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Updates, behind-the-scenes notes, resin kit guides, and news for hobby painters and collectors.

Two grey resin figures of identical height standing on a pale wooden shelf, one slim and athletic and one heavily muscled and stocky, with a light blue vertical rule between them and dashed level lines at head height showing they measure the same
News July 28, 2026

Scale vs Proportion: Why Two 1/10 Kits Can Look Nothing Alike

Two kits listed at 1/10 can arrive and look like they came from different hobbies. Same number on the listing, same shelf,...
Cream glass-fronted display cabinet with three lit glass shelves holding five painted chibi resin figures on pastel risers, a knight, a wizard, a red dragon, a hooded ranger and a grey cat
News July 26, 2026

How to Display Your Finished Resin Figures

Painting the kit is the part everyone talks about. Where it goes afterwards gets almost no thought, which is odd, because that...
Unpainted grey chibi knight figure on a cork disc beside a blank cream certificate card held in a wooden stand with a light blue rosette seal, and a graphics tablet with a stylus resting on it
News July 25, 2026

Licensed Resin Kits: What That Actually Means

"Licensed" gets used loosely enough that it has almost stopped meaning anything. Here is what it actually covers on a resin kit,...
Unpainted grey chibi knight on a cork disc surrounded by priming equipment, an unlabelled aerosol can, an airbrush on a stand with a coiled blue hose, a dropper bottle and three floating grey and white swatch discs
News July 25, 2026

Guide to Choosing the Right Primer for Resin Kits

How to choose a primer for a 3D printed resin kit and get it onto the model without losing detail. Covers prep,...
A small chunky chibi knight and a tall slender highly detailed armoured figure side by side, both in plain grey resin on cork discs, each with a sealed bag of grey kit parts in front of it and a light blue sparkle arc between them
News July 24, 2026

How to Choose the Perfect 3D Printed Resin Kit for Your Collection

Half the fun happens before the paint comes out: the hunt for the right kit. This friendly collector's guide covers the decisions...
A grey resin figure torso with a separate arm dry-fitted on a peg, resting on a light blue cutting mat alongside a pin vice, two lengths of brass rod, a glue bottle, tweezers and a spring clamp
News July 24, 2026

Step-by-Step Guide to Assembling Your First Resin Figure

A box of parts becomes a shelf-worthy figure. This beginner-friendly guide walks you through assembling your first resin kit: the tools that...
A cheerful chibi skeleton warrior with a curved scimitar and a round wooden shield standing on a cork disc, with a smaller unpainted grey skeleton figure on its own disc beside it
News July 22, 2026

Skeleton Guard Stats: Pathfinder 2e and D&D 5e Guide

Pathfinder 2e Skeleton Guard and D&D 5e Skeleton stat blocks side by side, with the immunities, tactics and variants that actually matter...