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Hobby Shortcut: How to learn game rules

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.

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.

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

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

Reposing your awkward looking miniatures is easy and fun, and in this short tutorial I’ll show you how to I usually do it.

How do you test your Speed and Contrast paints 2.0 before putting them on your precious primed miniatures?

Just to be clear what we are talking about. Unlike your normal miniature collection with carefully painted warbands or large[…]

Don’t throw away your used coffee grounds and tea bags. You can up-cycle them into wargaming flock. It’s easy and free. Learn how it’s done!

Keeping a journal for our miniature wargaming hobby to capture ideas, to set goals, and to record progress isn’t new. But very useful!

Recently, I stumbled upon a handy product to protect your hobby desk on the cheap: MÅLA paper rolls from IKEA.[…]