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Thanks, bud!!!

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Thank you for the kind words, and support! It means a lot coming from such an accomplished painter! I've learned so much about painting black armor, in particular, from your channel. (I'm in the middle of your Telemon Heavy video right now!)

Thank you! (I will)

...maaaaaayyyyybeeeeee... Thanks for watching!

Thanks, bud! This one was a lot of fun. Green and purple is becoming my favorite color scheme.

There's no shame in airbrushing, friend. But seriously, that's a valid point, and your comment made me think. I feel like I'm 50/50 using an airbrush in my tutorials. In fact, 5 out of the next 6 videos don't have any airbrush at all. BUT, those are focused on Marvel Zombies minis. If you're interested in Cthulhu DMD, then you are absolutely 100% correct. Those tutorials have a disproportionate amount of airbrush use. I didn't even realize that I was doing that. I just kinda grab the airbrush when I feel like using it, and I leave it alone when I don't feel like using it. There are really only two things I use the airbrush for: the base color for OSL (which I did on all of the great old ones), and a zenithal base color when I'm batch painting (like Tcho-Tcho, Dark Spawn, and cultists). I should strike a better balance between approaches going forward. After all, my current favorite painting style is layering with minimal glazing. Thanks for being part of the conversation!

Thanks! Yeah, oils are more forgiving to work with for sure, but they have drawbacks in the form of time, and having to use mineral spirits.

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Thank you!

Great point! I was focused on the perspective of working on individual minis, and completely missed discussing how oils can be an effective option for painting armies. Thanks!

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I wish you were around when I was trying to think of the title for this video! The "Tony Hawk Painting Method" is WAY more fun! (Or simply the "900", for short)

Thank you for the amazing words of encouragement! Kind comments like this motivate me to keep making videos!

It's coming! Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

Thanks for the reminder! (So much time passes between recording and publishing that I sometimes forget what i said). I plan to demonstrate DIY speed/contrast paint while speed painting the Specialists for Marvel Zombies.

Thanks! That means a lot, coming from an excellent painter like you!

Thank you so much! I didn't specifically track the time on these minis. I batch painted all 5 minis at the same time. Something that stood out (when I was editing the raw footage) was that the entire airbrushing session took a little less than 5 minutes for all 5 miniatures. So fast. The wash took several minutes, going very quickly, also. I probably spent too much time painting the highlights on the back. If speed is the goal, I'd dry brush the white highlights on the back like I did in my ghoul video here: th-cam.com/video/9fFmRGYQtzw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Ijk44ANOJylDSgOL After experimenting with several approaches to painting the back, dry brushing the back with white, followed by a dark blue speed paint, is the fastest, and my favorite.

Yeah, I get it. I understand that using an airbrush can exclude a large portion of the audience. I demonstrate the same style without using an airbrush in this video here: th-cam.com/video/9fFmRGYQtzw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Ijk44ANOJylDSgOL I hope it works for you. Basically, the idea behind half chop (intentionally silly name) is that you start with a dark blue primer, and quickly paint half of the mini in shadow (which I never use an airbrush for). The "fully" painted side of the mini should be painted in your preferred style. I probably could have done a better job expressing this in the video. It's been a ton of fun getting miniatures painted quickly with this style, and It's something I enjoy sharing with others. Thanks for participating in the discussion! I hope to see you around.

@@threhane3492 Thanks!

They're all the same. I batch painted them, meaning I painted each step on all five minis before moving on to the next step. I basically treat them as one miniature when batch painting. Any lessons learned here will be applied to my next miniature. Thank you for the comment!

Nice! Layering is definitely my overall favorite approach to painting. I'll still use an airbrush for laying the foundation color for OSL...and for speed painting minions. It's just so much easier. But, I don't think my $17 airbrush is precise enough to let me experiment with more detailed work. We'll see. Hey, thanks for the sub!!!

Thanks, bud!!!

There was a "tallywacker" joke in here somewhere, but I refrained.

@@threhane3492 lol must have been painful

Neither did I. The truth is, that I did a little research on the Tcho Tcho AFTER I started painting. Oops. I think I still would have leaned towards painting it close to the game art, since that's the reference that most gamers have. Thank you for the positive feedback!

Thank you for the kind comment! I'm happy that you enjoyed it.

Haha...I'm giving this comment a full heart, because it made me laugh! Thanks for checking out the video!

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Thank you for your kind feedback! Artis Opus is probably the authority on dry brushing these days. He achieves high-level finishes with his dry brushing, beyond just normal slap chop. Check out this video here: th-cam.com/video/kxuY2NXeI2M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zPiLC6OtGOzM153N

@@threhane3492 thank you!

Yeah, I think that the pained miniatures in the Kickstarter campaign look fantastic, as a whole, but the painted example for this particular miniature was a "miss" for me. Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you so much!

Thank you for that, and thank you for being part of the channel!

Thank you! And thank you for being here supporting the channel since the beginning!

Thank YOU! Comments like this motivate me to keep producing content!

I appreciate the valuable feedback! Comments like this will help me improve as a content creator. Sometimes my painting process doesn't go according to plan, and I think that is reflected heavily in this video, and my Cthulhu video. I hope I did better with Black Goat, and Yog Sothoth, as I stuck with the original plan on those. Thanks for checking out the channel!

@threhane3492 hey, I still am using your video. I did sound a bit bitchy there but I appreciate ypur video. 😂 I love the purple and the highlights you do make it stand out with the lights. I'd love to see a monster focused on your purple theme. Get rid of the green lol.

@@EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE I took your comment as "constructive criticism", which is always welcome here! Not bitchy at all. I'm always looking to improve my content quality, and I appreciate the engagement!

Thank you!

First, welcome to the miniature painting hobby! I'm happy to hear that you found the motivation to get started. Let us know how it goes painting that first mini. I'd never claim that anything I present in my videos is "unique to me". I pick up new tips and tricks, and painting ideas from all over the place...all the time. It's been fun combining some of those ideas into a speed painting style that leaves the miniature with the appearance that it its half in shadow. It was also fun giving that style a silly name. Thank you so much for watching!

Thanks, bud!

Thank you! I'm using a Canon R50 camera with an older EF 24-70mm lens (with EF-R mount adapter). In this video I have the aperture set to F 4.0, which has a very tight focus range, and makes keeping the miniature in focus a nightmare, but lets in plenty of light. In the video I'm recording now, I'm experimenting with reducing the aperture to F 16, and increasing the exposure to keep more of the miniature in focus. Hopefully it doesn't make things look to washed out. Thanks for the question!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Very cool. Let me know how it goes!

Well said!

Thanks, bud!

More coming! I can't wait for seasons 3 & 5. Thanks for the sub!

Great question. I never thought to look at that. The red ink that I used for the base of the OSL coming from the orb is Daler Rowney Crimson ink. It's thin enough that I only use a couple of drops of flow improver in the cup before running it through the airbrush. It's labeled as "transparent", but as you can see, it has pretty good coverage when used this way. The white ink that I used for the basis of the blue glaze on the back of the mini is liquitex titanium white, and it's opaque. I honestly don't think that white ink is the best choice here. As I develop this further as a speed painting method, I'm moving towards just using a white drybrush as the base for the blue glaze on the back. In this case I use a 50/50 mix of cheap liquitex white acrylic paint thinned with liquitex white ink (the paint adds a lot of body, and the ink adds pigment). Thanks for the comment!

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this comment. I feared that people might dismiss the useful information as being "part of the joke", or that they wouldn't see the humor and just dismiss me as some arrogant prick touting the "latest/greatest" thing to ever hit the internet. Thanks for getting it! Perfect comment!

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Thanks for the support!

Thank you so much!

Thanks you! This guy was a lot of fun to paint. More in the way!