Comments: Softcover, 50 pages, 277 color photos


ISBN: 978-2-241-10500-3


Price: €14.95 (about $18.30)


Publisher: Mr. Black Publications

From the publisher: Eight articles from six well-known miniaturists with tips and techniques for modeling miniature figures, vignettes, and small dioramas, from ancient times up to World War II. Great detail with lots of step-by-step photos and explanatory text.

Modeling subjects include but are not limited to: Life Miniatures 200mm bust of Sir Winston Churchill; Antonio Zapatero Guardini-sculpted 75mm mounted figure; Pegaso 90mm Thraex gladiator; Wings Cockpit 54mm German World War I ace Oswald Boelcke; Model Cellar 75mm British “Trench Raider” and 54mm two-figure German pilot and mechanic; Hawk Miniatures 180mm bust of Edward Corringham “Mick” Mannock; and Alpine Miniatures 1/35 scale Waffen SS AFV crew, 1944-45.

FSM says: Detailed step-by-step painting of skin tones, clothing, and equipment; paint color/conversion/mixing charts; beginner’s notes on photography; detailed notes on painting style and techniques; suggestions for groundwork and display bases. Each chapter provides a short history of the modeling subject.