{"id":18,"date":"2016-12-05T01:51:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T01:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/?p=18"},"modified":"2018-01-15T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T18:20:59","slug":"the-dip-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/2016\/12\/05\/the-dip-method\/","title":{"rendered":"The DIP Method"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DIP Method is a technique primarily used by speed painters to shade\u00a0and varnish large numbers of miniatures relatively quickly. My interest in it is primarily because this varnish makes for very\u00a0durable miniatures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/minwax-polyshades-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Minwax PolyShades\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/minwax-polyshades-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/minwax-polyshades-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/minwax-polyshades-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/minwax-polyshades-533x300.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was the first varnish that I used. The reason it&#8217;s called the DIP method is that you literally dip the miniatures into this can, let the excess drip\u00a0off, sponge\u00a0off unwanted pooling, and then let them dry. For better or for worse, the shading effect can be very dramatic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>More detailed tutorials can be found at the following sites.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seankreynolds.com\/rpgfiles\/miniatures\/speedpainting_thedip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speed Painting: The DIP Method<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"geeklist_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/geeklist\/43744\/dip-method-step-step-guide-painting-miniatures\">The DIP Method: A Step by Step Guide to Painting Miniatures<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"geeklist_title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gfbrobot.com\/2010\/12\/03\/andrews-guide-to-dipping-minis\/\">Andrew&#8217;s Guide to Dipping Minis<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DIP Method is a technique primarily used by speed painters to shade\u00a0and varnish large numbers of miniatures relatively quickly. My interest in it is primarily because this varnish makes for very\u00a0durable miniatures. This was the first varnish that I used. The reason it&#8217;s called the DIP method is that you literally dip the miniatures&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/2016\/12\/05\/the-dip-method\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minis","tag-tools","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/minwax-polyshades.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aZ1W-i","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}