With Warhammer 40,000’s 11th Edition launching on July 25th, Games Workshop has released the most beginner-friendly paint lineup they’ve ever put together. And if you’re a D&D miniature painter who’s been watching the buzz with one eyebrow raised, wondering whether any of these sets are actually worth picking up for your Drow and dragons –
Your first painted miniature is sitting on the desk in front of you. It doesn’t look right. Maybe the paint is thick and gloopy, covering the detail. Maybe the wash pooled in weird places and left tide marks. Maybe it just looks flat and lifeless compared to the photos you were following. Whatever the specific
A lighter week for freebies, but this week’s free miniature painting tutorials are genuinely worth your time – and one of them is worth knowing about now so you’re not late to it when it drops. Army Painter Painting Academy — Free Tutorial Hub with New Combat Se7ens Series The Army Painter Painting Academy is
If you’ve ever run a D&D encounter on a blank table with some dice standing in for walls, you already know the problem. The game works fine. But the moment you drop a few pieces of terrain on the table – a dungeon corridor, a crumbling archway, a chest half-buried in rubble – something shifts.
A lean one this week – just a single find, but a useful one if you’ve been wanting to push your monster painting forward. Free Step-by-Step Painting Guides: Warhammer Community (July Edition) Warhammer Community publishes free painting guides year-round, and this month’s content is themed around Chaos and Beastmen. The techniques covered – dark undercoats,
If you paint D&D miniatures and you’ve been vaguely 40K-curious for a while, this weekend might finally be the moment to do something about it. Games Workshop just announced a new wave of Warhammer 40,000 starter sets going up for pre-order this Saturday, July 12, with retail release on July 25 – and for the
The most common reason people leave their D&D miniatures unpainted is not lack of interest. It is the setup. The brushes, the water cup, the palette, the primers, the cleanup. When painting feels like a project, it does not happen. Army Painter’s Speedpaint Markers are designed to remove that friction entirely. Uncap. Shake. Paint. No
A solid three this week — a free beginner painting guide from one of the hobby’s most respected painters, a browser tool that deserves a permanent spot in your bookmarks, and a free Games Workshop mini available in stores from next Friday while stocks last. Miniature Painting Made Easy V2 — Free PDF Guide by
One of the fastest ways to make a D&D miniature look like it belongs in an actual dungeon is weathering. Rust on old iron bars. Green corrosion creeping across a bronze dragon’s hoard. Moss clinging to a forgotten statue. The problem is that most tutorials assume you want to spend hours layering and drybrushing to
You just dropped $295 on the Warhammer 40k Armageddon box, the biggest launch Games Workshop has made in years. Sixty-one push-fit miniatures, two armies, a stack of books and cards, and absolutely zero paints. Welcome to the hobby. This guide covers exactly what you need to get those minis painted, how to approach your first
