Micro minis, while small, and some might assume easier to paint, present their own challenges with their small size. While they do take less time to paint based on their smaller surface area, tiny, intricate details are not as easy to achieve as there are few brushes or tools that are small enough to be effective on their scale. Few to single haired brushes are the ideal, I sometimes use a tooth pick or a fine tipped shaping tool sometimes too for tiny details.
Probably most surprising, that while I mentioned single haired brushes...I don't own one. Hence my reliance on toothpick tips or shaping tool tips for details like eyes & spots. For the overall blending of the body I use the small brushes/few haired brushes. To refine details like body, leg and facial markings, I use colored pencils that are sharpened to fine points so that the pencil marks are not overly thick.
For the next several weeks, you'll be seeing a lot of teeny, tiny horses on this blog. Here are the ones that were finished this past week. Both are micro mini pewters sculpted by the talented Maggie Bennett.
Till the next time!
Lovely! And don’t forget Renji cat can donate great painting tools - naturally shed cat whiskers are FABULOUS detail tools and can also be cut at an angle for a micro point!
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