My Go To Paints for Miniatures
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ต.ค. 2022
- New to the hobby and the world of miniature paints? This video might be for you. I Go through my favourite paints, talking about why creating your own list of favourite paints is a great thing.
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The Paints:
Anthracite Gray - Scale 75
Morning Sky - Kimera
Kalahari Orange - Scale 75
Burnt Orange - Pro Acryl
Dunkelbraun - Warfront
African Shadow - Scale 75
Stone Gray - VMC
Magenta - Kimera
Mojave White - Scale 75
Livery Green - VGC
Yellow Green - Golden So Flat
Red Oxide
Yellow Oxide
Carroburg Crimson - Citadel
Moonray Flesh - Fantasy & Game
Tenere Yellow - Fantasy & Game
Payne's Gray - Golden So Flat
Purple Madder - W&N Artist Oils
Dark Mud - Scalecolour (Oil Wash)
White - Fantasy & Game
White Dust - GSW Liquid Pigment
Art White - Scale 75 Artist Acrylic
Black Templar - Contrast
Lamp Black - W&N Artist Oils
Black Smoke - MIG Pigments
Graphite - Scale 75
Silver - Vallejo Metal Color
Antique Gold - GSW Pure Metal Pigments
Dark Gray - Vallejo Hobby Paint Rattle Can
Black - Pro Acryl Primer - เกม
You like those first two paints so much, you coordinated your outfit to match them! Well done.
Glad I wasn't the only one to notice.
He matched the lighting, tabletop AND his outfit to match the paints. The attention to detail in his videos is unbelivable!
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This is a serious painting flannel.. I mean channel after all!
when I started, I just purchased GW. I hate those pots, then played with vallejo but we can never get them here. Now I moved on to scale75, pro acryl and kimera. I work on thinning them down and get better and better. I do have a little army painter, war paints that are for the airbrush as I don't want to mess up on the thinning... I know I need to look at some contrast, but I may wait for the xpress colours
18:30 Yellow and red Oxide are naturally matt and opaque, which makes them quite unique. Hobby brands loves to mix them into their paints for making them more opaque without using white/grey/black pigments which are also opaque. I think one of the reasons some paints have separation issues is because the iron pigments are heavier than most other pigments, so they sink to the bottom of the bottle. A great example of this phenomenon are the Liquitex ink versions of the pigments, which separate completely and very fast too. Luckily these can be easily shaking.
Absolutely!
You can't beat physics. And I say that because we keep trying to do that 😉😂
If a paint is to be as fluid as possible, the use of substances with different densities inevitably leads to settling.
The important thing is that the manufacturer has gone to a lot of trouble to disperse the pigments properly. Then the paint can also be shaken up without any problems. If this does not happen, a solid set can form, which you may then not be able to shake up completely again and the paint thus becomes unusable.
This behavior can often be observed with particularly viscous inks. Due to the low fludity, it naturally takes longer until settling occurs, but this does not prevent it completely. Here, some manufacturers seem to rely on the fact that the ink is used frequently enough and shaken up, so that this time does not occur.
I still remember, as a kid, trying to stir out the solid blob of pigment in my dads old humbrol paints. Quite the mission…
Love how your first three colors are also echoed in your flannel, desk and shirt and side light on your face!
Ahh a fellow enjoyer of Scale 75 paints ;) They can be annoying to deal with, you have to shake them till your arm falls off, but the payoff is usually great.
I really like how close to eachother many of your favourite paints are. It really shows a (deliberately) limited spectrum,showing off your style!
It's kind of a very special use, but I've found that Vallejo's Dark Rubber works great when drybrushed over black when trying to do a black leather. It gives that slightly brownish tint that just looks so good.
Thanks for this, I'll keep this in a corner of my mind for black leather!
One important thing to note about the oil colors: Get the Artist variant. NOT the "winton" brand. Both are by Windsor and Newton. The Artist line has finer pigments and is better suited for washes. It's a bit more expensive but you can bascially produce enough wash to last a lifetime from one tube anyway.
I can vouch for this. I previously bought a fair amount of Winton and brought it to an IRL oil painting workshop (ran by NJM). I directly compared using the same named paint and it's quite a comparable difference, you end up with worse textures and less coverage with Winton. Not so much a problem for super thin washing for anything more at all it's a problem
i did the mistake of buying the cheaper version and they separate easily and leave sort of a grainy finish when diluted with mineral spirits.
@@ecMonify Jup. That's my exact experience as well. Much nicer finish with the more expensive brand and well worth the money.
Quite true! Thanks for that
Love this video, you should do another one in 2024
And I think ninjon was inspired by vince's one now I think about it.
Also there's probably a stone grey equivalent in the ak interactive 3rd gen line, there are so so so many off whites and off greys. Most my favorite ones of those currently are from there. (3rd gen ak is basically a straight upgrade to model color, think model color but better and with none of the downsides).
I mean you've covered most of my favorite scalecolour paints. I'd add instant potion spectral wolf, something about it that I just love for uses that aren't what it's meant for.
Pretty much any ak interactive 3rd gen paint, rarely is a whole line such a pleasure to paint with, but some stand outs for me would be pastel violet, burnt red, british khaki, sahara yellow, warm grey, burnt red.
Scale color artist heavy body black is my favorite black. Tho I love the paints in general for painting base.
Kimera cold yellow and violet are great, violet I find very dark but a pleasure to mix.
I have essentially replaced all my GW and vallejo model colors with ak interactive and scale 75.
For gold/silver/etc paints:
Vallejo metal color aluminium, green stuff metallic pigments - gold, SC75 golds/metals (that I mix into vmc aluminium).
For other stuff I think it's only really just the following left: Scale 75 fluorescent paints, Green stuff world lime green fluorescent paint, Liquid pigments from GSW.
And that's it, surprising how much overlap we have, then again you are the reason I tried oil paints.
Thanks for the tips S
The thing I've been leaning on a lot lately are contrast style paints, but specifically the more transparent ones, the pigment being weaker or I guess not covering quite so totally has been a big help for me with glazing or heavy washing (lazily i guess). My favourite of the bunch is definitely citadel magos purple, it's not a very strong purple, and it kind of sucks to use by itself (the colour is like the stains on your fingers from eating too many blackberries, pinkish but still purple) but it's been a big help in shading flesh colour paint to a standard I can be happy with rather than just avoiding it whenever I can. Just also need a secondary dry (not drybrush) brush to wick up the paint when it gets a bit too excessive.
Thanks for sharing :)
Kicking off with desaturated blue green greys, I'm going to place my bets that rust oranges are going to be next...
Called it!
Ha ha! Love it
The Purple Madder was really the only surprise.
I'm new to mini painting, so honestly I've just been using apple barrel craft paint.
Welcome to the hobby Ethan!
@@52Miniatures Thank you!
I watched this expecting to come away with new paints to investigate but it turns out we have basically identical taste in paint brands haha. On my left is pro acryl, kimera, SC Artist and my oils. Behind me is SC, SC75 fantasy and games, a few very specific vallejo shades (including the Nocturna dead flesh, purple and red sets which are AMAZING for painting those things).
I use the same primers, the same metallics (though I also use AK true metal).
I think the only paints in this video I dont already have in my regular rotation are the golden so-flat. (Kind of put off by the toxicity of them. I don't want to worry about that when airbrushing or licking a brush subconsciously)
The main difference I did find watching this is I do love vibrant colours when I paint. I tend to use a mostly muted selection and then one vibrant colour on key details that leaps out at you.
Pro acryl coal black is possibly my favorite paint ever
I am an AK interactive fanboy! I really like the consistency and flow of their paints.
Livery Green/Yellow Green is also called Chartreuse and Vince Venturella recently did a good video about its uses.
Cool! I'll check it out. Thanks
I love Scale 75 Artist paints. For overlapping layers and blending they are hard to beat. Having some varnish on hand of various sheens is handy with these matte paints.
I also love Vallejo.
Vallejo Sun Yellow, Scale 75 Arbuckle Brown, Pro Acryl Transparent Purple
My favorite paints are Kimera: Black, White, Phthalo Green Blue Shade, Phthalo Blue Green Shade, Phthalo Blue Red Shade, Violet, Magenta, Red Oxide, Red, Orange, Warm Yellow, Cold Yellow, Yellow Oxide.
That is all. I use them for everything.
On the subject the finish of the paint, I often use a drop of AK ultra matte, instead of water/medium to dilute glossier paints. It really helps bring everything together when I'm using paints from different brands on the same piece.
Yes thats a good tip, thanks Kingsley
Ultra matt??is this a medium? Yes I am a newbie
@@steveisaak4320 AK Interactive Ultra Matte Varnish , it's an acrylic varnish, but it is about the same consistency as contrast medium and can be mixed into paint the same way as a medium. Other brands also would work, AK is just the one I have.
I have never tried any of the AK paints. I did not even know they had paints till a little while ago
There is something soothing about your videos, like having a nice chat with our best mate at the local pub. Thanks for the work you put into it!
Thanks 👍
African Shadow is a great undercoat for the Scalecolor Violet when you only let violet get opaque on the highlights. I get super rich purple that way.
your video presentation is top notch. and by this i mean your chosen palette of colours for objects in this video, ie: table top, scarf, jacket and lighting are - at least im my mind - very representative of every mini i have watched you paint. just my observation or mindless over analysis, lol.
Thanks BN :)
your vibe has always been one of the best on painting youtube. chill and constructive instead of clickbait and whinging about every new product a toy company puts out
Thank you very much Jade
Love anthracite grey. Use it for my Krieg
Fantastic video and thank you for sharing your thoughts and use cases :) you nailed it with your message that trying and finding the best paint for one's style is the way to go. Couldn't agree more
Great video. Gave me two or three paints to try and see how I like their flow, feel on the brush, etc. And I'll have to try that technique for eyes. I prefer to mix colours starting from a basic split palette, but when a brand has the exact perfect colour and/or consistency that I'll want to use again and again, it's so much more convenient to have it ready to go every time.
I really enjoy Molotow brand spray paint and personally the premium line has been by far the best spray primer I've used behind airbrushing
and the Urban Fine Art line is amazing for being a little indoor friendly as it's acrylic paint and you can get some interesting results with doing a zenital coat and then go in and blend the colours with a brush. I personally use NY Fat caps on my cans.
Thanks for the tip Talli!
I’m glad to hear that Pro Acryl has a nice smooth feel; a local shop has just started carrying that brand, and I haven’t had a chance to use it yet.
In general: contrast paints, I've been using them for something similar to slap chop since they came out and they massively improve my finished output. My two specific favorites are Druchii Violet (the older version, I'm on my fourth bottle) and leviathan purple which is really close to the OOP citadel midnight blue.
U good boy Mr Alex! 🥰🐶 my favrit paints is my vallejo paints. I have mainly them and scale 75c I’ve had lots gw paint in the past but don’t like the pots and prices, other than those things they pretty good, but coz vallejo are great prices and in good bottles and available locally they the best, scale 75 I had to order them all online so prices and availability weren’t as good as vallejo. The gw paints I do have is technical paints, I like the technical ones coz they are used straight from the bottle so the pots aren’t a bad thing, but the price is still very high, they do give good effect tho 🥰🐶 I excited to see what army painter come up with in the near future, and I even more excited to get some vallejo xpress paints when I can find them locally 🥰🐶🔥👌
I really enjoyed your perspective on this. I had watched Miniac and Ninjon's videos but I feel like you addressed a variety of topics, such as individual painting styles, that I just didn't pull from the other two videos. I also liked some of the cool colors that you use and would be intriguing to try as I typically gravitate towards the warmer spectrum.
Thank you Bill! I appreciate it.
OK. I don’t know why I haven’t thought of that, but when you talked at 28:00 about using black pigment powder because there should be a shadow under the model it blew my mind. Of COURSE that should be there. But…I haven’t seen anyone else say that and I’ve never thought about it. What a genius way to add more realism and depth in such an easy way. THANK YOU!!!
I like doing that, on "simpler" paint jobs. Beware of adding to much though.
Fascinating. Thank you for your insights. I have over 130 paints across four brands just so I have the colors for specific color schemes and recipes. I can't even imagine how much more paint I will have to buy to find my go to favorites. 😅
Keep an eye on new paints too. Everybody and their uncle seems to be launching a new paint range right now, Green Stuff World Metals, Vallejo Express and now TT combat on Kickstarter.
SoFlat Red Violet and Red Oxide are two of my favorites. I moved mainly to Liquitex Gouache and Golden SoFlat and High Flow because the nearest craft store is an hour away, vs 3 hours for a hobby store (and it's been really hit and miss w Amazon for hobby paint, especially regarding shipping). And the bonus is that my wife never minds when I'm putting a craft store order together, because she usually needs something from there too :-)
With the added bonos of very high quality paints :) Win win! :)
Love the video, I've watched both miniac and ninjons videos, and you showed a very different way on thinking about and using paints. Thanks for another relaxed train of thought, and just subtly saying paint to your strengths and not others.
Awesome, thank you!
That oil madder paint is literally the exact colour I've been hunting for from acrylics forever. If I have to go to oil paints to get it I'll do it!
I love the details, not only which are your favorites in hue, but also working characteristics of the mediums. Thank you!
Thanks Shane
Amazing video! My top paints are: Vallejo German Grey, Refractive Green, Japanese uniform WWII, and Deck Tan
Scale 75: Abyssal Blue, Red Leather, Artic Blue, Orange Leather, Dubai Brown, Black
Pro Acryl: Jade, Orange, Bright Neutral Grey, Titanium White, Bright Yellow Green
It's always good to know what are the paints, that someone you admire uses in everyday paint jobs. What he or she likes about them. Aaand, for someone who said "purple" so many times in this video (didn't count, but you say it a lot, and show it by mixing it on the camera), it's interesting, there is no purple paint, you showed us... Seems like you like to shade it, lighten it, darken it, mix it and see it in some other paints hues, but you don't really like any purple paint enough to consider it a part of this "favorite set". Still love the style of your videos! Great work and thank you.
Thank you Marcin. And you're right. I almost never paint things purple, but I put a lot of purple into other paints.
the aesthetics in your videos are awesome.
Glad you like them!
This was a lovely selection of tasteful paints - a lot of food for thought re matching one's goals with one's paint choice (as long as one...currently realises what one's painting goals are/those don't change into something completely different as one paints more and tries more paints) - also the wholesome love between you and your 3D printer was a heart warming sight, I hope it realises how lucky a 3D printer it is - they can be somewhat fickle and stand offish
Hah! aye, the printer seemed happy enough. I'm glad you enjoyed the video Jamie, thank you.
I mostly use Vallejo and Citadel since that's what I have the most access to. Some of my favorites to use are Neutral Grey and Iraqi Sand from Model Color, Sombre Grey, Dead Flesh, Ghost Grey, and Vomit from Game Color, and Seraphim Sepia and Nilakh Oxide from Citadel.
Hey man, I appreciate your content. I've found your enclave yesterday and checked out a few videos and I'm a fan of your different (slow methodical, live, ramble) delivery. It comes across as very real without cutting out the quality and for that I think you are very talented. Excited to check out more of your vids moving forward. (Also a fan of the types of jokes you insert - the ones where they are designed for your entertainment with a dry undertone - makes me chuckle.)
Thank you Alex, I appreciate the sincere comment. Welcome to the channel :)
P3 Coal Black. P3 as a range is hit-or-miss, but Coal Black is amazing.
Thanks for the tip J
I want someone to hug me the way you hug your 3D printer - a truly tender moment.
Ha ha! Yeah :)
For me it's Scale 75 and Pro Acryl and some other brands colors here and there.
Lately, I've been using liquitex acrylic gouaches for a LOT of my painting, rather than "proper" mini paints. I just really like the consistency -- they're super matte, mix well, and have the right amount of transparency for me straight from the bottle. I'm not a pro by any stretch, but I've found these great for mixing (both together to make new colors and into the usual vallejo / army painter / city-dell to amp saturation or add tinge).
Yes, I've heard nice things! Thanks D.
'dunkel' simply means dark in german. great video as always, like your content a lot. keep up the great work 😁👍🏼
That look of love on your face for the 3D printer kind of scared me, yet made me want to watch even more. Lol😅👍
I really like your choice of colors. I too like the more subdued colors. I'm enjoying learning about how to get desired effects with acrylics. I've used Humbrol for most of my life and love them. But these new acrylics are just incredible.
Edit: that last bit of advice about what works for you is the best advice. Painting miniatures is personal for most of us. And commission painters still put their style and personality into the job. 👍
Great to hear you are experimenting with new paints. Maybe once you get to know them everyone starts with enamels again.
my favourtie brand is @TheArmyPainter, due to it be cost effective and sure 4 yrs ago it was tough to use but like any new tool in your bag ya need to practice and use it more and more to learn and understand how it works , now with AP now taking over my paint shelf GW has been left in the dark only to be replaced by Vallejo as I found a local store here who sells Vallejo for a buck less then AP , so I now have a new tool to learn and master .
Very interesting that you talked about the texture of the different paints. I've been noticing a lot how much of a difference that makes to your next paint layer and I haven't heard anyone else talk about that. Particularly since I started with contrast and speedpaints for base layers, the primer finish is everything.
Yeah, the texture is a big thing. Smother paint takes glazes, washes and contrast paints differently than matte paint. But matte paint is a lot easier (in my opinion) to use when painting fine detail with regular opaque paint.
Hey Alex, your fashion is on point dude. What's the brand of that flannel?
On topic now. I got the scale 75 mystic line. Still waiting on customs to get em in. I'll let you know how they are.
Looks like Patagonia Men's Insulated Organic Cotton Midweight Fjord Flannel Shirt.
Yeah thought it looked like a pat. Def makes a good combo with that orange scarf.
wonderful video again. I find it very very hard to choose a favourite paint, but recently I bought some Abteilung 52 tubes (The acrylics) and they are amazing.
what an in depth and comprehensive video... wow, im impressed my dude... I have spend a few years in the hobby, and I started with Vallejo, it was the only brand available to me at the time but its a good brand, they make solid paint. Then i got sucked into the hobby and now have amassed a huge collection of paint ranging from GW to to Pro Acryl to inks and washes, oils... ive struggled with scale 75, but they take some getting used to, same with Kimera. I love the pigments though and how rich the colors are.. thanks for sharing the video... very nicely done!
Thanks C, I appreciate it.
@@52Miniatures for sure
Lamp black takes awhile to dry. Mars black will dry much quicker due to the iron oxide pigment. Just fyi. Love your work!
Interesting video. Sharing your thoughts and preferences without pushing any particular brand. Helpful information without ulterior motives. Thanks again Alex 💕
Thank you Tog!
I watched, Ninjon's, Vince Venturella, and others speaking to this about what paints they use. And yours is the first one where you shared what YOU personally choose and it was great that you said it is important for painters to identify their own personal style and preferences. My color palette of choice is much like yours, I like dark grittier sci fi feeling in my work, so I use a lot of payne's grey, teals, oranges and metallics. But I do add more blues and greens into my arsenal. I think I will be needing to check out the Golden So Flats because it seems they provide the greatest utility in mixing and still utilizing pigments other paints are compatible with. Again I appreciate your video and the presentation was well done. Maybe in the future I'll do a "My paint choices" video and hopefully add to the library for other artists to enjoy. And hopefully I can help someone on their journey as you have helped us.
I very much like the SoFlatt paints. As with all singel pigment paints they require "more work" or at least a little knowledge. Recently I've been mixing my own grey from SoFlats and I'm considering bottling some mixes... in the end this kind of comes full circle with pre mixed paints.. but I don't know.. I just like them :)
Excellent video sir. Thank you.
Thanks Brian!
I tend to stick to AK and Vallejo paints, mainly because of the fact that things like Kihmera, Pro Acryl, and those are too expensive to build a collection of. But here are some paints I use in almost every project and how I use them.
Tamiya enamel panel liners (usually the darker colors) very useful and just a neat trick to get perfect panel lines without too much effort.
Vallejo Model Color: Black (just a nice covering black), Chocolate Brown and Cavalry Brown (great start for any leather), Dark Sand (useful for most highlights and mixing with other paints), Refractive Green 70.890 (perfect as a military green or as a dark green in general).
Panzer Aces: Highlight Flesh. Whenever my sci-fi soldiers have their hands or face showing I cover it in this and the use Speedpaint Crusader Skin, this gives me all the highlights I need withouth having to put them in afterwards.
AK Interactive: Ice Yellow (works with any color you want brighter and is a nice off-white), Basalt Grey & German Field Grey (perfect darker grey that isn't just the regular flat dark grey. One is looks like basalt and the other is a bit brownish - is nice with options), Buff (amazing dark warm creme with a hint of bone in it), Pale Sand (similar use to Ice Yellow but warm instead of cold), and best of all Frog Green (is nice as is, on reptiles, or thinned down and put on top of a lamp/eye lens painted white to give a nice glowing green).
SpeedPaints: Crusader Skin (because it's easy and I'm lazy and my minis usually don't have enough skin for me to bother with other colors).
Lastly, Citadel: Old Nuln Oil and Old Agrax Earthshade. Mephiston Red (is a nice red, not too dark not too bright, will change to a Vallejo when it runs out)
Thank you for all the tips S, I appreciate it.
In no particular order when it comes to how much I like the, but very much based on how often I use them.
- Signal Black (Molotow) as my preferred primer through the airbrush; has a slight brown bias, which is very useful for painting warm color
- An artist white ink (any brand will do, but have been using Royal Talens Amsterdam lately)
- Rhinox Hide (Citadel); unique dark brown with a purple undertone
- Metal Color Steel (basically any silver from Vallejo’s Metal Color range is great)
- Burnt Umber (PBr7) oil paint for making washes (any artist grade will do)
- AK’s 3rd gen Black; best black for brush painting so far; Kimera black is darker and might overtake it
- Brown ink OOP (Citadel); best looking wood color I have come across
- Sombre Grey (Vallejo Game Color); great rather unique grey with a violet undertone
after more testing and comparing
- Chestnut Ink OOP (Citadel); really like orange-brown hues in general; Vallejo Skin Wash ink is also great
- Kimera’s The Red and Magenta
- Inktense Wood (Scale75); for painting a more yellowish wood
- Black ink (Vallejo); preferred for airbrushing because of it satin instead of glossy finish of other inks; usually mixed into other paints
- Earth (Vallejo Game Color); great for painting weathered bone, glazed over a zenthinal undercoat
- Ice Yellow (AK’s 3rd gen); great universal highlight color
- Agrax Earthshade (Citadel); mainly used for bases; also loving (a thinned down) Wildwood
- Using Liquitex artist ink and Citadel Contrast paints a lot; almost all of them are good
Pretty different from your selection Alex. Your love for matt finishes clearly shines through. So does mine for a more satin finish. That being said, I do mix in ultra matt varnish quite often and I try to get a something in between a matt and a satin finish.
Thank you 🙏 Ive been hearing good things about Golden “Matte Medium” to matten down paints.
I appreciate the video and very good explanation of your choices for miniature paints. It was a fantastic watch, I put some paint on my bane blade, and you also made me reaffirm my decision to not go in on more specialist paints, they definitely have their own applications and uses. I'll definitely keep my eyes out for some of your recommendations next time I'm up to get some more paints to round out my collection. Especially the magenta paint, I've seen that one come up a couple times.
Thank you R, I appreciate it.
when it comes to thinning paints down, Instar's water+ is a magic tool
What a great vid, again!
Very revealing of the Alex painting style by what's not in there, very individual, very subjective, and the clear and very worthwhile message comes through perfectly. That our paint is absolutely a subjective, situational, one size does not fit many folks at all matter.
My own favourites are actually inks, vivid artist inks bursting with hue and pigment.
Even more revealing would be that my favourite paint isn't those either, it's matte medium, I use it more even than ink or oils, at the moment it's Golden's, but for years it was vallejo with a touch of AK ultra matt varnish when required.
There! Controversial! 🍺
Thank you Phil, I'll have to give that golden matte medium a go. Next time I order something from the art store I'll see to that :)
that dark pigment on the base, below the mini is a great tip!!
Thanks :) Fast and simple.
Jo Sonja's makes a purple madder acrylic.
Must admit I've never heard of the brand. But thanks.
"I have kind of a problem with green, well...", says the man ironically wearing a greeny blue flannel, backed in shadows of similar tone ;) and furthermore films his video on and behind a beautiful orange wooden tabletop resembling the third color of the favorites list.
Hmmmm...I wonder where the magicks of his personal painting styles and choices for his passion diverge from real-life choices?
Regardless, it's all pretty darn neat...warm (despite the 'bluiness') and well, kinda cozy. It's one of the reasons I follow...just one and not primary, but as a part of a great whole that is always engaging, entertaining and informative.
Once again, well made and well met.
Cheers!
Thank you Ard, I appreciate it. I guess I try and surround myself with pleasant things, like teal and orange :)
Your palette is brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Anthony!
Recently trialed some Scalecolor Artist colours at a local event and was pleasantly surprised by the coverage, application and flow (the brushes were in a poor state - almost completely destroyed) and an ever so slightly slower dry time which made the absence of a wet palette less of an issue. A prince amongst paints, will definitely start cycling go-to colours from their range into my collection.
100% going to try that liquid white pigment next time I am in the market to buy paint. Love my drybrush undercoat.
I personally really love to use red and black leather from Scale 75.
Yeah, Black Leather is great!
Great video, mate. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
33:23 COOONNN-TRRRAAST _Paint (???)_ Sorry, I don't know what you're saying;-)
(Great Vid, 52M)
Great video! I love your painting style. I find it inspiring. I think I will invest in some Scale 75 paints.
I feel like you’ve done something to your audio, and I really like it 👌🏻
GW: Khorne Red
VMC: Dark Sea Blue, Black
Army Painter: Gorgon Hide
AK 3rd Gen: White
Vallejo Metal Color: Gunmetal Grey
Great video Alex! We have many of the same favorites. I love Scale75 Black Forest and Iroko and find a way to work Abyssal Blue into everything almost (if only the rim of the bases). Also use ProAcryl Mahogany for most of my leathers, its such a great brown (Rhinox Hide is great too). Thanks for the continual great content.
Abyssal Blue is the pale sand of shadows.
Thanks Sean! Aye, the Abyssal blue is sort of like a Paynes Grey (Paynes grey will vary from brand to brand)
A lovely insight as to what you lean towards for your colours, and as you pointed out a lot more on the muted side on the tones, which is both interesting and understandable in equal measure, given the aesthetics you've gone for in your videos. Equally, a comfortable spread of manufacturers, nice to see you're happy to try out more than a singular company, even if one or two are more appreciated than others :)
Personally, I lean towards Vallejo, AK Interactive and Citadel paints are what I go to for my own projects. This is just preference though, and thanks to yourself I've been looking at other methods for painting minis and other companies, although I am not confident enough to give oil paints a shot yet I must admit.
I have a terrible idea for a project that will be fun to test down the line, but regardless thank you for another great video, keep up the excellent work :)
Thanks J, I appreciate it. Somewhere I hope I can make another video like this in two years and the palette is different :)
If you have the Kimera expansion set, theoretically you can mix a matching Purple Madder paint with Purple (PV 19) and Royal Brown (PBR 25), which according to W&N is what they put in there.
Whether you can capture the feeling of that color, I'm not sure. I don't have the expansion set unfortunately but when I get one I'll give it a go :)
I do and interesting suggestion. Although PV19 has a very wide range of hue's from a cold red, to magenta, to purple.
I've not got my hands on the Kimera expansion. After getting a load of Soft paints I feel kind of satisfied... for the moment...
I came over from @Mark from Montana making the community aware of your channel so I gave you a sub and will be looking through your channel as I'm just getting into 3D printing and miniatures are something I'm very interested in. 🙂Thomas over at The Model Hobbyist
I'm glad Mark shared some love and welcome to my channel. I hope you enjoy the videos.
So far, being a new painter, I’m mainly using Citadel paints for virtually everything as a lot of tutorials use those paints. i want to get Duncan Rhode’s Two Thin Coats paints. I think part of this is getting some of the colours close to the box art I see on many miniatures. But when it comes to the Ravaged Star Veil Touched (due in March ‘23), there’s no basis for any colour so will have to actually use my imagination a bit. 😊 I am interested in using Oil washes though.
Oil washes are a lot of fun, interesting and rather practical. It's just a different mind set and some practice.
Nice one.
I chuckled a little, cause many of my go to paints are the same as yours. I'd say about 70%. Same goes for paint brands. I am finding myself using more and more the SoFlat paints, for pretty much everything. I am using them to mix my own contrast-like paints as foundation layers, then mix them to use them as layer paints, glazes and even tints, because they can be unbelievably well thinned down and flow really nicely off the brush in any state, even straight out of the pot.
Sounds great Ralph 👍
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Thanks for sharing your journey
Thank you Mark
Red and yellow oxide are like peanut butter and jelly
Two things before I even finish watching the video. First, that was the first ad I watched from beginning to end, can't really explain why but it was nice from you. Secondly, that red oil paint is pretty similar to red wine from Ak 3rd gen acrylics, give it a try maybe? Cheers from Spain
Thank you Alejandro for the tip!
I haven't tried Scale 75 paints yet, but I'm a huge fan of AK-Interactive at the moment. I'm wanting to replace all of my Army Painter (and even some of my Vallejo) paints I've collected over the years because I just prefer the quality of AK-Interactive so much. I'll have to give Scale 75 a try.
I am fascinated by how you own many of the same paints as I do and yet you use them in very different ways. I have used Moonray Flesh for example but I rarely think to use it other than to highlight flesh. I think that while I own a great deal of paints (I've started to drift from Citadel to Scale 75 in recent years) I am using them in different ways. I quite often use paints straight from the bottle or transfer from paint to paint in very slight hops. You seem to know exactly what colour you wish to use and will mix wildly different paints to get the results you desire. I think I need to reflect not on which paints you use but how you use them.
Thanks T for sharing your thoughts
Anthracite Grey is just such a versatile colour... If anyone asked me what my most used paint is, that's it.
It made me chuckle that you also had it first.
It's a darn nice shade.
I love that tone. Really want to pick it up. I can only find “anthartic” grey which seems to be a much darker color. Scratching my head over this one!
Can I ask you to do a video about your lighting and camera setup? Your videos look excellent. I know, it's not miniatures related, but still... :)
Maybe one day W, we'll see. I've worked with cameras and lighting for a very long time. My gear is not really the reason why things look the way it does, rather the accumulated knowledge. It's difficult knowledge to share and would rather require it's own channel rather than just a video. And that's not on my to do list, yet.
I like an oil paint called Indian yellow. It looks like a yellow curry stain. It's made from the urine of cows that only eat mangos. No it doesn't smell funny.))
It looks bland out of the tube but when thinned its extremely vibrant and rich. It's completely transparent so it makes a great glaze.
Lovely stuff Gary!
For us Swedes, those red and yellow iron oxides, thats what we know as Falu rödfärg :-)
very true! Thanks Jon
You should try Polycolor the ones in glass jars. great paint very flat and for 10- busks you get a lot of paints compared to miniature paints. Try them and do a vid if you like them. The company is in Italy so Italian and Spanish painters use them a lot.
Thanks for the tip!
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Did those two miss an opportunity to say "What do you smell?" like a LOTR Urruk-hai
I loved the video, and I really Hope the Avalanche keeps rolling, I would especially like a video from Trovarion, Squidmar and Roman Lappat 😉
Ohh, and Richard Grey. 🥰
I like that the paint selection appears to be for specific purposes and your one exception of a colour.
I like also you have grouped say thick vs thin 2 paints that use the same pigment type, there is much utility in that.
You seem to lean toward a "Anders Zorn" limited palette which has that classic dark painting look.
I have expanded my paints to an unwise amount of variety.
I am trying to focus on the single pigment types, identify them and possibly identify the hobby paints that do not list the pigments.
You identified as well as a couple painters I follow that the "zinc" based white paints seems to preserve the colour (like red becoming lighter red not pink) so makes an excellent mixing paint to highlight / lighten very good for wet blending.
Thanks, your enthusiasm is appreciated and the detailed explanations.
Do that too, understanding the popular pigments and reverse engineering hobby paints to better understand what I can expect from them or what kind of properties they might have.
Thank you Brad. It's a "tricky" thing. In theory we would all benefit from reverse engineering and understanding the properties of different pigments. But such subjects are sometimes difficult to pass on.. the balance of information and entertainment on TH-cam is tricky... I hope mine was somewhere in-between :)
I notice in this video that your English sounds smoother and more comfortable. Your English was always excellent, but I wonder if making videos and watching them when you edit has enabled some practice.
Cool stuff.
The sweater disappearing through me.
I need to look into Scale75 paints. I haven't used them before
I really like the idea of print on demand even if I do have my own 3D-printer but it seems to be shipped from the UK which really sucks (for us outside the UK since they left EU). Anyways, great video, allways nice to get some colors inspiration :)
ordered a few scale 75 colors that looks interesting but have yet to crack them open; maybe today is the day!
Great stuff, good luck Benjamin.