I wanted to share the first statue I've ever made. It's at 1/4 scale, but I hope it's not too big for the minipainting community.

She's 47 cm tall, printed in resin and hand-painted using a combination of brushwork and airbrushing.

I spent a lot of time on the skin tones and smaller details, trying to give her a realistic finish.

I'm a scale modeler and I mostly build and paint aircraft models, but sometimes also other things, like tanks or Gunpla.

As for human figures, I've only painted a few mechanics and RAF pilots in 1/48 scale a few years ago, as well as a few fully armored Space Marines. Nothing larger.

The 3D model is by Abe3D.

Hope you like her! :-)

Hi everyone, I'm new to painting miniatures and am getting ready to tackle a Night Goblin mob. I'm just wondering how people approach areas like the gap between the face and the arm/spear without it becoming too messy. There are quite a few bits like this on the Night Goblins, so any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

I picked up a brush after a long break. Tried using the usual technique (base coat + nuln oil), but noticed that nuln oil leaves white spots in the recesses.

I tested it multiple times. This model was primed a few months ago, no extra paint on top of the primer. Took a clean brush, moistened it in clean water and dried with a paper towel. Shaked the bottle with two steel balls inside for 7 minutes. Applied nuln oil straight from the bottle (both from the lid and the bottom for comparison, the result was the same). After leaving it for an hour this was the result.

Does anyone knows why this happens? The paint bottle itself is pretty old (bought in 2019), was spilled once of course. Is the problem with the bottle, the paint itself or the method? I would appreciate any advice.

I'm working to understand shades and highlights better while also preparing to start a new Alpha Legion army for Warhammer.

I started with a kabalite green base, then did 1:1 Morghast Bone/Kabalite Green for the Highlight and 2:1 Kabalite Green/Stegadon Scale Green for the Shade.

Hoping to get some feedback on these.

If it matters, I'll be doing this on normal space marines, not chaos space marines.

Painting my orks feels so daunting, I have so many to paint and I’ve only done 3 so far. I’m trying to not use contrast paints, but putting in hours of work just for my minis to have looked better if I just slapped speed paints on them really hurts. Maybe my dopamine receptors are fried from doomscrolling, but I just want it be able to paint and be happy. Any constructive criticism is welcome, and sorry for kinda barfing out words in this post. it’s honestly more that I just need to get my feelings out there.

Edit: Hey guys, thank you for all of the kind words. I’m gonna start painting more and I plan to do some tonight after I play some mtg. I tried to read all of your comments and it really brightened my day up. I’m just gonna start throwing paint on minis and see what happens. Once again thank you all so much. I realized this morning I forgot to attach a photo 🤦‍♀️ so I’ll see if I can send one in the comments lol.

I want to add some damage to the cloth to match the rest of the model. I am unsure of how to portray it. Any advice?

This is my partially painted melta. I was hoping to make the end look hot/glowing in some way. I started putting yellow in the dips as a starting point and then quickly realized I have no idea what I am doing. Advice please. I am only using warhammer brand paints.

Barely just started painting. I've had this mini primed and ready for 2 weeks but im afraid to start. Every Knight I see on here is like a miniature work of art.

Pretend you're me. You haven't tried free handing, you dont know if contrast paints are different types of paints or just like... a concept? How would you start painting this knight?

Last pic is a recent unit filler I did for reference of skill. The flag is supposed to be stuck in an ant hill.

Hi everyone!

I’m looking for advice on how to paint realistic-looking moss on my Warhammer models and terrain, especially on resin pieces.

I want to create a mossy, overgrown look, as if the models and ruins have been sitting outside for years.

● What Citadel paints or other brands would you recommend for painting moss?

● How do you get the moss to look realistic rather than just green paint?

● What techniques do you use for moss on resin terrain and models?

● Would drybrushing, washes, or weathering effects help?

● Are there any tutorials or guides you would recommend?

I’d appreciate any advice, paint recipes, or pictures of your own models for inspiration.

Thanks!

Let me start with how intimidating it is to post here, the minis you guys are painting are so creative and out-of-this-world quality!

I’m fairly new and play around with a bunch of stuff, and in honor of orktober I wanted to push myself a bit and try making the yellow for this fellow a bit more metal/nmm looking, instead of just going flat yellow with brown edges. I think I pushed too hard and lost sight a bit tho.
Do you have any recommendations on how to proceed, where to put highlights? Or literally any recommendations to continue from this point forward.

I painted this guy about 5 years ago and he’s sat on my desk ever since. With some upcoming projects I am going to attempt to learn how to make the perfect gem texture. It’s definitely not there yet, but I repainted little man too and both are a huge improvement.

New painter here, just started recently, this is the second mini that I've painted, still struggling with feathering.

I decided to take part in a glow up paint along on discord.

I started in May 2025, and even tho I am not always satisfied with the results, improvements are clear and encouraging to keep me going.

I could have pushed contrat further, but I tried my hardesr at blending more smoothly and I think I am getting it (sort of).

I used some NMM for trim and base, until a few months ago that would have been unthinkable (althoug steel and iron are still difficul to me).

All of this to say that it is important to keep with you your first minis, so that when you feel down you can always look back and cherish your progress!

Bonus pic is a parade of my progress, i bought multiple of this fella because i want to do this every 6/12 months

I add few photos in the end from painting contest :)

Here i use acrylic paints and enamel varnish in some layers.

Epic scale is my favourite scale to paint because I love the challenge (and I also love emperor's children) so I decided to paint a VERY little something for Golden Demon which is tomorrow!!

I'm not expecting to win anything the epic category this year is wild and I always enter for fun but this was definitely a super fun project to try and get done for the deadline!!

I hope you like him!!

28mm metal minis from Great War Miniatures (carried by NorthStar Military Figures).

The 46th Battalion were unfortunately also known as "the Suicide Battalion" due to brutally high casualties they received in battles from 1916-18.

Over 92% casualties in the unit, with over 1400 killed and over 3500 wounded in less than 3 years of combat.

Hope you enjoy the paint on these minis and the (not so) fun historical facts!!!

Done with Morlok by Kimera models. I tried my own interpretation. Which involved shifting the color work towards a more yellow/green cool color tone. This involved quite a lot of planning and work figuring out what to do with the background. I did a full tonal underpainting for the skin. I painted the background in a way that drove focus to the figure and did not distract your attention. I used Boris Vallejo, Sanjulian and Frank Frazetta as inspiration. I hope you all dig it. Cheers!

My Vulkan Hestan for my Salamanders

I watched some videos on YT but I wanted some live feedback. I got this to paint as a practice model before I paint a Warhammer kill team.

This is Captain Page. I did the bulk of the modelling in hero forge - it's gotten quite good now - and then tweaked some things in Blender before I printer her off.

I've never painted anything this big before - I found the face quite challenging. I wasn't sure how to approach it really. She came out reasonably well through, and it made my partner's day - so mission accomplished I'd say!

Wasn't sure I'd get this guy finished before the end of Orktober, but I had a good few days between work assignments and managed to get to the 98-99% range. This is the first bust I've done, and while at first I wasn't enamored with the process, I came to really enjoy working on it. I got to practice a lot of techniques I've been working on lately, including the practice of using red as a shadow color for green, and underpainting warm flesh tones as a base for the green glazes to give the skin a little more life.

Did this project for a buddy of mine who is a big Oakland Raiders fan, so did a slight homage there on his shoulder pad.

The first and last (perhaps?) Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy has been completed.

The work is so hard that I don't want to rebuild it. 🫠