Psycho Painting - Borderlands Style! How to paint comic book, cel-shaded miniatures.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2021
- The Borderlands painting series continues and we dive deep into the Borderlands style with this fantastic pair of Psychos. Start to finish, this pair took about an hour to take from primer to the tabletop.
Thanks to my friends at Monster Fight Club for the minis - check out the full range of awesome Borderlands miniatures (and a game to go with them!) on their Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments!
#borderlands #miniaturepainting #monsterfightclub #monumenthobbies #contrastpaints
Colors used:
The pen is a ZIG millennium .005 black drawing pen:
amzn.to/3mwoX7s (affiliate link)
For primer, I used Citadel Chaos Black Primer (my favorite) with a coat of Pro-Acryl Ivory on top of that, but you can use any light primer. After that, you've got:
1) Citadel Nuln Oil Gloss (all over)
2) Pro-Acryl Bold Titanium White Highlights (all over)
3) Citadel Contrast Gryph-Hound Orange (pants and mask stripes)
4) Citadel Contrast Dark Oath Flesh (skin)
5) Citadel Contrast Black Templar (straps & boots)
6) Pro-Acryl White Gold (weapons and metal stuff)
7) Citadel Contrast Warp Lightning (her hair)
8) Pro-Acryl Burnt Orange (rust)
9) Pro-Acryl Orange (clothes' highlights)
10) Pro-Acryl Golden Brown + Pale Flesh (skin highlights)
11) Citadel Contrast Aethermatic Blue (eyes)
Bases are
1) Citadel Agrellan Earth Texture paint
2) Drybrushed with Pro-Acryl Ivory
3) Edged with Citadel Steel Legion Drab
Here's hoping for a Zane's clone tutorial some time in the future. I'm so excited for this project I might have to break out the BL3 models and practice on them. Keep up the good work and thanks for the in-depth tutorials. I have a feeling a lot of video game fans are going to become table top fans because of this game.
That's the hope! I'm a big fan of the video games, so these have been fun projects.
Great videos! I love the BL style you are painting. My Son loves the game, so at least I'm not too old to know what you are stylizing after! LOL
I’ll be using this video as a guide for when I get my minis 😎 👌
Awesome - if you have any questions when you get started, hit me up.
Really enjoying the painting tips! Great videos!
Glad you like them!
Using a pen for the shadows is a great idea! Thank you!
Thanks! It's a quick, pretty easy way to finish off a comic-book style mini.
Loving the series so far, keep it going!
Thanks! There's more to come - both for Borderlands and other mini painting.
Wow thanks for this. Love your take on the style.
Thansk! Hopefully these are useful if getting yours painted up!
Great video, just the motivation I needed to get started on my box.
Awesome! Now that these are making to everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing lots of painted Borderlands minis!
Awesome job dude!
Thank you!
welp...I just dropped $135. Just couldn't resist a Borderlands boardgame full of paint-able minis. Thanks for showing this...I mean my wallet hates you....but thanks XD
The minis have been a blast to paint - I'm looking forward to getting more done soon!
Loved the video! I have only ever used traditional acrylics on minis before but after watching this I'm going to have to try out some contrast paints. Thank you!
Let me know how it turns out! Games Workshop just announced they're discontinuing Nuln Oil gloss, so that may become hard to find. Army painter's black quickshade would work similarly though.
Could you add a list of all the paints used. Really nice work
Also added to the description:
Paints used:
For primer, I used Chaos Black Primer (my favorite) with a coat of Pro-Acryl Ivory on top of that, but you can use an light primer. After that, you've got:
1) Citadel Nuln Oil Gloss (all over)
2) Pro-Acryl Bold Titanium White Highlights (all over)
3) Citadel Contrast Gryph-Hound Orange (pants and mask stripes)
4) Citadel Contrast Dark Oath Flesh (skin)
5) Citadel Contrast Black Templar (straps & boots)
6) Pro-Acryl White Gold (weapons and metal stuff)
7) Citadel Contrast Warp Lightning (her hair)
8) Pro-Acryl Burnt Orange (rust)
9) Pro-Acryl Orange (clothes' highlights)
10) Pro-Acryl Golden Brown + Pale Flesh (skin highlights)
11) Citadel Contrast Aethermatic Blue (eyes)
Bases are
1) Citadel Agrellan Earth Texture paint
2) Drybrushed with Pro-Acryl Ivory
3) Edged with Citadel Steel Legion Drab
@@JollyLark brilliant. Thank you so much for doing this. Much appreciated.
This is a great tutorial, super easy watching and very accessible process! Out of interest what was your Golden Demon winning entry? Will I find it in my Vol.1 Compendium?
Thanks! It was for a unit of Bretonnian Grail Pilgrims, at the 2005 Baltimore Games Day. Another unit from my Bretonnians took Silver in Atlanta later. I'm not sure if it got published in that book, but there's definitely photos floating around online.
It was fun painting for the Golden Demons, but ultimately I think it's more fun painting more game-ready minis, rather than taking months on one model/unit.
Thanks for the brush size tips, great stuff:)
Thanks!
If you have it, will you be painting up the Iron Bear miniature in this style?
Definitely excited to paint the Iron Bear!
You do a phenomenal job. Have you thought about doing a miniature 101 series for newbs like me? I’ve pledged to the Borderlands KIckstarter but I’ve not painted a figure in my life. Need to practice on some Warhammer figures or something. Also, recommended paint sets? Thanks. Again, awesome stuff. Glad to sub!
Yeah, I'm definitely up for doing a "Basics of Painting Minis". Thanks 👍
Definitely something I'm planning on!
@@JollyLark Truly appreciate the replies. If you'll indulge another question...for priming, I see most people using spray primers for the base coat which makes sense, but what do you feel about brush-on primers? I bought a set of Army Painter droppers that has a light-gray brush on primer, but wasn't sure if I should instead get a lighter, like bone-tone, spray primer for the second coat after I prime black. Sorry, that turned into more words than I had intended on typing.
@@TheCastelloCodger The brush on primers can work ok, especially with plastic miniatures. If you were doing metal or resin miniatures, I would always try to use a spray primer. The enamel paint in a spray primer has better adhesion.
I have not tried the army painter brush on primers, but have had good luck with Vallejo and Badger brush on primers. Living in the south, there's a few months of the year when it is too humid to use spray primers, so during the summer I'll use brush on primers.
@@JollyLark Thanks for the advice! Especially appropriate since I live in the New Orleans area. 😅
Hi there! I just want to say that this has been super informative! I've just recently decided to start painting the Mr Torgue arena of badassery miniatures, but I decided to practice with the environment miniatures since this is the very first time I do something like this!
Do you have any tips on environment stuff such as ammo chests and such? I was thinking on using the same highlights as you did in this video!
Glad it was useful!
For small scenic pieces, this video might be useful: th-cam.com/video/CXVVcZrAKbg/w-d-xo.html
It's also using Monster Fight Club stuff (from their Metropolis scenery) and has a variety of different, little things.
I have bought this game and I have never painted miniatures. Is there a good base kit to get somewhere that will get me most of what I need to paint miniatures? Love the videos and how good your's turn out.
Thanks! There's lot of good starter sets out for the miniature painting. I'm a big fan of Pro-Arcyl paints, especially for starting painters because they're ready to use straight out of the bottle. Some other brands really need a bit of water added first and it can be tricky to get the hang of the right paint texture (too little water and it's lumpy, too much and it runs all over).
Vallejo paints are also good and their game color set would be a great starting point: amzn.to/33PkHcN (affiliate link)
Great tutorial, really like this borderlands mini series, are you going to paint Maya? I don't want to be the boring dude who always complaining, but it seems that it's not enough light for the camera, the video is little bit dark, maybe put an additional daylight lamp. And the paints names on screen could be very helpful for the beginners.
Keep 'em coming - it's a great way to improve. Lighting is a tough balance between the focus depth of the camera and brightness. I've got the painting desk lit to within a few lumens of the sun, but I'm also shooting at f11-f13 to get enough depth of field to (hopefully) keep the mini in focus most of the time.
I've Lilith in the queue and am looking forward to painting more of the characters over time.
agreed - make the video brighter, ang bring the model closer to the camera. really love the paint job and would like to see more of it please 🙂
Which ArmyPainter Paints would be the equivalents to the Citadel ones? Like the Contrast Dark Oatht Flesh ?
I haven't used that many Army Painter paints, but something like their "Warrior Skin" looks like it might be a good choice. Possibly "Ruddy Fur". But those are just best guesses, looking at their color chart.
What is the tool you used in the end for the highlights?
At the end, for the black lines, it's a 05 micron pen. Before that, it was a ghost brand dry brush on the base. For the highlights on the models, just a small pointy brush.a
What kind of pen did you use for reinforcing the shadows?
The pen's a ZIG millennium .005 black drawing pen. There's a link in the video description.
Thank you for sharing; Before applying the Nuln Oil, may it be worthwhile to apply a Gloss Varnish and then the Nuln Oil to help the wash go into the recesses? If yes, do we need to apply a Matt Varnish before applying the Contrast Paint? (i.e., will Contrast Paint adhere to Gloss Varnish?) Your thoughts are welcomed.
It depends on what effect you're going for. The glossier the surface, the more a thin wash of paint is going to settle into the recesses. Contrast paint does fine over a glossy finish, but you'll get less of the color on the raised areas.
In this video, I'm using the (now discontinued) gloss version of Nuln Oil, which flows into the cracks more than it's non-gloss version. Army painter's dark tone is probably the most similar to the old Nuln Oil gloss. I haven't tried this effect using that, but it ought to work.
The goal of that first step is just to black-line the cracks across the whole model, which helps sell the cell-shaded effect. Any other questions, just let me know!
@@JollyLark Thank you for your time and insight. I am still a "newbie" at this. My primary focus is Marvel Crisis Protocol and comic based miniatures; I am considering a White Primer first; Following that with Underpainting contrast with Black Lining/Pin Wash or an Acrylic Wash. The Black Lining/Pin Wash may be more clean/accurate, but the Acrylic Wash may be faster. To mitigate the "staining" from an Acrylic Wash I was thinking of a Gloss Varnish first. My next concern was that Contrast/Speed paint may not adhere well to the Gloss Varnish, so I may need to apply a Matt Varnish first.
It might be worth getting a few test miniatures to test it out on. Crisis protocol minis are great, but spendy enough it might be worth practicing on something else first.
Different surfaces have different amounts of "traction" And it can be difficult to tell what result you're going to get without trying it. A gloss finish is like slippery ice: great for ice skating, not so good for walking. I I find it easier to dab a wash off the raised areas with a paper towel instead of doing multiple layers of gloss/matte varnish.
@@JollyLark Insight welcomed and appreciated.
So when you record, how do you keep your thoughts in order for the voice over? Is it like you kinda talk out loud for the camera when you think of something, then pull it out and fill in the gaps after while editing?
Good question: I think about what I'm going to say when I'm painting, but don't record audio at all. Then I fully edit the video. Once the video is edited, then I record the audio while watching the video. At that point, I've got a good sense of what I want to say.
I tried recording audio at the same time, but painting while talking made both messier 😁
hey how'd you get these back in 2021? I thought the kickstarter just happened.
I used to work at Monster Fight Club, so got some pre-production prototypes for these videos. Thanks for watching!
Will you be painting any more from the game?
I just posted an iron bear video this week, with more planned. Thanks!
What pens would you recommend?
I like the ZIG Millennium .005 black for fine details, like 30mm miniatures (added an Amazon link in the description). The larger sizes can sometimes be useful. I got my at a local art store, but they're not hard to find online. The Pigma "Micron" pens are fine, but their points seems a little harder/scratchier and I've damaged the paint once or twice with those.
@@JollyLark Many thanks. Really have enjoyed your input into the kickstarter. Your work did help me decide to back the project. Thanks again.