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This is how all my custom Micro Minis start - in a coat of white primer. If it was a factory painted Micro Mini,
I will strip it to the bare plastic before painting it with white primer (Krylon Sandable Primer).
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The next step is to paint on the lightest body color. Here, that color is a tannish color as this little fella
is destined to be a dusty buckskin. I use my Thayer-Chandler Omni airbrush to do that - it handles the thicker paint
quite well without clogging.
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At this stage, I've applied two body colors although you can't tell by the picture. The key to painting Micro Minis
is light and slow. Any mistakes really show up on these little guys, so you are better off having some patience and
going very slow, building color a little at a time.
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With the body color fairly well established (I can always add more color if I want to and probably will), I want get
an idea of the overall effect of what I've done so far. I do that by starting to add in the black points. So far,
so good. The black points aren't really black. I used a mix of black and burnt umber to create a black that is
more realistic.
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Now he's really coming together! I've added a bit more body color, hand painted the mane and tail and did the muzzle
and around the eyes. Again, the mane and tail are not 100% black; I used a mix of black and brown to create a softer,
more realistic black.
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Even though the MM looked nice in plain, old buckskin, I wanted it to be more eye-catching and one of the best ways to
do that is adding white markings of some kind. I was torn between a paint and an appy. Since I really lilked how
the color turned out, I thought a frosty blanket appy was the way to go. To do the blanket, I used a small brush cut
straight across and dabbed the blanket on, similar to stencilling. I think I might darken the face a bit and do a bit
more gray around the eyes.
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Here he is, essentially done. I've painted the hooves, added mottling to his sheath, painted his eyes and a star/stripe
on his head and added "frosting" to the mane and tail. He needs a few minor things done, like Krylon Matte spray to
seal him, eyes and hooves need to be glossed and I'll make him a base and lose the piece of hanger stuck in some sticky wax!
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This is just what the other side looks like.
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All done! No acrylic rods to be found locally so I made do with a bit of plastic from a beverage bottle.
A little epoxy, some paint and the little fella has a decent base at last.
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