"In the first step you can see Sebastian is making the basic shape os the skull" My man, that first step was already good enough for a final step hahahaha
It’s good to see the process of building up layers. I have been drawing for over fifteen years, and I will say the hardest part of drawing is knowing what you see opposed to what you think you see.
Great video, thanks for sharing. 1:34 Kaha is a great painter, I love her unique style. I joined her workshop and spent great time. Not easy to get these color transitions, patterns and so on, but it was a great experience.
Loving the video! Can't agree enough with some of the comments: The videos really helps showcase the techniques and break them down in easier chunks. Thanks for all the amazing content! Looking forward to all that is to come! :D
As a tattoo artist, it’s bizarre how much I reference my original drawing and my color study during a tattoo. I know I drew it, colored it, and having a stencil, etc. but I look at reference CONSTANTLY! great tutorial!
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Amazing. I'm painting a chaos army and been surfing around for ideas for the wings for Archaon and the dragons - this is a great idea! My army is featuring dark red capes and blue shields so it's perfect! I feel ready! Thanks for a awesome channel - so much inspiration.
Ya,so another cool tutorial really enjoyed that one. & it just goes to show ya no matter how good you become it pays to constantly study your example as your working on your piece. It’s to easy to forget something along the way. Reminds me of a world class tattooist that did a tattoo of map of Canada but the west coast was on the east side and east on west.... on a customers arm. Funny thing is it took the guy a few days to realize it was wrong. I’ll bet someone pointed it out to him. Great one though really enjoy your stuff. Thanks so much for all the time,energy & effort you put into your tutorials.
I'm not into Warhammer or big Armies & speed painting. I DIDN'T expect to get SO MUCH from Squidmar videos, lol. But I find myself sharing many of them, and coming back to several of them again & again!! I've shared on Vince Venturella's PMP Facebook page, and directly with other painters. THIS is the BEST video on Dragon Wings EVER!!! Thank you SO MUCH! I've learned a lot & improved my painting with Squidmar's help quite a bit😁❤️👍👍
squid that wing is so sick. im in the middle of painting up a mid 90s big metal dark elf black dragon with huge wings... in totally stealing this idea, theres no way i cant use this on the model now. so good, u guys are the best, much love.
This video is amazing. The skull is the best I have ever seen and I agree with all the suggestions that Sebastian needs his own channel. It would be amazing you guys going head to head.
The start of all these miniature painting vids always have me saying “there is no way it’s gonna end up looking like the end product!” And bam! It does.
It’s like those art tutorials where the horse is nothing but a rectangle and a few circles and then it says some final details and bam it is a fully shaded realistic horse with a gorgeous background and everything
@@SquidmarMiniatures I think what took it to the next level was finding all of his tattoo work on Insta. Great portfolio of work between the tattoo work and minis. Also I think your skill of voicing over made his artwork shine even more here, its a dangerous team with you two together.
I don't paint that many fantasy miniatures like you but I paint historical figures mostly from WW2 but so many of your techniques helps me with refining my skills of what little I have. Blending with acrylics is still a struggle so I am always watching to see more techniques. Thanks for the videos!
Awesome. Never seen anything like this. It's like learning back magic or something. Gotta try me some of this on my mythic battles manticore wings. Really good. Appreciated.
I am defo gonna try this on my Ogre Team for Blood Bowl. Have you ever played or painted any Blood Bowl mini's? Challenge made! Amazing, amazing work as ever. Sebastian needs a channel.
One thing I love with these layered Dragon Wings: You could do just 2-3 layers to get a beautiful Dragon on the table, but you can always come back and do more layers for more depth later as time permits!😁🤩👍👍
I use a similar technique for free hand spiderweb. Cool to see it applied in a different way. Painting texture i feel is actually easier than layering on a model that has those skin ridges
This came a great time cause my next mini that is for Goober Town Hobbies mini roulette season 2 I need to use both of those techniques. You guys both rock thank you!!!
I did the wing technique (kinda) on the bottom dragon in the Reaper dance of Death and while not as tight as Sebastian, I also faced a much larger wing area. I did 5 layers and it was a challenge. I also think ot looks way better at distance than up close- I can send you pictures if you want.
KAHAs painting technique is fabulous, she is the best. Was hoping to learn more about her technique here, but the model was already prepared (airbrushed) before starting :/ a missed chance here ... KAHA does everything with a brush btw ...
Sorry for probably taking the absolutely wrong thing from this vid, but here goes; For the longest time I've been annoyed that I cant seem to get smooth blends on my minis. They look fine on an arms lenght, but when I take pics with my phone and zoom in, it looks terribly sloppy. About an hour ago I had a look at Mengels version of Rippa Snarlfang (he's one of my favorite painters) and now I see the same thing on that dreadnought - the transitions that look so smooth from 1' away are not that even when zoomed in close. I know this was not what you were going for, but it just gave me great hope for the future of my painting. Maybe my "messy" paintjobs aren't that messy after all? Thx to both of you!
@@SquidmarMiniatures I don't have the patience for it, I'd rather make a decal. I also really, really, really do not have the artistic ability to draw or paint (in the traditional sense)
One of the most important things artists do when we have reference....we look at it. A lot. We analyze and stare and draw while we’re looking at the reference. A solid 70-90% of the process is observing the object...at least if you’re serious about drawing the object. Drawing from life is the best way. Set up a prop and a light and some cloth to create some contrast and ground, and draw/paint what you see. Practice. Do multiple angles. Draw big, draw weird, draw in one line, draw in thousands of line. Build up gestalt, and THEN do your final pass. THAT is how you get a good drawing from reference. Source: artist and art studentttttt. Who needs a nap.
Awesome video thank you so much. I´ve a question about painting that I have no anwser for...yet. How you can manage to make a little circle dots pattern, with different sizes ina miniature? With an airbrush, splattering little dots with some other brushes and covering the parts you don´t want to be painted? Thank you so much.
Som vanligt en super härlig video och så sjukt snyggt målat!!😍. Och super tack för denna videon!, dom behövs verkligen i dessa tider!!💜. (Och man blir ju sugen att skaffa sig en tatuering av honnom 🤣👌🏾😁💚).
On the topic of reference - Yes, yes, yes! All artists through history painted and sculpted using a refference. Sometimes their own studies, mostly real life references though. And they spent >more< time looking at references than actually painting or sculpting. But clinging on photos as references is a dangerous path. Learning to paint from photos will make you a decent photocopier, not a good painter. I´d say the best way to lose fear of freehand painting is getting a stash of regular A4´s and the cheapest watercolors and painting random stuff at home, in nature, in the street and anywhere. You learn the most by trying to capture stuff that "fades" - things you can´t pause to linger on meaningless details and truly capture the essence. Like a pidgeon that landed on your window. Might be a good trait to learn for both speedpainting and more artistic kind on miniature painting.
Stunning tutorials! I want to freehand a spirit face on m wraithknight, but its face is broken. The idea was to crack he glass part, and make it seem that souls are coming out of the crack. So if I am going to freehand the face, how should I go with highlighting it? Any tips?
XD tattoing help alot understanding light and having stability/confidance alot ! you should try !! if a tattoo artist can paint, a painter can also tattoo !! ;)
@@brandonhedges719 theres 3 other wings already painted... wonder who did that... most artist will run out paper or storage space and go paint their skin or walls. XD
This TH-cam channel really has helped me become a better painter. I wish nothing but the best for you
Nero: *does amazing paintjob*
Also Nero: *uses more than half bottle of green*
How hard do you squeeze?
*Splort*
Not that hard
Legend says that his blood is made of paint.
"In the first step you can see Sebastian is making the basic shape os the skull"
My man, that first step was already good enough for a final step hahahaha
It’s good to see the process of building up layers. I have been drawing for over fifteen years, and I will say the hardest part of drawing is knowing what you see opposed to what you think you see.
I don't usually respond to tutorials but when I do, I like to pay a shit ton respect to the artist.
Seriously. This. Is. Godlike.
Great video, thanks for sharing. 1:34 Kaha is a great painter, I love her unique style. I joined her workshop and spent great time. Not easy to get these color transitions, patterns and so on, but it was a great experience.
You can totally tell he's a tattoo artist just by the way he lays out his paints. Great work!
Also... his tattoos....
@@elmirBDS ... So all people who have alot of tattoos are tattoo artist? I should inform my friends of their new careers.
@@minehermit No, but I've yet to see a tattoo artist who isn't himself covered in them though... :)
Loving the video! Can't agree enough with some of the comments: The videos really helps showcase the techniques and break them down in easier chunks. Thanks for all the amazing content! Looking forward to all that is to come! :D
As a tattoo artist, it’s bizarre how much I reference my original drawing and my color study during a tattoo. I know I drew it, colored it, and having a stencil, etc. but I look at reference CONSTANTLY! great tutorial!
Oh wow that wing is PERFECT for my Night Lords. Beautiful work guys!
Amazing freehand and all, but i can't get over how amazing that green dreadnought looks!
Sebastian is a genius! Thanks again for a great video. Been watching all the videos and will be painting my first mini very soon :)
👑👑 I'm in the midst of releasing my dream miniature brush as well as some wonderfully sculpted miniature busts. It's something I'm really proud of and been working on for the better part of the last year. Late pledges are up and You can check it out here: www.squidmar.com/latepledge 👑👑
Amazing. I'm painting a chaos army and been surfing around for ideas for the wings for Archaon and the dragons - this is a great idea! My army is featuring dark red capes and blue shields so it's perfect! I feel ready! Thanks for a awesome channel - so much inspiration.
thanks for taking time and showing us some great techniques, you guys make it easy to understand and pick up! thanks sebastian and squidmar!
Ya,so another cool tutorial really enjoyed that one. & it just goes to show ya no matter how good you become it pays to constantly study your example as your working on your piece. It’s to easy to forget something along the way. Reminds me of a world class tattooist that did a tattoo of map of Canada but the west coast was on the east side and east on west.... on a customers arm. Funny thing is it took the guy a few days to realize it was wrong. I’ll bet someone pointed it out to him. Great one though really enjoy your stuff. Thanks so much for all the time,energy & effort you put into your tutorials.
I'm not into Warhammer or big Armies & speed painting. I DIDN'T expect to get SO MUCH from Squidmar videos, lol. But I find myself sharing many of them, and coming back to several of them again & again!! I've shared on Vince Venturella's PMP Facebook page, and directly with other painters. THIS is the BEST video on Dragon Wings EVER!!! Thank you SO MUCH! I've learned a lot & improved my painting with Squidmar's help quite a bit😁❤️👍👍
Sebastian be like: let me tattoo realistic stuff on this armour
Me be like: yes my blue looks blue
I'm lucky if I have the right layer paint and enough imagination to brighten up the edges of a thing.
most likely one of your best videos so far, Keep up the good work and keep Sebastien!!!!!
squid that wing is so sick. im in the middle of painting up a mid 90s big metal dark elf black dragon with huge wings... in totally stealing this idea, theres no way i cant use this on the model now. so good, u guys are the best, much love.
This video is amazing. The skull is the best I have ever seen and I agree with all the suggestions that Sebastian needs his own channel. It would be amazing you guys going head to head.
The start of all these miniature painting vids always have me saying “there is no way it’s gonna end up looking like the end product!” And bam! It does.
It’s like those art tutorials where the horse is nothing but a rectangle and a few circles and then it says some final details and bam it is a fully shaded realistic horse with a gorgeous background and everything
After edge highlighting, this another level , brush control and spacing freehand. Too many minis for spending this amount of time. Love it 8)
Did I hear someone say that Sebastian needed to create a TH-cam channel XD
Yes!
@@heryanwart2921 Damn! that's awesome 😃
I agree!
Yup
I love your stuff Squidmar but I have to say this collab video with Sebastian is hands down my favourite video you've done. Amazing
Everytyme someone starts "i love your stuff but i have to say" i brace myself for some troll comment haha! Thx for being kind man!
@@SquidmarMiniatures I think what took it to the next level was finding all of his tattoo work on Insta. Great portfolio of work between the tattoo work and minis. Also I think your skill of voicing over made his artwork shine even more here, its a dangerous team with you two together.
Those wings are unreal.
Fantastic.
The technic used on the wing is the same thing that you can use with your airbrush to create true fire. Nicely done. Like the skull a lot.
This... is... simply... art. Top Notch. Love it.
Kaha is the most talented painter ive seen
Ha, so true! this the next level of stealing! You spend 10$ for one month patronie for Kaha and you do a video out of it. You earn lots of $$$
I don't paint that many fantasy miniatures like you but I paint historical figures mostly from WW2 but so many of your techniques helps me with refining my skills of what little I have. Blending with acrylics is still a struggle so I am always watching to see more techniques. Thanks for the videos!
Awesome. Never seen anything like this. It's like learning back magic or something. Gotta try me some of this on my mythic battles manticore wings. Really good. Appreciated.
Stunning! That are really impressive skills! But also a perfect guide to try it!!! Thank You guys
Those wings look sweet! very cool technique
Cheers Squiddy and Sebastian!
Super cool to see this art being created. Keep up the good work Sebastian and Emil!
Woa, nice work on painting, and nice work on this video, it's very inspiring
Sebastian has incredible talent. Great to see him on your channel
wow, they both look so good, and no not all can do this, but we can watch you do this and be amazed :)
Sebastian did already paintbrush the wing.
Me: holy shit, that's done!
Awesome work guys!
Awesome. Great inspiration. Gives me more confidence to try things out.
You can do it!
The most recent interesting. Look forward to each video every week. Keep up the good work..
Astonishing work; and soooo METAL!!!
I am defo gonna try this on my Ogre Team for Blood Bowl. Have you ever played or painted any Blood Bowl mini's? Challenge made! Amazing, amazing work as ever. Sebastian needs a channel.
Got a big dragon mini from the store today. Perfect add for inspiration! Amazing work
I find it funny that you said big dragon mini.
I visit my friends in Örebro often. I must look into visiting Umeå when I next travel.
One thing I love with these layered Dragon Wings: You could do just 2-3 layers to get a beautiful Dragon on the table, but you can always come back and do more layers for more depth later as time permits!😁🤩👍👍
Great videos guys! The wing looks insane! Thanks for inspiration!
That Wraith head is awesome!
I haven't painted leathery wings yet, but now I feel totally inspired and not afraid to try a dragon!!! Wonderful video!!❤🐲❤
Love the idea behind the wing, I'd never thought to take it that far :)
Wow, very impressive! Cool to see you two work together. Snyggt jobbat!
Nobody could be more qualified to freehand than a high-level painter thats also a tattoo artist.
I’ve been planning on doing free handing on my Imperial Knight so this is actually useful for me
Increíble, muy muy guapo.
Que envidia, me encantaría saber pintar así.
Lo mejor que he visto y yo creyendo que pintaba bien
I'm stoked if I can just get a fairly straight line when I do pack markings on shoulder pads.
Nutz. You guys are sure spending a lot of time on your craft.
My God that's insane painting.
I use a similar technique for free hand spiderweb. Cool to see it applied in a different way. Painting texture i feel is actually easier than layering on a model that has those skin ridges
This came a great time cause my next mini that is for Goober Town Hobbies mini roulette season 2 I need to use both of those techniques. You guys both rock thank you!!!
Have fun mate!
Squidmar Miniatures o am also excited for your new line of brushes, has your kick starter opened now?
Thanks for the tips! Can't wait to try them myself!
Have fun!
Wow, those are works of art 👍
Love your videos Emil they are so educational
Love the channel, love the work, love the leopard print shirt
I did the wing technique (kinda) on the bottom dragon in the Reaper dance of Death and while not as tight as Sebastian, I also faced a much larger wing area. I did 5 layers and it was a challenge. I also think ot looks way better at distance than up close- I can send you pictures if you want.
I don't know which is more beautiful, the free hand painting technique or you both.
Wow! Impressive painting skills
Sebastian is a beast !
KAHAs painting technique is fabulous, she is the best. Was hoping to learn more about her technique here, but the model was already prepared (airbrushed) before starting :/ a missed chance here ... KAHA does everything with a brush btw ...
Sorry for probably taking the absolutely wrong thing from this vid, but here goes; For the longest time I've been annoyed that I cant seem to get smooth blends on my minis. They look fine on an arms lenght, but when I take pics with my phone and zoom in, it looks terribly sloppy. About an hour ago I had a look at Mengels version of Rippa Snarlfang (he's one of my favorite painters) and now I see the same thing on that dreadnought - the transitions that look so smooth from 1' away are not that even when zoomed in close. I know this was not what you were going for, but it just gave me great hope for the future of my painting. Maybe my "messy" paintjobs aren't that messy after all? Thx to both of you!
me: I know this is something I'm not able to do
also me: I'll watch and like because I like your channel
Maybe you could :)
@@SquidmarMiniatures I don't have the patience for it, I'd rather make a decal. I also really, really, really do not have the artistic ability to draw or paint (in the traditional sense)
@@hansyolo8277 It just takes practice. Sebastian definitely got his free hand control from his history in tattoos. No artist starts off as a master.
Can't wait to see you try this, please share it
I plan to do my first freehand tattoo on my gargant. He's also the first mini where I do realistic skin tones and not demon or monster style
Those wings are awesome
Fantastic! Great inspiration. Tack!
Wow I'm going to try this on some wings
Thank you.Perfect.👍👍👍
The secret to freehand is that you have to wear a sweet cheetah print shirt like Squiddy.
That first pattern is so cool, definitely gonna try something similar. Maybe something with spider webs...
One of the most important things artists do when we have reference....we look at it. A lot. We analyze and stare and draw while we’re looking at the reference. A solid 70-90% of the process is observing the object...at least if you’re serious about drawing the object. Drawing from life is the best way. Set up a prop and a light and some cloth to create some contrast and ground, and draw/paint what you see. Practice. Do multiple angles. Draw big, draw weird, draw in one line, draw in thousands of line. Build up gestalt, and THEN do your final pass. THAT is how you get a good drawing from reference.
Source: artist and art studentttttt. Who needs a nap.
i like how he stippled the patterns on, likely in reference to his tattoo background
Awesome video thank you so much. I´ve a question about painting that I have no anwser for...yet. How you can manage to make a little circle dots pattern, with different sizes ina miniature? With an airbrush, splattering little dots with some other brushes and covering the parts you don´t want to be painted? Thank you so much.
Som vanligt en super härlig video och så sjukt snyggt målat!!😍. Och super tack för denna videon!, dom behövs verkligen i dessa tider!!💜. (Och man blir ju sugen att skaffa sig en tatuering av honnom 🤣👌🏾😁💚).
This is so awesome. Love your content dude!
Followed Sebastien immediately 😁
That man is talented!
Very nice and inspiring.
BTW is the green basecolor on the mech made with an airbrush, there is a nice transition between drak grren and light green
Truly the boldest shirt by Emil today
man, that is freaking amazing gg on the skills
That's friggin sick
Looking at references I see. Ethan Becker would be proud.
*"Inspired by the Corona Virus"*
Head scratching choice of inspiration but I think their faces at 9:28 say it all
I think Sebastien needs to come to Calgary Canada so I can get a tattoo, lol amazing artist
Great Artist, great video!!!!!!!!!
On the topic of reference - Yes, yes, yes! All artists through history painted and sculpted using a refference. Sometimes their own studies, mostly real life references though. And they spent >more< time looking at references than actually painting or sculpting. But clinging on photos as references is a dangerous path. Learning to paint from photos will make you a decent photocopier, not a good painter. I´d say the best way to lose fear of freehand painting is getting a stash of regular A4´s and the cheapest watercolors and painting random stuff at home, in nature, in the street and anywhere. You learn the most by trying to capture stuff that "fades" - things you can´t pause to linger on meaningless details and truly capture the essence. Like a pidgeon that landed on your window. Might be a good trait to learn for both speedpainting and more artistic kind on miniature painting.
After watching the whole skull painting process, at 17:34 It looks ALOT smaller than i expected! :O
His tattoos are lovely.
Great video. Thanks Nero
Stunning tutorials! I want to freehand a spirit face on m wraithknight, but its face is broken. The idea was to crack he glass part, and make it seem that souls are coming out of the crack. So if I am going to freehand the face, how should I go with highlighting it? Any tips?
That miniature face took my breath away. I need to be that good.
I don't think anyone paints as bravely as a tattoo artist.
Dude, for reals, 2:46 had me like D= He
just dove in with that white with no hesitation.
XD tattoing help alot understanding light and having stability/confidance alot ! you should try !! if a tattoo artist can paint, a painter can also tattoo !! ;)
@@brandonhedges719 theres 3 other wings already painted... wonder who did that... most artist will run out paper or storage space and go paint their skin or walls. XD
I'm shocked! Woow
getting back into painting again now what are the glazes made of and if someone has been not painting for 20 years what paints are good to try ?