Preshading Miniatures With Dry Brushing in 5 Steps
Build a black-to-white value sketch with progressively lighter drybrushing before applying transparent color to your miniature.
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Finding Time for Your Hobby When You’re Busy: One Bite at a time
A guest post on finding real hobby time when life gets busy — how breaking a squad of Deathwing Knights into small painting sessions turned a stalled project into steady progress.
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Facing the Judge: Lessons From My First Painting Competition
This year, after much hesitation, I finally felt ready to take the plunge and test my skills at Gen Con, one of the world’s largest gaming conventions. It was both nerve-wracking and exciting—a mix of anticipation, doubt, and curiosity. In this article, I’m going to talk about my first-ever in-person painting competition. I’ll highlight the
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Starting Scale Modeling? My Honest Thoughts
If you’re like me and have a longstanding love for military history, you’ll understand the joy of bringing those stories to life through scale modeling. My passion for building models began in middle school, and now, years later, it’s rekindled by a client’s unique request. From the thrilling challenge of painting intricate details to navigating
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My Journey in Commission Miniature Painting: More Than Money
Hello and welcome back! In this article, I would like to share my experience as a new miniature painter who has started accepting commission work. I know many of you are interested in turning your hobby into a potentially profitable side gig. Well, let me tell you, it’s fun, hard work, and full of unexpected
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Krydrufi All-in-One Modular Art Box Review
Are you like me and looking for simple way to carry all the things you’ll need for your miniature painting hobby. Hey, everyone! Welcome back. Today, I am going to discuss the All-In-One Modular Art Box from Krydrufi. For total disclosure, Krydrufi sent me an art box directly for my review. There is a Lot
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Redgrass R9 Desk Lamp For Miniature Painting and Creative People (Follow Up Review)
Hello everyone! Welcome back to Tangibleday.com for another product review. Andrew did a review of the Redgrass R9 lamp before it came out on Kickstarter. It is because of his review that I backed the Red Grass Lamp for creative individuals. I have been using this lamp exclusively since it arrived in September 2023, so
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Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Review (Three-Color Impressions)
I tested three Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic colors on an Age of Sigmar Killaboss, covering consistency, coverage, Flexible Triads, and value.
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GHOST Maxton Black Miniature Paint Brush Set (Review)
Greetings, fellow miniature painting enthusiasts! Today, our focus turns to a Kickstarter-backed paint brush set that has recently made its way into my painting arsenal – the Maxton Black Ghost brushes. If you’re like me, you might see Kickstarter contributions as future gifts to yourself, particularly in the realm of miniature painting. And this time,
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Game Envy Hobby Holder (Hands-on Review): A Worthy Painting Handle?
If you’ve ever tried painting those tiny miniatures for games like Warhammer or Dungeons & Dragons, you know it can be pretty tricky to hold onto them. That’s where painting handles come in—they’re like little pedestals to stick your miniatures on while you paint. The Citadel handle has been the go-to for a while, but
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Green Stuff World Brush Rinser (Review)
Miniature painting requires patience of mind and body. More than this, you need a clean brush when you start painting, while you’re painting (to change colors), and when you’re done with the session. After all the basecoating, drybrushing, and washes you have to do to get that perfect look, the hurdle of keeping your brush
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