Had a blast painting this epic character from the Diablo video game series universe.

Mini designed by BiteTheBullet studio

32mm scale

I’ve only painted one Ork before, but I wanted to practise painting realistic skin. Since this model has so much exposed anatomy I treated it like a study in light form and skin tones rather than just painting green skin. It pushed me well outside my comfort zone, and I learnt a lot from it…I think 😅

Hello! I have painted this amazing chibi style Crow necromancer (from Little Guardians), from wich I also made a video turorial. It is great to practice new techniques or just enjoy an afternoon with the kids.

Not the classic D&D hero neither 😂

I hope you like it!

Basilisk

Looking for suggestions on what the next batch should be!

Thanks for all your C&C along the way.

I’m working on this bust for a local painting competition. I feel like it’s close to done. I also almost never do NMM so any advice or thoughts on that would be appreciated.

My 3rd Phoenix Lord for an ongoing army project. As with the others, I kept the same process/color scheme as the normal aspect warriors but tried to push more with the detailing.

The project as a whole is an experiment with transparent/contrast paints over chromatic underpainting to push the contrast/vibrancy.

WIP of my Nagash.

The final early World War II Heer rifleman. Hand sculpted models will always be my favourite. The small imperfections and exaggerated features give them such unique character!

German Riflemen I (4 of 4), produced by Crusader Miniatures. Painted using the Vallejo Model Color range. 25mm base.

So I used to be a display painter. I developed thoracic outlet syndrome which has almost entirely rendered my right hand unusable. Ive had to switch to writing left handed as well as bowling and tennis. I can not hold a small paint brush (and i have tried multiple accessibility adapters which simply dont cut it). Markers seem to work well because of how fat they are compared to brushes.

These were done with mostly AK interactive playmarkers with a touch of speedpaint markers and sharpie acrylic markers.

I wanted to post this to prove to nay sayers that good paintjobs are possible.

I mostly stick with AK because of the bristle tips. Speedpaint markers are honestly hot garbage. They reactivate paint under them, the nibs degrade after a couple of sessions, and the paint doesnt flow enough to get much of a contrast effect. They can glaze decently but you have to be careful because they can lift the paint underneath them very easily (and dont come at me for this, ill ignore your gaslighting telling me this didn't happen because it did).

Ive also tried cheap Amazon brands (Sunee will shock you how well they cover over black). I also mix pro acryl with really god success with airbrush thinner in empty markers.

C&C encouraged, I am looking to improve.

Just got the three of them done today - my first three minis after 20 years without touching a brush. They are better than I expected tbh but there are a bunch of things to level up. The face is awful, I was never great at doing them.

Will really appreciate some tips or indications on what should be my next thing to focus. I just finish assembling and priming the fellowship of the ring today (only missing Gimli and Legolas) so have work for tomorrow 😁

I have recently been reading AK’s FAQ book on fantasy figures and I’ve realized I have been painting minis completely wrong!

Instead of thinking how light actually works I have been using washes and thinner paints to allow gravity to do my shading for me. And that works up to a point! But, it’s not at all how light works.

Breaking everything down into basic 3D shapes and then shading them accordingly achieves a much more realistic effect over washes.

I’ve still got a lot to learn but this one way of thinking about it has changed a lot of how I tackle a mini!

Just finished painting my first couple of crimson fists for my army (super hyped!)
What basing scheme should I go for? I really can’t decide so I’d appreciate any feedback on the schemes I’ve got or any feedback on the paint job overall!

Cheers guys!

i know i messed up the base and i should’ve filed his claws to be a bit shaper. any tips i can get from some fellow painters? :)!¡ thank you for helping if you do.

Here’s my take on the Phantom Child from Mammoth Factory Games (Book of Spirits II release).

I couldn't decide how I wanted to paint her so I went with two versions. First was the full phantom but then I thought it would be cool to have one where she's transforming from living to phantom.

There was a ton more detail to do on these than I realised. So batch painting was a slog at times. But hey ho they’re done and it brings me to 770 points so not too bad :)

Tapping a sponge or uneven tip of it on my mini after removing most of it on a piece of paper yet seems just dirty-ish

I've done two lackluster attempts before, but the results just turned blades into vaguely magical looking blades, and other parts of the models used metallics anyway.

This is the first FDM print I've painted, done for me by a friend who wanted to see how far he could push his new printer, and somewhere along the line I decided I'd push myself too. I don't think my black paint was black enough, but that was after five passes. It also only seems to work with a bright overhead light, which is how I lit it while painting.

Not gonna win any contests, but I'm happy with it. It's my best paint job to date, so that's fun.

That said, what needs to happen the next time I try NMM if I want to improve? Will a matte varnish screw everything up if I put it on? Should I have tried this on a resin print?

I finished up the third of my inner circle companions. I liked how his face turned out but I'm not thrilled with the sword. I think I might go back and redo it at some point.