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Welcome to the new joiners and useful INFO

Hi all! As Patreon has recently changed the “follower” status to “free member” tier – I would like to welcome all of the free members! Thank you for following my work here on Patreon. I want to let you know about a few things:

1) I offer a 16% discount for annual (12 month) memberships. This way you get 2 months for free.

2) I usually post 3 tutorials a week. That’s 12 tutorials a month. I want to give you the MAXIMUM amount of knowledge for your money.

3) Since ...

Halloween Special: Spooky Glowing Shield

Hello, Wizards, Necromancers, and other Spell Casters of the Mamikon Patreon Tavern.

Today, I present to you a Halloween Special Tutorial, in which we will paint a spooky glowing shield from the Blood Bowl: Necromantic Horrors Team.

Here is the list of paints used:

1) Abaddon Black

2) Mournfang Brown

3) Balor Brown

4) Retributor Armor

5) Seraphim Sepia

6) Stormhost Silver

7) Titanium White

8) Fluorescent Rose from GreenStuffWorld

Pale Ork Skin - Orktober Special

HELLO FELLOW ORKS! In today's video tutorial, I'm going to show you how to paint Pale Ork Skin to a great standard. Here is the list of pain

HELLO FELLOW ORKS! 

In today's video tutorial, I'm going to show you how to paint Pale Ork Skin to a great standard. 

Here is the list of paints used:

1) Orruk Flesh

2) Coelia Greenshade Shade

3) Ogryn Camo

4) Kreig Khaki

5) Ushabti Bone

6) Ivory

7) White

8) Screamer Pink

9...

Fenris Kraken Tyranids

Hello, my dear friends!

Today I want to show you a way to paint Tyranids in a beautiful, cold Fenris Kraken Tyranids color scheme. 

Thank you very much for supporting me – it means the world to me! I dream of being able to paint and make tutorials full time, so if you like my tutorials – please tell your friends. It would make a massive difference to me and hopefully it will be beneficial for your friends too :)

Best wishes,

Mamikon

Simple Red Clothes

Hello, dear supporters! 

Today I want to show you a super simple way of painting red clothing. 

Hope you will enjoy this table-top friendly tutorial :) 

Thank you very much for supporting me – it means the world to me! I dream of being able to paint and make tutorials full time, so if you like my tutorials – please tell your friends. It would make a massive difference to me and hopefully it will be beneficial for your friends too :)

Best wishes,

Fire and Light - beautiful soft OSL

Hello everyone!
In this tutorial I will show you how to paint Fire and Light. This is for a base I'm working on for Gotrek:

Thank you very much for supporting me – it means the world to me! I dream of being able to paint and make tutorials full time, so if you like my tutorials – please tell your friends. It would make a massive difference to me and hopefully it will b...

BSP: Black Templar Armor and Red/Pink Eye Lenses

Hello, legendary supporters of my Mamikons Patreon Tavern! In this video, I will show you how to speed paint Black Templars with drybrushing

Hello, legendary supporters of my Mamikons Patreon Tavern!

In this video, I will show you how to speed paint Black Templars with drybrushing and how to paint red/pink eye lenses. BSP stands for Beautiful Speed Painting – a series of tutorials I have created, that will help you to paint your miniatures beautifully but also very quickly.

Gotrek's Display Base 2/2 - Fantasy Basing

Hello, incredible people, who make me proud every day!

In this tutorial I will show you how I’ve painted the Display Base for Gotrek the Slayer.

This is the second and final tutorial on this base - and it will cover painting the skull, metal shield, black banner and the mushrooms.

The PDF of this tutorial is attached below, in English, Spanish Italian and French :)

Thank you very much for supporting me – it means the world to me! I dream of being able to paint and ...

Imperial Knight Head 2/2: Blue Lenses, Hazard Stripes and Metal

Hello fellow supporters!
In this tutorial I will show you how I’ve painted the Blue Lenses, Hazard Stripes and Metal on the Imperial Knight Head. 

Thank you very much for supporting me – it means the world to me! I dream of being able to paint and make tutorials full time, so if you like my tutorials – please tell your friends. It would make a massive difference to me and hopefully it will be beneficial for your friends too :)

Best wishes,

Mam...

Fire and Light - Tutorial Coming Soon!

Hello, incredible people! 

Today I want to show you a small preview of a tutorial that will be coming out tomorrow. 

I have decided to add this torch on Gotrek's base to make it even more interesting and special.

This tutorial will be coming out along with 3 other tutorials tomo...

Hive Fleet Fenris Kraken Tyranids - Tutorial Coming Soon!

Hello, my dear friends! 

Today I want to show you a new Tyranid Color scheme that will be coming to my Patreon soon - I don't know if there is an official name for it, so for now, I call it Hive Fleet Fenris Kraken, because of the cold tones in it. 

The blue skin/flesh here was painted with the sponge technique in 3 minutes. Yes, you've read that right - 3 min! I have also adde...

I co-wrote a book.

Hello, my dear friends!

Today I want to share something special - I co-wrote a book 🙂A few months ago I’ve received a messaged from someone who wanted me to take part in a awesome project. The project would consist of many well known painters creating tutorials about speed painting models in under 60 minutes. I thought - why not, let’s give it a go! Long story short - the books are now complete and they are on Kickstarter (spoiler alert - there’s only 30 hours left to pledge)....

Ultramarine Armor painted in 5 min? Yes! Sponge Method

Hello, incredible Wizards of Mamikon's Patreon!

In this week's video tutorial, I will show you how to speed paint Ultramarine Armor with a sponge in under 5 minutes. Yes, it's possible and it will look great!

Here is the list of paints used:

1) White for the basecoat if you want some elements to be white, like the strip of white in the middle of our Dreadnought's shoulder pad.

2) Black for the basecoat of the areas that are supposed to be blue later. We will also use w...

Imperial Knight Head ½: Red Armor

Hello, legendary members of my Patreon!

In this tutorial I will show you how I’ve painted the red armor on the Imperial Knight Head.

The PDF of this tutorial is attached below, in English, Spanish, French, ITALIAN, GERMAN and Chinese :) From this week onwards, you will also have an option to read my tutorials in Italian and German :)

This is one of two tutorials on this Imperial Knight Head - next week I will also release the second tutorial that will cover the metallic co...

Gotrek's Display Base 1/2 - Fantasy Basing

Hello, fantastic people, who make me proud every day!

In this tutorial I will show you how I’ve painted the Display Base for Gotrek the Slayer.

This is the first of two tutorials on this base - soon I will also release the second tutorial that will cover painting the skull, metal shield, black banner and the mushrooms.

The PDF of this tutorial is attached below, in English, Spanish, French, ITALIAN, GERMAN and Chinese :) From this week onwards, you will also have an option...

Ultramarines done in 5 minutes with a sponge? Yes!

Hi, wonderful people who give me fuel to create so many tutorials and so much content. 

Today I want to show you the result of my yesterday painting/filming session - a Ultramarine Dreadnought Shoulder Pad. The blue armor that you can see here was painted in about 5 minutes with a sponge.   

This is a super simple and effective method that will change the way people paint ...

Ulrik The Slayer in Terminator Armor Conversion

Hi, you wonderful miniature painting maniacs whom I love! 

Today, I want to start a series of posts about the process of converting a awesome model - a Ulrik The Slayer in Terminator Armor. Here is how it has started:

First, I got the original Ulrik the Slayer model and the new Terminator Captain from the Leviathan Starter Set and started cutting and sanding! It was quite a complica...

Some changes

Hello, my dear friends.

Today I want to let you know about some changes coming to my Patreon from now on. I have introduced a $1 a month tier and changed the benefits of the $2 a month tier.

1) For $/£1 a month, you will get 1 tutorial a month. I know what some people create just one tutorial a month for their Patreon (and that’s absolutely fine) but as I usually create and post 12 tutorials a month, it’s a different situation. This tier is for anyone that wants to support me...

Squig: sponge stippling and green Glowing Eye

Hi, legendary Wizards of Mamikon's Patreon! HAPPY ORKTOBER!  

In this week's video tutorial, I will show you how to speed paint red Squig skin with the sponge stippling technique and to make it more spooky, as it's the Halloween month too, we will paint the green glowy eye of the Squig too! 

Here is the list of paints used:

1) Abaddon Black for the basecoat and shading.

2) Evil Sunz Scarlet for the first coat of sponge stippling. 

3) Troll Slayer O...

Power Effects and Sword Pommels

Hi, my incredible Patreon supporters, the people from legends! 

In this tutorial, I will show you how I paint Power Effects and Sword Pommels and I will demonstrate that on on my Black Templar Terminator Marshal. This is the recipe I have used before for some of my competition pieces and can be seen on my Golden Demon winning diorama from GD USA 2022.

The PDF of this tutorial is attached below, in English, Spanish Chinese and French :) 

Thank you so, sooo very much...

Enchanted Orruk Shield

Hi fellow Wizards and Necromancers!

In this tutorial, I will show you how I’ve painted this Enchanted Orruk Shield.

The PDF of this tutorial is attached below, in English, Spanish, French and Chinese :) 

Thank you so, sooo much for your support! It helps me immensely with creating these tutorials - I hope that one day I can become a full time painter and your continuing support gets me closer to that lifetime dream!

Best wishes,

Mamikon

Imperial Knight Head - Tutorials Coming Soon!

Hello, my dear friends. In todays post, I want to show you a Imperial Knight head that I’ve painted as a further study of the sponge painting technique.

Here are the steps on the red armor - it took me about 5 minutes to paint, isn’t this incredible?! I want you all to try it out - it’s truly game changing for me.

I am also planning to release a tool that will help with this metho...

Gotrek and his Base - Tutorials Coming Soon!

Hi, you incredible, generous and wonderful people who make my day to day life 200x better. Today, I want to show you my current project - Gotrek the Slayer from Coach Miniatures:

https://instagram.com/cachiminiatures?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

If you’d like to buy it, I think you can message this profile and get it from them. 

Here is how the piece looked like before the...

Tyranids + Sponge = Revolutionary Technique

Hi, my dear friends!

In this week's video tutorial, I will show you a revolutionary technique of doing stippling with a sponge. 

Here is the list of paints used:

1) Black (Abaddon Black in this case but you can use any black you like) for the basecoat.

2) Pink Horror for the initial highlights on the membranes.

3) Screamer Pink for the warmer tones on the membranes.

4) Salmon from AK Interactive for the highlights.

5) Ivory from AK Interactive fo...

Necromunda Base, Terminal Panel & Green OSL

Hi fellow spell casters, Wizards and Necromancers!

In this tutorial, I will show you how I’ve painted this Necromunda base with a Terminal on it. 

The PDF of this tutorial is attached below, in English, Spanish, French and Chinese :) Last week saw a  new feature on my Patreon, where I offer my tutorials in 2 additional languages. Now, we add another one - French. 

Thank you so, sooo much for your support! I hope that one day I can become a f...

TMM Gold - my Golden Demon Recipe

Hi fellow Wizards and Necromancers!

In this tutorial, I will show you how I painted TMM gold on my Black Templar Terminator Marshal. This is the recipe I have used before for some of my competition pieces and can be seen on my Golden Demon winning diorama from GD USA 2022.

The PDF of this tutorial is attached below, in English, Spanish Chinese and FRENCH :) Last week saw a  new feature on my Patreon, where I offer my tutorials in 2 additional langu...

Enchanted Orruk Shield - Tutorial coming soon!

Hi, legendary supporters!

Here is a Orruk shield that has been exposed to some Ork magic! I’ve documented the process of painting it, so a PDF tutorial should be available soon :) Here are a few collages of the steps - they are all very quick - we will do the bulk of the work using contrast paint and drybrushing.

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Necromunda Terminal - Tutorial coming soon!

Hi, incredible members of my Patreon Community who make my sad artist life 100X better! :) Welcome to the Underhive! Here is a Necromunda Terminal that I’ve painted in the last days - I’ve documented the whole process so a PDF tutorial should be available this weekend 😎 Again, it will be in 3 languages (maybe even 5, if I manage to get my friends to help with translations!).

TMM Silver Sword - Black Templar Terminator Marshal

Hi fellow Wizards and Necromancers!

In this tutorial I will show you how I’ve painted the TMM Silver Sword on my Black Templar Terminator Marshal. The PDF of this tutorial is attached below, in English, Spanish and Chinese :) Please, do let me know if you want me to continue to put the full tutorials in both post and PDF format and I will make it happen, but I have decided to just put the PDF's in the post from now on. Again, if you prefer the post tutorials alongside with the PDF, pl...

Industrial Base & Green OSL Light

Hi you amazing people, who make my day to day life so much better!

In today's video tutorial, we take a look at painting the Green OSL Light on a Industrial Base.

Here are the paints used in this tutorial:

1) Black for the basecoat and cast shadows.

2) Mournfang Brown for the undercoat.

3) Stormhost Silver for the drybrush on the base.

4) Titanium White (from AK Interactive) for the initial basecoat of the area hit by the OSL.

5) Green Stuff World Flu...