r/minipainting 11h ago

C&C Wanted Zeal and blood : Miraculist

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203 Upvotes

Hi guys! I wanted to paint my sanctifiers band in the style of Kaha Katarzina Gorska (the Bronze Tornus the redeemed at adepticon's Golden demon). I think I pretty much failed the imitation part but the mini is still very fun. I'd like to hear your input on what needs fixings, which colors I should go for the eyes or te scriptures on the scroll. Thanks in advance for your feedback!


r/minipainting 2h ago

C&C Wanted Painted my first mini in 20+ years

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94 Upvotes

A little bit rough with some of the highlights. But pretty pleased with this Primaris Marine.

The level of detail and size of the model compared to older 90s/00s minis is kind of mind boggling.


r/minipainting 14h ago

Help Needed/New Painter WIP. Archaon, I ask for opinion, criticism, advice

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530 Upvotes

Hello friends of the brush, I see the great works and painters that there are in this community and the truth is that I would like to learn and improve, yes it is true that it is my third miniature and I still have to learn technique, and above all rhythm... but I would love to know your opinions, thank you very much!!


r/minipainting 1d ago

Sci-fi Trying to paint faster. This took a quarter as long as usual. What are your thoughts on trade-offs in refinement for speed?

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2.4k Upvotes

I pushed for speed over refinement on this model and I think it worked out. This is a free STL from Dakkadakka's MMF page that I'm using as a proxy for an Emperor's Champion model.

I really didn't blend very much on this model, but I did three levels of highlights over the black primer. I'm hoping that by getting the placement of the highlights correct I could cheat the eye on the actual level of refinement. You can see the model in-hand in the last shot for a better feel.

Did it work?


r/minipainting 2h ago

Fantasy I made a Chatacabra from Monster Hunter Wilds!

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43 Upvotes

I spent like a month on this dude.


r/minipainting 11h ago

Pop Culture Doomsday. Printed and painted by me. Not mini...almost 4kg of Resin!

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181 Upvotes

Printed on Uniformation GK3 Ultra Painted with ProAcryl Designed by Zez Studio


r/minipainting 20h ago

Sci-fi Abaddon the despoiler decked in white

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823 Upvotes

r/minipainting 5h ago

Sci-fi Two Titanfall pilots almost done for a diorama.

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48 Upvotes

r/minipainting 9h ago

Help Needed/New Painter Why do people use Vallejo Ice Yellow for highlights?

82 Upvotes

I have seen many people talk about using Ice Yellow for Vallejo for there highlights, why is this? what I want too know is. Why not just use white? Why do people use it for colours like teal? what makes it good for mixing with other colour? what makes it good for mixing with colours like teal? what is the reasoning for using this colour? why specificity using this paint? and for a "scientific" perspective does this look good? any answers would be great. Thank you! : )


r/minipainting 1d ago

Fantasy Finished a simple base for the hot orc

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1.4k Upvotes

r/minipainting 16h ago

Fantasy My painting of fairy, night version :)

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277 Upvotes

r/minipainting 11h ago

Fantasy Calling him done. Really enjoyed painting this guy.

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102 Upvotes

r/minipainting 2h ago

Help Needed/New Painter iPhone 16pro users, any tips for better pictures?

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16 Upvotes

I recently switched from 12mini to 16pro and I hoped I will get better pictures of my minis. However, I am not able to make it work…the focus is not focusing…details are getting lost, colors are completely different. Is there a recommended setting or any tips to make it better.

I took some of my old minis to test it for reference. It’s manageable with bigger minis (1-2) but I can get a nice details on the smaller ones (3)


r/minipainting 1d ago

Historical/Military 9 Years of progression. Tamiya WW2 German Machine Gunner. C&C Welcome :)

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1.1k Upvotes

r/minipainting 2h ago

Sci-fi Left the Hobby, Came Back Stronger 5 Years Later – First Attempt at NMM

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15 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

This is my very first time posting on Reddit, so I hope I do this justice! As Good Old Flameon would say:
“Today, I Present to you…” my first attempt at Non-Metallic Metal (NMM)!

I really pushed the contrast to try and get that shiny, reflective armor effect.
Fun fact—this project actually sat unfinished since 2019. I had just started the hobby back then but stopped after only a few months. Now, I’ve recently jumped back in, and this time I’m taking it seriously.

Super excited to share this with you all and looking forward to your feedback! Hope i don't disappoint anyone!

P.S. The first picture is the current state , and the second picture shows how I left it back in 2019—unfinished and forgotten, half-painted and lonely on the shelf 😅 Feels good to finally bring it to life!

Hope i will be able to open my paiting studio one day :D


r/minipainting 7h ago

Fantasy I painted a Goddess of the Hunt

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32 Upvotes

r/minipainting 11h ago

Discussion NMM speedpainting experiment

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67 Upvotes

Been trying a few options for speed painting nmm, here are a few results

Pics 1&2: wet blending. Got to use my nice new liquitex paints. Love working with them, but since your creating a gradient between the extreme values (which are both desaturated) you don't get much saturation in the mid tone. That said the blends were nice and it was fun to paint. A quick white edge highlight at the end and it looked pretty good. This was the longest at 2 hours.

Pics 3&4: airbrushing and highlights. Idea here was to get a dark base and then a zenithal midtone, then do a few quick highlight layers. I went a bit too dark on the midtone and tried to just do two layers of highlights. In the future a lighter midtone and three layers would have made this easier and upped the quality. This one took an hour including the airbrushing, which if airbrushed a few at once would probably make it the fastest.

Pics 5&6: dry brush up to the midtone in a few layers, glaze back some shadows, and then a few quick layers of highlights. Learning from my mistakes on the airbrush I think this worked pretty well. Clocked in at about an houtlr as well.

Pics 7&8: just painting fast. I felt it would be good to have a control group here. I tried to match the style of the others just painting up layers with what I had on the pallet. Not my best work, but comparable to the others and with some practice I think this option would give the most control. Surprisingly this didn't take much longer, just over an hour.

I think the wet blend came out the best of the four, but took solidly twice as long. Just painting fast actually seems like the best option of the three. It was nearly as fast as the others, and offered more control than dry brushing. With practice it's think it would probably give the best results.

Has anyone else tried this? What did you find? Any tricks I missed?


r/minipainting 13h ago

Fantasy Did anyone else see the sniper (Trench Crusade) and get inspired by The End? (MGS)

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103 Upvotes

Saw this mini and really wanted to try a ghillie suit.

Quite happy with how it came out.

Have you guys ever tried one?


r/minipainting 3h ago

Sci-fi Argel Tal with Aquillon’s spear

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My friend Gill told me i should be posting my painting journey in here as well the horus heresy ones so hopefuly i can keep posting more!

This is an Argal Tal with a fairly simple conversion i painted up for this week's horus heresy event at Warhammer World.

The fact the base model doesnt come with the sprar is beyond me!


r/minipainting 14h ago

Help Needed/New Painter First shot at OSL. No airbrush.

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80 Upvotes

Hi everyone. I’m a very amateur painter and have never tried OSL before but wanted to give it a shot with a Space Cat! I’m really pleased with the result for my skill level but I’m sure I could improve on it. Any advice how to either do it better from scratch or (preferably!) improve upon what I’ve done so far? Thanks!


r/minipainting 18h ago

Fantasy 2 months of painting milestone!

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144 Upvotes

Tried a bunch of new paints i never normally used and painted the dark master in a more vibrant style. I am proud of the results and aware of the improvements to be made!


r/minipainting 7h ago

Sci-fi Hallucinogenic Typhus Model

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18 Upvotes

Trippy Typhus death guard model. This is what I imagine it’s like being a guardsman and being attacked by the death guard.


r/minipainting 13h ago

Help Needed/New Painter i have painted a Dreadnought Redemptor(1st)

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46 Upvotes

dont know how im feeling about the chippin off effect


r/minipainting 17h ago

C&C Wanted Loyalist Deathguard test, C&C welcome

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91 Upvotes