The lack of introduction definitely caught me off guard, but excellent video! Great timing for the algorithm to show this to me too, someone had just asked me about painting Sons of Horus.
Step by step your technique looks easier to accomplish and produces a better result than a number of others. Not only that but it actually makes me feel like I can do a decent job without sub assemblies. I look forward to trying it out. I appreciate you starting with the basics and look forward to where you go from here.
Good stuff👍 very inspiring to go and paint - love the simple teaching method you have - not overwhelming and straightforward, makes one feel relaxed about starting a new mini - look forward to more from you, all the best 😎👍
I’ve had a nighthaunt army for what feels like forever and I want to paint them but in a way that is more textured than airbrushing and mere brush painting. THIS looks to be what I have been in search of. I’ll definitely be trying this method! Great video, commentary, and techniques. Thank you 🙏
Thank you for the vid mate. I learned a few tricks from your detailed tutorial. I'm not sure I'm going to apply the technique to 32mm miniatures, because i feel much more confident controlling my stippling with a straight dry brush than a sponge but it looks just the tool to use for armors and other bigger flatter models like terrain. Very helpful !
Thanks 😄. I'm trying to do an under 1h variation for a lot of chapters. Next up should be salamanders and raven guard ( this one is a headache), ill definitely add Dark Angels on the list. Love Dreadnoughts so definitely going to paint one up in the future, got a few variations I need to assemble first 😄
I had seen the reel on instagram but only now do I get to see the full vid. Would really love to see that kind of technic on bone armor deathwing terminator
@@AnotherDayMiniaturesDo you have a Instagram for miniature painting? I have a small but fairly decent warhammer following. I’d like to share your profile
Cheers! I personally use AK Matte Varnish through an airbrush. For spray can varnishes my personal favorite is B603 Mr.Premium Top Coat Flat but that one tends to be a little hard to come-by.
Make sure it's not an expensive airbrush 😅, varnish tends to be a little hard to clean out entirely, I use a 15$ one for priming and varnishing. There's also AK ULTRA Matte, that stuff is very chalky on it's own. However mixing it 50/50 with Normal Matte does fix it. @@Longshanks4268
For something like a tyranid it does work well ( ua-cam.com/video/uIAqFNDyImA/v-deo.html ) However for small things that are complex like tau or guard, it doesn't really work as their details tend to be covered by arms and difficult to get into. If you're new, give contrast paint technique a try. It tends to be very forgiving and starts to give you an idea for where highlights and shadows need to be on a model.
Amazing tutorial. Are you thinning the paints at all or are they straight from the pot and the wet sponge does the thinning for you? Also, do you varnish the model after applying the final dry pigment? Thanks
Thanks :D I use a wet pallet that keeps the paints from drying, and the dampness of the sponge does indeed essentially thin the paint by acting as a second wet pallet in hand. I sometimes add extra bit of water ( depending on the size of sponge in hand) when I'm doing the base or layers I'd like to be thinner. I usually varnish the model right before I apply the dry pigment, as otherwise that dusty effect is gone. Afterwards I either blow on the model or air blast it, just to get the excess off. It does stay on the model without an issue, as long as you don't touch it.
Subscribe and notifications all! Can’t wait to watch more videos, would you be able to put your paints in a shot per model so we can see the ones we need 🙌🏻 glad I found your Instagram man
Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I wanted to include the wet palette with the paints; however, I didn't expect to make a full video out of it, so it never got recorded. I had to scrap together what I had and stop the original video, which was going to be about making a small diorama piece of terrain from garbage and painting it with a sponge. I didn't expect the Instagram reel to do so well :D. I'll definitely try and incorporate it in the future full videos.
That's absolutely sick! Have you jad any expedience with this style with an acrylic wash instead of streaking grime? Im curious how itd be with just an acrylic wash since theyre easier to deal with if i accidentally spill something.
Thanks. I use acrylic washes quite often. I tend to either mix my own or use contrast paints for it. Examples I have with it are the latest black Templar video, and a few shorts( ork, hobbgrots). They're definitely more limited, but sometimes I just don't feel like getting messy and I think they'll do a better job with a color shift.
I really love this paint scheme and also want to do it! One question that I don't know becaue I am quite novice to advanced techniqued. How did you mix your green color? I don't know how you made the green more bright.
I mix them on a wet pallet. Take the emerald green, add some black to it, this will create the dark base, add more emerald green to the same mix to make the second layer. Then add Ice Yellow to that mix to create the next later. For the final highlight layer, it's Ice Yellow plus a tiny bit of emerald green. This final highlight is what makes it pop.
Thanks. It's a Synthetic Art Sponge for Painting. You can find them in art stores. I show what they look like in the beginning of the Blood Angels Video. 😀👍
Ngl after returning to this video long after i got into painting i lowkey think the tabards couldve used a quick dry brush of a lighter red and the gun couldve used a light dry brush of some sort of gunmetal or silver metallics and if you are painting an army like this since those areas are so small it might take 30 seconds a model to dry brush the tabards virtually zero time at all and maybe a little longer for the gun. Thats just my take tho
How would you approach the top of the armor of a classic terminator? It's relatively flat and large area. Would you build up highlight around the middle and then edge highlight, or leave the middle darker and focus on the edges from the start?
Personally I would definitely focus on building a nice mid tone in the middle and then coming in with an edge highlight. I think it will provide a more pleasant look than having a really dark middle.
Make sure your sponge is never dry and work in thin layers. Wait for each layer to dry. Take your time while you're getting used to painting with a sponge, and above all else have fun 😁 Good luck mate, you got this 🤘
Pre Heresy their highlights would be a very warm but still desaturated grey. With maybe a few dots of near white for highlights. Best to probably mix it from the charcoal to have smoother transitions and slowly work up.
Any advice for minis with tighter spots? This terminator in the video had his arms wide open but Ive tried this technique on a few minis and ones with the arms going across their chest with a weapon i feel like is impossible to cover with a sponge and to get a base color down
I painted a Salamander using a sightly more rough but easier as it adds a bit of brush work. His hands are in the exact position I think you're talking about. ua-cam.com/video/16bWzC6aB7Q/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared&t=23 Best advice there is to use a smaller sponge and come back in with a little bit of brush work.
@@AnotherDayMiniatures Really appreciate it! I just finished getting a knight castellan ready for painting... I think I'm gonna try this sponge process instead of the airbrush
@@AnotherDayMiniatures let me ask you this; do you think that this could be done with metallic paints? Like, I'm wondering if I could do this process with something like Vallejo Metal color, to give a good coat to the metal frame under all the armor plates..?
I've done it before, and yes! It's a bit trickier, since metallic paints don't thin the same way that traditional paints do, but building up color with sponging or stippling absolutely works for metals. Personally I like to start with a nonmetallic dark brown and then apply the metals over that.
All the colors I used were mixed from the colors I listed, the main base coat was emerald mixed with black. Wish I could provide more details, but it's really been a while. Cheers.
I personally use synthetic art sponges, you can find them in art stores and similar places. This other video actually has links to the ones I use but you can find them much cheaper in local stores probably ( ua-cam.com/video/tg73QcYi5TE/v-deo.html )
The best solution is to varnish the model before you apply streaking grime. Its important to allow some time for acrylic paint to dry, applying grime before it's dry can make it weaker to the process. Alternatively try using more odourless thinner and apply it on the model with q tip but don't rub. Let it absorb for 5-10 seconds and reactivate the grime. Then use the make up sponges for clean up as they will be more gentle.
Thanks for the answer, i have another question. any chance you could do this on a normal marine? pref mark 3-4-6 and maybe ultramarines? i am trying to figure out what colors to use but have not found a nice highlight etc.@@AnotherDayMiniatures
@@damyendevries7662 I actually plan to do Ultramarine one hopefully early next week, I was going to do a primaris, but I have mark 6 marine I could do instead!
Bro just showed me a new way to speed paint
It's very relaxing too. Glad to spread the sponge powa :D
The lack of introduction definitely caught me off guard, but excellent video! Great timing for the algorithm to show this to me too, someone had just asked me about painting Sons of Horus.
😄 Cheers!
Step by step your technique looks easier to accomplish and produces a better result than a number of others. Not only that but it actually makes me feel like I can do a decent job without sub assemblies. I look forward to trying it out. I appreciate you starting with the basics and look forward to where you go from here.
Thank you 😃 It's been fantastic to hear so many being interested in trying it out. I hope to eventually refine it even more.
Good stuff👍 very inspiring to go and paint - love the simple teaching method you have - not overwhelming and straightforward, makes one feel relaxed about starting a new mini - look forward to more from you, all the best 😎👍
Thank You !😃 @@paulowen7560
I’ve had a nighthaunt army for what feels like forever and I want to paint them but in a way that is more textured than airbrushing and mere brush painting. THIS looks to be what I have been in search of. I’ll definitely be trying this method! Great video, commentary, and techniques. Thank you 🙏
Thank you :D Glad you found some of my rambling helpful.
🎉🎉🎉
That gold goes on incredibly smoothly and with great coverage!
I absolutely love it, the only downside is having to mix it each time because of how heavy the pigment is. Wroth it though.
totally underrated channel, great guide and video!
Thank you!
welp, I know what Legion I'm painting next. Thanks man!
Hell ye :D
A fantastic video. Looking forward to more. 👍🏻
Thank you 😁
Just got into painting DnD miniatures so this definitely helps 👍🏻
That's awesome to hear ☺️. Consider some Age Of Sigmar models as proxies for DnD, they usually have some really good detail.
Ironically enough your armor recipe with the sponging is a great base coat for verdigris because of the patterning that sponging leaves
Definitely awesome video 🥰! Would be interesting to see more organic models for sponging like fantasy models, guardsmen or like daemons 🤔
Thank you 😊. Definitely on my list to do.
I second that.
@@MitchinMalta In process of recording some Age of Sigmar Hobgrots :)
I might try this for my heresy army as I feel that my brush skills are quite poor but I have to say the model looks fantastic
Thanks! It's a very fun way to paint, it does take a bit to get used to.
Thank you for the vid mate. I learned a few tricks from your detailed tutorial. I'm not sure I'm going to apply the technique to 32mm miniatures, because i feel much more confident controlling my stippling with a straight dry brush than a sponge but it looks just the tool to use for armors and other bigger flatter models like terrain. Very helpful !
Awesome to hear! Painting large amounts of terrain is a breeze with it.
Seen this technique elsewhere, it always nice to shout-out the others…. But, thanks for the content.
At 7:19... I would be stoked with this and field it lol
😄🤘 Cheers!
Really cool technique, I'll have to get me some of that streaking grime!
Thanks 😀 It's really easy to get a hang on. It definitely works on some color schemes better than others though.
Very curious to try this!
Damn this looks so good!! Great work
Thank you 😃
Really cool technique. Going to give it a go myself now. Thanks.
Thanks 😀 That is awesome to hear, make sure that the sponge stays damp and you'll have a great time.
Dude this was a great easy look would love to see you so dark angels or a Redemptor dreadnought
Thanks 😄. I'm trying to do an under 1h variation for a lot of chapters. Next up should be salamanders and raven guard ( this one is a headache), ill definitely add Dark Angels on the list. Love Dreadnoughts so definitely going to paint one up in the future, got a few variations I need to assemble first 😄
I had seen the reel on instagram but only now do I get to see the full vid. Would really love to see that kind of technic on bone armor deathwing terminator
I definitely plan on doing quite a few chapters. At the moment I have a large list of projects to do, so no promises but I'll add it to the list.
Amazing work mate, here before 10k subs! 🎉
Thanks 😁. Fingers crossed 🤞
@@AnotherDayMiniaturesDo you have a Instagram for miniature painting? I have a small but fairly decent warhammer following. I’d like to share your profile
Insta-subbed. What an amazing technique! Thank you for the video.
Thanks mate :D glad you enjoyed it!
Had to buy some streaking grime after watching this!
The stuff is really amazing! Keep in mind it is toxic, keep it off your skin. Good ventilation is also a must.
Nice Video, will definitely try this :)
Thanks 😄It's surprisingly relaxing too .
that looks awesome!
Thanks 😀
I was just thinking about trying to paint some stuff with sponges and now the fates or algorithm agrees.
😄 The great eye of youtubes saw the need for more sponge!
Really like that paint scheme dude.
Thanks :)
That's reaaly awsome have to try this on my world eaters
Glad you found it useful :D, I also have a short painting the same termi in the same way, but red.
This looks dooope
Awesome video bro just what I needed as I’m starting a SoH army how did you varnish the model btw like what did you use etc?
Cheers! I personally use AK Matte Varnish through an airbrush. For spray can varnishes my personal favorite is B603 Mr.Premium Top Coat Flat but that one tends to be a little hard to come-by.
@@AnotherDayMiniatures cheers mate! I’ll try the AK one as I’ve got an airbrush might aswell use it as I don’t use it enough :)
Make sure it's not an expensive airbrush 😅, varnish tends to be a little hard to clean out entirely, I use a 15$ one for priming and varnishing. There's also AK ULTRA Matte, that stuff is very chalky on it's own. However mixing it 50/50 with Normal Matte does fix it. @@Longshanks4268
Would this still work for smaller models?
May be a dumb question but I'm new and trying to find ways to make painting a bit easier on myself.
For something like a tyranid it does work well ( ua-cam.com/video/uIAqFNDyImA/v-deo.html ) However for small things that are complex like tau or guard, it doesn't really work as their details tend to be covered by arms and difficult to get into.
If you're new, give contrast paint technique a try. It tends to be very forgiving and starts to give you an idea for where highlights and shadows need to be on a model.
Amazing tutorial. Are you thinning the paints at all or are they straight from the pot and the wet sponge does the thinning for you? Also, do you varnish the model after applying the final dry pigment? Thanks
Thanks :D
I use a wet pallet that keeps the paints from drying, and the dampness of the sponge does indeed essentially thin the paint by acting as a second wet pallet in hand. I sometimes add extra bit of water ( depending on the size of sponge in hand) when I'm doing the base or layers I'd like to be thinner.
I usually varnish the model right before I apply the dry pigment, as otherwise that dusty effect is gone. Afterwards I either blow on the model or air blast it, just to get the excess off. It does stay on the model without an issue, as long as you don't touch it.
Subscribe and notifications all! Can’t wait to watch more videos, would you be able to put your paints in a shot per model so we can see the ones we need 🙌🏻 glad I found your Instagram man
Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I wanted to include the wet palette with the paints; however, I didn't expect to make a full video out of it, so it never got recorded. I had to scrap together what I had and stop the original video, which was going to be about making a small diorama piece of terrain from garbage and painting it with a sponge. I didn't expect the Instagram reel to do so well :D. I'll definitely try and incorporate it in the future full videos.
Such a great tutorial could u do a warhounds legion pls
That's absolutely sick! Have you jad any expedience with this style with an acrylic wash instead of streaking grime? Im curious how itd be with just an acrylic wash since theyre easier to deal with if i accidentally spill something.
Thanks. I use acrylic washes quite often. I tend to either mix my own or use contrast paints for it. Examples I have with it are the latest black Templar video, and a few shorts( ork, hobbgrots). They're definitely more limited, but sometimes I just don't feel like getting messy and I think they'll do a better job with a color shift.
I really love this paint scheme and also want to do it! One question that I don't know becaue I am quite novice to advanced techniqued. How did you mix your green color? I don't know how you made the green more bright.
I mix them on a wet pallet. Take the emerald green, add some black to it, this will create the dark base, add more emerald green to the same mix to make the second layer. Then add Ice Yellow to that mix to create the next later. For the final highlight layer, it's Ice Yellow plus a tiny bit of emerald green. This final highlight is what makes it pop.
Great vidéo ! What kind of sponge do you use please ?
Thanks. It's a Synthetic Art Sponge for Painting. You can find them in art stores. I show what they look like in the beginning of the Blood Angels Video. 😀👍
Ngl after returning to this video long after i got into painting i lowkey think the tabards couldve used a quick dry brush of a lighter red and the gun couldve used a light dry brush of some sort of gunmetal or silver metallics and if you are painting an army like this since those areas are so small it might take 30 seconds a model to dry brush the tabards virtually zero time at all and maybe a little longer for the gun. Thats just my take tho
Love the video, but what did you prime it with?
Vallejo Black Brush On Primer.
How would you approach the top of the armor of a classic terminator? It's relatively flat and large area. Would you build up highlight around the middle and then edge highlight, or leave the middle darker and focus on the edges from the start?
Personally I would definitely focus on building a nice mid tone in the middle and then coming in with an edge highlight. I think it will provide a more pleasant look than having a really dark middle.
@@AnotherDayMiniatures Thanks a ton. Intimidated, but excited to give this technique a try.
Make sure your sponge is never dry and work in thin layers. Wait for each layer to dry. Take your time while you're getting used to painting with a sponge, and above all else have fun 😁 Good luck mate, you got this 🤘
I would absolutely love to try this for a preheresy Dark Angel paint scheme with that faded/ charcoal black as the base but what color do i work up to
Pre Heresy their highlights would be a very warm but still desaturated grey. With maybe a few dots of near white for highlights. Best to probably mix it from the charcoal to have smoother transitions and slowly work up.
Chuffing awesome
😃 Thanks
Any advice for minis with tighter spots? This terminator in the video had his arms wide open but Ive tried this technique on a few minis and ones with the arms going across their chest with a weapon i feel like is impossible to cover with a sponge and to get a base color down
I painted a Salamander using a sightly more rough but easier as it adds a bit of brush work. His hands are in the exact position I think you're talking about. ua-cam.com/video/16bWzC6aB7Q/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared&t=23 Best advice there is to use a smaller sponge and come back in with a little bit of brush work.
@@AnotherDayMiniatures Awesome! That was very helpful. Thank you.
@@Roman0622Glad it was useful, cheers! 😀
Question: did the guy thin the paint before putting it on the sponge? Or does the sponge being damp thin the paint?
Technically the sponge should be enough, however I also use all my paints from a wet pallet that keeps the paint a bit more thinned.
I wonder if this works with black armor 🤔
Do you think this technique would work well on something big, like tank, or a knight, something like that?
In my experience, it actually gets easier the larger the model is. Just make sure to grab a bigger sponge to have an easier time.
@@AnotherDayMiniatures Really appreciate it! I just finished getting a knight castellan ready for painting... I think I'm gonna try this sponge process instead of the airbrush
@@AnotherDayMiniatures let me ask you this; do you think that this could be done with metallic paints?
Like, I'm wondering if I could do this process with something like Vallejo Metal color, to give a good coat to the metal frame under all the armor plates..?
@@septymesk7721 I personally haven't tested that out myself, so not sure about what the result will look like.
Can you do this with metallic armor like Grey Knights?
I plan to do some Iron Warriors pretty soon.
I've done it before, and yes! It's a bit trickier, since metallic paints don't thin the same way that traditional paints do, but building up color with sponging or stippling absolutely works for metals. Personally I like to start with a nonmetallic dark brown and then apply the metals over that.
What colors did you use for the base coats?
All the colors I used were mixed from the colors I listed, the main base coat was emerald mixed with black. Wish I could provide more details, but it's really been a while. Cheers.
Coooooooool
:D
What type of sponge is recommended? (or not recommended).
I personally use synthetic art sponges, you can find them in art stores and similar places. This other video actually has links to the ones I use but you can find them much cheaper in local stores probably ( ua-cam.com/video/tg73QcYi5TE/v-deo.html )
at the moment i am having trouble with the cleanup since it strips the paint from my model, how would you fix this. i am using ak interactive thinner
The best solution is to varnish the model before you apply streaking grime. Its important to allow some time for acrylic paint to dry, applying grime before it's dry can make it weaker to the process. Alternatively try using more odourless thinner and apply it on the model with q tip but don't rub. Let it absorb for 5-10 seconds and reactivate the grime. Then use the make up sponges for clean up as they will be more gentle.
Thanks for the answer, i have another question. any chance you could do this on a normal marine? pref mark 3-4-6 and maybe ultramarines? i am trying to figure out what colors to use but have not found a nice highlight etc.@@AnotherDayMiniatures
@@damyendevries7662 I actually plan to do Ultramarine one hopefully early next week, I was going to do a primaris, but I have mark 6 marine I could do instead!
It will be a Short, not a full video unfortunately. Yet. Possibly make it into a full one later on.
@@AnotherDayMiniatures would love that
One thing not stated that I’m curious. Why sponge over brush?
It's really nice for speed painting armies and getting a stipple effect on large surfaces.
there is a lot of praise I could give, but that would take too long, long story short, you need more subscribers.
Thank you 😄 really appreciate the kind words. Honestly I did not expect so many people as is. It has been a fantastic experience.