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Greetings everyone: I was going to post an article today about the differences between blending and the more common wet blending. I wanted to talk about this because although wet blending is a very common technique, no one out there (on the forums, etc) seemed to be talking about just basic BLENDING. To be clear, […]
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Johnathan Ho entered this amazingly done conversion for our FREE Wraithknight contest, and while he didn’t win this one, he did win the last one we did! After a little coaxing (not much) Johnathan sent over this article on how he made his “Justicar Weiss”. Now if we can just get him to share more models with […]
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I love to paint. So while it’s perfectly acceptable to leave those clear cockpits unpainted, I just can’t resist painting them.
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Greetings fellow wargamers! We all know the value of sand as a basing solution for our miniatures. Most veteran painters will tell you to glue sand to your base before painting so that you paint the sand too. A common technique is to glue sand down, glop on some black and spread it around, then […]
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Good morning internet! It’s JStove back in action, your resident purple people eater and Emperor’s Child, the original son of Legion III. Today, I want to talk to you about Horus Heresy games. Now, if you’re a marine player of any kind, and 75% of you are, (Thanks GW!) then you’re probably at least passingly […]
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Time is money, after all, or so they say.So I’m a power tool kinda guy. I like anything that saves me time. Most power tools that I use run less then $150 bucks and for the time they save me I feel that purchase price is generally well worth the time saved. And if time […]
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Greetings fellow wargamers! My buddy Spence recently acquired a Wraithknight model for his Dark Eldar/allied Eldar army. I mean, how could he resist? At nearly 9″ tall, this model could punt a carnifex like a football. In a rare shift for GW, the kit contains 4 different arms to explore all the different options for […]
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In my final “Heavy Handed” post I thought I’d share my homemade artillery piece. I wanted the incredible firepower this contraption spits out (4 blast markers per turn) but didn’t really want to spend the money on the very expensive and bulky GW model. So I started figuring out how to make my own. The […]
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I noticed a lack of information on the true basics of basing, so, let’s give it a go. I’ll break this down into several parts so that it’s not overwhelming. Any questions? Feel free to ask, and I’ll do my best to answer them while working through this series of articles. While this will lack […]
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Greetings fellow wargamers! A friend of mine wanted an alternative to the Azrael figure offered by GW, but had a limited budget to work with. He asked me to research a cheap alternative. And so a new conversion begins . . . For this particular build, I drew from two bits: the Dark Vengeance Lord […]
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Checkout this SWEET tutorial from IDIC Beer on how to paint Fire Dragons in the amazing (but very hard to do), Orange and Yellow color scheme. Courtesy of IDIC Beer! Nick speaking, I know a lot of people are not fans of how GW paint their Fire Dragons, and yes, they are rather bright, but personally […]
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Hello everyone! Cadaver here from Home Of Cadaver Has it ever happened to you, having a unit from your codex that you absolutely love but on the other hand you hate the model that is available for it? Well that’s exactly what happened to me with the Helldrake unit from the latest Chaos codex, I totally despise […]
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Hey everyone, it’s CJ again. Since having done the tutorial for a Krootichan there was something I noticed that isn’t out there on the internet too much, and I want to rectify it. Recently here we built a Tyranid army and we started with a set of alien invasion shale bases which went off the market mid build. […]
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Back in July I bought the brand new Ork Flyer while I was in the States on leave from deployment, boxed it up and shipped it back to the desert. When it got to me I wasted no time in building it as a Dakka Jet. Then Hobby ADD kicked in and it got put […]
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Hey guys, Rage of Khorne here from The Order of Chaos gaming club. Lately I’ve been working on some Dark Vengeance models and they’re one of the most difficult colour schemes I have ever painted. Alpha legion colours used to be a bright blue green colour scheme but in the latest rendition of the Chaos […]
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Welcome to my newest airbrushing tutorial, this time on how to paint Tzeentch Screamers! The last series of tutorials went so well, that a lot of you all had asked for more! So thanks for being patience as I put this together for everyone. Around last summer, right after I finished airbrushing up all my […]
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I’m a huge fan of Orks, Bad Moons to be specific. The yellow and black with the green skin is super striking and eye catching and a well painted Bad Moon army looks amazing on the table. Back in July I bought the brand new Ork Flyer while I was in the States on leave […]
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Hey guys, Rage of Khorne here from The Order of Chaos gaming society looking to paint up some banners for my loyalist Sons of Horus 30K army. This step by step tutorial focuses on black banners with white detailing and minimal colours but the process I use can be substituted for many other colour combos. Some other […]
Read MorePainting Warhammer miniatures is all part of the fun of the hobby! However, sometimes getting paint on those gray models can sometimes be a bit of a hurdle. So, here’s how to paint Warhammer miniatures, the tutorials you need, and plenty of inspiration. Plus, playing with painted armies just makes the game so much better, and if you’re going to a tournament, everything must be painted.
Whether you’re painting your thousandth mini and are just looking for some new tips or are painting your first Warhammer miniature, you can always keep learning. That’s one of the coolest parts of the hobby that you can see your progress in a very visual way, and playing games with fully painted armies is hugely appealing.
Over the years, there have also been huge improvements in the techniques, paints, and products. Most notably, airbrushing Warhammer miniatures have started to take over the painting scene, and it has a pretty steep learning curve. Still, when you start to understand it, airbrushing makes painting much faster and better.
Acrylic paints are the most commonly used for painting Warhammer miniatures, 3D printed miniatures, historical figures, and any RPG models. However, there are a ton of companies out there that make paint specifically for miniatures. Here are some of the best and why to pick what.
If you want to see all the paints tested against one another, check out a full comparison here.
If you’re playing Warhammer 40k, the Necrons take the top spot as the easiest to paint as they are just mainly metal and can be drybrushed silver for the majority of the paint job. For AoS, Stormcast Eternals are the easiest, as they are almost all armor, meaning no faces (generally), and the paint schemes are very simple.
The easiest way is to start putting paint on models. However, this is where test models come in. The best thing to do is buy some models you don’t care about too much, then you can test your paint schemes, what paints you like, etc… on those and not worry about how they come out.
We recommend finding a tutorial with the exact paint scheme you want for your models and trying to replicate exactly what you see. Eventually, you will be able to branch out but try to just copy what you see until you have the techniques down.
The first thing you want is good lighting! We recommend getting some lamps that can give you good light and get two of them so they don’t cast shadows on your models. After that, it’s best to decide on your paint scheme before you put any paint on the mini.
You decide the primary colors you want everything to be, making it easier to just fill them in. Then, the next thing you need to do is prime the miniature, there are a few ways to go about it, but you can paint on the primer, but using a spray can is generally the easiest way.
Then you can get into the painting; you want to start with your basecoat (the darker and primary colors of your paint scheme). Once you have the main colors blocked in, you can either use a wash paint or start highlighting. If you want to learn how to paint your first Warhammer miniature, check out an easy-to-follow tutorial here.
It’s not really hard, as painting is part of the hobby, and even if your miniatures don’t win any painting competitions, it’s all about putting paint on those gray models! With the insane number of tutorials out there, you can learn quite quickly how to get better and get those models on the table!
