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In the fall of 1990, I ventured south for college.  I took my painting and gaming with me, although for the first two years it was not exceptionally active in my life.  

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Then the summer of '93 between junior and senior year, I was a lifeguard on campus, and I had a lot of free time.  Hungates was close enough, and I bought and painted a lot.  I dabbled with sprucing up my basing.  I got better at my washes and dry brushing.  

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This is where I developed my basic approach to painting miniatures.  Block out the mini with all the colors doing a decent job at staying in the lines.  Then a black  or dark wash to black line and create shadows.  If the space is large enough, a dedicated color wash.  Repaint with base color on the raised portions, dry brush with highlights.  This means that I basically paint the miniature twice.  Inefficient, but it does let me see the color palette in play and make adjustments.

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I was still painting almost exclusively Ral Partha in this window.  In large part because that is what Hungates sold and also because they still had a lot of the AD&D licensed miniature line available.  Double checking, they did not lose the license until 1998.  So that tracks this window.  My paints were my old Polly S paints and a growing mix of Ral Partha paints.

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