hey guys, im painting some 1/35th modern infantry figures, but the smallest brushes i buy at the craft store are still toooo big for the minor details, i friend of mine suggested using cocktail sticks for small parts, are there any other suggestions for small details and anyting, except a paint brush that can come in handy now and then, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yours CJ

You should check out art supply stores rather than craft. They will certainly have a bigger selection of brushes.

For small detail like eyes of 1/35 figures, many use the end of a sharpened tooth pick to put in the whites and iris/pupils.

There are other things that are useful for figs. Small round files, sandpaper, pin drill, dremel.

Ditto JPeiper re: art stores. Call around and ask if they have a 20/0 spotter. Those are pretty darn small.

Your hobby shop should have high quality brushes as well. Of course, they are more expensive.

I got home and started to work on my figs and I remembered...

Optivisor - For us 40+ guys this is a necessity.

Also, exacto saw and knife, CA gel, plastic cement, turpenoid, and most of all lots of patience.

Also, you can find good discounts on WN Series 7 on many on line art supply stores ie Dick Blick

I get my brushes at the local craft store and they get Really small.
On an occasion I will want to use something a bit different to apply a dot of paint.
To do that I usually use a sharpened toothpick or bit of hobby wire. I just dab the tool into some paint and gently touch the kit.
For the most part brushes do 98% of the non AB stuff.

I even use fine tip permanent marker sometimes for small details. Art stores have these in silver, gold,black, red, etc. Can be handy sometimes, but try out a new pen on some waste first. If it runs after a wash, you may have to varnish first!

thanks for all of the suggestions guys, they will come in really handy for my painting

I have come to depend on Microbrushes for quite a bit of tiny detail work. I swear by them. Here is a link to Micro-Mark, which carries them, but I think most modeling stores carry them as well. Micro-Mark seems to have the best price, IMHO, if mail-order is an option for you.

Microbrushes

Mike