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MiniPaints on Windows Pc

Developed By: Christophe Garreau

License: Free

Rating: 4,3/5 - 504 votes

Last Updated: April 19, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 4.9.0
Size 26.2 MB
Release Date December 11, 23
Category Lifestyle Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to read from external storage. [see more (5)]

What's New:
Paints added :- New The Army Painter Warpaints Air- The Army Painter Gamemaster- Tamiya Acrylic Mini [see more]

Description from Developer:
● SAVE AND SHARE PAINT RECIPES*
A brand new module to save and share paint recipes and organise them into projects.
You can share, scan and import paint recipes with YouTube video,... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download MiniPaints and install on Windows PC. MiniPaints is free Lifestyle app, developed by Christophe Garreau. Latest version of MiniPaints is 4.9.0, was released on 2023-12-11 (updated on 2024-04-19). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of MiniPaints is 4,3. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 504 users, 45 users had rated it 5*, 329 users had rated it 1*.

How to install MiniPaints on Windows?

Instruction on how to install MiniPaints on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install MiniPaints on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install MiniPaints using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "MiniPaints" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install MiniPaints on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "MiniPaints" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 4.9.0.

Download MiniPaints 4.9.0 on Windows PC – 26.2 MB

● SAVE AND SHARE PAINT RECIPES*
A brand new module to save and share paint recipes and organise them into projects.
You can share, scan and import paint recipes with YouTube video, Dropbox or Google Drive image, notes and Social network infos, using the MiniPaints QR Code system.

● PAINT MIXER*
A paint mixing simulator with proportions and medium dilution.

● ANALOGOUS & COMPLEMENTARY COLORS
MiniPaints helps to find analogous colors in the different ranges and complementary colors.

● COLOR CAPTURE ON PHOTOS*
Capture and save colors on images or photos and find similar colors in all the paint ranges.

● PHOTO FILTERS*
Apply photo filters on image to help you to bring out highlights of a painted miniature (available filters : Contrast, Black & White, Sepia, Invert).

● COLOR PICKER
The color picker allows to find paints from the Color Wheel by automatic hexadecimal color code.

● COLOR SCHEMES*
The brand new Color Schemes help to find color harmony on the Color Wheel (Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Split-Complementary, Triad, Tetrad, Square).
It's possible to search for paints directly from the schemes elements and to find variants by changing the brightness.

● IN-STOCK LIST and WISHLIST help you to track paints.

● BARCODE SCANNER (FREE!)
Quickly add your paints by scanning barcodes.

● SIMPLE SEARCH
A very simple to use search engine helps to find paints with only one text input.
You can also combine color and manufacturer criteria for even faster filtering.
You can even directly enter hexadecimal color code (with the # symbol) to launch search.

● PAINT RANGES (about 4000 references)**
The current version contains the most used paints in the miniature painting community and few old ranges to find matches:

- Ak Interactive® 3rd Gen
- Citadel® (includes New Citadel Contrast, Air, Base, Spray Paints and old Citadel colors)
- Coat d’arms (Fantasy Colours, Super Washes, Military Colours, World War II Colours)
- Green Stuff World® (Acrylic Paints, Metallic Paints, Acrylic Inks, Acrylic Fluor Paints)
- Nocturna® N-Paints (Aux, Basic, Ink, Metal)
- Prince August® (Classic, Air, Games, Games Air, Panzer Aces, Mecha Color)
- Privater Press® Formula P3 (Paints, Ink, Wash)
- Molotow One4All®
- Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl®
- Reaper®(MSP, MSP Bones, MSP Pathfinder)
- Scale 75® (Acrylic Paint, Fantasy & Games, Instant Colors, Artist, Warfront, FX Fluor Experience, Mystic)
- Tamiya® Acrylic Mini
- The Army Painter® (Acrylic Warpaints, Metallics Warpaints, Quickshade, Washes, Gamemaster, Warpaints Air)
- Vallejo® (Model Color, Model Air, Game Color, Game Air, Game Color Effects, Game Color Extra Opaque, Game Color Inks, Wash Game Color, Nocturna, Panzer Aces, Mecha Color, The Shifters)
- WarColours™ (Fluorescent, Gem, Glaze, Inks...)

More to come:
- Other paint ranges will be added (Turbo Dork, , Pro Color, Secret Weapon, Alclad II, AMMO by MIG Jimenez, Andrea Color, Darkstar, Liquitex)
- Data export

*Available for those who support the development of MiniPaints. All other features (like barcode scanner, analogous and complementary color list, all paint ranges) are free.
**All trademarks or registered trademarks are ® or ™, and/or © of their respective owners.
Paints added :
- New The Army Painter Warpaints Air
- The Army Painter Gamemaster
- Tamiya Acrylic Mini
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.