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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.

LATEST TUTORIALS

This Week's Tutorials

Dark Angels Inner Circle Companions

This week’s tutorial delves into Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Chapter, the Dark Angels!, Looking at the Inner Circle Companions which are an iconic role from the Dark Angels lore that have been recently brought to life in all their glorious and robed form. What makes these miniatures a challenge is the multiple layers of detail and which parts to paint in order, but in this tutorial, we show you how to tackle them.

In this video, we show you how to paint an Inner Circle Companion in the classic Dark Angels theme, including:
  • What order to pick out the various details on the model to make base coating and detailing quicker and easier.
  • How to paint the very dark green armour which is different from the normal Dark Angels green armour colour. 
  • How to paint both of the cloth robe colours using the wet-blending technique. 
  • How to paint the remaining small details to complete the model including smoke and an energised power sword effect. 
These new miniatures are a great example of a miniature manifested from the classic lore of Warhammer 40,000  and if you are a fan of the Dark Angels Chapter, you will love this tutorial. 

Tutorial of the Month!

Tomb King on Necrolith Bone Dragon

Our tutorial of the month rises from the depths in the form of a Necrolith Bone Dragon with mounted Tomb King for Warhammer The Old World by Games Workshop! Astride the ragged and skeletal form of the Necrolith Bone Dragon and safely entombed in his tattered howdah, the King strides across the battlefield in absolute terror and glory and makes the ideal centrepiece for the Legions of Khemri!

This model is a fantastic new kit and monster to complement a classic miniature range and in this tutorial, we walk through a fantastic way to paint it to help achieve a result that you’ll be proud of. The real challenges of painting this model are how to break up the bone colour of the Dragon and how to make use of the smaller details to add character, and, in this video, we show a great way to do all this from start to finish.

In this video, we show you:
  • What sub-assemblies we recommend to help you access the detail on the model and break down such a large and intimidating project into 3 bite-sized chunks!
  • How to use drybrushing to get a fantastic result painting the bone of the Necrolith Dragon. 
  • How to use colour to break up the larger areas of bone of the dragon. 
  • What order to approach decorative details to make painting them easy and fun. 
  • We focus on the gold to show you how to paint 2 distinct tones of gold to break up the larger areas of metal with multiple tones. 
  • How to paint the ancient and dried skin of a Tomb King character to make it look old and withered. 
  • How to add fine highlights to the monarch of your army to really help him pop. 

This miniature may look intimidating but in this tutorial, we break it down so that you can tackle the parts independently so when it is brought together you will have a result you are proud of. 

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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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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.

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