Tips - The Hobbinomicon

Mar 24, 2026 / #painting

How to Paint Leather with Just Two Colors

A quick two-color leather painting method using Satchel Brown and Serpent Bite Leather—stipple highlights for worn, realistic results in minutes.

Vlogs

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.

Other Ways to Sell Your Hobby Stuff Besides eBay

Tips

Feb 4, 2026 / #buying-selling

Other Ways to Sell Your Hobby Stuff Besides eBay

A practical guide to selling miniatures and hobby stuff through Discord, Reddit MiniSwap, Facebook Marketplace, and local game stores—plus tips on pricing, tagging, and eBay fee math.

Projects

Feb 2, 2026 / #kingdom-death

Building Kingdom Death Survivors

Building four custom Kingdom Death Monster survivor miniatures from the incredibly modular sprues, with tips on posing and creating dynamic compositions.

Tips

Dec 22, 2025 / #3d-printing

Crucible Guard Base Test Results

The custom 3D printed base inserts for Crucible Guard worked perfectly—plus celebrating 100 subscribers!

How to Make Scratch Built Terrain Indestructible

Tutorials

Dec 18, 2025 / #terrain

How to Make Scratch Built Terrain Indestructible

Day 98 pushing through sickness—sealing a terrain board with Mod Podge and glue to make it nearly indestructible like the old Warhammer Fantasy days.

Tutorials

Nov 27, 2025 / #3d-printing

How I Clean My Resin 3D Prints

The secret to getting really clean 3D prints—patience, proper washing with ethanol, and letting everything fully dry before curing.

Tips

Nov 5, 2025 / #necromunda

How to Start Playing Necromunda Easily

Two essential free resources that make getting into Necromunda way less intimidating—Yaktribe and Necro Raw.

Tips

Oct 29, 2025 / #buying-selling

My Tips on Buying, Selling, Trading Warhammer Miniatures

North America focused guide on the safest ways to buy, sell, and trade miniatures—eBay, Reddit, Discord, and why you should ALWAYS use PayPal Goods and Services.

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.

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.

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

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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.