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A Painting Guide for the 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders, Part 1	3	20 Sep 2023 12:52 p.m. PST
Light Source	12	19 Sep 2023 5:58 a.m. PST
Priming and cleaning soft plastic figures	9	18 Sep 2023 10:44 a.m. PST
Anybody use dish soap as a flow aid?	11	17 Sep 2023 1:55 a.m. PST
The Pledge--August 2023	7	13 Sep 2023 11:21 a.m. PST
Where to buy extra spray can caps	7	10 Sep 2023 3:35 a.m. PST
Buying Spray Paint at Walmart	23	09 Sep 2023 4:35 p.m. PST
Painting and detailing a breaking wave	4	07 Sep 2023 10:48 p.m. PST
Have You Ever Painted The Bristles Off A Brush Before?	12	07 Sep 2023 7:36 p.m. PST
25mm Old Glory - Wars of Ozz - Harvesters	4	05 Sep 2023 1:16 p.m. PST
What am I doing wrong?	72	01 Sep 2023 11:14 a.m. PST
Royal Hesse Darmstadt et Diverse	10	28 Aug 2023 4:35 a.m. PST
Perry Miniatures - WotR - Foot Knights	10	24 Aug 2023 3:29 a.m. PST
Painting Small Figures	5	22 Aug 2023 7:57 p.m. PST
How do you paint an invisible figure?	18	20 Aug 2023 9:14 a.m. PST
Not buying brushes from miniatures companies anymore.	26	16 Aug 2023 2:38 a.m. PST
THE PLEDGE - July 2023	8	07 Aug 2023 9:57 a.m. PST
Do you have a painting booth?	24	06 Aug 2023 1:28 a.m. PST
Do you keep a painting diary?	28	05 Aug 2023 11:54 p.m. PST
Requiem for a Can of Spray Paint	4	05 Aug 2023 2:49 p.m. PST
Sealer or primer needed for MDF buildings?	16	04 Aug 2023 12:36 p.m. PST
What do you call your table?	40	28 Jul 2023 6:19 a.m. PST
Great advice for those getting started in miniature painting	3	16 Jul 2023 3:27 p.m. PST
Adhesion Promoter for Plastics?	8	14 Jul 2023 6:48 p.m. PST
The Dip Method	51	13 Jul 2023 1:59 p.m. PST
What Happened With Reaper Brushes?	3	11 Jul 2023 3:38 a.m. PST
The Three Outlaws	6	10 Jul 2023 1:15 p.m. PST
Army Painter Speed paints - on Napoleonics?	17	08 Jul 2023 6:47 a.m. PST
28mm Old Glory/West Wind - Pumpkin Headed Killer Scarecrows	6	07 Jul 2023 6:59 a.m. PST
Are your paints right in front of you?	19	05 Jul 2023 2:27 p.m. PST
Windscreen/windshield?	11	05 Jul 2023 10:50 a.m. PST
THE PLEDGE June 2023 At The Halfway Point	9	05 Jul 2023 8:54 a.m. PST
The Pledge May 2023	8	05 Jul 2023 8:47 a.m. PST
What's the stupidest thing you've done in our hobby?	66	03 Jul 2023 3:36 a.m. PST
DIY Star Wars 6mm army	22	15 Jun 2023 7:23 a.m. PST
You typically have a beverage while painting	11	15 Jun 2023 3:47 a.m. PST
How to shade gold?	20	15 Jun 2023 1:24 a.m. PST
Anyone got a color to sell me?	10	04 Jun 2023 10:27 a.m. PST
Painting Philosophy: Way of the Brush	5	03 Jun 2023 12:12 p.m. PST
Miniature Painting Tutorials and Guides for various	1	26 May 2023 9:11 p.m. PST
Zenithal Priming? Not You!	10	24 May 2023 2:29 p.m. PST
What’s It Like Being a Colour Blind Miniature Painter?	8	22 May 2023 3:29 p.m. PST
How to Paint Everything: Weathered Copper/Bronze...	1	17 May 2023 8:55 p.m. PST
15mm Horses with Contrast Paints at Dante's Wars	6	03 May 2023 9:47 a.m. PST
The Pledge April 2023	7	02 May 2023 1:44 p.m. PST
Downsizing	16	01 May 2023 2:15 p.m. PST
The Pledge March 2023	10	01 May 2023 12:54 p.m. PST
Craft paints. All from one manufacturer?	27	30 Apr 2023 11:20 a.m. PST
We need this for model colors	9	27 Apr 2023 6:42 a.m. PST
Thirty Years War - Saxon "uniforms" color?	5	23 Apr 2023 1:58 p.m. PST
Zeds and Crypts	2	15 Apr 2023 6:41 p.m. PST
Do you ever wonder who first thought of Acrylic Paint?	12	13 Apr 2023 9:38 p.m. PST
Looking for equivalent to Armory Gray Primer	5	13 Apr 2023 4:49 a.m. PST
Accidental Tyranids - Hive Fleet Imprudens!	5	12 Apr 2023 6:53 a.m. PST
Looking for a spray primer	5	11 Apr 2023 7:14 p.m. PST
Blog Update: End of March update.	4	01 Apr 2023 5:45 p.m. PST
You Love Your Paintbrush	5	31 Mar 2023 8:35 a.m. PST
Any advice on printing your own decals with inkjet printer?	14	30 Mar 2023 12:19 p.m. PST
What is going on with all the new paints?	29	26 Mar 2023 7:00 p.m. PST
Buying an Airbrush	6	26 Mar 2023 4:46 p.m. PST
44 dB de Bataille 1794 - 18 mm Sho Boki	7	24 Mar 2023 11:58 p.m. PST
The paint company you mostly use is...	19	24 Mar 2023 8:34 a.m. PST
Airing Out My Junk - Paint Fumes, That Is!	16	24 Mar 2023 6:34 a.m. PST
The Pledge, February 2023	10	20 Mar 2023 6:35 p.m. PST
Perfect miracle wash for 6mm figures	26	17 Mar 2023 1:10 p.m. PST
Windsor & Newton matte varnish	8	14 Mar 2023 11:59 p.m. PST
Horse Colors You Need to Know	11	14 Mar 2023 3:49 p.m. PST
Any sales on Vallejo paints right now?	4	06 Mar 2023 8:07 p.m. PST
Paint Booth w. Act. Charcoal Filter	8	05 Mar 2023 9:10 p.m. PST
Katas in Painting	1	01 Mar 2023 5:34 a.m. PST
2nd Ed 40k Terrain - Vibrant Alien Cactii	4	27 Feb 2023 5:47 p.m. PST
Unpainted or badly painted?	29	20 Feb 2023 8:55 p.m. PST
New Dip Technique product: Rust-Oleum	12	18 Feb 2023 10:58 a.m. PST
Dealing with 2nd hand figures	10	15 Feb 2023 6:16 p.m. PST
Excellent Service from Army Painter	2	15 Feb 2023 5:46 a.m. PST
You prefer soft!	1	10 Feb 2023 9:30 p.m. PST
40k nurgle chap	2	08 Feb 2023 11:58 a.m. PST
Color Theory Tutorials: Why Didn't I Learn This Earlier?	6	07 Feb 2023 7:07 p.m. PST
metal priming methods	20	03 Feb 2023 8:34 p.m. PST
The Pledge January 2023	9	03 Feb 2023 12:07 p.m. PST
A few thoughts on "The Pledge"	12	02 Feb 2023 10:17 p.m. PST
13th Doctor Who and the TARDIS	17	30 Jan 2023 1:03 p.m. PST
Dom's Decals	9	30 Jan 2023 7:43 a.m. PST
28mm Victrix Austrians Finished!	10	26 Jan 2023 7:10 a.m. PST
Best Highlight for Black Hair: Dark Gray	4	26 Jan 2023 12:23 a.m. PST
Paint texture help	4	25 Jan 2023 5:30 p.m. PST
25/28mm Old Glory - French Voltigeur Command (1812)	8	25 Jan 2023 4:54 a.m. PST
6mm Gamers DON'T Spend Less Time Painting!	28	18 Jan 2023 7:27 a.m. PST
Murats and Russian Generals Sho Boki 18 mm	14	16 Jan 2023 11:39 p.m. PST
Small scale bridge painting	2	14 Jan 2023 5:51 a.m. PST
Rustoleum Chalked Clear Matte Spray?	11	12 Jan 2023 4:15 p.m. PST
Using a Slow Cooker/Crock Pot to speed-dry mini's	10	11 Jan 2023 11:51 a.m. PST
The Great Experiment Begins	12	11 Jan 2023 11:10 a.m. PST
Oil based primer for plastics?	3	10 Jan 2023 9:36 a.m. PST
THE PLEDGE December 2022	10	08 Jan 2023 6:42 a.m. PST
How Blonde is your Blonde?	16	07 Jan 2023 1:31 p.m. PST
Following the Box Art	9	05 Jan 2023 5:32 p.m. PST
Necessary Equipment for Painting Miniatures	10	05 Jan 2023 3:32 p.m. PST
Blondes? What about the Redheads?	11	03 Jan 2023 2:25 p.m. PST
The Wargamers Army painting guide	6	02 Jan 2023 7:36 p.m. PST