Your sample patches on the palette are are extremely useful, and it shows the versatility of combining different combinations of colours and shading techniques. This reinforces the importance of making test pieces before you commit to painting a whole unit of miniatures. It frees you up to experiment and create a new look. Bravo!
I love the colour scheme for both these models ... and I like the way you show your process , I’ve always struggled with colour schemes so this is a big big help. Also I finally order a set of 5 “ Series S brushes and an XL pallet .. can’t wait to try them out 🤗
YES, VICKY! It is time! Please let us know how your journey goes, I think it's high-time you give the drybrushing a go :D. Thanks for your support, always appreciated!
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Excellent video again Byron. Really love this scheme. Keep up the great work. Loved it as always and will try these techniques next time I am painting bone effects.
Hey there :) I'm the one who asked about which primer color to use in which situation on your hobby fundamentals primer video and you said I it would work better if I commented under a newer video if I had more questions ;) So, here is what you wrote and what I replied: "Hey dude, white primer if you're going for heavy contrast/wash/shade techniques in my opinion, my preference is (to generalise) A black prime or dark grey/dark prime with a drybrush over the top. You get best of both worlds, no weird light shadows, but you're also not 'fighting' to cover over the black. Another way to achieve this is to 'dust' a light primer from above/up to 45degrees over your black primed model, if you google 'zenithal priming' you'll see loads of examples. If you reply to this and I don't get back to you comment in a newer video, it's a bit difficult to track comment chains in YT, we're happy to help though!" @Artis Opus cool, thanks for the tips :) So far, I only used washes to "paint" my minis but am about to start using acrylic paints. So, for my "washes only" method it seems the white primer was the right choice ;) When you say you use a black/dark grey primer with a drybrush over the top, do you mean you cover the whole primed mini with a drybrush as a sort of base coat and then start painting the mini? I've got dry brushes, acrylic paints, texture palette and everything coming, can't wait to dive into this and your videos made me realize how much I want to try out dry brushing :D Thanks a lot for your help and keep up making those great videos :)
@@ArtisOpus thanks again for getting back to me :) I watched the leather tutorial and it is great :) I just got my first paints in and will try out a dry brushing base coat soon, but for now I'm struggling a bit with a "normal" base coat. I put a question about that under your current newest video already and hope it's the easiest way for you to answer my noob questions :D
Love how these came out and will definitely be using a few tips from this for mine, feel like your oxidation had a few too many steps though and jumped from an oxidation effect to an enchanted light effect.
both schemes look great. I really like how the gold turns out. After watching your previous video I went and did the test board for some purple metals. Learned a lot! Not sure how I'm going to use this yet but will see :D
@@ArtisOpus my pile of... opportunity is large enough that I can't justify... wait a minute I have some stormcast from the mortal realms magazines... PURPLE STORMCAST!
Thanks, Robert, someone likes their evil villainesses, I'll have a think - I'd want to convert each of them a little before painting, which adds a fair bit of time because I am sloooow with green stuff
Absolutely love both of them, but the desert skelly prob is my favorite. Love the mix of colors with the brown and blue! Would've personally liked more of the purple in the midnight one and maybe changed the brown leathers for some other color. Maybe a blueisch black? Sorry, im just rambling, i guess you got my creative juices flowing! Great work, now i have to keep myself from buying skeletons!
All good man, kind of agree with you, too, it'd be cool to have a bit more of the purple tone evident... it's very easy to forget how much is obscured by finishing steps! I actually went in a blueish direction on the recent blood knight :D
@@ArtisOpus I did see that! It looked really neat, love the depth of the red on the armor. So fun watching you experiment with the colors, makes me want to buy more of the contrast paints! Been mostly using it for like easy glow/plasma/magic effects instead of big armor parts. Or atleast the contrast medium. Although i do prefer my own minis being more on the matt side. I recently bought Vallejo matt medium, haven't yet tried it out tho. But sure will after your vids!
Very cool, the extra little bit on the steel one really made it pop! Any chance of a guide on painting a lens effect? I know it's nothing vampire related but I know nothing about that range really!
Really like that video. Very crisp results, easy to achieve for everyone. Like both versions of those warriors. The only thing i could note here is, that i think that your verdigris looks like it's a bit too much on the blueish side. Maybe it's just the video here, but i would recommend you to try out VGC Foul Green for that type of weathering here. I use it for my personal army and think it's a good base color for that. But overall i think those minis both look amazing. ;)
That's completely fair, Alex, the camera loves the turquoise a little too much, however I do think I rushed it, and could have been a bit more delicate/precise! In hindsight if I was going to do it again in the same time I would change the tone a little. Thanks for the kind words mate, hope you enjoyed the blood knights :D
Awesome video mate! This and the vampire one really knocked it out of the park. Looking forward to trying this out, in the future. (-: Think my favourite is the steel one. The leather/gold one is great, but the blue went a little to far for my taste. Tbh, no clue what's fun to paint when it comes to Vampire Counts. But there's always the Bloodseeker Palanquin or the Coven Throne. :D
@@ArtisOpus :D :D Well, that's the most important thing after all! Tbh, can't say I've got total control over what I've own either. ^^ Sadly way to much stuff still in blisters.. :(
I am painting pink horrors now. It would be interesting to see if these could be dry brushed in a good way. Small but with a lot of exposed skin and no real texture on them. And they are not skin toned but mainly some kind of pink/purple color all over
How many of these texture palettes do you use in your videos? I bought one recently, and don't know if I should prime it black, leave it natural and use it, how to clean it after so many uses?
They don't require cleaning dude, you'll see how much use mine have had... they have practically doubled in weight :). I just periodically re-prime and go again!
I just got gifted a Space Marine combat patrol Box, maybe u can have another space Marine Video for Ultramarins? I know u got One but i don‘t have an airbrush and i want to get as close to the Box art as fast as possible...
Absolutely dude, it'll come at some point in the future. For now if you combine the colours from the ultramarine, with the steps from the Space Wolf, or recent blood angel you should be set! I hope that helps? Let us know how it goes (if I don't reply here ask in another video, YT isn't helpful for conversations!)
Awesome vid/tut as usual. 9/10 I would have liked to see a more contrasty/different colour of bone, one that did not just dissapear into the rest of the paintjob. The silver one has a very white bone, and the other a worn´ish brown bone, and both are just not notisable because of the armour colours. Perhaps the bone should have been switched between the models instead? It is not bad at all, it looks incredible good. But just a thought, to maby change and think about that in the future, so each part are well defined, and does not get lost because of resembling the other parts too much :D
Your sample patches on the palette are are extremely useful, and it shows the versatility of combining different combinations of colours and shading techniques. This reinforces the importance of making test pieces before you commit to painting a whole unit of miniatures. It frees you up to experiment and create a new look. Bravo!
Thanks man, I really do think they're invaluable!
I love the colour scheme for both these models ... and I like the way you show your process , I’ve always struggled with colour schemes so this is a big big help. Also I finally order a set of 5 “ Series S brushes and an XL pallet .. can’t wait to try them out 🤗
YES, VICKY! It is time! Please let us know how your journey goes, I think it's high-time you give the drybrushing a go :D.
Thanks for your support, always appreciated!
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Something of a beast would be interesting. Or deepkin. Very rare I see the water guppies in glorious statue.
Don't care what the model is but I want to make your day and request a colour scheme that is majority huldra blue.
Brilliant drybrush technique. Thanks for the excellent demo
I love this video my friend. I really like the moonlight skeleton the most, he came out terrific.
Thanks a ton, Jirhon🙌Glad you're liking it!
Excellent video again Byron. Really love this scheme.
Keep up the great work. Loved it as always and will try these techniques next time I am painting bone effects.
Those are freaking awesome
Thanks man! Lovely minis :)
They look awesome! Great tutorial as well!
Really good video, thank you for this
My pleasure, dude
Looks awesome, good job!
Cheers, Chuck :)
Hey there :)
I'm the one who asked about which primer color to use in which situation on your hobby fundamentals primer video and you said I it would work better if I commented under a newer video if I had more questions ;)
So, here is what you wrote and what I replied:
"Hey dude, white primer if you're going for heavy contrast/wash/shade techniques in my opinion, my preference is (to generalise) A black prime or dark grey/dark prime with a drybrush over the top.
You get best of both worlds, no weird light shadows, but you're also not 'fighting' to cover over the black. Another way to achieve this is to 'dust' a light primer from above/up to 45degrees over your black primed model, if you google 'zenithal priming' you'll see loads of examples.
If you reply to this and I don't get back to you comment in a newer video, it's a bit difficult to track comment chains in YT, we're happy to help though!"
@Artis Opus cool, thanks for the tips :) So far, I only used washes to "paint" my minis but am about to start using acrylic paints. So, for my "washes only" method it seems the white primer was the right choice ;) When you say you use a black/dark grey primer with a drybrush over the top, do you mean you cover the whole primed mini with a drybrush as a sort of base coat and then start painting the mini? I've got dry brushes, acrylic paints, texture palette and everything coming, can't wait to dive into this and your videos made me realize how much I want to try out dry brushing :D
Thanks a lot for your help and keep up making those great videos :)
Hey dude, thanks for getting back to us!
@@ArtisOpus thanks again for getting back to me :)
I watched the leather tutorial and it is great :) I just got my first paints in and will try out a dry brushing base coat soon, but for now I'm struggling a bit with a "normal" base coat. I put a question about that under your current newest video already and hope it's the easiest way for you to answer my noob questions :D
such a great job
Thanks! The minis really are a pleasure to paint, really helps with good end results.
Love how these came out and will definitely be using a few tips from this for mine, feel like your oxidation had a few too many steps though and jumped from an oxidation effect to an enchanted light effect.
That's fair dude, the camera loves concentrating on it too, I think slightly smaller areas and rushing less would help (it always helps :D)
both schemes look great. I really like how the gold turns out. After watching your previous video I went and did the test board for some purple metals. Learned a lot! Not sure how I'm going to use this yet but will see :D
Journey over destination dude, at least you've got the knowledge there now... for when you start your... Purple Stormcast? :D
@@ArtisOpus my pile of... opportunity is large enough that I can't justify... wait a minute I have some stormcast from the mortal realms magazines... PURPLE STORMCAST!
Could you recommend the steps that could be skipped to achieve the moonlight skeleton please?
Great stuff mate thanks heaps :) Would love to see how you paint Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares and Lady Annika, The Thirsting Blade.
Thanks, Robert, someone likes their evil villainesses, I'll have a think - I'd want to convert each of them a little before painting, which adds a fair bit of time because I am sloooow with green stuff
@@ArtisOpus that I am :) fell in love with the models
Nice shirt mate!
Thanks, Jonas! Summer is here :D
Absolutely love both of them, but the desert skelly prob is my favorite. Love the mix of colors with the brown and blue! Would've personally liked more of the purple in the midnight one and maybe changed the brown leathers for some other color. Maybe a blueisch black? Sorry, im just rambling, i guess you got my creative juices flowing! Great work, now i have to keep myself from buying skeletons!
All good man, kind of agree with you, too, it'd be cool to have a bit more of the purple tone evident... it's very easy to forget how much is obscured by finishing steps!
I actually went in a blueish direction on the recent blood knight :D
@@ArtisOpus I did see that! It looked really neat, love the depth of the red on the armor. So fun watching you experiment with the colors, makes me want to buy more of the contrast paints! Been mostly using it for like easy glow/plasma/magic effects instead of big armor parts. Or atleast the contrast medium.
Although i do prefer my own minis being more on the matt side. I recently bought Vallejo matt medium, haven't yet tried it out tho. But sure will after your vids!
Very cool, the extra little bit on the steel one really made it pop! Any chance of a guide on painting a lens effect? I know it's nothing vampire related but I know nothing about that range really!
Really like that video. Very crisp results, easy to achieve for everyone. Like both versions of those warriors. The only thing i could note here is, that i think that your verdigris looks like it's a bit too much on the blueish side. Maybe it's just the video here, but i would recommend you to try out VGC Foul Green for that type of weathering here. I use it for my personal army and think it's a good base color for that.
But overall i think those minis both look amazing. ;)
That's completely fair, Alex, the camera loves the turquoise a little too much, however I do think I rushed it, and could have been a bit more delicate/precise! In hindsight if I was going to do it again in the same time I would change the tone a little.
Thanks for the kind words mate, hope you enjoyed the blood knights :D
@@ArtisOpus absolutely, they're really striking.👍
Awesome video mate! This and the vampire one really knocked it out of the park. Looking forward to trying this out, in the future. (-:
Think my favourite is the steel one. The leather/gold one is great, but the blue went a little to far for my taste.
Tbh, no clue what's fun to paint when it comes to Vampire Counts. But there's always the Bloodseeker Palanquin or the Coven Throne. :D
I have one of those built and simply painted actually... I think the throne... or the palanquin...OK, I don't remember which, but I have it!
@@ArtisOpus :D :D Well, that's the most important thing after all! Tbh, can't say I've got total control over what I've own either. ^^ Sadly way to much stuff still in blisters.. :(
Hey there I was wondering what you used for the undercoat/priming. The colors are great and I'd like to poach the silver! :D
Enjoyed the tutorial. Was wondering if you'd ever used weathering powders for the metals (steel/iron)
I am painting pink horrors now. It would be interesting to see if these could be dry brushed in a good way. Small but with a lot of exposed skin and no real texture on them. And they are not skin toned but mainly some kind of pink/purple color all over
How many of these texture palettes do you use in your videos? I bought one recently, and don't know if I should prime it black, leave it natural and use it, how to clean it after so many uses?
They don't require cleaning dude, you'll see how much use mine have had... they have practically doubled in weight :). I just periodically re-prime and go again!
dig the midnight one
What is this ashtray wherein you clean your brush?
Haa, not an ash tray! It's a dampening pad: store.artis-opus.com/collections/series-d-drybrushing
Im probably being stupid but i cant seem to find how you did the colder skeletons robes! Love to mimic that
Very nice tutorial, helpful as always. I wolud like to see the Blood Knights an Radukar the Beast. ;-)
I just got gifted a Space Marine combat patrol Box, maybe u can have another space Marine Video for Ultramarins? I know u got One but i don‘t have an airbrush and i want to get as close to the Box art as fast as possible...
Absolutely dude, it'll come at some point in the future.
For now if you combine the colours from the ultramarine, with the steps from the Space Wolf, or recent blood angel you should be set!
I hope that helps? Let us know how it goes (if I don't reply here ask in another video, YT isn't helpful for conversations!)
@@ArtisOpus thx mate!
hi were did you get the skeleton from
Hey dude, new Games Workshop models :)
cool that's for that
Thanks, Jason😊
Awesome vid/tut as usual. 9/10
I would have liked to see a more contrasty/different colour of bone, one that did not just dissapear into the rest of the paintjob. The silver one has a very white bone, and the other a worn´ish brown bone, and both are just not notisable because of the armour colours. Perhaps the bone should have been switched between the models instead?
It is not bad at all, it looks incredible good.
But just a thought, to maby change and think about that in the future, so each part are well defined, and does not get lost because of resembling the other parts too much :D
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Looks great overall, but the verdigris on the armour plate looks too uniform on either arm hole to me. Amazing otherwise.
Fair comment, dude, I think more variation in it would go a long way for sure!
Pop off 🤣
? Was I too British? :D ☕
No, just my childish sense of humour showing I guess 🤪