returning to figurines recommended reading

[kuya]

its been a long time since i have painted a figure since early 80's
we had a local guy that was very good and inspiration and it was Henry Lion since then I have not seen anything similar to his type of painting that I'm might familiar with .

So I open to suggestions if there is any decent books to read
Also looking to replace the paint locker and looking for suggestions to replace dried and worn paint/brushes

 

[housecarl]

As for suggested reading, I think you've come to the best place here.
Carl.

 

[geaugan]

Henri has been gone longer than I would like to remember. I have two copies of "My Way." One autographed and one a total mess. Nowadays I think your best source for painting instruction is the internet.jAn excellent place to check is figurines-tv.com. All in French but the visuals are worth a thousand words. Choose your poison and run a search on this site and Google for "oil", "acrylic", "humbrol"."Jo Sonja." and "miniatures'"

 

[megroot]

I think you can read alot on this forum. Its a book or magazine on its own.
Try the search, look at the beginners section and above all, start painting and asking questions.

marc

 

[Tecumsea]

I can recommend the book by Danilo Cartacci-Painting Miniatures, probably the best book on the subject in recent years.

Keith

 

[geaugan]

Also be aware that there are 33 over the shoulder U-tube videos of Cartacci painting figures. Run search on "Cartacci." There is also a multiple part U-Tube video on Pepe Gallardo. In addition, Figurine-TV has a one-hour seminar with Marion Ebensberger-Ball in English. Priceless!

 

[Tecumsea]

Hi Larry, didn't know about the videos I'll take a look......you learn something every day

Keith

 

[Einion]

Hi Stefan, another recommendation for reading online from me - lots and lots of info available and most of it is free, which is nice

Previous threads with book recommendations:
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43588
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34277
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33148

There are some others if you want to do a search for yourself.

Einion