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Alex Paints shows two ways to get clean trim on Space Marine shoulder pads, painting the gold edge with a Hawk Miniatures size 3 Kolinsky sable round.

Alex Paints covers everything a beginner needs to know about choosing and controlling a brush – and tells the story of how a £3.60 Hawk Miniatures brush at Scale Scotland led to the Alex Paints Essentials sets.

Alex Paints lists the ten things he wishes someone had told him when he started painting Warhammer. Number one on the equipment side: you do not need to paint with cheap synthetics when a full set of Hawk Kolinsky sable brushes costs less than a single Series 7.

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Alex Paints tackles his first ever Blood Angel: red armour, and some unplanned freehand. The freehand is painted with a combination of Hawk Miniatures and Cryptic Cabin brushes.

Alex Paints tests some affordable prebuilt miniatures and paints one up from start to finish, reaching for his trusty Hawk Miniatures size 2 for the detail work.

Alex Paints paints the Stormcast Eternals Paints starter set. He starts with the bundled Citadel starter brush and switches to a Hawk Miniatures round size 2 – under £4 and shipped to Europe and the USA.

Alex Paints breaks face and skin painting down for absolute beginners on a practice face panel, using his trusty Hawk Miniatures Kolinsky sable brush for everything except the washes.

Alex Paints tries three approaches to Tyranids using the Warhammer 40k Paints + Tools set – and after one round with the starter brush, tells viewers to get a proper brush and links Hawk Miniatures.

Alex Paints compares The Army Painter Fanatic starter set with Games Workshop’s equivalent. He starts with the bundled brush, with his affordable Hawk Miniatures Kolinsky sable ready to take over.