Basing a miniature: making the last five minutes count
The base is the last thing done and the first thing seen. A carefully painted figure on a bare black disc looks unfinished, and twenty minutes of basing lifts the whole model more
Wet palettes: what they do and how to keep them clean
A wet palette keeps acrylic paint usable for hours instead of minutes by feeding it moisture from below through a membrane. For anyone painting in long sittings it is the cheapest