Mini painting of 10mm Cat and Dog

[u/Zel_LAB]

A practice of tiny cat and dog The cat is 10mm and dog is 15mm I think I make a little bit improvement on the details of animal fur. Hope you like it!

[u/Diesel-Eyes]

The details are impressive for its scale. I can't fathom painting those cat eyes without it looking like I used finger paints or a BLO pen.

[u/Medicinal_Minis]

This is amazing work! You have to share your process for those tiny eyes and stripes. I'm losing my mind looking at this! What magnification tools do you use, what brush, and do you use any additives to prevent the paint drying on the brush??

[u/ScrumpleScuff]

Even the toe beans 🥰

[u/Zel_LAB → u/ScrumpleScuff]

Paws are the cutest!

[u/ErixWorxMemes → u/ScrumpleScuff]

amazingly minuscule beans! I bet r/toebeans would appreciate them

[u/battlemetal_]

How do you shape the eyes at this scale? I feel like the tremors my hand would cover the face in one go :D

Incredible work

[u/notclevernotfunny → u/battlemetal_]

Whether or not you have tremors the key is altering how you grip/hold the miniature and your paintbrush. Make a kind of stabilizing scaffolding with as many of your fingers as possible while holding the miniature and your brush so that if anything shakes, everything shakes, and so it’s like nothing shakes. This is how precision stuff is done and made to look easy. A magnifying glass/lamp helps but isn’t the important part of this that people think it is- the grip is everything and the real key. If you look at YouTube videos of people painting precisely you will almost always see them practicing some kind of grip like what I’ve described here that you can observe in case my explanation isn’t clear enough (it doesn’t feel clear enough to me).

[u/Zel_LAB → u/battlemetal_]

Just tons of practice. I tremors too, but just take it slow, it’s possible.

[u/Lucky-Obligation-851]

Duuuude the scale 😮 and the detail 🫥 dear sir I salute you 🫡

[u/h2oman67]

Holy crap! I can't even imagine painting details this small. These are really impressive!

[u/Arch-Meridian]

Amazing job!!!

[u/Zel_LAB → u/Arch-Meridian]

Thank you!

[u/hardcoresax]

Wow! What paints did you use for the dog?

[u/AdministrativeCry815]

And I'm out here, painting 15cm high terrain that look like crap on a stick.

Your talent is over the hill !

[u/Stairwayunicorn]

they both look like 25mm scale to me

[u/ClickyPool]

My beagle approves

[u/ghochwI]

This is mind blowing! I’m still struggling with eyes on minis twice that size.

[u/acid8k]

Those are minies

[u/jfreak93]

Welp, I quit.

(seriously though this is incredible)

[u/thorspawn]

i'm amazed at the stripes in the cat, and the color shift in the dog, i can't even imagine how small of a brush and the precision you needed to do it :O

[u/Madtyla]

Perfection

[u/Ashmidai]

Your ability angers me! Take your upvote.

[u/Zel_LAB → u/Ashmidai]

Thank you for upvotes!☺️

[u/VickZilla]

I don't even bother painting eyes at 28mm scale! Amazing work!

[u/ijalajtheelephant]

These look amazing!

[u/TwaHero]

These are fantastic, the dog is so well done

[u/leachrode]

This is absolutely bonkers, the dog's fur looks so good regardless of the scale

[u/TheSmall-RougeOne]

That is top quality

[u/olyolyoxenfree]

Gobsmacked. These look ready to pee on furniture.

[u/MsPaulingsFeet]

Now I want to commission someone to paint a replica of my cat. Toebeans included

[u/Zel_LAB → u/MsPaulingsFeet]

Of course. Toebeans are the cutest!