A letter — Ludus Bellum

We love to make things.

But the days are busy, and most evenings, we brush that feeling aside.

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HERO — a study at dusk: warm desk lamp, dark wood, a half-painted figure and a hand at the brush. Portrait crop. Product incidental.
A letter

But the days are busy, and most evenings, we brush that feeling aside.

HERO BAND — wide, quiet: the desk corner from above. Parchment mat, a few bottles, one figure mid-paint. Soft warm light. Product incidental.
HERO FULL-BLEED — cinematic room at dusk. A man at a desk, lamp glow, figure in hand. Landscape. Composed and calm; product incidental, never centred.
Ludus Bellum

But the days are busy, and most evenings, we brush that feeling aside.

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Come back to the table.

Come back to a quiet hour with a brush. Pick any mini from history. Spend an hour with someone who led, who fought, and who stood for something.

Paint slowly. The cloak. The face. The hand on the sword.

Learn their stories. And shape your own.

A quiet hour, spent painting, settles you. It makes the next morning a little different. You're more present. More yourself with the people who matter.

And that's why we paint.

Paint something tonight.
See how you feel tomorrow.

Ludus Bellum
The set

Ludus Bellum Paint Set

PRODUCT — the set photographed in the room, small on a dark surface with space around it. Box closed or open, lit warm. Honest, not cropped. Shot like a watch, not a toy.

Seventeen acrylic colours in 18 ml dropper bottles. Enough range to begin a figure and finish it — skin, cloth, metal and base — and enough left over to start the next one.

  • 17 colours
  • 18 ml acrylic
  • Made in USA
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Our paints

Seventeen colours, sold by the bottle.

The same range that comes in the set — skin, cloth, metal, and the ground a figure stands on. Run one dry, replace just that one. Each an 18 ml dropper bottle, sealed with the crest.

BLACK18ML
Black
18 ml · Acrylic
$9.63

18 ml dropper bottles · Made in USA · Ages 14+

Figures to print

Browse history by the period.

Historical miniatures — STL files you print at home. Late-medieval factions, from the Holy Roman Empire to the Turko-Mongol steppe.

ERA PLATE — a finished figure from this period, lit warm on a dark ground. One representative miniature, not a crowd.
Holy Roman Empire962–180613 figures
ERA PLATE — a finished figure from this period, lit warm on a dark ground. One representative miniature, not a crowd.
Anglo-Scots1296–15609 figures
ERA PLATE — a finished figure from this period, lit warm on a dark ground. One representative miniature, not a crowd.
Spanish Empire1492–171410 figures
ERA PLATE — a finished figure from this period, lit warm on a dark ground. One representative miniature, not a crowd.
Grand Duchy of Moscow1263–154710 figures
ERA PLATE — a finished figure from this period, lit warm on a dark ground. One representative miniature, not a crowd.
Turko-Mongols1206–15077 figures
Every period →
THE TABLE — the desk where the writing and the painting happen. Warm lamp, an open notebook, a figure mid-paint. Quiet, unhurried.
The Journal

What we believe

An inside look to how we think about our products, our community, and the reason we invest in the hobby.

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