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The Hobby Community Goes Grimdark with John Blanche
What happens when the Factory Team and the wider hobby community gets their hands on the new John Blanche Masterclass Paint Sets? Find out with this collection of videos showcasing reviews, tutoria...
Meet Ian, our Head of Marketing and Product Development
Meet one of the newest members of our Marketing and Product Development team - Ian Huxley! As the Chief Marketing Officer, he's behind every product we release, including the brand new John Blanche...
Introducing The Army Painter Challenge!
We're proud to announce the world’s first cross-system army painting competition, The Army Painter Challenge, debuting at LVO 2025! Discover all the details, how you can enter, and what prizes are ...
We're all familiar with Space Marines from Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 setting. They're undeniably cool, and pretty much everywhere you look. Well, they were ALMOST everywhere, but they had n...
Despite everyone having a painting desk set-up, it’s a corner of the hobby that’s rarely talked about or shared. We decided to switch on our painting lamps and shine a little light on the subject w...
Wargamer Games: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE DRAGON
We issued a challenge to some of your favourite content creators of draconic proportions, and now it's time for YOU to decide who will win the first-ever #WargamerGames!
Interview with a Necromancer: Dishing on Deth Wizards
Unleash your necromantic powers and raise your own horde of undead minions in Deth Wizards, the latest game by Snarling Badgers. We recently talked with one of its creators, Adam Loper of Tabletop ...
The Battle Against Breast Cancer Charity Tournaments and Raffle
Learn about The Battle Against Breast Cancer - a series of Warhammer 40,000 tournaments held across the US to benefit the American Cancer Society and help fund breast cancer research as well as a p...
Catching Up With The Build Paint Play Podcast
We recently caught up with the Build Paint Play podcast hosted by Dave and Jake, a duo of hobby stalwarts and frequent collaborators with The Army Painter at events, to find out a bit more about wh...
How fare thee, daring adventurers? Hast thou pondered upon the essence of the GameMaster paint sets? Well then traveler you're in luck! Pull up a chair, rest thine feet, and let me regale you with ...
The Arena of Escalation: Here Be Monsters - Part 2
The march of monsters and tanks continues apace in the Arena of Escalation! Join the second half of our contestants as they show off their centrepiece models for their growing Warhammer 40,000 armies.
The Arena of Escalation: Here Be Monsters - Part 1
No miniature collection is complete without a suitably grandiose centrepiece model, a maxim we take to heart in the Arena of Escalation! Join the first half of our contestants as they show off the ...
The Warpaints Fanatic Colour Conversion Chart
Are you looking for the closest match to one of your Warpaints Fanatic colours? Look no further, for our crack team of painters has hand-swatched several entire paint ranges to compile the most com...
Paint Like a Pro: Airbrush Basics
Get a professional painter’s insight into the basics of airbrushing with our latest installment of Paint Like a Pro. Steffen takes you through everything you need to know to start your airbrushing ...
Building Your Warpaints Fanatic Collection
Find out the best ways to build up your Warpaints Fanatic collection by combining several of our box sets!
Warpaints Fanatic: Paint and Take with GMM Studios
Brandon Palmer of GMM Studios takes us behind the scenes of the recent Paint and Take he ran at Gen Con, which used the Warpaints Fanatic Mega Set to take a Loot Studios mini from grey to done in 2...
The Hero Workshop and The Army Painter
Here at The Army Painter, we believe in spreading the joys of the miniature painting hobby to as many people as possible - a passion shared by The Hero Workshop, a non-profit that focuses on organi...
The Captain Challenge: Our Top Paint Picks
You've watched the video and voted for your favourite Space Marine Captain, now discover the top 5 paints from across our ranges used on each model, as picked by the painters themselves!
Designing the Fanatic Most Wanted Goblin Warchief
Learn about the design of the exclusive Goblin Warchief miniature included for free in the Fanatic Most Wanted Paint Set as we chat with Ziga, the CEO and Creative Director at Freecompany - the cre...
The Arena of Escalation: The Armies Take Shape - Part 1
There’s nothing more satisfying than when an army project finally starts looking like an actual army and now we’ve finally reached that point in the Arena of Escalation, our Warhammer 40,000 escala...
The Army Painter Factory Team Conquers the Skaventide
We reached out to several members of The Army Painter Factory Team to see what wonderful creations they had devised from the new Skaventide box set for Age of Sigmar. Find out what chittering creat...
The Arena of Escalation: Hobby Progress
Discover all the hobby progress achieved by our intrepid contestants in the Arena of Escalation, as they add their first vehicles, elite units, and other unique miniatures to their growing Warhamme...
Fanatic Starter Set Knights - Painted by You!
See just a few of our favourite renditions of the stoic Fanatic Starter Set knight from the hobby community at large and what their painter's thought about the new Starter Set.
Fanatic on Fanatics: Chaos Takes Hold at The Army Painter
Warpaints Fanatic has been unleashed upon the miniature painting world, and there’s no one quite as fanatical as the Chaos Space Marines of Warhammer 40,000. See what our own collection of heretica...