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This is a neat bust I picked up at Reaper some months ago when I first became interested in fantasy figures. Loved painting him. Flesh and hair done in oils and the armor in acrylics. Painting metallics is SOOOOO hard! Comments/critiques welcome!

Oh wow, I don't think I could ever match that.

How do you like using oil based paints as opposed to acrylics?

Well I learned oils when I first started painting figures. To me, oils are great for larger scale figures because of ease of blending. Oils take forever to dry and you dont have to layer like you do with acrylics. Since I started painting mini's a few months ago I have pretty much gone to straight acrylics. There are real disadvantges and advantages to both mediums and in my opinion, acrylics have a much tougher learning curve. I know some may disagree but thats just my experience. I dont think oils are really the best medium for mini's but I am sure there are people who use them for mini's. But if you look at the history of figure kits back when they really took off mainly because of Shepard Paine, that was the medium of choice back many decades ago. Acrylics are much more forgiving though. I know that was a bit long winded! Hope that answered your question