Airbrushing Guides
Everything to do with using an airbrush, especially what to do when it clogs.
13 guides.
A new way to paint skeletons
A bone recipe I found by accident on an Infinity commission: blue and orange ink under an airbrushed skin tone, then stippled white. Skelly Joe, about four hours.
Old school sand bases
Making basing texture out of sand, PVA and cheap paint. Why all-purpose sand and not playground sand, and why this still beats a pot of texture paste at scale.
Super fast OSL
Quick airbrush OSL pass on yesterday's model: Warlord Purple, Squid Pink, and a watered-down white blend wet-on-wet. Two minutes, first finished model of 2026.
Tips for Batch Painting Unique Models
How to batch-paint a commission where every model is different — group by paint and material, not by armor panel. Plus a teaser of the Man Alone Prima Materia stone dice.
Failed attempt at NMM tutorial
Recorded a full non-metal metallic tutorial, lost the footage, and laid in highlight passes anyway to keep the streak alive — plus calling time on a model I've got a hundred hours into.
How to Highlight Red Without Getting Pink
Drybrushing a final red highlight that reads as edge highlighting. Use a warm white, use far less than you think, and mix carefully or you get pink.
Using Speed Paints as a Wash
The better red wash solution—mixing Slaughter Red speed paint with Army Painter Quick Shade medium gives deeper detail pickout without killing vibrance.
How to Wash Bright Red
Don't wash red with black. Using Army Painter mid brown quick shade to bring out details on bright red Dusk armor without killing the vibrance.
How to Paint White Robes
Painting white cloth over a purple and red base coat using buff and vanilla white glazes—fast results for infantry-level models.
Airbrushing Speed Paints to Easy Mode Horses
Experimenting with Army Painter speed paints through an airbrush to paint Norman cavalry horses fast—three different tones in about 45 minutes.
How to Paint Crucible Guard Green
The cheat code for achieving that perfect Crucible Guard green using just three speed paints and an airbrush, working from highlights to shadows.
Preshading 90 Goblins
Airbrushing a Ninja-style preshade on 90 goblins—hex-lichen from below, purple ink, then white from above. Plus the squigs look amazing already.
How to Paint Red - Airbrush vs Drybrush
Recreating Mangler Squig box art two ways—airbrush and drybrush. Same results, different tools. Plus why volumetric painting looks goofy on armies.