Ann’s Summer Solstice painting challenge
Ann’s latest blogger painting challenge is themed around painting miniatures, or some diorama piece for the summer solstice (June 21, if you were wondering). I rarely do dioramas myself, but … Continue reading
Duncan paints Iron Warriors
Duncan Rhodes has a new video up, this one deals with painting the Iron Warriors of Warhammer 40,000. He puts some interesting touches on the model, which for me raise … Continue reading
Painting terrain with Midwinter Minis
There’s a new short video from Midwinter Minis on YouTube about painting terrain quickly – and without using any paint brushes. In this video Guy uses rattle cans, some home-made … Continue reading
Tray 7: everything old
With tray 6 completed it’s time to bring out tray 7. In a break with all other trays so far, there is nothing here that I have purchased within the … Continue reading
Undead painting tips from Squidmar
A short video from Squidmar appeared on YouTube a few days ago. This interested me twice – once because I’m always interested in new painting tips for skeletons, and second … Continue reading
Painting the Cursed City with Goobertown
Some people got their copies at least. The review copies that Games Workshop sent out have arrived, and this video shows two of the character models being painted. Brent is … Continue reading
A pleasant vortex
My vortex mixer arrived from Amazon in about 3 days rather than the 15 days Amazon said. Honestly, if I had noticed Amazon’s shipping estimate before buying I would have … Continue reading
Pile of Potential
Thanks to Jake I have discovered a new website to help hobbyists track their progress through their pile of miniatures. Pile of Potential is a website that lets you register … Continue reading
The End of Drazhar’s Dark Eldar Rainbow — Kuribo’s Painting
Drazhar is done! It took quite a while but honestly, it was a pretty enjoyable road to go down and the results hopefully speak for themselves. Here’s a look at … Continue reading
Duncan paints Sigvald
Following from last week’s sextet of Sigvalds, Duncan Rhodes has painted one as well. What I enjoyed about this video is that Duncan breaks down how to paint the model … Continue reading
March 2021 “Neglected But Not Forgotten” Painting Challenge — Ann’s Immaterium
For March I’ll be encouraging everyone to revisit their burgeoning pile of neglected models and pick one or a few old chestnuts you started and for whatever reason stopped working … Continue reading
Using 3D printers to boost your painting
This YouTube video from Geek Gaming jumped into my feed a few days ago. I liked Luke’s take on 3D printers. He freely admits they are a bit fiddly at … Continue reading
Plague Marine speed painting with Midwinter
Midwinter Minis posted a new video a couple of days ago, this one dealing with speed painting Plague Marines. This is definitely one I wish had come out before I … Continue reading
Project Eclipse: Drukhari Raiders — Fingers Left The Model
There’s been a big old gap since I last threw anything up here, looking back it was Augst- yoinks. It’s not that I haven’t been hobbying-I’ve been squeezing it in … Continue reading
Painting with a limited palette
A different painting video caught my eye on YouTube yesterday. In this video the painter (Marco) paints a figure over 3 hours to a standard that I would call ‘excellent.’ … Continue reading
New hobby challenge!: Character — Bjorn the Stormborn
Wrapping up the previous hobby challenge and being completely distracted by RL stuff (education, dreading the future of whether I’ll be able to find work after finishing college next year, … Continue reading
Midwinter Minis versus Dana Howl
Midwinter Minis and Dana Howl – two YouTube channels that I love. They are about to start collaborating, and their challenge is to swap painting styles for a miniature project. … Continue reading
Fiery yellow from Artis Opus
It wasn’t in time to inform my recent Brimstone Horrors, but this tutorial from Artis Opus is definitely something to consider the next time I want a similar effect. The … Continue reading
Old and new Goliaths with Midwinter
Midwinter minis has put up an entertaining new video, showing the results of speeding painting a pair of Goliath figures for Necromunda. The twist is that one of these is … Continue reading
What Duncan wishes he knew
Duncan Rhodes (ex-Games Workshop and now of his own miniature painting academy) has posted a great video for people who are painitng models. It’s a list of the 6 things … Continue reading
