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It goes down the drain. I don't worry about it.

If you're talking about cleaning figures at the start of the process, before sanding, filing, drilling, and other assembly actions, I do as others have mentioned: I use warm water and a de-greaser to remove any mold release agents or other schmutz. I use an old glass baking dish for this. I...

Well played with the pistols, Herr Markgraf! :D Prost! Brad

I've seen some sets currently up on eBay, too, furniture and other accessories. There's a really nice peasant table with chairs that looks like it came straight out of a Gasthaus in Bavaria, right up my alley. Saves me having to scratch it. Prost! Brad

Nice start, Simon! Nice to see you off and running! Prost! Brad

Given the topic, would that be saving yourself a....sawbuck? :D If you have a woodworking show near you, you can make bases for even less of an initial investment-except for the tools, of course. There is an outfit that stages shows around the country-aptly named The Woodworking Shows. They...

Welcome to the Planet, James! If I can offer any advice, it's to find a copy of "Building and Painting Scale Figures" by Sheperd Paine. Shep's books are still the best primer for someone starting out in the hobby; he wrote with the beginner in mind. For many of us, he was our introduction...

See, everyone thinks of Bob Ross, but I remember William Alexander better: https://www.youtube.com/user/AAlexanderArt Interesting character. He was a German veteran, captured during World War II. He painted portraits of officers' wives, and became an American citizen after the war. Our...

Nice, Malc! No so different from painting figures, though ;) But the Monty Python reference is always fun. This is a good skill to pick up, because you can paint your own backdrops for displays. I've admired many of the German flat painters, because they've mastered basic painting well enough to...

OK, my apologies, but I realize that I posted this same question in the past: https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/art-miniature-still-in-business.38221/#post-450942 Of course, that was back in 2011. Since then, I haven't learned anything new about Art Miniature, except that in the...

Holy cow! Did I post this question twice? I see that this thread is from 2011; I had forgotten that I asked back then. The http://www.figurine-miniature.com/ URL no longer works, in any case. It returns "site can't be found" and the error, "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN". That's what made me ask...

Hi, all, There was a French figure maker called Art Miniature. They had a nice catalog of 54mm figures, many 18th century subjects, including some civilian vignettes. They were located in Paris for many years, but a couple of years ago, their website showed an address in Madagascar, of all...

Welcome back to the hobby and welcome to the Planet! I look forward to seeing your work. Prost! Brad

Even to organize the gallery pages with an alphabetical index would make it a little easier, more intuitive, to find a member's gallery with fewer clicks/steps. Present a list of letters/numbers in the Galleries page header, and then we click the appropriate letter/number and get a page with...

That's how to do it, now. But Rick raises a good point-there is no feature in the Galleries section to search for a specific gallery. There should be. I work in software development. This is what we would call an enhancement request, a request for a feature or functionality that doesn't...

I'd start with the base colors themselves, and lighten them appropriately to depict the fading that occurs with a color exposed to sun, wind, and rain. Then use washes and pigments as appropriate. The others will have better advice, I'm sure, and better details about fading specific colors...

Happy New Year to everyone on the Planet! Except Wayne! :D Sorry, Wayne, couldn't resist! You set that one up on a tee, and I had to take the swing! A Happy New Year to you, too! Lots of bench time! Prost! Brad

Yeah, there's a difference. Someone who is unaware of it is in for a bit of a surprise the first time he does a web search. As far as instructions go for sculpting in the anime style specifically, unfortunately, no. I know of content about painting in anime style, but I don't know if that...

You do realize that "hentai" is a term for a genre depicting graphic sexual activity? Just asking to clarify, in case you weren't aware of the distinction and hadn't yet started looking. Prost! Brad

Great finish, Simon! It was fun to follow your build blog, too. I look forward to the next projects you have before you. Prost! Brad