Paint Perspective - Miniature Painting Podcast

In episode 125 Paul and James talk all things converting and kit bashing. We cover conversion and how to approach simple and in depth conversions along with a little look at the launch of Armoury and the thinking behind it. We also cover practical advice on how to improve your conversions, plan better builds, and get cleaner, more professional results. Whether you’re just starting or looking to refine your skills, there’s something here for you.

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In episode 124 of Paint Perspective, James and Paul turn their attention to the outside world, and how just slowing down and appreciating your surroundings can help you vastly improve your mini painting, from shading to inspiration for an army theme.

From taking photos of a pipe under a sink in a restaurant to the natural world, James and Paul discuss how this has helped them with their painting over the years and why their camera rolls are full of random items and objects. 

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In episode 123 of Paint Perspective, James and Paul go over paint brush tips, ranging from brush control to finding the perfect brush for you.

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So many models to review, so little time before Games Workshop gives us more!

In episode 122 of Paint Perspective, we're here to rank all the new models and talk about our painting plans for 2026!

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The miniature painting hobby certainly has its fair share of tools, gadgets and gizmo's but do any of them have any other uses than what they were designed for?

In episode 120 of Paint Perspective, we're here to shed the light on some secret uses for common hobby tools you've certainly got at your desk and explain why you might just be using them WRONG! 

Expect insights into:
🛠️ Secret uses for your tools
🖌️ How to make your brushes last longer
🙅🏻‍♂️ Perfecting mould lines
🔥 Hobby Hacks

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We all love painting miniatures, but nobody can be at peak form all the time... So what do you do when your motivation is low, and you don't know what to work on next?

In episode 119 of Paint Perspective, we're having an intervention on our own hobby lulls and discussing how we plan to get back on a more productive path...

Expect insights into: 
💪🏻How to stay motivated to paint your Warhammer army
⚖️How to choose your next painting project
💰Is your "pile of potential" holding you back?
🔥Hobby hacks 

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We love discussing painting techniques here on the podcast, but there’s one of them we haven’t yet covered… Freehand! 

In episode 118 of Paint Perspective, we're joined by Ewan who is our in studio specialist for all things freehand and miniature artwork! He’s here to share his essential tips for mastering the craft and give us a live demo on how to create not just freehand patterns, but real miniature masterpieces!

Expect insights into: 
🖌️How to become a freehand master
🏁Where to start as a beginner
💀How to paint a freehand skull
🔥H...

When we think about getting better looking Warhammer we usually think of improving our painting, but what about some of the more overlooked steps? 

In episode 117 of Paint Perspective, we're here to reveal some secret tricks to improve contrast, finish and get you better looking Warhammer miniatures without changing anything about your painting! 

Expect insights into: 
🤫Secret uses for varnish
👆🏻Increasing contrast on miniatures
🏝️Immersive miniature bases
🔥Hobby hacks 

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Painting your Warhammer miniatures can be very daunting (and expensive), so how can you overcome your fear of ruining your miniatures and guarantee quality results?

In episode 116 of Paint Perspective, we share our tips for both new and experienced painters on what essential tips and techniques you should focus on. You can also expect to learn where we think your money is best spent, which paint brushes you should (or shouldn't) use and share advice for what models to choose for both practice and experimentation! 

Expect insights into: 
😰 How to overcome the fear
🙅🏻‍♂️ What products to...

Painting your Warhammer army is incredibly time consuming, but can you save time without sacrificing quality results? In this episode, we discuss our best hacks for army painting, that not only save you time and make you a more efficient painter, but might just result in you having the best army on the tabletop! 

Expect insights into: 
💨 How to paint your army faster
⬆️ Hacks to improve your army 
❌ What traps to avoid
✅ Essential techniques 

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If there's one thing we love to talk about, it's how to improve at miniature painting... But is this "hustle culture" actually ruining the hobby? On this episode, we discuss the reaction to some of our content and review the overall mindset behind improving your brush skills, and how our opinions have changed over time... 

Expect insights into:
🙅🏻‍♂️ Is hustle culture ruining the hobby?
⚖️ How to balance fun and improvement
✅ How to maximise fun and enjoyment 
🤔 Why our opinions have changed...

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The Warhammer hobby can be rather expensive, so we wanted to know: Can you really buy everything you need to build and paint a Space Marine for under £50. In this absolutely unhinged episode, we tried (and failed) to each create our own essential budget hobby list! However, while there were many hiccups along the way not all is what you might think…

Expect insights into: 
🙅🏻‍♂️ Why we failed the challenge 
🤑 Planning a budget hobby list
❌ Which tools you should avoid
✅ Essential items to spend money on

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Warhammer can be an incredible escape for all of us, but with such a solitary hobby, how can you use it to connect with the community? 

In episode 112 of Paint Perspective we are joined by Ollie of BlackHeartMinis, who has become a prolific representative of the community, to share his story of how he has used social media and events to make lifelong friends... 

Expect insights into:
💗 How to expand your own hobby community
📱 Positive use of social media
🖌️ Community painting showcase
🔥 How to rapidly improve at painting 

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You all of course know Luetin09 for his incredible lore content, but what about the other pillars of the hobby? In episode 111 of Paint Perspective, Luetin is back in the studio to share with us how he paints so many huge Warhammer armies, and the mindset and techniques behind his motivation.

Expect insights into:
🖌️ How to motivate yourself to paint a huge Warhammer army
📖 How to use lore to improve your army 
💰 Luetin’s favourite hobby products 
🔥 Hobby Hacks to improve your painting!

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The airbrush is a fantastic tool for miniature painting, but do you actually need one? In this episode, we’re discussing the common misconceptions, myths and struggles we hear from the community surrounding the airbrush. We’ll be spreading some light on when you should and shouldn’t use one to paint your Warhammer miniatures, and how to best use it to paint your army faster! 

Expect insights into:
🖌️ Tips to get better results from your Airbrush
💰 Should you buy one?
❌ Why you might not need one
🔥 Hobby Hacks to improve your painting!

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Is digital miniature design becoming too complicated? Saturnine is the latest release for Warhammer the Horus Heresy, and it’s not been without mixed opinions…

This week we’ve had our hands at painting some of the new miniatures and are here to discuss our honest thoughts…

Expect insights into:
🖌️ How we painted the new Saturnine miniatures
😰 Difficulty with the assembly process
❌ Should you buy or avoid this expensive box?
🔥 Hobby Hacks to improve your painting!

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We’ve never made an episode quite like this… There’s many ways to improve at miniature painting, but nobody explains it quite like Tommie Soule!

In this essential episode of Paint Perspective, we sit down with the miniature painting tutor himself to challenge everything we’ve ever thought about how we approach the hobby… 

Expect insights into:
🖌️ The KEY to improve at painting
😰 Overcoming your FEAR of ruining miniatures 
❌ Wet Vs Dry palette DEBATE
🔥 ESSENTIAL Tips to improve brush control

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You've seen us talk 3rd edition, but what about the most beloved era of Warhammer 40k...2nd edition!  In this episode, we're reviewing every space marines release from 1993 - 1998

This was James and Paul's intro into the world of Warhammer, so expect a lot of nostalgia that certainly won't go unchecked! Also in this week's episode it's our latest monthly painting challenge: #JunespiteGitz and we'll be rounding up all of the submissions from our community! 

Expect insights into:
✅The best Space Marines of 2nd edition
❌The Worst miniatures of 2nd edition
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You know there’s nothing more we love around here than chatting about paint, so why not go straight to the source! In this episode, Mat Hart from Steamforged games is in the studio to teach us all about how they designed, and manufactured the return of the most coveted paint range in the industry… P3! 

Expect to learn how to exploit the properties of your paints to paint an army fast, how to easily improve the contrast on your model, how to avoid common mistakes with miniature paint and much more! 

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There's no doubt that Trench crusade is the most hyped game in the wargaming / miniature painting hobby right now, so it's about time that we take a closer look... 

In this sponsored episode, James talks us through his experience with painting grimdark miniatures for the game, how surprised we were by the quality of these 3D printed miniatures, how to paint these models incredibly fast, and much more! 

Expect insights into:
🖌️How to paint GRIMDARK
⏱️How fast these minis are to paint
🤌🏼The QUALITY of these 3D prints
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This year, we brought back one of the biggest Warhammer / miniature painting competitions... IronSkull! 

After a hugely successful day packed with incredible miniatures, we share with you the behind the scenes of the event and of course discuss the winners, what we learned, the miniatures we painted, and what's next! 

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Expect insights into:
📸Reviewing the winners gallery
🪖Inspiration for your army 
🖌️Our miniatures we painted
🎬Behind the scenes of the event

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We all love Warhammer painting videos, but what are they lacking compared to physical books? 

In this episode we chat to Dave Taylor, (hobbyist and publisher of The Art Of book series) about his journey in the hobby, and what he has learned from working with some of the most talented and creative artists in the miniature painting industry... 

Expect insights into:
🖌️ Learning from books vs video 
💭 Commonalities in pro artists 
📖 How Dave's books are created 

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There's lots of ways to improve at miniature painting, but not all of it comes down to technique. There's one core component to improving at any skill... Mindset!

In this thought provoking episode we chat to Logan Sama, (professional radio DJ and E-Sports commentator) about his journey in the hobby, and his recent mindset shift thats lead to huge improvement in his painting results!

Expect insights into:
🖌️How consciously improve at painting
💭The mindset of competition artists
❌(huge) common mistakes
🔥Hobby hacks to improve your painting!

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Painting an even better looking Warhammer army doesn’t just come down to brush strokes, you need a plan so that you can meet your goals! In this episode, we walk you through how we like to plan the many 40k armies we have painted and why you might want to take planning a little more seriously in your projects… 

Expect insights into:
🖌️How to plan a better paint job
⏱️How to be more efficient with your painting
📕The value of a painting journal 
🔥Hobby hacks to improve your...

In 100 episodes, we sure have spent a lot of time talking about all things miniature painting, so what have we learned? In this 100 episode special, we look back on our favourite conversations from Paint Perspective and share our biggest lightbulb moments... And why it improved us as hobbyists!  

Expect insights into:
🤔 What we learned in 100 episodes
✅ How its made us better hobbyists 
🔥Hobby Hacks to improve your painting! 

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What was it like to collect space marines in 1999? In this episode, we're talking about one of the most often overlooked editions of Warhammer 40k... 3rd edition! Miniature design has come a long way and while we still have many of these classic models with us today, many have been forgotten to time... Also in this week's episode it's our latest monthly painting challenge: #AdMechApril and we'll be rounding up all of the submissions from our community! 

Expect insights into:
✅The best Space Marines of 3rd edition
❌The Worst miniatures of 3rd edition
👤 Paul's hobby up...

We all know the hobby can be expensive at times, especially when it comes to the tools you need to build and paint your Warhammer miniatures... In this episode we are sharing with you our best budget hobby tools, that we actually use all the time and can save you money! 

Expect insights into:
📈 How to avoid the "hobby tax"
🔨 Everyday tools we like to use
💰 Saving money on hobby tools
🔥 Hobby hacks to improve your miniatures

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From primarchs to kill teams and everything in-between, theres no better kitbash expert on all of YouTube than Pete The Wargamer! In this weeks episode, Pete joins us to discuss how he gets inspiration for projects, how he methodically plans his Warhammer conversions, his experiencing with designing his own plastic parts and of course share some hobby hacks! 

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Expect insights into:
🔎 How Pete finds unique parts for his...

We love converting and kit bashing space marines, but how do you really take them to the next level, and make a truly custom character (that doesn’t suck)? In this episode we are deep diving on the planning and character creation side of kit bashing…

Joe reveals how (and why) he designed his custom character for his army, And how James curates parts for his homebrew chapter of space marines! 

Expect insights into:
🔎How to curate unique parts for your kit bash
✍🏻How to design a truly unique character
🙅🏻‍♂️Where hobbyists go wrong
🔥Hobby hacks...

No matter your skill level in the hobby, everyone has questions about painting Warhammer miniatures and this week we’re here to answer them! 

We asked our community what they want to know about all things miniature painting, to give you our perspective as professional painters… 

Expect insights into:
🎨How to work with difficult paints
🖌️How to improve your brush skills
🙅🏻‍♂️The best ways to fix mistakes 
🔥Hobby hacks to improve your painting

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We all love consuming Warhammer painting tutorials here on YouTube, but how much practical knowledge can you REALLY learn from videos?

In episode 94 of Paint Perspective, we discuss how we like to learn new skills in miniature painting, the best tips for becoming a better student and how you can get better behind the brushes!

Expect insights into:
🎨 How we learned to paint miniatures
🖌️ The best way to learn from online content
👨‍🎓 How you can become a better student
🔥 Hobby hacks to improve your painting

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Theres lots of miniatures games out there beyond Warhammer, but there's always been one that stands out the most... Infinity 

In this episode, James tells us about the Infinity miniature he painted this week, how they compare to our experiences to other systems and manufacturers, and how it could improve your skills as a miniature painter! 

Expect insights into:
🎨 Why have we previously overlooked infinity 
🖌️ James' experience painting the models
💪🏼 How these models can improve your skills
🔥 Hobby hacks to improve your painting

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Competition time will soon be upon us in the miniature painting community, so who better to chat with this week than upcoming judge of IronSkull 2025: John Keys!

In episode 92 of Paint Perspective, John gives us his fascinating insight into the ‘journey’ of miniature painting and how his approach has changed over the years.

Expect insights into:
🎨 Why John stopped painting GW miniatures
🖌️ The best reason to enter a miniature painting competition 
🖤 How mental health can impact your painting 
🔥 Hobby hacks to improve your painting

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Thanks to Games Workshop for sending us this new box set free for review. 

One of the most anticipated range refreshes from Games Workshop is finally here, and It’s of course non other than the Emperors Children! In this episode, we discuss the new army box set, the miniatures we have painted from it so far, and the problems we had along the way… Expect to learn why pink was one of the most challenging colours we have found to paint, how we would advise painting a whole Emperors Children army, previous armies we have painted, futur...

If theres one thing thats just as important as a well painted miniature, it’s of course got to be the base it stands upon… But how do you make sure yours actually look good, and aren’t completely boring? In this episode, we discuss all things basing and how you can use it to improve your miniatures! Expect to learn easy and quick methods for making your base stand out, how to make better decisions to complement your miniature, the tools and materials we like to use and much more! 

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Lots of us have at some point fantasised about turning our hobbies into our job, but what does it really take to make money painting Warhammer? In this episode, we discuss professional commission painting miniatures and the skills you’ll need to pull it off. Expect to learn from James on how he started a commission painting business, and how the industry has changed over 10 years of running it. The struggles and successes Joe has seen from managing over 90 professional Warhammer painters, and George’s experience as a full time artist and what lessons he had to learn to make...

There's lots of ways to improve your Warhammer painting, but what about ones that don’t involve any brushes at all? In this episode, we discuss one of the most overlooked parts of miniature painting: building and cleaning your Warhammer models. Stay tuned for hacks on how to do a better job, the tools we recommend, things to avoid and why it will make your paint jobs look better!

Also in this episode, it’s time for the community submissions for our monthly painting challenge: #catachanuary and we will be showcasing some of our favourites (and the best...

There’s nothing we love more than painting Warhammer miniatures, but what about those times where it’s not so much fun? This week, we discuss how to get back to enjoying miniature painting when it’s at its hardest, and how to tackle frustration, lack of motivation and self doubt… Expect to learn how we keep cool when challenged by projects, the most fun techniques you can use to relax, creating the best mindset and confidence around painting and much more! 

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We always love painting new miniatures from Games Workshop, but can the challenge sometimes be a little too tough? In this episode, we discuss the new Phoenix Lord releases of Aeldari for Warhammer 40k and the teams experience painting the miniatures and importantly, why they were such a challenge! 

Also in this episode, we discuss the new reveals from the Las Vegas Open (LVO), answer our question of the week about planning projects and of course share with you our parting Hobby Hack! 

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Every miniature painter dreams of winning a Golden Demon trophy, but very few have won more than this week’s guest Mark Lifton!

In this episode, you’ll learn Marks important lessons from winning at Golden Demon, his advice for how you can enter a miniature painting competition, what separates his entries from everyone else, and why miniatures are not the same in photos as reality...

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