Painting & Hobby Guides

Painted tabletop terrain of ruined stone towers, walls, rocks and crates on a grassy gaming mat with miniatures

Print and Paint Your Own Tabletop Terrain

3d printingZakariah Martin-Taylor
A 3D printed helmet shown raw with layer lines, then primed grey, then painted metallic blue

How to Paint 3D Prints: Prep, Prime and Paint for FDM and Resin

3d printingZakariah Martin-Taylor
Weathered olive green model tank with rust streaks and mud on the tracks, being sponge-chipped beside jars of weathering pigment

Weathering and Battle Damage: Chips, Rust, Grime and Streaks

guidesZakariah Martin-Taylor
Row of miniature bases from bare plastic to sand, painted, drybrushed and finished with tufts and a black rim under a painted warrior

Basing Miniatures: The Quick Finish That Makes Models Look Done

guidesZakariah Martin-Taylor
Box of miniature sprues with clippers, hobby knife, plastic cement, spray primer, paint pots, brushes and a palette on a cutting mat

Your First Wargame: Everything You Need Beyond the Box

guidesZakariah Martin-Taylor
Row of hobby paint pots behind a part-painted knight miniature, a detail brush and a wet palette with blue and red paint

Citadel Paints Explained: Base, Layer, Shade, Contrast, Dry and Technical

guidesZakariah Martin-Taylor
Sable, synthetic and goat-hair dry brushes in graduated sizes laid out on a hobby desk with an unpainted miniature behind

Sable vs Synthetic Brushes, and Which Size to Pick

guidesZakariah Martin-Taylor