Arma

When people pull the paint away from the originals like do they do down the line of paint (imagine a horizontal line of paint then with the 2nd brush they pull the brush down the same horizontal line to one side if it)

or do they pull the paint out from one side to the other?

If you add a small blob of runny paint then blend it through until dry there will be a "crater" effect on the mini, the outline of the blob will take most of the pigment and both inside and outside the outline will be a darker shade, prominent enough to see. Then, if you try and cover it up with lighter layers the paint "sticks" to the ring and makes it even more prominent! If this happens to you I advise covering it up with the mid-tone and start again!

I have the crater problem regardless of how much paint I use - how thin paint are we talking here? I tried 7 to 1 almost maybe more. I always wondered if the paint you use counts too - I may try adding some kind of slow dry to my paint and see what happens....

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was it this:

http://minipainting-guild.net/tips/glass_bottles.html