Painting Studio
Useful tools for painters, all year round.
A growing collection of free, browser-based tools built for miniature painters — no account required.
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Build a scheme before you pick up the brush.
Pigment Quest is the first Maple Palette Studio tool: generate harmonious palettes, explore shadows and highlights, check values in grayscale, and share a scheme with a single link.
Pigment Quest
Colour harmonies, value checks, highlight/shadow suggestions, themed starting palettes, and shareable schemes.
Launch tool →Built to grow carefully
One good tool at a time.
The Studio will expand only when a tool is genuinely useful and can stay low-maintenance. Future candidates include a miniature vision/value tester, painting challenge generator, and troubleshooting guide.
Vision Lab
Check a miniature at thumbnail size, in grayscale, blurred, and at reduced detail to test focal points and readability.
Challenge Deck
Generate painting challenges with colour restrictions, techniques, themes, timers, and shareable group prompts.
Hobby Rescue
Practical troubleshooting for chalky highlights, flat colours, weak contrast, muddy blends, OSL, metallics, and more.