Paints & tools, Reviews

Review: Ionic Smart Colors

Seven bottles of Ionic Smart Colors lined up on a concrete background with pink light, photographed for a review of the Ionic Smart Colors range
8.5

In recent years, we’ve seen a surge of new and impressive paint ranges, each claiming to outdo its competitors. This leaves me wondering: can acrylic paints for modelling improve further, or have we hit the ceiling? Big Child Creative also pondered this question, and their answer is their new Ionic Smart Paint, which you may have already seen in videos by Ninjon and Vince Venturella with their development name “Atom Smart Paints”. For this review, I tested the entire range with all 180 colours to explore whether Ionic represents the next evolutionary leap in miniature painting and the role that the Citadel Colour range of the 2000s plays in all of this.

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Paints & tools, Reviews

Review: John Blanche Masterclass paint sets Vol. 1 & 2

Both John Blanche Masterclass paint sets, photographed for a review on a concrete background with pink lighting
8.0

John Blanche is a visionary artist who has shaped the look and feel of the Warhammer IP like no other. But now that he’s retired, he’s joined team Army Painter to make his own paint sets?! In this review, I show you all 20 colours from both John Blanche Masterclass Sets. I’ll explore how the new colours fit into the existing Warpaints Fanatic range, and whether these sets are worth the hype or just a cash-in on a prestigious name.

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Paints & tools, Product Guides

Stahly’s best miniature paints for Warhammer 2024/2025

The best acrylic paints for painting Warhammer miniatures selected by Stahly

This is my up-to-date list of the best miniature paints I tested. Over the years, I tested over a thousand paints from (almost) all miniature paint manufacturers out there. So the ultimate question is: Which acrylic paint range is the best for painting Warhammer miniatures in 2025? To answer this question, I compiled a list sorted by categories. Best acrylics, best metallic paints, best washes, and best airbrush paints.

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Paints & tools, Reviews

Review: Citadel Servo-skull palette

The Citadel Servo-skull Palette on a grey concrete background, photographed for a review and unboxing
5.5

Games Workshop’s product design team often comes up with hobby accessories that make you wonder what they’ve been smoking. The Servo Skull palette combines a reusable silicone palette with a quirky grimdark design. In this review, we’ll take a closer look at this odd creation. I really wanted to love it, but…

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