Reviews

Over the years, we’ve tested hobby tools, paint ranges, boxed games, models, and more. In this section, you’ll find over 300 reviews.

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Paints & tools, Reviews

Who makes the best rust & patina paint? Dirty Down vs. Green Stuff World review

7.5

Horus Heresy, Reviews

Horus Heresy Maximus Battle Group & Whirlwind reviewed: big box, small compromises

8.5

Age of Sigmar, Reviews

Excess on parade: Lord of Hysteria, The Decadent Host & Accursed Reflection reviewed

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A selection of six Ultracryl paint bottles (purples, fluorescent paint, metallic paint, and black primer) lined up in front of a pink lit background

4.0

Paints & tools, Reviews

Ultracryl review: ultra pigmented, ultra coverage, ultra disappointing?

I've tested the complete Ultracryl paint range – the Kickstarter sensation from Germany. Premium acrylic paint with maximum pigmentation and the finest raw materials money can buy. What could possibly go wrong? Well… this is without a doubt the most difficult review I've ever had...

Starcraft Tabletop Miniatures game Founders Edition starter set, arranged on a grey background lit with purple and blue light

9.0

Reviews, Starcraft

Starcraft TMG Starter Set Founder’s Edition review: better value than Armageddon?

Terrans versus Zerg: one of gaming's most iconic rivalries finally comes to the tabletop, and it arrives in style. The Starcraft Tabletop Miniatures Game Founders Edition is a massive two-player starter set packed with coloured multipart plastic miniatures, a fabric gaming mat, terrain, and everything...

Five Mindworks heavy body acrylics tubes in front of a pink lit background, five colours from the core set

Paints & tools, Reviews

Can Mindworks artist acrylic paints really win you a Golden Demon? All sets reviewed

I've tested all the Mindworks Heavy Body Acrylic paint sets. Marco Frisoni claims he won a Golden Demon thanks to these paints... but can that really be true? Are they genuinely that good, or is it just clickbait? Heavy body artist acrylics are a completely...

Ionic Ioninks Smart Inks paint set arranged in front of a pink lit concrete background, with four bottles of ink in front of it

8.0

Paints & tools, Reviews

Ionic “Ioninks” are a joy to use – but perhaps not for everything (review)

Ammo MIG has expanded the Ionic Smart Colors family with a dedicated set of 12 inks. And on paper, the Ioninks look like the perfect companion to one of the hobby's most exciting newer paint ranges. High chromatic intensity, high opacity, and a highly fluid...

Close-up of the Horus Heresy Falchion super-heavy tank destroyer box artwork

9.0

Horus Heresy, Reviews

Falchion and Spartan Prometheus review: the Legion motor pool just got a lot more dangerous

The Legiones Astartes' heaviest armour rolls forward in plastic. Hot on the tracks of last year's Fellblade, Games Workshop delivers two more super-heavy additions to The Horus Heresy range: the devastating Falchion Super-Heavy Tank Destroyer and the Spartan Prometheus Assault Tank. We've gone through every...

Erasmus Zonn, Aqshian Pyroclast, Amethyst Knellmage, and Dawner's Triumph model kit boxes for the Warhammer Age of Sigmar game, arranged on a brown parchment background

8.0

Age of Sigmar, Reviews

Cities of Sigmar review part 2: Erasmus Zonn, Battlemages & a Dawner’s Triumph

Magic, monuments, and battlemages: the Cities of Sigmar's 2026 release wave saves some of its most characterful models for last. In this second part of our mega review, we're putting Erasmus Zonn, the Collegiate Battlemages, and the new faction terrain piece Dawner's Triumph under the...

Composing of a Cities of Sigmar Cannonade Cogfort and Gate Gargants on a hazy white background

8.0

Age of Sigmar, Reviews

Of Cogforts and Gate Gargants: Cities of Sigmar unboxing part 1

The Cities of Sigmar have a new war engine, and it walks. The Cannonade Cogfort is one of the most ambitious kits Games Workshop has ever released for Age of Sigmar. We're unboxing and reviewing the mighty Cogfort and the Gate Gargants, with high-res sprue...

An arrangement of three empty refillable paint markers from Green Stuff World, lit with dramatic pink light, on a dark concrete background

8.0

Paints & tools, Reviews

Why buy paint markers, when you can fill your own (GSW refillable markers review)

Refillable paint markers promise the ultimate flexibility: fill them with any paint you like, top them up whenever you want, and swap the tips when they wear out. Green Stuff World's latest generation of empty markers makes that promise more appealing than ever. Here's how...