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Painting World War II Miniatures (Schiffer Book for Hobbyists)

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The one star I gave to this book is for the number of photographs included in it. This book is not worth buying at all. The quality of the photographs is way below standard for publishing in any books. To name a few - out of focus, too dark, wrong orientation . . . and the list goes on. How can the editor at Schiffer Book miss that. Don't waste your money on this book!

This book gives a hobbyist a better idea of how to use oil paints: how to blend colors and highlight. I liked the fact that the author actually told you what colors to blend to make field grey for example; what colors to add to make the highlights etc. I wish he would have spent some time on the consistency and texture that the oils need to be. While this is a short book, I learned a lot from it. In my opinion, it taught me how to use oils more effectively then some of the more popular books, which just tell you to use oil paints, but never actually teach you how. I recommend this book to anyone who is a novice to medium ability.