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Free Course: Learn Grimdark

Learn the basic techniques and products used in the Grimdark Painting Style. These techniques will forever change your hobby life and open doors to creative expressive you’ve never tapped into before. This course is perfect for the beginner painter, those wanting to explore the Grimdark Style, and who want a refresher to the basics; as it goes over the Grimdark Compendium’s Basic Reductive Technique of basing out your miniature, applying an enamel or oil wash, and removing the wash.

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“For a long time, I found myself wandering through the depths of my creative consciousness, feeling defeated with the realization that the miniatures I meticulously painted somehow fell short in capturing the true essence and atmosphere of the eerie and sinister worlds I sought to bring to life.

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Here, you learn to represent characters, lives, and worlds in the way they were always meant to be, daring to explore the purpose beyond the mere paintjob.

Through an array of techniques employing diverse materials, mediums, and paints, you gain the power to forge dark, demented, and dystopian realms, forging your own way and vision that will set you apart from the rest.

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