How to Paint Citadel Miniatures

by Rick Priestley

Fully illustrated throughout with examples from the Warhammer, warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings ranges.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Reference, Gaming

96 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2003

About the author

Rick Priestley is a miniature wargaming designer.

Reviews

[Jevgenij · Rating 3 out of 5]

Covers various techniques, even has some nice pictures, but seems too high level, does not cover detail, so not very useful for beginners.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether you're a beginner or a veteran looking for new ideas I think this book is a very worthwhile thing to peruse. It lays out some of the finer points of painting and is very easy to understand. It covers very basic priming points all the way to more complex shading techniques using dry brushing.

The choice in format for the book is a little interesting and probably not the best in my opinion. The techniques are setup in alphabetical order rather than bringing you through a step by step painting example. This is obviously best as a reference book. There are a few example parts where it goes over what colors to lay down for specific models, but there's nothing that brings you start to finish on a highly detailed and complex model. I think spending another five or so pages with highly detailed pictures would have been a great benefit for people looking for more intermediate painting techniques.

However, if you really need a reference book on specific techniques with pictures displaying the differences then this is definitely a book to pick up. Even though it wasn't perfect for a beginner painter I still found this a worthwhile book to read and when I'm ready to tackle the more intermediate painting techniques I will be consulting this book for their pointers to successfully execute a well painted model.

As with most Games Workshop products this text is lavishly filled with wonderful full color photos from their various miniatures lines. Warhammer 40,000 seemed to play the favorite, but we do see pictures from the Warhammer fantasy line and Lord of the Rings as well. At the end we even get to see pictures of miniatures that have won the Golden Demon award. If you want to see something to aspire to when it comes to painting, these miniatures will inspire and impress anyone with their amazing detail.

[Brit (Circus_of_Damed) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5☆ This book is an instructional books about painting tabletop miniatures, more specifically Citadel miniature. Useing Citadel paints and there system. This book has a very specific market, but the techniques shown can be applied to any miniatures you wish to paint and with any paints you wish to use. That being said it is all displaying Citadel products, so is most helpful if using those products. Esspecially because it refrences there brushes and exact paints they produce. Let move onto the content of the book, in regards to the technique shown. They seem easily achievable give the detail and steps they present in the book. That said it can become a bit repetative when you get to the example of armies that were painted in this book. There are 12 armies, covering all Citadel lines. And if your looking at a specific army or more detail on a technique or combination of techniques this section great. If you read all 12 back to back it get alittle boring and heavy handed. That said it is an effective book and worth refrence if intrested in painting miniatures, esspecially Citadel miniatures or using there products.

[Fabian Scherschel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned a lot from this book. It seems weird, since all the information contained in this can also be found for free on the internet, but there is definitely value in having this around in a format that makes it easy to access while you paint. Having everything collected in one place is also worth a lot, all indexed with the official Citadel colours etc. Definitely worth buying if you want to up your painting game.

[Syvannah Tewes · Rating 5 out of 5]

**GOOD FOR BEGINNERS AND VETERANS!!**

I have read and reread this book so many times. I highly recommend it to everyone who asks for painting help. I keep it around myself as I find it an irreplaceable asset to my store.

[Ясен В. · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Ingmar Boddington · Rating 3 out of 5]

Handy guide - silly format with the side binder though.

[Marsha Altman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good guide for beginners.

[Patrick Stuart · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fascinating and still-useful book, and, sadly for me, a reminder of my lack of patience, talent, focus and time.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent beginner's guide to painting miniatures.