This is a fully comprehensive guide to painting and constructing miniature models. This book should help to get you started if you're coming to painting with no experience, and encourage you to try out a few new or different methods if you have painted before. Each technique is described in detail along with pictures to illustrate every step as clearly as possible. There’s also a vast array of 'beauty shots' to inspire you to pick up those paint brushes!
If you are a miniature painter this is probably a must read. The author's style is not what I like (he's a black primer, I am white), but I still appreciate the detail explanation of the craft. A very time consuming technique that's more suited to the hobbyist painter than people who needs to crank out whole armies.