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The loud screaming voices in the back of my head are telling me to eat a magnet.

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That's some how offensively small amounts of silly putty! What the heck!! The dragon looks stunning!

One realization I made back when I was painting my chromatic wrymlings was, even though red dragons are well red and blue dragons are blue, they arnt going to all look the same much like people, me being black my brown skin isnt the same brown as my mom or dad or you your skin colour isnt the same as Drew Carey. So then I started looking at other dragons and lizards the dragons from Dragon Age I think are great references. I have the adult Green Dragon and I'm still kinda hesitant to paint it but one day....soon 😀Always you do fantasic work and your videos are very inspiring and up lifting like Boss Ross keep up the awesomeness

Could you use masking fluid to do the masking?

Old dude from back in the day here! I started playing when i was 8 back in '79. My group, and the groups around us, played the way you talked about in this video. We built our campaigns around various printed materials and a LOT of homebrew. that's just how you did it back then. there were 3P publishers but they were few and far between and often difficult to get ahold of. One of the defining factores in games was Dragon magazine. If you had Dragon, your campaign was likely a lot different than people who just used the rules. All that said, I still like the current glut of material. It's nice to have when you need or want it. If nothing else, the massive library of materials out there can provide inspiration and templates for one's own creativity. In many way, this is what Dragon did for me. I could see that other minds out there felt it was okay to create material that wasn't in the rules and that inspired me to do the same. Whether it be a class, a magic item, a new spell or monster or even a new rules mechanic, we made a lot of them but a lot of them were inspired or "allowed" by seeing thers do it. As an adult with a busy life, I see the benefit of the printed material in a whole other light. I may not have the time to flesh out a system, class, etc but i know i can probably find something made by somebody who did. Also, I got beat up for playing D&D and persecuted by religious folks back in the day. Fortunately, my parents were cool with it and so were my friends' parents.

I think the best way to achieve a near perfect masking with tape is to really press it against the mini and use a sculpting tool, maybe even just a toothpick to shape it around some details and then with an exacto knife cut off the excess tape to fit the area that you want to mask. The difficult part is to not scratch the surface/primer while doing that, but with a light hand and maybe a bit of practice you'll get a more precise masking line and probably less of the corners or the tape lifting while airbrushing Not everything goes acording to plan, right? What's left is for us to try to see the glass as half full 😅 It's nice that you were able to see improvements in other areas

The problem with the WOTC D&D dragons is that they are beautiful paintings and 2D art subjects but they are a nightmare to paint.

That dry brushing turned out great! I agree though, even if I don't absolutely love the paintjob I've done, I'd rather have a painted mini on the table than not. Sometimes they aren't good, but they're good enough. I still use the old pre-painted minis that came out in the early 2000's, so if mine look better than those, I'm happy.

Love the side feather colors. New to mini painting and these videos are great. 😊

My advice is to look at what gunpla and scale modelers use, their stuff is often better for lower prices.

I have found that using inks on those clear transparent pieces helps to maintain the transparency and gives it color. A colored wash would probably do the same thing if you don’t have inks.

Looks great! I always prefer a grungier look to my minis. I think for RPG's, the more variety the better. I would rather have the market saturated with options than to have a drought. Even though I prefer to do homebrew settings, I like to steal bits and pieces from other sources for inspiration. I love that D&D and TTRPG's in general have gotten more popular. It seems a lot easier for people to find their tribe as it were, than it used to be in the 80's and 90's.

Greetings! Bundok! Great program! It is very interesting listening to you talk about painting techniques and ideas to consider when painting miniatures. You did very well on your miniatures, too! Strahd looks great, of course, but I really enjoyed the silly, bright Beholders you have there! They look fun and awesome! I always enjoy opportunities to paint up a miniature in some silly, crazy bright colours! Keep up the good work, Bundok! Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Our learning experience I would say it's adjacent. As you get your info from the funeral service book, I learned the human anatomy knowledge I apply to art (including miniatures to a certain extent) just like the old masters... With dissected bodies lol The vampire was definitely a great one. Nailed not only the highlights of the face, but the eyes as well. Playing with undertones on the skin is a lot of fun. I hold back most of the time afraid I'll mess it up. Saw a guy on youtube once painting some vampires with super pale skin and a purple undertone on the recesses. Looked amazing.

Good lord! More like The Pimp Strahd. This came out fantastic.

For your first bookshelf display piece I think its pretty Strahd-tastic. Ive yet to do a piece simply for display although I am working on a diorama of a tavern that friends asked me to make for them and whether painting for the table, or a game, I always say have fun because that's why we do this hobby because its hecka fun. Umm i few tips when cutting xps foam try to get yourself a good olfa or equivalent knife where you can extend the blade it will really help with getting good cuts in your foam, and if you mix standard black craft paint with mod podge it acts as a epic sealer/base primer for foam and you can spray prime yoour foam pieces with little to no worry of spray primers melting your foam or the use the airbrush to get a good base coat down Tabletop witchcraft and Devs & Dice are two of my favorites (along with you) who do great things in the hobby 😀 Keep doing great stuff, keep having fun see you in your next video, oh and I follow you on instagram now to 😀

I make plans to get a bunch of minis done, and then fail. I'm trying to get a Kickstarter minis assembled while watching a show with my wife after getting kids to bed. There are several seasons to go on the show, so maybe I'll make it.

Cat feet, awesome!

68 mostly unique minis in a weekend is sweltering! Good attempt anyway lol, they look great.

You should use contrast/speed paints. That will up your paint game 100 fold on those D&D minis.

Yay puppers!

Came out pretty cool. That detail around the eyes to me makes it look like it's moving ready to annihilate something. I feel like the best way to attain that red-ish coloration in the fur you see in the packaging would've been to get those raised areas in a light gray, followed by a slightly dark red and then doing some layers of wash or glazing with black to tone it down a little bit and bring the whole thing together. Once you add gray to the red you decrease the saturation a lot, then going over black kills the vibrancy of the color. Having that red as an undertone and then playing a little bit with the transparency of the layers on top of it might be better to get that red tint to your dark grey.

I paint because it's fun for me. I can get any file I want to print, print it, and paint it. I like the process of painting - watching the figure become more and more alive with each color. It is also somewhat therapeutic. Being able to find a cool figure and make it look awesome is something that is fun / cool for me too.

Just mentioning, you'll want to investigate some cold and darker greys to make that work. Play around, that's how you learn! Not sure why YT recommended this channel, but I'm all about supporting people who aren't bought and paid for by brush/paint companies. Subbed!

The hardest bit about airbrushing is what Lauren and I called “dishes” where we would have to take things apart and clean every nook and cranny. If you want a good head start you can do warm soapy water in a sonic jewelry cleaner. It shakes out a lot of the paint in those hard to reach places!

The airbrush was definitly interesting for me. I started with a lot of information from many different sources and got to a workflow thats slightly different from anything I heard beforehand. I believe the best preparation or advice to give for a beginner is a rundown of everything you can meddle with (pressure, trigger technique, paint, paint consistency, additives) and then kick the baby bird out of its nest

Wow : ) what a relaxing peacfull advice : ) I just starting right now and i think i will stay on this channel : ) My main problem for now is only do the same colors on model like i imagine in my mind. Somehow i must learn how colors react them selfs when i mixing. Have a great life! Greetings from Poland.

Greetings! Great video, Bundok! Great channel, as well. I just subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work! Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Hey there, congrats on the air brush, its a tool i'd like to try out buuuuut not just quite yet. So whats on my to do list welp I finally got my Warduke mini along with Kelek and Venger woooo so they are getting preped today, I also have some mimics that from Nolzurs getting set as well along with 2 minis from wildspire, so i guess for me its a prepainting day, Oh I also have a old Reaper mini elf paladin that needs finishing touches

My wife walked by while I was painting and watching this video. She loves your voice and wondered if you have done any voice work. Reading some kids books for bedtime relaxing would be cool.

I have one of the cheapest airbursh money can buy. Got it to get smoother coats when restoring hotwheels, for miniatures I use it to prime and varnish, sometimes base coat. One thing to keep in mind if you decide to start mixing your own paint for it and get a bit of clogging. I don't use thinners, again, cheapest money can buy... Water usually suffice. But one product that I like putting into the mix is acrylic retarder as it seems more effective in preventing paint from drying on the needle inside and even though it slows down drying on the surface of the mini too, it's not a big deal as it's a thin layer pretty spread out, still dries relatively fast for you to come with the next layer. (I think those pre mixed airbrush paints you bought may have some retarder in them)