Miniature Painting Workshop - 75mm Dwarf

On 09-10.05.2026. we held a new weekend miniature painting workshop. This time it was the turn of a dwarf in 75mm scale.

The workshop was held over two days (a whole weekend) and the participants painted a 75mm miniature dwarf. The focus of these lectures was painting various textures - metal, human skin, textiles and leather. Water-based acrylic paints were used in the workshop. For this purpose, the workshop leader, Ivan Knezović, chose a 75mm miniature dwarf from Durgin Paint Forge, sculpted by Carlos Perez Bugedo. The lectures were adapted so that the leader devotes equal time to all participants and can be adapted to all categories of miniaturists (from beginners to slightly more advanced).

The workshop took place as follows:
First, the lecturer sits at his desk and explains and demonstrates each step in painting a miniature/model on his specimen. His work is displayed on a screen via a camera and projector, which the partici...

We visited: Festival Svet v Malem 2026, Pivka, Slovenia

On May 23, 2026, we participated in the international plastic model making competition Festival Svet v Malem 2026 in Pivka, Slovenia.

The competition is traditionally held at the Military History Park in Pivka.

We visited: KupKA 2026

On May 16, 2026, we participated in the international plastic model making competition KupKA held at the Museum of the Homeland War in Karlovac.

The competition was organized by the Slavoljub Penkala Modeling Club from Zagreb.

Thanks to the organizer for an interesting competition, to the judges for some medals, and especially to my colleagues from the Maketarski Club Novi Sad - IPMS Serbia for the medal!

Back to Basics Workshops in Gallery VN

In May 2026 we held our Back To Basics miniature painting workshops for the youngest in Gallery VN.

The workshops were completely FREE for all participants!

The Back to Basics method is a method of making models and miniatures that focuses on a fun process intended for younger ages, but everyone is welcome! In three separate sessions on Thursdays, participants (aged 7+) painted miniatures of their choice (knight, princess, king, wizard and barbarian). 

1st session: Painting miniatures of choice, Thursday, 07.05. - from 18:00 to 19:00

2nd session: Painting a miniature of your choice, Thursday, 14.05. - from 18:00 to 19:00

3rd session: Painting a miniature of your choice, Thursday, 21.05. - from 18:00 to 19:00

Painting Faces at Tabletop Level

In this short article, I will describe two ways to paint faces on a so-called tabletop standard. The text follows two versions of the painting. One will use a store-bought wash, and in the second, slightly less contrasting one, I will use a wash that I got from regular paint. This way, the reader can choose which method suits them better.

The first step is to dye the base color.

Left: Since I'm going to use a store-bought wash in this example, I decided to go for a darker shade of skin tone.

Right: In this example, I'm going to use the color as a base for the wash, so I decided to go for a slightly lighter skin tone - and therefore a lighter base color.

The next step is to apply the wash.

Left: I use a regular, store-bought Reikkland Fleshshade wash.

Right: On a drop of the darker skin tone, I add two drops of Lahmian Medium and a drop or two of water. This creates my own wash, which I apply similarly to the example on the left.

Th...

Pigmentation principles: why do the colors look the way they do?

In the previous article, we talked about pigment dispersion. This article takes a step back and addresses the fundamental question: what exactly is a pigment, why do we see color, and what determines whether a pigment will cover a substrate well or not.

1. Why do we see color?

Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum, with wavelengths between approximately 380 nm (violet) and 700 nm (red). When light strikes a substance, three things can happen: reflection (bounce), transmission (passage through the substance), and absorption (absorption).

The color we see is the result of the portion of light that is reflected back to our eye. A pigment that absorbs blue and green light and reflects red will appear red. A pigment that absorbs all wavelengths almost equally will appear black. A pigment that reflects all wavelengths almost equally will appear white.

What determines which wavelengths will be absorbed and which will be reflected is the chemical st...