The Painters' Corner

Priming is a crucial step that sets the foundation for your entire painting process: it helps paint adhere, enhances durability, and provides consistent base color. Using spray cans is a popular priming choice because of its convenience and effectiveness. Here's a beginner-friendly guide on how to prime your miniatures using spray cans.

The miniature painting hobby is awash in a sea of advice about what paint brushes to buy, how to care for them and whether one is the best “magic bullet” to get your miniatures painted better, faster. We look at some of the most enduringly popular brushes out there and at a recent newcomer; what makes them different from each other, and how those differences affect your miniature painting. 

Two Thin Coats Paint is now available at Over the Brick! It is a new line of paint formulated by Games Workshop Alum Duncan Rhodes. Our lead painter, Derek, has had hands-on time with this new range of paints that boasts 60 colors for base, mid-tone, highlight, metallic and other effects.

As an exclusive Gold Crown Anest Iwata retailer (one of only 15 in the world and the only in Washington state) we proudly carry one of the largest inventories of products from Anest Iwata, a leading manufacturer of high end air brushes, air compressors, and painting equipment.

GamersGrass’ line of terrain supplies aim to help artists achieve a new level of realism and they are well known for their high quality products of specialty tufts, laser plants, shrubs, and basing bits. We outline each of these and give you the lowdown on what’s available for all your terrain needs.

Vallejo Xpress Colors have been one of the most anticipated paints in the heavy body wash/ink/one-coat painting arena, and they’ve finally arrived! We dive into what we can expect for this new range and whether it should be added to your painting arsenal.