0:00 = Introduction 3:42 = What is the 'GrimDark' style? 8:48 = How to paint GrimDark: Enamel products and Streaking Grime (AK Interactive) 11:18 = Oil Paints & Abteilung 502 12:22 = Oils, enamels, acrylics, mineral spirits & how they work together 16:40 = 'Miscibility' of two liquids 18:14 = Painting Acrylics over Mineral Spirits 19:56 = Laquer thinners, Airbrush/ brush cleaning 21:26 = Distilled Water as thinner & Glaze medium 23:00 = Solvents/Thinners Recap 23:54 = What brand of Acrylic Paints to use (+ links) 26:50 = Overview of How to Paint GrimDark part II & End
@@ThePaleMarcher1955 Cheers, Kyle. I come back a fair bit too and just thought it would be helpful. I was going to do the others at some point, but I get distracted painting GrimDark! 😜😂
Okay, you've done it. I have ordered some paints, inks and a miniature that is highly detailed in armor and hoses and other little bits. I am way out of my comfort zone with this type of painting, but I love your stuff so much I want to learn it. It's because of people like you that I think this hobby is growing at the rate it is. Thank you.
My death guard needed this. I worked so hard and hated my minis. Now I see they were just incomplete. Streaking grime, old rust, dirty down. Im excited to finish them. Great videos!
So glad grimdark is a thing. As a bad mini painter, I often felt like the warhammerTV way (base acrylic, wash, highlight) was the only way and that I wasn't good enough to depart from orthodoxy. Now thanks to you I know there is another way! Thanks so much for the inspiration! Btw my wife and I bought your Lady Olinder tutorial a bit back and boy was that worth it - an eye-opening experience!
You're like the Dark Bob Ross. I seem to lose myself watching you paint and then I have to go back because I'm like, "Wait. what did he just say?" Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
Coming back to minis after years of ww2 scale models I've been wondering for a while how well a heavily weathered & rusty admech army would fit. You just answered all my question and went well beyond. Amazing work there, Thanks a lot!
I've an entire combat patrol of Death Guard built that's been sitting unfinished fir 8 months because I didn't really have any paint scheme that I liked. Those things are getting things are getting finished in the Grimdark style this weekend. This is awesome.
You opened a completely new patinting perspective to me. Was looking for a video to paint wood on a flat surface, and I found this instead. Very happy.
I'm not even in painting myself (never had the courage or money to get into it younger) but I like to watch videos on the topic and I must admit your work is amazing. The overall aesthetics is top-level and suits the universe perfectly. I'd love to see some Skavens painted this way :)
I have only discovered Grimdark, I haven't been involved in the hobby long, but I know 1 thing for sure, Grimdark is life, I am really excited to see this series of videos
Ade Roberts right? I had to stop the video and double check. I thought I was crazy. I was like “His name is John...not Lawrence...and he is an old school GW artist that HEAVILY influenced the style”
I've always wondered why the style of GW doesn't match the universe, so this was really refreshing to see, especially the point about edge highlighting.
I feel like I'm more immersed in the world when I view your models and just get a sense of incongruence with the traditional style on certain GW models. Caul is an excellent example, I'd say. I've been wanting to get into warhammer and miniature painting for a while now and you are a huge inspiration on what I want my army to look like. Now it's just super hard to decide between AOS and 40k
Coming from a background of Eavy-metal style painting where EVERYTHING on the model is painted, I decided to pick up some TOP E'S golden boiz adeptus custodes! I painted my usual style (Never realllly like the "in your face" gold so i washed and brought down the gold to a bronze/copper look) and then found myself going darker, and darker, AND..darker. Boom, gimdark custodes! and I LOVED it! it also made me realise i don't ned to pain't ALL the model, and rather focus on the zenythal to bring in constrast from light to dark.
@@GrimdarkCompendium Would you consider doing a video based around the housekeeping of using enamels and oil paints? I want to get into it, but especially with oil paints I feel like I'm just going to ruin my brushes and potentially other things.
I don't know if you are aware of it good sir, but you are revolutionizing how models can be painted. You are really pushing the envelope. Dont ever stop.
Yes, yes, yes! This is exactly what I was looking for to paint up my Death Guard. I much prefer that dark grimy look...and I just happen to have picked up a few of those AK washes and effects.
@@GrimdarkCompendium What's the difference between the three subscription levels? There is no description of what each level includes (how many downloads per month, etc). Also, when you buy a tutorial outright (e.g. $9.99), do you get to keep a download of it like other sites? If not, how is it accessed? I'd like to buy a couple of the Death Guard tutorials - hopefully you can answer the questions above first. Thanks!
100% agree with Edge Hiliting? GW pushes it and its over done. A good Blend and Contrast is so much better. Great Videos mate. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Awesome video. I have a question for anyone who may know though - in the video mineral sprirts are used to clean up the enamal washes, but can they also be cleaned up using isopropinal alcohol or white spirits? Thanks in advance.
Really looking forward to this series of tutorials, I love this style of painting and have to say you have got it down to a T. Keep up the good work, existing times.
Dude thank you so much for this. I want to get back into the hobby and as a long time admirer of John Blanche and oldschool GW/WH40k in general this method of painting the pinnacle of style and narrative for me.
Great introduction! Already a customer of your videos, but always fun to see more :) Finding myself going back to your older videos for inspiration to my own new projects. Right now I have Tech-Priest Grombrindal that I thought to do in the grimdark style, so gonna rewatch some of your stuff now ^^ Will be waiting for part 2!
Great video!! Good point about thinners. I am so tired of people saying that mineral spirits will dissolve or reactivate acrylic paints. Ive literally never varnished my acrylic coats before putting oil washes, and I have yet to see any of the undercoat dissolve. Marco Frisoni also has a video where he shows a plastic sheet painted with acrylics and he puts pure mineral spirits over the entire thing and none of the undercoat dissolved. Like you said, nothing is dissolving, but if you are having problems then the acrylics either aren't fully cured or the mineral spirits are getting under the paint.
John Blanche was heavily into using vibrant yellow and red on top of a black or sepia underpainting. So the box art is really Blanchitsu as well... I like your style better, though.
Nice Vid! I am using Abteilung 502 colors and my special solution for my miniatures (pin washes/panel lining) for years and I am allways very happy with the result :D
You can put the oil paint on a sheet of cardboard to wick the linseed oil out of it. This reduces the shine and quickens the drying time. You can use any good quality oil paint for models, the pigment is actually the important part.
Thanks!!, A good video about all things Dark! :) i have been painting like this for some time now and feel it is way more fun and fast then the GW standard. I have fallen in love with oils! I do use the AK true metal, AK grimes, and 502 oils.
You can also add an isolation coat of clear varnish between your acrylic layer and your weathering layer. Hi can do this multiple times. Do enamels last. Also you can use Windsor Newton or other artists oils, just use a piece of cardboard as a palette - the cardboard will take out the excess linseed oil. Also, don’t use Series7 brushes with oils and enamels - you’ll shorten the life of the brush significantly. Get some Princeton 4050 (I think) artificial sable to use with oils and enamels
My Google Fu is weak, but I recall seeing a site where the model painter used cardboard to extract the linseed oil from his canvas oils to get them prepped for making washes. (Thought I had saved that, gah!) He just but dabs of the paint onto raw cardboard and let the oils get leached out for a while. May be worth trying for the folks having trouble getting their hands on the brand discussed in the video here.
@Zatcastkagoon not all acrylics are water based ... I for instance am using MR.Paint acrylics for most of my basecoats and it is like lacquer based ... you cant mix those with water, yet the formula states "acrylic" ... look up the manufacturers page
I just recently found your channel and website and very much prefer this aesthetic to the box art style. I would classify myself as an intermediate painter, but up to this point have used what I would call the GW method. I am very interested in your style. I currently hobby in a basement room with little outside ventilation. Could you give a brief description of which methods could be implemented safely and would not require the addition of a ventilation system? The Mrs. would not be happy with fumes in the basement leaching up through the floor in to the rest of the house lol.
Hi. In my Amazon list (link in the description) there are a couple options for filtration. If you have a window or door at the least that leads to the outside you can pick up a small hobby airbrushing booth. Another option would be the "shop fox" which is what I use all the time to keep the air filtered.
I've been looking for something like this for so long. Incredible work dude. Going to attempt to do some grimdark alpha legion with the advice in this video
Thumbs up and subscribed! Much awesome, gonna binge watch the rest of your videos now. Do you have a full video with the painting of the ghost at 18:20?
I would be really interested in learning how to apply the grimdark color scheme to a model with more flesh. Most of the videos you have are mainly armor and I am not complaining cause I love them. Just something different with more flesh tones would be interesting to learn how to do. I have been watching your videos since the first Death Guard video you posted that is no long on here. You have been a HUGE inspiration to me on the way I paint currently.
I find one of the the best ways to paint grimdark flesh is to paint it in something other than fleshtones. Reds, greens and other colors to make your stuff look a little funkier is always fun.
@@jakoballan2768 I have been experimenting with zenythol highlights (Sp? ) then using an airbrush to use blue highlights and purple for shadows. Which leaves a cold dead feel to the skin but doesn't quit fit the rest of my color scheme. I suck at doing pale flesh in general so that is a HUGE weak point I have been working to improve.
Fantastic vid. Really enjoyed it. My interest is piqued by Abteilung 502 paints. Is there an initial list of 5 to 10 colours that you'd regard as "top buys" for the range when painting grimdark?
I do appreciate the Grim Dark style as presented, although I am personally a fan of a bit more saturation in the colors. Going too far towards the grim-dark style makes the miniatures pretty boring under average lighting and on the tabletop, requiring more intentional staged lighting for the details to pop.
I agree. However, the average playing environment does not match the aesthetic. Put this style of miniature on a table top that creates an environment of a similar style and well, perhaps your perspective may change. I guess building a playable surface that truly demonstrates the destruction of war is a difficult task, but I personally have always tried to make my table tops look the part. I feel like this is an aspect of the hobby that is severely lacking. Maybe I should make some tables and document the process.
Have you tried Ammo by Mig Streaking Grime and Enamel Wash? None of the local stores carry AK Interactive but some carry Mig. I wondered what you thought before I ordered some AK Interactive product.
Wonderful looking work man! I'm going to try to utilize this on my D&D undead miniatures since many undead appear too bright to me. I think this would transfer really well to Lichs, Wights, Ghasts and many others. Ogres and goblinoids would benefit from this as well.
There is a Euro Painter, loves the Bianchu Style, and Grimdark is an evolution of that, but antecedent to your furthering work, I am reminded of my adopted uncle Hunter S Thompsen, "Blood Brother" to my true uncle Earl Biss, a painter in his own right, worth looking up when it comes to hues, shades, tones, and opacities. Thompsen's favorite artist, and his illustrator back in Rolling Stone was a man named Ralph Steadman. I understand your work, though on a game table at four feet it would appear like a greasy smudge, your "realism" the rust and what armor really does look like in the artificial light of a space cruiser. You are highly proficient, dedicated to your style, and humble .... I just hope you pack some bear spray or C/N gas so "you" feel safe and go for a walk barefoot through the grass now and again. In the end H.R. Geiger was reduced to a shut in that just drew dead baby skulls over, and over again. Try and hold to the notion that your work, your depictions of tone shade shine opacity and artificial shadow and light does not consume you. just an alternative view. As for which is more valid - call a quorum of crazy people.
I know this is a shot in the dark given the age of this, but in the current year, what's the best Streaking Grime product to emulate what the original was and what you're doing here? After just becoming enlightened of Grimdark, I also found out about the AKI formula change, so I want to make sure I have the correct streaking grime; especially for my black templars.
If you're new to enamel products and don't know...stir them with a stick, shaking the bottle won't cut it. Especially the AK Interactive washes.You'll thank me later. Cheers! ;)
Hi, could you also link a german Amazon recommendation for the products?! Would love to Support that way and thank you so much for your sharing on the GrimDark Syle! 👍 Awsome work!
I'd be interested to see a video of how you would apply this to a grey paint scheme like 40k Red Scorpions. I've always struggled to find a way to make grey look visually interesting. I've seen your Legio Gryphonicus videos on the website, and that looks great, but do those methods translate down into something the scale of little 40k space marines instead of huge Forge World titans with tons of surface area to work with?
Love this! Exactly the look I'm wanting for my Night Lords. Looking forward to more videos and will be watching your back catalog. Will start practicing on infantry hopefully culminating on my fellblade. Subbed immediately. Any chance of a video on Night Lords?
Question about using oils with your W&NS7, I've heard that the solvents play hell with the natural bristles, so I've been using cheap synths for oil work. They are okay but there are times I really want some better control and a finer point (like pin washing). Am I going to dramatically reduce the life of my Kolinsky brushes if I use them for oil washing? I'm careful about keeping the ferrule clear, but washes are sneaky gits!
Love this style and I am going in this direction, but how does it look on the table top under regular game table lighting? I worry it is too dark for the table top.
Question: On both of your chaos marines and tau, do you let the wash dry or do you just put it on and immediately take it off again with the Q-tip? I am trying to combine the gold method on your black legion to the purple method using blue on your Emperors children dude to do a Night Lord. I am guessing lightning bolts(on the night lord) before the wash?
Depends on if I've thinned it or not. If I've thinned the wash with mineral spirits I'll let the mineral spirits flash off before I clean it. Before on the lightning.
Fantastic video. Been thinking of trying my hand at the grimdark style for some time now. Btw care to share just how you got the blood splatter effect on the Lady's gown? That is amazing and exactly how I've pictured painting her but could figure out how to make it look that realistic with the blood
when it comes to mecca stuff this paint style really brings out the feel of old rusty mechanics congeled with old oil. smoke/ pollution stained cloth and air so thick you wouldn't be able to breathe.....really grimey, dirt feel. looks good....really sets the dark industrial theme.
Same, but i havent have painted for 20 years. So im kind of scared to get started. Its just so much to take in. All enamels, oils, acrylic, disolvents etc. As New painter its intimidating. Even if i know this is my style. I love this style.
@Brique Zallivam also imagine doing the games workshop detail level and then using a grimdark finish, you stell get the grimy look but with a lot more detail, grimdark doesn't mean lack of effort or detail work as he tries to sell it here
0:00 = Introduction
3:42 = What is the 'GrimDark' style?
8:48 = How to paint GrimDark: Enamel products and Streaking Grime (AK Interactive)
11:18 = Oil Paints & Abteilung 502
12:22 = Oils, enamels, acrylics, mineral spirits & how they work together
16:40 = 'Miscibility' of two liquids
18:14 = Painting Acrylics over Mineral Spirits
19:56 = Laquer thinners, Airbrush/ brush cleaning
21:26 = Distilled Water as thinner & Glaze medium
23:00 = Solvents/Thinners Recap
23:54 = What brand of Acrylic Paints to use (+ links)
26:50 = Overview of How to Paint GrimDark part II & End
Thanks a bunch mate, I'm fairly prone to revisiting this video often, this I've only just noticed but helps a bunch
@@ThePaleMarcher1955 Cheers, Kyle. I come back a fair bit too and just thought it would be helpful. I was going to do the others at some point, but I get distracted painting GrimDark! 😜😂
@@hobbybobley ahahahah aye fair enough, I also get pretty distracted painting the good ol Grimdark goodness
Okay, you've done it. I have ordered some paints, inks and a miniature that is highly detailed in armor and hoses and other little bits. I am way out of my comfort zone with this type of painting, but I love your stuff so much I want to learn it. It's because of people like you that I think this hobby is growing at the rate it is. Thank you.
I appreciate that! Contact me any time you need help!
My death guard needed this. I worked so hard and hated my minis. Now I see they were just incomplete. Streaking grime, old rust, dirty down. Im excited to finish them. Great videos!
So glad grimdark is a thing. As a bad mini painter, I often felt like the warhammerTV way (base acrylic, wash, highlight) was the only way and that I wasn't good enough to depart from orthodoxy. Now thanks to you I know there is another way! Thanks so much for the inspiration! Btw my wife and I bought your Lady Olinder tutorial a bit back and boy was that worth it - an eye-opening experience!
You're like the Dark Bob Ross. I seem to lose myself watching you paint and then I have to go back because I'm like, "Wait. what did he just say?" Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
That has to be the best comment ever! I grew up on Bob Ross and he has influenced my work since the beginning! Thank you.
Would love to see this style on Nids
Coming back to minis after years of ww2 scale models I've been wondering for a while how well a heavily weathered & rusty admech army would fit. You just answered all my question and went well beyond. Amazing work there, Thanks a lot!
I've an entire combat patrol of Death Guard built that's been sitting unfinished fir 8 months because I didn't really have any paint scheme that I liked. Those things are getting things are getting finished in the Grimdark style this weekend. This is awesome.
I'd love to see how you do this style on Eldar, as I think they're probably the least grim dark of all the races in terms of models/aesthetics
You opened a completely new patinting perspective to me. Was looking for a video to paint wood on a flat surface, and I found this instead. Very happy.
I'm not even in painting myself (never had the courage or money to get into it younger) but I like to watch videos on the topic and I must admit your work is amazing. The overall aesthetics is top-level and suits the universe perfectly.
I'd love to see some Skavens painted this way :)
I have only discovered Grimdark, I haven't been involved in the hobby long, but I know 1 thing for sure, Grimdark is life, I am really excited to see this series of videos
Laurence Blanche IS John Blanche the longtime GW artist
Ade Roberts right? I had to stop the video and double check. I thought I was crazy. I was like “His name is John...not Lawrence...and he is an old school GW artist that HEAVILY influenced the style”
@@03dashk64 He goes by Laurence on social media, I think he may use his first name for one presentation and a middle name for another.
Ade Roberts I learned something today! Thanks :)
Thanks for the clarification. Like a few others I had a brain fart for a minute.
I didn’t know that. I totally derailed from watching the video when I heard “Lawrence”... 🙄😆
You guys keep blowing me away with your skills. It’s unbelievable.
thank you I appreciate it!
You came out with a Dark Angel grimdark just in time. I've always lived the grimdark, aesthetic feels like it mixes so well with the 40k universe.
I've always wondered why the style of GW doesn't match the universe, so this was really refreshing to see, especially the point about edge highlighting.
I feel like I'm more immersed in the world when I view your models and just get a sense of incongruence with the traditional style on certain GW models. Caul is an excellent example, I'd say. I've been wanting to get into warhammer and miniature painting for a while now and you are a huge inspiration on what I want my army to look like. Now it's just super hard to decide between AOS and 40k
I appreciate that!
The biggest thing i can say for choosing between AOS or 40k is go with whichever will be easier to get friends to play or find local players for
Have started my Soulblight Gravelords army and this is aesthetic I want 100%. Thanks for the content.
Great work! I ordered several AK weathering products last week, after watching this video.
Awesome! Thanks!
Coming from a background of Eavy-metal style painting where EVERYTHING on the model is painted, I decided to pick up some TOP E'S golden boiz adeptus custodes! I painted my usual style (Never realllly like the "in your face" gold so i washed and brought down the gold to a bronze/copper look) and then found myself going darker, and darker, AND..darker. Boom, gimdark custodes! and I LOVED it! it also made me realise i don't ned to pain't ALL the model, and rather focus on the zenythal to bring in constrast from light to dark.
It's so nice to see different painting styles. Super informative.
Thank you I appreciate that!
@@GrimdarkCompendium Would you consider doing a video based around the housekeeping of using enamels and oil paints? I want to get into it, but especially with oil paints I feel like I'm just going to ruin my brushes and potentially other things.
@@grantbalmer6951 I'll will talk about that in this series.
I have been following you for a while and now recommend your work to all my friends.
Thank you! That is very helpful, I appreciate you.
oh man, Grimdark is SO awesome!
Loved your style and the tips.
Looking foward to watch the rest of the series.
Thank you so much for this video! I love the grim dark paint Style but I have no idea how to do it. You truly are a master.
immediately fell in love with this style after viewing this video
I don't know if you are aware of it good sir, but you are revolutionizing how models can be painted. You are really pushing the envelope. Dont ever stop.
Appreciate that! Let's hope a lot of folks notice!
Before I finished watching, I am coming down here to say, the ambient music was SICK, I love it. Perfectly fits the chaos feel
Dark, Darker, Grimdark...looks awesome!
Ty ty!
I'm going to be painting some grimdark night lords soon.... I'm super excited!!!!!
Awesome! Let me know how that goes!
That sounds super bad ass! Please post a link to some pics when some are done
Your grimdark style is way better dude love it
Going to give this a try soon. Thankyou for passing on your knowledge, very much appreciated!
Thank you and you're welcome
waiting so badly for your next part , i love your style
It is the next video I'm making.
I'm really thinking I want to paint my GW stuff in this grim darker style. thanks for this.
This is an amazing guide. Thanks so much for taking the time to make it.
Yes, yes, yes! This is exactly what I was looking for to paint up my Death Guard. I much prefer that dark grimy look...and I just happen to have picked up a few of those AK washes and effects.
Awesome. Check out the grimdarkcompendium.com there are quite a few death guard tutorials there.
@@GrimdarkCompendium What's the difference between the three subscription levels? There is no description of what each level includes (how many downloads per month, etc). Also, when you buy a tutorial outright (e.g. $9.99), do you get to keep a download of it like other sites? If not, how is it accessed? I'd like to buy a couple of the Death Guard tutorials - hopefully you can answer the questions above first. Thanks!
100% agree with Edge Hiliting? GW pushes it and its over done. A good Blend and Contrast is so much better. Great Videos mate. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Outstanding; thank you for sharing your expertise!
I appreciate it. Thank you!
Awesome video. I have a question for anyone who may know though - in the video mineral sprirts are used to clean up the enamal washes, but can they also be cleaned up using isopropinal alcohol or white spirits? Thanks in advance.
Fantastic video. Looking forward to watching the rest of the series, and trying these techniques!
Great video! I am going to try a Grimdark style soon for sure!
Really looking forward to this series of tutorials, I love this style of painting and have to say you have got it down to a T. Keep up the good work, existing times.
Ty ty!!
Oh crap, thank you for new video!
Dude thank you so much for this. I want to get back into the hobby and as a long time admirer of John Blanche and oldschool GW/WH40k in general this method of painting the pinnacle of style and narrative for me.
Love this, so much. Going to test this on some ultramarines asap. Would love to see a video on how you'd do them, must be unreal!
Awesome! There is an Ultramarines series on the website. Grimdarkcompendium.com
Great introduction! Already a customer of your videos, but always fun to see more :) Finding myself going back to your older videos for inspiration to my own new projects. Right now I have Tech-Priest Grombrindal that I thought to do in the grimdark style, so gonna rewatch some of your stuff now ^^ Will be waiting for part 2!
Appreciate it!! Cant wait to work on part two myself.
Great video!! Good point about thinners. I am so tired of people saying that mineral spirits will dissolve or reactivate acrylic paints. Ive literally never varnished my acrylic coats before putting oil washes, and I have yet to see any of the undercoat dissolve. Marco Frisoni also has a video where he shows a plastic sheet painted with acrylics and he puts pure mineral spirits over the entire thing and none of the undercoat dissolved. Like you said, nothing is dissolving, but if you are having problems then the acrylics either aren't fully cured or the mineral spirits are getting under the paint.
John Blanche was heavily into using vibrant yellow and red on top of a black or sepia underpainting. So the box art is really Blanchitsu as well... I like your style better, though.
Love your work! Thanks for the video and all the advices in it!
Thank you! You are very welcome
Nice Vid! I am using Abteilung 502 colors and my special solution for my miniatures (pin washes/panel lining) for years and I am allways very happy with the result :D
Awesome to hear!
You can put the oil paint on a sheet of cardboard to wick the linseed oil out of it.
This reduces the shine and quickens the drying time.
You can use any good quality oil paint for models, the pigment is actually the important part.
Awesome video! I’m hoping to do a Grimdark Space Wolves successor chapter and am finding your content to be really helpful.
Awesome style, I love it, but... I also love the classic style, I don't know Chaos army's look so awesome in grimdark. Thanks for all the tips!
Appreciate it! I like the classic style as well!
Ammo by Mig has a nice oil paint series, their weathering products are great as well.
Thanks!!, A good video about all things Dark! :) i have been painting like this for some time now and feel it is way more fun and fast then the GW standard. I have fallen in love with oils! I do use the AK true metal, AK grimes, and 502 oils.
Your Ad mech look so good! I’m going to have to try this
I would really like a tutorial on a harlequin grimdark, thinking about trying it out but would love some help. 😁😁
I just found your channel, you already answered a lot of the questions I had. Also amazing work!
This was great! I'm stoked for the next video, I cant wait to try crossing into mixed media!
Awesome! I'm so glad you are going to try it!
You can also add an isolation coat of clear varnish between your acrylic layer and your weathering layer. Hi can do this multiple times. Do enamels last.
Also you can use Windsor Newton or other artists oils, just use a piece of cardboard as a palette - the cardboard will take out the excess linseed oil.
Also, don’t use Series7 brushes with oils and enamels - you’ll shorten the life of the brush significantly. Get some Princeton 4050 (I think) artificial sable to use with oils and enamels
My Google Fu is weak, but I recall seeing a site where the model painter used cardboard to extract the linseed oil from his canvas oils to get them prepped for making washes. (Thought I had saved that, gah!) He just but dabs of the paint onto raw cardboard and let the oils get leached out for a while. May be worth trying for the folks having trouble getting their hands on the brand discussed in the video here.
@Zatcastkagoon not all acrylics are water based ... I for instance am using MR.Paint acrylics for most of my basecoats and it is like lacquer based ... you cant mix those with water, yet the formula states "acrylic" ... look up the manufacturers page
I just recently found your channel and website and very much prefer this aesthetic to the box art style. I would classify myself as an intermediate painter, but up to this point have used what I would call the GW method. I am very interested in your style. I currently hobby in a basement room with little outside ventilation. Could you give a brief description of which methods could be implemented safely and would not require the addition of a ventilation system? The Mrs. would not be happy with fumes in the basement leaching up through the floor in to the rest of the house lol.
Hi. In my Amazon list (link in the description) there are a couple options for filtration. If you have a window or door at the least that leads to the outside you can pick up a small hobby airbrushing booth. Another option would be the "shop fox" which is what I use all the time to keep the air filtered.
Invest in some sort of air ventilation my man. Its a fundamental part of this style. Save your respitory system 😅👍
Hi I have just subscribed to your channel, just wanted to thank you for sharing your beautiful work and how to achieve it
Reminds me of the old Inquisitor models. Great stuff.
I've been looking for something like this for so long. Incredible work dude. Going to attempt to do some grimdark alpha legion with the advice in this video
Love your tutorials
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Thumbs up and subscribed! Much awesome, gonna binge watch the rest of your videos now. Do you have a full video with the painting of the ghost at 18:20?
I would be really interested in learning how to apply the grimdark color scheme to a model with more flesh. Most of the videos you have are mainly armor and I am not complaining cause I love them. Just something different with more flesh tones would be interesting to learn how to do. I have been watching your videos since the first Death Guard video you posted that is no long on here. You have been a HUGE inspiration to me on the way I paint currently.
Appreciate it!! I will cover flesh in a series at some point.
I find one of the the best ways to paint grimdark flesh is to paint it in something other than fleshtones. Reds, greens and other colors to make your stuff look a little funkier is always fun.
@@jakoballan2768 I have been experimenting with zenythol highlights (Sp? ) then using an airbrush to use blue highlights and purple for shadows. Which leaves a cold dead feel to the skin but doesn't quit fit the rest of my color scheme. I suck at doing pale flesh in general so that is a HUGE weak point I have been working to improve.
Great video. + 1 vote for weathing white
Fantastic vid. Really enjoyed it. My interest is piqued by Abteilung 502 paints. Is there an initial list of 5 to 10 colours that you'd regard as "top buys" for the range when painting grimdark?
Yes, Smoke, Bitume, Light Rust, Dark Rust, Faded Dark yellow, Industrial Earth, Blue Green, Turquoise Lights and Star ship filth.
@@GrimdarkCompendium Thanks for the reply mate. I'll be picking some up.
I ordered some streaking grime after watching one of your videos. Holy shit that stuff Is good.
Haha that's great. Yes indeed! Streaking Grime is an actual game changer.
I do appreciate the Grim Dark style as presented, although I am personally a fan of a bit more saturation in the colors. Going too far towards the grim-dark style makes the miniatures pretty boring under average lighting and on the tabletop, requiring more intentional staged lighting for the details to pop.
I agree. However, the average playing environment does not match the aesthetic. Put this style of miniature on a table top that creates an environment of a similar style and well, perhaps your perspective may change.
I guess building a playable surface that truly demonstrates the destruction of war is a difficult task, but I personally have always tried to make my table tops look the part. I feel like this is an aspect of the hobby that is severely lacking. Maybe I should make some tables and document the process.
@@GrimdarkCompendium you should that would be super bad ass! Then we can see the entire grimdark scene🤘
Have you tried Ammo by Mig Streaking Grime and Enamel Wash? None of the local stores carry AK Interactive but some carry Mig. I wondered what you thought before I ordered some AK Interactive product.
I haven't, but as I understand it they virtually identical.
thank you so much for doing this!!!
I don’t know what kind of mineral spirits I used but my acrylics just effed right off when I used the cotton swab
Can happen. Could be the primer, base coats too thin, base coats not being solid or just not cured.
Too thin, more than likely. Happens to me alot
I like the "grim-dark" style much more then the GW style but they do that brighter style mainly for advertising purposes.
Agreed, the GW style is too cartoony. This is more realistic to me.
Wonderful looking work man! I'm going to try to utilize this on my D&D undead miniatures since many undead appear too bright to me. I think this would transfer really well to Lichs, Wights, Ghasts and many others. Ogres and goblinoids would benefit from this as well.
How would you go about painting bone?
I usually dislike using oil paints but after seeing this I'm not so sure anymore. I love the Blanchitsu style.
Amazing, THANKS!!!!
Great video! you've inspired me to try out a whole new style of painting :-)
There is a Euro Painter, loves the Bianchu Style, and Grimdark is an evolution of that, but antecedent to your furthering work, I am reminded of my adopted uncle Hunter S Thompsen, "Blood Brother" to my true uncle Earl Biss, a painter in his own right, worth looking up when it comes to hues, shades, tones, and opacities. Thompsen's favorite artist, and his illustrator back in Rolling Stone was a man named Ralph Steadman. I understand your work, though on a game table at four feet it would appear like a greasy smudge, your "realism" the rust and what armor really does look like in the artificial light of a space cruiser. You are highly proficient, dedicated to your style, and humble .... I just hope you pack some bear spray or C/N gas so "you" feel safe and go for a walk barefoot through the grass now and again. In the end H.R. Geiger was reduced to a shut in that just drew dead baby skulls over, and over again. Try and hold to the notion that your work, your depictions of tone shade shine opacity and artificial shadow and light does not consume you. just an alternative view. As for which is more valid - call a quorum of crazy people.
I know this is a shot in the dark given the age of this, but in the current year, what's the best Streaking Grime product to emulate what the original was and what you're doing here? After just becoming enlightened of Grimdark, I also found out about the AKI formula change, so I want to make sure I have the correct streaking grime; especially for my black templars.
If you're new to enamel products and don't know...stir them with a stick, shaking the bottle won't cut it. Especially the AK Interactive washes.You'll thank me later. Cheers! ;)
Oh and for the love of Nurgle, ventilate the room you use them in if you enjoy breathing and being alive.
Hi, could you also link a german Amazon recommendation for the products?! Would love to Support that way and thank you so much for your sharing on the GrimDark Syle! 👍 Awsome work!
Sure. I'll work on that
I'd be interested to see a video of how you would apply this to a grey paint scheme like 40k Red Scorpions. I've always struggled to find a way to make grey look visually interesting.
I've seen your Legio Gryphonicus videos on the website, and that looks great, but do those methods translate down into something the scale of little 40k space marines instead of huge Forge World titans with tons of surface area to work with?
Hi! I would do grey in a very similar way on a smaller mini!
Could you paint a Genestealer acolyte as it has the elements of there whole army in one model?
There is a video on the website called standard painting. The model painted in that video is an GSC Acolyte.
Zatcaskagoon Miniatures having a hard time finding the video, I’ll keep looking though, thanks!
@@brim-skerdouglasson here you go.
grimdarkcompendium.com/courses/how-to-paint-standard-quality-general-method/
Love this! Exactly the look I'm wanting for my Night Lords. Looking forward to more videos and will be watching your back catalog. Will start practicing on infantry hopefully culminating on my fellblade. Subbed immediately. Any chance of a video on Night Lords?
Ty ty I appreciate it! Nightlords could be a series I do in the future.
@@GrimdarkCompendium Would you recommend the dark streaking grime for the Night Lords midnight blue or the standard streaking grime?
@@gadzilla6664 Dark Brown Wash
@@GrimdarkCompendium Thanks! Sorry I can't buy it from you. Hope you get your store back up.
Do you have a list of all the basics I will need.. I’m getting my airbrush this week,, can’t wait to start 😊
Question about using oils with your W&NS7, I've heard that the solvents play hell with the natural bristles, so I've been using cheap synths for oil work. They are okay but there are times I really want some better control and a finer point (like pin washing). Am I going to dramatically reduce the life of my Kolinsky brushes if I use them for oil washing? I'm careful about keeping the ferrule clear, but washes are sneaky gits!
Do you use any respiratory protection while using solvent/mineral spirit etc ?
Yes! I will be talking about that in the next video. I have the respirators and spray booths I use listed in the amazon links in the description.
can you use the mig enamel odourless thinner as a white spirit replacement?
Possibly. I havent tested that.
Love this style and I am going in this direction, but how does it look on the table top under regular game table lighting? I worry it is too dark for the table top.
I too wonder what it looks like. I guess a white background with the minis would give a good example
Also like when using the sreaking grime, could this be applied with a brush and still get the same effect
Question: On both of your chaos marines and tau, do you let the wash dry or do you just put it on and immediately take it off again with the Q-tip? I am trying to combine the gold method on your black legion to the purple method using blue on your Emperors children dude to do a Night Lord. I am guessing lightning bolts(on the night lord) before the wash?
Depends on if I've thinned it or not. If I've thinned the wash with mineral spirits I'll let the mineral spirits flash off before I clean it.
Before on the lightning.
Fantastic video. Been thinking of trying my hand at the grimdark style for some time now. Btw care to share just how you got the blood splatter effect on the Lady's gown? That is amazing and exactly how I've pictured painting her but could figure out how to make it look that realistic with the blood
That freaking terrain portion at the end. Ugh! I need to do this.
So is there a reason to use isopropyl alcohol over mineral spirits if mineral spirits works for both enamel and oil paints?
when it comes to mecca stuff this paint style really brings out the feel of old rusty mechanics congeled with old oil. smoke/ pollution stained cloth and air so thick you wouldn't be able to breathe.....really grimey, dirt feel. looks good....really sets the dark industrial theme.
IT was at this moment... I realized... I am a Grimdark Style Painter... I now know what my paint style is called :D Yippy~!
Same, but i havent have painted for 20 years. So im kind of scared to get started. Its just so much to take in. All enamels, oils, acrylic, disolvents etc. As New painter its intimidating. Even if i know this is my style. I love this style.
@Brique Zallivam also imagine doing the games workshop detail level and then using a grimdark finish, you stell get the grimy look but with a lot more detail, grimdark doesn't mean lack of effort or detail work as he tries to sell it here