A quick take on classic tyranids by Mamikon, teaching how to create contrast through texture using a very limited colour palette, as well as a really easy way to practice a basic OSL effect. As an added bonus, get Mamikon’s insights on glazing to really get the hang of the technique and lay the groundwork to improve your mini painting skills.
David Arroba is a master of contrasting and vibrant colours, and shows you a few useful tricks he’s used to make this assault intercessor pop on the tabletop with a very little time investment. He really leans into the vibrant nature of yellow, and through the clever use of warm and cold contrast makes the details stand out with minimal effort, teaching how to get an army ready in just a handful of well placed brush strokes.
Katarzyna “Kaha” Gorska is a master of colour and in this tutorial she teaches a really interesting approach to make your Death models (or any others really!) look strikingly colorful without worrying too much about all the different shades and materials of each part, and rather focusing on creating harmony and directing the focus towards the most important part of each model through clever use of colour theory.
Explore a fresh approach to recreating an old school raster comic look in this simple tutorial by Anna Machowska, one of the most creative miniature painters out there. It will be an excellent brush control exercise and teach you airbrush filtering using inks to achieve a really bold and striking final result.
If you are a fan of old school horror and zombie movies; or you want to tackle a very rewarding exercise to improve your interpretation of different textures, materials, and volumes; this tutorial is perfect for you. Jaime walks you step by step through the necessary considerations to make your minis look like they walked straight out of a black and white TV or a hundred years old sepia photograph.
Learn to paint your board game figures in this characteristic cartoon style and make them look just like the illustrations and comic books that inspired them! Jaime de Garnica was one of the official painters of Marvel United who originally developed this style for CoolMiniOrNot and in this tutorial he teaches you everything you need to know to get started to replicate the style.
Master the art of painting white armour in this clone trooper tutorial by Steve García, also known as torkathor online. Follow a really easy step by step and delve a deeper into the colour choices so you can understand how to tweak the scheme to your specific army or warband, with a choice to add some battle damage or leave the armour fresh from the factory depending on your preference.
Tackle bigger vehicles or walkers quickly and effectively thanks to the easy to foolow tips from Matteo. Understand how to draw focus and attention to the most relevant parts of the model with details, and learn how to integrate battle damage using oils to create a very realistic result with minimal effort.
Sergio Luque follows a classic approach to paint incredible non-metallic metals, horse skin, and an overall incredibly defined result that will make your westerosi soldiers stand out on the tabletop. Mastering these techniques will take time but the brush control you will acquire while you try will serve you really well in any other paintjob you want to tackle.
Marc Masclans teaches you how to use a combination of airbrush layers and bold brush strokes to recreate really colorful, textured alien skin. Subtle colour choices and variations in hue will make your model pop that much more on the tabletop without much extra effort at all!
Learn how to integrate your figures with their environment in a super quick, fun way in this tutorial by Antonio Pulvirenti, better known as Olthar. Just imagine how striking would an entire army and scenery board look like painted in this colorful, loose style!
In this tutorial Seyni N’diaye teaches how to create a really bold colourscheme, showing how limiting the number of colours can work very well to allow his super saturated choices to shine and create a really interesting result that will stand out on the tabletop. Vibrant colours and bold, thick brush strokes work together to create a result that is fairly quick to achieve but will still draw a lot of attention to your army.
Javier and Andrea are very skilled commission painters with a keen eye for planning and optimising painting processes to achieve really great looking results very quickly. With this tutorial, you will learn a quick way to paint a striking warband with a strong environmental light, and a few tricks to achieve quick definition and paint different materials to get even more contrast and vivid colours.
Josh, a.ka. orcbutt, is a master of lighting and in this tutorial he teaches a quick and easy way to paint a really dramatic glowing effect on your bases and models without using an airbrush, using a monochrome scheme as a base to get the highest possible contrast with the pink OSL coming off of the bases. This is a fantastic way to paint a smaller warband to try something new and experiment, then take the lessons you learned and apply them to any bright parts of your models where you may want to include an OSL effect.
In this tutorial, Will teaches us how to paint an amazingly vibrant green armour using inks, add battle damage in a quick yet realistic way, and achieve great definition so your model pops from a distance when you place it on the tabletop. This tutorial is great for armoured models such as space marines, votann, or even fantasy chaos warriors if you are feeling adventurous.
Learn to paint your collection’s Space Marines step by step like a pro, with advanced techniques by professional painter David Arroba.