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Read our wargame terrain and miniature painting tutorials. Consider them as an idea dump or a personal recipe collection.

How to learn game rules

Hobby Shortcut: How to learn game rules

28/03/2025 Eric Hobby Shortcut, Tutorial

In this tutorial I’ll guide you through my personal method of how I learn war game rules, and how to wreck your rulebook in the process.

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BATTLETECH 3D Terrain: Water

07/02/2025 Eric Tutorial

In this BATTLETECH 3D Terrain tutorial, I’ll cover my technique of representing water in my favorite game.

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Hobby Shortcut: Basic oil wash

31/01/2025 Eric Hobby Shortcut, Tutorial

A DIY oil wash is a cheap and easy to use alternative to your standard acrylic wash and another tool for your miniature painting arsenal.

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A bright new (miniature painting) world

17/01/2025 David Tutorial

For many years now, my miniature painting palette could be described as dark, not grim, but certainly not bright. This[…]

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Portable Travel Pocket BATTLETECH

Portable-Travel-Pocket-BATTLETECH

06/12/2024 Eric Gaming, Tutorial

I’ve been tinkering with a portable-travel-pocket-sized BATTLETECH game, because I like to experiment with travel sized miniature gaming.

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Free wash palettes

Hobby Shortcut: Free wash palettes

29/11/2024 Eric Hobby Shortcut, Tutorial

Free re-usable beer bottle lid wash palettes! Up-cycling at its best. The size is perfect for your mini painting needs.

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“Glass” windows

15/11/2024 David Tutorial

The subject of this brief tutorial is my take on crafting a glass window for miniature tabletop wargames, both historical[…]

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Miniature Glowup

25/10/2024 David Tutorial

Happy orktober, everyone… or spooktober, for the undead fans among us. As part of an in-club activity, I decided to[…]

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Painting sculpted goblin miniature

Orktoberfest

18/10/2024 Eric Tutorial

For 2024’s Orktoberfest, I was painting my hand sculpted goblin miniature. I made it nearly 10 years ago out of a piece of wire and Miliput.

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Hobby Shortcut: Experiments and Prototypes

11/10/2024 Eric Hobby Shortcut, Tutorial

Before committing to a major wargaming terrain or painting project, I tend to do experiments and develop prototypes first. My[…]

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