On painting miniatures — 40k, Age of Sigmar and D&Dhttps://spruenglue.com/en-GBhttps://spruenglue.com/posts/citadel-paint-ranges-explainedhttps://spruenglue.com/posts/citadel-paint-ranges-explainedBase, Layer, Shade, Contrast, Dry, Technical. Six words on the lids that tell you nothing, and what Games Workshop says each range is actually for.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/how-a-miniature-is-madehttps://spruenglue.com/posts/how-a-miniature-is-madeFrom concept art to the sprue on your desk, and why there is a faint line running across your model's face that nobody at the factory could have prevented.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/meet-the-eighteen-primarchshttps://spruenglue.com/posts/meet-the-eighteen-primarchsA beginner's introduction to the Emperor's sons: a short piece on each of the eighteen we are allowed to know about, in legion order, gaps included.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/miniature-scale-explainedhttps://spruenglue.com/posts/miniature-scale-explained28mm, 32mm, heroic, true scale. I went looking for an authority on what those mean and found hobby blogs quoting each other. That absence is the honest answer.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/the-people-behind-the-plastichttps://spruenglue.com/posts/the-people-behind-the-plasticGames Workshop does credit the people who make its miniatures. Almost always by first name only, inside a studio voice, in a form you cannot follow anywhere.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/the-stormcast-eternalshttps://spruenglue.com/posts/the-stormcast-eternalsGames Workshop's designers described the brief behind the new Stormcast in unusual detail: not fixing them, but making one painted model turn into an army.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/what-a-wet-palette-doeshttps://spruenglue.com/posts/what-a-wet-palette-doesHow the thing works, what the three that publish their own specs contain, and how to build one from a lunchbox if you would rather not spend the money yet.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/what-contrast-paints-changedhttps://spruenglue.com/posts/what-contrast-paints-changedOne coat, done, skip the hard part. What Games Workshop actually claims for Contrast is narrower than its reputation, and more interesting.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/where-warhammer-came-fromhttps://spruenglue.com/posts/where-warhammer-came-fromGames Workshop's own timeline says it was founded in 1975. Warhammer arrives in 1983 and 40,000 in 1987, which makes the company a shop for eight years first.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/why-plastic-looks-like-plastichttps://spruenglue.com/posts/why-plastic-looks-like-plasticA plastic miniature is shaped by having to get out of a steel mould, and that one constraint explains more about your models than the concept art does.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/why-primer-existshttps://spruenglue.com/posts/why-primer-existsPrimer is for adhesion, not colour. The odd part is that the general literature is lukewarm about priming plastic, while every hobby source treats it as compulsory.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/first-showcasehttps://spruenglue.com/posts/first-showcaseTwo Stormcast Eternals photographed mid-process, with notes on where the edge highlights went wrong and what I'll do differently next time.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://spruenglue.com/posts/welcome-to-sprue-and-gluehttps://spruenglue.com/posts/welcome-to-sprue-and-glueWhy I'm starting a blog about painting miniatures, and what you can expect to find here in the coming months.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT