It's not weird at all, colorblind people only see value and not hue in specific colors, so it's no wonder they gravitate towards high value contrast paint schemes. In fact, in some ways, colorblind people are better than non-colorblind people at distinguishing subtle shifts in saturation and brightness - I've heard of people specifically asking their colorblind relatives to judge if the paint colors match when painting walls because they can notice stuff that would be very hard to distinguish otherwise.
As a color blind person im always hesitant to mix colors, it can be tricky to tell whats what on your palette at times so i always paint straight out the bottle using the labels to guide me. (Another reason i don’t like citadel paints) leading to very saturated and contrasting minis if I don’t weather them down a lot
We need more innovation like this in the mini painting community. Before watching this video, I would have laughed if someone told me to paint a tank with a speed paint, but now I think I might have to go try this on my rockgrinder…
I've mixed speedpaints with regular paints to make a pseudo oil paint. It dries much faster than oil (i.e. the acrylic bit) but I can blend smoothly like an oil paint. It looks nice.
@@MidwinterMinis to be fair, I also used to use typhus corrosion as a pseudo oil paint. Brush it on thick, then immediately use your thumb (very important) to wipe it off
Personally really love the blotchy look the paint gives out, it really makes it look more raggedy and not really well-maintained or like you said a westhered look to it or can even pass off as a form of camouflage.
"or can even pass off as a form of camouflage" I was just thinking the same thing watching this. It very much looks like a 2 tone blue and grey camouflage pattern. I wonder what would happen if you, for example, painted something tan and applied green this way? Might look pretty sweet.
@@ColonelSandersLite Ngl would like to see Midwinter Minis test something like that. Also yeah you're def right on the the type of camouflage it could pass of as!
I can’t tell you how helpful this was I just started a guard army and was super worried about how to make my Leman Russ’s not look bland. Love your videos!
"Worry less, paint more." That's pretty much the attitude that has let me paint probably more in the past couple of years than I had in my almost twenty years in the hobby combined. Well, that and Contrast and Speedpaints.
That has a nice been-painted-a-hundred-times industrial machine look to it. It also looks like it would be a great base for painting marble or other stones, the transparency of the layers means you could sponge/stipple some metallic paint lightly between coats of speedpaint to get that glittery look of real stone. Drift into different contrast tones to make different types of stone... see, this is why this channel is great, it gets you thinking about the painting possibilities.
Oh wow the old footage of you is a real throw back - you've come such a long way since then man. Wishing you and your family all the best and, as always, lots of love from germany mate.
Absolutely amazing vid I always thought speed paint might have their uses but could not see my self buying some . Now you have convinced me they might have a use in my paint arsenal. Everything has it use in the right place it just another tool at the end of the day . Love your work
Very cool. And it’s great to see inspiration for using paints someone might be otherwise too irritated with to want to pull off the shelf. I don’t like Speedpaint 1.0 for their intended purpose, but since here they are on my rack, I’ve found other interesting uses for them such as on diorama terrain pieces for a weathered wood/paint effect on old buildings, exposed garden benches, etc. Also not too shabby for making tiny wood “books” look like they’re leather bound.
Very happy to have the tips in this video and the comments because I've been unhappy with my Army Painter speed paints overall but still want to make use of them Guess it's going into the "product I will use for some unique effects but not recommend to others" category, which is sad cause i like Army Painter I might make kind of blood wash with the red for my Daemon Prince? Idk. My friends also swear by giving Daemon Skin a purple wash so I'll try that
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I LOVE this video! So many interesting new ways to use Speed Paint! And those effects are GORGEOUS. I’m definitely going to play around with these techniques.
Guy I painted up my own 'great gargant ' which is heavily inspired from yours. Thank you for the inspiration to be a bit more creative and just get on and paint. Love your videos, keep up your amazing work
I'm just here for that phat outro beat. Seriously though awesome job! Your videos are one of the reasons I decided to take the plunge into the hobby side of Warhammer. Before last year I hadn't built a model in over 30 years!
Tried a similar method with an olive green contrast paint with a Deathguard vehicle, sponging it on and deliberately not letting it dry between diluted coats and got a similar effect. Worked a treat, gave it a really grungy look, perfect for those Nurgle types. Thanks for posting this video Guy. Will have to go out and try it with the Army Painter range.
great video. just wished it would have came out a week ago when i painted my own Leman russ. wanted to give it a old Rusty look and this seems like a great way to combine a weathered look to it before adding rust effects.
Really interesting method and a stunning result! It does make me wonder how one could repair mistakes using this method. The whole process seems based on the painters ability to never make any mistakes with the other paints, but that simply isn't the case for so any people who paint....
Man I'm digging that weathering technique! I've been experimenting more with washes and contrasts to make minis look old, dirty, and weathered. I don't have a tank, but I have a kitbashed core driller I built for Stargrave and a giant ass robot to use in This Is Not A Test and The Doomed that I think I'll take a shot at weathering with this technique. I have to say, I've always liked your speed paint videos and seeing all the little hacks you come up with for basing, etc.
Personally I love using the Army Painter Speedpaints, the washed out looks some of the colors have are perfect for my Tyranids, which have vibrant orange carapaces, grey skin and green weapons/claws/horns.
Not a big guard fan, but I do like tanks and even though I’ll probs never paint a russ I really enjoyed this, like I do all your videos, I especially enjoyed your wrap up on this one, on a grey day you made me smile, thanks Guy.
Guy this could just be a doppleganger, but if the person at 8:36 is you, I think it is amazing how much weight you have lost! As a not exactly small guy who likes warhammer, that has really inspired me to start working out again, and to start mini painting after a long highatus. Have a great day and thank you so much for everything you do ❤️
Living in Guildford it was weird to see Andertons mentioned here. I always thought they were nothing big, just some non-franchise shop that got lucky. Didn't realise they were even known outside Guildford.
I actually like reativation becouse i can easiely wipe out the paint from the place i dont want it, also can blend it better and easiely. Dana Howl has good videos on this part and how to use it to your advantage.
Those Slaanesh Daemons are gonna get shredded... That said, I adore this scheme for the Guard. Maybe you could do a Sentinel or a command squad as well.
Nice one Guy. It always struck me that the reactivation could be used for “wet” blending. While I think it’s good that Army painter went back and reformulated the paints, the old formula could be worked on further to make them into more of a wash/grime product. The reactivation working similarly to an oil wash.
“Worry less. Paint more.” Ughhh, I didn’t come to this video for earth shaking pearls of wisdom like this one. Geeez, Guy. Get it together. 😂😂 Thanks for a great video!
A alternative to this method of weathering is to undercoat the model with a black then sponge on grey and white, then apply a thin coat over the whole thing and the colors should peak out from under the speed paint
I find it really funny that it's the color-blind painter who regurlarly creates the most vibrant paint schemes on youtube. 😀
That's just blue and orange. It's basic color theory we all learned in art class in high school. Nothing special about that.
@@PhthaloGreenskin maybe if you watched other vides of midwinter minis’…
It's not weird at all, colorblind people only see value and not hue in specific colors, so it's no wonder they gravitate towards high value contrast paint schemes. In fact, in some ways, colorblind people are better than non-colorblind people at distinguishing subtle shifts in saturation and brightness - I've heard of people specifically asking their colorblind relatives to judge if the paint colors match when painting walls because they can notice stuff that would be very hard to distinguish otherwise.
@@PhthaloGreenskin They said vibrant, not complex or unusual.
As a color blind person im always hesitant to mix colors, it can be tricky to tell whats what on your palette at times so i always paint straight out the bottle using the labels to guide me. (Another reason i don’t like citadel paints) leading to very saturated and contrasting minis if I don’t weather them down a lot
“Worry less, paint more” words to live by.
PREACH 🙌
Be in the room where it happened tho haha
We need more innovation like this in the mini painting community. Before watching this video, I would have laughed if someone told me to paint a tank with a speed paint, but now I think I might have to go try this on my rockgrinder…
We painted about 8 Ork vehicles at LVO last year with 1.0 Speedpaints using a very similar technique.
This makes for a really nice "winter white wash" style weathered armour, great work!
Definitely! Reminds me of the Arctic schemes from MechWarrior 4 ;)
@@MidwinterMinis I reckon you should paint up an Arctic scheme titan, another warlord shouldn't take too long right!?
Midwinter White Wash
I've mixed speedpaints with regular paints to make a pseudo oil paint. It dries much faster than oil (i.e. the acrylic bit) but I can blend smoothly like an oil paint. It looks nice.
Interesting! I'll have to give that a try.
@@MidwinterMinis to be fair, I also used to use typhus corrosion as a pseudo oil paint. Brush it on thick, then immediately use your thumb (very important) to wipe it off
@@TheSonOfRyan can you use other fingers too
@@abefaerber7994 you can but god won't forgive you
always the sign of a great hobbyist to use garbage materials like Army Painter paints and use them to make something great.
I think the Russ came out lovely. looking forward to seeing them go at it on the table. My moneys on the Daemons.
Let's see what the Heavy Flamer has to say about that
But then out of no where Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka appears and annihilates the Humies and Demons
The planet will break before the guard will.
That zounds like sometin a zoggin' humie would say
Between the clever paintjob and the advice this might be my favorite video on the channel now
Personally really love the blotchy look the paint gives out, it really makes it look more raggedy and not really well-maintained or like you said a westhered look to it or can even pass off as a form of camouflage.
"or can even pass off as a form of camouflage"
I was just thinking the same thing watching this. It very much looks like a 2 tone blue and grey camouflage pattern. I wonder what would happen if you, for example, painted something tan and applied green this way? Might look pretty sweet.
@@ColonelSandersLite Ngl would like to see Midwinter Minis test something like that.
Also yeah you're def right on the the type of camouflage it could pass of as!
I can’t tell you how helpful this was I just started a guard army and was super worried about how to make my Leman Russ’s not look bland. Love your videos!
Thanks Guy. You're just lovely to listen to.
This is amazing. I like the orange on some of the panels and guns. It strikes well against the weathered and darker look of the tank.
This honestly looks like a great way to make simple camo patters, definitely trying something similar!
Looks fantastic. I really like the patterning you've achieved.
"Worry less, paint more." That's pretty much the attitude that has let me paint probably more in the past couple of years than I had in my almost twenty years in the hobby combined. Well, that and Contrast and Speedpaints.
That has a nice been-painted-a-hundred-times industrial machine look to it. It also looks like it would be a great base for painting marble or other stones, the transparency of the layers means you could sponge/stipple some metallic paint lightly between coats of speedpaint to get that glittery look of real stone. Drift into different contrast tones to make different types of stone... see, this is why this channel is great, it gets you thinking about the painting possibilities.
Loved the video, loved the "excursus" into music! Thanks for the products you put out!
Dan from Akai is legendary in the synth world, never thought he would get a mention on this channel.
Oh wow the old footage of you is a real throw back - you've come such a long way since then man. Wishing you and your family all the best and, as always, lots of love from germany mate.
Love it!
As a dude thats into both Warhammer and synths I love this video
Thank you , Guy .
🐺
Great Technique... love it.
Thank you! Cheers!
Opacity through white paint
Something I’d never thought I would hear
Very useful content!
Thank you for sharing with us. And the results are awesome! 😍
This looks amazing. Love the work you do
Please do more with this technique. I could see it being your "thing".
Absolutely amazing vid I always thought speed paint might have their uses but could not see my self buying some . Now you have convinced me they might have a use in my paint arsenal. Everything has it use in the right place it just another tool at the end of the day . Love your work
Paint is not a religion, it’s a tool ❤
Very cool. And it’s great to see inspiration for using paints someone might be otherwise too irritated with to want to pull off the shelf. I don’t like Speedpaint 1.0 for their intended purpose, but since here they are on my rack, I’ve found other interesting uses for them such as on diorama terrain pieces for a weathered wood/paint effect on old buildings, exposed garden benches, etc. Also not too shabby for making tiny wood “books” look like they’re leather bound.
I was sceptical about the thumbnail, but the orange details really pop! Really cool technique, I'll have to try it myself.
Such a lovely video and the results of the painting are amazing! You always have something great to show and to teach in all your videos!!
Nice! I would never have thought to sponge the armour panels to get that effect. Turned out great!
Awesome, can't wait to see this in the deathwatch series!
I honestly love the original line of speedpaints, they have problems, but they are really good for what they do
Very happy to have the tips in this video and the comments because I've been unhappy with my Army Painter speed paints overall but still want to make use of them
Guess it's going into the "product I will use for some unique effects but not recommend to others" category, which is sad cause i like Army Painter
I might make kind of blood wash with the red for my Daemon Prince? Idk. My friends also swear by giving Daemon Skin a purple wash so I'll try that
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This looks incredible!
I LOVE this video! So many interesting new ways to use Speed Paint! And those effects are GORGEOUS. I’m definitely going to play around with these techniques.
This has turned out fantastic.The colour scheme really matches the designs and unit theme. Looking forward to the battles. Keep up the good work.
great job guy!... just remembering a year or two ago when you said you wouldn't touch contrast paints. my bets on guard
If you want to feel old, that video is almost 4 years old ;)
@@MidwinterMinis noooooo I'm too young to feel old. Lol
I quite appreciate your mixing of paints and skills. I trait enjoy when you integrate your audio expertise and experence as well!
Legitimately love my timbre wolf - cool to see a little crossover in these worlds
that looks awesome! i love the faux chipped paint
This is great. Love the effect ❤ Thanks for sharing.
One of your best paint jobs to date mate!
I never thought I'd see a Guard unit painted heavily with blaze orange but you make it look absolutely amazing
the outro music makes me feel like iam in peace with the world. thanks for that one
Guy I painted up my own 'great gargant ' which is heavily inspired from yours.
Thank you for the inspiration to be a bit more creative and just get on and paint.
Love your videos, keep up your amazing work
I love your analogy with the synth
Jeez, the expression on that synth demo guy's face was like he sensed a parade of dizzy clowns with IBS was marching on his future grave.
I'm just here for that phat outro beat.
Seriously though awesome job! Your videos are one of the reasons I decided to take the plunge into the hobby side of Warhammer. Before last year I hadn't built a model in over 30 years!
I’m so exited, even though it’s just for the start collecting death match, I’m so happy to see two vids in a row about my favorite faction
That Leman Russ looks awesome!
Tried a similar method with an olive green contrast paint with a Deathguard vehicle, sponging it on and deliberately not letting it dry between diluted coats and got a similar effect. Worked a treat, gave it a really grungy look, perfect for those Nurgle types. Thanks for posting this video Guy. Will have to go out and try it with the Army Painter range.
Great video and ideas as always. Thanks
Thats a really nice scheme for tanks and other vehicles.
That's the chill Midwinter Minis experience we all are looking for. Loved the video, thank you. :)
great video. just wished it would have came out a week ago when i painted my own Leman russ. wanted to give it a old Rusty look and this seems like a great way to combine a weathered look to it before adding rust effects.
Another classic MWM video! Ilove it
Love that tank!
Cool as always.
Brilliant Job Dude.
I love a bit of RobWords in the background while I paint as well!
Great eye!
Amazing work as always!
This looks amazing!!
When life gives you reactivating paint, you make a paint job out of it))
Love it 👍
really interesting grey colour- like galvanised steel!
I still love that outro music. Oh, cool paint job too👍
Very cool. Awesome job
Fantastic. Wonderful video thanks for sharing It got a bit Alex Ball at the end there. I loved it.
Really interesting method and a stunning result! It does make me wonder how one could repair mistakes using this method. The whole process seems based on the painters ability to never make any mistakes with the other paints, but that simply isn't the case for so any people who paint....
Man I'm digging that weathering technique! I've been experimenting more with washes and contrasts to make minis look old, dirty, and weathered. I don't have a tank, but I have a kitbashed core driller I built for Stargrave and a giant ass robot to use in This Is Not A Test and The Doomed that I think I'll take a shot at weathering with this technique. I have to say, I've always liked your speed paint videos and seeing all the little hacks you come up with for basing, etc.
This is a really neat video :) Thanks Guy
Looks good.
Now i know how to paint my GW Kill Team Terrain, Thank you Guy!
I've been trying to paint my russ for 3 years, this is going to be useful
The original dark blue and white makes a really nice camouflage.
You actually did it, you absolute mad lad!
Personally I love using the Army Painter Speedpaints, the washed out looks some of the colors have are perfect for my Tyranids, which have vibrant orange carapaces, grey skin and green weapons/claws/horns.
This is awesome
I've been utilising the reactivation properties of speedpaint on the chaos knights I'm building. I'm almost using them like watercolours.
I did what You advised "Worry less... paint more" So I sold all my AP range and bought Vallejo which does the same but better :D
Not a big guard fan, but I do like tanks and even though I’ll probs never paint a russ I really enjoyed this, like I do all your videos, I especially enjoyed your wrap up on this one, on a grey day you made me smile, thanks Guy.
“Late 70s Brooklyn pimp” making me decide on if my next army should be guard
Guy this could just be a doppleganger, but if the person at 8:36 is you, I think it is amazing how much weight you have lost! As a not exactly small guy who likes warhammer, that has really inspired me to start working out again, and to start mini painting after a long highatus. Have a great day and thank you so much for everything you do ❤️
The tank turned out great, and there is no problem seeing that it belongs to the same unit as your infantry.
Worry less paint more I love it!
Living in Guildford it was weird to see Andertons mentioned here. I always thought they were nothing big, just some non-franchise shop that got lucky. Didn't realise they were even known outside Guildford.
I got an ad for the exact speed paint set. For once TH-cam's ad algorithm actually makes sense
I actually like reativation becouse i can easiely wipe out the paint from the place i dont want it, also can blend it better and easiely. Dana Howl has good videos on this part and how to use it to your advantage.
This ‘bout the most productive response to tackle a niche internet controversy of all time
This battle report is going to pop off!
Cool guide!
Guard will win... easily
Those Slaanesh Daemons are gonna get shredded...
That said, I adore this scheme for the Guard. Maybe you could do a Sentinel or a command squad as well.
Nice one Guy. It always struck me that the reactivation could be used for “wet” blending. While I think it’s good that Army painter went back and reformulated the paints, the old formula could be worked on further to make them into more of a wash/grime product. The reactivation working similarly to an oil wash.
That’s an interesting point we’ve discussed. The properties of this acrylic paint were very similar to an oil paint.
That's a great looking paint scheme. I might have to try it on some Battletech Mechs. Cheers.
Love the paint scheme. I'm gonna have to steal that if I go back to painting Imperial Guards.
My money's on the Guard.
That looks great. My only addition would be a bit of dirty down rust paint
“Worry less. Paint more.” Ughhh, I didn’t come to this video for earth shaking pearls of wisdom like this one. Geeez, Guy. Get it together. 😂😂 Thanks for a great video!
A alternative to this method of weathering is to undercoat the model with a black then sponge on grey and white, then apply a thin coat over the whole thing and the colors should peak out from under the speed paint
I love the reactivation feature, it works great for so many things I do