally paint the two main colors, then go back with a black felt tip
pen
or something similar and cover the line where the colors meet.