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How to CHEAT Blending! #1 Essential hack
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2024
- In this tutorial we're covering one of the biggest painting hacks or tricks available: how to understand and level up your blends... purely by considering a few key concepts when you sit down to paint! We cover the underlying concepts, and then examine how to apply it on bigger, intermediate, and advanced levels, finishing with a look at some work from multiple award-winner, Andy Wardle, from Cult of Paint.
This video is packed with tips and tricks suitable for painting any Warhammer 40k, Warhammer AOS, Dungeons & Dragons, or whatever miniature you like, it is effective on Fantasy and Sci Fi miniatures, and vehicles, and terrain!
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I really like your videos because , you brake things down in to the simplest terms and show application , these are great ways to teach , thank you
I appreciate that! Thanks again, Vicky😊
You are a excellent teacher of art... thank you, learning big time.. from Aiken South Carolina 😎🇺🇸✝️👍
Thanks, dude, big love!
Basically the reason I heavily weather miniatures that I want to paint quickly, but I still want to look good. Wash too dark? It's dirty. Smudged something? A bit of grime or discoloration. Accidentally mixed acrylics and enamels? Get a splattering effect, pretend it was intentional. Accidentally leave your minis out in the rain unprotected? Pretend they're supposed to look like that!
I couldn't agree more, it's not the answer 100% of the time, but it's smart thinking, and if you're on a deadline and are going for 'Speed *AND* high quality' I think this stuff is hard to beat!
As Bob Ross said, "there are no mistakes, only happy accidents"
The animated part was super helpful!
Amazing, dude, glad to hear it! Sometimes a diagram is completely irreplaceable for learning!😊
My paintings came on leaps and bounds because of you and a handful of other guys on here. Where were you 20 years ago? 😂
Making the same mistakes you were! :D Cheers man
Love how you explain it in very smart way. Thanks for open my mind :)
My pleasure! And thank you for the kind words, appreciated
Great simple tutorial! I like the acronym, easy to remember as I furrow my brow trying to figure out what i can do to fix my blends.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and supporting!✌
Andy is an incredable painter of those blending. Thank's for showing us these useful information and this talentant man's work.
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for all the comments, dude, much appreciated!🤩
I'm only coming back to the hobby after a VERY long time, well done on the channel. It's incredible how much the hobby has come on and changed.
A lot of others in the same boat, dude, you're most welcome - what have you started with? :)
Great tips! I liked this video because, like with about half your videos I've watched, I realised I vaguely do the things you recommend. Not because I'm a particularly good painter, but because I'm a particularly lazy painter!
🤭🤭Nothing wrong with being efficient😉
Finally, a video that clearly explains how to achieve a smooth blends in a simple way that actually makes it sound achievable with simple techniques and ideas, many thanks, this seems to be a subject that gets a lot of attention but most just focus on making everything look perfect, personally I prefer getting a 'good-ish' transition and then weather over the top because weathering done well adds so much more than fancy highlighting techniques and non-metallic shiny bits because while that looks very striking and clever, the model has no context or story to it, it just looks like its been plonked into a scene a bit clumsily, but now I might actually give this a shot
Hey mate, thanks so much, really glad you've liked it, I feel pretty strongly that it's something very important, as it helps people focus on the proper finished (narrative/thematic) result, like you said.
Give it a go, and let me know how it goes! It's forgiving, just hold it in mind, and it'll work wonders!
Absolutely fantastic video. This is one of those things that is totally critical to getting quality work done efficiently, but I don't think I've ever actually seen a video specifically on this topic before.
Hey dude, glad it's been useful to you, I'm pretty passionate about spreading the value of stuff like this, I'm wracking my brain for any more essential quick wins I can do, along similar lines :)
Great use of illustrations to show what you're talking about and then the link with a paint vid
Thanks dude, a little diagram goes a long way! Especially for visual learners :)
Great video ! Keep em coming
More to come! 😊Thanks for watching!
Pretty useful stuff! The animations definitely helped. Thanks guys
Great to hear! Our pleasure😊👨🎨
That's superb. Its really useful to see the practice across a variety of levels of difficulty.
Hey Chris, thanks dude, glad it was useful!
amazing vid. I have always hided my wet blending mistakes with weathering, but It never figured out those other methods. The internet has a ton of videos explaining how to do the technics, and the practice is up to the painter, but this type of video really makes a difference. You might still not be able to do super smooth blends, but you'll achieve much better results by being clever on how to use them.
More please!
Exactly! So glad to be of help man, have you applied it in your painting? We'll carry on making videos if you carry on watching them :D
Thank you very much for this. A really useful video and I'm sure I'm not the only one who took a screen shot of the acronym.
Also, its always lovely to see Andy's work - true God Tier painting
Apologies for the delay man, glad to be of help! And yes... Andy is ridiculous :)
Great vid. Helped a lot
Glad to hear it!
Very educational👍👍
Thank you, that's the aim👍😊
Great visual aids for references, I'm working on something and i wanted to use weathering effects in the imperfections that i made. Nice to know their is a full technique with it.
Glad you find it useful, buddy! Thanks for watching and supporting😊
Great video. Yes this video could be done earlier but not alot. You need basics to understand advanced skills or cheats
Yea, it's always a difficult line to negotiate correctly. Generally speaking, the only question that I ask is what's gonna help the greatest number of people the most😊
Thanks for sharing this "trick" with us. I will try it out
No worries man, let us know how it goes, it's sheer gold!
Thanks for another amazing tutorial as usual. I recently bought myself your series S brush collection aswell as the paint purger and brush cleanserf or my 30th, and i must say its all phenomenal!
I will 100% be purchasing the series D collection too! So thanks again for an awesome (self provided) birthday present! :)
Apologies for the delay dude, missed this one, somehow!
Thanks so much for your support, I hope they're continuing to serve you well! How did you find the D?
@@ArtisOpus the series D is still on my bucket list unfortunately. Parenthood takes priority over hobby spending and money has been very tight. Soon though.... very soon lol
I had to wait to finish a run of shifts before I could watch this vid and it was worth the wait.❤️❤️
Thank so much, dude, appreciate it! 😊
What a fantastic video
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!😁
While the techniques themselves is something I've been using for years. Using them in this way is something that I've never considered.
Awesome and clear video as always! (y)
Thanks so much! You'll be surprised how often I sit down to record and come to these realizations myself😅Thank so much for your support!
@@ArtisOpus (-. I think most of us would greatly benefit from recording one of our sessions now and then and then analyze what we do, why we do it and how/if it can be used for other things. If that makes sense. (-:
Have to take some time and make some "cheat sheets" for this (and some of your other tutorials). Like the old Citadel painting guides. Can't stand using tablets and such when I paint.
Yessss I shall be watching this
Enjoy dude! Hope it was helpful?
Good advice, Byron. This is definitely going into my "things I wish I'd known, hobby cheating" playlist. 👍
Me too, a decade back, oh well! :D Glad to be of service bud
My thought as an 'artist' by trade. Andy is so good because is quick when he needs to be. Sometimes you wont get the effect you want by rendering and that will look too fake.
Yeah man, he's top tier and makes the right decisions with this stuff so often, wonderful skill level and painterly approach to minis!
Sorry I missed it again Byron. But this is one I am REALLY interested in. I Think I may have messed my paints up by putting to much "flow inprover" in them
Excellent video as always though Byron. Great information, very helpful
Hey dude, I am not sure if you'll be able to counter to that by leaving them partially open. Could be a risky strat but if they've gone too far maybe there's nothing to lose. Thanks again for your support!😊✌
These are the hacks I wish I knew when I first started practicing blending - a great video :D
😊You and me both, dude.
Any chance you could go over some other abstract pattern forms? This is hella helpful for an oil painter (like actual paintings) like myself who is trying to increase his fluency in the language of vision. Great video.
Good timing, mate, video out on this in 10 minutes :D
@@ArtisOpus Thanx.
Wow, just amazing.
🤩🤩Thank you so much!
Wonderful as usual! I'm going to suggest again that you put out a video (if you can) on some weapon blending with this theory to help make those sexy powerswords etc be more forgiving for those of us who are not experts ;). I have your brush set now so going to try!
I have some Grey Knights being built currently for exactly this reason. It will 100% be in a near future video😊 Thanks so much for the suggestion, dude!
@@ArtisOpus You're the best and the brushes are a godsend. Already my texture bases have much cleaner highlights. Can't wait till I attempt a larger vehicle like what you did with the Space Wolves
@@dmck1436 Thanks so much for your kind words, man! Don't bother waiting around for the big stuff, it's so much fun, just jump in and get learning 😊Good luck🤞
another quality video
Glad you think so!
Byron. Found it interesting as the theoretical aspect was backed up with clear examples - something here for a learner, like me, to appreciate and try. Many thanks.
You're most welcome, Paul, that's exactly why I've done it😊👨🎨
Another great video!
Been stuck in painting slump recently. I've built Mortarion, any chance you could provide some inspiration to get me painting it?
Apologies for the delay, dude!
I have a tip, if not inspiration: Take everything but Morty (and maybe any inspiration/models you're colour matching to) off the table, just hide all your other stuff from view, then read his fluff/check amazing pictures of him for 5-10mins (or watch a fluff video about him), then rock on! Helps if he's fully assembled to!
I was a bit late with this, did you get out of the slump?
hi there, it would be wonderful if you could do a dry brushing video on highly detailed 1/35 scale WW2 military resin figures. Thank you for your attention
Thanks for your suggestion, dude! Do you have any particular recommendations for high-quality ones? 😊
@@ArtisOpus Sure, here’s the link
www.alpineminiatures.com/35figures.html 😁👍🏻
How to cheat blending: Use Abteilung 502 oil colors :-D It's an absolute game changer.
I need a bit of education with these! Calling Marco NJM :D
@@ArtisOpus Don't worry, they're incredibly easy to work with. Even a scrub like me managed to pull off some amazing weathering and paint jobs. Try the Abteilung 502 oil color line and some enamel weathering washes to go with it. Or make your own enamel washes with the abteilung 502 oil colors. You'll never go back to GW's washes after that, or use acrylics for blends. It's such a game changer, I promise it will blow your mind! I can still recommend them, even though AK Interactive sadly is dropping the ball (and quality) all across the board lately. I'm no Marco Frisoni by any means, but if you wanna give them a shot and need some help or have some questions, I'd gladly help you out. [Edit:] Just don't use your gorgeous Artis Opus Sable brushes on them. You need mineral spirits, which will take a heavy toll on any brush, therefore use cheap synthetic brushes, if possible. By the way: I'd totally buy a synthetic Artis Opus brush line ;-) I got all the current Kolinsky sable sets and I'm extremely pleased with them.
Cracking video!
Thanks so much, Michael😊
Interesting, i've done this subconciously from day one really - ah the blend doesn't look enough on it's own - throw some pattern over the top, exagerate some damage or texture details, throw in some dirt and scratches, all great techniques for covering up a lack of talent in blending which hands down is the most difficult to achieve for the impatient painter like myself. Nice to see it explained though.
Loads of things happen like that in the hobby! I've learned more about my painting teaching than I have actually painting solo :D
Brilliant
Glad you think so! Thanks🤩
Really interesting video. I think Kujo also uses the texturing to blend approach quite well.
Do you think your BROW approach could be applicable to things like skins, if they're smoother? Break up the area with tattoos, faint scarring, or freckles/birth marks etc...I really struggle with smooth organic surfaces.
100% Haldane (and yes, Kujo is wonderful!). Tattoos and tribal markings are great, tattoos and dirt also, if it's alien/animal you can put down print or splotches super easily - google sharks and look how stark the colour changes are from white to light grey - nature doesn't obsess about smooth transitions as much as we like to think!
actual magic
Thanks, buddy!😊
It's not video related but I followed your AAT tutorials and it came out gorgeous 🤘🏻
Happy to hear that! Is it on socials so we can see it too?🤩
@@ArtisOpus I don't upload photos, but I guess I can open an instagram and give it a go hehe give me a moment
Im having trouble pasting the instagram link "unknown error" pops maybe cause of youtube I'm gonna send it to you in instagram
@@QuimFreecss I WANNA SEE
@@dmck1436 look for stenersfreecss on instagram
Good lil video! I have 1 question please, where is that busy of the zombie hunter girl holding a puppy from?? I want it! 😁
Thank you, buddy It's called 'Surrounded' from Life Miniatures Fictional Universe✌
@@ArtisOpus thank you 🙏 ☺️ keep up the great content 🥰
I never thought about blending that way... until now. That's really cool! Something to keep in mind for sure... So hey... how's that hectic conversion chaos army coming along? :P
Just need to fight myself some time to spend on it dude, it's such an inefficient thing, because labour of love, so it'll move on more when I have a few less busy weeks, especially once painting kicks off!
@@ArtisOpus Fair enough. Probably best not to force it with this type of thing. Its a pretty big undertaking but worth it in the end I think. Can't wait to see how it progresses!
I love it
Happy to hear! Thank for watching🤩
Perhaps a contrast glaze coming our way? Definitely tuning in to find out more...Also secretly hoping that somehow you might slip in a colour recipie for the white style of deathwing armour that's in the deathwing PC game...a boy can hope!
Haa, I am still working out how to get something unique and efficient for white power armour, it will feature some point soon, once I have :)
@@ArtisOpus in Artis Opus we trust...great video and appreciate you using your previous videos as examples of the different methods...like the hazard stripes, reminded me I need to revise that video for my chainswords! Well done for keeping in relevant to you existing work.
@@martineasterman5170 Thank you so much for your kind words, man! Glad you're still finding them useful, white armour is on the list probably in about 10 vids time given what we have planned🤞
@@ArtisOpus look forward to it and I noticed you showed a bottle of pro acryl bright ivory...for my deathwing I'm currently wondering if their ivory with a bright ivory highlight might work maybe working up from some other colour like Olive flesh...but I'll wait for your video! Great work though.
I actually like the advice, I have not thought of it this way, but I will say, I was hoping for cheating blending, not distracting from it ! :P Let's flex the blend muscles?! Or are we all just cheaters aiming to purposely fool our brains and in turn our eyes? :D Oh the deceivers ...
:D Always man, the easiest battles are the ones you don't have to fight!
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How to improve your blends: Don't even bother edition lol
Seriously this is great advice!
Thanks Frank! Yeah.... weird one, but obviously the most efficient 'how to work on this' available :D
I actually thought you would show some additional technics and tips on blending and not how to hide bleedings.
Not this time, dude. It was all about driving home the message of the video 😊 We will be covering some more intermediate and advanced techniques in the near future, however.✌