r/minipainting on SubMouse

About r/minipainting

In its own words:

A community for painting miniatures and models. Everything from tabletop wargames to board games, display pieces or just for fun! Painters of all skill levels are welcome! From beginners who have never held a brush to pros who have been painting for years.

Community guide

r/minipainting (#831, about 1.3 million subscribers) — A community for painting miniatures and models. Everything from tabletop wargames to board games, display pieces or just for fun! Painters of all skill levels are welcome! From beginners who have never held a brush… A recent sample averaged 81 posts a day (~57% gallery, ~22% image, ~19% text). Its public rules include: Civility and Respect; General Content; Submission Requirements; Post Original Work; Promotion and Participation.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Piracy talk is removed. Match posts to: Civility and Respect; General Content; Submission Requirements; Post Original Work.

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Help Needed/New Painter, C&C Wanted, Sci-fi, Fantasy. Volume is high—clear titles help.

The community was created on Mar 3, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 993 subscribers (+0.08%). Among the 20 communities on our art list it is number 6 by size. Among the 9 communities on our painting list it is number 3 by size. It sits just behind r/chemicalreactiongifs (#830) and ahead of r/rupaulsdragrace (#832) in our ranking.

What sets r/minipainting apart

People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.5 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 63.5 new posts a day per million members, more than 90% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 6.0× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/minipainting climbed from 1,272,701 to 1,279,960 subscribers (+7.3K, +0.57%). That is about 142 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/minipainting, from 2023 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

I finished the lava base for my Chaos Warrior. My goal was to make a rather comic book looking, shiny base with lots of contrast. I hope you like it 😁u/Flameon_Miniatures · Apr 14, 2023 · 19,011 points · 644 comments · gallery
Blood Angels Captain in comic book styleu/_Thunderbrush_ · Jan 22, 2025 · gallery
My attempt at a shiny chrome tau stealth suitu/NurglesBlumpkin · Mar 9, 2025 · gallery
Updated explosion effect after everyone’s thoughts, which do you prefer?u/TheHookedTip · May 20, 2024 · image
A Womans Work is Never Doneu/MultiverseMinis · Jul 27, 2025 · gallery
Straight from the african sands: Rhino Blacksmithu/romanlappat · Apr 15, 2026 · gallery
Galactus from Marvel United Multiverseu/Under-siege · Jan 27, 2025 · gallery
First go at trying to execute a lava flow looku/ZacAttacksMinis · Aug 23, 2025 · image
We all go back to dust...u/cadianshock · Mar 28, 2023 · 9,131 points · 139 comments · image
My 3rd attempt at a fully chrome space marineu/the_elder_medium · Jul 21, 2026 · gallery

What r/minipainting talks about

Looking at the titles of 604 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “painting”, “finished”, “mini”, “advice” and “paint”. Other frequent themes are help, painted, warhammer, wip, nmm and minis. Recurring phrases include “tone pro”, “warhammer 40k”, “trench crusade” and “pro paints”. By format, 57% are galleries, 22% are images and 19% are text posts.

painting 54
finished 31
mini 29
advice 29
paint 29
help 26
painted 25
warhammer 25
wip 22
nmm 21
minis 20
paints 20
miniature 18
tips 18
feedback 16
attempt 14
model 14
looking 13

Popular post flairs: Help Needed/New Painter (190), C&C Wanted (131), Sci-fi (93), Fantasy (82), Discussion (42), Historical/Military (14).

Activity and best time to post

r/minipainting gets about 81 new posts a day. The public archive holds 389,917 posts and 2,535,365 comments in total, about 6.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (101 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (73). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Galleries 57%Images 22%Text posts 19%Videos 1%

Rules of r/minipainting

The moderators of r/minipainting list 10 rules. In short:

Civility and Respect
General Content
Submission Requirements
Post Original Work
Promotion and Participation
Re-casts and Piracy
10:2:1 Rule
Guidelines:
Guideline: Identify Your Mini
Guideline: Create and Invite Discussion

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/minipainting and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.

Frequently asked questions

How many members does r/minipainting have?

r/minipainting has 1,279,960 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #831 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,259 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

When was r/minipainting created?

r/minipainting was created on Mar 3, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.

Is r/minipainting still active?

Yes. r/minipainting gets about 81 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 389,917 posts and 2,535,365 comments. In a sample of 604 recent posts we counted 516 different authors.

What is the best time to post in r/minipainting?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What kind of posts are on r/minipainting?

The community describes itself as: “A community for painting miniatures and models. Everything from tabletop wargames to board games, display pieces or just for fun! Painters of all skill levels are welcome! From beginners who have never held a brush to p…” Recent post titles often mention painting, finished, mini, advice and paint. Most posts are galleries (57%).

Is r/minipainting SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/minipainting as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

What are the rules of r/minipainting?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/minipainting accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Civility and Respect”; “General Content”; “Submission Requirements”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/minipainting?

Communities with similar topics include r/oilpainting (1.1M), r/painting (4.6M), r/DigitalPainting (3.7M), r/Warhammer40k (1.6M) and r/Watercolor (1.1M).

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/minipainting.

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