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I want to teach some children how to paint a miniature.
So I'm looking for easy model and easy technique to begin with.

Exemple:
a wolf: black paint, gray drybrush, some glue on the base, flock: Voila, decent model from a 9 years old.

Any suggestion?

Uhm... teach them to not use too much paint.

No one told me that in the beginning... my first Chaos Warrior looked like i had dipped it.

Dipping.

Painting a basecoat of all the colors as well as possible to stay within the lines then 'dip' the whole thing in the varnish or wash.

Easy models? Space marines can be painted a color and inked then detailed for a good tabletop technique. Nids can be dipped easily and look good. Anything that doesn't have humanoid faces is probably best as that can mean fine detail.

Space marine: Paint Blue, Ink blue, Drybrush light blue, Black details (bolters, trim) paint details, paint eyeballs.

Nids: Paint skin any color. Paint Shell any color. Paint claws and teeth. Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!

http://www.kan.org/michael/mkp <-- my painting website

http://www.kan.org/michael/mkp/project_kids.php <-- my 5-year olds painting Ultramarines. IMO, the basecoats are the hardest, so find a nice colored spray for the basecoat then let them drybrush and wash.

thanks everyone
thanks for the link Ifurita

Beginners stuff:

Blocking - Staying inside the lines
Painting order
Proper Paint dilution - if they learn by not slopping it on they'll learn the proper way.

Now that I have basic technique to teach, is some model easier than other.

wolves.
knight is full plate .
skeleton.

any others?

The easiest I've ever painted is a Necron.

Undercoat black. Drybrush boltgun. Drybrush Mithril.

Voila.

yea but when people start learning with drybrushing then they lach on to it and hit a funk that is so bad they quit painting when they find a model that dry brushing doesnt work on.

make sure you have tiny brushes easier to paint small lines its all about staying in the lines just like coloring books.

Definitely teach them with a black undercoat. Its more forgiving than white.

Try to teach them to paint within the lines (this is the most important basic technique).

Then ink the minis for shading. If you are ambitious, teach them to highlight by drybrushing next. Do NOT teach them to drybrush colors over black. That is how people end up not being able to do anything but drybrush. If you are very ambitious, you can teach them to layer on paint, but I believe layering will be lost on them (They will likely cover up the darker color entirely).

So, the necron would work well (Boltgun base coat, black ink, chainmail drybrush afterwards). Space Marines can work very well also, along with almost any animal (since most have simple color patterns).

I rather think Night Goblins are easy- especially the ones from the Warhammer Fantasy starter box. You have only a few simple areas to cover, nothing is hard to reach or too detailed.

You didn't mention how old the kids are.