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Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Counter Notes Zenithal Highlighting: The Cheapest Way to Add Depth Before You Add Colour Weekly column · Lessons from the paint counter at WWH · August 2026 Zenithal highlighting is one of the easiest, cheapest steps up you can take toward better-looking figures, and it is one we point people to constantly at the counter. The name sounds technical, but the idea is plain: you apply your highlight from directly above the model, the way the sun fa …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Counter Notes Painting White: Why It Covers So Badly, and the Right Way to Approach It Weekly column · Lessons from the paint counter at WWH · June 2026 The single most common colour question we get at the counter is some version of "how do you actually paint white?" It usually comes from someone holding a half-painted miniature, or someone planning an entire army in a white scheme who has just discovered that the first model fought them every …