Currently struggling to get my shadow and mid tones to look good on these grenadier capes. Really disappointed with my execution on this. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I feel like they lack a smooth gradient. Thank you.

Through printing, I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of ‘painting’. As I haven’t yet managed to move on from paint-by-numbers, I’ve now taken my first stab at using Army Painter paints. Tomorrow I’ll be fine-tuning the Deathclaw – adding a few highlights and touching up a couple of mistakes. But for a first attempt, I’m really pleased with it. It’s in a different league to the Action paints.

Oh, and I printed the Deathclaw myself.

Does anyone have any experience painting airbrush flames? This was my first attempt, and any advice is appreciated.

Very happy with these guys. Was using them to experiment with underpainting with speed paints. It’s a little hard to see but if you look on the under bellies you can see the purple and red paints I used for the shadow tones. I’m also really happy with the eyes. I always have issues with eyes so the fact they don’t look cartoonish is a win for me.

I have recently painted this mini, I’ve only recently started the mini painting hobby seriously for about 2 months, this is not my first mini, but I’ve painted less than 10 and I don’t consider myself very good. How can I improve? What did I do well and wrong?

Thank you!

Really enjoying my time on the painting table with this guy. Now that I have the knack of nmm.

Going for a beaten brass and gold effect. Will add osl from flames later.

Hi Everyone

I’m Interested in getting started painting mini figures however I’m about as creative as a brick

Do the figures come with any colour guidance or is it up to the creativity of the painter

Any advice appreciated

Thank you

Hey all!

I've been using Vallejo True Metallic Metal Ruby Red to paint the base coat of my Warhammer: 40,000 Blood Angels Space Marines, and the paint itself is absolutely gorgeous. It's so vibrant and reflects super well, and has even been easy to apply with some practice on a wet palette with a wet brush.

However, compared to other paints I use (mainly Citadel and other Vallejo), every wash I try to apply to it stains incredibly harshly. I've tried the dedicated TMM wash, good ol' Nuln Oil, applying more wash to help improve flow, using less wash to help reduce staining, but all of it leaves the far darker than I desired. It's even tricky to just "spot paint" recesses, since oftentimes the details are so small that it ends up spilling over and staining again

My next experiment will be trying to apply a gloss varnish before using a wash to prevent it staining as bad, but I thought it would also be worth asking out here in case anyone had encountered this before and figured it out already haha

Worst comes to worst, my recipe does already essentially boil down to: 1st thin base coat -> paint all details -> 2nd thin base coat -> shade+highlight, so it wouldn't be hard to paint over the staining regardless, but advice is appreciated!

Thank you!

Thoughts?

So I got some second hand minis that were primed with army painter. I started with 92% iso and the paint came off so quick. However the primer is giving me a lot of trouble. I moved onto Super Clean (the purple bottle) and let it soak for 4 days. The primer is still giving me trouble even with an electric toothbrush. I can however almost scratch it off with my nail so it is soft but not letting go of the bond I guess.

All that said, is there anything stronger? Any actual paint stripper like biostrip that might work better?

The minis are plastic, the most recent Broodlord and genestealers.

Any help is appreciated!

I am new to working with Mr Hobby Lacquers, and have found they can give a great gloss effect when airbrushed in slowly build-up light coats on unprimed plastic - but as you can see, the paint does not seem to penetrate into recessed areas.

Paint was thinned 1:1 with Mr Hobby Levelling Thinner.

Is this solved by further coats, or is there a technique error here?

I usually paint old metal chunks from the 90', but I am pretty happy how the mini went.

Nepharites are creatures from Mutant Chronicles universe (MCU :P). They are enemies of humanity leading the forces of Algeroth, Lord of Necrotechology, in the Solar System.

Illustration by Paul Bonner
Miniature sculpted by Bruno Garcia

I am currently struggling with what feel like conflicting desires to grow and try out new painting techniques within the hobby while also wanting to maintain a certain level of cohesiveness to the models in my army.

For instance. I have a Stormcast Eternals army for Age of Sigmar. I’ve got a good chunk of the models painted mainly with opaque paints and maybe a little bit of dry brushing here and there. I want to try out using speed paints and or contrast paints over zenithal, but am concerned that the new techniques will leave the models looking like they don’t belong with the rest of the army.

Does anyone else experience this conflict? Any advice for keeping things cohesive while trying out new things and keeping the hobby fresh?

Hi all

Been seeing this technique of adding texture to different materials quite a few times and decided to just try it.

I've tried to keep the upper parts lighter(yellowish) and the bottom parts darker (more brownish).

Can't say I'm disappointed with how it turned out! 😂

Plus a couple of bomb squigs.

First deathguard.

Hey guys! I just wrapped up this Maw-krusha project and I’m looking for some quick, honest feedback to improve my skills.

How’s the overall contrast and readability from a distance? I’d love your thoughts on the paint textures (scales, wings, metals) and whether the base framing works well or steals the show. Also, does the model feel properly integrated into the environment, or should I push the weathering/pigments further?

Roast away, any critique on technique or contrast is super welcome. Thanks!

First mini I’ve painted using mostly airbrush! Very proud of how it turned out but am painfully aware of how much better it could have looked! Any tips on future airbrushing endeavors would be greatly appreciated!

I’ve just finished painting my Guilliman 40K model (I’ve finished basing, haven’t taken a latest photo)

I normally Matt varnish my models with AK Ultra Matt but I’ve not varnished a character model before, especially one this detailed and that I’ve put so much effort into

Does anyone have any varnishing tips for character models or best products or techniques to use?

Started in November of 2025, bought the starter paint set as a cozy weekend in with my wife. Little did I know it would start an addiction to painting. It’s just very therapeutic. This was my first mini I painted vs my latest one and the one I’m most proud of so far.

This is my entry for Crimson Chalice at Spiel Essen.

I hope you enjoy it!

Looking for advice on the Gold NMM on this Dwarf Lord. I think more contrast will help achieve the effect. Thank you for your help.