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Thanks for not just "speedpainting" the mniatures. Your shadowing with "Inks" and especially the part where you use magenta and turquoise for the dead skin ist very inspiring.
Right? If there’s one thing that bugs me, it’s how many videos show you how to “speedpaint” your minis. I don’t want to speed paint them. I want to slow paint them so they end up looking like works of art.
The thing about painting mini's is the more minis you paint the faster you get, no short cuts, no giving up quality, you actually get faster AND better. I started off painting mini's for my Iron Hands for the Horus Heresy and I still go back and do up some models once in a while. When I started out I was doing one model at a rate of about 5-6 hours, now if I focused down one it's about 2 and a half hours for one and I'm using acrylic paints, oil paints, I'm using washes and glazes, and damage effects where as before I was just layering acrylics and slapping on nuln oil and I even get faster when I have more to do, I painted up 5 in about as many hours, so not only do I paint better, but I paint significantly faster when I have more on my table. But it's not a race. I like what I do, I'm a hobbyist not a consumer. I like sitting down, putting on a Godzilla movie and just painting in a poorly lit area for hours to the best of my abilities no matter how small or big the model. I think more people should be focused on that, these speed painting challenges are just that, a challenge. They try and make the models readable as what they should be when they're on the table and that's it, you have them on the table and they're usually just OK at the best of times. Anyways tirade over, your minis look just fantastic, as far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter how old the kit is it's the person painting it and you as always Trov were able to make these models look great while showing us how to actually achieve a look similar to this in a simple, easy to understand way, keep it up
For me, "speed painting" isn't really about the time invested into the model, it's about using/learning the techniques that are exceptionally efficient at achieving the desired result. I still spend most of my time looking at my model doing nothing to decide on the next artistic step and there is no shortcut on that but experience. But there's several ways to produce a gradient on an area - and the techniques that produce the best results are not necesserily the ones that take the longest. On a larger area there's nothing that can beat an airbrush in either quality or time cost, and on smaller scale oil paints can produce blends in a few seconds that would require hours with layering or glazing. Coincidentally, efficient ways of painting something are often also easier ways of painting something. Producing results faster results in more time for experimentation with the technique, resulting in a faster understanding of the matter. As an example I've painted the warband of Iron Golems from the Warcry starter set in around 2 hours using easy and efficient speed painting techniques. Then I've spent 10 hours more on just one of the minis to push it a little further, then applied touched up the rest of the models with the most effective steps that I discovered in those 10 hours. Sitting on the table, there's no noticable difference in the quality of the models. Which means that I have 20 minute paintjobs matching a 10+ hour paintjob, just by choosing my "battles" wisely. If I had only done the one 10 hour piece, I'd probably still only have that one finished miniature of the warband and a second one half finished and abandoned. Instead I achieved a very satisfying closure for the project. To sum it up I very much agree with Trovarions sentiment - investing time into single projects can be a great "learning investment". But I also think that speed painting techniques can very much compliment this learning process, by amplifying the satisfaction in the results from very early on.
@@raxxor18 I don't know if that should be considered "speed painting", but more so just getting better at it. When you see these "speed painting" challenges from miniature painters on youtube you usually see someone who can paint at a relatively high level sacrifice quality for speed. But whenever I see Vince Venturella paint in real time I'm always amazed at what he's doing because he gets the quality I want and I spend hours trying to replicate in in 10 or 15 minutes, he just zips through it. You get can get new tools and learn how to use them properly, pick up new techniques, figure out where your efforts are wasted and you're just spinning your wheels and drop it etc. You don't sacrifice quality for speed, you're just becoming a more experienced hobbyist and therefore getting faster naturally. Basically what I'm getting at is there is a difference between being able to paint up something fast and speed painting
@@kurthasedd7923 If I don't choose to use speed painting techniques I spend hours on a single model, which is fine as I like to do that, but I'm not getting much done. If I choose to speed paint I make a plan and choose efficient techniques only. Marco Frisoni is my biggest influence here. He's also an exceptionally talented painter, but I *can* follow his videos in reasonable time and reproduce the techniques on new models without guidance. Unlike Vince Venturellas works that I struggle to follow at all, as they mostly rely on a deeper artistic understanding of the matter.
Absolutely stunning. You make incredible videos, but watching this I feel like I could actually follow along and try to make something like this too. Awesome content.
Very informative. Your inclusion of the elapsed time for specific sections, the total painting time, and your commentary on what you would consider a satisfactory tabletop standard before refining the miniature are incredibly valuable. This serves as an excellent reference to gauge what can be accomplished within a given timeframe.
The one in the yellow dress reminds me of the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring. The headwrap doesnt quite add up, but the blue with the yellow dress just screamed Girl with a Pearl Earring to me lol
Speaking on your final thoughts, we have a saying in Jiu-jitsu: "slow is smooth, and smooth is fast". I believe this applies to painting also. Wonderful content as always, you're one of my favorites due to the quality you put out. Thank you.
Great video, thanks for the tip at the end in reference to speed painting. The process should be relaxing almost a zen experience looking forward to next video
Even tho the video is full of great knowledge to use on our own miniatures, I think that my favorite part of the video is the final thought about getting better at painting and not focusing su much on speed, because by painting with the idea of getting better overall, you'll get faster too, but learning much more than drybrushing 12 miniatures in a row. Anyways, amazing video, and amazing thoughts to go along with it.
Thank you for the great video! Definitely inspired me to experiment more with my zombies - especially the ink colour choices providing more subtle interest to the flesh tones. Reminded me of what James Gurney talks about with different colour zones on the face and body.
I like how you show the paints you used. For me it's easier to recognize the paint from a picture compared to just the name (especially because the GW names for paints are ridiculous). Good stuff!
Hello Chris, thank you for this awesome video! I first thought: damn, this blonde/orange hair looks soooo nice. Way too nice for a zombie. It's really cool to see it all come together in the end.
I haven't even opened my CC box! So there! I'm saving it for a week I have off later in the summer. Will be nice to have a CC mini binge. Lots of other projects to take care of in the mean time though.
Really nice video Trovarion, thank you! :) I'm one of the people that haven't painted my cursed city yet, so definitely going to try your way for the zombie skin tones! :)
don't worry my love I've painted 12 out of 63 mini! feel free to keep posting stuff of cursed city, the other channel are for speed painters, we are not speed painters. And if you are planning a Jensen video it would be a dream
This is inspiring, I'd usually stop before you get to the extra highligh step (about 1/2 way through) but I'm always worried it will look too 'comic'-y. Especially if I want to paint something dark like Delaque or Undead
Damn you probably made the best bloodbowl painting guide i've ever seen though. Only reason it didn't make me buy, was cause a friend already got the pack :(
The whole zombies with backpacks was the main reason I passed on Cursed City. I knew I wouldn't have any interest to paint them seeing as they all had the same pose with only differing "backpacks". The whole idea is a bit silly to me. I mean one or two maybe has something stuck to their backs, but all of them? Glad to see some variety coming in the new zombie box. On another note, what is that ball of grass tuft called? 14:22 I have never seen one before! Amazing work as always Chris!
@@trovarion I heard you mention seaweed but I thought it was manufactured into those balls. I had no idea they were formed naturally like that. Awesome stuff.
@@trovarion blue stuff + liquitex ink + dropper bottles = reduced income for gw ! And you wonder why !? I am convinced it's better for you on the long run. You are keeping your freedom of speech that way !
5 of the people who haven't painted it? I'm one of the thousands that don't have the game XD still gonna watch, cause I need good zombie skin tutorials anyway
What was that ball of dried material that the tuffs were made from? I thought you called it seaweed, but could be mistaken. Is that just found or ordered someplace?
Gibt es ein Video wo Du zeigst wie Du das "Leder" von dem z.B Oger machst, sprich braunes dunkles Leder auf schwarz grundiert? das sieht ziemlich genial aus würde ich gern für meine death Korps übernehmen ;) (nur wie?) :P Grüße
Did you sanitize the dirt you use for basing? I've been looking for reliable sources on sterilizing things like Bark chips and was wondering how you handle it
Thanks again for the great video, learning more everyday. Got my painting setup and finally started on some minis, now someone starts talking to me and all I'm thinking is volumes and highlights, how I would like to paint their forehead brighter or something. I think these zombies are highlighted from a general aerial light source rather than a specific light source coming in at a particular angle. Does the pose of the model affect this choice? time issues? As a beginner should I just try for a general top-down light?
strong directional lights are so flavor of the month. suddenly every miniature is a 2d canvas painting. If you want to, use it. it's your minis. but personally it bores me to pieces...
Yeah, sure. Just try to find what works for you. My thought behind using inks + contrast medium was to get the viscosity of the medium and the intensity of the inks.
Hey, I know this is an old video, but maybe you will stumble upon this by chance. What ratios do you use for the contrast medium to inks? Mine keep turning out really saturated. I am using a different brand and I'm just trying to figure out if it's the inks or my ratios that are off. Anyway, awesome video, I love the end result and the very understandable explanation of the proces.:)
Another awesome video, can I ask does using the inks not leave the model shiny, I've had this problem before, what do you do to overcome this problem? Thanks
It actually annoyed me a little how many youtubers used Cursed city for speed painting since it's first time in a while, I've instantly wanted to paint minis not for my armies, but mainly also since these finally felt more grimdark 'n cooler then most bright edge highlighted space marine/stormcast, something quite different and all the models look great!
it's seaweed. really common in the mediterranean, best to make a friend in italy or greece and have them ship them to you, honestly. I brought mine from a vacation. you might maybe find them on etsy, or similar concept stores?
But why do the zombies have boards on their backs? I would guess the boards are remains of caskets, but that would meen they were burried face down, which is kind of odd
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16:00 "Tabletop-standard" my ass. Most people I know wouldn't touch the miniature in fear of ruining the paintjob... Do you know of an alternative to Citadel Contrast Medium? I use different kinds of flow-aids, acrylic medium etc. for my washes, but I've never tried Contrast Medium.
Could it be, you are actually german, too? I never recognized before. But you quoted a german youtube channel and what made me super suspicous, when you said Zombie. It sounded realy german :D
I have a question.. i recently purchased a 3rd party Gabriel Angelos miniature (Artel W sculpt). As much as love this sculpt, it is not the reason i was drawn to the miniature, the reason i bought it was because it has one of the cleanest and most technical paintjobs I have ever seen on a miniature. My question is: Is there anywhere i can submit some pictures of the mini? I am hoping for some input and criticique on the miniature from one of the best painters i have had the pleasure of stumbling across on youtube :). I am also very curious to know if anybody knows who painted the miniature to begin with (the seller had no idea), and also I would like to know if I did well with paying what i payed for the mini ( i believe it was alot cheaper than it deserved to be, but i am no expert which is why i am begging for help here! 😅).
@@trovarion Damn, paywalled the good stuff huh? Lol unfortunately my misses would kill me for any unnecessary spending right now... times are tough what with all these invisible bats making people cough 😅 Thanks anyway Chris! I love this channel it single handedly changed the way i wanted to paint miniatures and helped me get on the right path to achieving the style i want :)
@@dazza1156 everything is in this video. But 55 minutes painting videos dont work on youtube. Everyone who wants to see the whole process more in depth and support me doing more free videos at the same time can do so by joining the patreon.
@@dazza1156 i was confused here what you were refering to with paywalled. Too many questions to answer. Sorry. Please imagine this: giving proper feedback takes time. Do you think you are the only one asking for feedback? If I just gave anyone feedback who asks for it I would be doing it 10 hours per day. I think it is clear that this is not sustainable. People don't complain about a plumber "paywalling" the time he spends on fixing your stuff, but a lot of people genuinely complain about not getting free feedback.
I'm one of the five, weeee! ..that? Oh, that's nothing. That totally isn't a 22 years of unpainted Warhammer stuff I'm hoarding. Nope...oh, will you look at the time! Gotta run!
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You have the best brush control I have ever seen! Would do us a favor and please share the great wisdom of how you gained such power?
@@dukesubterra4683 unfortunately it is...20 years of practice and trial and error.
@@trovarion Thank You! This gave me an idea, I think I'm going to convert army men into imperial guardsmen until I get good!
"the five people that havent painted their box yet"
YOU UNDERESTIMATE OUR PILE OF SHAME
Man mine is still in the wrap
I'd say you overestimate the amount of boxes shipped.
Thanks for not just "speedpainting" the mniatures. Your shadowing with "Inks" and especially the part where you use magenta and turquoise for the dead skin ist very inspiring.
Right? If there’s one thing that bugs me, it’s how many videos show you how to “speedpaint” your minis. I don’t want to speed paint them. I want to slow paint them so they end up looking like works of art.
It’s because your channel is underrated christoph, most ppl don’t want to learn to paint better, they just want to be entertained.
The thing about painting mini's is the more minis you paint the faster you get, no short cuts, no giving up quality, you actually get faster AND better. I started off painting mini's for my Iron Hands for the Horus Heresy and I still go back and do up some models once in a while. When I started out I was doing one model at a rate of about 5-6 hours, now if I focused down one it's about 2 and a half hours for one and I'm using acrylic paints, oil paints, I'm using washes and glazes, and damage effects where as before I was just layering acrylics and slapping on nuln oil and I even get faster when I have more to do, I painted up 5 in about as many hours, so not only do I paint better, but I paint significantly faster when I have more on my table. But it's not a race. I like what I do, I'm a hobbyist not a consumer. I like sitting down, putting on a Godzilla movie and just painting in a poorly lit area for hours to the best of my abilities no matter how small or big the model. I think more people should be focused on that, these speed painting challenges are just that, a challenge. They try and make the models readable as what they should be when they're on the table and that's it, you have them on the table and they're usually just OK at the best of times.
Anyways tirade over, your minis look just fantastic, as far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter how old the kit is it's the person painting it and you as always Trov were able to make these models look great while showing us how to actually achieve a look similar to this in a simple, easy to understand way, keep it up
much true.
For me, "speed painting" isn't really about the time invested into the model, it's about using/learning the techniques that are exceptionally efficient at achieving the desired result. I still spend most of my time looking at my model doing nothing to decide on the next artistic step and there is no shortcut on that but experience. But there's several ways to produce a gradient on an area - and the techniques that produce the best results are not necesserily the ones that take the longest. On a larger area there's nothing that can beat an airbrush in either quality or time cost, and on smaller scale oil paints can produce blends in a few seconds that would require hours with layering or glazing. Coincidentally, efficient ways of painting something are often also easier ways of painting something. Producing results faster results in more time for experimentation with the technique, resulting in a faster understanding of the matter.
As an example I've painted the warband of Iron Golems from the Warcry starter set in around 2 hours using easy and efficient speed painting techniques. Then I've spent 10 hours more on just one of the minis to push it a little further, then applied touched up the rest of the models with the most effective steps that I discovered in those 10 hours. Sitting on the table, there's no noticable difference in the quality of the models. Which means that I have 20 minute paintjobs matching a 10+ hour paintjob, just by choosing my "battles" wisely. If I had only done the one 10 hour piece, I'd probably still only have that one finished miniature of the warband and a second one half finished and abandoned. Instead I achieved a very satisfying closure for the project.
To sum it up I very much agree with Trovarions sentiment - investing time into single projects can be a great "learning investment". But I also think that speed painting techniques can very much compliment this learning process, by amplifying the satisfaction in the results from very early on.
@@raxxor18 I don't know if that should be considered "speed painting", but more so just getting better at it. When you see these "speed painting" challenges from miniature painters on youtube you usually see someone who can paint at a relatively high level sacrifice quality for speed. But whenever I see Vince Venturella paint in real time I'm always amazed at what he's doing because he gets the quality I want and I spend hours trying to replicate in in 10 or 15 minutes, he just zips through it. You get can get new tools and learn how to use them properly, pick up new techniques, figure out where your efforts are wasted and you're just spinning your wheels and drop it etc. You don't sacrifice quality for speed, you're just becoming a more experienced hobbyist and therefore getting faster naturally. Basically what I'm getting at is there is a difference between being able to paint up something fast and speed painting
@@kurthasedd7923 If I don't choose to use speed painting techniques I spend hours on a single model, which is fine as I like to do that, but I'm not getting much done. If I choose to speed paint I make a plan and choose efficient techniques only. Marco Frisoni is my biggest influence here. He's also an exceptionally talented painter, but I *can* follow his videos in reasonable time and reproduce the techniques on new models without guidance. Unlike Vince Venturellas works that I struggle to follow at all, as they mostly rely on a deeper artistic understanding of the matter.
I’m deeply disturbed by a Word Bearer playing Iron Hands
I was yelling at my screen "HOW IS THIS GUY SO GOOD" you make me angy, thank you
YOU'RE WELCOME
In all honesty, this is about the only painting channel I can watch and enjoy.
Aww...thanks!
Absolutely stunning. You make incredible videos, but watching this I feel like I could actually follow along and try to make something like this too. Awesome content.
Very informative. Your inclusion of the elapsed time for specific sections, the total painting time, and your commentary on what you would consider a satisfactory tabletop standard before refining the miniature are incredibly valuable. This serves as an excellent reference to gauge what can be accomplished within a given timeframe.
The one in the yellow dress reminds me of the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring. The headwrap doesnt quite add up, but the blue with the yellow dress just screamed Girl with a Pearl Earring to me lol
true!
When they were released I put up a picture on warhammers facebook page, showing exactly that image beside this minie😉
Came here to say the same thing
Speaking on your final thoughts, we have a saying in Jiu-jitsu: "slow is smooth, and smooth is fast". I believe this applies to painting also. Wonderful content as always, you're one of my favorites due to the quality you put out. Thank you.
The Vermeer girl with a pearl earring zombie is absolutely amazing! Love how it turned out
Perfect timing! Looking to ignore my work emails for a while
Arguably the best content on the internet for miniature painting. Lots of other great content but I think I learn more from Chris than anyone else.
Great video, thanks for the tip at the end in reference to speed painting. The process should be relaxing almost a zen experience looking forward to next video
The flowers are a great touch!
Best painting channel I have found, top stuff. Learned so much.
Even tho the video is full of great knowledge to use on our own miniatures, I think that my favorite part of the video is the final thought about getting better at painting and not focusing su much on speed, because by painting with the idea of getting better overall, you'll get faster too, but learning much more than drybrushing 12 miniatures in a row.
Anyways, amazing video, and amazing thoughts to go along with it.
Just starting to work on the CC zombies. Thank you very much for the wonderful tutorial! :)
I still haven't touched any content of Cursed City, just read the novel. Thanks for this video! Looking forward next miniatures from core box.
Definitely nice to see someone actually give these minis the attention they deserve, and 3hrs lol that's speed painting time for me haha.
More than happy to wait for your content - it’s worth it!
Hey, I'm one of those 5 who hasn't painted my copy yet! Thanks for the shoutout! :P
np! 👍
I've almost finished one of the minis out of the box. I was waiting for your videos ! :D
Thank you for the great video! Definitely inspired me to experiment more with my zombies - especially the ink colour choices providing more subtle interest to the flesh tones. Reminded me of what James Gurney talks about with different colour zones on the face and body.
That is a great tip with the Contrast medium and inks. I'll need to add that to my armamentarium. Great content, as always
I love your approach. Thanks for the breakdown on these techniques
I like how you show the paints you used. For me it's easier to recognize the paint from a picture compared to just the name (especially because the GW names for paints are ridiculous). Good stuff!
From one Chris to another I love your work and teaching methods. As a newer painter thank you!
Another great video fit for any kind of painter, I'd say!
Great take home points at the end , also crazy I never thought to put a dab of paint on a tuft!!
Even if you got your minis late, you still do the best painting tutorials, worth the wait. 👍
Really good video. Great tips and bit of colour theory as you presented it, something to go back and add to my own models.
Perfect accompaniment to my evening painting.
Hello Chris,
thank you for this awesome video! I first thought: damn, this blonde/orange hair looks soooo nice. Way too nice for a zombie. It's really cool to see it all come together in the end.
Yay! New Trovarion video, thanks so much!
Don’t have it and never will. Beautiful job as always
I love these colors!
I haven't even opened my CC box! So there! I'm saving it for a week I have off later in the summer. Will be nice to have a CC mini binge. Lots of other projects to take care of in the mean time though.
Really nice video Trovarion, thank you! :)
I'm one of the people that haven't painted my cursed city yet, so definitely going to try your way for the zombie skin tones! :)
we almost found all 5 already!
Absolutely love these. So gorgeous and so informative
Can't even get the box, still going to watch your videos. Great work as ever.
Legend - just as I hit refresh before acknowledging I should really go to sleep 👌👍
Awesome! And helpful!
Great (and fun) content as always. Your loss, GW!
Really refreshing interesting colour schemes. Great job
This was an awesome video.
Thank you!
don't worry my love I've painted 12 out of 63 mini! feel free to keep posting stuff of cursed city, the other channel are for speed painters, we are not speed painters. And if you are planning a Jensen video it would be a dream
This is inspiring, I'd usually stop before you get to the extra highligh step (about 1/2 way through) but I'm always worried it will look too 'comic'-y. Especially if I want to paint something dark like Delaque or Undead
Awesome video as always, much appriciated!
Bold of you to assume I have a plan when I paint something :) Great vidya Trov!
my bad 😇
Wow! I can’t do this but you make it look doable!
Damn you probably made the best bloodbowl painting guide i've ever seen though. Only reason it didn't make me buy, was cause a friend already got the pack :(
Best Zombies so far, thanks! And I love the sculpts. Fortunately I brought some of these balls with me the last time I visited Italy ;-)
same ;)
The whole zombies with backpacks was the main reason I passed on Cursed City. I knew I wouldn't have any interest to paint them seeing as they all had the same pose with only differing "backpacks". The whole idea is a bit silly to me. I mean one or two maybe has something stuck to their backs, but all of them? Glad to see some variety coming in the new zombie box. On another note, what is that ball of grass tuft called? 14:22 I have never seen one before! Amazing work as always Chris!
I don't know what they were thinking. It's a ball of seaweed, really common in the mediterranean.
@@trovarion I heard you mention seaweed but I thought it was manufactured into those balls. I had no idea they were formed naturally like that. Awesome stuff.
@@trovarion Aaaaaaaand now I have just bought 5 of them off of etsy. lol.
I'm glad you finally got your free copy and made these great zombies. I had to get mine on Ebay., but I got it at least.
I had to buy a copy. GW doesn't send me anything at the moment (No idea what I did, like I say in the video).
@@trovarion Sorry to hear that, perhaps these awesome zombies will warm their hearts!
@@trovarion blue stuff + liquitex ink + dropper bottles = reduced income for gw ! And you wonder why !? I am convinced it's better for you on the long run. You are keeping your freedom of speech that way !
Thanks so much, very informative
Great video! Thanks!
LOOOOOOVE this! Especially the Liquitex inks. I'm wondering why you used Contrast medium rather than Liquitex glazing medium...
Very nice video and great message! 🥳
So great !
Not only my cursed city still unpainted... it's still boxed with that magic plastic film that works as a real protection seal
it's an INVESTMENT at that point!
5 of the people who haven't painted it? I'm one of the thousands that don't have the game XD still gonna watch, cause I need good zombie skin tutorials anyway
What was that ball of dried material that the tuffs were made from? I thought you called it seaweed, but could be mistaken. Is that just found or ordered someplace?
Our boxes might have been stuck in the same place. I only got it from GW couple of weeks back. We can be late to cursed city in solidarity
Very good looking zombie l
I like yours videos!
Gibt es ein Video wo Du zeigst wie Du das "Leder" von dem z.B Oger machst, sprich braunes dunkles Leder auf schwarz grundiert? das sieht ziemlich genial aus würde ich gern für meine death Korps übernehmen ;) (nur wie?) :P Grüße
yes, this will be on patreon eventually.
Did you sanitize the dirt you use for basing? I've been looking for reliable sources on sterilizing things like Bark chips and was wondering how you handle it
I just put it in the oven.
I haven't built my zombies yet. Maybe after this I'll finally get to it
Thanks again for the great video, learning more everyday. Got my painting setup and finally started on some minis, now someone starts talking to me and all I'm thinking is volumes and highlights, how I would like to paint their forehead brighter or something.
I think these zombies are highlighted from a general aerial light source rather than a specific light source coming in at a particular angle. Does the pose of the model affect this choice? time issues? As a beginner should I just try for a general top-down light?
strong directional lights are so flavor of the month. suddenly every miniature is a 2d canvas painting. If you want to, use it. it's your minis. but personally it bores me to pieces...
What clay do you use? I am working on some mini fae critters using some cheap waxy stuff. Love your work!
I am using super sculpey firm when I sculpt, but this is not sculpted, it's figures I bought.
my box still has to arrive so ill have use for this video !
Hi Chris,
Thanks for this great video. Could you please tell us what kind of material you use for basing the minis (earth)?
Thanks
Christophe
Just real earth.
@@trovarion obviously ;)
@Christophe Bertrand sorry, maybe you can let me know what else you would like to know, so I can help?
Hi Chris,
No joke. Your answer was perfect. Thank you! Do you sterilize earth in any way before using it for basing your minis?
@@christophebertrand4870 you can put it into the oven for a bit to heat it.
Hey man! Nice video, is there anyway to substitute the inks you use, like using contrast paints that you dillute with medium?
Yeah, sure. Just try to find what works for you. My thought behind using inks + contrast medium was to get the viscosity of the medium and the intensity of the inks.
Man if you think your delivery was bad, I just got my preordered box last week.
Hey, I know this is an old video, but maybe you will stumble upon this by chance. What ratios do you use for the contrast medium to inks? Mine keep turning out really saturated. I am using a different brand and I'm just trying to figure out if it's the inks or my ratios that are off. Anyway, awesome video, I love the end result and the very understandable explanation of the proces.:)
Cant give you a ratio, changes with situation and what color you use, sorry. My tip is to start dilluted and if it is not enough do a second layer.
@@trovarion Will do, I guess I'll have to pick up some more Contrast Medium. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond.:)
What exactly is contrast medium? Is there an alternative that does the same thing? Acrylic medium maybe ? I try to stay GW free.
I don't know what it is exactly. No idea what else does it, I only just found out that Contrast medium does it.
New dominion coming out did you do some tutorial painting ?
Yeah but it will take a while, still busy with dayjob.
**looks at his pile of grey investments** LOOKS FINE TO ME! :D
I cheer for zombies
Another awesome video, can I ask does using the inks not leave the model shiny, I've had this problem before, what do you do to overcome this problem? Thanks
AK ultra matt varnish
@@trovarion thanks man appreciate you taking the time to respond 👍
I am apparently one of the 5 with still unpainted zombies.
It actually annoyed me a little how many youtubers used Cursed city for speed painting since it's first time in a while, I've instantly wanted to paint minis not for my armies, but mainly also since these finally felt more grimdark 'n cooler then most bright edge highlighted space marine/stormcast, something quite different and all the models look great!
whats the video where you recast some rubble?
C'tan void dragon
What was that ball of dried grass stuff? And where can I get one?
it's seaweed. really common in the mediterranean, best to make a friend in italy or greece and have them ship them to you, honestly. I brought mine from a vacation. you might maybe find them on etsy, or similar concept stores?
@@trovarion I managed to find some sold by AK Interactive 👍
@@beetle5000 great!
But why do the zombies have boards on their backs? I would guess the boards are remains of caskets, but that would meen they were burried face down, which is kind of odd
Because GW decided to embrace not making sense for this one model set. Usually they try to explain things away...
@@BullScrapPracEff "Hey, Steve, do these models really make any sense?" "Nah, but they look really damn cool"
good video
Looking for references for zombies and dead skin is always a fun experience...
*police sirens*
FBI, open up!
Yeah, from now on I stick to photos
ooooohhhhhhhhhh yeeeeah!
hello with which app do you cut your videos
Premiere Pro, kostet aber mindestens 20€ pro monat. Hier sind ein paar gratis Programme: filmora.wondershare.de/videobearbeitung/videoschnittprogramm-kostenlos.html
@@trovarion danke!
Nice
Joke's on you! My box is already fully fiinished! ;)
16:00 "Tabletop-standard" my ass. Most people I know wouldn't touch the miniature in fear of ruining the paintjob...
Do you know of an alternative to Citadel Contrast Medium? I use different kinds of flow-aids, acrylic medium etc. for my washes, but I've never tried Contrast Medium.
no idea.
Could it be, you are actually german, too? I never recognized before. But you quoted a german youtube channel and what made me super suspicous, when you said Zombie. It sounded realy german :D
I'm not german.
@@trovarion But you speak german :)
I have a question.. i recently purchased a 3rd party Gabriel Angelos miniature (Artel W sculpt).
As much as love this sculpt, it is not the reason i was drawn to the miniature, the reason i bought it was because it has one of the cleanest and most technical paintjobs I have ever seen on a miniature.
My question is: Is there anywhere i can submit some pictures of the mini? I am hoping for some input and criticique on the miniature from one of the best painters i have had the pleasure of stumbling across on youtube :). I am also very curious to know if anybody knows who painted the miniature to begin with (the seller had no idea), and also I would like to know if I did well with paying what i payed for the mini ( i believe it was alot cheaper than it deserved to be, but i am no expert which is why i am begging for help here! 😅).
yes, there is a feedback section on the patreon discord.
@@trovarion Damn, paywalled the good stuff huh? Lol unfortunately my misses would kill me for any unnecessary spending right now... times are tough what with all these invisible bats making people cough 😅
Thanks anyway Chris! I love this channel it single handedly changed the way i wanted to paint miniatures and helped me get on the right path to achieving the style i want :)
@@dazza1156 everything is in this video. But 55 minutes painting videos dont work on youtube. Everyone who wants to see the whole process more in depth and support me doing more free videos at the same time can do so by joining the patreon.
@@trovarion I meant no offence, and i apologise if I caused any.
@@dazza1156 i was confused here what you were refering to with paywalled. Too many questions to answer. Sorry. Please imagine this: giving proper feedback takes time. Do you think you are the only one asking for feedback? If I just gave anyone feedback who asks for it I would be doing it 10 hours per day. I think it is clear that this is not sustainable.
People don't complain about a plumber "paywalling" the time he spends on fixing your stuff, but a lot of people genuinely complain about not getting free feedback.
I'm still working on my cursed city models but I paint really slow.
no rush :)
I'm one of the five, weeee! ..that? Oh, that's nothing. That totally isn't a 22 years of unpainted Warhammer stuff I'm hoarding. Nope...oh, will you look at the time! Gotta run!
i've just noticed tombstones have cyrillic letters on them. they don't make any sense however
nice