#Tutorial
Step-by-step guides and instructional content for painting and hobbying.
48 pages, 40 of them 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.
How to speed paint faces
Speed-painting an uncanny vampire face for tabletop: Sunny Skin Tone sketched over a Bad Bruise undertone, one watered-down glaze to blend it together, and dot eyes for the creepy stare.
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.
Making Zines Is Easy with the Right Tools
Scoring, folding, saddle stitching, and Coptic binding—everything you need to know to start making your own zines and hand-bound books at home.
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.
Probably Not the Worst Chainmail Tutorial Ever
Painting chainmail on Norman miniatures using speed paints, dry brushing, and Molotow Liquid Chrome—plus a nostalgia trip through my history of painting metal armor.
Scenic and Magnetic Movement Trays Part 1
Building scenic magnetic movement trays for Midgard using 3D printed bases, flexible steel sheets, and Vallejo mud texture—a practical tutorial on the whole process.
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.
Simple Lego Minifig Bases for D&D
A quick experiment making bases for Lego minifigures to use in D&D games on standard battle mats.
20 Minute Purple Robe
Speed painting a purple robe on a Dolmenwood Breggle using Moody Mauve, chunky stippled highlights, and learning to push contrast without overthinking it.
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.
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.
How to Create a Dolmenwood Character
A complete walkthrough of creating a Dolmenwood character—rolling stats, choosing a class, determining background, moon sign, and equipping your adventurer.
The Best Snow Effect Ever
How to create incredible snow effects using crushed glass, realistic water, and fishing line icicles—nothing compares to this technique.
How to Marble Paper
Creating marbled paper covers for my wife's poetry book using traditional techniques with carrageenan, ink, and Kodak Photoflow.
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.
Painting an NMM Belt Buckle With Scale 75 Grays
Continuing the leather belt with NMM buckles—using the full Kimera grayscale palette and thinking like a volumetric painter.
Painting a Leather Belt
Day one of taking painting seriously—following Richard Gray's leather belt tutorial and discovering that competition-level painting isn't as impossible as it seems.
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.
Goblin Skin Recipe
Quick tutorial on my goblin skin recipe—Shamrock Green speed paint over yellow and black, finished with Scale Color highlights.
How to Start Playing Necromunda Easily
Two essential free resources that make getting into Necromunda way less intimidating—Yaktribe and Necro Raw.
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.
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.
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.
How to Paint Pale Orc Skin
No-nonsense guide to grim dark pale orc skin—Pallid Wych Flesh, Bugman's Glow, streaking grime. Plus the spit effect secret: UHU glue.
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.
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.
Vlog: How to Go from 0 Skills to Recaster
One month of daily videos! Celebrating by finally casting the Chaos Toad I've had for years—silicone molds, first cast, and discovering my new hobby obsession.
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.
Make Your Own Base Texture
DIY basing material recipe that costs almost nothing—spackle, baking soda, coffee grounds, and paint. Almost identical to expensive brand name stuff.
How to Strip Metal Models | Call to Arms Vlog Prep Day 1
Day one of tournament prep starts with stripping. 100% acetone, metal cup, hard bristled brush—getting eBay rescues ready for a new scheme.
How to Use Dirty Down Rust + Creating Blood & Gore - Part 2
Dirty Down Rust reactivation, silver dry brush highlights, and getting disgustingly gory with UHU glue and Blood for the Blood God. Finger painting included.
Trench Crusade Bases & Weathering - Finishing our Warband Part 1
Tamiya weathering masters, nilakh oxide disasters, fixing mistakes live, and why Brownish Decay is my new favorite paint (even though it stripped my silver).
How to Paint the Anchorite Shrine
Finishing Trench Crusade with the Anchorite Shrine—purple preshade for silver, aged wood recipe, and streaking grime magic on the Catherine wheel.
Paint a Trench Pilgrim Warband in 2 Hours
Fully painted Trench Crusade warband in 2 hours—speed paint silver, Blood Angels red contrast, Molotow liquid chrome, and the streaking grime magic.
How to Paint Trench Pilgrims Fast
Two methods for 15-minute Trench Crusade prisoners—oil paints vs streaking grime. Using an envelope as a palette because that's what was on my desk.
How to Paint Trench Crusade Communicant
Grim dark painting made easy—oil washes, modified Zorn palette, and blue-tinted skin that looks undead. Whole model in 20 minutes.
Getting the Most Out of Dirty Down Moss
Day seven of the board project—the heat gun makes moss bubble up like magic, but watch out for that third-degree burn setting. Disaster and recovery.
How to Turn Foam to Stone
Day five of terrain building—fixing visible foam cells with AK Natural Texture and getting everything looking like real stone.
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.
How to make a board for motley crews.
We're back with part two, uh, or not really a part two, but a continuation of my last video.
Make a board for any game for less than $20
I'm going to show you how to make a simple board for under 20 bucks that works with any miniature. If you have some muddy, yucky looking orcs, it works.
Keeping the hobby streak alive.
Working on the purple highlights for Maximus with layered glazes and edge highlights to push the brightness.
Painting the Wood on The Love Shack
Using Marco Frisone's weathered wood recipe with contrast paints and dry brushing to create a grungy, well-used Love Shack objective marker.
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?
A Quick-Win Trick for Long Hobby 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
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.
Scratch Building a Wargame Board - Almost Ready for Paint
Gap filling with plaster of Paris, preserving the blister texture, talus for breaking panel lines, and the wetter water glue mix. Plus—fixed the dryer guilt-free.