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A compiled list of many useful hobby links.

GUIDES
PAINTING GUIDES

* Non-Metallic Metal (NMM)
http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?...icle&k=175

* Illumination techniques (source lighting, object source lighting)
http://www.miniaturespace.net/illumination_gallery.htm

CONVERTING/ CONVERTING GUIDES

* Greenstuff reliefs
http://www.sciborminiatures.com/en_,scul...php?id=571

* 'Casting' greenstuff
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2242
http://www.drunkdwarves.com/pages/artttgttccasting.html

*Scibors Gallery (all the sculpting inspiration you need)!
http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/page...ter/scibor

* Casting resin and mould making
http://www.hirstarts.com/moldmake/moldmaking.html

* Metal casting (casting machine)
http://cart.themouldmaker.com/index.php?...d=Articles

*Sculpting blog (very realistic sculpting)
http://thunderboltmountain.com/serendipity/

CASTING/ MOULD MAKING FORUMS

http://princeaugust.proboards25.com/index.cgi
http://www.frothersunite.co.uk/phpBB2/vi...o_ignore=1
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/topics.mv?id=32

GENERAL ARTICLES

* Loads of articles on painting/ sculpting/ converting etc
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article

'CELEBRITY' WEBSITES

* Jakob Nielson (GD Winner)
http://www.jrn-works.dk/

* Victoria Lamb's site ('Eavy Metal)
http://www.victorialamb.com/Galleries/Mi...mini1.html

PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDES

* One from Bugmans (says everything you need to know IMO)
http://www.bugmansbrewery.com/forum/A-To...19633.html

SUPPLIERS

* A list of all suppliers of Dwarf miniatures
http://www.stunties.com/wiki/index.php/Manufacturers

* The mould maker. A contract caster (send him greens and get minis).
http://www.themouldmaker.com/
NOTE: Might just be me, but he's never replied to an email at that address

* Terrain, Hobby supplies, Warhammer/ 40k at 10% off
http://www.wargamesworkshop.com/Category...px?CatID=5

*All the casting/ mouldmaking equipment you would ever need (resin, metal, plaster) (UK)
http://www.tiranti.co.uk/index.asp

* Prince August casting metals
http://www.princeaugust.ie/metal/index.html

* Suppliers and links to many hobby materials, terrain and accessories.
http://www.barrule.com/Workshop/products.html

* Sylmasta.  Mould making, metal and resin suppliers.
http://www.sylmasta.com/acatalog/Online_...ng_75.html

* 4D Model Shop.  Suppliers of just about everything (including pink foam).
http://www.yellowcatshop.co.uk/shop/defa...id=3500111

* Wooden Bases - Suppliers of display bases of loads of sizes and shapes
http://www.woodenbases.co.uk/round_bases.php

If people find suitable links, just reply to this thread and they will be copied into this first post.

http://www.wargamesworkshop.com/GroupLis...1&DivID=45 (Have a look around it!)

This is the ulti link for painting and modeling tutorials:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article

After Grim posted about that amazing sculptor, scibor, I found this tutorial on his website:

http://www.sciborminiatures.com/en_,scul...php?id=571

hey may I ask where I could get a good guide to taking photos of minis? All of my attempts end up like a little black blob.... and i'm using macro and i've tried using other peoples cameras.

I have updated this with loads of links from my favourites.  I have some somewhere on how to sculpt faces specifically, but that will need some searching.

@Rumi
I've added one on this

very useful

dude sweet this info will help me make an army worth 1000000x ????????? slaves

Add this beast to your list of suppliers:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Foundations-of-War

Holy moly:
http://www.happy-angel-enterprise.biz/Vi...molds.html

Casting and Molding tutorials a plenty.

A friend of mine is looking to start sculpting, he has just started and has had not instruction before, what would be a good starter website for me to email to him, I ask for I have no idea about sculpting AT ALL.
He asked me if I knew of any site and I said I would ask here at CDO as it is flooded with talent!

how had I not seen this post before!? I *really* want to learn NMM! Thanks Grimmy, those links look awesome (if I weren't still at work, I'd try them out now. *sigh*)

i told some of my friends at my local gw (in square one) and they loved it because of them my friend moe won a bronze deamon at this years games day

glowing fist o' power!!! so cool, must learn to do and integrate somehow...
http://www.ironhalo.net/lighting.htm

this guy has some amazing work on his site, and has a couple other in his tips section

Hey All I found a great website (and the cheapest one i found) with all the supplies you need to mold and cast what ever.

just go down the page, there is silicon for molding (1:1 silicons and 10:1)
and resins for casting (also has metals for casting in metal Happy )

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/suppl...tingx.html

there ya all go Happy

404 not found.

Edit: I see, it condensed the url. Here is the real one:

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/
supplies_folder/casting/castingx.html

Put those in one line.

If anyone wants terrain or buildings and they aren't afraid of using plaster to cast, check out;

http://www.theterrainstore.com/

They have loads of molds available for nearly every type of building. I found this store after purchasing a set of components on ebay and being linked to this page for the assembly instructions.

Well worth a look.

Good for cheaper models: Wargame Store.