The Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy
Welcome to the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy, the place to learn how to paint your favourite miniatures with regular, in-depth and highly detailed tutorials, painting challenges, courses, give-aways and best of all, a thriving community of amazing Academy Members!
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This Week's Tutorials
Clan Pestilens Clawlord on Gnaw-beast
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Our full tutorial this week is the amazing new Clawlord on Gnawbeast from Games Workshops Age of Sigmar launch box Skaventide. This brand-new unit type is a perfect example of the Skaven hierarchy and the first depiction of a Skaven mounted upon a decaying beast of burden, its great!
There are so many great details on this miniature that bring it to life in true Skaven fashion. The miniature is very busy with lots of little features and details which makes it difficult to work out what is what but this video will really help to show where to start.
- How to get off to a great start by pointing out what details to begin with and why.
- How to paint two different fleshtones for Skaven that could be applied to all different types of miniatures.
- How to paint incredibly rusted armour.
- A great way of painting Warpstone weapons and gems.
- How to paint pus-filled boils and pustules
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The DRPA Hobby Case
We are proud to announce alongside Table Top Tech, the new DRPA Hobby Case! You can find out more information and pre-order the case HERE.
What is the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy?
The Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy, or DRPA for short, is a Membership site where you can come and learn to paint your favourite miniatures. Whether you are a beginner or even an experienced miniature painter, the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy will teach you all the techniques you need to know to paint any model you desire.
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This is just a small taster of the video tutorials we have on the site. We will be adding new, exclusive content every week that can only be found right here for our members. We will be covering all manner of miniatures, techniques and advice, everything to help you improve your painting skills. Check out the full list of videos and a gallery of the tutorials on the site by clicking the link below.
Tutorial of the Month!
Verminlord Warbringer
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The awesome tutorial this week is steeped in ancient Warhammer lore from as far back as we can remember and sits at the head of the council of Thirteen. The Verminlord miniature that was released as part of Warhammer: End Times is a truly awesome sight to behold and with its multiple assembly options, it is truly one of the best kits Games Workshop has ever released.
This miniature is a pleasure to paint with multiple different textures across the miniature from fur to cracked and muscular skin, horns, war-damaged armour, and shards of warpstone. There is so much to admire about this miniature.
In this video, we show you how to get a great start on the miniature by tackling key features, it can be quite intimidating to look at the amount of flesh on the model but we break down those larger areas and show you how to tackle them.
- A great way to paint the fur to get that done straight away to allow focus on the flesh.
- How to create smooth highlights and shadows with a really simple technique that is both fun and simple to replicate.
- A close look at how to paint the tail to create a variation of tones across its length.
- How to paint in all the other major details such as the armour, gold, and other small details.
- How to paint the chunks of warpstone embedded across the miniature.
Check out the gallery below for a sample of our 370+ Tutorials
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FULL PAINTING TUTORIALS
Whether you want to paint a single figure, a vehicle, a monster or even a piece of scenery and not to mention new techniques, you will find an in-depth tutorial here just for you.
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NEW CONTENT EVERY WEEK
Every week we will be adding brand new content for Members only. Whether it's video painting tutorials, blog posts and online painting guides, you can be sure you'll always have something to both help and inspire you.
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WE HAVE A DUNCAN
With over 10 years experience, running painting seminars all around the world and hundreds of video tutorials under his belt, there is no one better to both teach and give you the confidence to achieve the results you've always dreamed of.
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£3.99 PER MONTH
That's about the same price as a really nice cup of coffee. Not too bad for expertly produced painting tutorials and tons of inspiration.
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MONTHLY PAINTING CHALLENGES
Every month we host a fun painting challenge on our Forum where Academy Members can show off their amazing work and get both inspired and motivated by an amazing community of hobbyists. The winners get an exclusive DRPA Pin badge and an hour online hang out with Duncan where they can ask any questions they want or just simply hang out and paint.
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COURSES
The latest addition to the Academy is Courses! Here we host full, in-depth courses that will, over time, cover various, large subjects starting with a full course for beginners - The Fundamentals of Miniature Painting.
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MONTHLY GIVE AWAYS
Every month we have a give away for a lucky Academy Member. Prizes in the past have ranged from an amazing core sets like Leviathan to an Airbrush from Harder and Steenbeck.
Here's what our Members have to say
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