Glazing - The Hobbinomicon

Apr 25, 2026 / #painting

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.

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Apr 21, 2026 / #painting

RIP to my heat gun

Painting a glowing gemstone with fluorescent orange glazes — and losing the heat gun I inherited from my grandfather in the process.

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Apr 20, 2026 / #painting

Highlighting black

Glazing up from Tenebris Gray to pearl gray for the dark panels — plus a sink ripping off the wall, another bout of sickness, and thoughts on a new Army Painter wet palette.

NMM Blue Steel Scales and an Existential Crisis

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Apr 14, 2026 / #painting

NMM Blue Steel Scales and an Existential Crisis

Painting non-metallic blue steel scales with Scale Color Artist paints while having a late-night breakdown about the hobby, commissions, and what I'm even doing.

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Apr 3, 2026 / #painting

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.

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Mar 23, 2026 / #glazing

Keeping the hobby streak alive.

Working on the purple highlights for Maximus with layered glazes and edge highlights to push the brightness.

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Mar 15, 2026 / #game-design

Painting and Ranting about Game Design

Glazing purples on Maximus while rambling about designing a solo Mordheim-style skirmish game—thoughts on HP alternatives, attrition systems, and what makes games tick.

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Mar 14, 2026 / #painting

Hobby Hang Out Clips

Locking back in on Maximus with purple glazes, white highlighting, and working through the tedious but rewarding process of building up layers.

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Mar 13, 2026 / #relic-blade

Daily Hobby Vlog - March 13th

Ordering the new Relic Blade plastic kits on launch day, locking in on Infinity commission painting with purple glazing and white panel work on Maximus.

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Mar 4, 2026 / #painting

Daily Vlog 174: Painting Purple Flesh

Painting creepy purple flesh on a custom daemon sculpt using Scale 75 paints—wet blending, glazing, and leaning into mistakes to create a cartoonish grim dark skin effect.

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Nov 29, 2025 / #infinity

Started on the Loincloth

A quick glazing session on Silena's tabard using Scale Color paints while the kids are sick—working my way up through the palette.

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Oct 16, 2025 / #goblins

Hobby Vlogging

Rebasing 60+ goblins, casting base molds, glazing tongues for 2 hours, and all the tedious progress that doesn't make for exciting video but gets the job done.

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Oct 14, 2025 / #glazing

How to Glaze for Fun and Profit

Late night glazing session finishing Mangler Squig skin—the consistency secrets, why you paint from shadow to highlight, and knowing what to focus on for army painting.

Tutorials

Sep 11, 2025 / #nmm

2 Color NMM Easy Peasy Style

Don't be intimidated by non-metallic metal—it's just poking your mini with watered-down paint. Here's my honest, messy, real-life approach to two-color NMM gold.