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Recipes & projects

Keep the paint list, the steps, and the miniature together.

Save repeatable recipes, translate a paint list when brands change, and record project choices while you can still remember how the result was built.

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  • 5 recipes free
  • 1 project free
  • iOS & Android
  • Core tools work offline
What it doesA BrushForge recipe records the paints and sequence you want to repeat. Projects give that information a home for a particular miniature, unit, or scheme, while the converter helps when an original paint is unavailable.

Document decisions, not just colours

“Blue armour” is difficult to reproduce six months later. “Dark blue base, two thin coats; cooler midtone; edge highlight mixed 2:1” is actionable. A useful recipe preserves order, role, and technique alongside the catalogue paint.

When you translate a recipe, BrushForge gives you colour candidates. You still decide whether a base paint, wash, glaze, metallic, or transparent one-coat product can perform the original job.

  • Save paint choices in a reusable sequence.
  • Keep project-specific notes with the scheme.
  • Translate unavailable colours without pretending paint behaviour is identical.
  • Check substitutions against your owned-paint list.
BrushForge recipe screen with a list of miniature painting steps
A recipe is most useful when it records sequence and purpose, not only a list of pots.
A repeatable structure

Record four things for every step

1

Role

Base, shade, layer, glaze, edge highlight, effect, or another job in the sequence.

2

Paint

Brand, range, paint name, and code where available—enough to disambiguate repeated names.

3

Application

Thinning, number of coats, placement, brush or airbrush, and the undercoat beneath it.

4

Result

What changed after drying, and what you would adjust on the next model.

Translate the role before the name

Start by marking the non-negotiable role of each paint. For an opaque basecoat, coverage and finish may outweigh a tiny ΔE advantage. For a glaze or wash, transparency and flow are part of the colour result. For a metallic, particle size and sheen can dominate the comparison.

Use ΔE ≤5 as a shortlist when possible, not a promise. Paint a small test over the intended primer, let it dry, and evaluate it under the light where the miniature will be viewed.

Current free limits

The free tier supports up to five recipes and one project. Those limits are useful for trying a complete workflow before deciding whether you need more. BrushForge does not provide cross-platform sync, so treat Android and iOS project libraries as separate unless your installed version explicitly offers a supported transfer path.

Practical project noteAdd the primer colour and varnish to the recipe. Both can materially change the apparent finish and value, yet both are easy to omit when a scheme is first written down.

Save or translate this recipe.

Build a small, repeatable record while the decisions are fresh, then keep it with the project that uses it.

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