Supplies

Basic Info

• Safety
• Whether a beginner or a pro, this document has taught many a lesson. 
• Sourcing
• General points on where to look and what to buy.

The Essentials   

Bitz Save everything you come across, one day it'll be useful	Brushes Different brushes are for painting different things	Cases Money saving tips to find cases to protect your minis	Cutters Cleanly remove minis from sprues, cut wire / thicker metals / pipes easy	Desk This is my workspace. There are many like it, but this one is mine
Glues What types to use for different materials	Knives Clean mold lines and other blades for more uses	Lighting Types of lights and colour theory for choosing the right one	Paints Citadel paints are usually just fine, but there are different qualities	Paper Towels Other things to use them for besides cleaning your brush than you'd think.
Primer How to prime models to ensure paint sticks to models	Washes Washes make your shading and blending easier	Water Details on something to clean you brush in, and provide you with clean water.

Extra Supplies, Equipment and Hardware

Blu-Stuff Create a mould for copying bits and sculpts	Brush Cleaner Restore your dead brushes!	Chains Add to vehicles, armour, whips, etc.	Chisels Carefully remove sections from wood pieces	Clamps Firmly hold things in place
Containers (Boxes) You'll need things to keep your bitz in	Drill (Pin Vice) Create holes for pinning or effects	Files Different shapes and roughnesses for different jobs	Flock Fake grass, moss, and other basing supplies.	Funnel Helpful for cleaning up piles of sand from your terrain.
Gels Fake water, fire, textured paints or other surfaces	Gesso Paint on primer for extreme climates	Green Stuff Putty that hardens and can be sculpted	Guitar Strings Create fake pipes for gear	Magnets For rotateble or replaceable equipment
Mediums Make paints blend better, take longer to dry and so on	Mesh Fencing, barred windows, grated floors, trellis', etc	Mirrors Buildings, alien water, reflective bases, etc.	Nail Jewels Cheap and quality fake jewels ready to use	Paint Stripper Remove paint from old minis
Palettes Somewhere to mix your paints and tip your brush	Picks  clean old models, scrape paint, shape putty, battle damage	Pipe Cutters Cut pipe without pinching the ends.	Putty Fill gaps, modify models / terrain	Rust Eraser Remove rust from your metallic tools.
Rust Cleaner Removing rust in bulk from a bunch of tools, bits, etc	Sand Will make bases / terrain look more real or alien	Soldering Iron Minor welding, realistic effects	Spice Racks Holding flock, sand, etc	Sponges Painting larger areas with a speckle effect
Stone Basing / terrain "boulders"	Tack Hold bits or body parts and props things up while gluing or testing	Tin Snips Scissors for cutting metal	Torch Heat sources, to shape, cut, melt and so on	Trowel Spreading glue, gel, putty and sometimes even glue
Varnish Protects models from scratches with matte / satin / gloss finish	Whet Stone Sharpen your hobby knives	Wire Pin models, create terrain, barbed wire, stir sticks, etc

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