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Miniature and Diorama Build Log
A free printable miniature painting log — build, basing and sealing stages ticked off, then each part of the model with the paint, brand, technique and coats.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Repeat a paint scheme across a unit or a second model months later, without guessing which brown it was or how the metal was shaded.
Who it is for
Miniature painters, figure modellers and diorama builders, whether the model is a wargaming unit, a display figure or a scene on a base.
How to use it
- Fill in the kit or sculpt, the scale and the start date at the top.
- Work through the preparation checklist before any paint goes on.
- Record each area as you paint it: the paint name and code, the technique and how many coats.
- Note what you thinned with — it is the detail that decides whether the scheme repeats.
- Tick the basing and sealing items off last, once the paint is fully dry.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: A miniature, figure or diorama from sprue to sealed — the build stages ticked off, then the paint, technique and coats used on every part of the model.
Your paints, your bench. No paint ratios, thinning proportions or drying times are printed here. They belong to the paint you are using — follow its own guidance, and record on this sheet what you actually did.
Write-on lines: Model or diorama · Kit, sculpt or source · Scale · Started
Preparation and assembly
- Parts checked against the kit contents
- Mould lines and flash cleaned off
- Dry-fitted before any glue
- Sub-assemblies left separate for painting
- Gaps filled and sanded back
- Primed and left to cure as the primer's instructions say
Basing and sealing
- Base textured and painted
- Groundwork, static grass or scatter fixed down
- Rim of the base tidied
- Sealed or varnished, and left as the tin says
Paints and techniques — one row per area, in the order you painted it
Table, 5 rows: Part or area · Paint name and code · Brand · Technique · Thinned with · Coats
Questions
Why are no thinning ratios or drying times printed?
Because they belong to the paint, the primer and the varnish you are using, and to the air in the room you paint in. Follow the manufacturer's own guidance and record here what you actually did, which is the part no bottle can tell you.
How is this different from the model building project log?
That sheet follows a kit build as a project — parts, time and stages. This one is built around the paint: every area of the model with the colour, technique and coats, so a scheme can be matched again across a whole unit.
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