Simple Methods, AMAZING Results: Blending Explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2023
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What did you think, did you learn something new? What fundamental should we tackle next?
That I should let each glaze dry naturally (which I normally do) over the blow dryer. I don't use it on the models because they're mase of plastic.
You are the Bob Ross of miniature painting.
No, he ist looking was better!😂
That is unbelievably high praise. I would kill to be the Bob Ross of anything
Please wait until you see my freehand trees, at which point you might want to redact this 😅
they say people could polish turds and make them look a million quid, this fella could drybrush a turd and sell it for a billion
Every time you release a tutorial you end up pushing my painting forward by leaps and bounds.
My Man! It's our pleasure, and why we do it :)
My favourite part in all of this is how Byron has managed to turn dry brushing into a solution to just about everything. Need to basecoat? You can dry brush. Need to highlight or blend? Dry brushing again. Ending world hunger? /Byron breaks out his dry brushes. 'I'll give it a go.'/
Broken leg? Simply strap a drybrush to it! ;)
I have always said restriction breeds variety, you have to get creative! I didn't really start learning until I nerded out on seeing what I could achieve mainly with D :)
I laughed embarrassingly out loud at that last part.
at 19:03 I loved how simple that masking was.. I always see people use tape but I never thought of just using paper or carboard. Excellent!!
No time for that if it's not needed, we have minis to paint!
My father was a professional artist, and he never fixed mistakes he made after the fact. He would tell me "Life and humans are not perfect, and if you keep trying to fix things, you will never be finished or happy with it. We are our worst critics."
Couldn't agree with this any more dude, very rarely is it something that even matters, and very rarely the fixing teaches you something that goes in deeper :)
One thing I'd love to see a video on, is how to paint sub assemblies and specifically how to mount individual parts or assemblies in a way that makes them easy to hold while painting them, but that doesn't damage them. Of all of the painting videos I've watched, not one has shown that.
You're my painting hero. I drop everything when an Artis Opus video drops
🥰 thanks buddy, it's our pleasure! We'll keep dropping :)
The Q&A portion is REALLY helpful !!!
🥰 glad you liked it! We will continue testing more stuff until we find the best way to cover all the stuff that people want answering. I think this was close!
Artis,
I discovered your channel a few months back and based on the tips you gave my painting has improved tremendously. My friends have marveled over my models since I began using some of your techniques. I feel so much better about my models now. Thank you so much!
I enjoy the way you present the information in your videos way more than most painting tutorials! You guys always do a great job, thanks!
Cheers buddy, we are doing our best to get across 'in person' teaching via the internet, appreciate the kind words! 🥰
@4:50
I found that being able to see paint dry under my magnifying lamp was a pretty big step in my own painting.
you're doing a great job with showcasing key moments
Thanks buddy. Pdf tutorials have some real upsides over video IMO. We are trying to highlight the bits that we'd have as steps on paper for clarity, pausing etc. Glad it worked!
Can't press the thumbs up button hard enough for this one. I'm a total novice painter. Seeing the smooth transitions on so many paint jobs is daunting to say the least. This gave me great place to start. Thank you!
Yes! Super-happy to hear it man. Just at arm's length, and smash it!
I "watched" the whole video, and realised the model that I was working on I had actuallyu blended the whole banner on without paying any attention to your recommendations. One of the advantages of the various high flow paints is their slower drying time, makes blending a whole lot easier. :)
That said, the simplicity of your stippling method and its ability to build texture is great. Its very similar to the "sponging" method that Trovarion has used in his simple Grimdark series. With the advantage of not having to mess around with sponge :)
You're closer to oil paints with the retarded ones, that drying time means you're working wet on wet for longer, so it makes sense!
Thanks buddy, being mentioned in the same sentence as Trovarion is lovely, I really respect his work and teaching ☺️
Great video as always.
I would love to see an indepth tutorial on dealing with long flowing cloaks though, I always end up with a stripey effect
I swear by stippling. This video proves me right. Seriously though this has some great advice. Glad you made it.
Yeah, stippling is great. But it really shines on bigger areas, imho.
It really is magic... Want to blow your mind: Instagram 'David Colwell' Australian award painter, zoom in and in and in... And you're going to see what stippling can achieve.
Great video as always. This is a sneaky way to advertise your company. Awesome free tutorials without always just pushing your product obnoxiously? Crazy. Lol. Keep it up!
;) playing the long game, Sir, it's far more wholesome, everyone wins! Thanks man 🥰
I was doing blending on the dreadnought from the Leviathan box. I’m painting the as Salamanders. When I was using a combination of glazing and washing. I found doing uneven edges at the top or start of the brush strokes made a better blend in the end.
It's all about breaking recognisable patterns, this makes loads of sense!
Magic. I can't wait to give this a go.
Good luck, sir! 🧙♂️
Your tutorials conitnue to be amazing and have some fantastic advice. specifically with "the blends don't have to be perfect" mostly because of the distance you are viewing them at they will appear perfect and your eyes will see the desired effect. obviously view things super close or under a magnifying glass will obviously show up any imperfections. This is important if you are competition painting of course but I find table ready with a bit more detail my ideal balance between time spent and quality of the mini. But then my goal isn't to have display or competition minis, its to make my board games look good on the table while playing. Currently dealing with the Frosthaven minis and how the last one was introduced really inspired me to paint it immediately.
🥰 thanks so much man, our job here is done!
Just picked up some dry brushes. Now to learn how to use them!
Nice dude! Let us know which size becomes your baby :) good luck!
@@ArtisOpus I will start with the bigger ones and see how I get on! Have a slaanesh Cape to do, will try blending (stippling probably.) Wish me luck haha
Awesome video. You just keep on knocking em for 6.
You're colour scheme Dynasty of the Necron terrain piece you've painting is blended and smoothed well.
I imagine you can use this technique stippling from dark basecoat to light?
Would love to see you paint Aeldari rangers or shroud runners with their diamond camo patterns on their robes in particular!
Someone wants to see me suffer! 😁😅
@@ArtisOpus At least they didn't specify it had to be done with a series D!
Your videos just keep getting better! The techniques, as ever, are taught really clearly and are easy to follow but it's the reassuring coaching that's the most impressive element of your latest videos. Thanks for sharing them and please keep them coming 😃
Thanks man, really nice of you to go out of your way to comment on it, will do!
Thank you very much for such videos. It is always very instructive. I think the greatest thing we can learn from this video is your message: « Transitions don’t have to be perfect. It just looks great. »
Thanks man! And yeah, I am well in that camp, especially for army painting :)
I’ve just looked at the box art for this model , and I prefer yours … the techniques you teach really improve the look of this model 🙌🙌🙌
Thanks so much 😊. And thanks for the question!
Youre a legend Byron! Thanks for this video and your recent ones :)
Im stippling a Custodes army atm, so Im having the blend experience of my life for the past weeks^^ I never thought about stippling for Blending before. I will definitely try glazing for depth afterwards now. Thank you!
Its tedious on a whole army with that much detail but it looks great :)
Love your content!
Love this video Byron…. Been trying to figure out but super cool to see how you smooth it all out using glaze when stippling with dry brush. Love the tip of making the paint a bit more wet when stippling.
It's cheat-y magic! Enjoy 😊
This video is really helpful. Thank you sir.
Byron, this is awesome!
Cheers, guys!
Great video, thank you!
Our pleasure!
Ooooooo epic, so excited to try this all out!
Yes! Let us know how it goes :)
Took me some time to figure out the Ffffff is fast forward and not a sign of raging. Also another great vid, was just starting to experiment with blending, so it made the learning time much shorted.
He's actually showing he's blowing on the paint to speed up the drying. The paint is so thin it's drying that fast in real time, not fast forwarded.
Edit: just seen the bit he fast forwards too whilst blowing. But the fffff is the blowing.
@@Alf_Hairy-arse that idea also occured to me after. But i still find the raging while waiting idea most hilarious
@@malorian1855 yeah, I like the idea of that too. More so because it would look out of place as Byron looks so wholesome!
@@Alf_Hairy-arse exactly my thinking
HAAA, just caught up on this, editor Ian has had to stop editing cuts in 'family spaces' at home because of my swears, there's certainly an amount of raging, especially with building work on my building currently 🙄🙄🙄.
Big love, maybe we should have 'PPPPffffffffff'd' instead, for clarity.
Thanks Byron, very nice effect
Cheers, Chuck!
Aside from the amazing painting skills you have, where do you get those shelves!?!?
Awesome I been painting since 2016 and I skipped blending and went to airbrush as it seemed a scary long process but this video has made me want to consider my painting process 😊 thank you. PS your voice is so soothing and relaxing (can you do a audio book haha 🤣)
Your videos are amazing, appreciate your contributions!
Really good video! I´d love to see a dedicated vid on different techniques of masking! (for all different techniques like stippeling/lines/airbrushing etc...
Hahaha, so nice that You put the boat picture in :D
Thanks for the tips I'll have to check out this approach with glazing after at some point :)
P.S. You also made me realize my handle is galaxy-out-dated :D
Great video, I need to work on my brush-brush and ffffff skills.
Great tutorial,thx
🥰🥰 thanks buddy
If you want a smooth transition from light to dark, use oil paints, works for me.
Good call, we're after the visual patina and texture here, buyt they're definitely an option I need to play with further :)
Magical
Your techniques inspired me so much, thank you a lot for these videos! 😁
Our pleasure dude, you have the right avatar, go forth and smash that necron backlog!
@@ArtisOpus I used your power weapon technique with great success! 🤓
I'll post some pics on insta, soon, and tag you, accordingly, if you don't mind.
Great video - Suggestion: Would love to see a video on how to paint that "see-through, transparent, clear" sections on models?
Muy buen video!! gracias por enseñar las técnicas, el difuminado siempre me ha costado muchísimo. Saludos.
I thought, BLENDING NOOOO! I'm not going to try that.and then realised that I already glaze my Ork skin. Nice tutorial
Scary words, right? :). You're basically already doing the hardest bit man, add the others and you are winning!
Need to watch this again I tried it on a power axe, blends were best I’ve ever done but it looked like granite at the end.
You just have to shrink man, and perhaps start mid, going up to light and down to dark.
Check out our power-swords stippling video, it's a great resource, and uses the same shade colour :)
Good luck! Smaller is both harder/easier, take your time, don't pressure yourself, don't rush, but don't aim for perfection!
@@ArtisOpus Thank you, i just need practice… I have a sonic cleaner and have several unused power swords, i just need to take a couple of days and practice.
You are awesome!
Charmer 🥰
Thank you! Also watched you on the painting phase and love the content you are making please keep up the absolute quality :)
Also when are the display cases going to be out for general purchase?
I am also going to get the explorer series S brushes because the case and story are great. Very much enjoying following along these tutorials. Thanks again!
Thanks so much, buddy! We are thinking probably next year, we'll make sure to let everyone know when it's coming :). You can still squeeze in via the Kickstarter late pledge I think, by the way.
Is this guide a subliminal attempt to make me buy a Knight? The effect on larger surfaces is superb.
No 🙄🙄 but it sure would work on one :D
HAIL THE EMPEROR
Blending has become so much easier with the launch of contrast paint/washes. I don't really have anything big to paint atm, but will certainly try the stippling approach on my next vehicle.
Hmm, how would you go about getting a pearl effect without using special shifter paint? Also, is that even possible with acrylic paint?
I would love to see your take on an Avatar of Khain. I'm trying to figure out a good way to drybrush it.
Witchcraft! Thank you for this. Your videos have, and continue, to improve my painting.
Very useful, thanks for this. would recommend blending from dark to light colours or vice versa? Looking to do a royal blue for Votann armour panels and trying to find the best result
It actually doesn't matter too much, maybe go for whatever is easier with the colours you have? Midtone and shade down and highlight up might be easier if there's coverage problems.
Either way is good, whatever your preference is!
Ah perfect a good way too hide my painting sins !
You're in the right place, buddy :)
With the new codex out for Necrons… Any chance you would show how to drybrush the Nightbringer? The cloth textures would be good for drybrushing and you could re-emphasize blending and gradients. I would love a guide for that. @artisopus
Really good. Do you find dry brushing looks best with metallics?
It can/does look great, I wouldn't say it's 'best', but it's definitely not the 'no-no' that people think it is, for some reason. As long as you're using strong, fine pigment ones, it's absolutely incredible.
What it *is* best for is multiple stages, metallics like the above don't layer up and get chalky, which is the think you're trying to avoid with multiple drybrush steps, so in that way, it is superior, you can just go and go and go, back and forth, until you're happy, it allows for pretty incredible highlighting/realism :)
F in chat for the drying stipples
Ffffff
I realy Would like to See, how you do an Dark Angel Terminator. Cos I some kind of struggle with the bone color to pop out!😅
Hi, would you be able to do a tutorial on how to use your technics on vehicles please
Hey dude, check out our back catalogue, we've done plenty! We will probably do some more soon, too.
I like the bit where he went ffffffffff! :)
My question isn't related to the subject of this video.
I know how to do a cold black (For ex, using Citadel Paints: drybrush layering Thunderhawk Blue, Fenrisian Grey, and White Scar, then laying down a Contrast coat).... But I'd like to know:
How would you do a smouldering/volcanic black? I'm curious because I'm painting my Salamanders with a vertically split colour scheme, one half of the body being black, the other half being green and I'd like the black to have a smouldering undertone.
Just involve black/red in the starting steps, should warm things up, you can go cooler towards the end :). Check out 'orcbutt' and 'elminiaturista' on instagram, they both have some lovely lava!
Have you experimeneted with Pro Acryl's Transprant Paints. I'm struggling with using them because they are so strong despite being somewhat transparent. You can make them more transparent by diluting them with water, but I'm wondering if using a medium might be better? I often hear people starting with 50/50 mix of Transparent Paint/Flow Improver or Water.
The problem I have is Pro Acryl Transparents are not considered Inks nor are they considered typical acrylic paints, yet they are strong undiluted and apparenytly there are several used.
Id love to try Transparent Green and Transparent Yellow over a weapon, however its alost like you blend the basecoasts and then apply the Transparent paints, as they are sort of act like filters?
Dilution is hard, it's something it takes a lifetime to master, if they're stronger then it might be worth diluting heavily with water (all their paints dilute nicely), and practising with subtle glazes first, exactly like you outlined in your last sentence.
Give it a go man, be patient, don't rush, don't expect perfection!
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I'll take it! 🥰
@Artis Opus How would you suggest going about blends on miniatures slightly smaller than Warhammer Marines? Specifically I have hero's from Shadows of Brimstone that I'd like to paint as wearing blue jeans. Similar to these colors but not this size by a long shot. Thank you in advance!
Slightly smaller brushes (if access or control seems to be an issue), and use less steps. Smaller is more forgiving in a way, make sure to judge it at arm's length.
Dilution control is your friend. You might want less steps but more diluted and using strong paints, for example.
Good luck!
Hi Bryon, do you run classes?
Something similar to what Cult Of Paint do
Hey buddy, we're about to start, actually. Sadly the US has way more opportunities at cons than the UK, but we're looking into options :)
Amazing video, could you do a video on fur I have some wolves to paint?
Good idea. That would also be useful for hair and cloaks.
there is a video on fur :) it is called 'how to paint fur, fast!'
th-cam.com/video/1x03dCZwKp0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ArtisOpus < 2 years old, so could do with an update, but it's still very valid. (-:
@@kmykz oh I forgot about that.
@@kmykz thanks
Starsteles done in 3 different ways?
What diameter is the xl? I've tried to find it online but can't find it anywhere
Bet these techniques would look great on a RoboCop
Sure would! Only two colours required, too, nice and easy!
@@ArtisOpus I am waiting for you to do some dry brush courses lol so I can get a proper understanding of them
These techniques don't make one "seem like a better painter than they are", they "make one a better painter".
Shhhh. We're secretly teaching people stuff they're intimidated by, so they can come to this realisation accidentally in a year time... 'Oh, I AM a better painter!' 😎
It's really just that easy?
Yup! It's all about selling it with good colour choices, and a healthy dose of distraction (details like cracks/edges/battle damage)
So this is not blinding. This is lastering a coat of paint over another....blinding/ mixing requires 2 or more colirs mixed to create a unique color...that creates one..
Ffffffs in the chat
I'm by no means a fantastic painter but found blending not exactly terribly hard (not easy mind). I would put this down 1000% to the fact that I'd already learnt to do it in photoshop/digital art apps. And would highly recommend spending 30 minutes watching a couple of TH-cam videos on it and trying it out as it will give you a pseudo-hands-on sense of what it is actually like without having to worry about all the setup, your brushes, cleanup, mistakes, using up your paint etc.
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Not exactly related to blending but I’m having a huge issue with my pre contrast dry burnishing rubbing off of the primer with the slightest of friction, even just from a brush is enough to strip everything back down to the primer, any suggestions?
Hey dude, give us some more info please, how are you applying your basecoat, what brands of paints, primer, etc.
Another comment please, not a reply, they get lost very easily!