Goblins - The Hobbinomicon

Nov 9, 2025 / #painting

Easy Mode Goblin Faces

How to make goblin faces really pop in about 8 minutes—teeth, gums, lips, and noses using just a busted up brush and basic techniques.

Tutorials

Nov 8, 2025 / #painting

Goblin Skin Recipe

Quick tutorial on my goblin skin recipe—Shamrock Green speed paint over yellow and black, finished with Scale Color highlights.

Vlogs

Nov 2, 2025 / #mangler-squigs

Just Vloggin

Painting mangler squigs, finishing up the goblin army, and discovering the Gardens of Hecati Kickstarter—plus committing to finish goblins by Friday no matter what.

Vlogs

Oct 31, 2025 / #halloween

Halloween Channel Update

Happy Halloween! Finished the goblin robes, committing to Warmachine as my main game, and planning to practice deployment and turn sequences daily.

Vlogs

Oct 30, 2025 / #motivation

Paint & Ramble: Hobby Pressure

Hunched over in ultimate goblin mode, rambling about the hobby pressure spiral—building armies you'll never paint, arbitrary deadlines, and plans for a purge.

Tutorials

Oct 28, 2025 / #rust

The Jankiest Rust Tutorial Ever

Three methods for painting rust on 90 goblin spears—Dirty Down Rust, AK Interactive Rust Streaks, and the classic sponge technique. Plus why Dirty Down smells like pennies and cat piss.

Tips

Oct 27, 2025 / #contrast-paints

I Fixed My Contrast Paint Problems

The secret to contrast paints that nobody told me—use a synthetic brush! Thanks Jay for the tip that changed everything.

Vlogs

Oct 24, 2025 / #warmachine

Showing Off Some Warmachine Minis

Goblin robe progress, contrast paint woes, and showing off my Menoth collection—including an insane deal from Frontline Gaming's commission studio.

Projects

Oct 23, 2025 / #goblins

I Finally Painted a Goblin

After 12 different test goblins and shades of green, finally found one I love—Alizarin Green plus Lime Green doing all the work.

Vlogging Hobby Struggles to Hopefully Motivate Everyone Else

Vlogs

Oct 22, 2025 / #goblins

Vlogging Hobby Struggles to Hopefully Motivate Everyone Else

Fighting a virus, finding green I don't hate, and shamelessly stealing Quantic Color Studio's night goblin scheme. Who pins tiny arms but doesn't trim mold lines?

Tips

Oct 21, 2025 / #motivation

Get a Small Win Every Day

Ever forget how to paint in the middle of a project? Wrong ink, separating paint, cursed goblins—sometimes the win is just gluing a horn back on.

Projects

Oct 20, 2025 / #airbrushing

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.

Vlogs

Oct 19, 2025 / #airbrushing

Finally Primed the Orcs & Goblins

New airbrush unboxing, priming 90+ models, and a secret project reveal—the Creos 771 is definitely the nicest airbrush I've ever used.

Vlogs

Oct 19, 2025 / #airbrushing

Finally Primed the Orcs & Goblins

New Creos 771 airbrush unboxing, priming 180+ models in one session, and setting up for an insane painting sprint with 10 days to deadline.

Vlogs

Oct 18, 2025 / #3d-printing

Just Showing Up Fixed My 3D Printer

Day 38, kids getting sick, almost didn't make a video—but I fixed my 3D printer by just showing up and doing the work. Reflashed the firmware and we're back in business.

Vlogs

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.

Vlogs

Oct 12, 2025 / #motivation

Vlogging My Failures Again

Goblins popping off bases, demon prince mold floating to the top, making my own music from a whistle and belly gut smacks. Tomorrow we finally paint.

Daily Hobby Vlog: Fixing Some Problems and Causing More

Vlogs

Oct 11, 2025 / #resin-casting

Daily Hobby Vlog: Fixing Some Problems and Causing More

Sleep-deprived dad energy: fixing toad molds, learning that participation isn't consumption, and discovering I glued figures to basing material instead of the actual bases.

Projects

Oct 9, 2025 / #goblins

I Built 90 Goblins in 5 Days

Finally done building! 18 hours of tedious work later, all 90 goblins are assembled. Tomorrow the videos get cool again.

Slowly Going Insane Removing Mould Lines

Vlogs

Oct 8, 2025 / #goblins

Slowly Going Insane Removing Mould Lines

15 hours later, all 90 goblins are mold line free. I've dulled the back side of an X-Acto blade. This has been brutal.

Tips

Oct 7, 2025 / #airbrushing

Daily Vlog: The Airbrush Lives Again

Quick one tonight—discovered quick-release moisture traps exist after 10+ years of airbrushing. Mind blown, goblins ready for tomorrow.

Tips

Oct 6, 2025 / #motivation

Staying Motivated During Big Projects

12 hours into assembly with no visible progress—here's my tip for staying motivated: get quick wins to keep the momentum going.

Vlog Update - Prepping Models for Mass Assembly

Tips

Oct 5, 2025 / #assembly

Vlog Update - Prepping Models for Mass Assembly

Time travel attempt to build 40 night goblins—clip same parts from each sprue, pile by type, get that muscle memory. Five days to paint a full Warmachine army.

How to Prepare Bases for an Entire Army Quickly and Cheaply

Tutorials

Oct 4, 2025 / #basing

How to Prepare Bases for an Entire Army Quickly and Cheaply

250 bases done with half a jar of homemade basing material—here's the palette knife technique that makes it fast.

Tutorials

Oct 4, 2025 / #basing

How to Prepare Bases for an Entire Army Quickly and Cheaply

250 bases in two hours with homemade basing material. Palette knife technique, finger cleaning, and the coffee grounds recipe.

Vlogs

Oct 2, 2025 / #orcs

Finding Ways to Make Progress

When the airbrush is broken and you're stuck, pull out that 20-year-old goblin from storage. Don't let setbacks stop you from moving forward.