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Hey all,

First post here so be gentle

Just getting in to painting miniatures, and have a question regarding warhammer dwarfs. Perhaps it goes for a lot of other miniatures but i havnt painted any other yet (besides some lotr orcs) so i wouldnt know.

It seems to me, that a lot of the gear that comes with the dwarfs, aka shields, banners and such, sort of block the middle torso and face of the dwarf and makes it difficult to paint.

How do you work around this?

Do you paint the dwarf first without the attachements and put them on after, or is there another way to do this?

Of course the easiest way would be to assemble the miniature completely before priming, but i think i would get into alot trouble with the painting on the front of the miniature, doing it this way...

Any ideas?

Regards Miwala

I'd just paint those parts before hand. It take longer to paint all the pieces individually but it looks better in the end.

Hello,
Pretty much if it covers the body, it does not get put on there till later. This is the easiest way to do it, now once you get that portion done and finish the inside of the offending piece you can glue it in place, now it should be primed with the main piece just so you dont have to do it later.

Regards,
Carl

Just one other tip, when a shield covers up a good bit of the left arm and left side on a figure theres no need to spend a lot of time detailing those areas.