Painting
Journals

Follow the detailed painting process with before/after comparisons, materials used, and step-by-step documentation of miniature painting projects.

7 detailed process journals available
Odin with first skin paint job
#001
Odin Bust - #001 - Odin Bust

After finishing my Jane Byrne statue I was looking for something a bit different when I came across a project from way back when. Back when I started ...

Materials Used:

airbrush
acrylic paint
brushes
Updated Jul 11, 2025
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Underpainted Craig Scrapfiggs
#001
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Craig Scrapfiggs - #001 - Craig Scrapfiggs

So this was a bit of an off-the-cuff model, I'd been trying to work through the Craftworld Studios tutorial for Sir Roderick and was struggling to gro...

Materials Used:

airbrush
acrylic paint
brushes
Updated Jul 11, 2025
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Work in progress shot of the skin tones for the John Hancock bust on the body only
#001
John Hancock Minibust - #001 - John Hancock Mini-bust

To encourage myself to post more I'm going to start doing regular updates on my WIP projects. They'll usually go into some of the decisions I'm making...

Materials Used:

acrylic paint
airbrush
brushes
Updated Jul 11, 2025
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Blagomir the Silent Underpainting Done
#001
Blagomir the Silent - #001 - Blagomir the Silent

Hot off the heels of Odin. I went straight into the bust of Blagomir the Silent. I followed the usual route of a zenithal highlight. I then followed t...

Materials Used:

acrylic paint
airbrush
brushes
Updated Jul 11, 2025
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Initial pass of skin tones for Odin Bust
#002
Odin Bust - #002 - Odin Bust

On the last journal, I'd wrapped up the skin tones (mostly) and laid in most of the gold NMM. From here I started to work on the leather surrounding t...

Materials Used:

airbrush
acrylic paint
brushes
Updated Jul 11, 2025
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John Hancock bust with white hair front view
#002
John Hancock Minibust - #002 - John Hancock

As I'd left it on the last journal I'd finished up the skin tone, got the armour and NMM looking good and was happy with the progress I'd made. That s...

Materials Used:

acrylic paint
brushes
Updated Jul 11, 2025
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Odin Frontview Chest Leather Complete
#003
Odin Bust - #003 - Odin Bust

After the last journal, I finished up the arm of the jacket and had worked out how I wanted the leather jacket to look.I followed the same process for...

Materials Used:

airbrush
acrylic paint
brushes
Updated Jul 11, 2025
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