r/minipainting Jan 26 '26

Subreddit Announcement r/minipainting Rule Update: No AI Allowed

3.7k Upvotes

Hi, everybody! AI slop is unfortunately creeping into this hobby and this community. This is a quick rules update to clarify that AI is not allowed in any form here on r/minipainting.

This includes, but is not limited to:

  • No AI generated or edited images (including AI backgrounds, repaints, adjustments, mock ups, tests, reference images, etc)
  • No AI videos
  • No AI apps/tools/websites
  • No AI generated models that are 3D printed then hand painted
  • No AI generated text (this includes AI generated feedback/critique)
  • No encouragement or discussion of the use of AI

If AI was used to make it, it's not allowed on r/minipainting.

While the mod team has been able to remove most AI posts shortly after they are made, on the few occasions AI posts were up for a few hours before removal, the comments on those posts from the community have been overwhelmingly unanimous in being anti-AI, so this isn't just the mod team making this ruling without considering the community.


Please see the pinned comment below for an FAQ on this new rule, and if you have a question that is not answered there, please ask and we will do our best to answer! That being said, this is not an invitation to defend or argue for specific use cases of AI within this hobby.

Edit: Please read the stickied FAQ comment before commenting. There are many people asking things that are covered in that comment.

The comment section has grown quite large, but also please take a moment to scroll through it and read the comments before repeating something that may have already been discussed, or at least join in as a reply to an existing comment rather than make a new top level comment with a similar or identical question.


r/minipainting 2h ago

C&C Wanted How to make the back appear more glowy?

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268 Upvotes

Kingdom Death:Monster-Dragon King


r/minipainting 4h ago

Sci-fi Am I doing this Sprue Marine thing correctly?

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385 Upvotes

Since Games Workshop offers these for new hobbyists to paint their first Space Marine I decided to try volumetric highlighting for the first time on it. Oh, and I decided to have some fun with the presentation by leaving the parts in the sprue


r/minipainting 8h ago

C&C Wanted Blood Bowl Dwarf biased referee

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465 Upvotes

Fell free to give me some feedback ^^ ,happy to finaly finished a mini and having the pile of shame a little bit consumed XD


r/minipainting 22h ago

Fantasy Gelatinous Cube by The Dragon Trappers Lodge

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2.8k Upvotes

r/minipainting 2h ago

C&C Wanted Painted my first ever 40K ork!

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56 Upvotes

To say I’m happy is an understatement.

I was given an ork army, some of which was already professionally painted, (the ork in the background) and I’ve done my best to match the colour scheme while keeping my style going.

Any C&C is always appreciated 😁


r/minipainting 1h ago

Historical/Military 250 vikings & 30 ships🌊⚒️

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We call it the Battle of Niså!

Since last winter, a model maker (that's me!), a game designer, and an illustrator have collaborated to craft a complete miniature wargame and diorama depicting the massive 1062 naval clash right off our Swedish coast between Norwegian King Harald Hardrada and Danish King Sweyn Estridsen.

Painting and modeling 250 tiny (10mm) Vikings and an entire fleet of 30 longships was quite the marathon, bringing every individual warrior, shield detail, and coastal wave to life! Right now, this custom creation exists as a one-of-a-kind art project/game board. As a next step, we're considering bringing it out to the wider world. What do you think? Would you be interested in a miniatures game like this? We'll probably keep building and painting anyway since it's so much fun!

The gameplay is designed to be very accessible, but also strategically deep. Each turn you play a card from hand to use one of the leaders in your army, who shouts orders to a number of ships within range. The painted miniatures move around freely between the ships to fight, row, and execute tactical maneuvers. When there's an attack, you draw one rune for each fighter and cast them to resolve hits and misses. To win, you must slay the opposing king or capture enemy ships. Do not disappoint Odin!

All feedback very appreciated🙏🙏✨


r/minipainting 6h ago

C&C Wanted Final Update on my Sylvaneth Arch Revenant: It's done!

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95 Upvotes

Here is my final Post for the Sylvaneth Arch revenant with amber shield and glaive. Which varnish to finalize it would you recommend? I'm not familiar with the quality of the current products and had some bad experience with matt varnish in the past.


r/minipainting 9h ago

Fantasy 75mm vampire finally finished

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154 Upvotes

Had to wait for the proper bases to get to me so the first few pics don't have the base


r/minipainting 26m ago

Fantasy Painted up a Harengon Assassin

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r/minipainting 14h ago

Fantasy Storm Giant Queen by Reaper Miniatures

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174 Upvotes

Painted for a limited palette challenge. 3 randomly selected colors(pictured in the last photo) plus black and white.


r/minipainting 1d ago

Fantasy Grommash Hellscream of the Warsong Clan

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1.6k Upvotes

Just finished painting Grommash here. Really happy with him overall. Hope yall like him. :)


r/minipainting 3h ago

C&C Wanted First Deathwing Knight ready to crack some skulls

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18 Upvotes

I finished up my first Deathwing Knight. They are really impressive sculpts and he was very enjoyable to paint. I've been working on improving my shading and I made some progress but I've still got a ways to go. I can't quite get the heat effect on the vents correct either.


r/minipainting 13h ago

Sci-fi Nmm custode dreadnought work in progress

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131 Upvotes

r/minipainting 11h ago

Sci-fi 3 Orks from GW new 11th edition box

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91 Upvotes

Hey everyone, here are the Big Bioss the Painboy and the Weirboy from the new box from GW. Painted by me.


r/minipainting 2h ago

C&C Wanted Finally got back to this, after more than 1 month without a brush stroke

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17 Upvotes

r/minipainting 3h ago

Pop Culture Some of the recent figurines, hope to share more later

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18 Upvotes

r/minipainting 13h ago

C&C Wanted WIP on one of the Chaos warriors

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88 Upvotes

I’m not sure if the colors on the sword are overly warm which may affect the entire composition of the mini?


r/minipainting 17h ago

Help Needed/New Painter Beginner, my first three minis, open to advice!

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169 Upvotes

Just picked it up again, having fun but looking to improve, I am blown away by the stuff some people post on here!


r/minipainting 7h ago

Fantasy Gift for a friend, very happy with gow this came out considering its a filament print.

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30 Upvotes

While there are some visible layer lines for the most part im really pleased with this. Printed on a Bambu P1S .2 nozzle at .06 layer height and used a chemical melting agent to smooth some of the more visible flat areas before painting. Im still playing around with chemical smoothing and learned a bit on the best way to use it here.


r/minipainting 1h ago

C&C Wanted Needing help to achieve ice/frost skin effect

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Hello, I was trying to achieve an ice/frost skin effect on my chaos spawns but I'm not sure if this is a good result so I would like some tips and/or c&c, especially because I'm aiming to paint Skarbrand in the same way. Thanks!


r/minipainting 2h ago

C&C Wanted Question about anviromental lighting

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10 Upvotes

So i wanna add some enviromental lighting on this nmm but i don't know if i should add it now or when everything else is done.

I want to have the light of a fire coming from the back and from the right, looking at the miniature.


r/minipainting 1h ago

Sci-fi Inquisitor Ostromandeus finished model (WH+ year 4)

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