I honestly love the dirty, dark look that this finish gives, never understood warhammer models being all bright and polished as if these guys don't fight for their lifes almost every day of their life lol.
My Grey Knights are the elite of the elite even amongst the god emperor's angels. Of course they have perfectly immaculate designs. My main squads are "paladins" and "purifiers", of course every piece of banner and purity seal is white as snow lol! I know it's unrealistic but fuck it it looks cool.
I've found that you can get the exact same effect as all grime paints/bottles with just black paint and another dark colour like brown or green and a generous amount of water
That only solves one part of the equation which is color shading. Surface finish variation is the other half which cannot ve achieved with acrylics alone.
On the first model I've done in about 3 years i was really messing up the intricate details so I decided to go with a more war torn look so I used a lot of shade and mud texture, the model looked awesome after
It was pallid wych flesh, basically a light grey. Then I added a wash of soul blight grey before applying the enamel wash. After the enamel wash, I added a tiny highlight of pallid wych flesh again.
Do you find that the original layer that dries comes off with the next batch of wash / removal? I’m a big fan of grimdark style but feel like mixing the types of grime tends to just wash together to get a combo of both colors. Great video btw
Thanks! I find once the first layer is dry, it's a lot harder to remove than the new wet wash, so if you work quickly, it works quite well. I imagine it could be quite different depending on which paint you use as well as the strength of the removal solvents
Honestly, I nearly never varnish my miniatures before adding enamels. While controversial, In my experience, it only scrapes off a tiny bit of paint in the worst-case scenario, revealing a white undercoat that I can easily fix. However, if you want to avoid the risk Vallejo satin or matte varnish is great
You really don't need to varnish. I've been doing this for ages and as long as the acrylic is dry underneath the white spirit won't remove it. In fact the Varnish will make it more difficult for the acrylic to be stained by the enamal/oil paints. The best time to varnish is maybe when you like the way you're paint job is looking but you want to add another layer of oil or enamal on top. Like say you like the dark gritty look for your armour but you wanna add a rust layer
I love all the cotton threads on the "finished" model. Id look into Newsh, it would probably give a better finish for a very similar process, while not also poisoning you
Whoa, bro..! Poor technique, way too heavy with the SnG and too much taken off, used a cotton tipped bud to make sure you left lots of fibres on the model and no highlights ..!!?? The model looks like it fell in the dirty varnish tin and you tried to save it. Using spirits to wipe the model down AFTER the SnG has had time to dry..!?? What the hell brah, that will take the base coat off too.. oh and you also can’t paint over oil based products, without it being another oil based product. Did someone you hurt try and teach you how to paint..? don’t listen to them, they are giving you very bad advice.
"Enamel paints These paints are oil-based and contain solvents like acetone and methyl ethyl ketone. They are durable and often used for exterior walls of houses or repairing chipped paint on models. Enamel paints are toxic and require a toxic enamel thinner for cleaning."
Yeah and it looks as bad as low effort it is. You can get way better results with techniques that might take a little longer but in the end your model doesn't look like you just threw it in the mud then plucked it out screaming "behold! Grim dark!"
Low effort, low talent, low imagination. TH-cam is just an echo chamber of grifters nowadays. Barely any youtubers do anything creative these days or anything that adds value. It's either garbage like this or cringe or drama. Everyone just copies each others shit content and churns out crap to "beat the algorithm". I feel like Grimdark is like a dirty word nowadays.
No offence mate, you seem like a nice guy. But you should probably master a technique before teaching it to others. I think theres a lot more to grimdark painting than just streaking grime, but you can still get better results than this. If you use a lot less spirits and remove it in a much more controlled way you get a much nicer and more visually interesting effect. Hope this helps in some way
I honestly love the dirty, dark look that this finish gives, never understood warhammer models being all bright and polished as if these guys don't fight for their lifes almost every day of their life lol.
My Grey Knights are the elite of the elite even amongst the god emperor's angels. Of course they have perfectly immaculate designs. My main squads are "paladins" and "purifiers", of course every piece of banner and purity seal is white as snow lol!
I know it's unrealistic but fuck it it looks cool.
Nice Mob Psycho music
MOB PSYCHO MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
I've found that you can get the exact same effect as all grime paints/bottles with just black paint and another dark colour like brown or green and a generous amount of water
Yeah that’s what I used for mine. Just water the black down and you get that grimy look.
That only solves one part of the equation which is color shading. Surface finish variation is the other half which cannot ve achieved with acrylics alone.
Me, reading the title: "What's a gridmark?"
Me, after clicking the short: "oh, grimdark, that makes sense"
I might be dyslexic
On the first model I've done in about 3 years i was really messing up the intricate details so I decided to go with a more war torn look so I used a lot of shade and mud texture, the model looked awesome after
Do you recommend varnishing the mini first?
I use disposable eye shadow aplicators instead of a q-tips so I dont get the cotten threads on my mini 😁
What inquisitor is that. I've never seen it before. Looks badass
Very nice result! What colour did you use for the skin?
It was pallid wych flesh, basically a light grey. Then I added a wash of soul blight grey before applying the enamel wash. After the enamel wash, I added a tiny highlight of pallid wych flesh again.
@@Themodelman thank you very much! Great result 👏
So instead of highlights and shadows, you just basecoat and toss it in mud?
Recently started using AK products and i have to say i absolutely love them.
They are definitely my favourite I've used so far
What's that model? He's epic!
Wait you already have the wh+ mini?
If you pay for the whole year you can get it early
@Themodelman I did, I just didn't realize you had to actually go back to the site and order it lol
Do you find that the original layer that dries comes off with the next batch of wash / removal? I’m a big fan of grimdark style but feel like mixing the types of grime tends to just wash together to get a combo of both colors. Great video btw
Thanks! I find once the first layer is dry, it's a lot harder to remove than the new wet wash, so if you work quickly, it works quite well. I imagine it could be quite different depending on which paint you use as well as the strength of the removal solvents
Did you varnish the model before applying the streaking grime, if so what did you use?
Honestly, I nearly never varnish my miniatures before adding enamels. While controversial, In my experience, it only scrapes off a tiny bit of paint in the worst-case scenario, revealing a white undercoat that I can easily fix. However, if you want to avoid the risk Vallejo satin or matte varnish is great
You really don't need to varnish. I've been doing this for ages and as long as the acrylic is dry underneath the white spirit won't remove it. In fact the Varnish will make it more difficult for the acrylic to be stained by the enamal/oil paints.
The best time to varnish is maybe when you like the way you're paint job is looking but you want to add another layer of oil or enamal on top. Like say you like the dark gritty look for your armour but you wanna add a rust layer
What is "Spirits"?
If you listen, Some sort of alcohol. Kinda like when you use mineral spirits to thin/remove oil paint
@@GodBlessCanada thanks for the help
I have a buddy named Gin...he's a good spirit. lol seriously he hates that joke lol
It's a type of mineral spirit that thins the paint, the one I use is called Windsor and Newton's sansador
What model is that?
It's an inquisitor from this year's Warhammer+ mini
Just use newsh by monument hobbies and do the same thing without all the hassle
Like painting in grim dark too ❤
MOB PSYCHO DETECTED
That inquisitior is like a sevator
What is that model mate?
Inquisitor from Warhammer+ of this year or something
Hell yea!
I love all the cotton threads on the "finished" model.
Id look into Newsh, it would probably give a better finish for a very similar process, while not also poisoning you
Didn’t even leave any in the cape for shadow or grime lmao poor technique watch the grimdark boys or feral painter to see how it’s actually done
Whoa, bro..! Poor technique, way too heavy with the SnG and too much taken off, used a cotton tipped bud to make sure you left lots of fibres on the model and no highlights ..!!??
The model looks like it fell in the dirty varnish tin and you tried to save it.
Using spirits to wipe the model down AFTER the SnG has had time to dry..!?? What the hell brah, that will take the base coat off too.. oh and you also can’t paint over oil based products, without it being another oil based product.
Did someone you hurt try and teach you how to paint..? don’t listen to them, they are giving you very bad advice.
Step 1 cover him in poop step 2 more poop
"Enamel paints
These paints are oil-based and contain solvents like acetone and methyl ethyl ketone. They are durable and often used for exterior walls of houses or repairing chipped paint on models. Enamel paints are toxic and require a toxic enamel thinner for cleaning."
Nice
Another streaking grime 'tutorial'. Just what the Internet didn't need.
Yeah and it looks as bad as low effort it is. You can get way better results with techniques that might take a little longer but in the end your model doesn't look like you just threw it in the mud then plucked it out screaming "behold! Grim dark!"
Low effort, low talent, low imagination. TH-cam is just an echo chamber of grifters nowadays. Barely any youtubers do anything creative these days or anything that adds value. It's either garbage like this or cringe or drama. Everyone just copies each others shit content and churns out crap to "beat the algorithm". I feel like Grimdark is like a dirty word nowadays.
Only need 40k to paint your models...
No offence mate, you seem like a nice guy. But you should probably master a technique before teaching it to others. I think theres a lot more to grimdark painting than just streaking grime, but you can still get better results than this. If you use a lot less spirits and remove it in a much more controlled way you get a much nicer and more visually interesting effect.
Hope this helps in some way
This is lazy and doesnt even look that great
This technique damaged some of my base colours and I had to repair some paint. Be careful when you add spirits on your mini.
he probably stinks!