Great list. All the mentioned are the ones that I frequently used except for basilicanum grey because you can do the same effect with nuln oil. Highly recommend this video to anyone new to contrast paints. Keep up the good work!!
I agree with your entire list, more or less. Need to get some Gryph-Hound Orange, I still haven't tried it out! One I love you didn't mention is Gore-Grunta Fur... it's great for human hair and all kinds of fur, even pouches and boots if you want to mix up your palette a bit from Snakebite Leather.
Sometimes a product is released that has some additional bonuses to it not initially intended. Contrast paints is one such product. Accessibility. Some people may have great difficulty raising their skill in painting due to some form of limitation. There are days when it would not be possible for me to paint. Arms/hands too weak, too sore, etc. Contrast paints gives more options for some of us where traditional painting methods would just not be feasible due to limitations. Contrast paints without a doubt has created more accessibility for people. Not the initial intent but I'm very thankful for them.
I'm pretty sure the accessibility was the intended purpose.... saving time kinds of goes hand in hand with making it easier. The real unintended benefit, is when you shoot them through an airbrush.
So true.I have problems with depth perception and fine motor control issues and I finally feel able to at least get my miniatures battle ready thanks to contrast paints.
Explaining the paints totally helps. Frankly, looking at the different paint lines (Vallejo, P3, GW, etc) its SO easy to get overwhelmed. So, getting recommendations on a few solid, versatile colors is really good. Getting the best bang for the buck is important! :)
I like it OK, but it has a bit of a blue-green cast that isn't right for a lot of projects. I prefer to use a homemade black wash instead. The other neutrals are great though, especially Basilicanum Grey.
Just watched the video and picked up a good collection of these paints, tested them on a batch of squigs I'd wanted to paint forever. Man they look great, I love how they seep right into the crevices and they look even better with a zenithal base for the shadow effect. Love the channel.
Great to hear someone else enjoying these paints! I know they're not for everyone, and lots of pro painters look down on them a lot, but to me they've really helped me enjoy the hobby again. I can't really say I have ONE favourite among them, but I do use Cygor brown a lot as a wash (thinned down with medium). I've also used Space wolves grey when painting metal, using Wraith bone as base, then the Cygor brown wash on top, with the medium scrubbing off a bit of the grey to get some highlights. Very simple, and though the results may vary, I feel like I've had a lot of success with it too. The problem I have is to get a nice, consistent colour for large, plain surfaces. I don't recommend doing tanks with Contrast paints only, unless you're looking specifically for a very random camo/weathering pattern. Better for 'Guard than the Marines, I guess. They're much better for anything organic, like 'Nids or Daemons - especially something Nurgle-related. I totally agree with the list as well, save perhaps for Basilicanum grey - I can make it work very well for stone or withered wood, but I keep failing to make it work the way I want for metal and armour. Would love to see a full video on how you'd use it. Skeleton Hordes, on the other hand, can be used for just about anything! :)
Great choice for number 1. I also use it in almost every paint job I do. Mainly painting death stuff it’s been amazing for quick coverage and has amazing results not only as a base colour but also used as a shade.
Akhelian green over leadbelcher is probably the biggest eye catcher in the entire contrast line, and and it works surprisingly well for ghosts and maybe a necron blackstone substitute
I think the contrast paints are so useful and its so good to see a focus on using them. I get the feeling sometimes that they are frowned on but its good to see such good results using them!
The original ad campaign for Contrast Paint was really divisive and had a lot of people rallying against it upon release. But I think that is changing now. : )
Skeleton Horde, Gullible and Fyreslayer Flesh, and Snakebite Leather are the ones I have that I find myself using frequently. I really like Warp Lightning, too, but I don't have a need for it very often.
I originally had Snakebite Leather in my top 10 but then realized I actually use it very selectively these days. When I do use it though, much like Skeleton Horde, it just works well ever time. : )
My favorite is that magos purple. It's awesome for painting reptile and undead skin. Apothecary white and the grey is good for easy capes without much blending.. And skeleton horde is awesome too. I use that blue to shade all my blue glow effects. Nice list.
@@HobbyNight it's really good. I use it over a grey or zenithal prime. Then finish off with a dry brush of white, grey or even black. Nice, easy, good looking results. Have fun ;)
Wyldwood is the bomb. It's so versatile. And you can get a range of wood colors with it. Dark oak straight out of the bottle. Thinned down with contrast medium over grey gives an ash wood color. You can do darker flesh tones with it (though it gets blotchy on larger areas). Also great for adding patterns to fur. Hair colors. The list goes on. Why do you hate Wyldwood Angela?! Why?! It's done nothing but good! Leave Wyldwood alone!
I love Aggaros Dunes and use it for EVERYTHING! I only use white undercoat and use Aggaros to represent a rich Yellow and Khaki plus I paint other contrast paints such as Blood Angels Red over the top to get a rich red colour.
Great list. As a fantasy gamer, I haven't found use for some of the ones on your list but definitely enjoyed seeing what they look like on models. The two I use the most are Snakebite Leather (for belts, pouches, straps, boots, etc.) and Plaguebearer Flesh (for Orc, Ogre, Goblin, and other monstrosities skin). On a current project, I used Basilicanum Grey on a fur cloak and it looks great.
*trumpet noises* Skeleton Horde to the rescue! I feel like that would just be so satisfying to paint, 40 skeley-bois! Imagine how fast you could do it!!!
I am a big fan of Space Wolves Grey, slightly thinned, as a NMM. I have been painting for nearly 40 years, and I love Contrast paints. They do amazing over a zenithal prime and I usually only need a couple of highlights to get a lot of minis done and still looking amazing
I’ve used it a few times that way too! It also makes a great blue grey stone base coat. I have learned from this video that there are too many great contrast paints XD
I currently have 4 contrast paint colours, (Knocked over the pot of black templar and lost the lot) which I purchased specifically with the Death Guard in mind. I think I took on the DG project after being given a pox walker to play at the GW store. Anyway they are Plaguebearer Green, Militarum Green, Flesh Tearers Red and Shysh Purple. But all my models get variations in undercoat a couple of standard GW paints and metal metals. I like the fact that the Contrast can be under shaded and dulled or enhanced. I also like the fact that it goes on quick and is easy to fix.
I do love the love Contrast paints are getting now. There is a lot you can do with them beyond just straight up painting with them. On my Mephiston, for example, I used Flesh Tearer Red in the deep folds of his cloak. I also go back over the lower portions of my Blood Angels armor (done in Blood Angels Red) with the Flesh Tearer Red to darken those areas more.
I really like Basilicanum Grey and Apothecary White for tree bark. Most trees are more gray than anything. Add some flecks of green and orange for moss & lichen and you get a really convincing bark.
I've been using Basilicanum Grey for painting the Indomitus Necrons as an all over shade for the silver. It's got a colder tone that's a little less flat than Nuln Oil, very happy with the results
It makes such a good wash! I know I've been using Nuln Oil a lot more selectively since I discovered how nice of a finish Basilcanum produces when used as a shade. 💜
The main advantage with contrast is the ability for younger hobbyists to get a reasonably painted army to the table. I combine contrast with the Army painter coloured spray can based primers, little bit of detail/highlight and good to go on the table.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Dark Angels Green. A quick zenithal, then applying the thinned contrast paint through the airbrush gives me a very deep black/green look that I adore. It's the only contrast paint I've already had to buy a second pot of. Other than that, Black Templar and Snakebite Leather are definitely close runners up!
@@HobbyNight I find that it works rather well. I'm using a cheap little airbrush with a portable compressor, so I thinned it just a bit with Contrast Medium, and put it through that way. It applies more smoothly, which leaves less room for brushstrokes or pooling based upon how it comes off the brush, and it dries much quicker as well.
I had shied away from contrast paint as I was not satisfied with space wolves grey or apothecary white effects... But your video has convinced me to return to them and try again. I am just starting out with 40k and painting minis therefore I'll take all the advice I can get ! Thank you for the great explanations on your video. :)
Space Wolf Grey and Apothecary White both require through and frequent shaking of the paint to properly keep the pigment suspended in the Contrast Medium. Or at least that's what I've found when using them. 😊 There have definitely been times where Apothecary White didn't do what I expected it to do, and so I had to go back and re-shake the paint and then reapply the paint to the mini.
Awesome list. I won't debate as it is really a "to each, his/her own". I may have to give Apothecary White another shot though after watching this video. My top 5 are: Guilliman Flesh, Snakebite Leather, Wyldwood, Basilicum Grey, Blood Angels Red.
All excellent colors! Snakebite was almost on the list, because I used to use it all the time. But I find myself gravitating towards other brown tones for leathers a lot these days so I kept it off.
I haven't tried contrast paints yet. I am trying to learn the basics of different paint styles, and not having really any interest in the gaming aspect of the hobby, I have been avoiding them. That being said I do see the appeal of them and do plan on implementing them into my painting one day. I also see the value for people that want to spend less time painting and more time gaming. :)
I'm one of those people that pulled my nose up at contrast paints at first. One thick coat? No wonder our lord Duncan left! I rarely paint with them as I guess they were intended. Instead I use them for a bunch of effects and I love them for it. Skeleton horde looks better to me than careful layering of ushabti bone. Gryphound Orange is the best rust I've ever seen. Flesh Tearers red was perfect for Iron Golems armor. Anyway, point is, they have WAY more applications than just getting your minis done faster. They really are a great new tool to add to the toolbox.
Having used then for quite some time now, my favorites easily are Black Templar, Gryph Charger Grey, Flesh Tearers Red, and Iyanden Yellow. I like Apoc White too, so shoot me lol.
I actually like Griff charger grey. Which sounds crazy, but hear me out. I use it for undead, demon, etc skin. Then I do a dry brush of etherium blue dry, and a light dry brush of praxeti white. Also plague bearers flesh is amazing I like a more yellow orc like a WoW skin tone. I base coat in grey seer, wash with a brown or black. Do not us a gloss shade. Then heavy dry brush of grey seer and white, then light downward only strokes of white. Basically like you're underpainting for a glaze. Also last tips I promise. If you use a lot of contrast, at most sporting good stores or anywhere that sells BB guns. There is tubes of 200 3mm BBs. Those who don't know BB Gun means ball bearing gun. Yes those are the same paint mixing ball bearings we pay $12 for 50 of. Put those in your pots as an agitator. Now for about $20 you can get a tattoo ink shaking machine. Which is basically a small version of those paint shakers that they have at hardware stores. I have a Shaken Not Stirred brand. But strap apothecary white down run it for about 3 minutes and the pigment will be completely mixed back into it it'll be like brand new right out the factory. Does the same for all of them of course. Ok great video!
Gryph-charger Grey is a fantastic paint color that I do not use enough. Ironically it was one of the first Contrast colors I ever used. I was painting Alexandra Anderton, Cleric of the Raven Queen tasked with freeing the souls of Barovia from the oppressive tyranny of one Lord Strahd von Zarovich! Good times. BBs would be a pretty inexpensive way to get a large quantity of ball bearings for paint mixing. I will keep that in mind for the future. Right now I just use the Army Painter ones. : )
Great review! Your top ten colours are good choices. I definitely use contrast paint as an additional tool in my toolbox! Some really hate GW paint, but im definitely a fan. Thanks for sharing/very informative.
Some interesting picks, I've never really been a fan of apothecary white, it's always come out far too grey for my liking, and have never really had a use for plaguebearer flesh honestly. I have to say though, basilicanum grey, guilliman flesh, and skeleton horde have all effectively replaced nuln oil, reikland fleshshade, and seraphim sepia respectively for me, and are pretty much go-tos for all my projects. I use talassar blue over a metallic for either gems or lenses, I've found it's much stronger so works a lot better than aethermatic blue. Black Templar is pretty much my stand out favourite as it's just so quick to apply, and get a strong finish, like for instance on space marine dreadnoughts and tau battlesuits, I often airbrush on my main colour and then need to do the black under armour, and used to spend hours painting on abbadon or corvus black. However, I then decided to use black templar and got it done with the same finish in a third of the time, as it works really well at getting between all those little details. I also use it for ruined city/asphalt bases as it works really well over astrogranite texture paint.
I get that about Apothecary White. It's a bit finicky honestly, and does require frequent re-mixing to keep the pigment properly suspended in the Medium. But because I like to use it as a base, I don't so much mind the greyish hue. When I want to brighten the Apothecary White back up I tend to dry brush on lighter, brighter whites over top but I still maintain that bluish grey tint in the recesses. Black Templar is so good! Although I go a little too heavy with it sometimes and loose a bit of my details on occasion because of just how strong of a finish it has. Nothing a bit of highlighting won't fix, but I always forget to thin it as much as I should be. Great shade replacement colors btw. I totally agree, although I do really really like Reikland Fleshshade still.
My kids bought me a pot of Contrast paint in Christmas 2018, I have used nothing else since... talasar blue and Warp lightning are probably my most favourite bright colours along with the reds. I have had to buy a second pot of black, Aggro’s Dunes and Skeleton horde as they are the most used. I tend to paint 15 and 6mm so they are absolutely awesome for them.
i'm painting mostly Napoleonic miniatures at the moment and i find Black Templar too dark on a 28mm human figure (as opposed to whatever scale Space Marines are) so i use 2 coats of Basilicanum grey . works for me !
fleah tearers red 100% also little tip on brush storage if you have good expensive brushes with the plastic caps you should store them tip down so that the paint that still might reside in the bristles dose not get into the ferrule
My experience with Skeleton Horde has been a mixed bag. It seems to have a lot of overlap in tone with Aggaros Dunes. One model I painted used both colors, and I couldn’t see a difference between the two. My favorite is Gulliman Flesh. It has made skin tones so easy to get consistently.
i really love contrast but not for my 40k models. Works great on my historicals. I tried em on some guardsmen, and i guess it wasn't so bad. Decent effect when you're going quickly
Admittedly Aethermatic is one of those colors that I -want- to use more, because I really really love how it looks in the lot, but it’s so specific a blue that I don’t find myself needing it that often. I think I’ve only messed with it once or twice. And that was ages ago. I completely agree about the other two colors as well. Both are top!
@@HobbyNight I like aethermatic because it is a weaker color , showing more of the undercoat. It's fun to use for mixing or wetblending, like magos purple
Nice vid! I also love them Contrast paints, and yeah, skeleton horde is awesome. It is a nice "duster" coat colour for western miniatures. I haven't picked up Wyldwood and you've sold me on getting it for another nice deep brown (can't have enough browns I find). Also, I like the Shyish Purple, but find it a little dark. Will have to try the Magos Purple. I also love the Templar Black and Basciicanum Grey, but haven't actually tried the Apothecary white! Will also need to pick that up now! Thanks for the vid!
@@HobbyNight especially if you use it on a lead blecher, I use a think layer of Magos purple to make the red even more shiny on the metallic. I was out of the hobby for nearly 8 years. The primaris mephiston brought me back.
@@HobbyNight my local warhammer store manager recommended it a year ago. I have used other red schemes for my characters I use the shiny red armour for.
Your list is almost the same as mine. I would include Snakebite Leather as an honorable mention, too. What I don't like that much is flesh tearers red, it's coverage is so strong that it destroys the contrast in Contrast.
I would agree with that, Flesh Tearers Red is very opaque for a contrast paint. But because I use it mostly on armor I find the opacity works in my favor. Snakebite Leather almost was an honorable mention!
Interesting take on these paints! :) My list would be slightly different, as my top 1 paint by far is shyish purple that I use to shade pretty much all other colours. Being a nurgle player myself, I have to agree on plaguebearer flesh (+ gryph-hound orange). However Aggaros Dunes replaced Skeleton Horde for me as the base for bone and some light leather tones: I prefer to base them slightly darker than what Skeleton Horde give us out of the pot. Thanks for sharing your list!
I really debated between Magos Purple and Shyish Purple for my Honorable Mentions. I actually prefer Shyish's color more ( I like my purples to lean more blue than red) but Magos Purple can be made to look like a thinned Shyish Purple using Druchii Violet shade so I find it won out for being more versatile imo. Aggaros is a color that I have owned since Contrast paint released but I hadn't actually explored at all until December 2020 and it is quickly becoming a new fav of mine. It's just not really a color that works into any of my current army color schemes. But I have a bunch of genestealers still waiting for paint and I want to play with that sandy colors more.
See what you mean about the difficult or splotchy finish. Have you considered picking up a fine detail airbrush? Or would that make the finish worse? Been considering getting one myself for doing some weathering on my Gundams.
An airbrush is on my list of 'eventual-things-to-purchase-whenever-we-move'. That way I can have a spray booth set up all the time and not have to worry about ventilation. But from my understanding Contrast paint can be run through an airbrush for a smoother finish. I just haven't tried it myself.
Oh I will have to try that over gold. I normally go for Baslicanum Grey over gold to age it but I like the idea of the Guillman flesh as a shade instead too.
Also should mention that ALL those Contrast paints need to be shaken to death to get them properly working, lol! Most of them do separate after a while, so you really, really, REALLY need to shake them. Every now and then I heard a "rattle" when you were picking up the pots, and I suddenly remembered that one can buy mini ball bearings for small paint pots! I need to get some now! :)
Yes, absolutely, make sure to always mix your paints. That rattle you are hearing are those Army Painter mixing balls. I put one in almost every pot of paint I have, Contrast or otherwise. You could totally use mini ball bearings for the same purpose! : )
This gives me some good ideas for paints to pick up over time. citadel paints are expensive. I have been using just cheap dollar store paint thinned out. XD Aside from the metallics (used leadbelcher and runelord brass on my Daughters of Khaine), because I wanted really specific metal colours. I am slightly shocked that Magos was only honorable mention, but, then... its hard to think of what it would replace. Because everything else is kinda... yeah.
Awesome! I am glad, that's exactly why I made this video. Lol yea, you nailed it. Magos Purple was an honorable mention mostly because while I love it, I actually don't use it super often and therefor had a hard time justifying putting in on the list. It's a great color with some decent flexibility to how it can be manipulated but a lot of the other colors on the list are just that much more useful and make the overall painting process a lot quicker and easier for me which means I paint more. And that's my end goal; to paint more minis!
@@HobbyNight lol Paint all the things! No, I totally see it. Like, yeah, but also with the primaries you could just... Make, a purple right quick? So like... Eh?
I'm surprised how good the yellow was for imperial fists . Useful video 👍. I use a mix of contrast and normal paints. I find contrast are better for leather ,fabric and skin
I've never used contrast paint. Only got back into the painting last year. In fact most of my paint had been sitting in the cupboard for ten years and I'm working through them. Also I favour the Vallejo stuff these days. Just in case anyone actually cared lol
This along with all your videos was very helpful. You can tell you have a very advanced understanding of colors. I have tried contrast paints a few times and have not had too much luck. I would love to see a video with tips for using contrast paints. For example, do you use multiple coats, do you put washes with them.
That is a topic I was thinking about for my next video similar to this one. I am glad to see there would in interest in that kind of thing! It depends on the effect and color tone I am trying to get out of whatever color I am using to determine whether or not I use multiple coats of paint or not. Typically, for darker colors such as Black Templar I do not, where as for some of the more transparent colors like Magos Purple, I do. And absolutely yes, I definitely use washes and shades over top my contrast paint. I also dry brush and highlight Contrast paint with Base, Layers, and Dry paints. I am actually a huge fan of mixing and matching painting techniques and paint types.
I too enjoy using them as a glaze. They can be applied at a bunch of different stages during the painting process! It’s partially why I love them so 💜💜💜
I have a lot of trouble deciding between flesh tearers and blood angels red. I like the tone and depth of the flesh tearers one better but I've found that blood angels to be more flexible because it is easier to change it's tone with different shade paints and primers specially because I'm trying to follow your zenthial method for my blood angels. I also like basilicanum grey better than black templar surprisingly but maybe that was because I had very high hopes for it and for me 1 layer didn't seem to cut it while 2 were too much so I hope I have more luck using basilicanum grey like on your genestealer video to get a colder/greyish black. I really don't like edge highlights and prefer to do shade washes so contrast are very interesting to me specially now that I've got the medium and your contrast tutorials are awesome. I couldn't find you on Facebook btw
A lot of the 'lighter' tones in the Contrast line I find to be more flexible than their darker counter parts. Which I think makes sense. For me I just adore that cherry red of Fleshtearers over the more tomato red of Blood Angels. Baslicanum is just so much more forgiving than Black Templar. Same! That's partially why I gravitated towards Contrast Paint to being with. It can accomplish two steps in one, basing and highlighting. Oh strange! Well I can help with that. Here is the link to our facebook page: facebook.com/HobbyNight
@@HobbyNight Thanks a lot! I've liked it and now I can share it. Idk why I only got hashtag results when I searched it XD. Both reds have really great tones and they apply themselves better than most reds I've seen. I have a really hard time deciding my favourite one, but currently I lean to Blood Angels because I can apply it on different parts of the model with various shades for different effects but Flesh Tearers red keeps calling me.
A useful video for me. I tried Cygor Brown that without thinning was too dark for me to get a good result but my second purchase was Skeleton Horde. I can confirm it produces a lovely layer of grime over iron coloured metallics. I haven't tried the other paints yet but I may experiment with Contrast paints in the future.
There are a number of Contrast colors that are really dark out straight out of the pot, and even though I actually haven't used Cygor Brown (that I can remember) it sounds like it's one of them based off some other people's comments as well. I definitely think they are worth experimenting with! 💜💜💜
Oooh I m so happy someone else says this color speaks or sings to me ... I not the only one hearing voices 😂😉 .... try mixing colors Carmina burana in Dolby Surround 😜 So Im off plunder my local GW store. And for GW support this vid pls!
Nice video! Thank you very much. Games workshop should pay for it, because i’m going to buy these inks only after watched your video. : ) (sorry for my bad english kkk)
I haven't had a chance to play with it much but I love the color of it in the pot! I have heard a number of people say it works well over a metallic base though and I love the idea of that...Hmmmm, I've been wanting to revisit the Syphranx, maybe that would be a good mini for a combo like that.
The Ultramarine Blue is darker then their macragg blue (more purple tones). I run UMs. Have 2nd company in UM contrasts and first company in macragg blue
@@HobbyNight Tell me about it, I try and dabble in Vallejo True Metals, they're pretty deece. I miss Mechrite Red, i still covet an old pot of it on my workbench lol
Great video for someone who is just now venturing into Contrast Paints like myself. You briefly mentioned primers in the video -- but do you mainly recommend using the contrast primers (wraithbone/grey seer) if you're going to be painting using contrast paints? If so, when would you use wraithbone versus grey seer?
Yellow isn't hard to paint at all... at least not with their older colors. Just use Bronzed Flesh and keep glazing it with Yellow Glaze till it give you a nice crisp yellow
@@HobbyNight I used iyanden yellow for the first time they other day to paint flames and I was totally impressed and it’s now my go to for anything with fire
That is an extremely hard question. I don't know if I actually have one. But I want to give an answer so....Ultramarine Blue is a color I own but almost never use because I find there are alternatives that I prefer more so I am going to throw it under the bus here.
What isYOUR favorite Contrast Paint?
(I meant to post this when the video went live this morning but I totally spaced out XD forgive me!)
Black Templar^^ So easy to use! Pls tell me a hack to storing my 300 Paints.
Guilliman Flesh ... its my goto for faces.
Great list. All the mentioned are the ones that I frequently used except for basilicanum grey because you can do the same effect with nuln oil.
Highly recommend this video to anyone new to contrast paints. Keep up the good work!!
I agree with your entire list, more or less.
Need to get some Gryph-Hound Orange, I still haven't tried it out! One I love you didn't mention is Gore-Grunta Fur... it's great for human hair and all kinds of fur, even pouches and boots if you want to mix up your palette a bit from Snakebite Leather.
What happened to Snakebite Leather.. that paint is Awesome!!
Sometimes a product is released that has some additional bonuses to it not initially intended. Contrast paints is one such product. Accessibility. Some people may have great difficulty raising their skill in painting due to some form of limitation. There are days when it would not be possible for me to paint. Arms/hands too weak, too sore, etc. Contrast paints gives more options for some of us where traditional painting methods would just not be feasible due to limitations. Contrast paints without a doubt has created more accessibility for people. Not the initial intent but I'm very thankful for them.
I'm pretty sure the accessibility was the intended purpose.... saving time kinds of goes hand in hand with making it easier.
The real unintended benefit, is when you shoot them through an airbrush.
So true.I have problems with depth perception and fine motor control issues and I finally feel able to at least get my miniatures battle ready thanks to contrast paints.
Explaining the paints totally helps. Frankly, looking at the different paint lines (Vallejo, P3, GW, etc) its SO easy to get overwhelmed. So, getting recommendations on a few solid, versatile colors is really good. Getting the best bang for the buck is important! :)
I totally agree!
Fun Fact: I had to talk her into putting Black Templar in the top 10 instead of the Honorable Mentions.
This is accurate.
You wouldn't think it was that great it's just black, an then you actually use it.
Exactly!
I like it OK, but it has a bit of a blue-green cast that isn't right for a lot of projects. I prefer to use a homemade black wash instead. The other neutrals are great though, especially Basilicanum Grey.
Just watched the video and picked up a good collection of these paints, tested them on a batch of squigs I'd wanted to paint forever. Man they look great, I love how they seep right into the crevices and they look even better with a zenithal base for the shadow effect. Love the channel.
Agree with skeleton horde.
That paint is a workhorse.
Bone, cloth, stone, rope, shade...
the possibilities are endless.
Number 1 for a reason! 💜💜💜
And B1 battle droids
Put it as a shade on gold and enjoy the effect
It's great when thinned for purity seals, scrolls and paper.
As someone who’s is partially colorblind putting your suggestions for each contrast paint removes a ton of stress of me. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome!
Great to hear someone else enjoying these paints! I know they're not for everyone, and lots of pro painters look down on them a lot, but to me they've really helped me enjoy the hobby again.
I can't really say I have ONE favourite among them, but I do use Cygor brown a lot as a wash (thinned down with medium). I've also used Space wolves grey when painting metal, using Wraith bone as base, then the Cygor brown wash on top, with the medium scrubbing off a bit of the grey to get some highlights. Very simple, and though the results may vary, I feel like I've had a lot of success with it too.
The problem I have is to get a nice, consistent colour for large, plain surfaces. I don't recommend doing tanks with Contrast paints only, unless you're looking specifically for a very random camo/weathering pattern. Better for 'Guard than the Marines, I guess. They're much better for anything organic, like 'Nids or Daemons - especially something Nurgle-related.
I totally agree with the list as well, save perhaps for Basilicanum grey - I can make it work very well for stone or withered wood, but I keep failing to make it work the way I want for metal and armour. Would love to see a full video on how you'd use it. Skeleton Hordes, on the other hand, can be used for just about anything! :)
Great choice for number 1. I also use it in almost every paint job I do. Mainly painting death stuff it’s been amazing for quick coverage and has amazing results not only as a base colour but also used as a shade.
It's just the best paint color from the entire Contrast line imo!
My favorite is probably Snakebite leather- followed by Iyanden yellow .
Both excellent colors!
Snakebite Leather is the color I went with for my Necrons back in 2002 when I bought that paint set.
Akhelian green over leadbelcher is probably the biggest eye catcher in the entire contrast line, and and it works surprisingly well for ghosts and maybe a necron blackstone substitute
Oh I will have to try that, it sounds lovely!
I agree, Akhelian green is a lovely colour and has lots of uses. It's useful just as a shade in the blue/green spectrum.
I think the contrast paints are so useful and its so good to see a focus on using them. I get the feeling sometimes that they are frowned on but its good to see such good results using them!
The original ad campaign for Contrast Paint was really divisive and had a lot of people rallying against it upon release. But I think that is changing now. : )
Skeleton Horde, Gullible and Fyreslayer Flesh, and Snakebite Leather are the ones I have that I find myself using frequently. I really like Warp Lightning, too, but I don't have a need for it very often.
I originally had Snakebite Leather in my top 10 but then realized I actually use it very selectively these days. When I do use it though, much like Skeleton Horde, it just works well ever time. : )
Snakebite Leather is amazing
I’ve found the flesh tones great for adding a rust effect to metals too. Great list!
I will have to try that! I’ve not yet, despite hearing it a number of times now. 😊
Wyldwood followed by a drybrush of silver gives a very dark/cold rust too.
My favorite is that magos purple. It's awesome for painting reptile and undead skin. Apothecary white and the grey is good for easy capes without much blending.. And skeleton horde is awesome too. I use that blue to shade all my blue glow effects. Nice list.
Magos Purple is so good! I have not tired using it for reptile scales yet, but now I want to. : )
@@HobbyNight it's really good. I use it over a grey or zenithal prime. Then finish off with a dry brush of white, grey or even black. Nice, easy, good looking results. Have fun ;)
I was hoping that Wyldwood would make the list, it's probably my most used contrast color. Nice video!
I feel like I don't see it mentioned very often but it's such a nice earthy brown I had to included it in my list.
Wyldwood is the bomb. It's so versatile. And you can get a range of wood colors with it. Dark oak straight out of the bottle. Thinned down with contrast medium over grey gives an ash wood color. You can do darker flesh tones with it (though it gets blotchy on larger areas). Also great for adding patterns to fur. Hair colors. The list goes on. Why do you hate Wyldwood Angela?! Why?! It's done nothing but good! Leave Wyldwood alone!
I love Aggaros Dunes and use it for EVERYTHING! I only use white undercoat and use Aggaros to represent a rich Yellow and Khaki plus I paint other contrast paints such as Blood Angels Red over the top to get a rich red colour.
Great list. As a fantasy gamer, I haven't found use for some of the ones on your list but definitely enjoyed seeing what they look like on models. The two I use the most are Snakebite Leather (for belts, pouches, straps, boots, etc.) and Plaguebearer Flesh (for Orc, Ogre, Goblin, and other monstrosities skin). On a current project, I used Basilicanum Grey on a fur cloak and it looks great.
Skeleton horde saved my life when I painted up 40 or so skeletons!
*trumpet noises* Skeleton Horde to the rescue! I feel like that would just be so satisfying to paint, 40 skeley-bois! Imagine how fast you could do it!!!
I use skeleton horde for so many things. It’s super versatile!
I used skeleton hord for deathwing terminators with wraithbone base coat and highlight. Super quick and effective bone colour
I use it for ropes and it’s amazing
I am a big fan of Space Wolves Grey, slightly thinned, as a NMM. I have been painting for nearly 40 years, and I love Contrast paints. They do amazing over a zenithal prime and I usually only need a couple of highlights to get a lot of minis done and still looking amazing
I’ve used it a few times that way too! It also makes a great blue grey stone base coat.
I have learned from this video that there are too many great contrast paints XD
@@HobbyNight that's why you get the whole set of them! :)
I currently have 4 contrast paint colours, (Knocked over the pot of black templar and lost the lot) which I purchased specifically with the Death Guard in mind. I think I took on the DG project after being given a pox walker to play at the GW store. Anyway they are Plaguebearer Green, Militarum Green, Flesh Tearers Red and Shysh Purple. But all my models get variations in undercoat a couple of standard GW paints and metal metals. I like the fact that the Contrast can be under shaded and dulled or enhanced. I also like the fact that it goes on quick and is easy to fix.
Four great colors! And perfect for DG. 💜
I do love the love Contrast paints are getting now. There is a lot you can do with them beyond just straight up painting with them. On my Mephiston, for example, I used Flesh Tearer Red in the deep folds of his cloak. I also go back over the lower portions of my Blood Angels armor (done in Blood Angels Red) with the Flesh Tearer Red to darken those areas more.
I really like Basilicanum Grey and Apothecary White for tree bark. Most trees are more gray than anything. Add some flecks of green and orange for moss & lichen and you get a really convincing bark.
Ooooooooh, that I bet that works really nicely.
Is it just me or is just listening to people talking about painting miniatures or just painting in general super calming
I think it is too! 💜
I've been using Basilicanum Grey for painting the Indomitus Necrons as an all over shade for the silver. It's got a colder tone that's a little less flat than Nuln Oil, very happy with the results
It makes such a good wash! I know I've been using Nuln Oil a lot more selectively since I discovered how nice of a finish Basilcanum produces when used as a shade. 💜
The main advantage with contrast is the ability for younger hobbyists to get a reasonably painted army to the table.
I combine contrast with the Army painter coloured spray can based primers, little bit of detail/highlight and good to go on the table.
PS loving your stuff you two, a bit of sanity in this bonkers world we live in, BW for a better 21
I think that I will try that Bone Tone (Skeleton Horde) for old canvas tarps.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Dark Angels Green. A quick zenithal, then applying the thinned contrast paint through the airbrush gives me a very deep black/green look that I adore. It's the only contrast paint I've already had to buy a second pot of. Other than that, Black Templar and Snakebite Leather are definitely close runners up!
How do you like using Contrast paint with an airbrush? It's something I hope to one day be able to experiment with.
@@HobbyNight I find that it works rather well. I'm using a cheap little airbrush with a portable compressor, so I thinned it just a bit with Contrast Medium, and put it through that way. It applies more smoothly, which leaves less room for brushstrokes or pooling based upon how it comes off the brush, and it dries much quicker as well.
I had shied away from contrast paint as I was not satisfied with space wolves grey or apothecary white effects... But your video has convinced me to return to them and try again. I am just starting out with 40k and painting minis therefore I'll take all the advice I can get ! Thank you for the great explanations on your video. :)
Space Wolf Grey and Apothecary White both require through and frequent shaking of the paint to properly keep the pigment suspended in the Contrast Medium. Or at least that's what I've found when using them. 😊
There have definitely been times where Apothecary White didn't do what I expected it to do, and so I had to go back and re-shake the paint and then reapply the paint to the mini.
Snakebite leather is my favourite contrast paint for any wood or leather or thinned down for a good warm wash
I almost put it on my list! It’s a fantastic color.
Awesome list. I won't debate as it is really a "to each, his/her own". I may have to give Apothecary White another shot though after watching this video.
My top 5 are: Guilliman Flesh, Snakebite Leather, Wyldwood, Basilicum Grey, Blood Angels Red.
All excellent colors! Snakebite was almost on the list, because I used to use it all the time. But I find myself gravitating towards other brown tones for leathers a lot these days so I kept it off.
I haven't tried contrast paints yet. I am trying to learn the basics of different paint styles, and not having really any interest in the gaming aspect of the hobby, I have been avoiding them. That being said I do see the appeal of them and do plan on implementing them into my painting one day. I also see the value for people that want to spend less time painting and more time gaming. :)
I'm one of those people that pulled my nose up at contrast paints at first. One thick coat? No wonder our lord Duncan left! I rarely paint with them as I guess they were intended. Instead I use them for a bunch of effects and I love them for it. Skeleton horde looks better to me than careful layering of ushabti bone. Gryphound Orange is the best rust I've ever seen. Flesh Tearers red was perfect for Iron Golems armor. Anyway, point is, they have WAY more applications than just getting your minis done faster. They really are a great new tool to add to the toolbox.
Having used then for quite some time now, my favorites easily are Black Templar, Gryph Charger Grey, Flesh Tearers Red, and Iyanden Yellow.
I like Apoc White too, so shoot me lol.
All great colors. I don't use Gryph Charger Grey often, but it's such a lovely blue green color tone!
I actually like Griff charger grey. Which sounds crazy, but hear me out. I use it for undead, demon, etc skin. Then I do a dry brush of etherium blue dry, and a light dry brush of praxeti white.
Also plague bearers flesh is amazing I like a more yellow orc like a WoW skin tone. I base coat in grey seer, wash with a brown or black. Do not us a gloss shade. Then heavy dry brush of grey seer and white, then light downward only strokes of white. Basically like you're underpainting for a glaze.
Also last tips I promise. If you use a lot of contrast, at most sporting good stores or anywhere that sells BB guns. There is tubes of 200 3mm BBs. Those who don't know BB Gun means ball bearing gun. Yes those are the same paint mixing ball bearings we pay $12 for 50 of. Put those in your pots as an agitator. Now for about $20 you can get a tattoo ink shaking machine. Which is basically a small version of those paint shakers that they have at hardware stores. I have a Shaken Not Stirred brand. But strap apothecary white down run it for about 3 minutes and the pigment will be completely mixed back into it it'll be like brand new right out the factory. Does the same for all of them of course.
Ok great video!
Gryph-charger Grey is a fantastic paint color that I do not use enough. Ironically it was one of the first Contrast colors I ever used. I was painting Alexandra Anderton, Cleric of the Raven Queen tasked with freeing the souls of Barovia from the oppressive tyranny of one Lord Strahd von Zarovich! Good times.
BBs would be a pretty inexpensive way to get a large quantity of ball bearings for paint mixing. I will keep that in mind for the future. Right now I just use the Army Painter ones. : )
Really glad I've found your channel. I'm more of an historical painter, Romans now, but want to use your processes! Thanks for the tips.
My pleasure!
Contrast medium ofc, it works with contrast Paints and with ordinary paints. it works with GW,AP, Vallejo and so on, it's smx incredible
Great review! Your top ten colours are good choices. I definitely use contrast paint as an additional tool in my toolbox! Some really hate GW paint, but im definitely a fan. Thanks for sharing/very informative.
No problem! Thank you for watching!
Some interesting picks, I've never really been a fan of apothecary white, it's always come out far too grey for my liking, and have never really had a use for plaguebearer flesh honestly. I have to say though, basilicanum grey, guilliman flesh, and skeleton horde have all effectively replaced nuln oil, reikland fleshshade, and seraphim sepia respectively for me, and are pretty much go-tos for all my projects. I use talassar blue over a metallic for either gems or lenses, I've found it's much stronger so works a lot better than aethermatic blue. Black Templar is pretty much my stand out favourite as it's just so quick to apply, and get a strong finish, like for instance on space marine dreadnoughts and tau battlesuits, I often airbrush on my main colour and then need to do the black under armour, and used to spend hours painting on abbadon or corvus black. However, I then decided to use black templar and got it done with the same finish in a third of the time, as it works really well at getting between all those little details. I also use it for ruined city/asphalt bases as it works really well over astrogranite texture paint.
I get that about Apothecary White. It's a bit finicky honestly, and does require frequent re-mixing to keep the pigment properly suspended in the Medium. But because I like to use it as a base, I don't so much mind the greyish hue. When I want to brighten the Apothecary White back up I tend to dry brush on lighter, brighter whites over top but I still maintain that bluish grey tint in the recesses.
Black Templar is so good! Although I go a little too heavy with it sometimes and loose a bit of my details on occasion because of just how strong of a finish it has. Nothing a bit of highlighting won't fix, but I always forget to thin it as much as I should be.
Great shade replacement colors btw. I totally agree, although I do really really like Reikland Fleshshade still.
Skeleton Horde is totaly number 1. I use it for gold. Black undercoat, Dry Necron Compound dry brush then skeleton horde. Then onto highlight layers.
My kids bought me a pot of Contrast paint in Christmas 2018, I have used nothing else since... talasar blue and Warp lightning are probably my most favourite bright colours along with the reds. I have had to buy a second pot of black, Aggro’s Dunes and Skeleton horde as they are the most used. I tend to paint 15 and 6mm so they are absolutely awesome for them.
Aggaros Dunes is one that I have only recently started using but I am really liking it!
Snake bit leather is also a nice one, good for leather but also goes really well with wyld wood to look like striped wood (like the warcry barricades)
Very true!
Only contrast paint that I've used to look right is Skelton Horde, and Guilliman Flesh.
I hear ya! Snakebite isn't too bad
i'm painting mostly Napoleonic miniatures at the moment and i find Black Templar too dark on a 28mm human figure (as opposed to whatever scale Space Marines are) so i use 2 coats of Basilicanum grey . works for me !
I don't blame you, Black Templar can be almost too dark sometimes. If that makes sense.
fleah tearers red 100% also little tip on brush storage if you have good expensive brushes with the plastic caps you should store them tip down so that the paint that still might reside in the bristles dose not get into the ferrule
Yep! That is a great way to help pro-long the life your your brushes!
Great video! Have to say that snakebite leather is up there for me, along side guilliman flesh and skeleton hoard.
It's a great color!
My experience with Skeleton Horde has been a mixed bag. It seems to have a lot of overlap in tone with Aggaros Dunes. One model I painted used both colors, and I couldn’t see a difference between the two.
My favorite is Gulliman Flesh. It has made skin tones so easy to get consistently.
In my experience Aggaros Dune is ever so slight more yellow...but I can see how they might be too similar, especially if it was thinned down at all.
Yeah, Basil Grey is like Nuln Oil. Putting it on top of Wraithbone makes a wonderful base metal color.
i really love contrast but not for my 40k models. Works great on my historicals. I tried em on some guardsmen, and i guess it wasn't so bad. Decent effect when you're going quickly
Thanks for the info, definitely want to pick these up and give them a go!
No problem! Glad you found the list helpful.
Volpus pink is awesome. aethermatic blue is great. snakebite leather is invaluable also.
Admittedly Aethermatic is one of those colors that I -want- to use more, because I really really love how it looks in the lot, but it’s so specific a blue that I don’t find myself needing it that often. I think I’ve only messed with it once or twice. And that was ages ago.
I completely agree about the other two colors as well. Both are top!
@@HobbyNight I like aethermatic because it is a weaker color , showing more of the undercoat. It's fun to use for mixing or wetblending, like magos purple
I never thought to layer it with Magos... I bet it’s a pretty combo.
Nice vid! I also love them Contrast paints, and yeah, skeleton horde is awesome. It is a nice "duster" coat colour for western miniatures. I haven't picked up Wyldwood and you've sold me on getting it for another nice deep brown (can't have enough browns I find). Also, I like the Shyish Purple, but find it a little dark. Will have to try the Magos Purple. I also love the Templar Black and Basciicanum Grey, but haven't actually tried the Apothecary white! Will also need to pick that up now! Thanks for the vid!
Dry brushing some corax white on large panels after apothecary white gives a beautiful effect for marines and vehicles alike
Yesssss
Mines flesh tearers red helped me to repaint my blood angels when I returned to painting a year ago.
Possibly an unpopular opinion : I think Fleshtearers Red is a better Blood Angels armor color than Blood Angles Red. 💜
@@HobbyNight especially if you use it on a lead blecher, I use a think layer of Magos purple to make the red even more shiny on the metallic.
I was out of the hobby for nearly 8 years. The primaris mephiston brought me back.
Ooooh I might have to try that.
@@HobbyNight my local warhammer store manager recommended it a year ago. I have used other red schemes for my characters I use the shiny red armour for.
Your list is almost the same as mine. I would include Snakebite Leather as an honorable mention, too.
What I don't like that much is flesh tearers red, it's coverage is so strong that it destroys the contrast in Contrast.
I would agree with that, Flesh Tearers Red is very opaque for a contrast paint. But because I use it mostly on armor I find the opacity works in my favor.
Snakebite Leather almost was an honorable mention!
Most helpful hun. 💯💙🏴
I'd have to say Voluptus Pink is my favourite :3 been using it liberally for my DoK army
An absolutely excellent color! Volupus Pink almost made it to my honorable mentions but because it's uses are a bit more niche imo I left it off.
Interesting take on these paints! :) My list would be slightly different, as my top 1 paint by far is shyish purple that I use to shade pretty much all other colours. Being a nurgle player myself, I have to agree on plaguebearer flesh (+ gryph-hound orange). However Aggaros Dunes replaced Skeleton Horde for me as the base for bone and some light leather tones: I prefer to base them slightly darker than what Skeleton Horde give us out of the pot. Thanks for sharing your list!
I really debated between Magos Purple and Shyish Purple for my Honorable Mentions. I actually prefer Shyish's color more ( I like my purples to lean more blue than red) but Magos Purple can be made to look like a thinned Shyish Purple using Druchii Violet shade so I find it won out for being more versatile imo.
Aggaros is a color that I have owned since Contrast paint released but I hadn't actually explored at all until December 2020 and it is quickly becoming a new fav of mine. It's just not really a color that works into any of my current army color schemes. But I have a bunch of genestealers still waiting for paint and I want to play with that sandy colors more.
See what you mean about the difficult or splotchy finish. Have you considered picking up a fine detail airbrush? Or would that make the finish worse? Been considering getting one myself for doing some weathering on my Gundams.
An airbrush is on my list of 'eventual-things-to-purchase-whenever-we-move'. That way I can have a spray booth set up all the time and not have to worry about ventilation. But from my understanding Contrast paint can be run through an airbrush for a smoother finish. I just haven't tried it myself.
@@HobbyNight Well I'll let you know if I get there first. 😉
Snakebite Leather is my favorite.
It's a great one!
Awesome video! Thanks so much, this was really helpful for me as I’m just starting to experiment with Contrast paints.
You are so welcome!
I put guilliman flesh on top of silver metallic paint and it gives a really satisfying bronze (i use this for my szerakhan necrons)
I will have to try that!
Gulliman flesh works really well on retributor gold as well. Volpus pink out of an airbrush is also awesome
Oh I will have to try that over gold. I normally go for Baslicanum Grey over gold to age it but I like the idea of the Guillman flesh as a shade instead too.
oooooo ill have to try that out if I ever decide to start AoS and build a stormcast army
Your content turned me into a major fan of contrast paints
Yes!!! Haha, that's awesome! It is my goal to convert more people to using contrast paint! I just think it is so useful! 💜
Same ! I began use them more frequently since I follow this channel.
Also should mention that ALL those Contrast paints need to be shaken to death to get them properly working, lol! Most of them do separate after a while, so you really, really, REALLY need to shake them. Every now and then I heard a "rattle" when you were picking up the pots, and I suddenly remembered that one can buy mini ball bearings for small paint pots! I need to get some now! :)
Yes, absolutely, make sure to always mix your paints.
That rattle you are hearing are those Army Painter mixing balls. I put one in almost every pot of paint I have, Contrast or otherwise. You could totally use mini ball bearings for the same purpose! : )
Off-topic question: where did you get your paint/bases/tools/brush organizers from?
www.hobbyzone.pl/en/12-modular-workshop-system/
Skeleton Horde is my fav Contrast. Will probably never paint bone without it and it works great for parchment or scrolls!
Same!
Awesome video! Just found your channel, can’t wait to explore.
Have fun!!!
FINE you've convinced me to try contrast paints. Got some Poxwalkers I could test them out on 🤔
Poxwalkers are an excellent unit to experiment with Contrast paint on! Have fun and let me know what you think!! 😊💜
Black Templar is fucking amazing, I kinda use it as a wash, it has a nice blue tone, and normal GW washes tend to get too shiny for my taste
It makes for a great wash!
Isn’t it Iyanden yellow? As in The Iyanden Craftworld? I’m sure I’ve read it in books and on the paint pot itself? There’s an N in it .
there is yeah
VaguelyUseful just sayin’ lolz 😂
@@U2QuoZepplin i felt going deeper into answering it wouldnt live up to my name sake.
That part bothered me more than it should have had.
This gives me some good ideas for paints to pick up over time. citadel paints are expensive. I have been using just cheap dollar store paint thinned out. XD Aside from the metallics (used leadbelcher and runelord brass on my Daughters of Khaine), because I wanted really specific metal colours. I am slightly shocked that Magos was only honorable mention, but, then... its hard to think of what it would replace. Because everything else is kinda... yeah.
Awesome! I am glad, that's exactly why I made this video.
Lol yea, you nailed it. Magos Purple was an honorable mention mostly because while I love it, I actually don't use it super often and therefor had a hard time justifying putting in on the list. It's a great color with some decent flexibility to how it can be manipulated but a lot of the other colors on the list are just that much more useful and make the overall painting process a lot quicker and easier for me which means I paint more. And that's my end goal; to paint more minis!
@@HobbyNight lol Paint all the things! No, I totally see it. Like, yeah, but also with the primaries you could just... Make, a purple right quick? So like... Eh?
I'm surprised how good the yellow was for imperial fists . Useful video 👍. I use a mix of contrast and normal paints. I find contrast are better for leather ,fabric and skin
Glad it was helpful!
I've never used contrast paint. Only got back into the painting last year. In fact most of my paint had been sitting in the cupboard for ten years and I'm working through them. Also I favour the Vallejo stuff these days. Just in case anyone actually cared lol
Vallejo makes great paint! Super smooth in my limited experience with them. 😊
Basilicanum grey is like, someone took the monetary note of an angel descending from heaven and bottled it with a medium.
Yes
i really do recommend trying flesh tearers over a gold primer its fantastic!
This along with all your videos was very helpful. You can tell you have a very advanced understanding of colors. I have tried contrast paints a few times and have not had too much luck. I would love to see a video with tips for using contrast paints. For example, do you use multiple coats, do you put washes with them.
That is a topic I was thinking about for my next video similar to this one. I am glad to see there would in interest in that kind of thing!
It depends on the effect and color tone I am trying to get out of whatever color I am using to determine whether or not I use multiple coats of paint or not. Typically, for darker colors such as Black Templar I do not, where as for some of the more transparent colors like Magos Purple, I do. And absolutely yes, I definitely use washes and shades over top my contrast paint. I also dry brush and highlight Contrast paint with Base, Layers, and Dry paints. I am actually a huge fan of mixing and matching painting techniques and paint types.
Nice video, I use contrast paint primarily for glazes but I've been meaning to try them out proper on some minis so this was an interesting guide!
I too enjoy using them as a glaze. They can be applied at a bunch of different stages during the painting process! It’s partially why I love them so 💜💜💜
I have a lot of trouble deciding between flesh tearers and blood angels red. I like the tone and depth of the flesh tearers one better but I've found that blood angels to be more flexible because it is easier to change it's tone with different shade paints and primers specially because I'm trying to follow your zenthial method for my blood angels.
I also like basilicanum grey better than black templar surprisingly but maybe that was because I had very high hopes for it and for me 1 layer didn't seem to cut it while 2 were too much so I hope I have more luck using basilicanum grey like on your genestealer video to get a colder/greyish black.
I really don't like edge highlights and prefer to do shade washes so contrast are very interesting to me specially now that I've got the medium and your contrast tutorials are awesome. I couldn't find you on Facebook btw
A lot of the 'lighter' tones in the Contrast line I find to be more flexible than their darker counter parts. Which I think makes sense. For me I just adore that cherry red of Fleshtearers over the more tomato red of Blood Angels.
Baslicanum is just so much more forgiving than Black Templar.
Same! That's partially why I gravitated towards Contrast Paint to being with. It can accomplish two steps in one, basing and highlighting. Oh strange! Well I can help with that. Here is the link to our facebook page: facebook.com/HobbyNight
@@HobbyNight Thanks a lot! I've liked it and now I can share it. Idk why I only got hashtag results when I searched it XD.
Both reds have really great tones and they apply themselves better than most reds I've seen.
I have a really hard time deciding my favourite one, but currently I lean to Blood Angels because I can apply it on different parts of the model with various shades for different effects but Flesh Tearers red keeps calling me.
Great! Thank you very much for the follow! I have no idea why it was doing that, but thanks for letting me know that happened. : )
A useful video for me. I tried Cygor Brown that without thinning was too dark for me to get a good result but my second purchase was Skeleton Horde. I can confirm it produces a lovely layer of grime over iron coloured metallics. I haven't tried the other paints yet but I may experiment with Contrast paints in the future.
There are a number of Contrast colors that are really dark out straight out of the pot, and even though I actually haven't used Cygor Brown (that I can remember) it sounds like it's one of them based off some other people's comments as well.
I definitely think they are worth experimenting with! 💜💜💜
Oooh I m so happy someone else says this color speaks or sings to me ... I not the only one hearing voices 😂😉 .... try mixing colors Carmina burana in Dolby Surround 😜
So Im off plunder my local GW store. And for GW support this vid pls!
There are so many Contrast colors that sing to me, it's quite the chorus in my head! 💜💜💜
@@HobbyNight :D :D
I need know something more about contrast paints... great video.
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Thanks! 💜💜💜
Nice video! Thank you very much. Games workshop should pay for it, because i’m going to buy these inks only after watched your video. : ) (sorry for my bad english kkk)
Great vid. Very useful
Thank you!
Snakebite Leather. I just used for any leather I have
It's a great color!
Useful video, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I really loved your list. I would have had Blood Angels Red in there, but not as experienced with Fleshtearers but I'll try it now.
Blood Angels Red is also great. I just prefer the deeper cherry color of Fleshtearers.
What's your thoughts on aethermatic blue? I've used it so much for power weapons with a metallic base
I haven't had a chance to play with it much but I love the color of it in the pot!
I have heard a number of people say it works well over a metallic base though and I love the idea of that...Hmmmm, I've been wanting to revisit the Syphranx, maybe that would be a good mini for a combo like that.
Very nice Video.
Thanks!
The Ultramarine Blue is darker then their macragg blue (more purple tones).
I run UMs. Have 2nd company in UM contrasts and first company in macragg blue
Which do you prefer?
Where did you get those cool hobby storage compartments?
Here: www.hobbyzone.pl/
Due to Brexit they're not sending orders to UK. Gotta love my country and their small mindedness!
I like these, but wish GW would bring back the OG Foundation Paints, they were amazing
I miss Chainmail. It was such a good silver color.
@@HobbyNight Tell me about it, I try and dabble in Vallejo True Metals, they're pretty deece. I miss Mechrite Red, i still covet an old pot of it on my workbench lol
Great video, thanks for sharing. Can you tell me who makes your excellent looking organisers with paint stands etc? Thank, keep up the great work.
Those are from HobbyZone you can find them here: www.hobbyzone.pl/en/
Apothecary White: "you can mix it.."
That's good, because you have to if you want to use it. :^)
Great video for someone who is just now venturing into Contrast Paints like myself. You briefly mentioned primers in the video -- but do you mainly recommend using the contrast primers (wraithbone/grey seer) if you're going to be painting using contrast paints? If so, when would you use wraithbone versus grey seer?
Yellow isn't hard to paint at all... at least not with their older colors. Just use Bronzed Flesh and keep glazing it with Yellow Glaze till it give you a nice crisp yellow
Guilliman flesh looks amazing as a wash for golds
Oooooo I bet it does! I will have to try that. 👏
my favorite is defenitly fleshtearers red it is the main paint i use for my blades of khorne army
It's such a good color 💜
Volupus pink is what I use on purity seals and for pink horrors and aggros dunes for bags and fur on beastmen should be looked at more
Both great colors and great uses for them too!
@@HobbyNight I used iyanden yellow for the first time they other day to paint flames and I was totally impressed and it’s now my go to for anything with fire
Oh nice! It's a brilliant color, super vibrant so i can see how it would work well for fire. : )
@@HobbyNight your videos started showing up for me so I subbed...keep up the good work...I used to play death guard but painted them all in 30k colors
No gryph hound gray?
What's your least favourite contrast paint?
That is an extremely hard question. I don't know if I actually have one. But I want to give an answer so....Ultramarine Blue is a color I own but almost never use because I find there are alternatives that I prefer more so I am going to throw it under the bus here.
@@HobbyNight I try to use that super light blue and I'm continually disappointed