Telthys Creative: Dwarven Forge gaming tiles - 2013 Dungeon set: Hand-painting steps

Dwarven Forge ran a Kickstarter campaign in 2013 to create expensive steel molds for extremely durable gaming tiles. Their initial foray into this arena was with the Dungeon tile set. I bought a few sets then, and I have pledged for more sets in their current (2014) Kickstarter campaign. The current campaign is for a Cavern set. I should state that the Cavern tiles look more difficult to paint, so I ordered pre-painted tiles this year.

In the previous Kickstarter, I bought unpainted tiles. They were perhaps $30 cheaper for set, and I felt if I wanted to paint them I could handle it myself. Around a month ago, I finally got serious about painting them. Dwarven Forge produced a very helpful in-depth video demonstrating how to paint the tiles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VCa23FMigw An experienced painter might this video unnecessary, but I certainly felt more comfortable after seeing Stephan's demonstrations. The video covers intricate details like proper drybrushing and color recommendations, to the mundane aspects like mixing paints and cleaning brushes.

The video shows four painting steps. The pictures below show the process from unpainted tiles to final game-ready painted tiles. I also included a picture of a tile painted using stone-texture spray paint. (Had to try it. Would have been a great time-saver.)