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New Culture of Paint episode (Patreon)

Published:
2021-02-08 11:19:32
Imported:
2026-06

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Hi everyone,

We'll be recording tonight at 2000 GMT. The main topic for the show is "things we wish we'd known when getting into the hobby". 

Let us know any of yours in the comments below. And I'll pop the link up to the stream later. Be great to see any of you there.

Henry

Comments

Philip Leadbitter

Having the right brush for the right task. Although I feel like a lot of things that current me thinks I would have liked to have known at the time would have gone straight over the head of 10 year old me. So as much as hindsight would have wanted me to know more I'm not sure how I would have been able to put it into practise

Artaurius

Neat painting through a thorough understanding of Brush Control, Brush Strokes, and Paint Consistency. All the above (in my mind mind) are the core foundations of good, neat painting no matter if your painting 10,000pts of 40k or the next competition piece. Admittedly, like Philip above, 12 year old me getting into the hobby might not have paid much attention, but 41 year old me feels these are the core lessons we can all learn over and over to remind ourselves of the basics, time and time again.

Paul Keating

Probably a stupid one, but just paint. Don't get hung up on watching 100s of tutorials and reading up on theory. The best learning is just painting.

Adam Hughes

Be inspired, but don’t compare. Be sure to take plenty of pictures as you go so that you can look back and track your progress vs. yourself rather than Instagram brush wizards. Also: done is better than perfect.

Nory Proctor

I wish I'd known how out if control it can get! And how to deal with feeling overwhelmed at so much grey plastic and how other people's strategies, batch painting for example, may or may not work for you. You might be someone who does a project from start to finish, or get a number of models to the same level then finish them one by one, or someone who needs to chop and change between lots of different, but smaller, projects. I have an obsessive compulsive disorder, so as much as I love the hobby it's been a disaster for me at times. But what works for other people may not be YOUR 'right way', so don't be disheartened if it's not working, try something else. Your enjoyment matters more. Ramble over!

Sebastian Jensen

Personaly I'm not sure what I would have liked to know before getting into the hobby. But I've been helping people get set up for starting the hobby, and helping them continue onwards. The thing I find myself telling most new painters and players, is quite simple: Stay away from armies and miniatures you don't enjoy painting. A army will overwhelm 9 out of 10 players in my experience, and having to paint 100 milita soldiers worth 2 points each is another straight way to overwhelming. All of this summarised to 2 things would be: I wish I had a wider intro to miniature painting(Other companies, paintbrands and styles than what GW deliver) I wish I had been told to stay away from army projects, since that have overwhelmed me several times over the 21 years of painting.

Miles Cheverton

- Surface model prep is a foundation essential (mold lines, drilled barrels and all that) - Get an airbrush day 1 & just use it for priming - Thin your paints - A few high quality tools is better than 100 alright ones

Kevin Cobban

I wish I new to stay away from the internet! When I first started I enjoyed painting a lot and just had fun completing models. However, once I started looking up tutorials and color schemes from other painters, I pressured myself too much to be better and it sapped the fun out of painting. I also wish I stocked up more on those GW hexpots! The old colors were so nice

Adrian Prowse

Drybrushing, when I started in the hobby it was in the days before the Internet about 1990/91 and the nearest games workshop store was about 40 miles away. Me and my friends all thought drybrushing was using a dry brush. It wasn't until I managed to get hold of a games workshop painting guide that we all found out about the game changing technique for the time.

Rich DK

I wish I had a better understanding of progressing in the hobby. Expectations as a beginner and what's the basic path from there to the box art or to your favorite painters level. There is a world of difference between thinking "I'm not a good artist" and "I'm not a good artist yet"

Tim Royce

To get an airbrush sooner rather than later!