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The Arena of Escalation: The Armies Take Shape - Part 2
Don your best full-dress uniform and muster the troops, it's time to join the armies on parade at the Arena of Escalation. Check out all the amazing models added to our growing Warhammer 40,000 co...
The Arena of Escalation: The Armies Take Shape - Part 1
There’s nothing more satisfying than when an army project finally starts looking like an actual army and now we’ve finally reached that point in the Arena of Escalation, our Warhammer 40,000 escala...
The Army Painter at the San Diego Comic-Con!
The San Diego Comic-Con is likely the most well-known, famous, and coveted convention in every collective nerdom's hallowed halls, and this year Dipit’s wildest dreams are finally coming true - The...
The Army Painter Academy: Hammers of Sigmar Stormcast Eternal
Grab your hammer and don your sigmarite armour, it's time to save the Mortal Realms with this golden Stormcast Eternal from the Hammers of Sigmar! Learn how to paint Sigmar's finest with our gleami...
The Army Painter Factory Team Conquers the Skaventide
We reached out to several members of The Army Painter Factory Team to see what wonderful creations they had devised from the new Skaventide box set for Age of Sigmar. Find out what chittering creat...
Painting the T'au | Hobbying for the Greater Good
The newest kids on the grim dark block of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 setting, aka the T’au Empire, are known for their vivid colour schemes. Here at The Army Painter, we’ve compiled a select...
The Arena of Escalation: Hobby Progress
Discover all the hobby progress achieved by our intrepid contestants in the Arena of Escalation, as they add their first vehicles, elite units, and other unique miniatures to their growing Warhamme...
Creating Realistic Miniature Bases with Scorched Tufts
Learn how to enhance your miniatures with Scorched Tufts and create stunning, realistic bases that tell a story. Perfect for all skill levels.
The Army Painter Academy: Genestealer Cults
Beware reader, the insidious Genestealer Cults have successfully infiltrated the Academy this week to show us how to quickly paint up a horde of these upright citizens. Grab your Speedpaint along w...
Fanatic Starter Set Knights - Painted by You!
See just a few of our favourite renditions of the stoic Fanatic Starter Set knight from the hobby community at large and what their painter's thought about the new Starter Set.
Tips From The Painting Desk: Dipit's Post Roundup
Welcome to the first roundup of our Tips From The Painting Desk posts! A staple of our social media accounts - these mini-tutorials explore a number of techniques and styles using Warpaints Fanatic...
The Army Painter Academy: Krootox Rider
Welcome to the next installment of The Army Painter Academy; a series where we break down how we paint a miniature step-by-step, complete with pictures for every bit of paint applied along the way....
A Beginner’s Guide: Warpaints Fanatic Starter Paint Set
The Warpaints Fanatic Starter Paint Set is perfect for beginners, offering everything you need to paint the included mini from start to finish. To put this to the test we’ve enlisted Cecilie, a cop...
Get a professional painter’s insight into brushes for miniature painting. How many brushes do you need, how to clean your brushes, and why you should keep your old and damaged brushes?
Creating Realistic Miniature Bases with Meadow Flowers
Learn how to enhance your miniatures with Meadow Flowers Tufts and create stunning and realistic bases that tell a story. Perfect for all skill levels.
Fanatic on Fanatics: Chaos Takes Hold at The Army Painter
Warpaints Fanatic has been unleashed upon the miniature painting world, and there’s no one quite as fanatical as the Chaos Space Marines of Warhammer 40,000. See what our own collection of heretica...
Why You Should Prime Your Miniatures
Priming your miniature is an important part of the painting process, but why is that exactly? Find out what primer does for your painting experience, and why it's an essential step.
Getting The Most Out Of Your Fanatic Mega Paint Set
The Fanatic Mega Set comes packed with 50 paints, giving you everything you need to complete your next hobby project. Taking up the challenge, four hobbyists from around The Army Painter offices pi...
Painting The Dark Angels | Unlocking The Secrets Of The Unforgiven
The Dark Angels are a unique Space Marine army, containing several colour schemes within the one chapter - all of which can be fielded together! Learn how to paint all of these with the help of War...
The Arena of Escalation: First Unit and Character - Part 2
What army of the grim darkness would be complete without a heroic commander to lead it and stalwart troops to follow them into battle? The second half of our contestants agree, and have sallied for...
The Arena of Escalation: First Unit and Character - Part 1
The first unit and character are a great litmus test for any army, letting you really flex all of your hobby muscles in preparation for the rest of the force. In this installment of the Arena of Es...
The NMM and TMM Painting Techniques
Metallic elements are omnipresent in the vast universe of miniature figures. There are generally two broad approaches to painting metallics on miniatures: the Non-Metallic Metal (NMM) technique) an...
The Army Painter Academy: BattleTech Clan Wolf Mech
Welcome to the next installment of The Army Painter Academy, a series where we break down how we paint a miniature step-by-step, complete with pictures for every bit of paint applied along the way....
The Arena of Escalation: Painting Commander Farsight in 12 Easy Steps
Learn how Oliver painted his striking Commander Farsight for the Arena of Escalation in 12 easy steps with Warpaints Fanatic, Air, and Speedpaint!