With the year in full swing, these have been some of our favorite hobby products for miniatures 2021 that we’ve found so far!
If you’ve been trying to step up your hobby game and have been interested in what the Spikey Bits team uses, take a minute to look over our list of these hobby products we have found recently, but have been super impactful.
Razer Iskur Gaming-Chair
Ergonomic Lumbar Support System: Enjoy total lower back support with a built-in, fully adjustable lumbar curve that closely aligns to your spine—ensuring ideal posture for maximum comfort in gaming marathons.
While this chair isn’t cheap, saving your back and body should be worthwhile. If you want to see our full list of hobby supplies, check it out here!
High-Density Foam Cushions: The denser, durable cushions have a plush feel and offer better contouring, allowing your weight to apply just enough pressure as they mold to support your unique body shape.
Anycubic Photon Mono
If you’ve been looking for a decently priced 3D printer that can do a lot, this is a great buy! While it doesn’t have all the trimmings of a more expensive printer, it is way cheaper. Here are some specs on this one:
- 2.5X Faster Resin 3D Printer,ANYCUBIC Photon Mono 3D Printer’s printing speed is 2.5X faster than the regular 3d printers, rapid prototyping greatly improved printing efficiency and saved more time, comes with a 6.08” 2K Monochrome LCD and only takes 1.5 seconds per layer exposure to cure resin, whose service life is 4 times that of RGB LCD screen, save material and costs
- High Accuracy and Strong Stability, ANYCUBIC Photon Mono LCD screen Adopts matrix parallel light source 15 pcs lamp beads, is able to carry out uniform exposure, improve the quality of models, Z-axis guide rail structure and stepper motor have better stability, with an accuracy of 0.01mm, it effectively eliminating layer patterns, It’s a great 3D printer for printing games, movies, cartoon characters, miniatures, etc.
Refilling Paint Water Pot
The Rinse Well is a hobby tool used to get your paintbrushes squeaky clean between colors. The kit includes a water reservoir and a freshwater system. A 28 oz water reservoir gives you a constant flow of fresh water to clean your paintbrushes. Once filled up, it will give you a small bit of water to clean your brush. Dip your brush in to clean your paint like normal, but the Rinse Well is a nice extra feature.
Bomb Wicks & Igniter Miniature Paint Brushes
Bomb Wick Paint Brushes from Monument is an insane deal! They work great, last, and are very affordable for the quality.
Tons of New Supplies for Hobbying
- Tentacle & Tube Maker – This makes creating tubes, and tentacles super simple with greenstuff.
- Hand Sized Pin Vice– Perfect for holding any tool and little pieces.
- Drill Bits For Magnets– Well, this one is pretty obvious! These are perfectly sized bits for tons of common magnets and work great with the larger pin vice above.
- High-Quality Sable Paint Brushes– These are some amazing brushes that will make painting that much better!
- Silly putty (for airbrush masking)– This works better than tape because you can shape it any way you want and then easily pull it off when you’re done.
- Monument hobbies cutting blade and mat– A great knife that is super reliable and won’t roll of your table. Also, the mat is so much better than doing it on a table.
- Dead Flat Testors Lusterless Replacement– The perfect way to keep your hobby supplies and free of rust, dust, or corrosion
- Dremel Rotary Tool– When you need to drill something small out, this is so much better than breaking out the big drill. You can also use the other bits for tons of hobby-related projects.
- Liquitex Resin Sand– This stuff is amazing! It turns your bases amazing with very little effort.
- Goose Neck Bottle for Cleaning AB– These make cleaning out your airbrush much easier and for the price, we can’t complain.
Figure Storage/Lights
LED Kit for Ikea Case:
Rob uses this with his new Ikea cases and the light in them has been great. This whole set is only $20.99, not a bad deal considering the ones from IKEA started at over $40, and to be honest, isn’t as bright or as customizable. If you want to grab the same lights, we have the link for you right here.
It comes with 6 of the 20″ light strips, has a dimmer, remote, and 8 (4″ and 6″) of the hoppers/bracket pieces as well. It’s really nice to be able to adjust the lighting so you don’t have a blaring light all the time.
3 Outlet Remote to control multiple sets of lights, devices, fans, etc…
When you have a bunch of light cases or devices set up you want to be controlled on one remote, this is a great and cheap way to do it!
Our List of Favorite Hobby Supplies from Previous Years
As the world becomes increasingly modern, hobby technology has skyrocketed. Take a look at these products we recommend that’ll make your hobby journey a bit smoother.
Please let us know if there is something you still can’t find or think we should check out for a future review!
TUTORIAL: Make your own light halo for under $50
Products For The Hobby Table
- Ultrasonic model cleaner. Quickly clean parts and tools
- Light Halo (featured above)– Tutorial With Parts List
- Overhead Triple Bright Lamp– I use two of these on my hobby table.
- Smaller Ultrasonic cleaner– Both ultrasonic model cleaners are sweet at saving you time with a hands-free way of washing the chemicals off of your resin pieces.
REVIEW: Take Your Models Anywhere with This Mobile Hobby Table
- Dx Racer Chair– A good chair is something you don’t want to skip out on if you find yourself at the hobby desk. This is what Rob uses himself.
- Gunnar Glasses- Protect From Harmful Blue Light, great for those harsh painting lights and computer monitor
- Purple Pad makes any chair better – hobbying takes a lot out of you and this pad is great for long hours in the chair.
- Ott Light Portable Light with No Clamps– perfect for on the go light for your projects
TUTORIAL: Cleaning Models With The Ultrasonic Model Cleaner (large)
- “Vortex” Heavy-duty paint mixer is more fun than it should be
- Mr. Polisher for trimming mold lines– Resin and plastic injections still come with mold lines that are visible after paint. Take it all off with Mr. Polisher
- Refilling Paint Water Pot– If you’re painting with a bunch of different colors, you can save yourself the trips of dumping water with the press of a button.
TUTORIAL: Best Mixer Shaker for Wargames Miniatures Paints
- Masters Airbrush Spray Booth With LED Lights- remove harmful particles from the air, and still be able to see your models!
- Gamer Black Dual Fan Spray Booth – Just like the booth above, but has two fans, and comes in a slick color!
- Amazon 11×17 Poster Frame 2 Pack for Warhammer starter box inserts.
- Mobile Hobby Table- mobile dedicated hobby table you can use anywhere.
REVIEW:Spray Booth With LED Lights Black Spray Booth (New Product)
- Indoor Filters For Spray Booth– Keeps your hobby airspace clean if you’ll be priming and airbrushing a bunch.
- Wet Pallet (small)– If you’re tired of wasting your paints by watching them dry as you work on your models, it’s time to grab a wet pallet.
Hobby Supplies to Pick Up
TUTORIAL: Transferring Citadel Paints to Dropper Bottles: Decant
- 15ml Dropper Bottles– Swap the Citadel paint pots with these dropper bottles and keep them from drying out.
- 30ml Dropper Bottles (for contrast and large pots)
- Shoe Holder For Spray Can Storage– store your spray cans out of sight behind a door!
- Matte Coat In Any Conditions: Rust-Oleum Dead Flat Spray– Never ruin a miniature again! TUTORIAL: Remove Dust & Fix Matte Coat Crazing/Frosting
- Dead Flat Testors Lusterless Replacement
REVIEW: Take Better Pictures of Your Minis With These
- Vallejo Plastic putty for gap filling– Green Stuff has its uses, but this is awesome for filling in small cracks and crevices between bits.
- Tamiya Extra-Thin Cement Quick-Setting– Great for ETB and all those “sliced” plastic model characters
- Testors Liquid Cement For Plastics
- Selfie Light for Miniatures– works great for taking pics of your minis for posting to social media.
- Cheesecloth- for making Camo cloaks for miniatures. TUTORIAL: Shockingly Easy: Make Camo Cloaks For Your Miniatures
TUTORIAL: Easy Lift-Off- Great for lifting paint off of minis you want to restore
- Testors Easy Lift Off Stripper (ELO)– A must-have if you’re restoring a model or bringing some older ones up to speed.
- Hobby Holder– GW’s handles are great if you buy them all. This product is a one-stop solution to most miniature sizes.
- Metallic Sharpie Markers For Painting– Great for quick trimming details on smaller models like shoulder pads/Titanicus
- Cheat at applying decals: Micro Sol/Set- Never have trouble with Decals again! TUTORIAL: Don’t Suck At Applying Transfers & Decals Anymore!
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Winsor Newton Cleaner removes dried paint– This cleaner does not play. You will need to use it with metal or glass containers it will eat plastic!
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Jentastic Brush Goop Conditioner after each use– Invented by a lady, but strong enough to protect and condition your brushes!
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Shapers Brushes for filling gaps with putties– If you’re doing high-detail work on a conversion and need to fill gaps with plastic putty or green stuff.
- Cheap Paint Brushes
- High-Quality Sable Paint Brushes
REVIEW: Bomb Wicks VS Citadel & Winsor Newton Brushes
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Green Stuff is hands down the best for freehand sculpting just about anything
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Sculpting Set this a great set for doing all that sculpting with green stuff above TUTORIAL: Sculpting Detail on Miniatures is Easy
- Dremel Tool Set – Variable Speed, great set for working with resin miniatures and terrain!
- 2″ low stick masking tape for marking off 40k new board sizes on existing mats TUTORIAL: Easy Fix For New 40k Table Sizes!
- Tentacle & Tube Maker: Must have for converters, the clear version rocks!
- Bomb Wicks & Igniter miniature paint brushes– Some of the best brushes I’ve ever used and reasonably priced as well.
- Resin Sand– Helps to build up texture around scenic basing bits to flat plastic beveled bases. TUTORIAL: Beginner’s Guide To Making Bases With Pumice
- Refilling Paint Water Pot
- Hand Sized Pin Vice
- Drill Bits For Magnets
TUTORIAL: This Product Changes Everything!
- Mr. Hobby Multi-Black Weathering– one of the easiest ways to get great dirty, grimy weathering on your painted models.
- Ground Brown Mr. Hobby Weathering
- Mr. Hobby Weathering Stain Brown
- White Wash Mr. Hobby Weathering
- Mr. Hobby Weathering Solvent– for cutting back the weathering solution.
For Streaming
A new section featuring all the gear we use to record video content and stream. You can check out the full list here from the video above.
3D Printers Are Great For Miniatures
TUTORIAL: Learn 3D Printing Today
These days it’s even easier for hobbyists to source and print bits, perhaps more so than any of us had thought. The undeniable allure is that it’s not too expensive for any person to get into 3D printing in order to monetize and/or supplement their hobby.
3D Printers:
ANYCUBIC Photon UV LCD 3D Printer (left) and Photon S (right). Image theSLAchannel
- Anycubic photon S 3D printer is magic for minis.
- Anycubic Photon is pretty affordable and easy to use.
- New Anycubic Wash & Cure Station is here! Now you can wash and cure your 3d prints super easy in one single unit! Just detach your build plate from your Photon printer and attach it to the wash station, then dry and cure!
- Anycubic Photon Mono
- Elegoo Mars has pretty high marks as well from folks.
Recommended Airbrushes & Supplies
Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Airbrush (left) and Colani (right) REVIEW: High-End Airbrushes
- H&S Colani Airbrush– Amazing quality for the price.
- H&S Ultra Airbrush Probably one of the best “starting airbrushes” on the market.
- H&S Evolution Airbrush (Lightweight Aluminium)
- H&S Evolution Airbrush (Chrome finish)
- Badger Patriot 105
- Iwata Eclipse Airbrush– An awesome airbrush to get you started.
- GSI Creos .18 Super fine Airbrush Great for the smallest of details.
Tooty No-Name Compressor REVIEW: More Than a Beginner Airbrush Compressor
- Sparmax Compressor– Name Brand Super Heavy duty and quiet.
- Tooty No-Name Compressor– This is a solid overall compressor that comes with an air reservoir if your airbrush didn’t come with one.
- Aspire Compressor
- Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver Makes Airbrushing EASY!
- Vallejo Airbrush Thinner Thinner is great for getting your paints to the right consistency.
- Iwata Airbrush Lube – keep your metals lubed up!
- Grex Airbrush Cleaner – The second you buy an airbrush, you should also invest in some cleaner.
- Goose Neck Bottle for Cleaning AB– Clean your AB from every angle with high powered water!
- Tamiya Masking Tape For Miniatures: 18mm Large 10mm Medium 6mm Small
Miniature Figure Storage
TUTORIAL: Store Your Miniatures Safely For Under $20
- Collapsible Tournament Push Cart– This thing is MONEY. You can roll up to the tournament, pull out your minis, collapse this thing and tuck it under the table.
- Clear Case For Miniatures 15″x 17″, 6″ Tall
- Project Cart With 6 Cases for Miniatures 12″x12″ 2″-1/2“
REVIEW: Pack & Roll Foldable Tournament Cart
- Steel Sheet (For Clear Cases)- use as a base for something to magnetize your minis to.
- 3M Double Sided Mounted Table (For Steel Sheets)
- 10 Adhesive Magnetic Sheets 8.5″ x 11″ 20 mil Magnet Peel & Stick– If you want a peel-off magnet sheet for your minis to stick to, this is perfect.
TUTORIAL: Store Your Larger Miniatures Safely Too!
- Sterlite Bins x12 – You can put a metal sheet in the bottom of these and throw your minis with magnetized bases inside!
- Hobby Bags – You can never have enough transportable bags to keep your hobby supplies in one spot
- Large Acid-Free Cases- Perfect for miniatures like Magnus, Mortarion, Beetle Lady and more.
- LED Set For IKEA Case
- 3 Outlet Remote to control multiple sets of lights, devices, fans, etc…
Titanicus Hobby Gear
TUTORIAL: Magnetize Your Adeptus Titanicus Command Terminals
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Have you tried any of these yet? What’s your favorite product you’ve found in 2021?
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
Job Title: Head Writer & Editor
Socials: @paschbass
About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
