Hobby Guides

There is one moment every miniature painter remembers. You've basecoated your model, it looks flat, you apply a wash — and in about 90 seconds the whole thing transforms. That moment never gets old.

Drybrushing used to mean chalky, dusty-looking results. Artis Opus changed that. Their Series D brushes and dampening pad technique produce results closer to glazing than traditional drybrushing.

What if you could paint an infantry model — shading, highlights, and colour — in under 20 minutes? Slap Chop makes it possible. Here's exactly how it works.

It's the step that takes two minutes but makes or breaks your entire paint job. Skipping primer is the single most common mistake beginners make — and one of the easiest to fix.

You don't need a full paint range, a fancy brush set, or years of experience. You need a handful of paints, two brushes, a can of primer — and the courage to make that first mark.

Some Fridays at the Wildlings are predictable in the best possible way — familiar faces, familiar games, familiar chaos. And then there are Fridays like this one. This week, two of our members did something a little different. Daryl and Paul set up a game of the Batman Miniature Game — and honestly, it was one of the most impressive things to hit our tables in a while. The Batman Miniature Game — tactical skirmish gaming in the streets of Gotham So, What Is the Batman Miniatu

Last night six adventurers gathered around a table, picked up their hero cards, and stepped into the dungeon for the first time. As the Zargon player, Stephen watched something genuinely magical happen — and it had very little to do with dice rolls.

Last night the Wildlings descended into the Underhive for the first time in recent memory — running Necromunda in partnership with local gaming store Different Not Less Models. Here's the story of one of the greatest skirmish games ever made, and why it absolutely deserves a place at your table.

Beyond the battlefields of Warhammer 40K, a different kind of adventure awaits at the Wildlings. Our dungeon crawler community has discovered something brilliant in the Warhammer Quest range — and if you haven't tried it yet, here's why you should.

The Wildlings have answered the call! In partnership with Warhammer Newcastle, our members have signed up to Games Workshop's 1 Million Miniatures Challenge — pledging to paint hundreds of miniatures before May 9th. Here's how we're doing.

Thinking about getting into Warhammer 40,000 but not sure where to start? West Allotment Wildlings breaks down everything a complete beginner needs to know in 2026.