Essential Hobby Supplies, Tools for Miniatures & Wargames Models

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Masters Black Spray Booth: an updated and refined version of their affordable spray booth.
Affordable Spray Booth – Masters original upgraded with LEDs so you can see better!
Indoor Filters For Spray Booth– Keeps your hobby airspace clean if you’ll be priming and airbrushing a bunch.
Ultrasonic model cleaner. Quickly clean parts and tools
Smaller Ultrasonic Cleaner Both ultrasonic model cleaners are sweet and save you time with a hands-free way of washing the chemicals off your resin pieces.
Dx Racer Chair– A good chair is something you don’t want to skip out on if you find yourself at the hobby desk. This is what Rob uses himself.
Gunnar Glasses- Protect From Harmful Blue Light, great for those harsh painting lights and computer monitor

Squadmarks Magnetized Terrain Box 10% OFF USE CODE: SPIKEYBITS

Purple Pad makes any chair better – hobbying takes a lot out of you, and this pad is great for long hours in the chair.
Selfie Light for Miniatures– works great for taking pics of your minis for posting to social media.
Cheesecloth- for making Camo cloaks for miniatures. TUTORIAL: Shockingly Easy: Make Camo Cloaks For Your Miniatures
Game Envy LUCENT Art Hobby Light For Miniatures– For a quality hobby light, this is an excellent price and less than Rob paid for his overhead desk lights. Spikey Bits readers, you can get 10% off this great deal by using the discount code SPIKEY when ordering!

TUTORIAL: Cleaning Models With The Ultrasonic Model Cleaner (large)

“Vortex” Heavy-duty paint mixer is more fun than it should be. We recently found this cheaper alternative as well that may be worth checking out here, as well as this version.
Mr. Polisher for trimming mold lines– Resin and plastic injections still come with mold lines that are visible after paint. Take it all off with Mr. Polisher.
Refilling Paint Water Pot– If you’re painting with a bunch of different colors, you can save yourself the trips of dumping water with the press of a button.

New Mx-Mini is rated the #1 best seller for Vortex Mixers on Amazon: Best Mixer Shaker for Wargames Miniatures Paints

Wet Pallet (small)– If you’re tired of wasting your paints by watching them dry as you work on your models, it’s time to grab a wet pallet.
Monument Hobbies EVO GoBag- Has enough room for all your paints, lights, and is a portable work surface. Unboxing & Review Article
Amazon 11×17 Poster Frame 2 Pack works perfectly for Warhammer starter box inserts.
Mobile Hobby Table- mobile dedicated hobby table you can use anywhere.

REVIEW: Spray Booth With LED Lights Black Spray Booth (New Product)

Masters Airbrush Spray Booth With LED Lights- remove harmful particles from the air, and still be able to see your models!
Gamer Black Dual Fan Spray Booth – Just like the booth above, but has two fans, and comes in a slick color!
Light Halo– Tutorial With Parts List
Overhead Triple Bright Lamp– I used two of the older model of this on my hobby table. Amazon recommends this brand now, and it has a pretty good rating with over 2,000 reviews.
Cheap $20 Lamp for Painting & Hobbying on Miniatures- Breaks down and fits in the Mounument Hobbies Go Bag. It has excellent reviews (4.5 stars with over 9,900 reviews), is insanely portable, and can be dimmed.

Essential Hobby Supplies to Pick Up

TUTORIAL: Transferring Citadel Paints to Dropper Bottles: Decant

15ml Dropper Bottles– Swap the Citadel paint pots with these dropper bottles and keep them from drying out.
30ml Dropper Bottles (for contrast and large pots)
Shoe Holder For Spray Can Storage– store your spray cans out of sight behind a door!
Matte Coat In Any Conditions: Rust-Oleum Dead Flat Spray– Never ruin a miniature again! TUTORIAL: Remove Dust & Fix Matte Coat Crazing/Frosting
Dead Flat Testors Lusterless Replacement

Godhand Clippers: Cut like butter for super cheap!

Vallejo Plastic putty for gap filling– Green Stuff has its uses, but this is awesome for filling in small cracks and crevices between bits.
Tamiya Extra-Thin Cement Quick-Setting– Great for ETB and all those “sliced” plastic model characters
Testors Liquid Cement For Plastics- does the same thing just with a metal nozzle for application.
BSI Superglue- They have a glue for everything!
BSI Quickset Accelerator– Their glue accelerator combo has been around for decades!
Blu-Tac (or Fun Tac)- great for holding low-force parts together (instead of magnets) and not stripping paint.

TUTORIAL: Easy Lift-Off- Great for lifting paint off of minis you want to restore

Hobby Holder– GW’s handles are great if you buy them all. This product is a one-stop solution for most miniature sizes.
Metallic Sharpie Markers For Painting– Great for quick trimming details on smaller models like shoulder pads/Titanicus
Testors Easy Lift-Off Stripper (ELO)– A must-have if you’re restoring a model or bringing some older ones up to speed.
Cheat at applying decals: Micro Sol/Set- Never have trouble with Decals again! TUTORIAL: Don’t Suck At Applying Transfers & Decals Anymore!

TUTORIAL: Saving and preserving your miniature paint brushes

Winsor Newton Cleaner removes dried paint– This cleaner does not play. You will need to use it with metal or glass containers it will eat plastic!
Jentastic Brush Goop Conditioner after each use– Invented by a lady, but strong enough to protect and condition your brushes!
Vallejo Chipping Medium
Shapers Brushes for filling gaps with putties– If you’re doing high-detail work on a conversion and need to fill gaps with plastic putty or green stuff.
High-Quality Sable Paint Brushes

REVIEW: Bomb Wicks VS Citadel & Winsor Newton Brushes

Green Stuffis hands down the best for freehand sculpting just about anything
Sculpting Set This a great set for doing all that sculpting with green stuff above TUTORIAL: Sculpting Detail on Miniatures is Easy
Dremel Tool Set– Variable Speed, great set for working with resin miniatures and terrain!
Tentacle & Tube Maker: Must have for converters; the clear version rocks!

Monument Hobbies EVO GoBag 10% OFF FIRST ORDER USE CODE: Spikeybits Unboxing & Review Article

Bomb Wicks & Igniter Paintbrushes for Miniatures – Some of the best brushes I’ve ever used and reasonably priced as well.
Godhand Clippers: Cut like butter at a nice price.
Resin Sand– Helps to build up texture around scenic basing bits to flat plastic beveled bases. TUTORIAL: Beginner’s Guide To Making Bases With Pumice
Realistic Leaves for Miniatures Bases and Dioramas– You get five different colors in the set, so you can make it basically any season you want for the bases of your miniatures!

TUTORIAL: How to Magnetize Knights

Hand Sized Pin Vice Great for larger projects like Knights, Forge World kits, etc.
Pin Vice For Miniatures We like the army painter one, but there are a ton to choose from
Drill Bits For Magnets (small quick release) Larger Bits (for vehicles, etc.) Quick-release set
Wowstick Motorized Drill makes pinning and drilling out barrels a breeze and helps with Magnetizing miniatures!
We get all our magnets for hobbying from The Magnet Baron. Use coupon code Spikey10off to get 10% off your next order with them!

Bob Smith Industries Superglue & Accelerator: The best model-building combo out there!

Mr. Hobby Multi-Black Weathering– one of the easiest ways to get great dirty, grimy weathering on your painted models.
Ground Brown Mr. Hobby Weathering
Mr. Hobby Weathering Stain Brown

Wowstick Motorized Drill Watch us use at around the 24:00 mark in this video by clicking here.

White Wash Mr. Hobby Weathering
Mr. Hobby Weathering Solvent– for cutting back the weathering solution.

Best Hobby Paints For Miniatures

Basing Bits With Vallejo Pumice (left) & Liquitex Resin Sand (right) TUTORIAL: Making Textured Miniature Bases

AK Interactive Acrylics- Already the favorite of many European Painters.
Formula P3 Paints- While Privateer has “fallen off” some in recent years, their paints are still great!
Army Painter Warpaint- Army Painter has been a staple for many since its introduction in 2007.
Vallejo Air Vallejo paints have been favored over GW’s Citadel line for over 20 years.
Vallejo Game Color
Citadel Paint- If you have to paint the “GW Way,” Citadel is the way to go, but there are so many better and cheaper alternatives out there; it pays to be brave and try something new!
Pro Acryl was created by a true artist specifically for miniatures. These paints are among the best and most affordable, and we 100% recommend them to all.

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Recommended Airbrushes & Supplies For Miniatures

Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Airbrush (left) and Colani (right) REVIEW: High-End Airbrushes

H&S Colani Airbrush– Amazing quality for the price.
H&S Ultra Airbrush– is Probably one of the best “starting airbrushes” on the market.
H&S Evolution Airbrush (Lightweight Aluminium)
H&S Evolution Airbrush (Chrome finish)
Badger Patriot 105
Iwata Eclipse Airbrush– An awesome airbrush to get you started.
GSI Creos .18 Super fine Airbrush Great for the smallest of details.

Tooty No-Name Compressor REVIEW: More Than a Beginner Airbrush Compressor

Rooty Tooty– A smaller version of the Tooty with a unique external fan and cooling system with good reviews.
Tooty No-Name Compressor– This is a solid overall compressor that comes with an air reservoir if your airbrush didn’t come with one.
Sparmax Compressor– Name Brand Super Heavy duty and quiet.
Aspire Compressor
Timbertech Compressor- Compressor and Airbrush Bundle has good reviews at an affordable price.
Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver Makes Airbrushing EASY!
Vallejo Airbrush Thinner Thinner is great for getting your paints to the right consistency.
Iwata Airbrush Lube – keep your metals lubed up!
Grex Airbrush Cleaner – The second you buy an airbrush, you should also invest in some cleaner.
Goose Neck Bottle for Cleaning AB– Clean your AB from every angle with high powered water!
Tamiya Masking Tape For Miniatures: 18mm Large 10mm Medium 6mm Small

Figure Storage Options For Miniature Wargaming

TUTORIAL: Store Your Miniatures Safely For Under $20

Monument Hobbies: GoBag EVO From the looks of it, this bag may be the right size to not only carry your paints but give you a place to hobby as well.
Collapsible Tournament Push Cart– This thing is MONEY. You can roll up to the tournament, pull out your minis, collapse this thing and tuck it under the table.
Clear Case For Miniatures 15″x 17″, 6″ Tall
Project Cart With 6 Cases for Miniatures 12″x12″ 2″-1/2“

REVIEW: Pack & Roll Foldable Tournament Cart

Steel Sheet (For Clear Cases)- use as a base for something to magnetize your minis to.
3M Double Sided Mounted Table (For Steel Sheets)
25mm-60mm pre-cut magnetized bases from Squad Marks These work great for standard shapes of flat bottom resin bases.10% OFF Enter Promo Code SPIKEYBITS
Base Magnets From the Magnet Baron They have all kinds of sizes to choose from. Use coupon code Spikey10off to get 10% off your next order with them!
10 Adhesive Magnetic Sheets 8.5″ x 11″ 20 mil Magnet Peel & Stick– If you want a peel-off magnet sheet for your minis to stick to, this is perfect.

TUTORIAL: Store Your Larger Miniatures Safely Too!

Sterlite Bins x12 – You can put a metal sheet in the bottom of these and throw your minis with magnetized bases inside!
Hobby Bags – You can never have enough transportable bags to keep your hobby supplies in one spot

TUTORIAL: How To Magnetize Resin & Plastic Bases For Miniatures

Large Acid-Free Cases- Perfect for miniatures like Magnus, Mortarion, Beetle Lady and more.
LED Set For IKEA Case
3 Outlet Remote to control multiple sets of lights, devices, fans, etc…

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TUTORIAL: Accessories, Storage & Organization for Marvel Crisis Protocol

Artbin cases great for all your MCP needs
Artbin super satchel version perfect for holding basically everything you need
Artbin double-deep for terrain and models
Coin collection box for tokens and objectives
Mats by Mars makes awesome Marvel Crisis Protocol playmats
CogOTwo for tokens and templates (UK based)
Muse On Minis for tokens and templates (US based)
Document Tubes are perfect for storing and transporting the playmats
Pencil case for rulers and such
Penny sleeves for character cards

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Resealable bags for team tactics cards & roster builds
4×6 hard plastic top loaders for character cards
Chess clock for game time
Magnets for the bottom of your bases
Sheet metal to magnetize your minis in the case
Double-sided tape to hold the sheet metal down
Game Mat EU Makes awesome pre-painted terrain

How to Tutorial: Magnetize Resin & Plastic Bases For Miniatures

If you liked this article, here is another great tutorial on how to magnetize resin and plastic bases for miniatures with all the sizes you’ll need and tips to make it easy! There are some major differences between magnetizing your miniatures and your resin/plastic bases, so we’ll show you how to do both here!

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