with green flock on all the bases. old school lol. I remember looking at the bases back in the day in the white dwarf magazine. Now people have improved for sure on them. Even I have lol.
@@savagex466-qt1io to paraphrase one of the greatest poets of our time: "from the base rim, to the paws, as the glue drips down to fall, ahh! green, green, green, green! ahh, green, green, goddamn."
I feel like wet blending is my favourite of all techniques, but you have blown my mind with how good you are with your colour choices. Blue with brown, red with cream, and somehow you've made it seamless. I'm officially boggled. I'd love a future video that goes into how you pick colours, and how you're choosing where to place each to get that lovely lighting effect.
He killed me with those choices. I would have go for the typical dark chocolate brown to brown, and my jaw drop on the floor when I saw him use brown and blue and realizing how magnificient he was turning that into. Seriously, your choices of brand and color are spot on, your illustration is crazyyyyyyy good. I am calling it best video of the year! Thanks so much mate
@@Miniac Coal Black is very similar. I know this cause I own both. And GW's Incubi Darkness which, again, is almost the same colour. Still, I needed all three of those. Cause, hell, you never know, right?
Jon, you keep makin' 'em, I'll keep watchin' 'em. Thanks for this, and good to see you're improving at making videos way faster than I'm improving at painting minis. With your help, I'll get there though. Sloooooowly...
Because I'm a freak for lists (tad OCD perhaps?), for reference, here are the colors mentioned. Thank you for the video Ninjon, enjoyed it a lot, especially the demo! Blues Citadel: Fenrisian Grey Kimera Kolors: Blue Nocturnal N-Paint: Spirit Blue P3: Coal Black, Exile Blue Reaper: Midnight Blue (09019) Browns Citadel: Mournfang Brown, Rhinox Hide, Zandri Dust Nocturnal N-Paint: Leather Brown P3: Gun Corps Brown, Rucksack Tan Pro Acryl: Mahogany Vallejo Model Air: Rotbraun (71.271) Greens Nocturnal N-Paint: Poison Green P3: Gnarls Green, Ordic Olive Pro Acryl: Bright Pale Green, Jade Reds Citadel: Khorne Red Kimera Kolors: The Red P3: Sanguine Base Pro Acryl: Burnt Red Yellows Citadel: Averland Sunset Kimera Kolors: Cold Yellow, Warm Yellow Purple and Pinks Kimera Kolors: Magenta (? not 100% sure) Vallejo Game Color: Royal Purple (72.016), Squid Pink (72.013) Metalics Pro Acryl: Copper Scalecolor: Dwarven Gold (Oro Enano) Vallejo Metal Color: Aluminium (77.701) Oranges Citadel: Troll Slayer Orange P3: Bloodstone Scalecolor: Orange Leather Vallejo Game Color: Scrofulous Brown (72.038) Whites & Blacks P3: Frostbite, Menoth White Base, White Pro Acryl: Bright Warm Grey, Warm Titanium White Vallejo Model Color: Black (70.950), Buff (70.976), Ice Yellow (70.858) Note: There are some I wasn't 100% certain, mostly the Kimera Kolors which appear to have no name on the bottle. I will edit when I find out.
I think this is one of the best miniature painting videos I've watched since I got into the hobby. I've seen a lot of people use techniques, but this is the first one where I really got a sense for the satisfaction, and making wet blending feel actually achievable. Favorite colours are also *so* relatable. Even if I don't have any of YOUR favorite colours, I know which ones appeal to my own painting palette and it gets me thinking about other ways to use them in conjunction with each other. I've been having a lot of thoughts about over-reliance on certain shades, so it's nice to see familiarity with a colour recontextualized as a good thing.
I never really understood wet-blending, but the first 30 seconds of work on his cloak perfectly illustrated the technique in such a clear and obvious way - truly appreciate it!
10/10 tendies. Won't be able to afford any of these for a long while, but I love that you included some tips on blending as well and I honestly just enjoy your content in general.
I knoooooow, its so many :( I wanted to have all the bases covered for colors, so if anyone thought "Hey, I need a good XYZ color" they could find my favorite from the list. I don't expect folks to buy ALL of these :)
@@Ninjon As long as most of them are not GW and dried up in like 3 months... i had some really expensive brushstrokes in my time... btw, any advice on how to get your paints from gw-crap-pots to vallejo-like bottles without loosing 50% of the colour?
@@Sagisttar If you're up for a lot of colour mixing, the full set of 13 (+ Satin Medium, all in 30ml bottes) Kimera Kolors is a great starting point in terms of quality, price (390 ml of paint +30 ml of satin medium for EURO 60 or about US$77) and versatility... The paint flow and coverage is so good, that the only real challenge is mixing the colours you want (which is aided by a fold-out in the box), so you might want to supplement this set with additional colours from other ranges, especially if you are painting armies for a game. If you're looking for something with a bigger range of pre-mixed colours, the Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl Base Set of 24 colours (in 22ml bottles) gives you even more paint (528 ml) for a similar price (US$80). Alternatively, they allow you to build your own starter bundles that give you 3 different levels of discounts starting from 10% with 8 bottles of paint (which equates to US$28.80 for 176 ml), providing an even more affordable starting point and allows you to pick up Transparents or Metallics that aren't in the base set. The main downside with these two ranges, is the retail distribution and availability. While Kimera has started seeing some retailer stock in recent months, and Monument Pro Acryl is getting it's first independent stockist (which also happens to be it's first outside the USA), direct online sales are still the primary method of distribution for these ranges at the present. So if you want a starter set that you can just go and pick up from a local game store, you might have to look at something else.
I use Incubi Darkness a lot, and I found it is a perfect colour to mix with a red for shading that red. Plus you can use just incubi and white to get a nice (very) cold nmm silver.
im so glad you told me how to wet blend cuz i have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to do it or what you mean when you say "wet blending" so im happy to finally get an answer to that. maybe a video that breaks down all the different techniques for dummies like me who don't really get the terminology.
I love the whole P3 line. Tons of fantastic colors for blending and they work great out of an airbrush. I've recently discovered Scale 75 and their metalic and ink range is pretty fantastic.
I feel like Agrax Earthshade is such a nice shade and so versatile. I use it a lot with a lot of colors. Also I love the consistency and opacity of Rhinox Hide.
MSP Maggot White and Vallejo Periscopes are some of my favorites. The MSP Maggot White has this nice pale teal hint to it that I love using on bone or as a highlight for colder whites and the Periscopes is my absolute favorite for black leather. It has this beautiful deep blue color that just brings out leather so nicely.
Thank you for explaining wet blending! Also, I wish I had a list that explained to me which paints to get before I got a big paint set from Army Painter....some colors are just not good, and it makes me sad.
Lovely video, thanks. Glad to see P3 paints represented so well. Seems like Privateer Press have pretty much given up on expanding it, but it still holds up very well I think.
I’m relatively new and use reaper bones paint. I tend to mix black and dark brown together, mix a bit of gold and yellow, skeleton bone is my absolute favorite for several things
P3 Blighted Gold, I love that color and if I come across a part that could be a brass, copper, or gold that is my go to as it looks like a well used realistic golden color.
Scale75 Mojave White and AK Tenebrous Grey make it onto literally every single model I paint. They are just the perfect, muted, allround off-white and off-black I've ever come across, and they translate into literally everything.
That was a great video. I started simply wanting to now about the paints and was not expecting a tutorial but what I got was amazing and I thank you so much.
I know I say this every video, but the quality of these videos and information is perfectly articulated every time! You, miniac and midwinter minis is all I need
Jon I am impressed at how new of a channel you are and how great your videos are. They are super well put together and super useful. You are already my favorite mini painting channel. Great work!
Molten Bronze by P3 is one of my favorite metallic's because over white you get a rose gold look and over black you get a nice rich bronze that is just amazing.
Iron Hull Grey by P3. I think I end up with that on almost every mini I do. So glad to see you talking about P3 paints. They are where I started, and I'm surprised that so few people talk about them, probably my favorite line of paints. I always thought it was me being "wrong" like they were frowned upon or something, akin to Apple Barrel, but they were so creamy and cover so well. I've been using them for years though and they never fail to impress.
Dayum what a fabulous channel! What I love: 1) You use P3 paints. P3 does not get enough love on TH-cam so kudos! 2) You give permission to use a colour you simply like or have a nostalgic attachment to. Awesome. 3) Creature Caster, a company based in my mother country-Canada! OK, that was in another of your videos. Kudos, anyhow. Overall, seven thumbs UP!
Honestly, think this is your best video yet, production wise. Also very high on the quality of the content, but really, you had excellent focus on that camera as you showed us the techniques you were using the paints for. Thank you.
Holy crap, there's a lot of good info here! Not only did you list great paints from a variety of manufacturers and in a variety of hues, you demonstrated a bunch of techniques while slipping in some key takeaways from color theory so subtly that most folks won't even notice they've been educated. Your casual, almost incidental explanations of wet-blending, feathering and highlighting are the most applicable lessons I've ever seen on those techniques, despite watching long tutorials supposedly devoted to them exclusively. I'm gonna have to watch this one end-to-end again, probably more than once, to absorb everything you crammed into this. Your channel is coming on strong as one of the very best resources for upgrading the skills of advance beginners moving into intermediate-level painting--a skill-range niche that is woefully underserved, actually. Keep up the excellent work!
It would be great to see this updated since you seem to be a big fan of AK, and of course your signature Pro Acryl set (which I have and is great, along with Vince's [also fantastic colors]).
Wow, I have to say, this is low-key one of the best videos on wet blending I have ever watched. Never tried the technique yet, since it is always treated as extremely technical and so I have perceived it as too difficult for me, but you dispelled all that. I think using the word swishing helped a lot to ground this technique in reality for me haha. So thank you! I will give this a shot on an upcoming daemon prince project :D
Some goto's :- VGC Charred brown, VMC Deck tan, VMC Dark sea green, VMC Dark sea blue. My new paint crush at the moment though is Army Painter Fur Brown, it might have even replaced VMC Mahogany...
The one paint I would add to the Black and White list is Vallejo Model Color German Grey. Best color for anything that needs to read black and I can add a shadow or a filter to.
Scale 75 flat black. Really solid charcoal black. For blood red, try Tamiya clear red. Its incredible. Thin depending on how you want to use it, thick it csn be dripped on a fishing line to make blood droplets and splatter.
Thank you for taking the time to paint a miniature on a miniature painting channel. Great vid, awesome paint job. If enough people keep prodding about wet blending I will be forced to try it.
I have been devouring all this content. Got a starter set of paints and some mini’s coming soon. Stoked to start throwing some paint around. You guys are definitely a step above. Thanks for all the great info
I actually use a lot of my Ranger Vintage Patina metal paint. I bought it to add age to handmade jewelry but now i use it for my models. They come in a lot of various colors, including metallics and already have mixing balls inside of them. The viscosity is perfect. The colors are highly pigmented. I do seal my minis after, because the paint is meant to be scuffed off of metal after it has dried. So it can flake off if not sealed properly, but they glide on and cover well.
As a huge fan of Trapped Under Plastic I am stoked to see your personality coming through in your videos! And the explanation of wet blending was phenomenal!
Reaper's Nightshade Purple and Red Brick. Nightshade is an off-black and it helps about any darker color shading I do - including shading actual black sometimes. Red Brick is a dark red-purple and I use it on everything from cloth, to rocks, to skin tones. It is perfect as an addition to other skin tones to add blush.
I just tried Vallejo's Liquid Gold range for the first time today. Might be a game changer for me. They have a reflective quality that you can't get with acrylic paint. I would highly recommend trying them out if you're considering branching out with metallics :)
Recently picked up Kimera. Deep joy. Study the recipe for Gold....y’know what? I might just stick with VLG... another interesting Gold is Winsor & Newton Green Gold. It goes very translucent.
Absolutly A paint that has done it for me is " Soft Tone from Army painter "... I'm in love.. Just try it OMG... Add if you feel like experimenting try a 1-1 with inktense Crimson SC-96 and soft tone dude... close to Pop top Red Ink from citadel. Soft tone also Gos over VERY nicely with Golds.. or even silvers for a decay look
While painting my Salamander army, Army Painter Green Skin has been invaluable. It is THE perfect green for that army. Haven't found another use for it yet, but I'm still new, and I'm sure it'll pop up again.
I absolutely must have my scale 75 whites and yellows . Other than that I have many I use or can substitute but I won’t paint white or yellow unless it’s scale 75 . The coverage and opaqueness is so good
GW Celestra Grey has been a go-to for me from the beginning. Very nice cold grey with amazing coverage and a perfect foundation for building up white. There's probably better alternatives but I think I have an attachment to it like you do with Averland Sunset. Let me also just say you've quickly become one of my favorite painting channels on YT. Keep up the awesome work.
I hate averland sunset WITH PASSION. Thick, blotchy, can't dilute properly... However, I just can't find an ocre with the same amount of yellow for my nmm gold, so I have no choice but to stick to it.
That stinks! I wonder if you got a bad bottle or if its coagulated. My GW XV-88 did that. I was like 'god why does this paint now suck so bad'. Come to find out there was a rock hard layer of pigment in the base of the bottle and it couldn't be salvaged.
Aggaros Dunes, Citadel Contrast paint. I bought into contrast paints to speed up the process, they've mostly left me frustrated with uneven color and coffee-staining. Aggaros Dunes is by far the best color, its great for dirt, leather, fur, hair with very little effort, getting more and more rich with multiple layers.
Thanks, Jon! I appreciate your videos and the info you share. I especially like how you explain and show examples of what you're discussing. You are the thinking man's painter with a flair for instruction. Keep making these vids, man. I love them.
I'm still using very old citadel paint pots, many of them in the hexagon shaped pot. One of my favorite color is Snakebite Leather (not the contrast version, the one in the old hexagon shaped pot).
I revisit this a lot, just as a way to kick-start pondering color palettes. The section on highlight colors made me view color theory differently. 10/10 content
I dont think I have ever seen Jon so calm in any other video . Talking about pigments and paints really give him some Zen. Now After this we need to make it a series. What is your pigment list? What is your ink list? Other stuffs you can't live without. Like Mediums, flow improvers, varnishes, etc What other stuff do you find yourself to use on a day by day basis
The Reaper paints I bought 10+ years ago have fantastic matte that contrast well from shiny armor. I really like their purple and their dark elves green (bluish side of dark dark hunter green). For dark cloaks, it's amazing, especially when paired with colors to make the green pop, while still staying super dark. Love the effect. I really don't like modern citadel paints in general, after having their much better stuff from several generation switches ago.
Thank you for this great video! I like how you fill up the part of the video that is not about the title subject with even more tips and info instead of random painting shots! I was hoping to learn about one thing, but I actually learned about two :)
The video was not the level of cool as Your previous ones, but I must say You are the first person that actually made me understand what the "feathering" technique is. I could never understand what's it's difference from blending but now I get it. So thanks for that ;)
I quickly fell in love with Glistening Blood from Army Painter. It has that consistency that sinks in like contrast paint, has some purple hues mixed in with the red, and is very glossy. I find it perfect for fresh blood, but it's so good that I end up using it for anything I want to have a shiny vibrant red.
@@bonefactory1393 thanks for the tip! my crusted sore has really poor coverage, its like gel. I saw that army painter is looking at improving their paints, hopefully they are coming up with a new formula!
By the way, thank you for showing off such a beautiful model. I’m not usually an undead fan, but the sculpt was so beautiful, and your result so cool, I decided to buy one. Can’t wait for it to come, even if it takes some time (I live in Canada - those customs, man).
Some great recommendations in this video. Some of my current goto paints: blue-black - P3 Coal Black Grey - VMC Basalt Grey Brown - Citadel Rhinox Hide Red - Citadel Khorne Red Purple - VMC Royal Purple Flesh - Citadel Rakarth Flesh (pale) & VGC Heavy Skin Tone (caucasian) Yellow - VGC Heavy goldbrown (mainly as a base for yellow) Gold - Scalecolour Viking Gold off-while - VGC Glacier blue
Cryx Bane Base is a personal favorite not-black, because it works so well at telling your eyes that something's matte black without dipping into the it's-so-black-it's-blues or having to resort to highlighting excessively to keep details from disappearing.
Thank you for finally putting the exact steps of wet blending into words. I was never sure if I'm doing it right because everyone just shows it but doesn't explain it. :)
fenrisian grey (or any cold grey) is basically part of the default edge highlighting kit for blacks or as a starting point for anything that ends in white that isn't a fabric.
Bloodstone is a gorgeous colour - I really like it as a base for red hair. My recommendation is Black Leather from Scale 75. A nice purply brown that mixes well with dark reds to make a good shade colour.
Man, your painting videos are by far the most instructional, with clear explainations on the entire web!! Keep on doing it! You're on my FAV list!! Awesome job! And your wet blending technique......just, speechless!! I've tried that with contrast paints....they do the trick, but not as smooth and good looking as yours!.....but they pay me 3€ for comission so....I'll try your technique for my own minis!
I clicked on this thinking it was another useless long video filled with bias, not only was it not that but I learned so much! Instant subscribe, good sir! Can’t wait for more videos to watch!
My wife and I have been painting together, and are looking to stock up on some new paints. Pro acryl’s boxed sets seem to be well regarded, cover a lot of the TYPES of colors you mention here and even appear in a lot of your choices... I think I’m pulling the trigger thanks to this. Love the new channel, keep it up!
I have been watching videos on wet blending for years, I have tried doing wet blending with no real success. You video is amazing and I am now excited to try it again! Thanks Jon! 😊
Your like this smooth wet blend of Scott and Brent from Goobertown hobbies. Killing it on videos. I know understand wet blending a bit better. No favorite color yet, but I'm just starting to build my paints up to "good quality paints" but Viper Green/Naga Green from Reaper will probably be my nostalgic choice for Orcs and Goblins.
Great walkthrough! Loved it Jon! It was a cool perspective to learn about paints, while you were painting something in the background. Them not being entirely relative was also pretty cool. Excellent!
Goblin Green for basing, because the 90's never ended.
with green flock on all the bases. old school lol. I remember looking at the bases back in the day in the white dwarf magazine. Now people have improved for sure on them. Even I have lol.
@@savagex466-qt1io to paraphrase one of the greatest poets of our time: "from the base rim, to the paws, as the glue drips down to fall, ahh! green, green, green, green! ahh, green, green, goddamn."
I was expecting to hear about some good paints, instead I not only got that but finally understood wet blending. Thanks Jon
Yea no kidding!!
NINJA'D THAT RIGHT IN THERE, CRICKEY!
secret blending technique explained like i'm 5. I like it
Agree, 2 thumbs up.
But what two colors to chose and why?
I feel like wet blending is my favourite of all techniques, but you have blown my mind with how good you are with your colour choices. Blue with brown, red with cream, and somehow you've made it seamless. I'm officially boggled. I'd love a future video that goes into how you pick colours, and how you're choosing where to place each to get that lovely lighting effect.
Thank you! Thats a good idea, I'll jot it down for a future video!
He killed me with those choices. I would have go for the typical dark chocolate brown to brown, and my jaw drop on the floor when I saw him use brown and blue and realizing how magnificient he was turning that into. Seriously, your choices of brand and color are spot on, your illustration is crazyyyyyyy good. I am calling it best video of the year!
Thanks so much mate
Yes this! X100
Completely agree, I'd love to see that video! The colour choices in this were stunning.
I was wondering the same thing
Hmm. Brown robe... Ah yes, shade with neon blue, of course!
You call yourself a Ben Komets fan and there's no Tank Brown or Dark Sea Blue????
Armor Brown is Tank Brown, if you weren't a poser you would know this.
@@Ninjon what's your answer for DSB????
@@Miniac Coal Black is very similar. I know this cause I own both. And GW's Incubi Darkness which, again, is almost the same colour. Still, I needed all three of those. Cause, hell, you never know, right?
@@Miniac Silence, that's his answer. Shameful silence and salty tears!
Get yourself a friend that will call you on your bullshit as Scott and Jon do to each other. Then take them for tendies.
ive never painted a mini in my life but this guy's enthusiasm is contagious. i kinda want to try it
As someone new to miniature painting, this shit is gold.
It's also blue, silver, red, yellow, black, white...
You are rapidly surpassing the competition on TH-cam. I hope you have a good weekend.
Also. Vallejo Light Grey. I can't live without.
Thanks! You too! And I'll have to check out that Light Grey!
Jon, you keep makin' 'em, I'll keep watchin' 'em. Thanks for this, and good to see you're improving at making videos way faster than I'm improving at painting minis. With your help, I'll get there though. Sloooooowly...
When the list went A,2,D I legit spat out my tea😂
Because I'm a freak for lists (tad OCD perhaps?), for reference, here are the colors mentioned. Thank you for the video Ninjon, enjoyed it a lot, especially the demo!
Blues
Citadel: Fenrisian Grey
Kimera Kolors: Blue
Nocturnal N-Paint: Spirit Blue
P3: Coal Black, Exile Blue
Reaper: Midnight Blue (09019)
Browns
Citadel: Mournfang Brown, Rhinox Hide, Zandri Dust
Nocturnal N-Paint: Leather Brown
P3: Gun Corps Brown, Rucksack Tan
Pro Acryl: Mahogany
Vallejo Model Air: Rotbraun (71.271)
Greens
Nocturnal N-Paint: Poison Green
P3: Gnarls Green, Ordic Olive
Pro Acryl: Bright Pale Green, Jade
Reds
Citadel: Khorne Red
Kimera Kolors: The Red
P3: Sanguine Base
Pro Acryl: Burnt Red
Yellows
Citadel: Averland Sunset
Kimera Kolors: Cold Yellow, Warm Yellow
Purple and Pinks
Kimera Kolors: Magenta (? not 100% sure)
Vallejo Game Color: Royal Purple (72.016), Squid Pink (72.013)
Metalics
Pro Acryl: Copper
Scalecolor: Dwarven Gold (Oro Enano)
Vallejo Metal Color: Aluminium (77.701)
Oranges
Citadel: Troll Slayer Orange
P3: Bloodstone
Scalecolor: Orange Leather
Vallejo Game Color: Scrofulous Brown (72.038)
Whites & Blacks
P3: Frostbite, Menoth White Base, White
Pro Acryl: Bright Warm Grey, Warm Titanium White
Vallejo Model Color: Black (70.950), Buff (70.976), Ice Yellow (70.858)
Note: There are some I wasn't 100% certain, mostly the Kimera Kolors which appear to have no name on the bottle. I will edit when I find out.
I think this is one of the best miniature painting videos I've watched since I got into the hobby. I've seen a lot of people use techniques, but this is the first one where I really got a sense for the satisfaction, and making wet blending feel actually achievable. Favorite colours are also *so* relatable.
Even if I don't have any of YOUR favorite colours, I know which ones appeal to my own painting palette and it gets me thinking about other ways to use them in conjunction with each other. I've been having a lot of thoughts about over-reliance on certain shades, so it's nice to see familiarity with a colour recontextualized as a good thing.
Thank you so much for the kind words and insight into your takeaways!
I never really understood wet-blending, but the first 30 seconds of work on his cloak perfectly illustrated the technique in such a clear and obvious way - truly appreciate it!
Glad it was helpful!
Broken Anvil Miniatures - one of my favourite and longest-running Patreons...love their minis!
10/10 tendies.
Won't be able to afford any of these for a long while, but I love that you included some tips on blending as well and I honestly just enjoy your content in general.
"50 must have miniature paints"
Bank account starts sweating profusely.
I knoooooow, its so many :( I wanted to have all the bases covered for colors, so if anyone thought "Hey, I need a good XYZ color" they could find my favorite from the list. I don't expect folks to buy ALL of these :)
@@Ninjon it will be better for my wallet if i search for a starter set of paints?
@@Ninjon As long as most of them are not GW and dried up in like 3 months... i had some really expensive brushstrokes in my time... btw, any advice on how to get your paints from gw-crap-pots to vallejo-like bottles without loosing 50% of the colour?
@@Sagisttar miniac has a great video on his page (staring Jon!) about the best starter set. They test GW, Vallejo, and Scale 75
@@Sagisttar If you're up for a lot of colour mixing, the full set of 13 (+ Satin Medium, all in 30ml bottes) Kimera Kolors is a great starting point in terms of quality, price (390 ml of paint +30 ml of satin medium for EURO 60 or about US$77) and versatility... The paint flow and coverage is so good, that the only real challenge is mixing the colours you want (which is aided by a fold-out in the box), so you might want to supplement this set with additional colours from other ranges, especially if you are painting armies for a game.
If you're looking for something with a bigger range of pre-mixed colours, the Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl Base Set of 24 colours (in 22ml bottles) gives you even more paint (528 ml) for a similar price (US$80). Alternatively, they allow you to build your own starter bundles that give you 3 different levels of discounts starting from 10% with 8 bottles of paint (which equates to US$28.80 for 176 ml), providing an even more affordable starting point and allows you to pick up Transparents or Metallics that aren't in the base set.
The main downside with these two ranges, is the retail distribution and availability. While Kimera has started seeing some retailer stock in recent months, and Monument Pro Acryl is getting it's first independent stockist (which also happens to be it's first outside the USA), direct online sales are still the primary method of distribution for these ranges at the present. So if you want a starter set that you can just go and pick up from a local game store, you might have to look at something else.
I use Incubi Darkness a lot, and I found it is a perfect colour to mix with a red for shading that red. Plus you can use just incubi and white to get a nice (very) cold nmm silver.
Darren Latham used Incubi Darkness to shade red too in his Blood Angels armor video.
im so glad you told me how to wet blend cuz i have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to do it or what you mean when you say "wet blending" so im happy to finally get an answer to that. maybe a video that breaks down all the different techniques for dummies like me who don't really get the terminology.
I love the whole P3 line. Tons of fantastic colors for blending and they work great out of an airbrush.
I've recently discovered Scale 75 and their metalic and ink range is pretty fantastic.
I feel like Agrax Earthshade is such a nice shade and so versatile. I use it a lot with a lot of colors. Also I love the consistency and opacity of Rhinox Hide.
MSP Maggot White and Vallejo Periscopes are some of my favorites. The MSP Maggot White has this nice pale teal hint to it that I love using on bone or as a highlight for colder whites and the Periscopes is my absolute favorite for black leather. It has this beautiful deep blue color that just brings out leather so nicely.
Vallejo model colour Deep Sky Blue is just so god damn vibrant, I love it. Highight with Sky Blue, beautiful.
For pinks, Vallejo fluo magenta is exquisite. I like painting vaporwave crap and it is extremely vibrant. I think it's my favourite paint!
"Slay the Grey" - this is my new battle cry on my days off work!
Thank you for explaining wet blending! Also, I wish I had a list that explained to me which paints to get before I got a big paint set from Army Painter....some colors are just not good, and it makes me sad.
I’ve got nothing to add just commenting for the TH-cam analects 👍
Oh loving the content so far
Lovely video, thanks. Glad to see P3 paints represented so well. Seems like Privateer Press have pretty much given up on expanding it, but it still holds up very well I think.
Love Averland Sunset. I base with an off white and wet blend pink and white pink, the sorta glaze it over everything.
I’m relatively new and use reaper bones paint. I tend to mix black and dark brown together, mix a bit of gold and yellow, skeleton bone is my absolute favorite for several things
P3 Blighted Gold, I love that color and if I come across a part that could be a brass, copper, or gold that is my go to as it looks like a well used realistic golden color.
Scale75 Mojave White and AK Tenebrous Grey make it onto literally every single model I paint. They are just the perfect, muted, allround off-white and off-black I've ever come across, and they translate into literally everything.
That was a great video. I started simply wanting to now about the paints and was not expecting a tutorial but what I got was amazing and I thank you so much.
I know I say this every video, but the quality of these videos and information is perfectly articulated every time! You, miniac and midwinter minis is all I need
Jon I am impressed at how new of a channel you are and how great your videos are. They are super well put together and super useful. You are already my favorite mini painting channel. Great work!
Molten Bronze by P3 is one of my favorite metallic's because over white you get a rose gold look and over black you get a nice rich bronze that is just amazing.
Saved for later use. This video inspired me, makes me want to get better at wet blending and made me question why I never used feathering before.
Iron Hull Grey by P3. I think I end up with that on almost every mini I do. So glad to see you talking about P3 paints. They are where I started, and I'm surprised that so few people talk about them, probably my favorite line of paints. I always thought it was me being "wrong" like they were frowned upon or something, akin to Apple Barrel, but they were so creamy and cover so well. I've been using them for years though and they never fail to impress.
Cannot deny the cream
Dayum what a fabulous channel! What I love: 1) You use P3 paints. P3 does not get enough love on TH-cam so kudos! 2) You give permission to use a colour you simply like or have a nostalgic attachment to. Awesome. 3) Creature Caster, a company based in my mother country-Canada! OK, that was in another of your videos. Kudos, anyhow. Overall, seven thumbs UP!
Fave paints: GW's Snakebite Leather, Charadon Granite, Khorne Red, Rhinox Hide. P3: (the ones you mentioned), Hammerfall Khaki, Cryx Bane Base, Blighted Gold, Jack Bone, Mage Green, and Trollblood Base
Love your wet blending description.
Honestly, think this is your best video yet, production wise. Also very high on the quality of the content, but really, you had excellent focus on that camera as you showed us the techniques you were using the paints for. Thank you.
Awesome tips on paint! You are the wet blending master!
Holy crap, there's a lot of good info here! Not only did you list great paints from a variety of manufacturers and in a variety of hues, you demonstrated a bunch of techniques while slipping in some key takeaways from color theory so subtly that most folks won't even notice they've been educated. Your casual, almost incidental explanations of wet-blending, feathering and highlighting are the most applicable lessons I've ever seen on those techniques, despite watching long tutorials supposedly devoted to them exclusively. I'm gonna have to watch this one end-to-end again, probably more than once, to absorb everything you crammed into this.
Your channel is coming on strong as one of the very best resources for upgrading the skills of advance beginners moving into intermediate-level painting--a skill-range niche that is woefully underserved, actually. Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks for the kind words! Really means a lot 😃
I love Midnight blue, it works great for muted blue cloth
It would be great to see this updated since you seem to be a big fan of AK, and of course your signature Pro Acryl set (which I have and is great, along with Vince's [also fantastic colors]).
Dude, I love the way you describe colors. Great video!
Wow, I have to say, this is low-key one of the best videos on wet blending I have ever watched. Never tried the technique yet, since it is always treated as extremely technical and so I have perceived it as too difficult for me, but you dispelled all that. I think using the word swishing helped a lot to ground this technique in reality for me haha. So thank you! I will give this a shot on an upcoming daemon prince project :D
Hell yah, try it out! You’ll be creating smooth blends in no time with a little practice.
My must have is dark sea blue/stegadon scale green. Such an amazing colour
Some goto's :- VGC Charred brown, VMC Deck tan, VMC Dark sea green, VMC Dark sea blue. My new paint crush at the moment though is Army Painter Fur Brown, it might have even replaced VMC Mahogany...
The one paint I would add to the Black and White list is
Vallejo Model Color German Grey.
Best color for anything that needs to read black and I can add a shadow or a filter to.
Scale 75 flat black. Really solid charcoal black.
For blood red, try Tamiya clear red. Its incredible. Thin depending on how you want to use it, thick it csn be dripped on a fishing line to make blood droplets and splatter.
This is one of my favourite mini painting videos ever.
Thank you for taking the time to paint a miniature on a miniature painting channel. Great vid, awesome paint job. If enough people keep prodding about wet blending I will be forced to try it.
I have been devouring all this content. Got a starter set of paints and some mini’s coming soon. Stoked to start throwing some paint around. You guys are definitely a step above. Thanks for all the great info
I actually use a lot of my Ranger Vintage Patina metal paint. I bought it to add age to handmade jewelry but now i use it for my models. They come in a lot of various colors, including metallics and already have mixing balls inside of them. The viscosity is perfect. The colors are highly pigmented. I do seal my minis after, because the paint is meant to be scuffed off of metal after it has dried. So it can flake off if not sealed properly, but they glide on and cover well.
Came to get some ideas for good paints to get, ended up unexpectedly learning a bunch about painting that had no clue about before
P3 Coal Black is one of my favorite colors ever, so glad to see it mentioned here.
Watching you wet-blend really helps the technique stick for some reason. Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow!
Entertaining and informative! Love the humour, A, 2, D! Keep up the good work, you really add something to the youtube minipainter mix!
Cool! Glad you showed wet blending using two totally differentcolors. That was eye opening!
Thanks! It's one of the keys, in my eyes. Blending two similar colors doesn't create enough of a contrast for our eye to go 'Oooooooo'. :)
The music is perfect, don't feel like muting whilst watching you paint. Thank you.
As a huge fan of Trapped Under Plastic I am stoked to see your personality coming through in your videos! And the explanation of wet blending was phenomenal!
Thanks so much for checking out the videos, and the kind words!
TUP patron here! Your technique descriptions helped a bunch. Keep it up! The videos are amazing and i look forwards to more
Reaper's Nightshade Purple and Red Brick. Nightshade is an off-black and it helps about any darker color shading I do - including shading actual black sometimes. Red Brick is a dark red-purple and I use it on everything from cloth, to rocks, to skin tones. It is perfect as an addition to other skin tones to add blush.
I just tried Vallejo's Liquid Gold range for the first time today. Might be a game changer for me. They have a reflective quality that you can't get with acrylic paint. I would highly recommend trying them out if you're considering branching out with metallics :)
Recently picked up Kimera. Deep joy. Study the recipe for Gold....y’know what? I might just stick with VLG... another interesting Gold is Winsor & Newton Green Gold. It goes very translucent.
Absolutly A paint that has done it for me is " Soft Tone from Army painter "... I'm in love.. Just try it OMG... Add if you feel like experimenting try a 1-1 with inktense Crimson SC-96 and soft tone dude... close to Pop top Red Ink from citadel. Soft tone also Gos over VERY nicely with Golds.. or even silvers for a decay look
While painting my Salamander army, Army Painter Green Skin has been invaluable. It is THE perfect green for that army. Haven't found another use for it yet, but I'm still new, and I'm sure it'll pop up again.
My must-haves are VGC's Extra Opaque line. They make basecoating a breeze.
I absolutely must have my scale 75 whites and yellows . Other than that I have many I use or can substitute but I won’t paint white or yellow unless it’s scale 75 . The coverage and opaqueness is so good
Ulthuan grey for whites is my favorite it looks so nice next to black on checkerboard patterns.
GW Celestra Grey has been a go-to for me from the beginning. Very nice cold grey with amazing coverage and a perfect foundation for building up white. There's probably better alternatives but I think I have an attachment to it like you do with Averland Sunset.
Let me also just say you've quickly become one of my favorite painting channels on YT. Keep up the awesome work.
I hate averland sunset WITH PASSION. Thick, blotchy, can't dilute properly... However, I just can't find an ocre with the same amount of yellow for my nmm gold, so I have no choice but to stick to it.
That stinks! I wonder if you got a bad bottle or if its coagulated. My GW XV-88 did that. I was like 'god why does this paint now suck so bad'. Come to find out there was a rock hard layer of pigment in the base of the bottle and it couldn't be salvaged.
Aggaros Dunes, Citadel Contrast paint. I bought into contrast paints to speed up the process, they've mostly left me frustrated with uneven color and coffee-staining. Aggaros Dunes is by far the best color, its great for dirt, leather, fur, hair with very little effort, getting more and more rich with multiple layers.
Thanks for the list! Your tips on skin and your exposition mixed with painting demonstrations is helpful!
Thanks, Jon! I appreciate your videos and the info you share. I especially like how you explain and show examples of what you're discussing. You are the thinking man's painter with a flair for instruction. Keep making these vids, man. I love them.
Thanks for the kind words Kendall!
I'm still using very old citadel paint pots, many of them in the hexagon shaped pot.
One of my favorite color is Snakebite Leather (not the contrast version, the one in the old hexagon shaped pot).
Very informative video, not only on paints but also in wet blending. Great work!
I revisit this a lot, just as a way to kick-start pondering color palettes. The section on highlight colors made me view color theory differently. 10/10 content
I dont think I have ever seen Jon so calm in any other video . Talking about pigments and paints really give him some Zen.
Now After this we need to make it a series.
What is your pigment list?
What is your ink list?
Other stuffs you can't live without. Like Mediums, flow improvers, varnishes, etc
What other stuff do you find yourself to use on a day by day basis
The Reaper paints I bought 10+ years ago have fantastic matte that contrast well from shiny armor. I really like their purple and their dark elves green (bluish side of dark dark hunter green). For dark cloaks, it's amazing, especially when paired with colors to make the green pop, while still staying super dark. Love the effect.
I really don't like modern citadel paints in general, after having their much better stuff from several generation switches ago.
Thank you for this great video! I like how you fill up the part of the video that is not about the title subject with even more tips and info instead of random painting shots! I was hoping to learn about one thing, but I actually learned about two :)
The video was not the level of cool as Your previous ones, but I must say You are the first person that actually made me understand what the "feathering" technique is. I could never understand what's it's difference from blending but now I get it. So thanks for that ;)
I quickly fell in love with Glistening Blood from Army Painter. It has that consistency that sinks in like contrast paint, has some purple hues mixed in with the red, and is very glossy. I find it perfect for fresh blood, but it's so good that I end up using it for anything I want to have a shiny vibrant red.
Lay down a base of Army Painter's Crusted Sore and then their Glistening Blood. It's a great pair.
@@bonefactory1393 thanks for the tip! my crusted sore has really poor coverage, its like gel. I saw that army painter is looking at improving their paints, hopefully they are coming up with a new formula!
By the way, thank you for showing off such a beautiful model. I’m not usually an undead fan, but the sculpt was so beautiful, and your result so cool, I decided to buy one. Can’t wait for it to come, even if it takes some time (I live in Canada - those customs, man).
Yah it is such an awesome model! Hoping customs doesn’t tie it up too long!
For black I really enjoy AK Interactive Brush & Airbrush Satin Black.
For White I have used Dawer Rowney FW for my white, zero chalk, ultra smooth off the brush.
Some great recommendations in this video. Some of my current goto paints:
blue-black - P3 Coal Black
Grey - VMC Basalt Grey
Brown - Citadel Rhinox Hide
Red - Citadel Khorne Red
Purple - VMC Royal Purple
Flesh - Citadel Rakarth Flesh (pale) & VGC Heavy Skin Tone (caucasian)
Yellow - VGC Heavy goldbrown (mainly as a base for yellow)
Gold - Scalecolour Viking Gold
off-while - VGC Glacier blue
I see with this A, 2 and D reference you are a true Home Alone fan. I doff my hat to you Sir!
Cryx Bane Base is a personal favorite not-black, because it works so well at telling your eyes that something's matte black without dipping into the it's-so-black-it's-blues or having to resort to highlighting excessively to keep details from disappearing.
Coming back to painting after a decade, and Vallejo Khaki (Buff) has been blended into essentially every single color I use. It's perfect.
Cant say enough how great it is you made a channel. Keep it up! (Please)
Vallejo model air white Grey. It’s already pretty thin since it’s airbrush paint so it’s good for avoiding the chalkiness of white paint.
Thank you for finally putting the exact steps of wet blending into words. I was never sure if I'm doing it right because everyone just shows it but doesn't explain it. :)
fenrisian grey (or any cold grey) is basically part of the default edge highlighting kit for blacks or as a starting point for anything that ends in white that isn't a fabric.
I just learned more in 20 mins than the last 8 months. Thankyou
I'm really into GW's contrast paints👍😎😄
I like using them for glazes. They do that well
Bloodstone is a gorgeous colour - I really like it as a base for red hair.
My recommendation is Black Leather from Scale 75. A nice purply brown that mixes well with dark reds to make a good shade colour.
All the S75 leathers are great colors, agreed!
Man, your painting videos are by far the most instructional, with clear explainations on the entire web!! Keep on doing it! You're on my FAV list!! Awesome job!
And your wet blending technique......just, speechless!! I've tried that with contrast paints....they do the trick, but not as smooth and good looking as yours!.....but they pay me 3€ for comission so....I'll try your technique for my own minis!
Wow, thanks!
I clicked on this thinking it was another useless long video filled with bias, not only was it not that but I learned so much! Instant subscribe, good sir! Can’t wait for more videos to watch!
Thanks for the kind words! 👍
My wife and I have been painting together, and are looking to stock up on some new paints. Pro acryl’s boxed sets seem to be well regarded, cover a lot of the TYPES of colors you mention here and even appear in a lot of your choices... I think I’m pulling the trigger thanks to this. Love the new channel, keep it up!
I have been watching videos on wet blending for years, I have tried doing wet blending with no real success. You video is amazing and I am now excited to try it again! Thanks Jon! 😊
You got this Walter!
Your like this smooth wet blend of Scott and Brent from Goobertown hobbies. Killing it on videos. I know understand wet blending a bit better.
No favorite color yet, but I'm just starting to build my paints up to "good quality paints" but Viper Green/Naga Green from Reaper will probably be my nostalgic choice for Orcs and Goblins.
this was so lovely and calm and a great insight into techniques and color choices. great video!
Great walkthrough! Loved it Jon! It was a cool perspective to learn about paints, while you were painting something in the background. Them not being entirely relative was also pretty cool. Excellent!