hobby 101

Hobby 101 – Fixing Mistakes

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled “How to Paint Everything” we’ve got schemes and recipes for 100s of models. They all, however, assume you know the difference between...

Hobby 101: Layering

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled “How to Paint Everything” we’ve got schemes and recipes for 100s of models. They all, however, assume you know the difference between...

Hobby 101: Drybrushing

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled “How to Paint Everything” we’ve got schemes and recipes for 100s of models. They all, however, assume you know the difference between...

Hobby 101: Kitbashing/Converting

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled “How to Paint Everything” we’ve got schemes and recipes for 100s of models. They all, however, assume you know the...

Hobby 101: One-Coat Painting – Speed Paints, Contrast, and More

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled “How to Paint Everything” we’ve got schemes and recipes for 100s of models. They all, however, assume you know the...

Hobby 101: Sponge Painting

Sponge painting often gets relegated to adding texture to terrain, or for doing a bit of quick weathering on tanks, but it can be a valuable tool to all sorts of painting schemes from gritty blanchitsu-esque grimdarkness to helping...

Hobby 101: Pinning

Pinning Taking pins/wires and reinforcing the joints and connections of the miniatures to strengthen and create durability. I have always been a massive proponent of pinning models. Reinforcing any joint with anything other than glue can only benefit it. Pinning helps...

Hobby 101: Weathering

In this installment of our Hobby 101 series, we look at some simple techniques for adding environmental damage effects to your models to give them that proper "lived in" look! We've all been there - you've just finished painting a...

Hobby 101: Mixing

If you haven’t already read the Hobby 102 Colour Theory article, I recommend you give that one a look first; I’ll be referring to plenty of Colour Theory concepts here and I’m not going to restate that article again....

Hobby 102: Colour Theory

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled “How to Paint Everything” we’ve got schemes and recipes for hundreds of models. They all, however, assume you know the difference...