This is the main stuff I use everyday to get my hobby juices flowing
My Terrain Kits
My Eden Prime Kit
The ‘Eden Prime’ terrain kit I designed is now available as a commercial product! So, if you didn’t have a laser cutter you can now collect this set from my good friends at Scorched Earth or Northern Lights. You can still grab the files to cut this yourself on my Patreon page.
Sci-fi and Fantasy Terrain in ONE Kit
If you do have access to a laser cutter then considering picking up the vector files to make a full modular Zone Mortalis, Castle or Dungeon with all the parts needed. Columns, walls, doors, ladders, railings and stairs – all included to get you a full table, really quickly!
Painting Kit
My hobby vastly improved when I upgraded my kit. I know there’ll be those that say, “it’s not the tool, it’s the talent”, but I bet those people haven’t tried to dig a deep hole with their bare hands. Shovel, anyone? Why wouldn’t you want a high end sable brush that retains its point? Or oils that don’t dillute to watery grit.
Raphael Brush 8404 Size 1
Fantastic Sable brush for miniatures. Other sizes available.
Army Painter Drybrushes
A set of drybrushes for your models or terrain.
Cheap Drybrushes
Make-up brushes to use for drybrushing. Great for terrain.
Warlord Games Brushes
Super fine tipped brushes for difficult details and recesses.
Liquitex Inks
Choose your ink colour and start mixing. I recommend CMYK inks.
AP Speedpaint Mega Set
All the speedpaints you could need in one mega box.
Drybrush Palette
It’s like Lego but not. Prime and use it as a drybrush palette.
Liquitex Matte Medium
Great for making your own Lahmian Medium with water.
Cheap Brushes
Inexpensive synthetic brushes for use with oils or terrain.
AP Warpaints Air Mega Set
A set of 60 18ml thinned paints for airbrushing.
AK 3rd Gen Paints
A small starter set of AK Interactive 3G paints.
Shinhan Pro Artist Oil
Don’t buy cheap oil. Washes just go gritty. Buy artists oil.
Glaze and Wash Medium
Pro Acryl Glaze and Wash medium. Brilliant for thinning your paints with accurate drops.
Newsh
Pro Acryl’s fantastic weathering medium. Simply mix with acrylic and treat like oil.
AP Speedpaint
AP Most Wanted set of Speedpaint. Great to get you started with these types of paints.
Colour Forge Black 500ml
Black Primer spray by Colour Forge. Much better value than others due to its larger volume.
Citadel White Scar 400ml
Ok, let’s not lie. It’s more expensive but is THE best one out there for smooth coverage.
Colour Forge Grey 500ml
CF Standard Grey spray. Layer White Scar over to make an ok, smooth zenithal.
Pro Acryl Base Set
The Bold Titanium White in this set is worth it alone. You’ll also get 23 other colours.
Redgrass Wet Palette v2
A much improved upgrade from v1 this is my go to for keeping my paint wet and fresh.
Ammo Dio Drybrush
The creamiest moist drybrush paints that I have found. Big bottles too!
Vallejo Metal Color
Great with brush and airbrush. Probably the smoothest metallics on the market today.
GSW Liquid Pigments
Want to replace your Dirty Down Rust with a pigment range you can control?
Ammo Shaders
The thinnest of glazes you can work for a long time with water. Blend, shade, spray.
Ice Cube Tray
Great for your Speedpaints as it’s made from silicone. You can throw it in the dishwasher!
Large Bead Mould
A paint palette made from hearts & circles. Super easy to clean, the paint just pops right off.
Small Bead Mould
Not as spacious as it’s larger friend but still great for a few drops of Speedpaint.
Chocolate Moulds
My favourite of all the fidget popper replacements. Loads of space for paint.
Basing Bits
There’s hundreds of ways of basing. You could just grab dirt from your garden and glue it on – although for health reasons I can’t really recommend that. There are quite a few things that make there way into my bases, time and again.
Matte Mod Podge
I tend to find this stuff works better than plain old PVA glue.
WWS Basing Bits
A solid collection of starter bits that can create great bases.
Gravel & Sand Fixer
AK’s great flowing glue. Runs into all the cracks and glues bases.
Cork Sheet
Great for breaking apart to make rocky raised areas and height.
AK Textures
AK Interactive basing textures are great for realistic ground.
AK Grimes
All types of AK enamel dirt and grime. Use with white spirit.
Water Effects
From resins to liquid acrylics; make water bases and pools.
Grass Tufts
My go-to has become Gamers Grass due to sheer variety.
A bad workman blames his tools. Sure! If you’ve got shit tools, then expect a bad job
Models and Terrain*
These are some of my absolute favourites, mainly due to their brilliant versatility and how I launched my channel. Zone Mortalis can be used across so many games just by assembling it in different ways. I’ve also included an eclectic mix of boxed sets that get you huge amounts of models in one handy set, allowing you to spend less, but get more.
*NOTE: Element Games cannot ship Games Workshop products outside of Europe due to GW’s regulations.
Columns & Walls
Zone Mortalis Columns, Walls and Doors at a discount.
Platforms & Stairs
Zone Mortalis Platforms, Stairs, Railings and Elevators; cheaper.
Floor Tiles
The elusive Zone Mortalis Floor Tiles. Grab them while they last.
Gang Stronghold
Zone Mortalis Gang Stronghold. More holes than Swiss cheese?
Underhive Market
Zone Mortalis Market set. For that highly populated underhive…
Promethium Tanks
Fuel Tanks for those that want a bit of firey death in their terrain.
Ash Wastes
Take Necromunda outside into the dusty Ash Wastes.
Heroquest
The great 80s game is back with a great array of models.
Cursed City
Still a great game with amazing models despite its weird launch.
Leviathan
Still the best way to get a load of Terminators and Nids in one box.
Ork Army
The easiest way to get a great Ork Army in 4 boxes.
Vampires!
Really, do I need to say more. A Vampire Army.
Airbrushing Kit
Let’s be honest with ourselves, a cheap, crappy airbrush and compressor that pushes air like a kid blowing bubbles in their juice is gonna frustrate you on the first day. Save up. Buy better. You’ll thank me in the long run and you won’t have to buy everything twice when it inevitably breaks.
Sparmax TC620X
A dual hose compressor for two airbrushes at once.
AS-186A Compressor
A mid range compressor, perfect for those starting out.
H&S Infinity CR Plus
A high end 2 in 1 airbrush with 0.2 and 0.4 needles.
Iwata Hi-Line
High end airbrush with built it valve for pressure.
H&S Ultra 2024
Affordable airbrush with an innovative easy use collar.
Airbrush Holder
The Cult of Paint Harder and Steenbeck airbrush holder.
Black Rubber Gloves
They’re gloves. And they’re black, disposible, rubber and x100.
3M Filter Mask
The 3M reusable respirator FFA1P2 that I use – sometimes.
Airbrush Cleaning Kit
Everything you need for cleaning your brush.
Vallejo Airbrush Cleaner
Airbrush cleaning fluid from Vallejo.
Golden Airbrush Medium
A great medium for simplifying your paint thinning.
LED Lit Spraybooth
A portable spraybooth that folds aways when not in use.
Molotow Acrylic Lrg
Amazing paint for an airbrush. No thinning required.
Molotow Acrylic Sml
Get a range of different colours in a smaller size.
Vallejo Thinner
A great thinner for your paint. Mix 80/20 with Flow Improver.
Vallejo Flow Improver
Make your paint more fluid. Mix 20/80 with Thinner.
Tools, bits and useful items
Quite a lot of the tools we can use in our hobby don’t even come from our hobby. For those of us who don’t want to loiter in the women’s aisle they invented Amazon. It’s a good job too or I wouldn’t have a clue where to buy eye shadow sponges.
Acrylic Paint Rack
This will fit 12 droppers per row or 10 Citadel pots.
Moveable Paint Station
For when you have limited space to do everything.
Tamiya Weathering
Brilliant little weathering tools for models. Sets available.
Godhand Nippers
Expensive? Yes. But by far the best to be had. Why chew your sprue.
Gallon Corks
Push in paperclips and attach your models for spraying/painting.
Large Paperclips
Cut into lengths, drill models feet, poke into corks.
Artist's White Spirit
Low odour White Spirit for use with oils and enamels.
Razor Wire
Army Painter Razor Wire for use on bases or terrain.
Razor Saw
Fine teeth, very thin saw. Great for models and foam.
Pastel Set
For when you want to grind and scrape your own pigments.
20ml Dropper Bottles
Not much explanation required here. Bottles, that drop.
Make-up Sponges
Great for removing oil paint from your models.
Canon Pixma Photo
Great A3 wifi printer for delivering crisp prints for terrain.
Eye Shadow Sponges
50 disposable sponges for removing oil smoothly.
Molotow Fineliners
Great for fine details like eyes and small, thin recesses.
Waterslide Decal Paper
Make all manner of waterslide decals for your models.
Let there be light!
You can paint miniatures and terrain in the dark if you’re so inclined…I’d recommend a light that puts out a daylight equivalent of between 5000- 6500K with enough lumens to show up all your mistakes.
Neatfi XL Clip Lamp
2200 Lumens at 6500 Kelvin will make your room look like daytime.
Neatfi Magnifying Lamp
For those of us whose eyes just aren’t what they used to be.
Daylight Bulbs x3
3 Energizer LED daylight bulbs saving you 85% energy.
GSW Arched Lamp
Makes your hobby space look like something from a Sci-fi movie.
Often you just need a tool that’s different. Maybe to strap a huge bone to your arm?
Laser Cutting Kit
I mean you could go out and buy a 3D Printer, spend days figuring out optimal settings, then wait even more days for it all to print – or you could get a laser cutter and have in all done in less than an hour. Up to you I guess.
The Xtool S1 20w
One of the best enclosed, safe, diode lasers on the market.
The Xtool M1 10w
Small, powerful and safe. Laser and blade cutter.
The Xtool D1 Pro 20w
Single pass MDF cutting for your terrain.
Smart Air Assist
Cut cleaner and with more precision.
Xtool Honeycomb
Large honeycomb panel for use with the Xtool S1.
3mm MDF
3mm thick MDF that will work with my design files.
1mm Greyboard
1000micron (1mm) Greyboard for terrain detailing.
Xtool's website
Grab anything from Xtool that might interest you.
*US covers US, Canada and Australia. EU covers Europe.
If you’re certain you want to become a Youtuber then be prepared for disappointment
Camera Kit
I dunno, maybe you want to do all this yourself and become a Youtuber. It’s a thankless, lonely, hopeless task but if your heart is really set on it, there’s some gear you might need, that’ll help. Yeah you can do it with a phone, but that gets stale real fast.
Sony ZV E10 4k
Shoot in 4k, edit in 1080. Get a very fast SD card.
Sigma 16mm f1.4
Get that standout movielike blurry background
Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Get in super close when you need to and far when you don’t.
Comica VM20
Mid budget Mic with noise cancelling at 75 and 150hz.
Neewer ZV E10 Plug
Stops your camera battery overheating on long shoots.
Neewer LED Lights
Two relatively cheap studio lights so you don’t look like a zombie.
Neewer Wireless Slider
Move your camera remotely to get those dynamic shots.
Manfrotto Camera Arm
Amazing variable friction arm to hold your camera at any angle.
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