This is the best figure painting instructional video on UA-cam. I have told you this before and I will tell you again - I refer to this video all the time and it has improved my figure painting incredibly. I sincerely hope you are successful with your channel and please know that you are an inspiration to me. I also hope you find personal value in helping others because you do it so well. A big thanks.
I have seen a lot of videos for making and painting models. You are really the best！All the details are explained very clearly, and they are very intimate, telling the tips, reminding the mistakes, reminding the principles, relaxing and humorous. It is best to use oil painting to model characters, but few people introduce it, very touched and thank you, sacrificed sleep to make a film and share it with the everybody. I am not good at English. This is translated by Google.
Thank you Kenhong! Wow, the best!? I'm so glad you like what I'm doing here on my channel. I'm having a great time presenting my techniques and tips and of course, there will always be a laugh or two. Your very kind and I do work very hard to craft my videos and make them as professional as possible. Your translation is perfect and your English seems perfectly fine to me. Cheers my friend!
Based on your comments, I purchased Alpine figures and they are indeed a huge step above what I have been saddled with. Any other 1/35 scale manufacturers that approach the quality of Alpine in your mind? Alpine's inventory is top notch, but I could use a few options only because Alpine has yet to meet every diorama scenario! Thanks as I trust your opinion as you are the best figure painter on youtube!
Thanks so much, Scott! If only the UA-cam gods would think the same I could probably be doing this full time by now. I appreciate you're accolades nonetheless. Well, there are several which I can suggest to you. Stalingrad Miniatures, Bravo 6 Miniatures, Rado Miniatures, Blitz kit, Miniart, Live Resin, Assult Models. There are more I just can't think of them right now. Cheers!
Thanks Martin, I've heard that from several people. Maybe because I gave lessons when I had a hobby shop it's rubbed off when making videos. I've also been told by others I missed my calling and probably should have been a teacher. Nonetheless thanks for the positive vibes... onwards! Cheers.
Found your channel yesterday and I have binged watched all your videos (from the very first one)-- BTW - this one is by far the best I have ever seen on figure painting. PERIOD! I HAVE SPOKEN! - 1/35 scale is very helpful! I have learned more from you in one damn day than I have from all channels in years. Your teaching the whole hobby! ... not just gluing and painting. THIS IS NEEDED! Figures, Bases, Displays, Reviews, Presentations, Techniques, ect... KEEP IT UP. I also love how you "don't skip" the small stuff in your instruction and your use of comedy is great! BTW - I never comment!
Wow Thanks, Joe! This is by far the best comment I've ever received on my youTube journey. This means a lot to me and it makes me feel good knowing that my videos are so helpful. I've been told by others I have a knack for teaching and making information stick. I'm glad to have you on board and have many tutorials planned for the future. If I may ask how did you come across my channel? We're you searching for this topic or did it come up in your suggested area. I'm just curious as to how people find me. Cheers!
That's great! It looks like UA-cam really likes this one as it seems to get promoted a lot. Well again I appreciate you watching all my videos it helps me tremendously and will truly help with the growth of my channel. Please make sure to share my channel on other social platforms or with people you know as well. 👊👊🙂
Hey... I'm back. Sorry for the delay but this video took me a long time to produce. There's a lot of information on how I use oils in 1/35th scale so it's rather long. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did making it. Cheers, Scott Please consider supporting my channel with a small contribution, you can do so here: www.buymeacoffee.com/SmallSoldier It's like Patreon... but simpler. Thanks
Please consider a short video on brush cleaning and maintenance. A good brush can be all the difference and learning how to protect these little investments would be of interest to me. Also looking forward to perhaps some Canadian military models/figures! Thanks and keep up the great work!
I’ve scoured the internet for a great video on figure painting. Fantastic and very inspirational. I travel lot with work so so my armour and aircraft modelling isn’t practical so after watching this I’m going to put a painting kit together with some quality figures that will help keep me entertained on my trips away 👍
Thanks very much! I'm glad I could suck you down the rabbit hole into the wonderful world of figure painting. It's a ton of fun and the hardest thing in the hobby to do well. I hope you can enjoy taking the hobby with you on your travels. You'll find figure painting frustrating at first but follow what I've shown you and with practice, you'll be rewarded with some nice miniatures. All the best of luck... I wish you success! Cheers.
Scott you got me! I have been bitten and want to try oils on figures.. I tried many moons ago with cheap oils and overly thick paint and that's where it went wrong (and maybe certain patience issues) This was a great watch and I feel suitably primed to get experimenting. Thanks for taking the time to make it easier !
I continue to watch this tutorial over and over and learn something new every time. I cannot express enough of my appreciation for this video. I am attempting to apply your techniques - getting there but no where near your amazing skill. So impressive and once again, a big thank you for taking the time to create and post this video as well as your other excellent offerings. I don't need to go anywhere else for figure instruction. Others need to get on board - good luck with your channel.
From one Scott to another... I thank you profusely sir!! I really appreciate you watching and for your extra kind comments. It truly means the world to me to hear this and I hope I can help others having trouble with figure painting, after all it is IMO the hardest of all the modelling types and I know a lot of people struggle with it. If I can help direct the masses and they appreciate what I’m doing then that’s thanks enough. Again I humbly thank you for your support of my channel and hey, maybe one day I can do it full time and be able to put out even more content. Cheers!
So glad I found your channel! Great tips and I like your sense of humor. I like your presentation in that you have important details in text while simultaneously narrating. Top notch!
Absolutely fantastic Scott! You blow me away with your little tricks and hints, I appreciate the time and hard work you put into everyone of your videos. Not everyone has the gift of passing on their knowledge and skill but you Sir, do it very well.
Thanks for noticing Mark and I appreciate your thoughtful remarks. Yes, I do put a lot of effort into making these videos. I really needed a creative outlet and a place to share what I know, especially after my store closed up. Classes are what I really like to do and I guess people seem to like what I'm doing here... so I shall soldier forward then. Thanks for watching I appreciate my viewers and really try my best to put out what they're looking for. Cheers!
Fantastic video, just starting to get back into scale modelling AFV's . Great tips & look forward to try to get my figures looking real & life like . Thank you for the hard work .
Thanks Kenneth I appreciate you watching and your input. I’m glad you found it useful. It seems to be a popular video and there isn’t a lot out there on UA-cam dealing with this topic. Cheers!
Took my breath away! This is amazing! Just a question on the orange you added to the face: it looked like a wash. Is it an acrylic wash? If not, how do you prevent it from removing the oil paint already on the face?
Thanks Johann! Yes it's all oils for the most part. Because I thin the paint so much it dry's within minutes which prevents the underlying layers from lifting and keeping the oils thin is key so you don't get a mountain of paint buildup... especially when working in smaller scales. On larger figures I sometimes use a clear coat to seal in certain areas before working them again. Hope that answers your question. Cheers!
Brilliant video, couple of quick questions if I may, what sort of dilution do you find is the best, and what size / brand of brush did you use for this video. Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks Steve. The ratio for diluting paint varies depending on what area I’m working on. For instance if you were to do the deep fold in the clothing I’d only dilute the oils about 50% but if you want to get that layered look like on a face I go about 60-40 thinner to paint and sometimes it’s like tinted water if I’m trying to get a subtle shift in tones. The brushes I use… well in this video anyway are Winsor Newton Series 7 Kosinski 000,00,0, and 1. Hopefully that answers your questions. Cheers.
You've got some absolutely brilliant videos on figure painting and you do a great job of explaining what you are doing. I'm inspired now to have a go at a few figures sitting on my workbench for quite a while. Thanks for taking the time to share your techniques with everyone. Great job! Dan
Thanks. I'm so glad you like what I'm doing. I try and make things as simple as I can. I've been told I should have been a teacher as others have said the same thing. Well, I guess I kind of am in a way. I'm glad I've given you the inspiration to get at those figures. It's a part of the hobby that seems to defeat most people. I'm hoping I can help with what knowledge I have. Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. Cheers!
Hi, it's nice work. Also it's excellent finish. Actually, I understand how to paint by your step by step painting. I'm happy that I could watch such as video. Thank you !!!
Absolutely awesome work. This has been really informative. My figures are the weakest part of my skill set so this has been incredibly helpful. Learned a lot from this. Many thanks!
I really love your presentation and have learnt a lot. I also mix oils and acrylics to good effect. Keep it up. Will be watching you. Thanks for your effort.
Thanks, man, I appreciate your encouragement and thoughtful comments. It looks like most people are embracing what I'm doing and that's very encouraging. Cheers!
Amazing stuff bro,looks like the amount of patience,im not sure i even have.the long vids are great for learning,even tho they take up your time.take heart in knowing ,youre helping alot of people paint figs.the hardest part of modeling, in my opinon.and ive placed at the us nationals in aircraft.keep it up man! Again great work. Kudos!
Much appreciated! Thanks for the encouragement. These videos are difficult and time consuming to make but i feel the need to share what i know and if it helps people become better modelers then I can rest easy knowing I've done something worthwhile. Cheer,s m8!
@@SmallSoldier i need about 15, 32 scale dudes, to do a black sheep dio.half of them in khaki shorts, and short sleeves.the rest mixed with short and long,pants and sleeves. Alot of skin....way too much work...lol.would love to see one done with your oils. Then i can follow along...again ...great stuff man!
Thanks! I use odourless thinners by Gamblin called "Gamsol". I've recently had trouble sourcing it though. Any odourless thinner will work as they're not nearly as "hot" as regular thinners.
Scott, your attention to detail and ability to bring models to life is amazing. Thank you for sharing the wisdom you have accumulated over many years of hard work with us. Question: do you have an art background, i.e. were you trained in painting?
Ahhhh, you could tell.😉 Yes, I do have an art background 4 years of my life as a matter of fact. I was trained as a graphic design/illustrator and graduated way back in 1990. God that was so long ago. I also owned and operated my own hobby store for 5 years and taught many classes, so this is my continuation of that. Thanks for your checking my channel out and commenting. I have a lot more where this came from. Cheers!
I used to do figure modelling for years but abruptly stopped when the 3D scanned and 3D printed figures started coming out. I just wasn't interested any more if all the artistry and skill and creativity was removed (it's like the difference between a Van Dyck portrait and a selfie). This video has made me rethink that a bit. I might just dust off the old brushes again.
This is great news, I hope you start up again. It's still the same great hobby even with 3D printed figures and to be honest, I don't think it'll ever totally replace traditional methods. There are several companies that still sculpt figures in traditional fashion so I wouldn't let this get you down. Just have fun and get those brushes wet and moving! 😉
Hi, really enjoying the videos. It would be helpful if you could number the various series' entries... the long title obscures the content of each video.
Thanks! Practice and lots of it.😊 it’s really the only way to get better. Watching UA-cam videos really helps as well. I never had that luxury when I was a young lad.
I agree with Joe Sharp. This absolutely THE BEST work I've ever seen on making these very small models look real. I have a question: How long did it actually take you to paint this figure?
Thanks! The entire piece figures and base toll approximately 40 hours to complete. For a larger diorama with vehicles I might cheat a bit if there were more figures.
Stunning figures.. I would love to be able to just get my acrylic base oats that good (or 10% as good)... I have a few oils so will try this on my next 2 figures (first in a long time) - German early WWII tanker & infantry
😄😄 I paint with both but do prefer oils over acrylics when painting figures. I find that oils are more translucent and especially for the skin areas. You can add many layers to achieve a lot of depth and richness in the tones. Both have they're advantages and pitfalls.
@@SmallSoldier Thank you, really appreciate your fast response and the super detailed content provided! I struggle with blending using acrylics so I plan to switch to oils for face painting. But for sure you wipe off the brush on a paper towel before blending different colors, right?
No only at the end of my painting session. I use a lint free towel to clean the colour out before blending each time. Only use thinners when your done..
Amazing watching you work! This video helped me a lot on my latest figure. My art teachers back in school used to always tell me the same thing. They'd go as far as to take our black and white paint bottles from us. The results really do speak for themselves though. I also think this is why oil dot filters work on tanks even if they have colors like orange red purple and blue or what not. Just some additional color saturation. A few questions though- what "grit" steel wool? 000? 0000? And you use the dry brush to blend out some oils, do you clean that brush often? Or just when you notice it's started to collect some oil paint? I found that just wiping it off without thinner on a paper towel was sufficient to keep it truly clean and dry. To answer your question, I enjoyed the whole hour plus of this video. But now that it's on your channel as the anchor for figure painting, you can probably make shorter videos discussing just one or two specific topics (like how to paint faces or how to paint splinter camo) and always reference viewers back to this one so you're not losing sleep and your rods and cones don't get burnt out! Take care :) looking forward to more
I use 0000 steel wool it works great especially on resin figures to smooth out imperfections and fillers. The blending brushes I use are for the most part dry but I sometimes use a slightly thinner moistened brush to aid the blending work. I don't really do wet in wet blending, my style is more glazing of layers which tend to dry a little faster than straight oil paint. Thanks for your continued support of my channel. Cheers!
@@SmallSoldier thank you very much for you reply! I'm a fan of layering a lot of glazes as well but sometimes I notice I accidentally do some wet on wet. This is especially apparent when my blending brush winds up with a noticable amount of residual oil paint on it. I think I just need to be more precise with how much paint I'm actually grabbing off the pallete. Thanks a bunch for critiquing my figure work so far! I'll be giving you a shout out and will be linking this video in my follow up video for sure.
LOL, I just saw this comment, Chris. Sorry for the ultra late reply. I see that UA-cam doesn't show all the extra comments sometimes and they get buried unless you go through each and every video. I truly try and keep up and answer all comments but this one was buried and I just happened to come across it now. Do you have that problem with replies?
@@SmallSoldier oh, no worries Scott! I've noticed the same thing. Sometimes I don't even get notifications of the original comment. I just don't think UA-cam is set up very well to facilitate actual conversations in the comments section. Considering how other platforms (hobby forums, facebook/instagram) are able to utilize comments and DMs much better, I often wonder why UA-cam doesn't do the same. I get the feeling that a lot of the really big channels that generate a lot of money for UA-cam just use this platform to host videos and ultimately direct people off of UA-cam to other places (their own website, their store, their Patreon, etc.) So until some of these big, million dollar accounts start asking UA-cam for a more legitimate comments/DM/community section, I think we'll continue to see the trend of people getting directed off the platform and the powers that run UA-cam not really investing in a more robust notification/comment section.
Thanks Bob. Yeah, that was when I was just learning how to edit. If you watch my latest videos you’ll notice a big difference… learning curves! Cheers.
Great paint work I'm painting an Africa Korps figure at the moment its all in acrylics but I have used oils to try and smooth out my highlights and Shadow s I've just subscribed as well I like the more in depth videos keep them coming
Thanks for the videos, I'm learning a lot about oil painting because of them. Just a question: can you tell us what number is the paintbrush you use for blendind the paint? Again, thanks so much.
Great video sir. I want to give oils a go now on figures. Love the blending aspects of it. Do your WN Series 7 wear out quickly using them for oils? I always heard to use synthetics for oil painting. I love the points and spring of the Series 7 and Raphael 8404's I have. Just didnt want to ruin them with oil painting.
Thanks a lot! I've always used Series 7 brushes for oils but I've heard from others that they aren't as good anymore. I'd go with Raphael if you can get them. I still have several series 7 but they're over 15-20 years old and still going strong. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
@@SmallSoldier Cool, didn't want to ruin a 15 dollar brush. Now I know they last for you I'll give them a shot. Any tips besides masters brush soap to cleaning and taking care of them using oils?
The soap is the last step before I put the plastic cap on besides, well... licking them to a sharp point, as the final cleaning step but not everyone wants to do that. Cheers.
Hello! Is there a oil flesh paint set you would recommend? I’ve never used oils to paint a figure, and haven’t had much luck with acrylics. Maybe the Abteilung set? Thanks!
Do you have a “ list” of brushes that you recommend for figures and for armor? I noted Princeton 10/0 and 0 filbert but that’s all I got ! I need to replenish my brush collection since I moved and figure I might as make it hurt only once for a purchase/order. I remember “ Kolinski “ red sable, but between the oils and the Vallejo and other acrylics I’m at a lost and could use some direction ! Thanks
Well not really a list but I can tell you what I use. I like my W&N series 7 brushes the best and they range from 000, 00, 0 and 1. I like to use filbert brushes for blending and Princeton brand are really nice and soft. The size of the blending brush will depend on the size of the figures you paint. Any true Kolinsky Sable haired brush is your best bet for oils IMO. Hope that helps you with your purchases. One more thing, but the best brushes you can afford as they will never let you down and will last a long time if cared for properly of course. Cheers!
Thanks for this video, I have tried so many times to use Vallejo paints for faces and it always ends in disaster. With Milan Dufeks, Martin Kovacs and your videos things start to make much more sense. One question, what is the brush you use for the blending?
Thanks for your kind words. Yes acrylics are certainly a lot different than oils. Give oils a try if you have already as you get similar benefits as with acrylic paints but the blending time is greatly enhanced. I’m using a filbert brush for blending. I like because they’re soft and rounded on the edges also they come in various sizes as well.
Excellent work, all I can say is WOW! I appreciate the hard work you put into this video. As for the length, I would say shorter is better for you and the audience, IMO.
Thanks! I agree. Although, It's hard to compress all the information into a short time span so I may have to start doing segments or episodes for bigger projects. Thanks for your suggestion I certainly appreciate the input. Cheers!
Thank you! I have been reading and watching everything I can on figure painting with acrylics and oils. This was a very useful video. I have put Matt Varnish on some projects, but it makes them shine more. I must not be applying them correctly. Did you think yours down in this video. When you put it in you pallet, there was some other liquid in the dimple first or were you just adding more? Again thank you.
Robert Stoneman I would also like to know! ( I’m just replying so I can get notified!) btw I use Kosinsky brushes they are very good detail brushes for clothes and faces! Good luck!
Really informative and educational tutorial 🙌🏻 love it!! By the way: do you varnish miniatures (both oils and acrylics) after you finish painting them?
@@SmallSoldier u welcome mate,love ur channel,learned a lot from u 🙏🏻 does varnish on oils doesn’t make miniature look a bit dull? I noticed in the past that when I applied varnish on my tanks (after final oil weathering,they looked a bit dull )
It depends again on what you want the final look to be. I'll add a matt varnish if needed then go back in and reapply anything that needs to be a little less dull. By adding contrast to figures, armour or aircraft you can avoid things looking dull. Remember contrast is what makes things more attractive to look at and gives objects a 3D feel. Cheers!
I always use an acrylic undercoat for oils. Meaning primer, then a base of acrylic that’s similar in tone to the oils your painting over top. This isn’t a hard fast rule though as I sometimes will paint with acrylics over the oils in certain instances. Does that help clear things up?
The only drawback of this clip is without the eyes section in 1/35. This is really a challange for middle aged with presbyopia . Even with a magnifier not helping a bit, hope to have a dedicated section for eyes in 1/35
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. Yes I'll do a video on 35th eyes soon. I do have a dedicated eye painting tutorial on my channel that deals with 4 scales of eye painting. One segment on 54mm which is very close to 1/35th. Link: ua-cam.com/video/5f8Am9ivw6k/v-deo.html
Your tutorials are great and you deserve more subscribers. When will you make the ‘painting eyes’ tutorial? BTW while the long videos are great, maybe it would be best if you split them up over a series. The way Martin of NighShift does his. That way it’s easier for you to produce and for us to watch and reference. Eg. face, eyes, leather, etc.
Thanks for the kind words Mario! Yes I will probably do segment type videos as well as the occasional longer one. Your right... it does make things easier on me to create segment style content and Martin sure has it nailed down. I'n my next video you'll see a closer segment on how I paint the eyes of the figure. I'm still planning a detailed eye painting tutorial in the near future as I know that's lacking here on UA-cam. Cheers amigo!
Q: What paint or mixture are u using for shadows ? Also u mention reds and oranges, so just get red and orange oil paint or crimson etc... what mixture is the flesh ?
Generally, I use cobalt blue mixed into the flesh colour. Flesh colour (most of the time) is a mix of Terra Rosa mixed with Yellow Ochre. Depends how yellow of red you want the base colour you'd ad more of that colour. Then slowly adding Cobalt blue in tiny amounts you want it to be more on the red than the yellow side. Then add white and Naples yellow for highlights to that base flesh colour. Add more CB to make shadows with some type of brown. I usually use Burnt Umber. My flesh recipe changes with each figure so it's never the same twice. Just experiment until you get the right tones. I have more videos that show the mixings. The video up next will have some mixes as well. Cheers!
I use Golden Matt Polymer Varnish w/UVLS product number #5007720-4 thinned with Mr Leveling Thinner. It's one of the best out there. You need to thin it really well as it's quite thick in the bottle and it should be thinned to the consistency of milk. Cheers!
I'm assuming you mean uniform colour? I'd probably start with Naples Yellow adding a little Prussian Green or Olive green then a touch of Burnt Umber followed by Titanium White. The green and brown you'll want to add very minimally having more white and Naples yellow. Although there were AK uniforms that also ranged in colour from green, yellowish tan to almost white so that would be a reference thing depending on what unit or year your depicting. Hope that helps. Thanks for your great questions and comments I'm always happy to help. Cheers.
Great to see oils in use for figure painting. Paynes Grey is loaded with Black, Ivory or Lamp depending on manufacturer. Red and blue is then added. Fascinating subject Oil painting with much misinformation attached to it too.
Yes. I really like using them. That’s why I use Payne’s Grey because it’s not black but has the darkness which leans towards blue/grey. Thanks for the feedback.
@@SmallSoldier I posted A by mistake lol but still a great video I wouldn’t mind you doing another 1/35 but maybe like episode 1 face and so on. Thanks again
It was great for the 80’s but things have evolved since then and it looks dated. I will say though that he was certainly one of the greats and like most others he was an inspiration for me starting out as a young lad.
I use mostly Winsor Newton artist grade paints. Some other brands are used as W&N doesn't make them. The mixes aren't specific and change from project to project. Most of my mixes are custom for the specific model I'm working on.
Haha yeah I have noticed that with the Tamyia figures just stay well clear if wanting to practice! Mini art and dragon and the newer mega box are my go too figures normally I buy tamyia figures sets usually jjstnfor there feild stages and MG MG tripods for example there weapon detail is ok for the beginning till you start to notice oh that's not there this should be there etc haha! Says it all about my opinion lol love the Stalingrad and Alpine there is another great figure company can remember it off the top of my head but great for your more modern British and US troops in Iraq and some nice Russians I'm I'm going to try the oils on my m18 hellcat Tank crew I'm building just now from mini art went and got the arm decals for the US tankers jackets and some hellcat decals for the one patch on the right sleeve! Love the way you done the uniform on this figure
I wish I could take credit. Tamiya sells a couple types but if you look around at your local grocery store or pharmacy you can find them in the beauty section.
May i ask this Mr Scott, i currently working on a wargaming miniture, so i think the scale of similar to 1/35, i just have issue with blending, i just found that the highlight blend too much, either it complete disapear,or mix into the shadow. What i work on kind of like the pant with camo that you paint
Try not to do too much wet in wet blending. At such a small scale the colours can get muddy and just disappear. Work with thin glazes and your results will be much better.
@@SmallSoldier thank mrscott, i think the word muddy the right term , i use it only slighly wetter than when i work with 1/16 figure. When blend with stab , shadow often smudge into where it should not , i should use.much wetter paint
Winsor Newton Series 7's, 000, 00, 0 and #1's. Sorry, I wish I would have said in the description in the video but it was my first long in-depth video and there's so much more I know now about editing. I'd do a ton of stuff differently if I did that same video today. As a matter of fact, I'll change the description to include that information. Thanks, Anders!🍻
All 4 that I show just before I mixed them. I never have a ratio per se as my variations in colour from figure to figure change. If you do a mix of the Olive green, Naples yellow, Burnt Umber and Paine's grey you'll be well on your way to getting field grey. I had a picture posted in the video showing the multitude of variation in field grey uniforms so to me nothing is an exact Field grey. You can mix it then alter it to your taste or subject matter. I hope that makes sense and helps. Cheers.
If there's a tutorial that will ever teach me how to paint figures... this is the one!
Thanks a lot Martin! And I feel the same about armour watching your channel.🙂
Well hello Uncle Nightshirt. Fancy seeing you here!
now do it
A comment from Uncle Nightshift. Both great modellers.
Thanks!
Man, this hobby needs more people because this deserves at least a million views.
Don't I wish. I appreciate your enthusiasm for my video. Cheers m8!
This is the best figure painting instructional video on UA-cam. I have told you this before and I will tell you again - I refer to this video all the time and it has improved my figure painting incredibly. I sincerely hope you are successful with your channel and please know that you are an inspiration to me. I also hope you find personal value in helping others because you do it so well. A big thanks.
Thanks Scott, I really appreciate you saying so. Cheers!
I have seen a lot of videos for making and painting models. You are really the best！All the details are explained very clearly, and they are very intimate, telling the tips, reminding the mistakes, reminding the principles, relaxing and humorous.
It is best to use oil painting to model characters, but few people introduce it, very touched and thank you, sacrificed sleep to make a film and share it with the everybody.
I am not good at English. This is translated by Google.
Thank you Kenhong! Wow, the best!? I'm so glad you like what I'm doing here on my channel. I'm having a great time presenting my techniques and tips and of course, there will always be a laugh or two. Your very kind and I do work very hard to craft my videos and make them as professional as possible. Your translation is perfect and your English seems perfectly fine to me. Cheers my friend!
This by far is the best tutorial video I have ever watched for scale figure painting.
Fantastic, I'm so glad you liked it. I have many more planned for this channel. Cheers!
@@SmallSoldier looking forward to them !
As an average figure painter. I watch many tutorials. This is by far the best I have watched. SUBSCRIBED
Well, thank you so much. I'm glad you thought so. I appreciate the sub and your time watching. Cheers! Lot's more to come.
Based on your comments, I purchased Alpine figures and they are indeed a huge step above what I have been saddled with. Any other 1/35 scale manufacturers that approach the quality of Alpine in your mind? Alpine's inventory is top notch, but I could use a few options only because Alpine has yet to meet every diorama scenario! Thanks as I trust your opinion as you are the best figure painter on youtube!
Thanks so much, Scott! If only the UA-cam gods would think the same I could probably be doing this full time by now. I appreciate you're accolades nonetheless. Well, there are several which I can suggest to you. Stalingrad Miniatures, Bravo 6 Miniatures, Rado Miniatures, Blitz kit, Miniart, Live Resin, Assult Models. There are more I just can't think of them right now. Cheers!
Great to see some one finally old school and use oils.Super video!!!
Attilio LeDonne Thanks. Well I am pretty old!😀 thanks for commenting.
The best tutorial I’ve seen! Thanks for taking this video to the top level!
Decided to give oil paints for faces a go…this video is outstanding, I feel like I’m getting a private lesson! Thanks 🙏🏽
Thanks Martin, I've heard that from several people. Maybe because I gave lessons when I had a hobby shop it's rubbed off when making videos. I've also been told by others I missed my calling and probably should have been a teacher. Nonetheless thanks for the positive vibes... onwards! Cheers.
In-depth is truly valuable.
Thank you, Patrick! I try.
Found your channel yesterday and I have binged watched all your videos (from the very first one)-- BTW - this one is by far the best I have ever seen on figure painting. PERIOD! I HAVE SPOKEN! - 1/35 scale is very helpful! I have learned more from you in one damn day than I have from all channels in years. Your teaching the whole hobby! ... not just gluing and painting. THIS IS NEEDED! Figures, Bases, Displays, Reviews, Presentations, Techniques, ect... KEEP IT UP. I also love how you "don't skip" the small stuff in your instruction and your use of comedy is great! BTW - I never comment!
Wow Thanks, Joe! This is by far the best comment I've ever received on my youTube journey. This means a lot to me and it makes me feel good knowing that my videos are so helpful. I've been told by others I have a knack for teaching and making information stick. I'm glad to have you on board and have many tutorials planned for the future. If I may ask how did you come across my channel? We're you searching for this topic or did it come up in your suggested area. I'm just curious as to how people find me. Cheers!
...just came up in my suggestions.
That's great! It looks like UA-cam really likes this one as it seems to get promoted a lot. Well again I appreciate you watching all my videos it helps me tremendously and will truly help with the growth of my channel. Please make sure to share my channel on other social platforms or with people you know as well. 👊👊🙂
@@SmallSoldier excellant
Thanks Michael!😁
Hey... I'm back. Sorry for the delay but this video took me a long time to produce. There's a lot of information on how I use oils in 1/35th scale so it's rather long. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did making it. Cheers, Scott
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your in depths video's are great so bring them more for me at least its a great learning proces thanks alot for all your great work
I appreciate your kind words. Thanks 😊
Please consider a short video on brush cleaning and maintenance. A good brush can be all the difference and learning how to protect these little investments would be of interest to me. Also looking forward to perhaps some Canadian military models/figures! Thanks and keep up the great work!
Thanks Barry! That’s a good idea and I’ll put that one in my to do pile. Cheers.
I’ve scoured the internet for a great video on figure painting. Fantastic and very inspirational. I travel lot with work so so my armour and aircraft modelling isn’t practical so after watching this I’m going to put a painting kit together with some quality figures that will help keep me entertained on my trips away 👍
Thanks very much! I'm glad I could suck you down the rabbit hole into the wonderful world of figure painting. It's a ton of fun and the hardest thing in the hobby to do well. I hope you can enjoy taking the hobby with you on your travels. You'll find figure painting frustrating at first but follow what I've shown you and with practice, you'll be rewarded with some nice miniatures. All the best of luck... I wish you success! Cheers.
Scott you got me! I have been bitten and want to try oils on figures..
I tried many moons ago with cheap oils and overly thick paint and that's where it went wrong (and maybe certain patience issues)
This was a great watch and I feel suitably primed to get experimenting. Thanks for taking the time to make it easier !
😁😁 I’m the Nosferatu of figure tutorials! Hehe.
The long video's. I enjoy watching you paint in depth.
Thanks.
Your long video is very helpful. You are an artist beyond description.
Scott Lofye Thanks, Scott! I appreciate your feedback. Don’t forget to subscribe with bell notification so you see all my post and videos. Cheers m8!
@@SmallSoldier Done! Subscribed of course! Would be a fool not to,
@@scottlofye2495 LOL! Welcome aboard the crazy train!
Fantastic tutorial.
Thanks! 🙂
I continue to watch this tutorial over and over and learn something new every time. I cannot express enough of my appreciation for this video. I am attempting to apply your techniques - getting there but no where near your amazing skill.
So impressive and once again, a big thank you for taking the time to create and post this video as well as your other excellent offerings. I don't need to go anywhere else for figure instruction. Others need to get on board - good luck with your channel.
From one Scott to another... I thank you profusely sir!! I really appreciate you watching and for your extra kind comments. It truly means the world to me to hear this and I hope I can help others having trouble with figure painting, after all it is IMO the hardest of all the modelling types and I know a lot of people struggle with it. If I can help direct the masses and they appreciate what I’m doing then that’s thanks enough. Again I humbly thank you for your support of my channel and hey, maybe one day I can do it full time and be able to put out even more content. Cheers!
Definitely the longer, best detailed vídeo is a lot more useful. Thanks a lot for sharing
Your welcome. Thanks for your input. Cheers.
So glad I found your channel! Great tips and I like your sense of humor. I like your presentation in that you have important details in text while simultaneously narrating. Top notch!
So glad your enjoying my channel I certainly am having a good time making and sharing my nonsense with others.😀 Welcome aboard!
Absolutely fantastic Scott! You blow me away with your little tricks and hints, I appreciate the time and hard work you put into everyone of your videos. Not everyone has the gift of passing on their knowledge and skill but you Sir, do it very well.
Thanks for noticing Mark and I appreciate your thoughtful remarks. Yes, I do put a lot of effort into making these videos. I really needed a creative outlet and a place to share what I know, especially after my store closed up. Classes are what I really like to do and I guess people seem to like what I'm doing here... so I shall soldier forward then. Thanks for watching I appreciate my viewers and really try my best to put out what they're looking for. Cheers!
Fantastic video, just starting to get back into scale modelling AFV's . Great tips & look forward to try to get my figures looking real & life like . Thank you for the hard work .
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Good luck with your models!🙂🍻
Loved this video so much great advice and tips Scott!
Thanks a lot Shane. I’m glad you liked it. It was fun and a lot of hard work but I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that... right?
What to say🤭 Top notch, awesome figures painting👍👌. Very educational to watch.
Thanks Kenneth I appreciate you watching and your input. I’m glad you found it useful. It seems to be a popular video and there isn’t a lot out there on UA-cam dealing with this topic. Cheers!
Took my breath away! This is amazing! Just a question on the orange you added to the face: it looked like a wash. Is it an acrylic wash? If not, how do you prevent it from removing the oil paint already on the face?
Thanks Johann! Yes it's all oils for the most part. Because I thin the paint so much it dry's within minutes which prevents the underlying layers from lifting and keeping the oils thin is key so you don't get a mountain of paint buildup... especially when working in smaller scales. On larger figures I sometimes use a clear coat to seal in certain areas before working them again. Hope that answers your question. Cheers!
outstanding tutorial, clear concise and so useful, many thanks
Thanks William ! I’m glad you enjoyed it.😁👊🏻👊🏻
Brilliant video, couple of quick questions if I may, what sort of dilution do you find is the best, and what size / brand of brush did you use for this video.
Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks Steve. The ratio for diluting paint varies depending on what area I’m working on. For instance if you were to do the deep fold in the clothing I’d only dilute the oils about 50% but if you want to get that layered look like on a face I go about 60-40 thinner to paint and sometimes it’s like tinted water if I’m trying to get a subtle shift in tones. The brushes I use… well in this video anyway are Winsor Newton Series 7 Kosinski 000,00,0, and 1. Hopefully that answers your questions. Cheers.
Many thanks
Amazing painting 🖌️🎨👌
Thanks man!🤘🏼🤘🏼😉
You've got some absolutely brilliant videos on figure painting and you do a great job of explaining what you are doing. I'm inspired now to have a go at a few figures sitting on my workbench for quite a while. Thanks for taking the time to share your techniques with everyone. Great job! Dan
Thanks. I'm so glad you like what I'm doing. I try and make things as simple as I can. I've been told I should have been a teacher as others have said the same thing. Well, I guess I kind of am in a way. I'm glad I've given you the inspiration to get at those figures. It's a part of the hobby that seems to defeat most people. I'm hoping I can help with what knowledge I have. Thank you so much for watching and your kind words.
Cheers!
perfect video which wake me up for my painting
Gj Wang 😁👊🏻👊🏻
Hi, it's nice work. Also it's excellent finish. Actually, I understand how to paint by your step by step painting.
I'm happy that I could watch such as video. Thank you !!!
Awesome, thank you!
Great job on your painting your miniature figure head I have lean a lot from your video again think you having this vedio you have a great day be safe
Thanks! I appreciate you saying so. Cheers!🙂
I love this video. Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much! Cheers!
Excellent lesson.
Thanks!
Absolutely awesome work. This has been really informative. My figures are the weakest part of my skill set so this has been incredibly helpful. Learned a lot from this. Many thanks!
Thanks so much, I'm glad it was helpful. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already. Cheers1
This really got my small soldier wet! Great and helpful video!
😄😄👌. Just don't use him to paint your models!
I really love your presentation and have learnt a lot. I also mix oils and acrylics to good effect. Keep it up. Will be watching you. Thanks for your effort.
Thanks, man, I appreciate your encouragement and thoughtful comments. It looks like most people are embracing what I'm doing and that's very encouraging. Cheers!
Thank you for this video !!!!!!! I really enjoyed it. The figures are Amazing. Please do another when you have time. Again thank you....
Your very welcome! I have a couple other videos to get though but will definitely be doing more figure work soon. Thanks for your comments.
Very inspiring video, and i am learning. Thanks a lot. The length of the clip is never an issue. We modelers always should be patience, haha!
Very true! Thanks m8! Cheers.
Amazing stuff bro,looks like the amount of patience,im not sure i even have.the long vids are great for learning,even tho they take up your time.take heart in knowing ,youre helping alot of people paint figs.the hardest part of modeling, in my opinon.and ive placed at the us nationals in aircraft.keep it up man! Again great work. Kudos!
Much appreciated! Thanks for the encouragement. These videos are difficult and time consuming to make but i feel the need to share what i know and if it helps people become better modelers then I can rest easy knowing I've done something worthwhile. Cheer,s m8!
@@SmallSoldier i need about 15, 32 scale dudes, to do a black sheep dio.half of them in khaki shorts, and short sleeves.the rest mixed with short and long,pants and sleeves. Alot of skin....way too much work...lol.would love to see one done with your oils. Then i can follow along...again ...great stuff man!
Wow, sounds like an ambitious project. Good luck!😉
Excellent vid. Your skills, from other world. the Best. I could go on and on, you deserve all the great comments you get. Thx for sharing
Thanks! I use odourless thinners by Gamblin called "Gamsol". I've recently had trouble sourcing it though. Any odourless thinner will work as they're not nearly as "hot" as regular thinners.
Scott, your attention to detail and ability to bring models to life is amazing. Thank you for sharing the wisdom you have accumulated over many years of hard work with us. Question: do you have an art background, i.e. were you trained in painting?
Ahhhh, you could tell.😉 Yes, I do have an art background 4 years of my life as a matter of fact. I was trained as a graphic design/illustrator and graduated way back in 1990. God that was so long ago. I also owned and operated my own hobby store for 5 years and taught many classes, so this is my continuation of that. Thanks for your checking my channel out and commenting. I have a lot more where this came from. Cheers!
I used to do figure modelling for years but abruptly stopped when the 3D scanned and 3D printed figures started coming out. I just wasn't interested any more if all the artistry and skill and creativity was removed (it's like the difference between a Van Dyck portrait and a selfie). This video has made me rethink that a bit. I might just dust off the old brushes again.
This is great news, I hope you start up again. It's still the same great hobby even with 3D printed figures and to be honest, I don't think it'll ever totally replace traditional methods. There are several companies that still sculpt figures in traditional fashion so I wouldn't let this get you down. Just have fun and get those brushes wet and moving! 😉
Hi, really enjoying the videos. It would be helpful if you could number the various series' entries... the long title obscures the content of each video.
Thanks I’ll look into it.
Incredible work. Thank you for sharing.
Your welcome. Thanks for watching.
Very informative! i hope I can paint like you one day!
Thanks! Practice and lots of it.😊 it’s really the only way to get better. Watching UA-cam videos really helps as well. I never had that luxury when I was a young lad.
I agree with Joe Sharp. This absolutely THE BEST work I've ever seen on making these very small models look real.
I have a question: How long did it actually take you to paint this figure?
Thanks! The entire piece figures and base toll approximately 40 hours to complete. For a larger diorama with vehicles I might cheat a bit if there were more figures.
Excellent stuff, thx a lot for putting it out. Subscribed!
Thank you. I appreciate you coming on board.
great video once again Scott !
Thanks so much Marc!
Stunning figures.. I would love to be able to just get my acrylic base oats that good (or 10% as good)... I have a few oils so will try this on my next 2 figures (first in a long time) - German early WWII tanker & infantry
Thanks 🙏🏻. I appreciate your kind words. Practice is key. Paint lots and make mistakes, it’s the only way to learn.
3:15 *Guilty look at Doritos bag while building and watching*
What are your reasons for choosing oil paints over acrylics?
😄😄 I paint with both but do prefer oils over acrylics when painting figures. I find that oils are more translucent and especially for the skin areas. You can add many layers to achieve a lot of depth and richness in the tones. Both have they're advantages and pitfalls.
Great! 👍Do you wash out or clean the soft brush each time before using it for blending?
No only at the end of each session as the thinner used to clean the brush will remove the layers of paint applied.
@@SmallSoldier Thank you, really appreciate your fast response and the super detailed content provided! I struggle with blending using acrylics so I plan to switch to oils for face painting. But for sure you wipe off the brush on a paper towel before blending different colors, right?
No only at the end of my painting session. I use a lint free towel to clean the colour out before blending each time. Only use thinners when your done..
@@SmallSoldier thanks a lot! 👍
Amazing watching you work! This video helped me a lot on my latest figure. My art teachers back in school used to always tell me the same thing. They'd go as far as to take our black and white paint bottles from us. The results really do speak for themselves though. I also think this is why oil dot filters work on tanks even if they have colors like orange red purple and blue or what not. Just some additional color saturation. A few questions though- what "grit" steel wool? 000? 0000? And you use the dry brush to blend out some oils, do you clean that brush often? Or just when you notice it's started to collect some oil paint? I found that just wiping it off without thinner on a paper towel was sufficient to keep it truly clean and dry. To answer your question, I enjoyed the whole hour plus of this video. But now that it's on your channel as the anchor for figure painting, you can probably make shorter videos discussing just one or two specific topics (like how to paint faces or how to paint splinter camo) and always reference viewers back to this one so you're not losing sleep and your rods and cones don't get burnt out! Take care :) looking forward to more
I use 0000 steel wool it works great especially on resin figures to smooth out imperfections and fillers. The blending brushes I use are for the most part dry but I sometimes use a slightly thinner moistened brush to aid the blending work. I don't really do wet in wet blending, my style is more glazing of layers which tend to dry a little faster than straight oil paint. Thanks for your continued support of my channel. Cheers!
@@SmallSoldier thank you very much for you reply! I'm a fan of layering a lot of glazes as well but sometimes I notice I accidentally do some wet on wet. This is especially apparent when my blending brush winds up with a noticable amount of residual oil paint on it. I think I just need to be more precise with how much paint I'm actually grabbing off the pallete. Thanks a bunch for critiquing my figure work so far! I'll be giving you a shout out and will be linking this video in my follow up video for sure.
LOL, I just saw this comment, Chris. Sorry for the ultra late reply. I see that UA-cam doesn't show all the extra comments sometimes and they get buried unless you go through each and every video. I truly try and keep up and answer all comments but this one was buried and I just happened to come across it now. Do you have that problem with replies?
@@SmallSoldier oh, no worries Scott! I've noticed the same thing. Sometimes I don't even get notifications of the original comment. I just don't think UA-cam is set up very well to facilitate actual conversations in the comments section. Considering how other platforms (hobby forums, facebook/instagram) are able to utilize comments and DMs much better, I often wonder why UA-cam doesn't do the same. I get the feeling that a lot of the really big channels that generate a lot of money for UA-cam just use this platform to host videos and ultimately direct people off of UA-cam to other places (their own website, their store, their Patreon, etc.) So until some of these big, million dollar accounts start asking UA-cam for a more legitimate comments/DM/community section, I think we'll continue to see the trend of people getting directed off the platform and the powers that run UA-cam not really investing in a more robust notification/comment section.
@@BrailleScale You're probably right.
Great detailed presentation, thanks!
Thanks!
Useful tips and great work.
Not keen on the loud music and editing.
Thanks Bob. Yeah, that was when I was just learning how to edit. If you watch my latest videos you’ll notice a big difference… learning curves! Cheers.
Great paint work I'm painting an Africa Korps figure at the moment its all in acrylics but I have used oils to try and smooth out my highlights and Shadow s I've just subscribed as well I like the more in depth videos keep them coming
Thanks, Ian. I will! Thanks for subscribing as well. 👊😉
Thanks for the videos, I'm learning a lot about oil painting because of them. Just a question: can you tell us what number is the paintbrush you use for blendind the paint? Again, thanks so much.
Thanks m8! The brush is a Princeton filbert #4 and #0.🙂
@@SmallSoldier Thanks a lot!
@@isma2728 Absolutely... any time!
Great video! Which primer you use on figures before apply oil?
Thank you, sir! I used Stynylrez.
Great video sir. I want to give oils a go now on figures. Love the blending aspects of it. Do your WN Series 7 wear out quickly using them for oils? I always heard to use synthetics for oil painting. I love the points and spring of the Series 7 and Raphael 8404's I have. Just didnt want to ruin them with oil painting.
Thanks a lot! I've always used Series 7 brushes for oils but I've heard from others that they aren't as good anymore. I'd go with Raphael if you can get them. I still have several series 7 but they're over 15-20 years old and still going strong. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
@@SmallSoldier Cool, didn't want to ruin a 15 dollar brush. Now I know they last for you I'll give them a shot. Any tips besides masters brush soap to cleaning and taking care of them using oils?
The soap is the last step before I put the plastic cap on besides, well... licking them to a sharp point, as the final cleaning step but not everyone wants to do that. Cheers.
Hello! Is there a oil flesh paint set you would recommend? I’ve never used oils to paint a figure, and haven’t had much luck with acrylics. Maybe the Abteilung set? Thanks!
Yes get that se,t it's awesome paint!
Ah-h-h- Mazing....... as always!! 😊👍♥️
Dunka Shane! 😁😁
Wow!!! God skill mode on, thank for sharing.
LOL! Thank you. 👊👊
Do you have a “ list” of brushes that you recommend for figures and for armor? I noted Princeton 10/0 and 0 filbert but that’s all I got ! I need to replenish my brush collection since I moved and figure I might as make it hurt only once for a purchase/order. I remember “ Kolinski “ red sable, but between the oils and the Vallejo and other acrylics I’m at a lost and could use some direction ! Thanks
Well not really a list but I can tell you what I use. I like my W&N series 7 brushes the best and they range from 000, 00, 0 and 1. I like to use filbert brushes for blending and Princeton brand are really nice and soft. The size of the blending brush will depend on the size of the figures you paint. Any true Kolinsky Sable haired brush is your best bet for oils IMO. Hope that helps you with your purchases. One more thing, but the best brushes you can afford as they will never let you down and will last a long time if cared for properly of course. Cheers!
I second small soldier's suggestions, Kolinsky are very good too though.
Great video Dude continue
Thanks, will do. 😉
Thanks for this video, I have tried so many times to use Vallejo paints for faces and it always ends in disaster. With Milan Dufeks, Martin Kovacs and your videos things start to make much more sense. One question, what is the brush you use for the blending?
Thanks for your kind words. Yes acrylics are certainly a lot different than oils. Give oils a try if you have already as you get similar benefits as with acrylic paints but the blending time is greatly enhanced. I’m using a filbert brush for blending. I like because they’re soft and rounded on the edges also they come in various sizes as well.
Excellent work, all I can say is WOW! I appreciate the hard work you put into this video.
As for the length, I would say shorter is better for you and the audience, IMO.
Thanks! I agree. Although, It's hard to compress all the information into a short time span so I may have to start doing segments or episodes for bigger projects. Thanks for your suggestion I certainly appreciate the input. Cheers!
Thank you! I have been reading and watching everything I can on figure painting with acrylics and oils. This was a very useful video. I have put Matt Varnish on some projects, but it makes them shine more. I must not be applying them correctly. Did you think yours down in this video. When you put it in you pallet, there was some other liquid in the dimple first or were you just adding more? Again thank you.
Your welcome David. I didn't thin the Mig varnish down. It sprays perfectly fine straight up. I was probably just adding more.
Amazing, what excact soft brush are you using there to blend? would love to purchase some.
Robert Stoneman I would also like to know! ( I’m just replying so I can get notified!) btw I use Kosinsky brushes they are very good detail brushes for clothes and faces! Good luck!
They're Princeton Velvet touch Filberts. I like the 0 and 4's. 😉
Yes, I think you mean Kolinsky Sable brushes. They are the best!
Really informative and educational tutorial 🙌🏻 love it!! By the way: do you varnish miniatures (both oils and acrylics) after you finish painting them?
Thanks! Yes in most cases as the oils don't always come out fully matt.
@@SmallSoldier u welcome mate,love ur channel,learned a lot from u 🙏🏻 does varnish on oils doesn’t make miniature look a bit dull? I noticed in the past that when I applied varnish on my tanks (after final oil weathering,they looked a bit dull )
It depends again on what you want the final look to be. I'll add a matt varnish if needed then go back in and reapply anything that needs to be a little less dull. By adding contrast to figures, armour or aircraft you can avoid things looking dull. Remember contrast is what makes things more attractive to look at and gives objects a 3D feel. Cheers!
@@SmallSoldier thank u mate 🙌🏻
@@nirvana30776 You're very welcome!
This absolutely brilliant. Question, when should you use oil / acrylic as I'm confused ?
I always use an acrylic undercoat for oils. Meaning primer, then a base of acrylic that’s similar in tone to the oils your painting over top. This isn’t a hard fast rule though as I sometimes will paint with acrylics over the oils in certain instances. Does that help clear things up?
Nice! I have to try oils by myself in the future :)
Yeah, they're nice to work with. Thanks for commenting, much appreciated.
The only drawback of this clip is without the eyes section in 1/35. This is really a challange for middle aged with presbyopia . Even with a magnifier not helping a bit, hope to have a dedicated section for eyes in 1/35
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. Yes I'll do a video on 35th eyes soon. I do have a dedicated eye painting tutorial on my channel that deals with 4 scales of eye painting. One segment on 54mm which is very close to 1/35th. Link: ua-cam.com/video/5f8Am9ivw6k/v-deo.html
Wauw!! Nice work!
Thank you, sir!
Your tutorials are great and you deserve more subscribers. When will you make the ‘painting eyes’ tutorial? BTW while the long videos are great, maybe it would be best if you split them up over a series. The way Martin of NighShift does his. That way it’s easier for you to produce and for us to watch and reference. Eg. face, eyes, leather, etc.
Thanks for the kind words Mario! Yes I will probably do segment type videos as well as the occasional longer one. Your right... it does make things easier on me to create segment style content and Martin sure has it nailed down. I'n my next video you'll see a closer segment on how I paint the eyes of the figure. I'm still planning a detailed eye painting tutorial in the near future as I know that's lacking here on UA-cam. Cheers amigo!
Any advice for stripping paint off of resin models?
I use Super Clean.
Q: What paint or mixture are u using for shadows ? Also u mention reds and oranges, so just get red and orange oil paint or crimson etc... what mixture is the flesh ?
Generally, I use cobalt blue mixed into the flesh colour. Flesh colour (most of the time) is a mix of Terra Rosa mixed with Yellow Ochre. Depends how yellow of red you want the base colour you'd ad more of that colour. Then slowly adding Cobalt blue in tiny amounts you want it to be more on the red than the yellow side. Then add white and Naples yellow for highlights to that base flesh colour. Add more CB to make shadows with some type of brown. I usually use Burnt Umber. My flesh recipe changes with each figure so it's never the same twice. Just experiment until you get the right tones. I have more videos that show the mixings. The video up next will have some mixes as well. Cheers!
What mat varnish you use in the end to take she shin off?
I use Golden Matt Polymer Varnish w/UVLS product number #5007720-4 thinned with Mr Leveling Thinner. It's one of the best out there. You need to thin it really well as it's quite thick in the bottle and it should be thinned to the consistency of milk. Cheers!
Hello again what colors would you use for German Africa corps
I'm assuming you mean uniform colour? I'd probably start with Naples Yellow adding a little Prussian Green or Olive green then a touch of Burnt Umber followed by Titanium White. The green and brown you'll want to add very minimally having more white and Naples yellow. Although there were AK uniforms that also ranged in colour from green, yellowish tan to almost white so that would be a reference thing depending on what unit or year your depicting. Hope that helps. Thanks for your great questions and comments I'm always happy to help. Cheers.
Great to see oils in use for figure painting.
Paynes Grey is loaded with Black, Ivory or Lamp depending on manufacturer. Red and blue is then added. Fascinating subject Oil painting with much misinformation attached to it too.
Yes. I really like using them. That’s why I use Payne’s Grey because it’s not black but has the darkness which leans towards blue/grey. Thanks for the feedback.
Grandios 🤩👍🏼
engelbert strauss 🙏🏻🙏🏻😊
Sorry I posted A by mistake lol but great video how’s about doing a more detailed 1/35 but in steps like episode 1 face and so on
Thanks
@@SmallSoldier I posted A by mistake lol but still a great video I wouldn’t mind you doing another 1/35 but maybe like episode 1 face and so on. Thanks again
@@ericdaglish490 thanks. I will be doing more 1/35th eventually.😊
Awesome work and skills. For the 14 people with thumbs down - like you can do better.
Scott Lofye 😆😆 there will always be haters no matter what you do!
Howd you get that camo on without messing up the preshading?
With camo the preshading gets kind of lost. It still helps give volume to the rest of the figure nonetheless.
How do avid successive glazes from lifting the underlying glazes?
Flat clear coats in between. Just make sure the oils are completely dry first or your clear coat may have paint bleed. Does that make sense?
What do you think about verlindins method?
It was great for the 80’s but things have evolved since then and it looks dated. I will say though that he was certainly one of the greats and like most others he was an inspiration for me starting out as a young lad.
What are your oil colors ,hard to see video,also what are your mixes shadows, highlights
I use mostly Winsor Newton artist grade paints. Some other brands are used as W&N doesn't make them. The mixes aren't specific and change from project to project. Most of my mixes are custom for the specific model I'm working on.
awesome thank you
You're welcome!😉
This is exactly what i`m looking for....
Awesome! Cheers.
Haha yeah I have noticed that with the Tamyia figures just stay well clear if wanting to practice! Mini art and dragon and the newer mega box are my go too figures normally I buy tamyia figures sets usually jjstnfor there feild stages and MG MG tripods for example there weapon detail is ok for the beginning till you start to notice oh that's not there this should be there etc haha! Says it all about my opinion lol love the Stalingrad and Alpine there is another great figure company can remember it off the top of my head but great for your more modern British and US troops in Iraq and some nice Russians I'm I'm going to try the oils on my m18 hellcat Tank crew I'm building just now from mini art went and got the arm decals for the US tankers jackets and some hellcat decals for the one patch on the right sleeve! Love the way you done the uniform on this figure
Scottish Bonsai Thanks, man! 🙏🏻😊
Hello again, how about painting a British or Canadian, and an American even AC German as well in 1/35..
Oh I have plans for all sorts of things including allied soldiers as well. I really wish there were 2 of me, I’d be so much more productive.lol.
The shaped Q-tips, is this something you do or are you able to buy them like that?
I wish I could take credit. Tamiya sells a couple types but if you look around at your local grocery store or pharmacy you can find them in the beauty section.
May i ask this Mr Scott, i currently working on a wargaming miniture, so i think the scale of similar to 1/35, i just have issue with blending, i just found that the highlight blend too much, either it complete disapear,or mix into the shadow. What i work on kind of like the pant with camo that you paint
Try not to do too much wet in wet blending. At such a small scale the colours can get muddy and just disappear. Work with thin glazes and your results will be much better.
@@SmallSoldier thank mrscott, i think the word muddy the right term , i use it only slighly wetter than when i work with 1/16 figure. When blend with stab , shadow often smudge into where it should not , i should use.much wetter paint
you could also let things dry between layers, that’s what I do.
What brushes do you have in this video?
Winsor Newton Series 7's, 000, 00, 0 and #1's. Sorry, I wish I would have said in the description in the video but it was my first long in-depth video and there's so much more I know now about editing. I'd do a ton of stuff differently if I did that same video today. As a matter of fact, I'll change the description to include that information. Thanks, Anders!🍻
What colour oil paints did you use for the field grey?
All 4 that I show just before I mixed them. I never have a ratio per se as my variations in colour from figure to figure change. If you do a mix of the Olive green, Naples yellow, Burnt Umber and Paine's grey you'll be well on your way to getting field grey. I had a picture posted in the video showing the multitude of variation in field grey uniforms so to me nothing is an exact Field grey. You can mix it then alter it to your taste or subject matter. I hope that makes sense and helps. Cheers.
Bravo pour les tutos , dommage que l'on ne voit pas la palette
Merci!
Fantastic
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Are you a figure painter as well?
@@SmallSoldier I try, but I'm nowhere near your level.
Just keep practicing and applying those techniques and you'll eventually get there. :)
This is amazing
Why thank you, young lady. :):)
:) Anytime