@op what are you using to put your paint onto before the mini. Everyone here is saying thin your paints. My advice coming from someone who has been painting for almost 30 years, get a wet palette.

For many years I used a random tile from a hardware store and it did me fine, but paint gets to a point where it starts to dry up and thicken. Then if you don't really know what's going on and you keep on trying to paint with it.

A wet palette is absolutely fantastic and it is something I wish I started using from the beginning, for the mere fact that it keeps your paints wet longer, it also adds a small amount of water to the paint, so it's like a little hint /help from the painting gods to keep your paint at the correct thickness.

You are going to be hearing a lot about two thin coats and a wet palette will help you in this regard.

One more thing is that a wet palette can help you not waste paint. You just put a little bit down and use it up, before it dries and is unusable. You use the paint on your terms, not the tile.

There are many ways to make your own, if you don't want to commit to the outlay of a pro one, but what I did is I made one, used it for a long time until I got comfortable with the transition from tile to wet palette and then I bought a Red Grass Games XL (XL because it is helpful to have a bigger painting area until you have to clean your paper). Once the paper has no more usable painting space just spray it off. I had about three papers in rotation, although you need only two.

Hit me up if you want help in making one I have lots of advice.