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How to Paint Everything: BattleTech Hextech Buildings

Pre-painted Hextech terrain is great, but what if you're printing it yourself or want some more variety? We're looking at some basics for quickly painting 6mm buildings here.

How to Paint Da Red Gobbo’s Surprise

Games Workshop has a pretty wide range of model material complexity, at one end you can do necron warriors with maybe three at the bare minimum, and at the other you have their mini-dioramas which can include an uncountable...

How to Paint Everything: Tentacles

In our How to Paint Everything series we look at how to paint well, everything, with different techniques, approaches, and color schemes to give you multiple ways to tackle your hobby challenges. In this article we're looking at how...

Hobby 101: Goonhammer’s Written Tutorial Series

Our Hobby 101 series is an ongoing series of detailed tutorials from some of Goonhammer's best painters. Our goal is to provide informative, step-by-step references for hobby basics and painting techniques! Have you ever read one of our How...

How to paint everything: WW2 era Grigio Verde Uniforms

Italy might have had a relatively minor part to play in WW2 compared to many of the staple armies you see on the gaming table but they have a  remain one of the bigger factions in Wargaming and quite...

Goonhammer Historicals: Coloring the Past: A Discussion on the Color of Clothes in the Middle Ages

As recently discussed in our Roundtable article on gaming in the Medieval era, the age encompasses a large span, both temporally and physically. Because gaming systems and the models cover such a large period, it can be somewhat difficult...

How to Paint Everything: Lazy Non-Metallic Metal

This week we have a guest column by fine painter and all-around cool dude, Eric Beers! Join us for this quick and easy tutorial on how to get a non-metallic metal effect, fast. Non-metallic metal (NMM) has a reputation for...