I stand before my alter to the Lord of Model Painting. My hands tremble as I slowly dip the brush within the pot, the glory of the moment ahead nearly upon me. I put the paint upon the pallet, wash my brush and dilute the paint with water. As I raise the brush, now covered in the diluted paint, to the model, I speak the sacred words of my faith. "And our Lord of Model Painting, Duncan Rhodes, did say unto the masses, 'Remember to use two thin coats.'"
Great video! I love the format; you kept all the best parts from your Warhammer TV stint and made it distinctly your own. I also really enjoy seeing you playing with different blacks and showing the differences. You make it look very easy. For those of us mortals that screw up different stages, it'd be great(and very encouraging) to see you do a little series on how you catch and clean up mistakes as you're going along. My daughter gets kind of discouraged when she can't make it look just like a Lord Duncan model, so it would mean something if you showed that you, too, are not infallible and how you work through the process of fixing your mistakes.
Hi Brad. We have covered that in some video's and we will most certainly take your feedback on board. Tell your daughter to never feel discouraged and to keep practicing. We all make mistakes and they are easily fixed. Most of the time, just go back to the base colour and add it over. Add any shades carefully and then layer up if needed. Sometimes you can quickly remove the paint from your brush, add water to it then remove most of the paint that way with a simple dab of tissue then reapply paint if needed. Thank you for taking the time to comment too 😊
How the heck does a paint job like this get a single thumbs down let alone three? I guess that ole saying is true...haters gonna hate. Great job as always Duncan. Your talent never ceases to amaze.
*Sworn Brother is painted up with care and dedication, making him look great and really stand oit* *Dies to a Wildling arrow the next day, because this is ASOIAF*
I like the fact that you don't mix up the colors you need and actually use pre-made colors for everything. I'm not really good at doing that stuff and prefer to use colors straight out of the pot, even if it means buying a few more different hues.
These different blacks really work together. That has been a challenge of mine (especially doing a tactical squad or anything modern.) Thanks for sharing and please be safe!
This video followed a quick format for each color to see application, washing, and highlighting in less than 30 minutes total. Well done Duncan, we look forward to moar! I feel like you were able to cover a lot of information quickly and the format of the paints/brushes/dilution was much faster and clearer to see. Rotating between each painting area really quickly made the entire video easier to get through and much more enjoyable to watch from start to finish without unnecessary extras or breaks. Keep up the good work, looks amazing thus far.
Very well done Duncan! It is not easy to make a single black color scheme look interesting but you have certainly accomplished it. Thanks for sharing this.
This video is exactly what I needed at the right moment. I just bought a bunch of the Frostgrave Barbarians and wanted to do a dark/black theme for them and was struggling with concept. Thank you for the great content
This video had a lot of great ideas for color variations in it, thanks for posting, Duncan! I've always picked up good tips from your videos whether from Warhammer TV or this source--in fact, it wasn't until I started watching your videos that I finally began getting the idea of how to highlight my miniatures correctly at all. Thanks again, sir!
Another great tutorial, thanks Duncan! Painting black clothing can be tough so I appreciate the tips! I'd love to see your take on realistic black skin sometime. I've done a pretty ok job i think mixing my own paints to do so but I'd love to see someone with skill do it! I appreciate the vids, can't wait until the next one!
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
I'm actually about to start painting an unrelated mini in primarily black and was agonising about how to add some depth in colour. Some really helpful tips here Duncan - thank you!
This is a beautiful way to paint it black. A really good tutorial as well. A good talk through to let the viewer know why things are done. I will save this to watch when I need to paint it black....BUT you forgot the eyes. The mini is never finished without the eyes.
Hi Duncan! Your videos here and with GW have helped me loads in learning how to paint. I only just started painting minis last November, but I've been watching your work for ages. It's made the learning process a lot more manageable. I started a BA army in lockdown and would love to see how you'd really make a high-quality Blood Angel scheme for sergeants and characters, especially that really vibrant Sanguinius-blonde hair which many of them have in the art.
When will be Salamanders guide? 😲 Btw I love your work, you've taught me how to paint, Dunc 😉 Thank you. Just thank you for this beautiful adventure which is painting figures and wargaming😊
Thanks for the kind words, we really appreciate it. We actually ran a poll for our members over at the Academy (duncanrhodes.com) asking which Chapter to paint and Salamnders won! So we made a full tutorial on how to paint them 😊
I can't wait to have my starter set painted in a few weeks!!! I'm paying someone who does it for a living. Maybe some day I'll learn how, but I'm too impatient at the moment. Can't wait to get mine done, and then get my butt whooped in another game, lol. My first game was so awful, I didn't even get a hit on anyone with Ghost and he got killed so quickly.
Great video and great timing with the UK recently getting a good lot of NW starters restocked, I hope to get painting mine soon and your colour palette is perfect so thank you and keep showing us more ASOAIF miniatures please!
Why does this mini look so much like Harvey Keitel? Excellent technique and use of colour. The highlighting guide and use of contrast to deepen the blacks on the model were definitely worth the watch. Gotta be more bold when highlighting, even on shades of black. Also, never painted mousy blonde hair before. That'll be something interesting to add to the toolbox. Will we one day see a Kingsguard guide?
What's the closest Citadel colour for Necromancer Cloak? I'm guessing either Skavenblight Dinge or Eshin Grey? How is it in comparison? Lighter, darker, warmer...?
This model was a good call. Many have problems in painting a model with many dark tones. Often one either goes too much in a direction (dark, indistinguishable mess) or another (too many highlights and contrasts and the model does not feel "dark" anymore).
Great video I was wondering how to paint those ones because my mother -inlaw is buying the game and wants me to paint them for her so thanks loads on how to paint them.
Just finished my Sworn Brother, awesome tutorial! I had allot of fun! Thank you Duncan! Do you have a ringwraiths painting tutorial? I can't find any decent painting tutorials for those %D I find your tutorials easy to follow and I am always pleased with the result.
Dear Duncan. As a fellow Knightcoholic, i would ask you, how do you freehand so well the symbols from your bretonnians knights? I know, an old nation of men, but i do have a hundred knight sworn to the lady to paint!
I've found it's easier to make small lines as well and build up from them, if you want consistency I would suggest a pencil and make some thin lines to paint by :) If you feel it necessary, they sell Gundam Paint pens also... just saying...
Hey Duncan - do you know if GW has discontinued the Mechanicus Standard Grey spray primer? I love that stuff - but it seems like there are only 4 options now (corax, chaos + the 2 contrast paint primers)
I hope you have a partnership with gw/citadels because you do make a great ad for their products ! :) Love your channel, loved you back then, keep up the good work !
It's just practice and keeping your hands steady by bracing them together to help steady your painting hand, kinda like resting the bottom of the palms near the wrists together. A painting handle of some type also helps as you can get a better grip and access to the miniature and use it as a brace. Give this a go and see if it helps 😊
One of Duncan's Secrets to Steadiness is to have both hands touching each other and holding the model while he's painting, so everything moves together as he breathes or leans around to get better light. And since the size and shape of the brush is constantly changing as the paint moves from the bristles to the mini (and the brush blocks visibility anyway), another trick I use is to start moving my brush *before* it's touching the model, then slowly pull it closer and watch for the highlight to appear,
Hey Duncan, great video. As always! One question though, I backed all-in into your current KS campaign. Would it be possible to get a list of Two Thin Coats Paints which you would use for the same result as in this video with City adel and Army Painter. That would be awesome!
I absolutely love the channel a lot of detail put into all of the minis you paint. But can I make a few suggestions 1. Can you do some more Bolt Action tutorials 2 can you maybe do a guide on how to take care of your brushes AND finally I’m new around here what is the upload schedule? And what do you use as a paint pallet?
Hi Jayden, we have you covered. We actually have a website (duncanrhodes.com) where we release a lot more content for Academy Members including Bolt Action tutorials amongst others (we are adding more and more and have some great stuff planned). We have an in-depth tutorial on brush care on the site too. Generally we release a tutorial every two weeks on You Tube but on our site, we release 2 -3 every week and sometime a large miniature such as Ghazghkull or a AT-ST. We tend to use a plain tile as a dry pallet for smaller projects and then for larger projects or when blending is required, we use a wet palette. Also, thank you for taking the time to comment 😊
Hey Duncan, do you think corvus black or abbadon black would look better for a Shadowkeepers Custodes army? In regards to the relationship with the gold trims. Also any tips on brush maintenance? :)
Always useful tips. Thanks! Any chance you could paint a Calvary model with a lance or standard? Really would like to see you paint a horse and I seem to struggle painting the wooden poles
Hi Matt. We have covered horses on our website (duncanrhodes.com) by painting a Rider of Rohan as well as a Stark Outrider. We go into quite a lot of detail in both video's on painting them and the info in there should help you on your way to paint any horse in the future 😊
Hi Duncan, sorry to bother you but i have a small question that I hope you could answer: I’m painting a custom miniature and I managed to get perfect color for it only with Loren Forest with an all-over shad with Athinianhl Camoshade. The color it’s perfect but it dries very uneven on the larger/plainer sufaces, may i ask you for an advice on how to make it more even? PS A suggestion for the next miniature for the channel: maybe it could be something from LOTR (a main character like Aragorn painted like that awesome Obi-Wan from a more civilized age).
When painting a really dark subject like this while using a white background, you need to increase your camera's exposure. (The camera is trying to pick an exposure that gives you a mid-gray average, and with all that white, it thinks you are using more light than you are.) If you were to use an exposure compensation of about +1.0, the background would actually look white and the mini would show more detail and the difference in blacks would also show better.
Hello! Great video, I'm about to follow this one applying the colours and techniques to a rogue miniature. Can I ask - do you always apply two thin coats to the base paints, before the first wash goes on?
Not always. I apply how many coats are needed to get a solid, smooth colour. Some paints only need on but others need multiple. It also depends how much water or medium you use to thin your paints. We never take paint straight from the pot as this can cause you to lose detail on our miniatures. Hope this helps 😊
Hi Duncan, I noticed that you watered down that Carroburg Crimson with water. I remember from your old videos at Warhammer TV that you usually diluted shades with a medium. Is this specific too this very paint that can dilute it with water or did you just have to use the medium back than because it was in the script? Anyways thanks for the cool vid.
Sorry Duncan! I would like to ask you (or any other pros here). I've been mostly painting GW miniatures for quite a long time, and recently I've picked up some boxes from this line. I would like to ask, while I understand that the plastic for the main body is not hard plastic, I found out that after I primed and did my first base coat of silver (Citadels), the whole model felt a bit 'sticky'. is that normal for this line of miniatures? Or have I done something wrong before I primed? Please lend me know knowledge! :D
Hi Askrias, we have never had an issue like this with these miniatures and we have painted tons of them. It could either be the Primer or the Silver. Did you shake both of them well before use? Often, in our experience, not shaking the Primer Spray and metallics well before using them can cause a few strange results.
This is awesome! Quick question. I’ve dabbled in 3D printing and mini painting, but don’t have a lot of experience. Most tutorials I’ve watched say to prime the minis before painting them - any reason you don’t here? Is it the mini quality? Paint quality? Thanks!
Hi Emily. We went for a grey undercoat/ primer, Mechanicus Standard Grey from Citadel (see beginning of video after Intro sequence). We always recommend priming your miniatures before painting as this allows the paint to adhere to the miniature. hope this helps. 😊
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA awesome thank you! I’ve just bought the starter set for Nights Watch do you have any advice/tips? Also how can I best paint them to add a bit of variety as I know I’m limited with them being dressed in black
Good evening Duncan, great to see another video of yours! I’m new to painting and have decided to start with WHFB High Elf models. So far infantry models are going find but I also have a Frostheart Phoenix I am struggling to get started with. So far I have primed it in Corax White but am struggling to determine the order of paints I should use in priming the model? Do I start dark using the colour for the main central body and add lighter layers? If so, how dark can you go and still make it light? Or do I start with a lighter colour that one would use on the tips of the feathers and add darker layers to it from there? Unfortunately, the only phoenix guides I can find online (whether flamespyre or frostheart) all use airbrush sprays instead of brushes, making it rather difficult for me to track how I should be painting the model. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks and best wishes, Izzie
Hi Isabel. I'd start from the lighter colours first and then work down to the darker colours using Contrast paints and washes but both using the relevant mediums to ensure each layer is not overpowering 😊
The best thing about Duncan going solo is i can finally comment on his videos! the sense of freedom is overwhelming!
I still want to know why GW has comments locked.
@@____________838 Because people will ask them why they keep rising prices, discontinuing vital FW kits and so on.
I stand before my alter to the Lord of Model Painting. My hands tremble as I slowly dip the brush within the pot, the glory of the moment ahead nearly upon me. I put the paint upon the pallet, wash my brush and dilute the paint with water. As I raise the brush, now covered in the diluted paint, to the model, I speak the sacred words of my faith.
"And our Lord of Model Painting, Duncan Rhodes, did say unto the masses, 'Remember to use two thin coats.'"
Great video! I love the format; you kept all the best parts from your Warhammer TV stint and made it distinctly your own. I also really enjoy seeing you playing with different blacks and showing the differences.
You make it look very easy. For those of us mortals that screw up different stages, it'd be great(and very encouraging) to see you do a little series on how you catch and clean up mistakes as you're going along. My daughter gets kind of discouraged when she can't make it look just like a Lord Duncan model, so it would mean something if you showed that you, too, are not infallible and how you work through the process of fixing your mistakes.
Hi Brad. We have covered that in some video's and we will most certainly take your feedback on board. Tell your daughter to never feel discouraged and to keep practicing. We all make mistakes and they are easily fixed. Most of the time, just go back to the base colour and add it over. Add any shades carefully and then layer up if needed. Sometimes you can quickly remove the paint from your brush, add water to it then remove most of the paint that way with a simple dab of tissue then reapply paint if needed. Thank you for taking the time to comment too 😊
Right on time! I need to paint a brooding rogue character for my D&D campaign. Thank you very much!
our pleasure😊
How the heck does a paint job like this get a single thumbs down let alone three? I guess that ole saying is true...haters gonna hate. Great job as always Duncan. Your talent never ceases to amaze.
Thank you T P for the kind words and the support.
*Sworn Brother is painted up with care and dedication, making him look great and really stand oit*
*Dies to a Wildling arrow the next day, because this is ASOIAF*
I like the fact that you don't mix up the colors you need and actually use pre-made colors for everything. I'm not really good at doing that stuff and prefer to use colors straight out of the pot, even if it means buying a few more different hues.
These different blacks really work together. That has been a challenge of mine (especially doing a tactical squad or anything modern.) Thanks for sharing and please be safe!
Really enjoying these ASOIAF miniature tutorials! Cool to see the different wargames and miniatures out there. Praises to Papa Duncan!
This is my go to video on how to paint black. I love how you did the black brown leather under coat.
This video followed a quick format for each color to see application, washing, and highlighting in less than 30 minutes total. Well done Duncan, we look forward to moar! I feel like you were able to cover a lot of information quickly and the format of the paints/brushes/dilution was much faster and clearer to see. Rotating between each painting area really quickly made the entire video easier to get through and much more enjoyable to watch from start to finish without unnecessary extras or breaks. Keep up the good work, looks amazing thus far.
Thank you for the kind words and generous feedback. We're glad you enjoyed the video
Very well done Duncan! It is not easy to make a single black color scheme look interesting but you have certainly accomplished it. Thanks for sharing this.
Cheers Duncan, watching your Videos we learn a little each time.
This video is exactly what I needed at the right moment. I just bought a bunch of the Frostgrave Barbarians and wanted to do a dark/black theme for them and was struggling with concept. Thank you for the great content
Glad we could help 😊
I love your work and love it even more that you are free to paint whatever you want with whatever colours you like!
I have just found your channel, thanks for
all! I had grown up with your guides!
I'm painting an old school metal commissar model and this is exactly the color palette video I needed!
Excellent stuff, Duncan.
Thanks for the ASOIAF mini guides! I picked up the starter set, and have been using your Lannister guide to do the guardsmen!
THE RETURN OF THE KING
And now his watch is ended
This is one of your best works. Am always amazed and inspired by what you do. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
A man of your word. Thanks Duncan!
Our pleasure 😊
I really enjoyed the Grimdark engine kitbash, I would love to see more conversion vids!
This video had a lot of great ideas for color variations in it, thanks for posting, Duncan! I've always picked up good tips from your videos whether from Warhammer TV or this source--in fact, it wasn't until I started watching your videos that I finally began getting the idea of how to highlight my miniatures correctly at all. Thanks again, sir!
Glad it was helpful! And thank you for the support
Another great tutorial, thanks Duncan! Painting black clothing can be tough so I appreciate the tips! I'd love to see your take on realistic black skin sometime. I've done a pretty ok job i think mixing my own paints to do so but I'd love to see someone with skill do it!
I appreciate the vids, can't wait until the next one!
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
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Thats incredible and great work on how to make a black model! Great job!
I'm actually about to start painting an unrelated mini in primarily black and was agonising about how to add some depth in colour. Some really helpful tips here Duncan - thank you!
Our pleasure Tom 😊
I just bought the NW Heroes box and this tutorial will be very helpful to paint those characters. Great work as usual Duncan!
This is a beautiful way to paint it black. A really good tutorial as well. A good talk through to let the viewer know why things are done. I will save this to watch when I need to paint it black....BUT you forgot the eyes. The mini is never finished without the eyes.
awesome video. will be using painting black methods forever.
That’s really nice! I think CMON’s Song of ice and fire minis is good just for collecting. Well done as always, Duncan!
Hi Duncan! Your videos here and with GW have helped me loads in learning how to paint. I only just started painting minis last November, but I've been watching your work for ages. It's made the learning process a lot more manageable. I started a BA army in lockdown and would love to see how you'd really make a high-quality Blood Angel scheme for sergeants and characters, especially that really vibrant Sanguinius-blonde hair which many of them have in the art.
Ol' Duncan has been loving that Corvus Black lately
It's a great colour! 😊
HEY! you got your own gig. good on ya.
I haven’t even watched the video but I love the faces you’ve got it the thumb nails... “So you think you can paint?”
When will be Salamanders guide? 😲
Btw I love your work, you've taught me how to paint, Dunc 😉
Thank you. Just thank you for this beautiful adventure which is painting figures and wargaming😊
Thanks for the kind words, we really appreciate it. We actually ran a poll for our members over at the Academy (duncanrhodes.com) asking which Chapter to paint and Salamnders won! So we made a full tutorial on how to paint them 😊
It's on the academy site if you're a subscriber:)
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I'm getting there as fast as I can 😍
Great work with some good tips for painting black. 👍
Thanks Mark
I can't wait to have my starter set painted in a few weeks!!! I'm paying someone who does it for a living. Maybe some day I'll learn how, but I'm too impatient at the moment. Can't wait to get mine done, and then get my butt whooped in another game, lol. My first game was so awful, I didn't even get a hit on anyone with Ghost and he got killed so quickly.
Juste amazing!! As usual 👌
Great video and great timing with the UK recently getting a good lot of NW starters restocked, I hope to get painting mine soon and your colour palette is perfect so thank you and keep showing us more ASOAIF miniatures please!
Thanks
Incredible result, Ser Duncan! Interesting you didn't paint any eyes in specific and still got so much facial expressions!
Enjoyed so many of your GW vids and only just learned you left! Man their painting vids are struggling without you around 😂
Glad to have you onboard
Call me crazy, but I find your tutorial videos very relaxing :)
Hi Duncan! I just got into miniatures again and I would love a "how to paint" on a lotr mini. Keep up the great work!
Why does this mini look so much like Harvey Keitel?
Excellent technique and use of colour. The highlighting guide and use of contrast to deepen the blacks on the model were definitely worth the watch. Gotta be more bold when highlighting, even on shades of black.
Also, never painted mousy blonde hair before. That'll be something interesting to add to the toolbox.
Will we one day see a Kingsguard guide?
What's the closest Citadel colour for Necromancer Cloak? I'm guessing either Skavenblight Dinge or Eshin Grey? How is it in comparison? Lighter, darker, warmer...?
“Bluishness” has now been added to the collective lexicon
God damn that looks dope
I just wanted to see Duncan to base the model in Abaddon Black, dip it in Nuln Oil and go: "Well there it fucking is!" xD
When its your birthday and all your favorite content creators post at the same time "happiness noise".
Happy Birthday
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I now feel very special.
love this video hope you'll do some other figures from the other armies maby like lannisters, starks, mercenaries, etc.
keep on with those two thin coats
great job!
Thanks, will do!
This model was a good call. Many have problems in painting a model with many dark tones. Often one either goes too much in a direction (dark, indistinguishable mess) or another (too many highlights and contrasts and the model does not feel "dark" anymore).
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😊
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I did. Also similar comment, for kinda similar reasons, could me made for the Stormtrooper video. Thank you Duncan :)
Congrats on the 100k!!!
Thank you!!
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA You will be at 500k come this time next year! Keep it up man!
Great video I was wondering how to paint those ones because my mother -inlaw is buying the game and wants me to paint them for her so thanks loads on how to paint them.
Glad we could help 😊
Your mother-in-law's a wargamer? Awesome!
Just finished my Sworn Brother, awesome tutorial! I had allot of fun! Thank you Duncan! Do you have a ringwraiths painting tutorial? I can't find any decent painting tutorials for those %D I find your tutorials easy to follow and I am always pleased with the result.
Thank you , DRPA .
Yessss... Two thin coats
hello Duncan, i love your videos i was wondering if you could do a video on layering? i have always struggled with this part of miniature painting
Have you considered adding shadowing to your nose to make it look smaller?
Dear Duncan. As a fellow Knightcoholic, i would ask you, how do you freehand so well the symbols from your bretonnians knights? I know, an old nation of men, but i do have a hundred knight sworn to the lady to paint!
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I've found it's easier to make small lines as well and build up from them, if you want consistency I would suggest a pencil and make some thin lines to paint by :) If you feel it necessary, they sell Gundam Paint pens also... just saying...
You should do a tutorial for CMON Bolton units, specifically the pink cloaks and capes. Please.
Hey Duncan - do you know if GW has discontinued the Mechanicus Standard Grey spray primer? I love that stuff - but it seems like there are only 4 options now (corax, chaos + the 2 contrast paint primers)
Oh oh.....😬 No idea tbh. If it has been removed from range we'll be using Army Painters Uniform Grey then...
all black army tutorial just in time for my new Black Templar army :)
Awesome 😊
I hope you have a partnership with gw/citadels because you do make a great ad for their products ! :)
Love your channel, loved you back then, keep up the good work !
Its feels so good being able to comment on your videos. Ill assume your not under a GW contract anymore.
Hi Adam, yes, we no longer work for GW. Thank you for taking the time to comment :-)
Don’t know if it warrants a full painting video but I’d love to see a more in-depth showcase of your Mountain’s Men!
Hi Adrian. It's on the cards for sure! 😊
Any chance you might be able to paint up some frostgrave miniatures?
what base color did you use for the fur in his back ( the large area)?
I think Duncan must have the steadiest hands in the world as whenever I paint a face that small it looks like it was blessed by nurgle
It's just practice and keeping your hands steady by bracing them together to help steady your painting hand, kinda like resting the bottom of the palms near the wrists together. A painting handle of some type also helps as you can get a better grip and access to the miniature and use it as a brace. Give this a go and see if it helps 😊
One of Duncan's Secrets to Steadiness is to have both hands touching each other and holding the model while he's painting,
so everything moves together as he breathes or leans around to get better light.
And since the size and shape of the brush is constantly changing
as the paint moves from the bristles to the mini
(and the brush blocks visibility anyway),
another trick I use is to start moving my brush *before* it's touching the model,
then slowly pull it closer and watch for the highlight to appear,
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA thanks for the advice 😀
Hey Duncan, great video. As always! One question though, I backed all-in into your current KS campaign. Would it be possible to get a list of Two Thin Coats Paints which you would use for the same result as in this video with City adel and Army Painter. That would be awesome!
Excellent! Although to my eyes I could have just spray painted it.
I absolutely love the channel a lot of detail put into all of the minis you paint. But can I make a few suggestions 1. Can you do some more Bolt Action tutorials 2 can you maybe do a guide on how to take care of your brushes AND finally I’m new around here what is the upload schedule? And what do you use as a paint pallet?
Hi Jayden, we have you covered. We actually have a website (duncanrhodes.com) where we release a lot more content for Academy Members including Bolt Action tutorials amongst others (we are adding more and more and have some great stuff planned). We have an in-depth tutorial on brush care on the site too. Generally we release a tutorial every two weeks on You Tube but on our site, we release 2 -3 every week and sometime a large miniature such as Ghazghkull or a AT-ST. We tend to use a plain tile as a dry pallet for smaller projects and then for larger projects or when blending is required, we use a wet palette. Also, thank you for taking the time to comment 😊
Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy ok cheers, how much does the membership cost roughly in Australian dollars? Coz I’d love to have a look at the website!
@@jaydenhansord8336 it's £3.99 per month (roughly $7.25 or so depending on currency conversion). You'll have access to everything on the site too 😊
What do you use for a pallet? I use a wet pallet but I find it hard to control how watered down my paints get with it.
Congrats on 100k
Thank you!!
Hey Duncan, do you think corvus black or abbadon black would look better for a Shadowkeepers Custodes army? In regards to the relationship with the gold trims. Also any tips on brush maintenance? :)
Always useful tips. Thanks! Any chance you could paint a Calvary model with a lance or standard? Really would like to see you paint a horse and I seem to struggle painting the wooden poles
Hi Matt. We have covered horses on our website (duncanrhodes.com) by painting a Rider of Rohan as well as a Stark Outrider. We go into quite a lot of detail in both video's on painting them and the info in there should help you on your way to paint any horse in the future 😊
Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy thanks! Appreciate the quick reply. Definitely will check your site out. Didn’t realize!
Fuck damn! It's Duncan!!!
Question is: why using the contrast paints for the recesses instead of nuln oil? what's the difference?
Contrast is cheaper and when thinned is the same as a shade paint
Hi Duncan, sorry to bother you but i have a small question that I hope you could answer: I’m painting a custom miniature and I managed to get perfect color for it only with Loren Forest with an all-over shad with Athinianhl Camoshade.
The color it’s perfect but it dries very uneven on the larger/plainer sufaces, may i ask you for an advice on how to make it more even?
PS A suggestion for the next miniature for the channel: maybe it could be something from LOTR (a main character like Aragorn painted like that awesome Obi-Wan from a more civilized age).
Is there a reason why we still haven't seen a video on how to paint the Crucible Guard Infantryman that was on your channel banner originally?
Cool ideas, but why did you paint his hands like gloves? There are even veins visible.
I mean the overall look is amazing but I was just curious.
When painting a really dark subject like this while using a white background, you need to increase your camera's exposure. (The camera is trying to pick an exposure that gives you a mid-gray average, and with all that white, it thinks you are using more light than you are.) If you were to use an exposure compensation of about +1.0, the background would actually look white and the mini would show more detail and the difference in blacks would also show better.
Thanks for the feedback Doug, we'll give that a try 😊
Hello! Great video, I'm about to follow this one applying the colours and techniques to a rogue miniature.
Can I ask - do you always apply two thin coats to the base paints, before the first wash goes on?
Not always. I apply how many coats are needed to get a solid, smooth colour. Some paints only need on but others need multiple. It also depends how much water or medium you use to thin your paints. We never take paint straight from the pot as this can cause you to lose detail on our miniatures. Hope this helps 😊
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA Ah okay, that's great thanks for the info.
By the way, are you using a glazed wall tile or something to mix your paints on?
sometimes I have to paint 3 thin coats, when I paint green colour on khaki I don't now why :(
Hi Duncan, I noticed that you watered down that Carroburg Crimson with water. I remember from your old videos at Warhammer TV that you usually diluted shades with a medium. Is this specific too this very paint that can dilute it with water or did you just have to use the medium back than because it was in the script?
Anyways thanks for the cool vid.
Sorry Duncan! I would like to ask you (or any other pros here). I've been mostly painting GW miniatures for quite a long time, and recently I've picked up some boxes from this line.
I would like to ask, while I understand that the plastic for the main body is not hard plastic, I found out that after I primed and did my first base coat of silver (Citadels), the whole model felt a bit 'sticky'.
is that normal for this line of miniatures? Or have I done something wrong before I primed?
Please lend me know knowledge! :D
Hi Askrias, we have never had an issue like this with these miniatures and we have painted tons of them. It could either be the Primer or the Silver. Did you shake both of them well before use? Often, in our experience, not shaking the Primer Spray and metallics well before using them can cause a few strange results.
This is awesome! Quick question. I’ve dabbled in 3D printing and mini painting, but don’t have a lot of experience. Most tutorials I’ve watched say to prime the minis before painting them - any reason you don’t here? Is it the mini quality? Paint quality?
Thanks!
Hi Emily. We went for a grey undercoat/ primer, Mechanicus Standard Grey from Citadel (see beginning of video after Intro sequence). We always recommend priming your miniatures before painting as this allows the paint to adhere to the miniature. hope this helps. 😊
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA whoops, I skipped a bit too far ahead and am accustomed to white primers, but grey makes sense here. Thank you for the kind reply!
Hey Duncan, I like the new Szeras model, and I don't know how to paint. Could you make a video how to paint him?
Maybe 😉
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA thank you ☺️
I love the variety of black on this model so much
Thank you.
Nice
Fucking God of paint. You always will be the best for me!
Hey Duncan just getting into the game and want to buy my first army really like the look of Nights Watch how difficult are they to paint?
Not too bad in all honesty and they are fun to paint too.
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA awesome thank you! I’ve just bought the starter set for Nights Watch do you have any advice/tips? Also how can I best paint them to add a bit of variety as I know I’m limited with them being dressed in black
Good evening Duncan, great to see another video of yours!
I’m new to painting and have decided to start with WHFB High Elf models. So far infantry models are going find but I also have a Frostheart Phoenix I am struggling to get started with.
So far I have primed it in Corax White but am struggling to determine the order of paints I should use in priming the model? Do I start dark using the colour for the main central body and add lighter layers? If so, how dark can you go and still make it light? Or do I start with a lighter colour that one would use on the tips of the feathers and add darker layers to it from there?
Unfortunately, the only phoenix guides I can find online (whether flamespyre or frostheart) all use airbrush sprays instead of brushes, making it rather difficult for me to track how I should be painting the model.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and best wishes,
Izzie
Hi Isabel. I'd start from the lighter colours first and then work down to the darker colours using Contrast paints and washes but both using the relevant mediums to ensure each layer is not overpowering 😊
Please use a wet pallet Duncan! People need to know about this.....
love to see you paint some characters from ASOIAF, also any chance of seeing you have a go at some MCP models?
I'd love to see dark angels
Is that a piece of tile than Duncan is using for a palette?
Yes. We alternate between a tile and a wet palette depending on the situation and the paints being used 😊
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA interesting! What are the benefits of using the tile?
How much practice did it take to say CMON without saying ... something else?