Best of: Tale of Painters August 2025

Welcome to this month’s recap! Here on Tale of Painters, August saw some exciting reviews of the new League of Votann releases and the AMP Colors from Monument Hobbies. There’s also a tutorial for Stahly’s Nighthaunt, some lovingly painted Hearthkyn Warriors by Dunk, and much more besides. You won’t want to miss it!

Tale of Painters is the unofficial miniature painting hobby magazine. For over 15 years, we’ve been your go-to source for honest reviews of the latest Warhammer models, miniature paints, and hobby tools. We also have 300+ detailed tutorials and painting guides, and of course, inspiring paint jobs and projects to share. Here’s a roundup of our best posts this month.

Reviews

All the new Leagues of Votann models unboxed:

Plus more reviews:

• Stahly compared the AMP Colors from Monument Hobbies vs. the Pro Acryl main range
• A look at the new Vulkan He’stan model sprues
• The Lord Vitriolic and High Falconer Felgryn for the Nighthaunt and Flesh-eater Courts
• Legions Imperialis got a wave of five new tank kits, and here is our review

Stahly also made a video for his AMP review:

Tutorials & tips:

Step-by-step guide for Stahly’s purple-white-grey Nighthaunt scheme:

Plus more:

• The best brown and petrol colours from the updated P3 range
• A collection of our five best Leagues of Votann posts

Miniature showcases:

• Garfy’s brutal Iron Warriors Saturnine Dreadnought (inc. painting guide)
• A Jade Warrior from Grand Cathay (inc. painting guide)
• Dunk’s beautiful orange Hearthkyn Warriors
• Stahly painted the brand new Lord Vitriolic for his Nighthaunt collection

Patreon update

We’d love it if you supported our work on Patreon. In addition to weekly behind-the-scenes posts, you’ll get bonus content like extra high-res sprue images for all our Warhammer reviews and more detailed masterclass PDF tutorials. You’ll also be supporting Stahly’s paint swatch project. He’s made it his mission to catalogue the colours of all miniature paint brands into professional, cross-compatible paint swatches and keep them up to date.

Here are this month’s key updates:

• V2.0 update for the 7-in-1 colour matching document: this huge update adds the new AMP and Warpaints Fanatic Historical colours, plus an increased page size and improved colour sorting. Click here to learn how to get the free update.
• V2.0 update for the AK 3rd Gen swatch: another big new update that adds several quality of life features such as the inclusion of product codes, plus improved accuracy for most colours. Click here to learn how to get the free update.

Thank you for engaging with our content this month. We hope it provided some useful tips and inspiration for your hobby. Feel free to leave us your feedback or suggestions here in the comments or on the feedback channel of our friendly hobby Discord server. Thanks a lot, and happy hobbying!