Due to the lack of disposable income right now I've been rescuing mini's from my awful painting style in the early 90's, there's a marked improvement which I'm attributing to watching your channel.
6 pints of blood and a couple ounces of semen (donated at proper facilities, ya cant just go asking people on the street) would land you enough dough to get into 3d printing then you can have all the new minis to your hearts content.
@jc7997aj make sure it's your own blood donated over an extended time-frame. Those plasma clinic people are a bunch of narcs! You'd think they'd appreciate a 7 gallon donation!
This honestly helps. Giving permission to just paint a thing, and for it not to be a Golden Demon award winner is a thing I sometimes just need to hear.
I know exactly what you mean. The videos that result in awesomely painted miniatures are a great inspiration but they don't help when all you want to do is just relax and paint a bit.
I took a two year break from painting due to my anxiety and fear of failure around painting mini's but I just recently started painting again last week. Watching videos like this can be helpful but I need to accept that I'm still new to the hobby and I'm obviously going to make a ton of mistakes as I learn. Thanks for the video.
all those mistakes are actually new techniques for your tool box. sounds facetious but it's true. Another tip is to paint your favourite mini's, don't wait until you're "good" enough. Just do it because you like the sculpt. Good luck with your anxiety, I know it can be paralysing.
I used to paint minis with the exact same attitude. What helped me was playing around with low stake figures. I could learn how to paint and not ruin them. The only goal was fun. When I went back to the more expensive amazingly sculpts the anxiety of messing up was gone. Learning is part of the fun but we ruin it by unrealistic expectations. Midwinter minis video where he just decide to paint up his precious space hulk figures started the process for me. Who cares if you paint them the wrong shade of red. Ha ha. It’s just for enjoyment
@@carlstanford7607 exactly this too. Bunch 4-6 minis, maybe with some variety in the sculpts, but racing through the same or similar colour schemes can get your mojo fired up. Never underestimate an oil wash and wipe afterwards too, especially on figures you care less for.
I painted my last Mini about 36 years ago (Battletech) 😂 I just bought a SLA-Printer and now I’ve got tons of printed stuff … that looks really cool, but definitely will look cooler painted. I really have to admit, you‘ve got a way to motivate people to try painting on their own 👍 … and if it will come out awful, at least now I‘ve got one to blame on 😜😂
This style you picked up, sharing from the last one you painted the Ninja rabbit, is really neat. Going for shades and then lightning up and adding color as you go. Keeps the model cohesive and not as much lost time picking base colors. Well done!
I've watched many painting videos before but for whatever reason this one really resonates with me. Very cool technique of color shading and then hitting the highlights. And the tip of how many layers to apply and where is very informative. My last model painted was last night.
Of all the mini painters I watch on TH-cam, you are probably my favourite. I really like your perspective of improving your skills, getting good looking models, but not sweating the small stuff nobody pays attention to anyway. 13 days since I painted a mini. Got a bit burnt out painting, so have been building terrain. I find it a good way to recharge when I get bored of painting minis.
Your 45 minute miniatures end up way better than my 4 hour minis. Haha! But that's a big part of why I love your videos. They inspire me to keep painting because with enough practice, I know I can eventually have a great looking miniature painted in less than an hour. Thanks for all the tips!
I haven’t painted anything in a year. We moved into the new house, and during the move my box of minis … all three tubs of them, got smashed. The whole thing crushed. I only managed to save like 20 models. Since then, I’ve just … I haven’t. Starting from scratch again just feels so… hard.
Every one of my models gets a new technique or combination of techniques. Whether its paints, brushes, airbrush style, or basing. You're an inspiration friend.
I do this too. Unfortunately, it drives me mad when I do it with squads/units because I always know what technique goes with which mini. No one else does...but I do. It's my annoying problem.
Paint every weekend and whenever I can during the week, which is pretty rare. I’ve got about 2k worth of stormcast eternals and 4-5 warbands and kill teams in the table currently. aaannndddd another stash of Slaves to Darkness models hiding too
I haven’t painted in over 2 years. I currently live vicariously through you and my other rust belt bois, miniac, samlenz, uncle atom, and I thank you all dearly for it. 💛
You're really getting into the navy/magenta underpainting thing :) I did finish a model this morning, though and made a bunch of progress on another 10 today. :)
My last mini painted was a few days ago! Honestly, your videos and your attitude is what got me back in to mini painting the past few months. I was too scared to get started because i wasn't going to be good at it, but your attitude of "just paint a mini" no matter how good or bad it is, just to get the time in and enjoy the process, is what pushed me to actually start and keep on going. thank you so so much for pushing me to do it
Last mini I finished was 3 weeks ago. I paint for fun but only have time in some weekends so sometimes they are standing there waiting on the table for weeks. Love your channel and motivational speeches! Thanks!
Loving your content at the moment Ninjon! You get me inspired to try new techniques, and then I realise how talented you are when I try and fail to replicate it 😂 You make it look so easy!
I really feel I've fallen into that hole where I just speedpaint armies while watching series and not enjoy the painting part of it. I really focus a lot on painting every little piece and avoid any overlaps. I'll try to do the contrast paint shadowing on the next models- I actually never used contrast or speedpaints on black primed models before.
See now with the title of this video and the intro I couldn’t disagree more. I always struggled with painting but the contrast paint line really revitalized my interest in painting. I love how the contrast paints flow and blend and get great enjoyment out of the process. My end results look stunning too.
I had some instructors that are into painting minis too and their hours vary widely. Contrast paints let them crush a few models in an hour here and there and yield great results. I like putting down one darker contrast colour as a base then dry brushing in one or two highlights. Models look great in no time!
I think the title is just meant to be inflammatory to get clicks. The final message seems to be find a way of painting that makes you satisfied and stick with it so that you get your models done and enjoy painting. It sounds like you've found something like that with contrast paint and that's fantastic!
Last time I put some paint on a mini was two days ago. Thank you very much for these tips and a really humble, but very important motivational speech for all of us hobbists! Always a pleasure listening to you while building or painting a miniature!!
The last time I painted a Mini was probably.... 18 years ago... and they weren't great. I don't presently own any mini's, nor the stuff to paint them, but I do enjoy watching your videos so that if I ever run into the time and disposable income to start again, I'll be better prepared to make them look less awful! :)
I was actually painting last night, just started my first model from the leviathan boxset. I came to your videos for inspiration as they all usually have some snippet of information that I can take moving forward and help me grow as a painter. Thanks for doing your videos the way you do them. Helps me immensely.
I'm actually in the middle of working on my own Gloomhaven minis. We are starting with the Jaws of the Lion set. I just put the last couple touches of paint on those models in the last hour. I am also finishing the bases for my Komando Kill Team while watching your present gloriousness.
I really needed this video. Been trying to paint small armies and troops for OnePageRules's games lately, and finding the sweet spot between time and quality has been pretty tough. Definitely going to apply this to my next army. Also, I last finished a mini last month, but I do paint twice a week. It's actually the main reason I do painting streams; it helps me stay motivated and have a regular schedule.
I have been chipping away at a centerpiece model for the last few months, I was just working on it last night. All of these channels really get my painting energy flowing so thanks for the encouragement!
Last month, I finished a Frosthaven "starting six" mini for our campaign. Those new Gloomhaven models are a quantum leap forward in model quality. I must admit, my tiny brain is still slackjawed at the blue/magenta shadow underpainting. Still trying to process and understand why and how those colors work *scratches head*.
I’m very happy to say that it’s only a few days since I last painted. I’ve been working on some Wood Elves for MESBG and thanks to the weather being dreadful on the weekend my wife and I got to sit at the kitchen table and hobby instead of being outside doing all the work on the house we should have been doing. Thanks for the videos, John. I really enjoy your take on this hobby. Cheers.
I really love this style of painting, and because of content like this (I also find murray from table top time really inspiring) I get more confident in not paiting/covering everything completely but just focussing on the importsnt stuf! The last mini I painteds was about 3 weeks ago (was on a holiday) and it was a darth jar jar in legion scale!
I finished some very simple Ochre Jellies yesterday, but the last month has been hell at work, so getting any time was a challenge. That said, last year I set myself a challenge of painting 1 medium size figure per day average, and I got to 365 by October, this year, I'm 7 figures behind ... but I can catch that up in the comming months. My standard is VERY low, but thats ok, cause I am enjoying painting figures for probably the first time in the nearly 40 years I've been painting figures. Its always been a "Chore" that I just needed to do, but this last couple of years by accepting a lower "Speed Painting" standard, I actually enjoying it, and that has been revelatory! The figures I've been churning out still look fine on the table, but I've got it down to a technical art, and can blast through a unit in as little as 25 minutes average per figure, and that includes assembly, based and varnished. Will they win awards? No, but I'm slaying the grey and having some fun with it, and thats all that matters!
Over my years of painting, I find I go through spurts of wanting to paint my hardest on display pieces followed by spurts of just wanting to slap paint on little toy soldiers followed by taking breaks entirely (and maybe just playing those RPGs and wargames many of these miniatures are for). Right now, I'm churning through quick BattleTech stuff on a weekly basis and loving the break from working on hard stuff!
"How long has it been since you painted your last mini?" Well... About 6 years ago I did a super quick test scheme when I tried to get back into the hobby. Before that would probably have been... 18 years? Maybe?
3 years ago was last one , Avenger Strike Fighter 's Warhammer 40k 9th edition rules bloat and extreme power creep ( harlequins and Ad Mech ) as edition went along turned me off even trying 10th edition is looking even worse with all the TO's banning rules and making up their own "house rules" I stopped playing and painting during 6th edition and skipped out on 7th and 8th editions as it was just insane how broken the game had gotten . GW lives on broken rules and meta chasing then limited supply runs . Finding a gaming group that is not GW hide bound is rough where I live . I still have my Guard Regiments , 1054 Vostroyan "Void Stalkers" and 541st Drop troops / 187th Glider Infantry "Knollwood" Elysians " with 3 P-61 "Black Widow's" ( Avenger Strike Fighter ) and 6 AC-47 "Spooky"/ "Puff the magic dragon" ( Valkyries ) 3d printing seem a cool idea , print army's you like then paint them up and add to display cases .
Last model I painted was probably April May sometime. I watch your videos for inspiration and encouragement to get back into it when I have time off work. Kinda get into waves of 40k playing/painting/building for 2-3 months. Then I get stuck into XBox game rpg for 2-3 months... Back and forth, that's the cycle of hobby life 🤣
Hi Jon, last painted minis some SpaceWolves for KT (5 no.) about 2 weeks ago, about~~~ 12hrs to complete over 4 weeks, using a Trovarion-grimdark method, great colour contrasts between warm / cool but aiyo took a long time. Constantly working on my my hit-list here and there. No Darryl / Bloopers? Cheers from Melbourne AUS
This was a video I really needed to watch. I have been struggling with painting because it has felt like work (I have mainly painted Malifaux stuff for the past year). I have decided to just put those models away for right now and work on board game miniatures. For instance, I have painted up all my Unmatched models. Next up will be all The Witcher Old world models and then Warhammer Quest Cursed City
17 years ago, and thinking of getting back into it... But 40k has changer so much, that I don't know whether to strip and redo my 100 or so Space Marines (the hell are Primaris? -looking into that). On top of that, I had about 1000 points of Chaos Marines, and a T'au detachment... I kept it all, but looking back, only my T'au look somewhat decent (they were the last I started).
I've collected and painted miniatures for decades..... yikes!! (4 of them!!) My painting to be fair can only be considered using 1 word - Necessary. If I want to use them I have to put paint on them. Because painting armies tends to involve very very many...... I never truly got excited about it. It was just a thing that needed to be done (and not particularly well either :( ) Over the last year or so I decided to do something about it. I watched your videos (and a few others) I invested in new paints. I bought an air brush (as recommended by your good self) A few new brushes And, some more minis. I was so excited when they arrived I didn't touch any of them for a week!! I think I'm actually slightly terrified to start!! How silly is that?!! Your last couple of videos have encouraged me to have a go.... But that means actually putting paint onto something right? I'll start tomorrow ;) It's been so long that I need to just get on with it....... I'm sure I will ;) Great video by the way 👏 👍 👌 I might even start to actually enjoy it too :) Cheers buddy
Ooooh... about four months. I did scratch build some model railway stuff does that count. But you missed out Sqeeze and bang from the suck and blow (Thats just the engineer part of me). This one has realy got me thinking about all my old 25mm stuff from the '70's & '80's.
Been four days. Mainly because I am fostering a Belgian Malinois puppy for the Department of Defense (baby of the same breed you see in John Wick). My days have been “No” “Drop it” “Hey where are you” and “My wet palette is now a dry brush hey PUT THAT DOWN”
The last minis I painted (3 Canoptek Scarab Swarms) were a little over 4 weeks ago, but I did build 3 more scarab swarm bases 2 days ago. Progress! Mainly I kinds stopped painting because I wasn't sure how 10th Ed was going to impact my army building plans, but now that the indexes have dropped it's back to paining on the regular(ish).
Last mini I painted was yesterday afternoon. Two BattleTech minis: The Cauldron-Born and the Linebacker. Putting a limit to the amount of afford put into every mini, but NOT reducing efford to the minimum, has worked wonders for me. By now, I paint about 2-3 minis a week. Much more minis with much less stress than before. :)
That's exactly what I do; paint for my own self since I don't pay any games at this time. I paint because it's Zen time for me. Do I push to improve? Certainly, I do. But...I'm not nearly as psycho as I was about it for a while. Am I losing my mind trying to get my head around painting NMM? Oh yeah. But I've long since gotten to the point of improving by just doing it and not stressing over the results too much. I last painted my current WIP last night, in fact, since you asked; my Reaper Bones Black Elemental Scions Efreeti.
I started very enthusiastic after discovering that painting keeps my head calm, but very soon (2, 3 months in) went down the "I saw to much awesome stuff on YT/IG, I'll never be anywhere close to that!" road and stopped about a year ago. Today, the leviathan Box came and I have to paint because I told some friend we'd play W40K. I'm pumped and in fear at the same time. Hope your ideas will help on the road.
I am definitely going to try this dark contrast over black as a base coat in the near future... I think it might help me learn some new techniques. But instead of thinking regular paints how about using air paints that are already pretty diluted? Anyways to answer your question, I just finished painting a miniature from Darkest Dungeon about 30 minutes ago.
Probably about 2 months ago when i painted 2/3rds of my sons Cygnar Battlegroup minis...still have the Warcaster and extra warjack to do. I totally agree with you about "building momentum" with your painting.
I have painted a Skitarii (Adeptus Mechanicus) from Warhammer 40k just a week ago. Thanks to Ninjon, I get all my inspiration and actually improve my skills)
Last two videos are “your” best version of the Techno Mancer’s influence on you!! I love this direction Jon! You are really helping people in the hobby…Thank You!❤Answer…Today, and everyday!
Hey John, my name is Rob. I would love to interview you if you’re into that thing let me know if that would work for you. I’ve interviewed prominent artists in our community include including Vince. To answer your question, the last miniature I painted it was yesterday, it was a commission.
due to getting in to the hobby by a lot of ebay purchases (and old model sculpts) followed by not so much painting, most of the nights I do paint (not a lot due to time constraints) its mostly batchpainting to reduce the awefull amount of an pile of shame I posess. Yesterday night i have done the main colour of my Rogal Dorn Tank (its just green and black now after a month) and after that I swiched over to the 30 Guardsmen needing Nuln oil (sitting still for over 3 months!!) beeing its company. Really the only thing keeping the hobby "fresh" is basicly switching between projects I started. Tonight one or two colours on the Space Wolves, tomorrow base coating a squad of Metamorph Hybrids, the next day Guard followed by orks boys.... When I followed your Videos it was the first time I slowly realised that it could be different. Taking up one Character mini or just one squad of 5 or less leaves way more room to experiment with techniques like blending, layering or just pain ol colour composition rather than spending 2-3 hours basecoating until leaving the project to go to bed and not really feeling motivated to keep going the next day. So whats the point of me jibbering about? just listen to ninjon, his tipps tricks and techniques (and videos) are just awesome help and advice you never thought you would need So thanks bro
Last mini I completed was 2 days ago, but I have a bunch at various stages of completion, in various methods. Will polish off 2 tomorrow, and 4-6 somewhere around Saturday (it's currently Tuesday for future reference).
Last time I painted a mini was 3 weeks ago, mostly because I was traveling and an ocean + half of Europe away from my minis, paints, and brushes. Fortunately, I had the good sense to download some podcasts to make the plane rides, not to mention going cold turkey, more bearable. You might have heard of it; it's called 'Trapped Under Plastic'. ^.^
I've never painted minis, but just ordered my first collection through the GH BackerKit campaign. Do you have any suggestions for base paints to use or avoid for turning all 603 black?
"Just paint" has always been the best advice. Nothing teaches you more than just practice and you get painted minis as a bonus! My last painting bit was about 6 weeks ago, but I was on vacation for the last 4 weeks ;) But, truthfully, speed/contrast paints have been my bane. I've felt the need to learn and use them, but because I'm ancient (66), I really am just more comfortable with classic acrylics. "Speed painting" has slowed me way down simply because I spend less time painting because of my unfamiliarity! Stupid, yes?
Awesome video. Last mini was a mummy from Hero Quest on Thursday 😊 currently in transit from Sweden to Greece, so hopefully my paints are gonna make it there as well! Since AoS tournament season has winded down while waiting for the new GHB -and enough blood for the Blood God has been shed for now- I just paint Heroquest models for fun. This technique/paintstyle you showed here is perfect for a bit of low-stress, vacation painting! P.S. we are wearing the same t-shirt, woot🤘
Hey. Firstly, thanks for the video. I find watching them relaxing, like a cool bob Ross video. I paint infrequently but when I do it’s with my 7 year old son who’s just getting into the hobby. He also loves your videos. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next one!
Two months ago I finished paiting Phase One of my TwilightWarriors Eldar Army that I started painting in 1998! They're mostly Rogue Trader era minis and it felt great to get paint on them after all these years. It was about 30 models -- enough to play Xenos Rampant with them. It felt SO GOOD to get them finished. I'm eager to get back and finish the remaining 30 models who are primed and xenithal highlighted.
Man I understand that this was a sponsored video; but with all the time and money I've put into Gloomhaven, Frosthaven, Jaws of The Lion..I personally would love a few more painting videos with the new minis, to you how are they? Are they CMON quality, better? Bad seamlines? I really wish I had more info and more vids on them before I go ahead with my 500$ pledge for all the minis and the rpg
About 2 weeks since painted last mini. It was batch paint of 3d prints to use as chaos cultists for grimdark future firefight. Basecoat done with airbrush (top red, bottom purple), some details. Oil wash and that's it. Looks good enought with low effort (6 minis in 3 hours). They can be improved but I already like them.
Well, I did not expect to comment here but here we are. Last time I've painted a minature was months ago. I even stopped counting, I was actually done with the hobby. Until I saw this clip. Man, you can hit hard. I only visit the channel one in a while, old habit (used to watch everything there). And you hit me hard. With your mindset, you passion, your calmness. I've sat and just painted. One mini after breakfast and one after lunch. I've finished my project thank to this. I cannot explain enough how much it did to me. I guess there are only 3 things I want to tell you Thank you Keep it up, you are great, this channel is gold and you make a difference. Slay the gray
I found that speed painting is the way! There are so much mini's in games these days that trying for the Golden Demon look is impossible. I've been painting complete Blood Bowl and Warcry teams in under 15 hours and this is perfect. So to answer your question about 6 months, but in the previous 6 months, I painted about 80 mini's!
I've recently painted 2000pts of Bretonnia for a 6th Ed WHFB campaign, but only to about 75% complete. Hopefully will all be complete in the next week or two.
Last painted about 6 weeks ago, speed-painted four ungors I needed for my new Shadow of the Demon Lord campaign. Most of my painting tends to be just-in-time models for my TTRPG games. I got into 3D printing last year and love the variety and quality of minis I can produce, but have been frustrated lately by how overdesigned many of them are when I go to try to paint them. Speed paints make that detail easier to deal with, but I'm finding I actually prefer having chunkier models that give me more opportunity to practice layering.
I haven't painted in... 2-3 months? Last thing I did was finish up a couple of the minis for Scythe. It fun! Wish I had more time for the 40k Harlequins I've had on my desk for ... like a year and a half now 😭
A month and a bit (Zelda killed all other recreational time :P)... before Tears of the Kingdom, I was painting at least every second day. I only just started the hobby in late 2021, but have been enjoying it a ton. Zelda has been my first major disruption to weekly painting.
Last time I painted a mini was more than 5 years ago, before my eldest was born. Since then I just haven't been able to make time, being busy "adulting". Two years ago we moved and my painting stuff had been packed up ever since. I sold a lot of warhammer 40k stuff to make room. Watching your videos, among others, helps scratch the itch. But the idea in the back of my head is always "soon there'll be time". I do miss it.
I very like that approach. I'm of the old and classic branch. I'm normally the kind of fool that would pass 10 hours on a single miniature before judging it passable. On the other hand, I tried slapchop and I can't say I'm really found of it. The colors are dull, the results unimaginative. So, I'm also trying to cut corners, and using contrast paints/inks on the black primer is actually a very good idea.
Thanks @Ninjon for the video, I really needed this one. I'm playing a gloomhaven campaign and it absolutely terrifies me to start painting the minis because I want to paint them "properly" which I cannot find time for and therefore they just have a zenital priming over them, which is embarassing. PD: Not sure what is going on with YT weird PascalCasing in the comments 😅
Enjoyed this video. Interesting take on adding colour depth and just kicking back, which for me is why i paint. I almost dont care what miniatures they are. To your question Ninjon. I have a dwarf blood bowl team that i started 4 months ago (maybe). Ive not picked up a brush for any meaningful time in 5 weeks.
I'm new to the hobby side of things, like getting and painting the models. I've spent most of my waking moments learning how to paint as I slowly assemble and prep my lads. And now that I'm actually painting, I have to say I disagree with nearly everything you said lol. While those models may look better than my first amateur attempts to paint in the more "traditional" style, I personally wouldn't be happy with those results. In fact, I'm not really sure what you're trying to say at all. Priming and doing grey/white drybrushing does not take much time (especially compared to how much time you save not shading/highlighting), nor does it feel tedious, or like a grind. I want to have the best looking models I can, and at my skill level, using slapchop creates an end result that I'm more than beyond happy with. And if I want to elevate my models later with other techniques that's always an option. As opposed to using 3-4 extra colors to highlight and shade for every color I want? Talk about tedious...and costly comparatively... Maybe it's just because I've been a professional chef and baker for nearly 14 years, but the idea of efficiently batching your prep process in order to make the finishing work easier and better, that's just logical to me and how I approach my work anyways. Keep in mind no one is forcing you, a highly experienced painter, to use a time-saving technique just for the sake of it. If you're talented enough and have all the tools and paints you could ever need, paint the way you want to. But maybe someone new to the hobby who has next to zero relevant tools and absolutely no paints might like the method that costs considerably less due to needing far less paint varieties, and benefit from having a good looking model to boot.
I spent an hour yesterday making a solid black basecoat on my 4 ASOIAF Champion of the Stag cavalry. Next is a Zenithal highlight. Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. I made the mistake when I started to see it as work, and I payed in a pile of grey and the real cash I threw away. I'm restarting with ASOIAF and I hope this time I manage to always just enjoy it like yesterday evening.
I generally put paint on something every day. That thing could be a standard size mini, a larger project like a big dragon or a larger scale figure (currently Scrooge McDuck), or it could be a terrain piece or something I’m crafting from scratch. ADHD brain bounces around constantly and I’m not quite sure when I last *completed* a mini 😂
I just restarted after a 30year hiatus. Painted a dragon, and an Elric, and have just finished putting together a team of novitiates (could do 2 or 3 a night). Stalling on painting my first GW minis becaus I'm afraid I'm going to mess the up and waste the time, effort and money.... But I have every tool known to mankind, just in case I need it! 🤣
I've been on a painting rampage recently. Finished 4 Sisters Repentia yesterday. Decided to slay my grey. Was down to about 10 unpainted minis left then bought Leviathan -_-
Never. But having watched your TH-cam videos, along with others, for the past six months, I’m ready to attempt my first painting. Thanks for the inspiration you have provided.
Finished my last minis for my 2K HH VII Legion forge about 10 days ago. Now I'm taking a break, resetting the hobby space and trying to get a game of HH on the books before I jump back into more yellow dudes.
Ugggg... like 3-4 weeks... kids graduation, summer projects, honey-do list.... and some other lame excuses... really i just need get in my little cubby and chill... great tips on the EZ color shading... seems such a simple thing that i never thought of.
THANK YOU!!! Why do the hobby if you don't enjoy the painting right! I love to put music on or an audio book, pour a naughty drink and just push paint and watch it dry ...ahhh...
Haven't painted anything in at least a month and I took a two year hiatus before that... So, thanks for bringing the joy of "slapping" some paint in the hobby with this video. P.s. do you ship your merch to Europe, from the US? The custom fees are brutal nowadays...
I do find painting relaxing. I'm a fairly new painter (just a couple of weeks). I was curious about "speed painting," but now I feel really good about just painting. I painted less than 24 hours ago and now need to get back to it and relaxing. Thanks!
Last mini I painted was like 2-3 months ago, I was just getting a feel for getting back into painting after a ~10 year hiatus. Just testing colours seeing what I liked best and etc. Then I got distracted by cardboard crack. Whoops.
It's been a while since I painted a mini. Maybe 2 years? My work became all consuming a bit ago and I want to kit back down with some paint and relax, but it's hard to do. Love these videos - they really help inspire me. I've got a box of Tau Pathfinders that I've been slowly assembling, and trying to figure out my paint scheme, and I love watching your work.
Due to moving halfway across the country and having a baby (11 weeks tomorrow!) its been a little over 5 months since I’ve painted anything, it’s a drag but it’s worth it. I’m slowly getting my new space set up between bottle feeding and butt wiping. Thanks for the quality videos peppered into what little spare time I have!
Since you asked so nicely: my last mini was painted four days ago and was an awesome Frosthaven Algox. Btw. you're gonna love Frosthaven! It's like Gloomhaven but bettererer
To answer your question: I last painted last week, and I’m working on making better and more interesting bases. I love your approach and you did give me a new set of tools, and your approach mirrors my own. Subscribed. Also. You had me at Spaceballs.
This helps a lot. I'm going to the Grand Narrative in november, I'm painting up second edition models, and I'm just in a rut with my troops. Thank you, once again, for the awesome video. You sir, rock.
Painted my last mini exactly a week ago. Character for Silver Tower. Haven't painted anything this week, was busy playing and assembling new models. Can't wait to paint something again. Kind of struggle in the last months with motivation though. I really enjoy slapchop and used it to paint Silver Tower models. Haven't figured out a way to paint my 40k models with it though and I am stuck with those old army schemes....trying to replicate them with newer paints and methods is not ideal and takes more time than if I would just come up with a new scheme.
Last mini I painted was yesterday. But I'm just getting started, so even though I know they don't look great, I'm having fun and my motivation is very high! 😄
Last mini was completed over the long weekend :) Pretty sure your 45 minute minis beat the pants off my 5 hour minis, but it's all fun just the same. Always good to see you upload, I'm always learning something new whenever you put a video up. Now I just need my Slay the Gray shirt to arrive. :D
Thanks Jon! This right here is why I'm subscribed. Good, honest advice. To your question: I painted this afternoon. I'm working on a JotL mini right now, in fact!
Last paint was a few weeks back, but that's because I've been slowly building and basing the next project. Finished the basing yesterday, going to prime later today. I find slap chopping relaxing, myself, but it's all about the batch size. I am a lot happier working on 6 or less things at a time.
Due to the lack of disposable income right now I've been rescuing mini's from my awful painting style in the early 90's, there's a marked improvement which I'm attributing to watching your channel.
6 pints of blood and a couple ounces of semen (donated at proper facilities, ya cant just go asking people on the street) would land you enough dough to get into 3d printing then you can have all the new minis to your hearts content.
@jc7997aj make sure it's your own blood donated over an extended time-frame. Those plasma clinic people are a bunch of narcs! You'd think they'd appreciate a 7 gallon donation!
@@jc7997ajot always true. Going out on the street asking to donate is how I met my ex.
@@fenreer01 🤣😂
@@fenreer01 To true. I to have also found they don't appreciate prepackaged donations.
This honestly helps. Giving permission to just paint a thing, and for it not to be a Golden Demon award winner is a thing I sometimes just need to hear.
I know exactly what you mean. The videos that result in awesomely painted miniatures are a great inspiration but they don't help when all you want to do is just relax and paint a bit.
You need 999 coins to win Gholdengo
I took a two year break from painting due to my anxiety and fear of failure around painting mini's but I just recently started painting again last week. Watching videos like this can be helpful but I need to accept that I'm still new to the hobby and I'm obviously going to make a ton of mistakes as I learn.
Thanks for the video.
all those mistakes are actually new techniques for your tool box. sounds facetious but it's true. Another tip is to paint your favourite mini's, don't wait until you're "good" enough. Just do it because you like the sculpt. Good luck with your anxiety, I know it can be paralysing.
To quote the greatest painter of all time “There are no mistakes just happy accidents.”
I used to paint minis with the exact same attitude. What helped me was playing around with low stake figures. I could learn how to paint and not ruin them. The only goal was fun. When I went back to the more expensive amazingly sculpts the anxiety of messing up was gone. Learning is part of the fun but we ruin it by unrealistic expectations. Midwinter minis video where he just decide to paint up his precious space hulk figures started the process for me. Who cares if you paint them the wrong shade of red. Ha ha. It’s just for enjoyment
@@carlstanford7607 exactly this too. Bunch 4-6 minis, maybe with some variety in the sculpts, but racing through the same or similar colour schemes can get your mojo fired up. Never underestimate an oil wash and wipe afterwards too, especially on figures you care less for.
I painted my last Mini about 36 years ago (Battletech) 😂 I just bought a SLA-Printer and now I’ve got tons of printed stuff … that looks really cool, but definitely will look cooler painted.
I really have to admit, you‘ve got a way to motivate people to try painting on their own 👍
… and if it will come out awful, at least now I‘ve got one to blame on 😜😂
This style you picked up, sharing from the last one you painted the Ninja rabbit, is really neat. Going for shades and then lightning up and adding color as you go. Keeps the model cohesive and not as much lost time picking base colors. Well done!
I've watched many painting videos before but for whatever reason this one really resonates with me. Very cool technique of color shading and then hitting the highlights. And the tip of how many layers to apply and where is very informative. My last model painted was last night.
Of all the mini painters I watch on TH-cam, you are probably my favourite. I really like your perspective of improving your skills, getting good looking models, but not sweating the small stuff nobody pays attention to anyway. 13 days since I painted a mini. Got a bit burnt out painting, so have been building terrain. I find it a good way to recharge when I get bored of painting minis.
Last mini I painted was 1,5 months ago. I’m really itching to get painting again. And your point on just enjoying the journey really hits the spot.
Your 45 minute miniatures end up way better than my 4 hour minis. Haha! But that's a big part of why I love your videos. They inspire me to keep painting because with enough practice, I know I can eventually have a great looking miniature painted in less than an hour. Thanks for all the tips!
I haven’t painted anything in a year. We moved into the new house, and during the move my box of minis … all three tubs of them, got smashed. The whole thing crushed. I only managed to save like 20 models.
Since then, I’ve just … I haven’t.
Starting from scratch again just feels so… hard.
Every one of my models gets a new technique or combination of techniques. Whether its paints, brushes, airbrush style, or basing. You're an inspiration friend.
I do this too. Unfortunately, it drives me mad when I do it with squads/units because I always know what technique goes with which mini. No one else does...but I do. It's my annoying problem.
@@auxlen it takes forever but it does make for some good-looking minis
Paint every weekend and whenever I can during the week, which is pretty rare. I’ve got about 2k worth of stormcast eternals and 4-5 warbands and kill teams in the table currently. aaannndddd another stash of Slaves to Darkness models hiding too
I haven’t painted in over 2 years. I currently live vicariously through you and my other rust belt bois, miniac, samlenz, uncle atom, and I thank you all dearly for it. 💛
You're really getting into the navy/magenta underpainting thing :)
I did finish a model this morning, though and made a bunch of progress on another 10 today. :)
My last mini painted was a few days ago! Honestly, your videos and your attitude is what got me back in to mini painting the past few months. I was too scared to get started because i wasn't going to be good at it, but your attitude of "just paint a mini" no matter how good or bad it is, just to get the time in and enjoy the process, is what pushed me to actually start and keep on going. thank you so so much for pushing me to do it
Last mini I finished was 3 weeks ago. I paint for fun but only have time in some weekends so sometimes they are standing there waiting on the table for weeks. Love your channel and motivational speeches! Thanks!
Your opinion is not the only one. Waiting eagerly for Darryl to paint his way and commentate a whole video.
which channel is Darryl hosting?
@@naphaneal Hopefully Jon can hold the camera for him just as well.
Daryl needs a confederate themed imperal guard army.
He never said it was?
Loving your content at the moment Ninjon! You get me inspired to try new techniques, and then I realise how talented you are when I try and fail to replicate it 😂
You make it look so easy!
The last mini I painted was 3 days ago! I was finishing up my sisters of silence squad for a game of kill team at work 😅
I really feel I've fallen into that hole where I just speedpaint armies while watching series and not enjoy the painting part of it. I really focus a lot on painting every little piece and avoid any overlaps. I'll try to do the contrast paint shadowing on the next models- I actually never used contrast or speedpaints on black primed models before.
See now with the title of this video and the intro I couldn’t disagree more. I always struggled with painting but the contrast paint line really revitalized my interest in painting. I love how the contrast paints flow and blend and get great enjoyment out of the process. My end results look stunning too.
I had some instructors that are into painting minis too and their hours vary widely. Contrast paints let them crush a few models in an hour here and there and yield great results.
I like putting down one darker contrast colour as a base then dry brushing in one or two highlights. Models look great in no time!
I think the title is just meant to be inflammatory to get clicks. The final message seems to be find a way of painting that makes you satisfied and stick with it so that you get your models done and enjoy painting. It sounds like you've found something like that with contrast paint and that's fantastic!
Last time I put some paint on a mini was two days ago. Thank you very much for these tips and a really humble, but very important motivational speech for all of us hobbists! Always a pleasure listening to you while building or painting a miniature!!
Been about a month because I took a break during exams but I got myself a box of sisters to paint up
I painted a mini 1.5 months ago. I just didn't have enough free time since then.
The last time I painted a Mini was probably.... 18 years ago... and they weren't great. I don't presently own any mini's, nor the stuff to paint them, but I do enjoy watching your videos so that if I ever run into the time and disposable income to start again, I'll be better prepared to make them look less awful! :)
I was actually painting last night, just started my first model from the leviathan boxset. I came to your videos for inspiration as they all usually have some snippet of information that I can take moving forward and help me grow as a painter. Thanks for doing your videos the way you do them. Helps me immensely.
Last mini painted: night before last I knocked out a team of 7 Tyranids for a Kill Team game to play with my brothers yesterday.
I'm actually in the middle of working on my own Gloomhaven minis. We are starting with the Jaws of the Lion set. I just put the last couple touches of paint on those models in the last hour. I am also finishing the bases for my Komando Kill Team while watching your present gloriousness.
I really needed this video. Been trying to paint small armies and troops for OnePageRules's games lately, and finding the sweet spot between time and quality has been pretty tough. Definitely going to apply this to my next army. Also, I last finished a mini last month, but I do paint twice a week. It's actually the main reason I do painting streams; it helps me stay motivated and have a regular schedule.
I have been chipping away at a centerpiece model for the last few months, I was just working on it last night. All of these channels really get my painting energy flowing so thanks for the encouragement!
I'm usually painting when I watch youtube videos so the last mini I painted was just now
Last month, I finished a Frosthaven "starting six" mini for our campaign. Those new Gloomhaven models are a quantum leap forward in model quality. I must admit, my tiny brain is still slackjawed at the blue/magenta shadow underpainting. Still trying to process and understand why and how those colors work *scratches head*.
I’m very happy to say that it’s only a few days since I last painted. I’ve been working on some Wood Elves for MESBG and thanks to the weather being dreadful on the weekend my wife and I got to sit at the kitchen table and hobby instead of being outside doing all the work on the house we should have been doing. Thanks for the videos, John. I really enjoy your take on this hobby. Cheers.
I really love this style of painting, and because of content like this (I also find murray from table top time really inspiring) I get more confident in not paiting/covering everything completely but just focussing on the importsnt stuf! The last mini I painteds was about 3 weeks ago (was on a holiday) and it was a darth jar jar in legion scale!
I finished some very simple Ochre Jellies yesterday, but the last month has been hell at work, so getting any time was a challenge.
That said, last year I set myself a challenge of painting 1 medium size figure per day average, and I got to 365 by October, this year, I'm 7 figures behind ... but I can catch that up in the comming months.
My standard is VERY low, but thats ok, cause I am enjoying painting figures for probably the first time in the nearly 40 years I've been painting figures.
Its always been a "Chore" that I just needed to do, but this last couple of years by accepting a lower "Speed Painting" standard, I actually enjoying it, and that has been revelatory!
The figures I've been churning out still look fine on the table, but I've got it down to a technical art, and can blast through a unit in as little as 25 minutes average per figure, and that includes assembly, based and varnished.
Will they win awards? No, but I'm slaying the grey and having some fun with it, and thats all that matters!
Over my years of painting, I find I go through spurts of wanting to paint my hardest on display pieces followed by spurts of just wanting to slap paint on little toy soldiers followed by taking breaks entirely (and maybe just playing those RPGs and wargames many of these miniatures are for). Right now, I'm churning through quick BattleTech stuff on a weekly basis and loving the break from working on hard stuff!
"Did we discuss a revolutionary painting system that will change the way you approach the hobby forever?"
YES !!!!!!!!!! This is pure genius !!!!
"How long has it been since you painted your last mini?"
Well... About 6 years ago I did a super quick test scheme when I tried to get back into the hobby. Before that would probably have been... 18 years? Maybe?
3 years ago was last one , Avenger Strike Fighter 's
Warhammer 40k 9th edition rules bloat and extreme power creep ( harlequins and Ad Mech ) as edition went along turned me off even trying
10th edition is looking even worse with all the TO's banning rules and making up their own "house rules"
I stopped playing and painting during 6th edition and skipped out on 7th and 8th editions as it was just insane how broken the game had gotten .
GW lives on broken rules and meta chasing then limited supply runs .
Finding a gaming group that is not GW hide bound is rough where I live .
I still have my Guard Regiments , 1054 Vostroyan "Void Stalkers" and 541st Drop troops / 187th Glider Infantry "Knollwood" Elysians " with 3 P-61 "Black Widow's" ( Avenger Strike Fighter ) and 6 AC-47 "Spooky"/ "Puff the magic dragon" ( Valkyries )
3d printing seem a cool idea , print army's you like then paint them up and add to display cases .
Last model I painted was probably April May sometime. I watch your videos for inspiration and encouragement to get back into it when I have time off work. Kinda get into waves of 40k playing/painting/building for 2-3 months. Then I get stuck into XBox game rpg for 2-3 months... Back and forth, that's the cycle of hobby life 🤣
Hi Jon, last painted minis some SpaceWolves for KT (5 no.) about 2 weeks ago, about~~~ 12hrs to complete over 4 weeks, using a Trovarion-grimdark method, great colour contrasts between warm / cool but aiyo took a long time. Constantly working on my my hit-list here and there. No Darryl / Bloopers? Cheers from Melbourne AUS
This was a video I really needed to watch. I have been struggling with painting because it has felt like work (I have mainly painted Malifaux stuff for the past year). I have decided to just put those models away for right now and work on board game miniatures. For instance, I have painted up all my Unmatched models. Next up will be all The Witcher Old world models and then Warhammer Quest Cursed City
17 years ago, and thinking of getting back into it... But 40k has changer so much, that I don't know whether to strip and redo my 100 or so Space Marines (the hell are Primaris? -looking into that). On top of that, I had about 1000 points of Chaos Marines, and a T'au detachment... I kept it all, but looking back, only my T'au look somewhat decent (they were the last I started).
I've collected and painted miniatures for decades..... yikes!! (4 of them!!)
My painting to be fair can only be considered using 1 word - Necessary.
If I want to use them I have to put paint on them.
Because painting armies tends to involve very very many...... I never truly got excited about it. It was just a thing that needed to be done (and not particularly well either :( )
Over the last year or so I decided to do something about it.
I watched your videos (and a few others)
I invested in new paints.
I bought an air brush (as recommended by your good self)
A few new brushes
And, some more minis.
I was so excited when they arrived I didn't touch any of them for a week!!
I think I'm actually slightly terrified to start!!
How silly is that?!!
Your last couple of videos have encouraged me to have a go....
But that means actually putting paint onto something right?
I'll start tomorrow ;)
It's been so long that I need to just get on with it.......
I'm sure I will ;)
Great video by the way 👏 👍 👌
I might even start to actually enjoy it too :)
Cheers buddy
Ooooh... about four months. I did scratch build some model railway stuff does that count. But you missed out Sqeeze and bang from the suck and blow (Thats just the engineer part of me). This one has realy got me thinking about all my old 25mm stuff from the '70's & '80's.
Been four days. Mainly because I am fostering a Belgian Malinois puppy for the Department of Defense (baby of the same breed you see in John Wick). My days have been “No” “Drop it” “Hey where are you” and “My wet palette is now a dry brush hey PUT THAT DOWN”
The last minis I painted (3 Canoptek Scarab Swarms) were a little over 4 weeks ago, but I did build 3 more scarab swarm bases 2 days ago. Progress!
Mainly I kinds stopped painting because I wasn't sure how 10th Ed was going to impact my army building plans, but now that the indexes have dropped it's back to paining on the regular(ish).
Last mini I painted was yesterday afternoon. Two BattleTech minis: The Cauldron-Born and the Linebacker. Putting a limit to the amount of afford put into every mini, but NOT reducing efford to the minimum, has worked wonders for me. By now, I paint about 2-3 minis a week. Much more minis with much less stress than before. :)
About 14 hours ago. I will overcome the grey.....I will overcome the grey..........I will.....oh look, my leviathan box!!
That's exactly what I do; paint for my own self since I don't pay any games at this time. I paint because it's Zen time for me. Do I push to improve? Certainly, I do. But...I'm not nearly as psycho as I was about it for a while. Am I losing my mind trying to get my head around painting NMM? Oh yeah. But I've long since gotten to the point of improving by just doing it and not stressing over the results too much. I last painted my current WIP last night, in fact, since you asked; my Reaper Bones Black Elemental Scions Efreeti.
I started very enthusiastic after discovering that painting keeps my head calm, but very soon (2, 3 months in) went down the "I saw to much awesome stuff on YT/IG, I'll never be anywhere close to that!" road and stopped about a year ago. Today, the leviathan Box came and I have to paint because I told some friend we'd play W40K. I'm pumped and in fear at the same time. Hope your ideas will help on the road.
I am definitely going to try this dark contrast over black as a base coat in the near future... I think it might help me learn some new techniques. But instead of thinking regular paints how about using air paints that are already pretty diluted? Anyways to answer your question, I just finished painting a miniature from Darkest Dungeon about 30 minutes ago.
Probably about 2 months ago when i painted 2/3rds of my sons Cygnar Battlegroup minis...still have the Warcaster and extra warjack to do. I totally agree with you about "building momentum" with your painting.
I have painted a Skitarii (Adeptus Mechanicus) from Warhammer 40k just a week ago. Thanks to Ninjon, I get all my inspiration and actually improve my skills)
Last two videos are “your” best version of the Techno Mancer’s influence on you!! I love this direction Jon! You are really helping people in the hobby…Thank You!❤Answer…Today, and everyday!
Hey John, my name is Rob. I would love to interview you if you’re into that thing let me know if that would work for you. I’ve interviewed prominent artists in our community include including Vince. To answer your question, the last miniature I painted it was yesterday, it was a commission.
due to getting in to the hobby by a lot of ebay purchases (and old model sculpts) followed by not so much painting, most of the nights I do paint (not a lot due to time constraints) its mostly batchpainting to reduce the awefull amount of an pile of shame I posess. Yesterday night i have done the main colour of my Rogal Dorn Tank (its just green and black now after a month) and after that I swiched over to the 30 Guardsmen needing Nuln oil (sitting still for over 3 months!!) beeing its company. Really the only thing keeping the hobby "fresh" is basicly switching between projects I started. Tonight one or two colours on the Space Wolves, tomorrow base coating a squad of Metamorph Hybrids, the next day Guard followed by orks boys....
When I followed your Videos it was the first time I slowly realised that it could be different. Taking up one Character mini or just one squad of 5 or less leaves way more room to experiment with techniques like blending, layering or just pain ol colour composition rather than spending 2-3 hours basecoating until leaving the project to go to bed and not really feeling motivated to keep going the next day.
So whats the point of me jibbering about? just listen to ninjon, his tipps tricks and techniques (and videos) are just awesome help and advice you never thought you would need
So thanks bro
Last mini I completed was 2 days ago, but I have a bunch at various stages of completion, in various methods. Will polish off 2 tomorrow, and 4-6 somewhere around Saturday (it's currently Tuesday for future reference).
Last time I painted a mini was 3 weeks ago, mostly because I was traveling and an ocean + half of Europe away from my minis, paints, and brushes. Fortunately, I had the good sense to download some podcasts to make the plane rides, not to mention going cold turkey, more bearable. You might have heard of it; it's called 'Trapped Under Plastic'. ^.^
Ninjon holding two open Contrast paints pots together like that is so terrifying this video is almost unwatchable.
I've never painted minis, but just ordered my first collection through the GH BackerKit campaign. Do you have any suggestions for base paints to use or avoid for turning all 603 black?
"Just paint" has always been the best advice. Nothing teaches you more than just practice and you get painted minis as a bonus! My last painting bit was about 6 weeks ago, but I was on vacation for the last 4 weeks ;) But, truthfully, speed/contrast paints have been my bane. I've felt the need to learn and use them, but because I'm ancient (66), I really am just more comfortable with classic acrylics. "Speed painting" has slowed me way down simply because I spend less time painting because of my unfamiliarity! Stupid, yes?
Awesome video. Last mini was a mummy from Hero Quest on Thursday 😊 currently in transit from Sweden to Greece, so hopefully my paints are gonna make it there as well! Since AoS tournament season has winded down while waiting for the new GHB -and enough blood for the Blood God has been shed for now- I just paint Heroquest models for fun. This technique/paintstyle you showed here is perfect for a bit of low-stress, vacation painting!
P.S. we are wearing the same t-shirt, woot🤘
Hey. Firstly, thanks for the video. I find watching them relaxing, like a cool bob Ross video. I paint infrequently but when I do it’s with my 7 year old son who’s just getting into the hobby. He also loves your videos. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next one!
Two months ago I finished paiting Phase One of my TwilightWarriors Eldar Army that I started painting in 1998! They're mostly Rogue Trader era minis and it felt great to get paint on them after all these years. It was about 30 models -- enough to play Xenos Rampant with them. It felt SO GOOD to get them finished. I'm eager to get back and finish the remaining 30 models who are primed and xenithal highlighted.
Man I understand that this was a sponsored video; but with all the time and money I've put into Gloomhaven, Frosthaven, Jaws of The Lion..I personally would love a few more painting videos with the new minis, to you how are they? Are they CMON quality, better? Bad seamlines? I really wish I had more info and more vids on them before I go ahead with my 500$ pledge for all the minis and the rpg
About 2 weeks since painted last mini. It was batch paint of 3d prints to use as chaos cultists for grimdark future firefight. Basecoat done with airbrush (top red, bottom purple), some details. Oil wash and that's it. Looks good enought with low effort (6 minis in 3 hours). They can be improved but I already like them.
Well, I did not expect to comment here but here we are.
Last time I've painted a minature was months ago. I even stopped counting, I was actually done with the hobby. Until I saw this clip.
Man, you can hit hard. I only visit the channel one in a while, old habit (used to watch everything there). And you hit me hard. With your mindset, you passion, your calmness. I've sat and just painted. One mini after breakfast and one after lunch. I've finished my project thank to this. I cannot explain enough how much it did to me.
I guess there are only 3 things I want to tell you
Thank you
Keep it up, you are great, this channel is gold and you make a difference.
Slay the gray
I found that speed painting is the way! There are so much mini's in games these days that trying for the Golden Demon look is impossible. I've been painting complete Blood Bowl and Warcry teams in under 15 hours and this is perfect. So to answer your question about 6 months, but in the previous 6 months, I painted about 80 mini's!
I've recently painted 2000pts of Bretonnia for a 6th Ed WHFB campaign, but only to about 75% complete. Hopefully will all be complete in the next week or two.
Last painted about 6 weeks ago, speed-painted four ungors I needed for my new Shadow of the Demon Lord campaign. Most of my painting tends to be just-in-time models for my TTRPG games. I got into 3D printing last year and love the variety and quality of minis I can produce, but have been frustrated lately by how overdesigned many of them are when I go to try to paint them. Speed paints make that detail easier to deal with, but I'm finding I actually prefer having chunkier models that give me more opportunity to practice layering.
I haven't painted in... 2-3 months? Last thing I did was finish up a couple of the minis for Scythe. It fun! Wish I had more time for the 40k Harlequins I've had on my desk for ... like a year and a half now 😭
A month and a bit (Zelda killed all other recreational time :P)... before Tears of the Kingdom, I was painting at least every second day. I only just started the hobby in late 2021, but have been enjoying it a ton. Zelda has been my first major disruption to weekly painting.
Last time I painted a mini was more than 5 years ago, before my eldest was born. Since then I just haven't been able to make time, being busy "adulting". Two years ago we moved and my painting stuff had been packed up ever since. I sold a lot of warhammer 40k stuff to make room. Watching your videos, among others, helps scratch the itch. But the idea in the back of my head is always "soon there'll be time". I do miss it.
I very like that approach. I'm of the old and classic branch. I'm normally the kind of fool that would pass 10 hours on a single miniature before judging it passable.
On the other hand, I tried slapchop and I can't say I'm really found of it. The colors are dull, the results unimaginative.
So, I'm also trying to cut corners, and using contrast paints/inks on the black primer is actually a very good idea.
My first model I painted was back in January and with Gundam Markers. Never done it this way. But taking notes. How should I get started?
Thanks @Ninjon for the video, I really needed this one. I'm playing a gloomhaven campaign and it absolutely terrifies me to start painting the minis because I want to paint them "properly" which I cannot find time for and therefore they just have a zenital priming over them, which is embarassing.
PD: Not sure what is going on with YT weird PascalCasing in the comments 😅
Enjoyed this video. Interesting take on adding colour depth and just kicking back, which for me is why i paint. I almost dont care what miniatures they are.
To your question Ninjon. I have a dwarf blood bowl team that i started 4 months ago (maybe). Ive not picked up a brush for any meaningful time in 5 weeks.
I'm new to the hobby side of things, like getting and painting the models. I've spent most of my waking moments learning how to paint as I slowly assemble and prep my lads. And now that I'm actually painting, I have to say I disagree with nearly everything you said lol. While those models may look better than my first amateur attempts to paint in the more "traditional" style, I personally wouldn't be happy with those results.
In fact, I'm not really sure what you're trying to say at all. Priming and doing grey/white drybrushing does not take much time (especially compared to how much time you save not shading/highlighting), nor does it feel tedious, or like a grind. I want to have the best looking models I can, and at my skill level, using slapchop creates an end result that I'm more than beyond happy with. And if I want to elevate my models later with other techniques that's always an option. As opposed to using 3-4 extra colors to highlight and shade for every color I want? Talk about tedious...and costly comparatively...
Maybe it's just because I've been a professional chef and baker for nearly 14 years, but the idea of efficiently batching your prep process in order to make the finishing work easier and better, that's just logical to me and how I approach my work anyways. Keep in mind no one is forcing you, a highly experienced painter, to use a time-saving technique just for the sake of it. If you're talented enough and have all the tools and paints you could ever need, paint the way you want to. But maybe someone new to the hobby who has next to zero relevant tools and absolutely no paints might like the method that costs considerably less due to needing far less paint varieties, and benefit from having a good looking model to boot.
I spent an hour yesterday making a solid black basecoat on my 4 ASOIAF Champion of the Stag cavalry. Next is a Zenithal highlight. Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. I made the mistake when I started to see it as work, and I payed in a pile of grey and the real cash I threw away. I'm restarting with ASOIAF and I hope this time I manage to always just enjoy it like yesterday evening.
I generally put paint on something every day. That thing could be a standard size mini, a larger project like a big dragon or a larger scale figure (currently Scrooge McDuck), or it could be a terrain piece or something I’m crafting from scratch. ADHD brain bounces around constantly and I’m not quite sure when I last *completed* a mini 😂
I just restarted after a 30year hiatus. Painted a dragon, and an Elric, and have just finished putting together a team of novitiates (could do 2 or 3 a night). Stalling on painting my first GW minis becaus I'm afraid I'm going to mess the up and waste the time, effort and money.... But I have every tool known to mankind, just in case I need it! 🤣
I've been on a painting rampage recently. Finished 4 Sisters Repentia yesterday. Decided to slay my grey. Was down to about 10 unpainted minis left then bought Leviathan -_-
Never. But having watched your TH-cam videos, along with others, for the past six months, I’m ready to attempt my first painting. Thanks for the inspiration you have provided.
Finished my last minis for my 2K HH VII Legion forge about 10 days ago. Now I'm taking a break, resetting the hobby space and trying to get a game of HH on the books before I jump back into more yellow dudes.
Ugggg... like 3-4 weeks... kids graduation, summer projects, honey-do list.... and some other lame excuses... really i just need get in my little cubby and chill... great tips on the EZ color shading... seems such a simple thing that i never thought of.
THANK YOU!!! Why do the hobby if you don't enjoy the painting right! I love to put music on or an audio book, pour a naughty drink and just push paint and watch it dry ...ahhh...
Haven't painted anything in at least a month and I took a two year hiatus before that... So, thanks for bringing the joy of "slapping" some paint in the hobby with this video.
P.s. do you ship your merch to Europe, from the US? The custom fees are brutal nowadays...
I do find painting relaxing. I'm a fairly new painter (just a couple of weeks). I was curious about "speed painting," but now I feel really good about just painting. I painted less than 24 hours ago and now need to get back to it and relaxing. Thanks!
Last mini I painted was like 2-3 months ago, I was just getting a feel for getting back into painting after a ~10 year hiatus. Just testing colours seeing what I liked best and etc.
Then I got distracted by cardboard crack. Whoops.
It's been a while since I painted a mini. Maybe 2 years? My work became all consuming a bit ago and I want to kit back down with some paint and relax, but it's hard to do. Love these videos - they really help inspire me. I've got a box of Tau Pathfinders that I've been slowly assembling, and trying to figure out my paint scheme, and I love watching your work.
Due to moving halfway across the country and having a baby (11 weeks tomorrow!) its been a little over 5 months since I’ve painted anything, it’s a drag but it’s worth it.
I’m slowly getting my new space set up between bottle feeding and butt wiping.
Thanks for the quality videos peppered into what little spare time I have!
Since you asked so nicely: my last mini was painted four days ago and was an awesome Frosthaven Algox. Btw. you're gonna love Frosthaven! It's like Gloomhaven but bettererer
To answer your question: I last painted last week, and I’m working on making better and more interesting bases. I love your approach and you did give me a new set of tools, and your approach mirrors my own. Subscribed. Also. You had me at Spaceballs.
This helps a lot. I'm going to the Grand Narrative in november, I'm painting up second edition models, and I'm just in a rut with my troops. Thank you, once again, for the awesome video. You sir, rock.
Painted my last mini exactly a week ago. Character for Silver Tower. Haven't painted anything this week, was busy playing and assembling new models. Can't wait to paint something again. Kind of struggle in the last months with motivation though. I really enjoy slapchop and used it to paint Silver Tower models. Haven't figured out a way to paint my 40k models with it though and I am stuck with those old army schemes....trying to replicate them with newer paints and methods is not ideal and takes more time than if I would just come up with a new scheme.
Last mini I painted was yesterday. But I'm just getting started, so even though I know they don't look great, I'm having fun and my motivation is very high! 😄
Last mini was completed over the long weekend :) Pretty sure your 45 minute minis beat the pants off my 5 hour minis, but it's all fun just the same. Always good to see you upload, I'm always learning something new whenever you put a video up. Now I just need my Slay the Gray shirt to arrive. :D
Thanks Jon! This right here is why I'm subscribed. Good, honest advice. To your question: I painted this afternoon. I'm working on a JotL mini right now, in fact!
Last paint was a few weeks back, but that's because I've been slowly building and basing the next project. Finished the basing yesterday, going to prime later today. I find slap chopping relaxing, myself, but it's all about the batch size. I am a lot happier working on 6 or less things at a time.