Hawk Miniatures makes paintbrushes for modellers who care about the finish — from premium natural Kolinsky sable brushes to affordable synthetic ranges, all suited to oils, acrylics and enamels. Whether you’re lining a uniform, blending a bust or basecoating a gaming army, there’s a brush and a size for the job.
Kolinsky sable brushes
Our natural sable lines give you a fine point, a full belly and reliable spring: choose round brushes for detail and basecoating, flat brushes for broad, even coverage, or angled liner brushes for precise linework. Available singly and in curated sets.
Gaming, micro & dry brushes
For wargamers and hobbyists, we offer gaming & micro brushes with polished walnut handles and a sable/synthetic blend, plus dedicated dry brushes for texture and highlighting.
Synthetic Vernissage range
Prefer synthetic? The Vernissage line offers Kolinsky-imitation filament brushes with excellent colour hold at a budget-friendly price.
Built for the tabletop: our Micro & Gaming paintbrushes pair quality hair with ergonomic, polished walnut handles that sit comfortably in the hand through long painting sessions. It’s the range designed with wargamers and gaming-figure painters in mind — from base coats to the finest highlights on 28–32mm miniatures.
Choose a single brush from the range: Kolinsky sable rounds (4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 000, 10/0), sable flats (1, 3), a synthetic liner (20/0) for the very finest lines, and synthetic flat angulars (2, 4) for edges and dry work. Suitable for oils, acrylics and enamels, designed for modellers by modellers.
The workhorse of the painting desk: our round Kolinsky sable paintbrushes are the natural-hair brushes serious miniature and bust painters reach for again and again. Kolinsky sable holds a fine point and carries a generous reservoir of paint, giving you smooth colour laydown and pin-sharp control — ideal for faces, layering, glazing and fine detail alike.
Choose your size from the full range: 3, 2, 1, 0, 00, 000, 4/0, 5/0 and 10/0, plus two “short” versions (size 1 and size 0) whose 5mm hair — against our standard 10mm — gives extra stiffness and control for tight detail. Suitable for oils, acrylics and enamels, and designed for modellers by modellers.
Which size?
The tiny 10/0–4/0 are for the very finest lines and eyes; 000 and 00 for facial detail and edge work; 0 and 1 are all-round detail brushes; 2 and 3 carry more paint for larger areas and base work. Prefer a ready-made selection? See the 6-round set or 8-round set, and browse all our round sable brushes and the full Hawk paintbrush range.
The perfect first kit: this 6-brush Kolinsky sable starter set is put together for army painters and beginners, mixing the shapes you need to paint a miniature from start to finish — Round 2, Round 0, Round 00, Flat 2, Flat 0 and Angular 1. Rounds for base coats and detail, flats for edge highlights and coverage, and an angular liner for clean lines: one pack, no guesswork.
The set is supplied with protective covers for the hairs. Suitable for oils, acrylics and enamels, designed for modellers by modellers.
Bring out every raised edge and texture: our dry brushes for modellers are tough synthetic brushes made specifically for dry-brushing — that quick, near-dry technique that catches highlights on chainmail, fur, stonework, terrain and weathered metal. Choose the shape that suits your work:
Round Oval — soft, rounded coverage for organic textures
Flat Oval — broader, even highlighting across flat surfaces
Deerfoot — the angled tip that stipples and catches raised detail beautifully
Suitable for oils, acrylics and enamels, and designed for modellers by modellers. Want all three shapes together? See the 3-brush dry brush set, browse all our dry brushes, and pair them with our round sable brushes for the detail work.
A pack of six size 2 synthetic flat angular micro/gaming paintbrushes on ergonomic, polished walnut handles — the angled synthetic flat that’s ideal for edge highlighting, dry-brushing and laying clean straight strokes on wargaming and tabletop miniatures. Tough synthetic hair holds its shape through the firmer techniques where you wouldn’t want to risk sable. Six identical brushes keep the work flowing.
The set comes mounted on a stiff card backing with protective covers for the hairs. Suitable for oils, acrylics and enamels, designed for modellers by modellers.
