Ten thousand years of war on a sixty-inch table. Pull up a stool — we'll kit you out with brushes that hold their tip, paints that don't crack on the rim, and rules to back it all up.
Or — if you don't know what army yet — start with the Army Builder. Pick a faction, set a points budget, watch it tell you what to put on the table.
Two pieces of kit you won't find at Element, Wayland or Goblin. One ready to ride, one in the workshop.
Pick a faction, set a points budget. The Builder racks up your unit choices, totals the points as you go, and tells you when a list is tournament-legal. Save as many armies as you've got shelf space for.
Open the BuilderTwo saved armies, one tabletop, turn-based on a top-down board. PvE against the house, PvP against a friend with the link, and a running commentary in the sidebar — calmer than the Discord, sharper than the studio batreps.
Notify me at launchEvery doorway here opens onto a curated room, not a wall of SKUs. Walk through whichever one calls to you.
Combat Patrols, Codexes, every Space Marine chapter under the sun and a few that don't deserve one. Tenth Edition stock kept current.
Enter 40KBattletomes, Spearhead boxes, full Stormcast through to Maggotkin. Painted reference photography on every army page.
Enter AoSRank-and-flank as it ought to be. Empire of Man, Bretonnia, Tomb Kings — and a battalion of forge-world supports for the rest.
Enter The Old WorldPlayer's Handbook (2024) through to the deep-cut adventures. Dice, minis, terrain, screens — everything the table needs to start a campaign on Friday.
Enter D&DClippers, files, plastic glue that grips and PVA that doesn't go brittle. Workbench mats, magnifiers, and the brushes we actually use.
Enter HobbyCitadel, Vallejo, Pro Acryl and Two Thin Coats — kept indexed by colour family so you find what you need without reading every label.
Enter PaintsWhat's been walking out the door fastest. One pick from each shelf — what the regulars are putting on the table.
Three pieces of writing this fortnight, picked off the workbench and put somewhere you can find them. Read them, watch them, or save them for the weekend.
A short, slow walk through edge-highlighting your first Astartes squad. No tongue-out concentration faces required. The trick is in the brush angle, not the steady hand.
Read the guideRank-and-flank charges throw new players. We walk through three scenarios — flank, frontal, failed — and show how to count the inches without flipping pages mid-game.
Watch the tutorialIndustrial terrain at tournament-board scale from foamboard, sprue offcuts and the contents of one kitchen drawer. Full build log, painted reference, and the parts list under twelve quid.
Read the guideHand-picked creators on the War Dungeon partner programme. They paint better than we do, so we made them shelves.
@penrose.paints — Manchester, UK
Twelve years at the workbench, six judging at Golden Demon. Hannah writes the kind of painting tutorials we all wanted when we were starting out — patient, specific, and free of brush-flex hype.
Customer painting from the last quarter. Click any tile for the build log and the brushes used.
Painted something you'd like sat on the shelf for the regulars to see? Send it in.
Submit your paintingEvery quid spent at War Dungeon earns points you can take across the family — Nerdworks, ArtSabers, Paragon, or back here for more paints. One wallet, four shops.