For the center of the eyes, you can try using a micron pen instead of a tiny brush instead, might be slightly easier. Just make sure it's properly dried before doing anything else!
This is a neat video; very clear and concise. The minis is great; I followed the link, and the Lords of Loxhaven are a cool looking range. The vehicles could make great Genestealer Limos.
Everything else has been covered in other tutorials - and most of them fairly recent, too! The old western marshal is a good point of reference for the other stuff.
This is pratically the same method I use for painting eyes, also if most of my figs are with enclosed helmets, (military sci-fi), the only difference being that I use VGC Bone White in place of pure White, it give more contrast with the black, and with females I add a bit of red for make up on the upper eye.
Definitely need too practice this took a page out of your book and did a plug for your channel on two groups of miniature painters eavy metal and reaper!
Great Vid as always, thank you! I am painting larger scales (40 and mostly 54mm). When you paint the eyeballs of these large figures in white, the eyes are "glowing". I use Vallejos Pale Grey Blue instead, which I think looks more realistic.
Great stuff, and even for those of us of a similar mind as yourself regarding not painting eyes, we will end up doing the occasional large monster, troll, or, scariest of all, a beholder
Same method works well for larger scale miniatures (75 and 120mm.) Only difference is in those scales, you can bring in some iris colors (blue, light brown, green.) This is the one time I really like doing the little stuff first. Great tutorial!
I've actually just recently got a 54mm figure to have a shot at painting something larger for the first time. Bloody anxious about seeing how it'll turn out, but glad to hear some of these things will scale up, at least! 😂
Everything else has been covered in other tutorials - and most of them fairly recent, too! The old western marshal is a good point of reference for the other stuff.
This is the exact method I use for eyes. I find just having eyes is often enough to 'excuse' other mistakes, after all faces & bases make a figure and usually the viewer's brain glosses over some mistakes that would otherwise be a bit more obvious
One way I "paint" eyes is to do the black outline, then the white line for the inner area, followed by a small fine point marker pen to dot the "pupil" to finish. I get the pens from my local art shop, and they're perfect for just dotting the eye, or for adding fine lines on clothing patterns, such as tartans etc. Saved me having a total mental breakdown on may occasions, believe me :-D
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio They're "Unipin Fine Line" pens, and come in a variety of colours and nib sizes. I use a 01 tip for dotting eyes on 25/28mm scale figures, and for doing fine line tartan effects on things like work shirts and kilts, but they also do larger nibs and so for larger scale figures.busts, you can even do a coloured iris and outline it with a fine tip, then add the pupil with a slightly smaller tip than you used for the iris. It's saved me countless hours/screaming fits since I found them in my local art shop, and they're very economically priced, too :-) If I find any more tips that I use to do things, I'll keep you posted, as you've helped me with so many of your videos, so it's only fair that I return the favour to you and other viewers :-D
Absolutely fantastic, I might try tackling eyes on my hq and hero characters now! A quick question though, why did you do the initial black line and then go over it in white?
Mostly it's to frame the eye and give it a little shading. Pure white without anything around it will look quite blank and 'staring' on a miniature, so giving it a little black outlining helps to define edges.
It’s hard to see on my small screen but what is the purpose of the first horizontal black line? Then you go over it with a horizontal white line…I don’t understand. I assume it has something to do with a black outline?
Mostly it's to frame the eye and give it a little shading. Pure white without anything around it will look quite blank and 'staring' on a miniature, so giving it a little black outlining helps to define edges.
I hope I can make this sound like the compliment it's meant to be: love your work, but sometimes I find the skin on your minis to be the least convincing part, esp highlighting of muscles. This minis skin I utterly adore. Did you do something different?
Well, yeah. 😅 Ordinarily I'm not really going for 'convincing,' I'm going for something which is more bold lines that're visible on the tabletop. Something like this I'm spending a little more time on because I want her to photograph better; she's meant to be viewed up close. Following along with the Old West Marshal video is how I did most of the skin on this one, with a couple extra glazes on the cheeks and lip.
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Despite having 5 years of experiance in figure painting i find such videos as a blessing.
Of the hundreds of eye videos I've seen in the TH-cam mini painting world, these is probably my favorite.
This video goes straight into my saved paintings vids. Excellent adivice!
For the center of the eyes, you can try using a micron pen instead of a tiny brush instead, might be slightly easier. Just make sure it's properly dried before doing anything else!
I use a Micron pen for the pupils, as well.
Thank you , Troy .
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This is a neat video; very clear and concise. The minis is great; I followed the link, and the Lords of Loxhaven are a cool looking range. The vehicles could make great Genestealer Limos.
I'm sorely tempted to print off one of the vehicles, I just don't know what I'd actually *use* it for!
Thanks for this tutorial, the black outlines make the eyes really pop. And what an amazing model!
The mini looks really great. Your painting skills are awesome. Would love to have seen the full tutorial.
Everything else has been covered in other tutorials - and most of them fairly recent, too! The old western marshal is a good point of reference for the other stuff.
So that’s how you paint eyes?! Now I feel a bit more confident about them now. Thanks again Sonic
Just another basecoat, man! :D
Gonna be trying this! Thanks a ton man!
Dang I love how she turned out! The style you painted her in really compliments the style that Broken Anvil sculpts in!
What a great technique! Thanks for sharing this.
This is pratically the same method I use for painting eyes, also if most of my figs are with enclosed helmets, (military sci-fi), the only difference being that I use VGC Bone White in place of pure White, it give more contrast with the black, and with females I add a bit of red for make up on the upper eye.
Definitely need too practice this took a page out of your book and did a plug for your channel on two groups of miniature painters eavy metal and reaper!
Great Vid as always, thank you! I am painting larger scales (40 and mostly 54mm). When you paint the eyeballs of these large figures in white, the eyes are "glowing". I use Vallejos Pale Grey Blue instead, which I think looks more realistic.
Great stuff, and even for those of us of a similar mind as yourself regarding not painting eyes, we will end up doing the occasional large monster, troll, or, scariest of all, a beholder
Eyes are one of the few things I have yet to take a stab at. I'll have to try in the future and see how it goes.
Old technique but a good one. Never go out of style.
Same method works well for larger scale miniatures (75 and 120mm.) Only difference is in those scales, you can bring in some iris colors (blue, light brown, green.) This is the one time I really like doing the little stuff first.
Great tutorial!
I've actually just recently got a 54mm figure to have a shot at painting something larger for the first time. Bloody anxious about seeing how it'll turn out, but glad to hear some of these things will scale up, at least! 😂
Two points, sir:
1. This is an awesome tutorial. Thanks for this.
2. That mini is stunning! Are you going to show us how you did the rest of it?!
Everything else has been covered in other tutorials - and most of them fairly recent, too! The old western marshal is a good point of reference for the other stuff.
Excellent work my friend!
Great stuff! Thanks for this:)
This is the exact method I use for eyes. I find just having eyes is often enough to 'excuse' other mistakes, after all faces & bases make a figure and usually the viewer's brain glosses over some mistakes that would otherwise be a bit more obvious
One way I "paint" eyes is to do the black outline, then the white line for the inner area, followed by a small fine point marker pen to dot the "pupil" to finish. I get the pens from my local art shop, and they're perfect for just dotting the eye, or for adding fine lines on clothing patterns, such as tartans etc. Saved me having a total mental breakdown on may occasions, believe me :-D
I'll have to see if I can't find some locally, especially for painting tartan that sounds a real brain saver!
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio They're "Unipin Fine Line" pens, and come in a variety of colours and nib sizes. I use a 01 tip for dotting eyes on 25/28mm scale figures, and for doing fine line tartan effects on things like work shirts and kilts, but they also do larger nibs and so for larger scale figures.busts, you can even do a coloured iris and outline it with a fine tip, then add the pupil with a slightly smaller tip than you used for the iris. It's saved me countless hours/screaming fits since I found them in my local art shop, and they're very economically priced, too :-) If I find any more tips that I use to do things, I'll keep you posted, as you've helped me with so many of your videos, so it's only fair that I return the favour to you and other viewers :-D
Thanks I'll forward this video to friends.
*Cough Vertical line..............Nice little tips!
very cool video:) but you have not also painted universal guard by tmc ? is there a video ? :)
Not yet!
Nice! Going where many painters have gone before…but most of us have dared not tread!
2:24 I think that's a vertical line and not horizontal :D
I hadn't noticed I'd said it until screening the playback on TH-cam, and by that point... pfh, I'm sure everyone will figure it out. ;D
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio I had to watch it 5 times just to make sure I still knew what a horizontal line was.
Absolutely fantastic, I might try tackling eyes on my hq and hero characters now! A quick question though, why did you do the initial black line and then go over it in white?
Mostly it's to frame the eye and give it a little shading. Pure white without anything around it will look quite blank and 'staring' on a miniature, so giving it a little black outlining helps to define edges.
@@SonicSledgehammerStudio ah! That makes a lot of sense. Thank you!
It’s hard to see on my small screen but what is the purpose of the first horizontal black line? Then you go over it with a horizontal white line…I don’t understand. I assume it has something to do with a black outline?
Mostly it's to frame the eye and give it a little shading. Pure white without anything around it will look quite blank and 'staring' on a miniature, so giving it a little black outlining helps to define edges.
I use a toothpick for pupils.
I hope I can make this sound like the compliment it's meant to be: love your work, but sometimes I find the skin on your minis to be the least convincing part, esp highlighting of muscles. This minis skin I utterly adore. Did you do something different?
Well, yeah. 😅 Ordinarily I'm not really going for 'convincing,' I'm going for something which is more bold lines that're visible on the tabletop. Something like this I'm spending a little more time on because I want her to photograph better; she's meant to be viewed up close. Following along with the Old West Marshal video is how I did most of the skin on this one, with a couple extra glazes on the cheeks and lip.
The next issue is how to make both eyes look in the same direction! Not so easy...
Know its not the place but is anyone else having troubles with scrolling through notifications makes it difficult to find new vids from creators?
Nice tutorial but still a step too far for me
This is witchcraft.
or... don't paint the eyes
I did mention that's ordinarily how I go about it, but not painting them doesn't help anyone that actually does want to paint them.