2:09 Sound effects! That what I have been missing out.... not my lack of talent but not making the right noises. This will change my life forever, "beep boop". Thank you so much.
Very nice! You’re absolutely correct- if you’ve got an army to put up on table- that’s the way to do it! You can always spend extra time on generals/personalities. Great tutorial. Thanks!
For my own Genestealer cultists i use rakarth flesh and pallid wych flesh for a base and highlight and then use army painter purple ink to shift the skin tone. Really nice 3 step process for purple skin.
Very good tutorial. I use the Army Painter washes/inks on a regular basis. This technique will come in handy for some Legend of the 5 Rings’ Minis I am going to do. 👍
Great tutorial! I had forgot about the wash painting system so thanks for showing this. I'm like you in that I still like the traditional method of painting but with that said I like to learn about techniques like this as I may want to try it sometime.
I think there's a lot to be said for applying some of these techniques alongside others. I kinda like this chap's clothing and the rubberized gear, for example, but I'd prefer to do the skin and weapon traditionally since I think that slightly sharper, more solid look suits them better. But it makes more sense to do the whole thing sticking to one method as closely as possible for the sake of a demonstration - even if it did go a little bit sideways on that shotgun!
Thank you very much for going over washes. I have the complete line of Vallejo that I bought online as an impulse purchase. It was nice to see how to use them. Can you talk about the difference between a Wash and an Ink? They seem to be the same thing. Thanks again and enjoy your day too!😁
Need to pick up some of that mixing medium, forgot yesterday when I went to the shop (I live in the middle of nowhere so its quite the trip haha!). Great video as always, thanks :)
It's a great bit of kit! The mediums from all the different suppliers have a place in my little toolbox, I love the varied effects you can get out of ordinary paints with a wee bit of tweaking. :D
Ryan Murray the best part about contrast paints is that we now have a wider collection of colours to work with. I got the Vallejo set and the army painter ink set and it felt a little bit limiting, now there’s a bunch more to choose from.
A genestealer cult woot woot Btw I have a trick for you to try with Contrast: base neutral gray, dry rush light gray like sky gray or longbeard, then thin down a contrast paint say for clothing and paint over the dry rushed area. It acts like a glaze and you get extra highlights. If you add Agrax before the contrast, you also get extra recess shading. 5 levels of color with 3 paints and a wash. Not bad. Thought you’d appreciate that bc I cam across it accidentally while I was experimenting with methods I learned on here. Thought I’d repay you with something I discovered. :D
My suggestion if as I am, you are a complete beginner to painting miniatures or anything really, is that I bought one of the GW starter sets that had A LOT of similar models, models that I like but also a lot, so that I could freely learn through trial and error and not have to worry too much about spoiling any particular model as you always have a doz others to hopefully learn from your mistakes and improve. I did also buy a couple of aspirational sets too for when I am confident enough in my painting to be able to do them justice, they were very expensive but bought them anyway as I was concerned that when I was eventually confident enough to tackle them, they would no longer be available to purchase 😱That would be a disaster!
It's the Citadel Palette Pad. I tend to find them useful for smaller things that aren't going to take a lot of time and I can easily throw out when I'm done.
If I'm being honest, I have to say I'd probably choose the Contrast stuff over straight inks and washes if I were going to paint squads in this particular style. They've got a slightly more 'gloopy' texture which means their pigment sits on flatter areas slightly better, but it's really a style choice. It's nice to have the option! For some areas on a miniature, painting in washes like this works perfectly well. I wish I had pictures still of that Ork army I'd seen, this method with Army Painter stuff really can work well!
Is the "Quickshade Wash Mixing Medium" just matte medium? i.e. can you use something like Liquitex Matte Medium instead? I'm having a hard time finding the Quickshade medium locally but I assume it is all mostly the same.
You might find it gives a similar result, though I've not used it before. There's a few mixing mediums that all seem to be slightly different to one another. The Quickshade Mix makes the mix slightly cloudy before applying it, but that might be different between other mediums - time to experiment, I guess!
Hi there, i have a small question, i recently got the storng tone QS Wash ink you used in your video, in my case it was not liquid though but a thick paste, even after Shaking it a lot.Is my bottle simply faulty or do you need to thin it down before using all the time?
If you were to thin them with Contrast medium they'd barely leave any colour at all! I've used Contrast medium with some Agrax Earthshade over white to get a faded and dirty 'white armour' look, but it's very pale overall. I wouldn't want to try painting a whole miniature like that, you'd never see it!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio well yeah that was a wash. But imagine using it with layer or base paint. Toss a couple oranges together and it might make a great instant rust effect for instance
Hi man and congratulations! You just sold me not only the Army Painter Quick Shade Washes set, but also a new hobby! So, while I am thinking about how I ended up burning my wallet, I ask you: do I have to shake these washes bottles before using them? And do I have to shake them like I have to do with acrylics paints?
With anything water-based like acrylic paints or these washes, you'll get much better results from shaking them beforehand. Anything that's essentially a solution in water will need a little shaking before you use it, but the washes don't need half as much effort as the acrylic paints can do!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio jeez I could have just waited ten minutes for the next video! I don't blame you there, so many minis, so little time. Great stuff as always by the way, keep up the awesome work!
Sonic just teach u how "miracle contrast" work, save your money and buy the pigment u like, but there is no magic in some pots o less magic in other. :)
2:09 Sound effects! That what I have been missing out.... not my lack of talent but not making the right noises. This will change my life forever, "beep boop". Thank you so much.
I did this with the mantic skeletons and it worked great.
Very nice! You’re absolutely correct- if you’ve got an army to put up on table- that’s the way to do it! You can always spend extra time on generals/personalities. Great tutorial. Thanks!
Very nice method. Always pick up a lot from your tutorials. Thanks
Great to hear!
Thanks, super easy and we could even prepaint highlights, grey shadows and other stuff before we add the wash...
For my own Genestealer cultists i use rakarth flesh and pallid wych flesh for a base and highlight and then use army painter purple ink to shift the skin tone. Really nice 3 step process for purple skin.
Very good tutorial. I use the Army Painter washes/inks on a regular basis. This technique will come in handy for some Legend of the 5 Rings’ Minis I am going to do. 👍
Many thanks for ur time and work. this is really a wonderful video. I love the AP inks as well.
I haven't heard of ink washes until now. This was a neat way of painting.
He came out great. :{J
Great tutorial! I had forgot about the wash painting system so thanks for showing this. I'm like you in that I still like the traditional method of painting but with that said I like to learn about techniques like this as I may want to try it sometime.
I think there's a lot to be said for applying some of these techniques alongside others. I kinda like this chap's clothing and the rubberized gear, for example, but I'd prefer to do the skin and weapon traditionally since I think that slightly sharper, more solid look suits them better. But it makes more sense to do the whole thing sticking to one method as closely as possible for the sake of a demonstration - even if it did go a little bit sideways on that shotgun!
Thank you very much for going over washes. I have the complete line of Vallejo that I bought online as an impulse purchase. It was nice to see how to use them.
Can you talk about the difference between a Wash and an Ink? They seem to be the same thing.
Thanks again and enjoy your day too!😁
Need to pick up some of that mixing medium, forgot yesterday when I went to the shop (I live in the middle of nowhere so its quite the trip haha!). Great video as always, thanks :)
It's a great bit of kit! The mediums from all the different suppliers have a place in my little toolbox, I love the varied effects you can get out of ordinary paints with a wee bit of tweaking. :D
Curious why you applied the strong tone first rather than last. Result looks great regardless.
I've been using the Vallejo inks in some monster speed painting on the wiz kids minis. They work really nice. Great video sonic
Ryan Murray the best part about contrast paints is that we now have a wider collection of colours to work with. I got the Vallejo set and the army painter ink set and it felt a little bit limiting, now there’s a bunch more to choose from.
Two episodes today. Nice. It really is a special How I Paint Things day. :)
Contrast paints before contrast paints
Epic vid btw
Something similary to citadel contrast, very very interesting....
A genestealer cult woot woot
Btw I have a trick for you to try with Contrast: base neutral gray, dry rush light gray like sky gray or longbeard, then thin down a contrast paint say for clothing and paint over the dry rushed area. It acts like a glaze and you get extra highlights. If you add Agrax before the contrast, you also get extra recess shading. 5 levels of color with 3 paints and a wash. Not bad. Thought you’d appreciate that bc I cam across it accidentally while I was experimenting with methods I learned on here. Thought I’d repay you with something I discovered. :D
My suggestion if as I am, you are a complete beginner to painting miniatures or anything really, is that I bought one of the GW starter sets that had A LOT of similar models, models that I like but also a lot, so that I could freely learn through trial and error and not have to worry too much about spoiling any particular model as you always have a doz others to hopefully learn from your mistakes and improve. I did also buy a couple of aspirational sets too for when I am confident enough in my painting to be able to do them justice, they were very expensive but bought them anyway as I was concerned that when I was eventually confident enough to tackle them, they would no longer be available to purchase 😱That would be a disaster!
Looks sick man
Nice and colourful :D
I am curious ... the tray you are using and the plastic/paper you are using for your mixing ... what is that product?
It's the Citadel Palette Pad. I tend to find them useful for smaller things that aren't going to take a lot of time and I can easily throw out when I'm done.
This technique is awesome, better for more organic models like tyranids.
What is your preference between the army painter washes and the contrast paints? Keep up the awesome videos!
If I'm being honest, I have to say I'd probably choose the Contrast stuff over straight inks and washes if I were going to paint squads in this particular style. They've got a slightly more 'gloopy' texture which means their pigment sits on flatter areas slightly better, but it's really a style choice. It's nice to have the option! For some areas on a miniature, painting in washes like this works perfectly well. I wish I had pictures still of that Ork army I'd seen, this method with Army Painter stuff really can work well!
Is the "Quickshade Wash Mixing Medium" just matte medium? i.e. can you use something like Liquitex Matte Medium instead? I'm having a hard time finding the Quickshade medium locally but I assume it is all mostly the same.
You might find it gives a similar result, though I've not used it before. There's a few mixing mediums that all seem to be slightly different to one another. The Quickshade Mix makes the mix slightly cloudy before applying it, but that might be different between other mediums - time to experiment, I guess!
Hi there, i have a small question, i recently got the storng tone QS Wash ink you used in your video, in my case it was not liquid though but a thick paste, even after Shaking it a lot.Is my bottle simply faulty or do you need to thin it down before using all the time?
This seems like a great way for me to get mt genestealers painted up, I'm pretty bad at painting
Same.
Do you mix every inkshade you use with mixing medium or only for the strong stone in the beginning?
In this case only the Strong Tone. Ordinarily I like the richer colour, but Strong Tone can be pretty overpowering if you don't thin it out a bit. :)
two in one day.....my run cuppeth over :0 thanks
Awesome thank you for the video
I think your Mixing Medium might be defective because the sound effect isn't functioning correctly.
Great idea, thanks for the video.
Did you dilute the Dark Tone or is it straight from the bottle?
I have a request. Could you mix those inks with contrast medium, and repeat?
If you were to thin them with Contrast medium they'd barely leave any colour at all! I've used Contrast medium with some Agrax Earthshade over white to get a faded and dirty 'white armour' look, but it's very pale overall. I wouldn't want to try painting a whole miniature like that, you'd never see it!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio well yeah that was a wash. But imagine using it with layer or base paint. Toss a couple oranges together and it might make a great instant rust effect for instance
Hi man and congratulations! You just sold me not only the Army Painter Quick Shade Washes set, but also a new hobby! So, while I am thinking about how I ended up burning my wallet, I ask you: do I have to shake these washes bottles before using them? And do I have to shake them like I have to do with acrylics paints?
With anything water-based like acrylic paints or these washes, you'll get much better results from shaking them beforehand. Anything that's essentially a solution in water will need a little shaking before you use it, but the washes don't need half as much effort as the acrylic paints can do!
Strong tone or agrax earthshade?
Do you have any interest in star wars legion? I'd love to see you tackle some of the minis.
I've got some Stormtroopers lurking! It's yet another game system to get miniatures for, though - I can only play so much at a time! ;D
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio jeez I could have just waited ten minutes for the next video! I don't blame you there, so many minis, so little time.
Great stuff as always by the way, keep up the awesome work!
This technique is enhanced by using a zenethil undercoat
And again further enhanced by doing a light drybrush with a very dry, very soft brush with an off white after you do the strong tone wash step.
Who is the maker of the wet palette?
Redgrass Games do the 'everlasting wet palette.' It's a great bit of kit!
When isn't it a very special how I paint things?!?!
Do you even speak English ?
Sonic just teach u how "miracle contrast" work, save your money and buy the pigment u like, but there is no magic in some pots o less magic in other. :)
nicce
this not even close to contrast lets be honnest
Another geenstealer video. Genestealer are quite popular at the time.