The idea of just painting the main 3 colors and then going back later to work on details really makes painting that army I've been putting off for months more palatable.
Another tip for those afraid to use the sharp edge of their xacto knife to trim the mold lines (or have accidentally chunked it for lack of delicate hands): flip it around and use the back edge. Works great as a mold line remover.
To each their own! I have so many minis that if i ever want to see them on the table i need to paint some of them quickly. Plus, speed painting the first few coats motivates me to paint HQ models at a higher level
Dude, ikr!? I never see anyone else touch Eldar terrain. I still go back and watch that one often. It's so satisfying and a really cool build. Still haven't copied it yet, but I keep telling myself I will eventually.
5:33 I'm very much in agreement here. I will nearly always lay down all my (boring) base colours first just because the results following the washes and highlights are far more rewarding. Great job on getting these guys painted up, I really need more motivation to build and paint up some armies.
Thanks Pete! Some evenings i like to take a previously basecoated mini and start highlighting it up to a high level, its much easier to get into than starting from scratch
Reverse cow blending is my favorite painting technique. It's a shame to see it so rarely used, everybody seems to have moved to doggy highlighting nowadays.
I appreciate you mentioning the table top quality milestone, I often get stressed out about painting because I feel like I need to be putting on 8 different colors before I can start playing with my minis. But getting the main 3 honestly does look just as good when I’m playing and just looking at them from a distance
Eric you are my hobby hero! I have a little time tonight to work on my army/terrain and came to your channel to watch some 'making cool necromunda terrain from everything' and here i am getting some 'get yer army on the table me boyo' as a bonus. Thanks for sharing = you rock!
As someone who can be a bit if a perfectionist just doing the three main basecoats and then moving on seems like such a good idea as to not get stuck on a model.
I have not yet had the chance to paint even a squad. I only had to paint solitary minis so far, glad to know I will be able to get good looking bands fast when I eventually get one.
a lot of the techniques you used in this are actually what i use, dry brush highlighting gives it a sort of cartoon vibe to them and looks like a simplified version of cel shade
Woah, that's way more effective than I imagined. Right now i mostly paint for pleasure and don't have people to play with, but good tips for prepping some of my OPR minis soon
This looks so liberating. I'm currently painting High Elves for a tournament that takes place in two weeks, been painting 1 unit of Seaguard, 2 skycutters and now white lions since november. I'm clocking in at about 2-2,5 hours/mini and the feeling of painters burnout is immense.
Great post... seeing the basics... Smart basics... is a great help ... my boys are transitioning from DnD to to. 40 K , where large armies are a necessity. Thank you.
“Painted poorly by the previous owner” yes but the previous owner is me 15 years ago lol Love this video, very inspiring to see how great the outcome looks.
So much good stuff here, I like to say I paint to a tabletop plus standard because if you're painting an army you will go crazy edge highlighting every single pouch on a space marine. I'm also a big fan of cheap black craft paint on the base rims, no sense using your good miniature paints!
The perfectionist in me won't let me stop at TTQ, but I ought to give this a go for my next project just to get something looking good enough for games far sooner
Practice is definitely king, it’s difficult to get across to new painters just how incrementally your skills develop. There’s no silver bullets in this hobby, but some tools and techniques help.
I bought 500 quids worth of models etc during lockdown for lad paint and myself, nostalgia lol my backlog is HUGEEE, I recently bought green blue white & black spray cans are these ok undercoat in batch? Mainly got space marines & death guard ones
Anyone that wants a wonderful, cost effective dark yellow color to start with try Vallejo dark flesh. Goes on smooth as silk and covers fantastic, even over black. Really nice for those yellow and black hazard stripes GW likes to use as well!
hi Eric!!! Loved the video. Do you like ww1/ww2 grindy games that can get you screaming in your sleep? you should try playing Foxhole and video your experience! :D
Are you implying hopping back into the hobby after a five year hiatus and spending half your designated painting time staring in forlorn despair at the pauldrons of the goddamn Lamenters you chose for some Throne-forsaken reason isn't the most effective method, Sir?
At around 6 minutes, while painting the Fire Dragon, you mixed up the colours. Trollslayer orange is the darker orange colour, you used first. Fire dragon bright you used after, as a 'second highlight'.
Random fact. During WW2, radium was painted onto the numbers on aircraft dials so they would glow in the dark. Sadly, many of the ladies working on these would lick the brush just like you do and got radiation sickness. Always makes me cringe when people lick their brush now. (Edited)
I honestly don’t usually do that. In that shot i am not even actually painting, its just b-roll that i recorded for a segment in someone elses video. The brush was a clean one i have never used with splayed tip - i felt like i needed to put a point on it so you guys wouldnt notice i was just pretending to paint. Then the autofocus pulled focus on something in the background so the only usable b-roll i had is that short clip of me licking the brush which i think i used more than once in this video lol. Now i must live in infamy as a brush licker even though I’m not even one ususally
Barrie, not to be picky but it wasn't Uranium that was used... it was Radium and its use in paint goes back further than WW2. I've dug out a link for your perusal if you're interested en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls . I know exactly what you mean when you mention seeing others pulling a nice needle point on their brushes using their lips... I also cringe (and even more so today what with acrylic paint being plastic and containing so much that shouldn't be in anyones bodies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic_paint ). As Dennis Leary once said when he mentioned treating his body as a temple, "That's why I leave my boots on the outside!"
Drybrushing biel tan is chad level. Great techniques and smooth looking eldar
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The idea of just painting the main 3 colors and then going back later to work on details really makes painting that army I've been putting off for months more palatable.
How did it go?
These last two videos have been some of the most banger
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed em
11:34 - Thank you for going over this so a smoothbrain like me can understand. This is going to make swords nice and quick.
Another tip for those afraid to use the sharp edge of their xacto knife to trim the mold lines (or have accidentally chunked it for lack of delicate hands): flip it around and use the back edge. Works great as a mold line remover.
I cant beleive how that edge highlight makes that sword look way better than it should be, thats crazy. Nice tip
Hoping to see more Eldar stuff from you! This and the Eldar terrain video are really good
Drybrushing really is the greatest technique of them all. Excellent video, as always!
I would never in my mind "speed paint" these.
I love taking my time and just enjoy it.
To each their own! I have so many minis that if i ever want to see them on the table i need to paint some of them quickly. Plus, speed painting the first few coats motivates me to paint HQ models at a higher level
Would love to see an expansion on the eldar terrain. Your vid making that is one of my favourite terrain builds on TH-cam.
Dude, ikr!? I never see anyone else touch Eldar terrain. I still go back and watch that one often. It's so satisfying and a really cool build. Still haven't copied it yet, but I keep telling myself I will eventually.
5:33 I'm very much in agreement here. I will nearly always lay down all my (boring) base colours first just because the results following the washes and highlights are far more rewarding. Great job on getting these guys painted up, I really need more motivation to build and paint up some armies.
Thanks Pete! Some evenings i like to take a previously basecoated mini and start highlighting it up to a high level, its much easier to get into than starting from scratch
Great video! The difference distance at 4:17 makes is unbelievable...never saw it from that perspective before! Have a great eve!
Reverse cow blending is my favorite painting technique. It's a shame to see it so rarely used, everybody seems to have moved to doggy highlighting nowadays.
lmao
Your tabletop ready is quite good, haha!
Love all your videos, especially with these hot jams, man. The music is A+.
I appreciate you mentioning the table top quality milestone, I often get stressed out about painting because I feel like I need to be putting on 8 different colors before I can start playing with my minis. But getting the main 3 honestly does look just as good when I’m playing and just looking at them from a distance
TTQ - + is my favorite quality rating.
Eric you are my hobby hero! I have a little time tonight to work on my army/terrain and came to your channel to watch some 'making cool necromunda terrain from everything' and here i am getting some 'get yer army on the table me boyo' as a bonus. Thanks for sharing = you rock!
As someone who can be a bit if a perfectionist just doing the three main basecoats and then moving on seems like such a good idea as to not get stuck on a model.
I did the sword trick, and the first comment when I showed him the finished model was "man that blade is amazing!" thanks you!
Eric you have been killing it recently. Another great video. Just wish orks were this quick to paint !
Orks are even quicker to paint! Looking sloppy and dirty is very on- brand for them!
This may be your most informative video yet. These are great techniques that are highly approachable. So glad I watched this.
8:00 speed painting being better than your hard determined minis from yester-year… tooooo true!!
I'm stunned at how easy and yet how awesome the sword looked, didn't expect that! Great stuff, thank you.
I have not yet had the chance to paint even a squad. I only had to paint solitary minis so far, glad to know I will be able to get good looking bands fast when I eventually get one.
This is very helpful and now I also use a texture paint for the bases and it still looks sick
I love your paint job quality level ranking system and vocabulary.
I am impressed how the sword comes out.
Will test this out
This is a Grade A video! Very helpful to reset my mindset. Thank you!
a lot of the techniques you used in this are actually what i use, dry brush highlighting gives it a sort of cartoon vibe to them and looks like a simplified version of cel shade
Woah, that's way more effective than I imagined. Right now i mostly paint for pleasure and don't have people to play with, but good tips for prepping some of my OPR minis soon
Reverse Cowblending is definitely my favorite painting technique. I use it all the time
This looks so liberating.
I'm currently painting High Elves for a tournament that takes place in two weeks, been painting 1 unit of Seaguard, 2 skycutters and now white lions since november. I'm clocking in at about 2-2,5 hours/mini and the feeling of painters burnout is immense.
Oh no! Are you highlighting all the scales on the armour individually???
Great vid, I appreciate the breakdown of some very eye catching effects. I especially like the baby noises in the back of the sponsor spot :D
😳 I didn’t notice haha but yes hes a noisy little guy sometimes haha
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop it's only audible with headphones on afaict. Very cute regardless!
love this video, nice an simple. its makes painting less intimidating. its a breathe of fresh air.
Exactly what I do my man. Love it.
what a master balance of techniques! a really ejoyable video!!
Great post... seeing the basics...
Smart basics... is a great help ... my boys are transitioning from DnD to to. 40 K , where large armies are a necessity. Thank you.
You really need to do more videos like this! Amazing !
“Painted poorly by the previous owner” yes but the previous owner is me 15 years ago lol
Love this video, very inspiring to see how great the outcome looks.
Love the video! I assemble minis in much the same way, but I use a cupcake pan to keep the piles for each model separate.
So much good stuff here, I like to say I paint to a tabletop plus standard because if you're painting an army you will go crazy edge highlighting every single pouch on a space marine.
I'm also a big fan of cheap black craft paint on the base rims, no sense using your good miniature paints!
I’ve started using matte varnish for basing. I’ve noticed it makes the base material stick better and it doesn’t crack as PVA might do over time.
After watching this video I now feel confident enough to paint my forty plus imperial guardsmen.
The perfectionist in me won't let me stop at TTQ, but I ought to give this a go for my next project just to get something looking good enough for games far sooner
I too would currently be painting up some Fire Dragons if I had some, they are looking pretty strong in the new codex
TTQ minus plus made me literally LOL!!
Totally agree with you that assembly sucks. Great video man, rock on!
Ericdrad the MOST famous farseer in Craftworld history
Awesome video man, This gives me some great encouragement to bring this technique to my custodes!
Dry brushing... Totally underrated.
Love your videos!
3-foot fabulous!
Subscribed! Great video to get people painting!
All good advice.
Thank you Eric, great video! Your tips are extremely helpful. I am excited to give this a try. I want to re-paint Zombicide Black Plague.
Excellent.
8:19 Reverse cow blending?? That's one technique worth mastering!!!:)
8:03 eldars' got some cake
My speed painting trick is to dry brush the miniatures 2-3 times, then paint nearly everything else with one color und was everything
10:48 love the wraithlord in this, going to try it myself! Can anyone suggest a lighter green to go over the dark angels contrast for this colour?
top tips mate nice one
Very helpful
By putting your minuatures straught up on some cardboard, you will have un-coated parts: the undersides of arms, guns, groins etc.
This might have saved my life paiting my own Craftworld army. Thank you. Had the army for 20 years and never sat down to paint it because time...
Sometimes you just have to go for it ! Good luck
Practice is definitely king, it’s difficult to get across to new painters just how incrementally your skills develop. There’s no silver bullets in this hobby, but some tools and techniques help.
When’s the next city robot video coming
I’m working on it!
Can you provide a link for the Christmas can of sand pls? Thanks
Also great video.
Another great one Eric! I’ll send this to my local group so I don’t have to play against plastic armies anymore :-)
I love them but even in a speed paint id have some detail such as thoes little gems but im have a really high standard of mown painting
Is there a way to see which blues were used for the Wraith Lord sword?
Skittles of Doom
I bought 500 quids worth of models etc during lockdown for lad paint and myself, nostalgia lol my backlog is HUGEEE, I recently bought green blue white & black spray cans are these ok undercoat in batch? Mainly got space marines & death guard ones
Yes, im gonna stop att TTQ - +. Thats where Im at!
"Reverse Cow Blending" 🤣
once you master reverse cow blending you know you're on your A game.
Where do I learn this "reverse-cow blending" skill?? 👀
hello mate great vids, quick ask what super glue are you using? cheers bud.
You forgot to mention the skill of differentiating paint colours by taste.
Anyone that wants a wonderful, cost effective dark yellow color to start with try Vallejo dark flesh. Goes on smooth as silk and covers fantastic, even over black. Really nice for those yellow and black hazard stripes GW likes to use as well!
Available at Hobby Lobby as well.
reverse cow blending XD
reverse cowblendng
hi Eric!!! Loved the video. Do you like ww1/ww2 grindy games that can get you screaming in your sleep? you should try playing Foxhole and video your experience! :D
What kind of craft paint is that? Oil? Acrylic? Some specific kind of one of those?
Acrylic
I ordered 300 cheap brush with 15$.
Dry brushing!
distraction carnifex [uninterested geordi]
distraction _paintjob_ [enthusiastic geordi]
This is still too much. Would it work if i spray painted the models and then assembled them?
Are you implying hopping back into the hobby after a five year hiatus and spending half your designated painting time staring in forlorn despair at the pauldrons of the goddamn Lamenters you chose for some Throne-forsaken reason isn't the most effective method, Sir?
The thousand yard stare is a crucial part of the process, but thats so obvious it goes without saying 😂
pls teach reverse cowblending... sensai
At around 6 minutes, while painting the Fire Dragon, you mixed up the colours.
Trollslayer orange is the darker orange colour, you used first. Fire dragon bright you used after, as a 'second highlight'.
No I don’t think so
Was he just painting with a brush and then put it in his mouth to wipe it? 8:40
Uhhh... Reverse cow blending?
U is good boy Eric! 🥰🐶 when u play Necromunda with u lovely wife?
reverse cow blending LOL
"maybe a "ttq minus plus", lmao!
8:28 Uhhh did you just put a paint covered brush in your mouth??
Random fact. During WW2, radium was painted onto the numbers on aircraft dials so they would glow in the dark. Sadly, many of the ladies working on these would lick the brush just like you do and got radiation sickness. Always makes me cringe when people lick their brush now. (Edited)
I honestly don’t usually do that. In that shot i am not even actually painting, its just b-roll that i recorded for a segment in someone elses video. The brush was a clean one i have never used with splayed tip - i felt like i needed to put a point on it so you guys wouldnt notice i was just pretending to paint. Then the autofocus pulled focus on something in the background so the only usable b-roll i had is that short clip of me licking the brush which i think i used more than once in this video lol. Now i must live in infamy as a brush licker even though I’m not even one ususally
Barrie, not to be picky but it wasn't Uranium that was used... it was Radium and its use in paint goes back further than WW2. I've dug out a link for your perusal if you're interested en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls .
I know exactly what you mean when you mention seeing others pulling a nice needle point on their brushes using their lips... I also cringe (and even more so today what with acrylic paint being plastic and containing so much that shouldn't be in anyones bodies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic_paint ).
As Dennis Leary once said when he mentioned treating his body as a temple, "That's why I leave my boots on the outside!"
@@markzambelli ah Radium I was going by memory. I think the mass production of the war made it much worse on scale.
@Eric's Hobby Workshop No issues; it just reminds me of those unsuspecting factory workers ✌️ and I should say I love what you do 👍
I like painting but it gets so monotonizing sometimes
Reverse cowblending 🤣