Inside a Paint Factory! How Paint is Made, Bottled, and Packaged
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2024
- See how paints are mixed, bottled, and packaged at the Army Painter headquarters in Denmark. I love learning about this stuff and making behind-the-scenes videos like this!
Big thanks to TAP for opening their doors and showing us around! I told Army Painter that I had an idea for an "inside a paint factory" video, and they sent me a plane ticket to make this happen. :-)
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10 years ago you couldn’t have paid me to watch a video about a paint packaging plant. Now not only am I glued to this screen, I want to pay hobby companies to allow brent to make this a series of documentaries.
hehehehehe, I keep trying to sneak in places! More of these will happen! :-)
agreed, fascinating where my hard earned cash actually goes and what it takes to make said products.
Amen! Hopefully he gets to do more videos like this. I love them.
This video reminds me a bit of this all time classic german TV-show "Die Sendung mit der Maus" (the show with the mouse), where similar videos where made for children. Now as my children aren't children anymore I still love those videos. So keep on making this wonderful videos, Brent.
It just occurred to me that all these hobby videos are literally about watching paint dry.
Army Painter seems like a company that has a genuinely positive corporate culture. I don't use their paints, but I am glad to see that it is full of good people who seem happy to be there, happy to interact with the community, and generally welcoming.
Happy staff laughing and joking together is an underrated merric for judging a company!
Being in Scandinavia and having not only fair wages but also a lot of worker rights certainly helps.
I'm considering giving their newer paints a go. I normally use Citadel and Scale 75 and a couple of others but Army Painter certainly have an openness to the way they do business that is very attractive. This "How it's made" type video was both enlightening and relaxing. I feel I should have just poured myself a hot drink and chilled out. :)
@@Tremadog102 One tip: If you don't have get a vortex mixer before using their paints, before that I felt they were unusable sometimes and now they are my favourite.
@@Tremadog102 The formulation has for sure changed in the last year or so. I suggest giving it another try. I personally still use Vallejo/Reaper (my first paint set so I have a lot lying around still), but have been filling in gaps with the AP stuff as well as giving their speed paints a go (they're pretty cool).
The fact that one bottle of Town Teal was labeled "high tech paint" and the other "higher tech paint" is peek 'guys having fun behind the scenes.'
Thanks for this wholesome look, Brent, I've been excited about this video sense you mentioned it on Paint Bravely.
It was a secret video, so I probably only alluded to it on paint bravely :-)
More "how it's made" with Brent. It's a good day for content 😌
A plane ticket to Denmark in february is actually more of a punishment, so definitely not sponsored.
Awesome video! Loved the behind-the-scenes look. As a Dane, I’m super proud of Army Painter.
It wasn't THAT cold. ;-P
@@TheArmyPainter Thank you Army Painter to let us know how do you work. Best regards from Barcelona, Spain.
😂😂 You're not wrong.. 😬
@@TheArmyPainter they are good paints Brent! 14/10
Dane? I always thought it was Danish for both persons and things! Good to know!
This is the kind of content that nobody else is doing. This is great stuff I would love to see more of.
right on! I'm gonna keep trying to sneak into places ;-)
Reminded me of the Forgotten Weapons video of the AREX factory in Slovenia. Somebody with passion and interest for the industry giving a tour of a place and process you're unlikely to ever see in person.
As a Dane who lives roughly 40 miles away from the factory, I can't be more proud of The Army Painter as a small danish business and what they are doing for both danish and international mini painters! great video!
I live on Møn, which is 170 miles from Skanderborg, and have seriously considered applying for a job there! :P
This gave off How It’s Made vibes and I love that show! Great video!
Damn it you beat me to it! This is the best how it's made video I've seen.
Yea, did you add the _How It's Made_ music riff in your head?
All the companies associated with our hobby should be taking notes on how Army Painter is embracing the community that keeps them in business. Thanks for another great Video Goobs!
I'm a model railroader, but I subscribe to this channel to improve my painting skills and learn about some of the technology behind paints. I spent my career in the process industries (plastic film and paper consumer products) and have always been fascinated with manufacturing processes. So this video was really interesting to me. Thank you, Goobertown! By the way I have painted one miniature, good old Malek the Necromancer. Doing that helped me to better paint some HO scale figures for my layout. Cheers from Wisconsin!
Nice! Isn't this stuff fascinating?? :-) I've got some boxes of HO trains in my basement... someday, someday...
I bet that using speed paint for HO scale figures would really speed things up and make them look amazing without all the effort.
@@GoobertownHobbies It's a fun hobby with lots of aspects to it--operations, scenery, structures, electronics, etc. I'm sure you would like it.
@@Fughley I tried using homebrew transparent paint on top of a zenithal priming on those HO figures. But I didn't get it to work, so I resorted to a burnt umber wash followed by dry brushing of the highlights using lightened versions of the base colors. So I still got to use stuff I learned on the miniature painting videos. 🙂
My father was an incredible model railroader. While growing up he had me working with him on all of his stuff; had an entire shed dedicated to one massive train board. He used to get photographs of areas with particularly nice scenery and recreate them (He built in N scale). I learned how to wire, how to make mountains out of screen and newspaper (And scenery in general), how to assess quality stuff for general craft use, general 'fix-it' mentality and a LOT of other things that apply to my favorite hobby, miniature painting. I didn't realize it until late last year but it's because of him that I enjoy the hobby I do so much. He died in 2015 but I can't look at a model railroad, or even model scenery without thinking about him. I still have a few Lionel (legtimate Lionel) engines and boxcars that we assembled together.
Brent, we desperately need more hobby related "How it's made" documentaries!
I'm trying, I'm trying!!! :-)
Let me add that to my dream jobs:
Professional novelist
Coffee shop owner in Hokkaido
Quest designer for CD Projekt Red
Night shift paint tapper
Army Painter doing the best work, pushing their line to be better than it is. Not gonna say it's the best paint, both because no one paint is truly best and also there are higher quality specific lines too, but absolutely good, getting better, and seriously just them adding mixing balls to every paint is so dang wonderful, let alone the whole range of other improvements they're working on. Thanks for the tour, Brent! ^_^
I bet for a couple of days that job is a ton of fun before it gets a bit routine and boring... still looks awesome to an outsider though! :-)
What would an 8th grade guidance counselor think of that?
That is such a funny list of dream jobs! :)
But I can relate. Except the novelist. Sounds tedious to me.
@@GoobertownHobbies Nothing wrong with routine jobs, at least for some personality types. :) It all depends on the rest of the work environment, and this company looks like a nice place to work!
You have to be a tough bunch to hang with Gintz and Janis 😂
Denmark people always look so friendly.
Hanging out with everyone there sounds like a fun time.
The one American employee commenting here: they are.
my first brand of paints, still going strong. Thank you army painter!
I briefly had a job doing maintenance on bottling lines like this. Specifically Gai brand ones, among others used by the beverage industry. The lines in this video are some of the cleanest ive seen lol. Good job AP.
The in-house diploma after becoming certified to run this does not surprise me. It is extremely technical work keeping the line dialed in. Especially if one person is in charge of several modules, they would barely get a chance to breathe.
As with most people new to table top war gaming and 40K, I went ham getting a ton of Citadel paints and spent a fortune. Once I realized I could get more paint for less money and also be able to have a spray and dropper in the same color I started branching out into The Army Painter. Tufts, mixing balls, basing materials and tools now are all from them and I am not looking back! Thanks for a look at the folks behind the curtain, cheers.
I like your excitement about seeing the manufacturing part of the process. As someone with over 20 years experience in manufacturing, you can forget how cool it is for outsiders to see something like this. I laughed when you mentioned how fast they were moving, when my first thought was those machines are so SLOW!!! Plus, I am still at awe about how just about all manufacturing is the same, whether it is paint or ice cream.
I've never spent a full day on an assembly line, I dunno if the muscle memory cancels out the fatigue after a few hours or not... but it seemed fast to me! hehehe. And yeah, for folks who don't work in places like this it's all quite fascinating :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies Sometimes, I must record robot in slow motion to see if it is doing what I programmed it to do.
I know exactly what you mean. I work in injection molding for 17 years doing every job in the shop at one point in time or another. Never thought much about it and how cool it would be for those that were unfamiliar. That is, until the place I worked closed in 2004. Just as I was really getting back into building models. And all the people I talked to online were totally fascinated with how the molding process worked.
I got to say after a few years now working with Army Painter paints, ive gotta say im really lovin them. Value for the dollar they are top fucking notch.
This is outstanding, they seem like very passionate people who enjoy what they do. I'll admit the few paints I've tried from army painter haven't been the best, but I also acknowledge that I could've gotten a bad bottle.
I'm a big fan of how Army Painter didn't push back against criticism they looked at it, and said "ok this seems to be a problem, we need to fix this and the community needs to know we hear them" and that's what they're doing outstanding on their part
It was really awesome to meet the people at this company! I regularly use their washes and the speedpaints, I haven't used their core paints recently though.
No way!! How it's made - Army Painter Paints Way cool.
I recently got into the hobby and picked up a bunch of Vallejo stuff. Now I'll give Army Painter a shot too once I need/want more colors. It's great they want to have open communication with their customers.
I didn't know that Army Painter is a danish company. Cool! It dose have a danish company vibe in this video. Great that you shared this experiance with os!
ya learn something new every day :-)
Was very cool meeting you :)
I enjoyed meeting all of y'all! :-)
Their washes and shades are hard to rival, and I love that they added ball bearings from the get go.
Thanks a lot for creating this awesome documentation Brent! Never seen something like that before and the positive corporate culture that and the happy faces working for army painters convinced me to give their product line a new chance on my hobby desk =)
Goobertown Hobbies: now also posting documentaries about mining painting products!
It's really interesting how mini paint is bottled, packaged and sold. And your smooth voice made everything very soothing. Thanks, Brent! :3
Brent filling the niche in my life that all those Food Network shows used to fill back when I watched TV. All of the people and machines that turn raw materials into the artifacts of our lives are the unsung heroes of modernity. Thank you sir, and keep it up!
Flat out COOL video Brent.
It's blowing my mind that a household name (well, community known name) as TAP only has 75 employees.
I like Bo and his energy that he wants the best product to be made and is invested in improving the customer experience.
Excellent presentation, a real 'How it's Made' vibe.
Man this episode of How it's Made has a much better narrator than the ones I used to watch on discovery channel
hehehehe, that's the goal! :-)
Conveyor belt of red bottles triggered my Factorio brain. Also, for some reason I was super surprised/impressed with how clean/stain free the whole place was.
yeah! they wore white labcoats with surprisingly few stains :-)
Army Painter is the most accessable paint for me at my local hobby store, and I like it. it's really cool to see how it's made.
Awesome to see the people behind these things we pretty much take for granted in this hobby! There is so much automation but still a surprising amount of human involvement. Doing worldwide distribution is damn impressive for 75 people!
Next time I go shopping for hobby stuff, I'll be looking for these.
The addition of the mixing ball in an already superior paintpot makes me want to ditch and replace those weird off-brand squat little buckets of 'contrast'. Those things make you shake yourself into a dislocated shoulder while there will always be a layer of pigment caked on the bottom anyway.
And congratulations on actually getting Goober Yellow made into an officially labelled paint!👍
Great video Brent! Very relaxing and a joy to see the inner workings of TAP's business.
An airbrush company needs to have you come out to see their stuff. Badger airbrushes maybe? Ken, the owner, has had a relationship with many mini painters over the years and is usually at Adepicon!
oooh, that's an interesting idea!!!
Great content as usual, but man this video was a cut above. You are a treasure to our community.
awww, thanks for watching! :-)
I love this company great paints at a great company and prices!!
This behind the scenes feature was such a treat! Thank you, Brent, for editing all this together, and much thanks to The Army Painter for making this possible!
I recently bought a bunch of Speedpaints and have been really enjoying them. The new colors added in the 2.0 series have me excited to try them! It's awesome that you got to name some, Brent!
The Army Painter always seemed like a company that listens to its customers, and it is apparent why after seeing this video. I like that they were willing to share the inner workings of their company with you, and in turn, with us
Look at Brent coming in with a relaxing save to this crazy Wednesday.
Army Painter taking even more wins. What a fun video!
having a job in a beverage bottling plant myself, it's pretty interesting to see how similar a lot of these machines are to the ones I deal with everyday.
yeah? some of these robots are pretty dang neat! :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies the cap hopper, labeler, and just the general look of a lot of the outer shells of the machines are pretty mush spot on to the stuff we have. I work in a kombucha bottling plant though so the majority of our interesting stuff happens outside of packaging, mostly where I'm not allowed to see it.
@@genericname7300 the setup CNC operation and even some of the tooling is very similar to what I used to use for airline meal production.
Belts, rollers etc are ofcourse pretty utilitarian as you would know but it's amazing how much automation has changed the capacity and scope of what a single person can do it even a small team.
Lots of comments, but I hope this is read. In my 30+ years of hobbying, I've rarely used AP, BUT after seeing this video I'll be buying a set. What a great team and a great idea. PR works! Great job as always Goob!
you're a handsome man!
There is something obscenely satisfying about watching those machines and people work in harmony like this. Fascinating stuff!
right? those filling lines are very satisfying
I work with similar equipment, I want to see the "oops" moments. :-)
Love this kind of literal BTS for our hobby!
Absolutely fantastic products. Every miniature /model painter should definitely have the Army Painter products in the hobby tool box!
Great video and very informative.
I've been using their tufts and washes for years... and now I like these speedpaints too! :-)
I've been painting miniatures for 20 years and always passed up Army Painter, this video has finally convinced me to give them a shot!
I've been getting a lot of good use out of their washes like "strong tone" and also their speedpaints. Have fun!
Can confirm the speedpaints are better than citadel IMO. Not sure if they fixed it in 2.0 but highlighting is super easy because the speed-paint will tint layers you put over it so you can just use the same brightest highlight colour 3 times and less of it each time to build up a highlight
Stig is cool, his artwork is really neat and looks so fitting!
I actually found this very interesting! Thanks to Army Paint for giving us a behind the scenes look.
Love seeing attention paid to a Danish company as well, especially when it come to Army Painter
I have a starter set of army painter speedpaints. I know a lot of people think of army painter as low quality, but I love their paints. And as a company I have huge respect for their transparency, and willingness to actually listen to the community and show that they legitimately care. Feels like the opposite of Games Workshop these days, and it's very refreshing.
This is such a heartwarming look inside army painter, Everybody looks either Doing okay or happy, It looks great!
This reminds me of the "How It's Made" show that used to air on Discovery. I loved watching that show when I was younger, and staying home from school because I was sick.
Huge respect for Army Painter, and you of course for making this video
Thank you, I had no idea that these processes even existed, let alone how they operate. Very fun!
Who knew watching a video on how paints in our hobby would be something you'd watch to the end?
I loved this video so much. I feel like a kid watching factory visits on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood again. Thank you very much to the Army Painter for letting Brent film and share this visit. :D
Great Video Brent. Really interesting to see their facility.
Recently just bought some Army Painter primers, they've always been a brand I've had my eye on, but seeing how they're made, definitely going to pick up a few bottles of regular paint or speed paint and try em out. Always been on the radar, but never a priority to test. Guess that changes now!
I'm thoroughly convinced that they're taking feedback from customers in good faith, and that's powerful stuff!
Thanks, Army Painter & Brent!
As someone who works in a warehouse now, I never thought the part I'd be most interested in in a tour of a model paint factory would be the factory itself?
I have mixed feelings on their products and some of their marketing, but it's really cool that Army Painter gave you (and by extension us) this much access!
It's so great that they allowed you in. The whole atmosphere of the work environment there seems great. That alone makes me consider buying their paint in order to support these values, regardless of the paint quality. It's also incredibly interesting to see all those neat little tricks to bottle paint efficiently.
Thank you so much for showing us this behind the scenes.
Isn't it neat? Thanks for watching!:-)
I would like to add how much I, and I know many others, appreciate you including the every day people involved in the process, by name and face.
bunch of great folks, I wish I had more time to say hi to everybody :-)
The "how its made" types of videos are amazing, and its great to see AP give you so much access to their process! This was a great video!
Amazing to see! The Army Painter is my favorite producer!
Fantastic video, Brent! Thank you for the taking the time to create something like this. As an engineer, learning about all the machines they use to assemble their products made my brain all warm and fuzzy.
Isn't it fun! So many clever little bits :-)
Including the mixing ball is great. That's something you don't get in the cheap craft stuff.
These people seem great. This is honestly the best advertising a company like this can ask for. Seeing these people take pride in their products raises the value.
agreed! the folks I met seemed pretty cool.
I've used a lot of Army Painter products since I started painting 3 years ago, and I have to say the way they have improved the quality of their wares in such a short time is amazing. I first bought their stuff for the price and availability, but know I stick to some warpaints, spray primers, washes and speedpaints for the quality and ease of use (I also got the Gamemaster core set, which is a lot of fun for building terrain)
Lol, Love this, came to say how it reminded me of How It's Made and that I loved that show. Looks like i'm not alone. Also I'm not surprised AP is so forth coming with the tour, this company, for all the flack they get, has, hands down, the best customer service of any company I've delt with. It's weird, like they actually care, or something!
We do
Couldn't have picked a better person to tour that factory, in my opinion. Great video.
Oh wow so that's where my paint came from! That's amazing getting an inside look
You are the reason I paint minis and also I bought an Army Painter set, gotta love their fair prices and quality. It's been a great hobby, very relaxing. Every single frame of this video is gold thank you!
It makes me very happy that the company has a lot of human interactions. Machines are important, but giving people a good, steady job is even better.
I’ve contacted Army Painter customer support a few times with questions (regarding primer spray paints) and they were very helpful. The content on this channel and specifically speed paints have me finishing more painting now than in years. Thanks!
Could you also make a video about why single pigment paint are better to mix! :-)
you're less likely to accidentally get brown + gray. Many paints have a ton of minor pigments in there, and you may be mixing pigments across the color wheel from each other without realizing it. (I'll definitely make a video on this once I find the right opportunity) :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies Thank you. I guess it was something like that. But a more in dept video would be greatly appreciated. I really liked this and the other were you showed how injection moulding worked.
Great video, really interesting. Hats off to Armypainter for listening to the community about speed paints. Having been bitten by the earlier version as a blood angels player, I was going to give up on speedpaints, but now I'm tempted to give the new formula a try.
Its so cool to see this, Army Painter was my first set of paints and I have loved all of their colors, and washes.
This is the best video I have seen in a while: Interesting Topic as F$$$ - wow! the insights! Smiling people, they all have working clothing (please send along my appreciation to AP), and I had to stop the video while I was laughing along the scene introducing Stig ("be cool as Stig!"). I have tears in my eyes.
Ok seriously, I love your general approach - hobby, science, details, and all making it sound easy and ... of course fun.
I am not a speed painter, but AP letting you behind the scenes, how they seem to treat their people is a great deal.
Great to see a video behind the scenes of one of the companies that . make this hobby possible. Along with the many talented people who sculpt the designs the rest of us paint they are the most important part of this wonderful hobby. Thankyou.
Peak Goobertown cozy and interesting hobby content. The most wholesome hobby channel!
As an industrial maintenance tech and longtime factory worker, I love seeing this stuff. Industrial technology is awesome!
Alright, you got me with the Stig comments on the whiteboard.
Stig would smash that like button.
This is amazing, really cool that army painter did this! And youre contribution to this hobby is super thank you!
"Boxing and unboxing in one video" 😂 really cool! Very interesting video, I always wondered how such a facility would look like. Thanks for your effort!
I love "How It's Made" manufacturing videos.
The genius engineering behind machinery is amazing and fun to watch.
I loved “how it’s made”
when I was younger. This is a fantastic video.
So refreshing to see a "How it's Made" video with lots more details and no stolen footage unlike most view farms!
Combined my 2 favorite subjects, manufacturing and paint. Loved the video!
13:34 "Boxing and unboxing, all in one video." It's the circle of life.
Super fascinating! Many thanks, both to you, Brent, and to the Army Painter family. Very cool, pulling back the curtain
When I was a kid I watched Mr. Rogers go to plenty of neat factories. One that made brass instruments like tubas and a crayon factory. Glad someone is keeping that tradition alive and giving me a little taste of when the world was innocent and full of hope.
Army painter paints are the first I ever used. Their wet palette is one of the best and easily available.
this is like ''how its made'' meets David Attenborough. ''behind the scenes with Brentenborough'' 10\10 would watch.
It's great to see the human side of our hobby and all the effort that goes into it. Fantastic video.
Incredible content, love to see AP respect community members like this too! Glad you give honest opinions
This is so cool to see how the sauce is made, thanks Brent for taking us with you and Army Painter to allow for it!
As a painter its awesome to see how our supplies are made. As a servo technician its awesome to see the motors and parts I repair in operation, sadly rarely know what im working on goes to or how its actually utilized.
Fantastic! Not only is this an incredibly fascinating video, but this is what you want to see in a hobby company. Show us the humans that work there; show us your awesome corporate culture; show us your openness to feedback and desire to improve… and the community will rally behind you!
Army Painter keeps stacking wins.
I hope they keep this up.
Communication is key in todays landscape.
Thanks Max ❤
As an amateur chemist myself you must have loved this, I was once lucky enough to visit a Toyota factory, not as interesting from a chemical point of view but from an engineering point of view knowing that they can take a few flat pieces of steel and some steel rectangular tubes and in less than 30 mins they become the basic chasis and bodywork of a car. That basic chasis moves into a second factory where in 90 mins it moves from a basic skeletal chasis to a full car with engine, dashboard, trim, seats, wheels suspension. At full speed they can roll a full car off the production line once every 90 seconds. What amazed me was the fact to attach the entire engine AND front suspension with wheels took two people, with a couple of bolts, one plate a hydraulic tool and a shared hydraulic platform just 90 seconds to attach the lot. Yet you take it to a garage it will take mechanic min 4 hours to get the damn things back off.
omg I would LOVE to see a car factory, that sounds super neat :-)
Thank you sooo much for traveling, filming, and publishing this video. As an engineer, I think this process is amazing.
pretty dang cool, eh? :-)
Thanks, the people at Army Painter seem really nice. Looking foward to my " Complete Set " Hoping this will help me start painting my backlog of minis.