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Video suggestion - Do/show that fusion of techniques you discuss. Especially after this, a video where you use contrast techniques mixed with classic layering techniques would be very interesting I think.
@@ArtisOpus Glazing definitely! Every time I attempt it I end up with really hard transitions between the shades and "not that" is sort of supposed to be the point!
it's nice seeing you catering more and more to the "old school" style of painting, i'm sure your viewer also wants to step up their skill along the way, kudos
@@ArtisOpus Ooh, ok, so I don't generally like camo on minis, because I feel like it makes them less readable. BUT I'd love to see your take on them and how you keep the details from being hard to pick out because they're literally camouflaged. Basically, convince me! 😆
NGL, I'm gonna pick the that green robe rattie every day because that green is so purty (and reminiscent of the late great goblin green). I like the stage comparison shots a lot, it kind of lets you see what will actually look good and be worth doing, in this case the grey/metal bits on the arm and knee really popped at the last stage, a small thing and I could probably skip a lot of the other extras but that one detail kinda made it for me.
Looking at these two painted figures in the first minute of the video I would have thought the time required was reverse of how it’s presented…clearly I have no clue what I’m doing, since everything I paint takes me several days. 😂
:D either than or we did a really good job with the trickery on the red one! A lot of it is about subtlety... but for tabletop you're just not rewarded (and sometimes punished) for it, not everything's getting zoomed in on on a photo!
Would love a vid on hybrid, with addressing 1) which technique works better for different textures/elements, and 2) combining both and color choices for undercoating (precision chop?) and/or highlighting.
This is a good suggestion, we need to have a think about how to package it, but IMO it's a very good way to balance speed/quality (finishing/being proud)
Fantastic content once again ! Thank you for the work you put in your videos, it's always a pleasure to watch. I'd really like a video or a couple of videos where you mix contrast painting and traditional painting. Maybe showcase where contrast paints looks good enough and where using a more traditional approach is more rewarding.
Gday Byron, my video suggestion would be to tackle some gemstones for Elves in a similar old school vs technical paints. I'm just starting back in the hobby after quite a few years off and these technical paints weren't around last time so wanting to see how to use them and if they're any good
I'd LOVE to see this type of comparison video done with the EXACTLY THE SAME miniature. I'm up for huge series! Glazing Vs Stippling Vs Old School GW Vs New School Speed etc
@@ArtisOpus A marine works although if you want to make me exceptionally happy paint a Savage Orc! Can you do something on the super advanced style that I see Sergio Calvo, Jose Davinci and the top Spanish painters using where there they apparently just dab paint on here and there and at the end it all comes together and is breath taking too please?
Awesome video as always. My video suggestion would be something I struggle with a lot, and that is deciding what order to paint the various parts of a fresh miniature after the undercoat. My inner reasoning tells me to do the hard to reach places first but if those areas contain fine detailing you lose the opportunity to 'slap' contrast paint on with reckless abandon. Do the contrast first and suddenly you need to go super slow mo to get all those inner areas. Some guidance on how to prioritise would help me if no-one else!!
This is a fantastic suggestion, and something we think is underrated, important... and not a sexy topic (not clickable!). Any suggestions? We've wanted to cover it for a while but have been stumped on how to get the broad appeal we'd like for a topic so useful.
I've almost completely abandoned speed paints/contrast painting as I was finding myself just unsatisfied with the models way too often. I still use those paints for high texture areas like hair or wood, or for small fiddly details that aren't super important to the model, but for everything else I've gone back to more traditional acrylic layering and I'm enjoying the end results much much more.
It's all about finding the right tools for the job, isn't it. I remember just how much GW's original washes changed army-painting metallics for me, it's still my go-to approach
A suggestion - it would be great to see a super slow, mixed techniques method of painting a mini. How would you combine various techniques? Underpainting, contrast, layering, wet blending, loaded brush, glazing, dry brush etc. For a centerpiece mini you'd want to look the best of the best, but without any airbrushing or using spray cans...
With all the glowy gems and armour in the new Skaventide Box, I'd love to see some OSL or effects. I know there's the video on OSL - but as it uses very structured panels/doorways etc, I think seeing a different video on organic/softer material would be cool.
We've got a very popular OSL video on the channel, but I do think a Part 2 is warranted. The last took us a few months but was worth it. I'm teaching OSL classes in the coming months, I'll take some notes while I am there to help inform it :)
Dheneb Stone and Khemri Brown were good basecoating paints for pale flesh and clothing. I still use their current updated named paints for basecoating. I was thinking about the Citadel Foundation paints a few days ago.
They were amazing, some of them sorely missed! :) I went to paint some flesh yesterday while recording and realised how old so many of my favourites are!
@@ArtisOpus Ooh, ei’m glad ya asked, laddie, glad ya asked! Ei’d call tha there piriud thi dark theims tha followed tha glorie days of tha six sided, hexagonical bottles an before them there be tha roun bottles with perfect lids an all tha milk an gold one could eat! 🤣😆
We've really struggled with views on basing content in the past, but that could be down to our thumbs... we'll have a ponder on how to make them sexy 😅
I think the unspoken variable in the speed vs. quality debate is a sort of slightly-indefinable measure of "interest." It varies from model to model but after some nonzero number of hours it feels like you just get sick of the one you're working on and want to do something, anything else. The same thing can happen with a unit - I've been working on a squad of 10 Deathwing and I really, really just want to be finished them, but I'm sort of forcing myself to power through and get them done to the standard I want. The trick would be to find a process that gets a model done to a standard you find acceptable BEFORE you cross that interest threshold. Still working on that, myself.
Absolutely man, it's ALL about batch-sizes and feedback loops, whether that's on one mini or an army, it's important to keep the enthusiasm, which makes you enjoy it, and find the time. Everyone's different, when I was doing armies I really put a lot of thought into this, it makes such a huge difference. Top tip: Save basing for when you're 70-80% done and motivation and grind vibes are at the lowest, do the base, feel good, home straight, black rim, DONE. It makes such a big difference because you know you have a fast, high-impact process to look forward to, and you do it and suddenly your minis go from looking 30% done to 90%. Great comment, thanks for your input!
@@ArtisOpus oh man I need to try that. My move has always been to get the model perfectly finished and then realize “crap, I still have to do the base.” This leads to my bases being suuuuuuper, well, basic. Right now anything more than a coat of technical mud paint is beyond me. I’ll definitely try starting them earlier.
I actually like combining both methods 😅...I base coat and then use contrast paint/speed paints with mediums so it's even thinner and it applies like a wash but better because it still goes into the shadows and thins on the rounder parts. After that I let it dry for a while and even start on another miniature before I go back and apply the highlights 👍...they come out amazing 😅 makes it look like I took 6 hours on one miniature when it took only 2
Byron: /looking betrayed and staring wistfully at his Series D brushes/ ... what do you mean I don't get to drybrush it? Wonderful video, as always. Very much love the slower version. Nicely done :)
Your videos are always a treat, no matter how much I learn about mini painting there's always more. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on colour theory relating to basecoating. I've been using slapchop to get through my Ork boyz but priming them purple then using pinks and yellows for the drybrushing to get some tonal variety and really liked the results.
Your specifically mentioned combo is a really good one, it works for airbrushing too! A comprehensive basecoating video is a really good idea, we'll have to have a think and put some time in, as it's something that's worth doing once, and right.
@@ArtisOpus No worries, I'm asking for my own sake really anyways haha. My Tyranid scheme is Ghostly White with a nice teal. I just want to give the big goys a bit more depth init 😁👍
great content. like the breakdown of the steps and the whys pros/cons of it all. i think for beginners learning the old school method helps develop brush control and muscle memory for painting. maybe a good video to do would be how different colour basecoats affect top coats for different painting techniques? How to use different colour shades to 'trick' the eye with more depth of colour? keep up the great work and quality instructional content
I'm teaching a good 80-100 people over the course of NOVA in a few weeks :). There's a small chance of some tester evening classes popping up in the UK for a while, we'll be very public about them on social media if/when we do
I’d love to see your recommendations for choosing the right armour trim colour to complement different armour colours, my golds always go bronze and my bronzes go gold!
Being new to this it would be great to have a video that really detailed what the mediums do and when to use them over water, when to use both medium and water and why, showing different effects, I’ve seen you use them without paints so they clearly have many uses other than just thinning paint. Are there others apart from contrast and lahmian?
Great video. It would be nice to also list the products used on the base in future projects. Q. Can you tell me the name of the products for the flowers & grass? Cheers
These ones are a selection from Gamer's Grass :) good point, while it's not the focus of the video we still should have linked them in the description at least
If someone has ever to use fluo markers on what you said, be it the very last words: Good Bye.. jk😅 The method axiom: One coat paint solutions will get you better results faster, both in application and learning curve. Also being so forgiving the fun factor goes up insanely. That's really something to keep in mind, brain candy so you won't quit. BUT... there's a skill roof you won't EVER surpass just using speed painting. On the other hand, old school will give you (over time) brush control, dilution knowledge, etc. Yet 1st steps will be really disheartening as it demands to be super neat. Going this path you've setting the road for glazing and such. Speaking of which, my suggestion is a video on glazing and there's why: in the past you've done a service to the comunity destroying the myth that drybrush has nothings to do with technique nor control. You've done such great job at that even my wife (long ago) bought me a D series set with my name on it. And I never ever do drybrush, despite it's a really wonderful way to get half of the work done in no time, then you can pump it up. So, as you have series S you might debunk how 'pro' is glazing by both explaining why a good brush makes the difference (how it loads and unloads paint compared to cheap brushes) and how easy is to glaze when you know the ABCs like what dilution rates are you aiming for, how to unload your brush before going into the mini, and which part of the brush and kind of motion (stopping the pigment push at the frontier of both colors etc) you should be using. Color choices are really important (don't use the one with lots of white on them). IMHO you could unlock this knowledge to lots of people just like you did with your series D as it's just matter of what you have to aim for. Plus you already have a terrific product to make it easier. Newbies sometimes need to kill the fear of ruining "good brushes" as really good ones like yours will spread glazes like hot knife does butter, something cheap synthetic brushes struggle with most of the time. I do not leave coments often so when I do I want to rest sure you acknowledge how grateful the hoby should be for having people refining and refloating old outdated topics (it feels like drybrush got demonised back at the Rackham minis /nmm era).
Hmm, scanning for themes and colours and Inspiration for my sigma spearhead Skavens for one of my vids... Always become inspired on this channel! Awesome! Might be looking at some dry brushes too...😊
I have a video suggestion, not sure if you have done one yet but a dry brush care video would be great! I accidentally put one of my brushes in the case wrong and it got messed up, and when I saw u at LVO u had a razor blade so curious what's the best way to clean and get it reformed? Love your videos and dry brush method I've been dry brushing ever since I met you and I love it now!!
Great video! I'm new to miniature painting, but I prefer the old method. My current approach is: primer, base coat, wash, and for highlights, I drybrush the raised areas with the base coat colors first, then gently drybrush the small edges with the same colors mixed with ivory. Do you think it's a decent technique?
I think that sounds very solid! You might want to take a little look at our 'edge highlight' video for an idea on how to do some finishing touches (you can use them sparingly on upward facing edges/key areas), or recent cloaks video to learn a little about stippling. Both could be added, but your method sounds very good already
Great content as always! Any tips on panel lining? I always get weak lines when using washes, and I'm tempted to use something like Tamiya Panel Line (or inks), but I've read it's better to varnish the model first (though I'm not sure if that's true). Any tips on how to varnish with an airbrush would also be appreciated. Cheers!
Airbrush varnish is great, make sure you put thinner first and mix thoroughly, your thinner will dilute and MATTE your varnish of choice, so consider that the higher the ratio of thinner the higher the matte :). Not much beats a varnished mini and then using oils, if you want those suuuuper fine lines - the painting phase have had them in a few of Pat's videos recently on his army, worth checking out :)
I find myself struggling with "sculpted plastic fur," mainly the wraps and stoles around shoulders-- do you have tips for that? Might come in handy for Rat Ogres...
It really is tricky, make sure you take the flesh basecoat colour right up to the base of the hair (or beyond), and then use some trickery with your fur basecoat like we did on the red-rat to suggest hair. It's hard, i don't really think GW have nailed fur yet honestly.
How do you paint surfaces to look gloss, satin and matt? Can these be combined with different varnish finishes? I’ve seen some amazing reflective surfaces painted but when you notice that they’ve been done with very flat paint it can break the illusion.
Paint finish is definitely worth a video, our concern is how to get people to click it 😅. It's something I cover a lot in classes, and is completely underused and underrated
Heh boss man… Any chance of a video showing how to dry brush the Libarian in Terminator armor please ? These glowing runes are doing my head in. And I’m sure there is a way to dry brush my way to a nice effect.
Hey Artus I’ve been binge watching your leather/fabric 3 watch videos and was wondering if you could do one on grey leather or a shark skin type texture?
I love to just paint. I really don't like "speed painting" at all tbh. I started in the days before we even knew we had to thin down the paints. When minis were made of lead.
@@ArtisOpus Got to keep things fresh! This video is timely AF for me, I've just this week started to revisit the basics of base, wash, highlight as I found I was getting lazy and sloppy with Contrast/speed paints.
Baybe ill still put a wash over contrast if it needs it. Or do a wash after the zenithial (could be any color) then hit it with contrast. I still have most of the set of those foundation paints. Ive put them in dropper bottles for safer keeping.
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This is almost exactly how I learned to paint back in the era of goblin green bases. Great explaination of the pros and cons of this method!
Thanks buddy, I really enjoyed it :)
Video suggestion - Do/show that fusion of techniques you discuss. Especially after this, a video where you use contrast techniques mixed with classic layering techniques would be very interesting I think.
This is a tasty suggestion, and a few people seem to agree. I'll have a think, this and some instruction on glazing seem to be popular requests.
@@ArtisOpus Glazing definitely! Every time I attempt it I end up with really hard transitions between the shades and "not that" is sort of supposed to be the point!
it's nice seeing you catering more and more to the "old school" style of painting, i'm sure your viewer also wants to step up their skill along the way, kudos
I'd love to see a video on how you would fuse the two styles together, and get some of the benefits of both.
I think this is an excellent idea, especially if we changed the subject (camo-marine...?)
Raptors are a faction, right? And they look amazing.
@@ArtisOpus Ooh, ok, so I don't generally like camo on minis, because I feel like it makes them less readable. BUT I'd love to see your take on them and how you keep the details from being hard to pick out because they're literally camouflaged. Basically, convince me! 😆
NGL, I'm gonna pick the that green robe rattie every day because that green is so purty (and reminiscent of the late great goblin green). I like the stage comparison shots a lot, it kind of lets you see what will actually look good and be worth doing, in this case the grey/metal bits on the arm and knee really popped at the last stage, a small thing and I could probably skip a lot of the other extras but that one detail kinda made it for me.
Thanks man, and yeah, it is definitely useful to see where stuff 'works', understanding it is part of what lets you cheat/skip/adapt methods :D
Looking at these two painted figures in the first minute of the video I would have thought the time required was reverse of how it’s presented…clearly I have no clue what I’m doing, since everything I paint takes me several days. 😂
:D either than or we did a really good job with the trickery on the red one!
A lot of it is about subtlety... but for tabletop you're just not rewarded (and sometimes punished) for it, not everything's getting zoomed in on on a photo!
Would love a vid on hybrid, with addressing 1) which technique works better for different textures/elements, and 2) combining both and color choices for undercoating (precision chop?) and/or highlighting.
This is a good suggestion, we need to have a think about how to package it, but IMO it's a very good way to balance speed/quality (finishing/being proud)
Fantastic content once again ! Thank you for the work you put in your videos, it's always a pleasure to watch. I'd really like a video or a couple of videos where you mix contrast painting and traditional painting. Maybe showcase where contrast paints looks good enough and where using a more traditional approach is more rewarding.
Gday Byron, my video suggestion would be to tackle some gemstones for Elves in a similar old school vs technical paints.
I'm just starting back in the hobby after quite a few years off and these technical paints weren't around last time so wanting to see how to use them and if they're any good
I like this, there's definitely multiple ways of approaching them, and I think people have maybe forgotten the value of a quick varnish step, too!
I'd LOVE to see this type of comparison video done with the EXACTLY THE SAME miniature. I'm up for huge series! Glazing Vs Stippling Vs Old School GW Vs New School Speed etc
Maybe we should try something on a marine or two, it's been a little while since we've done some power-armour
@@ArtisOpus A marine works although if you want to make me exceptionally happy paint a Savage Orc!
Can you do something on the super advanced style that I see Sergio Calvo, Jose Davinci and the top Spanish painters using where there they apparently just dab paint on here and there and at the end it all comes together and is breath taking too please?
i always use them both together... contrast paints make awsome deep shades or pre shades if you want. then thicken and make cleaner overcoats.
Mixing is often the super-power in painting, makes sense!
I will use this metod surely for my rats. Base,shade,highlight with the previous colors and finally highlighting
Yeah buddy! They'll look fantastic
Awesome video as always. My video suggestion would be something I struggle with a lot, and that is deciding what order to paint the various parts of a fresh miniature after the undercoat. My inner reasoning tells me to do the hard to reach places first but if those areas contain fine detailing you lose the opportunity to 'slap' contrast paint on with reckless abandon. Do the contrast first and suddenly you need to go super slow mo to get all those inner areas. Some guidance on how to prioritise would help me if no-one else!!
This is a fantastic suggestion, and something we think is underrated, important... and not a sexy topic (not clickable!).
Any suggestions? We've wanted to cover it for a while but have been stumped on how to get the broad appeal we'd like for a topic so useful.
Perfect timing! I am just trying my first “Traditional” style paint job with the layer/wash/highlight tonight!
Just what we want to hear, serendipity! Let us know how it goes, good luck :)
I've almost completely abandoned speed paints/contrast painting as I was finding myself just unsatisfied with the models way too often. I still use those paints for high texture areas like hair or wood, or for small fiddly details that aren't super important to the model, but for everything else I've gone back to more traditional acrylic layering and I'm enjoying the end results much much more.
@@IcarusGames as Ninjon teaches us, “you know what contrast paint is great for? Little b^%!?^t details.”
It's all about finding the right tools for the job, isn't it. I remember just how much GW's original washes changed army-painting metallics for me, it's still my go-to approach
:D 😅
Always a pleasure to watch and learn.
Highly informative! Thank you! Nice comparison and interesting things to consider
Thanks! There's definitely a good argument for mixing the two as and when appropriate
A suggestion - it would be great to see a super slow, mixed techniques method of painting a mini. How would you combine various techniques? Underpainting, contrast, layering, wet blending, loaded brush, glazing, dry brush etc. For a centerpiece mini you'd want to look the best of the best, but without any airbrushing or using spray cans...
With all the glowy gems and armour in the new Skaventide Box, I'd love to see some OSL or effects. I know there's the video on OSL - but as it uses very structured panels/doorways etc, I think seeing a different video on organic/softer material would be cool.
We've got a very popular OSL video on the channel, but I do think a Part 2 is warranted. The last took us a few months but was worth it.
I'm teaching OSL classes in the coming months, I'll take some notes while I am there to help inform it :)
@@ArtisOpus awesome thank you! Will watch that now. I'm slowly gearing up to starting this Skaven army, but practising on some other models first
How awesome 👍👍
Dheneb Stone and Khemri Brown were good basecoating paints for pale flesh and clothing. I still use their current updated named paints for basecoating.
I was thinking about the Citadel Foundation paints a few days ago.
They were amazing, some of them sorely missed! :) I went to paint some flesh yesterday while recording and realised how old so many of my favourites are!
“Let me tell you about ye Old School!” * starts talking about Foundation paints *
😆🤣😂🤣😜
:D well, what'd you call the time periods?
'red era'
'old school'
'modern'
I guess we could do it by paint pot shapes tbf
@@ArtisOpus
Ooh, ei’m glad ya asked, laddie, glad ya asked! Ei’d call tha there piriud thi dark theims tha followed tha glorie days of tha six sided, hexagonical bottles an before them there be tha roun bottles with perfect lids an all tha milk an gold one could eat!
🤣😆
The painting 🐐
I always value quality over quantity.
Great video! Thanks
You're welcome!
Could we see a basing video? Maybe like this one -fast vs slow options for army and characters
We've really struggled with views on basing content in the past, but that could be down to our thumbs... we'll have a ponder on how to make them sexy 😅
I think the unspoken variable in the speed vs. quality debate is a sort of slightly-indefinable measure of "interest." It varies from model to model but after some nonzero number of hours it feels like you just get sick of the one you're working on and want to do something, anything else. The same thing can happen with a unit - I've been working on a squad of 10 Deathwing and I really, really just want to be finished them, but I'm sort of forcing myself to power through and get them done to the standard I want.
The trick would be to find a process that gets a model done to a standard you find acceptable BEFORE you cross that interest threshold. Still working on that, myself.
Absolutely man, it's ALL about batch-sizes and feedback loops, whether that's on one mini or an army, it's important to keep the enthusiasm, which makes you enjoy it, and find the time.
Everyone's different, when I was doing armies I really put a lot of thought into this, it makes such a huge difference.
Top tip: Save basing for when you're 70-80% done and motivation and grind vibes are at the lowest, do the base, feel good, home straight, black rim, DONE. It makes such a big difference because you know you have a fast, high-impact process to look forward to, and you do it and suddenly your minis go from looking 30% done to 90%.
Great comment, thanks for your input!
@@ArtisOpus oh man I need to try that. My move has always been to get the model perfectly finished and then realize “crap, I still have to do the base.” This leads to my bases being suuuuuuper, well, basic. Right now anything more than a coat of technical mud paint is beyond me. I’ll definitely try starting them earlier.
@@ArtisOpus though in fairness I don’t black rim, I match the rim to the dominant color of the model. Dunno why, always just seemed natural.
Thanks Byron
Any time, Chuck :)
Traditional method looks better on some minis than others, some stuff is built to be slapchopped like natural scales, fur, bones, that kind of stuff.
Our dinosaurs would very possible agree with this :D
I actually like combining both methods 😅...I base coat and then use contrast paint/speed paints with mediums so it's even thinner and it applies like a wash but better because it still goes into the shadows and thins on the rounder parts. After that I let it dry for a while and even start on another miniature before I go back and apply the highlights 👍...they come out amazing 😅 makes it look like I took 6 hours on one miniature when it took only 2
Byron: /looking betrayed and staring wistfully at his Series D brushes/ ... what do you mean I don't get to drybrush it?
Wonderful video, as always. Very much love the slower version. Nicely done :)
:D if you combine the two you get our recent-ish terminator!
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!
Your videos are always a treat, no matter how much I learn about mini painting there's always more. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on colour theory relating to basecoating. I've been using slapchop to get through my Ork boyz but priming them purple then using pinks and yellows for the drybrushing to get some tonal variety and really liked the results.
Your specifically mentioned combo is a really good one, it works for airbrushing too!
A comprehensive basecoating video is a really good idea, we'll have to have a think and put some time in, as it's something that's worth doing once, and right.
Suggestion: making details pop on white models (i.e skin or cloth) without dulling it too heavily
We could do with a white revisit in general I think, thanks!
@@ArtisOpus No worries, I'm asking for my own sake really anyways haha. My Tyranid scheme is Ghostly White with a nice teal. I just want to give the big goys a bit more depth init 😁👍
I like to build up layering the paint on miniatures method to add small details on them. Thank you for the lesson.
great content. like the breakdown of the steps and the whys pros/cons of it all. i think for beginners learning the old school method helps develop brush control and muscle memory for painting.
maybe a good video to do would be how different colour basecoats affect top coats for different painting techniques?
How to use different colour shades to 'trick' the eye with more depth of colour?
keep up the great work and quality instructional content
Let the algorithm be fed 😊😊
A pleasure to watch , always a school day for me . I wish you would run some classes
I'm teaching a good 80-100 people over the course of NOVA in a few weeks :).
There's a small chance of some tester evening classes popping up in the UK for a while, we'll be very public about them on social media if/when we do
@@ArtisOpus sorry to ask … but what is NOVA 🥹
@@Vicky1138thx Northern Virginia Open, a big gaming event here in the US.
I’d love to see your recommendations for choosing the right armour trim colour to complement different armour colours, my golds always go bronze and my bronzes go gold!
Oh man, this is a problem as old as time, great suggestion!
Looking good
Being new to this it would be great to have a video that really detailed what the mediums do and when to use them over water, when to use both medium and water and why, showing different effects, I’ve seen you use them without paints so they clearly have many uses other than just thinning paint. Are there others apart from contrast and lahmian?
Great video. It would be nice to also list the products used on the base in future projects.
Q. Can you tell me the name of the products for the flowers & grass?
Cheers
These ones are a selection from Gamer's Grass :) good point, while it's not the focus of the video we still should have linked them in the description at least
If someone has ever to use fluo markers on what you said, be it the very last words: Good Bye.. jk😅
The method axiom: One coat paint solutions will get you better results faster, both in application and learning curve. Also being so forgiving the fun factor goes up insanely. That's really something to keep in mind, brain candy so you won't quit. BUT... there's a skill roof you won't EVER surpass just using speed painting. On the other hand, old school will give you (over time) brush control, dilution knowledge, etc. Yet 1st steps will be really disheartening as it demands to be super neat. Going this path you've setting the road for glazing and such.
Speaking of which, my suggestion is a video on glazing and there's why: in the past you've done a service to the comunity destroying the myth that drybrush has nothings to do with technique nor control. You've done such great job at that even my wife (long ago) bought me a D series set with my name on it. And I never ever do drybrush, despite it's a really wonderful way to get half of the work done in no time, then you can pump it up.
So, as you have series S you might debunk how 'pro' is glazing by both explaining why a good brush makes the difference (how it loads and unloads paint compared to cheap brushes) and how easy is to glaze when you know the ABCs like what dilution rates are you aiming for, how to unload your brush before going into the mini, and which part of the brush and kind of motion (stopping the pigment push at the frontier of both colors etc) you should be using. Color choices are really important (don't use the one with lots of white on them).
IMHO you could unlock this knowledge to lots of people just like you did with your series D as it's just matter of what you have to aim for. Plus you already have a terrific product to make it easier. Newbies sometimes need to kill the fear of ruining "good brushes" as really good ones like yours will spread glazes like hot knife does butter, something cheap synthetic brushes struggle with most of the time.
I do not leave coments often so when I do I want to rest sure you acknowledge how grateful the hoby should be for having people refining and refloating old outdated topics (it feels like drybrush got demonised back at the Rackham minis /nmm era).
Hmm, scanning for themes and colours and Inspiration for my sigma spearhead Skavens for one of my vids... Always become inspired on this channel! Awesome! Might be looking at some dry brushes too...😊
Perfect timing! Let us know in another comment (not a reply, YT is bad) if you need any advice, enjoy them!
@@ArtisOpus thank you, and will do! as a fresh comment!😜
Video suggestion - how to get different metallic color variation on the skaven 'steampunk' weaponry.
I have a video suggestion, not sure if you have done one yet but a dry brush care video would be great! I accidentally put one of my brushes in the case wrong and it got messed up, and when I saw u at LVO u had a razor blade so curious what's the best way to clean and get it reformed? Love your videos and dry brush method I've been dry brushing ever since I met you and I love it now!!
Great video! I'm new to miniature painting, but I prefer the old method. My current approach is: primer, base coat, wash, and for highlights, I drybrush the raised areas with the base coat colors first, then gently drybrush the small edges with the same colors mixed with ivory. Do you think it's a decent technique?
I think that sounds very solid! You might want to take a little look at our 'edge highlight' video for an idea on how to do some finishing touches (you can use them sparingly on upward facing edges/key areas), or recent cloaks video to learn a little about stippling.
Both could be added, but your method sounds very good already
Great content as always!
Any tips on panel lining? I always get weak lines when using washes, and I'm tempted to use something like Tamiya Panel Line (or inks), but I've read it's better to varnish the model first (though I'm not sure if that's true). Any tips on how to varnish with an airbrush would also be appreciated. Cheers!
Airbrush varnish is great, make sure you put thinner first and mix thoroughly, your thinner will dilute and MATTE your varnish of choice, so consider that the higher the ratio of thinner the higher the matte :).
Not much beats a varnished mini and then using oils, if you want those suuuuper fine lines - the painting phase have had them in a few of Pat's videos recently on his army, worth checking out :)
I find myself struggling with "sculpted plastic fur," mainly the wraps and stoles around shoulders-- do you have tips for that? Might come in handy for Rat Ogres...
It really is tricky, make sure you take the flesh basecoat colour right up to the base of the hair (or beyond), and then use some trickery with your fur basecoat like we did on the red-rat to suggest hair.
It's hard, i don't really think GW have nailed fur yet honestly.
Good timeing got my stormcast ready now im going to paint the rats
Great job man! I think the box took people longer to get through than expected, all my rats are... built... 🙄🙄
@@ArtisOpus holidays 😀
How do you paint surfaces to look gloss, satin and matt? Can these be combined with different varnish finishes? I’ve seen some amazing reflective surfaces painted but when you notice that they’ve been done with very flat paint it can break the illusion.
Paint finish is definitely worth a video, our concern is how to get people to click it 😅. It's something I cover a lot in classes, and is completely underused and underrated
@@ArtisOpus How to make your minis look slick! (or dull) :D
Heh boss man… Any chance of a video showing how to dry brush the Libarian in Terminator armor please ? These glowing runes are doing my head in. And I’m sure there is a way to dry brush my way to a nice effect.
Hey Artus I’ve been binge watching your leather/fabric 3 watch videos and was wondering if you could do one on grey leather or a shark skin type texture?
You keep teasing the "mystery paint". What kind of torture is this?😅
The slow type 👀👀😂
Byron. Is there any chance you can take a look at AK Interactive weathering pencils?
I'd love some ideas on uses for the set I just bought on a whim.
I love to just paint. I really don't like "speed painting" at all tbh. I started in the days before we even knew we had to thin down the paints. When minis were made of lead.
Whatever you enjoy is the right way :). I can get a lot of joy out of any approach, I just have to set tone/expectation at the beginning
@ArtisOpus of course. To each their own. That's the beauty of this hobby, so many approaches. I'm just never in a rush to finish. I just zen out.
I vote for accuracy
Wait, what’s the „mystery paint”?
Something we might have designed 👀👀
Such a nice rat 🐀
"patience and getting things right" - OK I'm out.
:D I was surprised how I managed to be with this one, I guess it's about initial expectations
@@ArtisOpus Got to keep things fresh!
This video is timely AF for me, I've just this week started to revisit the basics of base, wash, highlight as I found I was getting lazy and sloppy with Contrast/speed paints.
I paint for pleasure not for speed
And copy your stile
Baybe ill still put a wash over contrast if it needs it. Or do a wash after the zenithial (could be any color) then hit it with contrast.
I still have most of the set of those foundation paints. Ive put them in dropper bottles for safer keeping.
Good call, a few of them were just incredible!