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Hello there Dakka!

Just a quick question, I see on dakkadakka many a tutorial or showcase about most peoples well painted miniatures and faces. My gripe is: how do you guys paint your faces? such as the regular space marine / chaos space marine faces. I cannot seem to paint that small, and my hands are pretty steady, but i cant seem to paint tiny detail such as eyes, or even do purity seals or the sort. I just stick to washing the face / details black.
So here it is: How do you guys paint that small?

Thanks in advance.
~Wolf

Basically in order to paint small details you need the following things:
-A good brush
-Thin your paints so they don't dry too quick when painting really small details
-Very good light
-Support for your arms. When I paint eyes I rest my elbows on the table and my right hand in my left palm while holding the miniature in the left hand and the brush in the right hand.

Hope this helps!