great video so important to play around and not be to strict. i find basing pulls an army together so much that you can have that freedom to play around.
Absolutely. The whole “stick to a uniform color scheme” idea is not just overrated but sometimes outright bad. If the army is a strictly regimented professional force, then sure, it makes sense for them to mostly look alike. Even so, taking an ornamental spot color and applying it on a unit’s glowing magical flame just raises questions. Did they coordinate those back at the HQ? Which came first? A lot can be done to tie the army together with a) basing theme, and b) general painting style. A) basing doesn’t have to be identical. As long as it’s on theme. They can be the same texture paste and the same grass tufts for every mini, but units that might have more of a urban warfare look can be staining on slate with rubble while regular infantry is on the texture past. You can tie it together more with the same color dust for instance. A forest theme can have bases varying from ancient temple to bushy undergrowth and still work to pull the army together into a cohesive whole. B) if the styles matches no one will bat an eye at one unit being bright red while another is khaki camouflage. You’ll just assume the units have different history and purpose. After all they are all edge highlighted in the eavy metal style, or all look very painterly, etc. And you should still feel free to break these guidelines if there’s a good reason for it. Just paining the base rim the same color does a lot of heavy lifting.
Love your point on just ignoring ways to "optimize the process". Sometimes optimized is just less fun, less painterly even and you just paint slower because it sucks. Sometimes "ineffecient" keeps the brush moving.
Huh, I would have imagined Vince's office to be as clean as Hannibal Lecter's kitchen. Also, always cool to see your gaming armies grow, I think they are my favourite of your videos.
12:50 the beauty of art…aah, yes! I loved this ! I’ve been implementing more artistic approaches when painting minis versus “painting minis to make them look badass” so my pink and teal space marines successor chapter will prevail!
Good job there,Scott! I like how they pop out! Probably would have gone for khaki hair but in the end they look exactly right for your army abf fit in perfectly.... you rule breaking savage!
This was unexpectedly morale raising, i feel less awkward for my lack of mini painting knowledge. Thank you for that. I will consider acquiring equipment from your brand. Best regards from your dota friend!
Hey man. It’s actually a wonderful technique to dry brush and glaze over it. It does result in a smooth finish. It’s actually my preferred method for flesh tones.
I was watching these progress on your patreon, and i wasnt sure about them, but seeing them woth the other models and in more detail i actually really like them!
Loved the trolling. Made me laugh out loud. Something I would love to see in your videos is a side by side comparison, on the pallet or on the side, of the brown/white/orange mixes. They're such small areas on the model it's hard to see clearly
Pretty sure I'm starting a Daughters of Khaine army and this is some good inspiration for how to tackle the idea I have for a late 80's/early 90's theme of that Jazz/various neon geometric patterns that were on all sorts of nylon clothing. Mortahi and her mall snakes roaming the battlefield and breaking/taking hearts.
They do stand out a lot, but imo with a little bit of a blue highlight on the bikers visors, and maybe just a bit more intensity in the blues of the other models, I'd reckon they'd tie in a lot better while still being the eyecatching standouts they should be. Not to backseat scott, the miniature maniac himself, of course, this is just my opinion. Always love examples of fire being painted, still trying to make how fire looks stick in my brain, and the fire here is especially impressive for the required effort!
Could you do a video just strictly on how you use your airbrush? Like distance to spray from, how to mix paints, inks, so on and how you have your needle and trigger adjusted? maybe also how you pull the trigger. It may seem like an odd request but im having issues using mine.
3:02 Because it conforms to the mini more easily, a sponge will take off the oil paint from the inside the details more easily than a q-tip will. You could give a q-tip a try next time to compare.
I came to a similar conclusion with my mandrakes! The secondary colour of my army is red, so I painted them dark red like hot embers, and then did their leggings in a bone/cream (like the army primary), but with green lowlights which dont appear anywhere else to give them that ethereal vibe. That simple inversion makes them stand out as different but still clearly part of the team.
I think I’ve restarted my Horus heresy blood angels scheme 3 or 4 times now. I can relate heavily to getting stuck in the testing process - very painful lol
They look sensational and go with your army!!! I mean if you wanted to knit-pick you could always do the colour of the incubi tabard into the kimono pants folds of the mandrakes? But it really isn’t needed it all is so cohesive as!!
"I never like to use two seturated colours on my minis." And I am sitting here painting Archons Masters of the Universe Battleground Minis which look like rainbows :D
They look amazing ! Your armie look really good, I don't know when is the battle against Jay but I hope that is not in 2k points ^^ Keep going, love your work :)
Ur kt looks dope, u made it easy to copy ur stiel/technic, just wish u made time stamps with the used colors( for trying ur thing out in the most fast/easy way)
I wonder if you could just contrast + the skin and then pin wash with a bright pale yellow oil wash to get a similar skin effect. I think your dry brushing actually does a good job at darkening the edges near the inner glow and that helps them pop so I don't know you could skip that step
The problem with contrast is that it does the opposite of what the oil wash is trying to do. It might be hard for an oil wash to cover up the darkness completely and be bright
Hey Miniac, I’m interested, in the closing of the video you show three models, the middle one with a big flame ‘cloak’ they’re casting. I’m curious why you chose to go with orange with that rather than the blue flames you did elsewhere. Looks great, just thought it was interesting!
Honestly, I should've gone with the blue flame. At the time I hadn't made a choice about what color the fire was going to be and I didn't even know that was supposed to be fire. It seemed like more skin, haha.
Scot I need you to know that Dark eldar are my least favorite 40k faction so knowing that, those Incubi are fucking sick as hell! I know the videos is about the mandrakes but I really couldn't let those bad boys grace my eyes without a compliment! The mandrakes are dope too, you nailed the ethereal vibe I've always seen them with.
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hey i have that shirt, great to see another miniac fan in the wild
YOOOO, Miscast, so cool to see you on an unrelated to your channel theme video in the wild.
Yo, it's Miscast!
Smear Campaign was great, icing on the cake was dog randomly licking the chair🤣
also fantastic paint job!
Vince having reverse TP rolls is peak villain energy and I'd expect nothing less.
Enjoying the uploads scott. Please do a video on your wood elves for the old world
Regular uploads is going to be a great thing
Never thought I'd see a group paint sesh with a bunch of dope TH-cam painters. Vince is the goat IMO and deserves more subs.
Fantastic fantastic fantastic transitions and editing 3:38
great video so important to play around and not be to strict. i find basing pulls an army together so much that you can have that freedom to play around.
Absolutely. The whole “stick to a uniform color scheme” idea is not just overrated but sometimes outright bad. If the army is a strictly regimented professional force, then sure, it makes sense for them to mostly look alike. Even so, taking an ornamental spot color and applying it on a unit’s glowing magical flame just raises questions. Did they coordinate those back at the HQ? Which came first?
A lot can be done to tie the army together with a) basing theme, and b) general painting style.
A) basing doesn’t have to be identical. As long as it’s on theme. They can be the same texture paste and the same grass tufts for every mini, but units that might have more of a urban warfare look can be staining on slate with rubble while regular infantry is on the texture past. You can tie it together more with the same color dust for instance. A forest theme can have bases varying from ancient temple to bushy undergrowth and still work to pull the army together into a cohesive whole.
B) if the styles matches no one will bat an eye at one unit being bright red while another is khaki camouflage. You’ll just assume the units have different history and purpose. After all they are all edge highlighted in the eavy metal style, or all look very painterly, etc.
And you should still feel free to break these guidelines if there’s a good reason for it. Just paining the base rim the same color does a lot of heavy lifting.
Its actually fitting in perfectly fine with the rest of the minis. Nice job!
I like them. I think they go along fine. I appreciate seeing your wet blending on the flames. I've always struggled with wet blending.
Love your point on just ignoring ways to "optimize the process". Sometimes optimized is just less fun, less painterly even and you just paint slower because it sucks. Sometimes "ineffecient" keeps the brush moving.
I love the tip relating to the leather and bone. Using the same colours at different values..
Great exploration there, they really do fit into the army while being different.
Huh, I would have imagined Vince's office to be as clean as Hannibal Lecter's kitchen. Also, always cool to see your gaming armies grow, I think they are my favourite of your videos.
That fire is actually.... Fire!!!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Stoked on these regular uploads!!!
I appreciate the moment of clear candor and honesty around dry brushing. Thanks for being a real human yo. Gunna be picking up your cutting mat.
3:29 that was sick
I'm glad I am not the only one who's paint scheme and method evolves as I paint thru the army.
Happens to me too. I figure it means I learned something, which is a good thing.
HES WEARING MY T SHIRT. wait. oh. im wearing his t shirt....
4:45 that's a cute dog and a good looking Island!
12:50 the beauty of art…aah, yes! I loved this ! I’ve been implementing more artistic approaches when painting minis versus “painting minis to make them look badass” so my pink and teal space marines successor chapter will prevail!
3:30 that transition was really good!
I didn’t think Vince could ever disappoint me but that inside aligned tp hurt to see. Awesome vid Scott, great painting and excellent production.
Good job there,Scott! I like how they pop out! Probably would have gone for khaki hair but in the end they look exactly right for your army abf fit in perfectly.... you rule breaking savage!
"crop dusting the white paint" made me nearly choke on my coffee. You have an incredible turn of phrase, dude.
These look fantastic! Your Dark Eldar videos are among my favorite hobby videos. Thanks for sharing!
Elminiturista was my inspiration for figuring out how to paint well, really nice to see Juan get a shout out. :D
I love the bright colours you used, it gives the clan a very "Moebius" look
That cut to the airbrush room and ending with that dog licking,,,,,,laughed way too hard and woke up my household.
Hahaha that dog licking and your face got me - proper guffaw
7:35 Round peg…Circular hole…? I’m not seeing the problem here.
oops
@@Miniac to be clear, I enjoyed the video and I’m a long time fan. I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to razz you a bit.
this had it all, humor interesting thoughts, and a neat trick i never thought of.
The Vince smear campaign was fabulous. The dog randomly licking the chair is the kind of stuff my dogs do.
Woohoo! Miniac Mondays
They look amazing and work well as a unique unit in your army
This was unexpectedly morale raising, i feel less awkward for my lack of mini painting knowledge. Thank you for that. I will consider acquiring equipment from your brand. Best regards from your dota friend!
Hey man. It’s actually a wonderful technique to dry brush and glaze over it. It does result in a smooth finish. It’s actually my preferred method for flesh tones.
Whilst I'm very much a beginner, I love seeing the skills and listening to your artistic philosophies that underpin them.
I love the new schedule and and video type. Seems like you found a good groove to me.
Also, the Mandrake look great in the army. Really excited to see the finished project.
I was watching these progress on your patreon, and i wasnt sure about them, but seeing them woth the other models and in more detail i actually really like them!
Loved the trolling. Made me laugh out loud.
Something I would love to see in your videos is a side by side comparison, on the pallet or on the side, of the brown/white/orange mixes. They're such small areas on the model it's hard to see clearly
I really love to see you painting those pointy suckers.
That edit where you talk about the ink was INSANE.
Pretty sure I'm starting a Daughters of Khaine army and this is some good inspiration for how to tackle the idea I have for a late 80's/early 90's theme of that Jazz/various neon geometric patterns that were on all sorts of nylon clothing. Mortahi and her mall snakes roaming the battlefield and breaking/taking hearts.
Perfect timing for sucha video I was looking at how to make glowy part on my Avatar, Thank you
Its always better just making a mini in your own style. Glad you did it
Always informative videos, speeds up my trial and error / learning with miniatures
You're right... But now I'm curious to see what the other models would look like with small neon blue flames occasionally 😅
Maybe a little basing element??
I love how both you and Ninjon called out Vince for the state of his airbrush booth lol.
Thanks! I think you provided me with a solution with my Chaos Orange Lantern corps
I love this idea.
I plan to do this with my pathfinders in my tau army. (Paint them green instead of the red farsight enclaves colors)
They do stand out a lot, but imo with a little bit of a blue highlight on the bikers visors, and maybe just a bit more intensity in the blues of the other models, I'd reckon they'd tie in a lot better while still being the eyecatching standouts they should be.
Not to backseat scott, the miniature maniac himself, of course, this is just my opinion. Always love examples of fire being painted, still trying to make how fire looks stick in my brain, and the fire here is especially impressive for the required effort!
The bikers were done pre-turquoise spot color, so I agree with you!!
I would love to meet you someday Sensei!
Could you do a video just strictly on how you use your airbrush? Like distance to spray from, how to mix paints, inks, so on and how you have your needle and trigger adjusted? maybe also how you pull the trigger. It may seem like an odd request but im having issues using mine.
Not a bad idea, I'll toss it on my list
Great video. Thanks for sharing your talent ❗️
3:02 Because it conforms to the mini more easily, a sponge will take off the oil paint from the inside the details more easily than a q-tip will. You could give a q-tip a try next time to compare.
What a bad ass army concept. Thanks
Sooooo nobody's going to call out the 1:51 to 1:59 shenanigans? XD Just bustin' balls Scott! Great video as always!
dont tell anyone
Imho the best mini painting guide on the web.
Loving seeing you more often Scott! ❤
I came to a similar conclusion with my mandrakes! The secondary colour of my army is red, so I painted them dark red like hot embers, and then did their leggings in a bone/cream (like the army primary), but with green lowlights which dont appear anywhere else to give them that ethereal vibe. That simple inversion makes them stand out as different but still clearly part of the team.
Great video! I really like the way they turned out.
Sick edit pulling out from the video to your editing desk!
Great video, love the scheme.
Those Mandrakes turned out great, much better than offical scheme imo!
These look great! They are a nice little highlight unit and give you some freedom in the future for a leader character. :D
Exactly right!
I can't believe I saw this guy at my local LGS and just thought I was mistaken...until a week later when he posted a video inside that same LGS
I think they look great! Those Flames!
Nice tight video. Honestly I prefer this overview style rather than seeing each brush stroke. The models look sweet too.
Miniac on the grind! Love it!
I think they look the perfect balance of fitting in and standing out
Im so glad that you are painting Drukhari ! 😊
Me too!!
As a DG played it pains me to see a Drukari army coming together so beautifully
Mandrakes are one of my favorite Drukhari models!
4:43 it come with fancy toilet paper AND a bidet. (sorry)
Elminiaturista is a wizard when it comes to painting light!
@07:27 You would think that the *round* peg of a paint scheme would fit the *circular* hole of a model like no other
I think I’ve restarted my Horus heresy blood angels scheme 3 or 4 times now. I can relate heavily to getting stuck in the testing process - very painful lol
They look sensational and go with your army!!! I mean if you wanted to knit-pick you could always do the colour of the incubi tabard into the kimono pants folds of the mandrakes? But it really isn’t needed it all is so cohesive as!!
"I never like to use two seturated colours on my minis." And I am sitting here painting Archons Masters of the Universe Battleground Minis which look like rainbows :D
Vincent airbrush makes me feel better about my airbrush.
My God! Vince is a monster! Only psychopaths have the toilet roll turn inwards!
Yooo
You did great buddyyyy
Never fail to impress ^_^
Those look awesome
GREAT STUFF
I dont know what special sauce youve been dunking you nuggies in but the last few videos have been excellent
Love the colour scheme looking very cool. Seems like the detail on the faces is not really showing through.
Simpsons Mandrakes before GTA 6 is craaaaaaaazy
They look amazing !
Your armie look really good, I don't know when is the battle against Jay but I hope that is not in 2k points ^^
Keep going, love your work :)
Yo these look dope!
Ur kt looks dope, u made it easy to copy ur stiel/technic, just wish u made time stamps with the used colors( for trying ur thing out in the most fast/easy way)
Funny. I have seen almost the same scheme from a small instagram account a couple of weeks ago. Besides he put them on surfboards lol
I hope we'll have a Battle Report of you vs Jay
I wonder if you could just contrast + the skin and then pin wash with a bright pale yellow oil wash to get a similar skin effect. I think your dry brushing actually does a good job at darkening the edges near the inner glow and that helps them pop so I don't know you could skip that step
The problem with contrast is that it does the opposite of what the oil wash is trying to do. It might be hard for an oil wash to cover up the darkness completely and be bright
.... Scott, did you play the guitar intro, and outro..
💜👍🎃
haha, sadly no
great video
Hey Miniac, I’m interested, in the closing of the video you show three models, the middle one with a big flame ‘cloak’ they’re casting. I’m curious why you chose to go with orange with that rather than the blue flames you did elsewhere. Looks great, just thought it was interesting!
Honestly, I should've gone with the blue flame. At the time I hadn't made a choice about what color the fire was going to be and I didn't even know that was supposed to be fire. It seemed like more skin, haha.
Scott: Let's establish some rules.
Also Scott a few videos later: Let's break some rules!
the beauty of art!
Scot I need you to know that Dark eldar are my least favorite 40k faction so knowing that, those Incubi are fucking sick as hell! I know the videos is about the mandrakes but I really couldn't let those bad boys grace my eyes without a compliment! The mandrakes are dope too, you nailed the ethereal vibe I've always seen them with.
Thank you!!