GW SHILL!!!! I see what’s happening here GW is paying you to use GW models as paint handles in order to sell more miniatures! You arent fooling me! This video should be disclosed as sponsored!!!!!!! You really sold out when you went full time! Unsubscribed! I love you moist boi
Don't thin metallics. Use old brushes with metallics. No one told me that stuff until I heard Vince say it on his channel and so many things suddenly made sense.
Oh man, the snappy editing, the useful content, always straight into the subject matter, trying new things... Think this guy is lowkey turning into one of my favourite mini youtubers.
Great video and the scraping mold lines is a good reminder for even the people that have been doing this for a little longer. I am very guilty of batting about 50% for scraping thinking "It is just for my home game, what does it matter?", but then have massive hobby guilt when I see that line clear as day once finished.
Advice on not worrying about a specific paint color is a good one for people who haven't really painted before. Thanks for making these, they're helpful.
Hey Scott, long time listener, first time caller. Wanted to say that I really appreciate the extra editing and effects you threw into this video. Glad to see you're delivering on the promise of higher quality videos that come with full time mini-tuber status! And if you could never say the word "moist" while licking your lips again that would be fantastic.
I make large custom figures for order and hobby and I LOVE putting foliage, gravel, sand rocks, branches, water puddles on the bases. It's funny you said how people just want to get over it, but I kinda find myself looking forward to getting to that point, that is if realistic ground is wanted on the item.
Regarding white paint; I learned something interesting lately which probably explains why white ink applies so much more smoothly than white paint. Where paint is concerned, the only two sources of white pigment are lead (which isn't used for obvious reasons) and titantium oxide; the latter, which they use, apparently can only be ground so finely which means that the more you thin your white paint, the more likely you are to start seeing graininess. As an aside, I actually prefer using shades of gray when I do zenithal priming; a dark gray, mid-gray and a light gray (sometimes very close to white). This is purely a personal preference, but I like the fact that the transition between my zenithal colors is more subtle than using pure white and pure black. Great tips on this one! I always find something interesting in your videos.
I began painting a lot since I picked up some T'au for KillTeam. I've kept a very loose idea for my eventual 40k army that I developed for my KillTeam. It had to be something I would be motivated to finish dozens of models, something I could creatively enjoy and rework over the many units. So I chose a loose ideal instead of a strict pallet. Boba Fett. Paint every unit as if it's Boba Fett. Everything comes out so beautiful and I love it :)
These are the type of tips to really help out a beginner. When I started out, I typed in warhammer painting tips for beginners and was hit with color theory and glazing with air brushes.
I don't paint minis yet, but this is some of the funniest Modelling advice I've ever watched. Please don't ever take things too seriously. This video has had me in stitches. Love it 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Love the mini being used as a handle to paint another mini. Had an idea to do a reflection pool of a mini and its evil counterpart similar to how you had the 2 minis held in that scene. Ying yang showpiece. Not for competition, I'm not at that level, but for on my fireplace as a diorama.
This was super helpful, I am just starting to get into mini painting. I got the urge to start because I bought Gloomhaven and want the board to look complete with painted minis. This is the first board game I have purchased that comes with actual minis and because of this channel, I am seeking out other board games like, Blood Rage and The Refuge, that come with minis so that I can paint them. Keep up the good work and I will keep watching!
I highly recommend moving from cleaning lines with the totally-going-to-hack-myself-again hobby knife to using a tool like GW's line remover. Excellent results, less bleeding.
This guy really knows what’s good. These are incredibly important and well helpful videos that are very necessary. One of the best parts about them is that they can be applied across the modeling world (for the most part - and whatever is more specific can be altered and applied in a multitude of ways that relate to all models and visual art in general ) Absolutely spectacular. If you have not seen his part one for this of the same but based around airbrushing do make a point to get over there and soak up that premium knowledge. Many thanks on behalf of all pilots and engineers over here at Anaheim Elec. - Vaun Braun
The part about the basing really got me thinking so I started experinenting with it. For an Example, I am currently painting a knight castellan and I built a makeshift ork barricade out of sprues and added a few skulls and stuff like that. It really livens the model up.
Not always possible, depending on the gun. One trick you can use if the barell is too thin to drill is to paint the tip black and then let the barrel color overlap onto the plack, which gives the illusion of some kind of thickness.
Loved the whole thing but the last point hit home big time for me! Thanks for the tips! Husband and father of a 3 year old and 6 month old so I dont get huge amounts of time to paint so videos like this are greatly appreciated.
Been out of painting for quite some time and I'm hella rusty. Wanted to paint a mini for D&D, so I was poking around and came across your channel. Lots of great tips to help get past a bit of the rust!
Dry brushing is a godsend , Make sure mould lines are removed and imagine light source is directly above your mini, get some really cool highlights that make your guys pop! Also don't think you have to paint every nook and cranny detail if you just wanna get your guys ready for the game. Tabletop standard is a good thing!
Love this video, I just started painting miniature (its good for the soul) and I'm doing my own journal/serie of my progress. I started slowly, and take a model after model and use more advance technic as I go while finding my errors. Thank you! And cheers!
About the last tip, i think a lot of people, even some of those just getting into it, probably do see their hobby as a form of artistic expression to some extent. Not to state the obvious, but there can be plenty of expression in hobbies of this nature(not even just warhammer) and thats just great too. Whether your painting as an ends to a means or not, either is good, just do what makes you happy
Glad to have found this video. I live in arizona and never thought of of humidity. Cause yes, it is hell on earth as far as heat. Just had a 120 degree summer.
The only time I recommend a tiny brush is painting eyes on minis, but honestly using a fine tipped artist marker like a micron is a million times more reliable than that even. I also really second the humidifier tip if you're in a dry climate! Up here in Nevada it can get to 0% humidity sometimes and even the thickest paint will dry almost immediately without it.
My painting handle is poster tack and budget acrylic paint bottles from wal-mart that I bought when figuring out if miniature painting was for me. I found it was, bought good paints, and now have a massive supply of handles.
I've just got into the hobby in the last couple of weeks and videos like this are great for picking up tips. I'm shit at painting but I've just jumped straight into doing it and hopefully practice makes perfect
That final tip is so important and crucial for myself. I have Army Painter paints purely because they're easily accessible to me - but knowing I don't have Abaddon Black to paint my Abaddon the Despoiler is like a knife in my OCD but I'll push past!
Couple things that have helped me (on top of the ones listed). Lean on something to help with shakey arms, when doing highlights I now roll my brush to help make a tip in the bristles.
@2:18 I was baffled, hilariously amused, astounded, and intrigued all at once. This man got 24,016 views (at the moment of me watching this) and we all listened to him *literally* talk about paint drying. Something about the 'ol "Boring as watching paint dry" got me, mainly because I love videos like these, and it just hit me.
When I decided to start my Ork hoard a few months ago I planned that they would be on something like a mountain gravel path. So grey texture paint shaded and highlighted with snow added in random patches. At least two models from the same mob have a skull on the base or random bones so when all together the green tide is on a uniform grey and snow base. I used Rhinox Hide to paint the rim of the base as it went well with the gravel and did not be a huge feature of the models.
A big lesson I learned by failure was that it's not always the paint consistency that's the problem, but how much paint is on the brush. Especially with thinned paint. Another is sub assembly painting or at the very least painting the deepest recesses first and working outwards. And my final "don't fuck up" tip is if you thin your metallic paints with water, you're gonna have a bad time.
One beginner mistake I would love to see better addressed is the use of washes... It is simple enough in the very beginning, just wash it all and it will look 100x better. But overtime you get better and want to raise the bar, and so notice how washes typically desaturate the whole color scheme, how muted the mini looks and now notice all those undesirable tide marks and mud puddles in your mini... A comprehensive class on washes would actually be very useful. Thanks
Hearing the specific paint colors is handy for at least one reason. With differences caused by lighting, cameras, computer monitor settings, etc the specific colors being used can drift quite a bit. It can be handy if trying to replicate a technique to hear "I used Payne's Grey here". Maybe the grey doesn't look as dark after it's been filmed, maybe the blue is lost and just looks like regular grey, or whatever. So hearing that is nice at least so we can say "Oh, he used a real dark undercoat, but it was light enough when he was done layering." And it's also nice to see various products in action. Maybe I really liked the green you used on one of the figures, for example, and might have another project in mind where I could use it.
4:22 Brilliant tip! But the past tense of "cast" is "cast", not "casted". The sentence should be: "Think about how this piece was cast." as you cast a model, you don't casted it. The more you know! Keep up the great work!
I generally lay down a coat of either black or gray primer, then white primer over that when zenithal priming, but I confess that the white ink route is something I'd look into, especially since I now I have an airbrush and need to learn how to use the thing...
That's an awesome hobby. In my case I just need to learn how to paint, strategize, get a lot of money, a lot of storage space, time and make new friends. How hard can it be?
Going to start painting this weekend for the first time and your videos have been very entertaining! Thank you for the great tutorials and for a video like this in particular (I was having terrible analysis paralysis about paint color and I want to just give it a go now)
Yes use Jo Sonja paints and save by 75ml tubes for the same price that don't dry out like GW or Vallejo do. You may not be able to get them where you are but they a great.
I've been painting minis for artistic reasons since 1998. I think I played 2 or 3 games of Fantasy, about 10 of 40k and 1 or 2 games of the old GW LOTR. Im from 1990 btw. Starting at a young age is massive for a hobby like this. Just paint more minis and sometimes look at pro's work.
quick note, another thing that affects paint drying time is the colour of paint that you're applying. weird but true. Paler colours dry faster than darker colours. That's why I always add a bit of drying retarder when painting a little dot of white in the eyes or on lenses, that sucker will dry up before it even hits the models.
5:24 YES! The difference moving to a handle (I use old pill bottles) vs. not is night and day. I can easily tilt the handle to any angle or direction and still have totally firm grip. A real quality of life improvement. If I had to offer a piece of advice it would be this: get a magnifier light. I got one because my closeup eyesight is not as good as it used to be but man, if I'd known what a difference it makes I'd have got one decades ago. I use a 2x magnifier with a daylight bulb and I will kill anyone who ever tries to take it from me.
Best beginner advice: CALL SOMETHING DONE. You don't need to be happy with it, but you don't need to work on a project forever. Whatever you made, it's not great, and it could be better. But here's the secret: that statement will ALWAYS apply. Quality = Skill ÷ Time You will improve if you give yourself an deadline, and if you're honest with yourself about the outcome.
Late to the party... but finally i got here! I am very happy that i am already doing everything you said in this video! Maybe apart from the evaporating wet-palet as i barely get consecutive days of painting. Keep your great videos and your humorous style going!
Hey man. I watch your videos every time you post them. Just wanted to say I saw a HUGE difference in this one. Maybe it's from you not having to fit in your youtube time before/after work? Maybe you are just very happy to start this new adventure in your life and it's showing through? Either way, I could see the passion you put into this video... and while your others aren't bad.. this one was noticeably better. I'm proud of the progress you've made as a youtuber and looking forward to watching the channel grow. huzzah!!!
Great video- damn, son! The ole Scott Magic turned up to 11- lost it at your 'Paint your damn rims!' bit. I've been painting a couple of years now and I think I'm doing fine- but I love how your video brought new stuff to my attention that I hadn't considered before. Thanks, man!
I remember asking about specific colors when I started out. But I think the main reason was that I was very unsure of what colors I should get to more or less cover the shades I'd want to do without having to mix absolutely everything out of basic colors. And those huge lists of shades from GW or Vallejo or what have will really give anybody new decision paralysis, even when I don't care that much about very specific shades. That being said, it didn't really work out because I ended up with a ton of browns and reds and almost no green ;).
I actually did what he said about not worrying about specific colors. I was painting some red on a tyranid but realized too late I did not have a red edge highlight. So I used brown instead and it worked out.
dude upgrading to wargamer regiment has changed my life... or my painting, rather. It's an awesome size and I can use it for almost everything except insane detail... (which I have the wargamer paintbrush of lol.) Good video I will def take these into account!
I've never liked basing my minis for the simple fact that I may want to use the models in different campaigns that are in drastically different environments and wouldn't want to re-base them for every new campaign in a new location. Maybe do a video about ideas on universally usable bases (in the sense of a base that would work on different planets, climates, weather, etc)?
GW SHILL!!!! I see what’s happening here GW is paying you to use GW models as paint handles in order to sell more miniatures! You arent fooling me! This video should be disclosed as sponsored!!!!!!! You really sold out when you went full time! Unsubscribed!
I love you moist boi
Don't thin metallics. Use old brushes with metallics. No one told me that stuff until I heard Vince say it on his channel and so many things suddenly made sense.
I lost it when you used the gun as a paint handle lol
Chris Brezinski finger ON the trigger lol
That's no gun! It's a painting handle. This is a gun! ua-cam.com/video/CMGRa4_UjE4/v-deo.html
What you don’t?
It is terrible advice. I have shot 5 holes in my wall attempting this and my neighbour is starting to get annoyed.
And the evolution with using the marine as a painting handle for a marine. Yo dawg
This is me and I am deeply shamed:
0:45
3:06
lets be shamed together
Lol I'm almost doing all of these
b l u e
Using the gun and then the ultra Marine as a painting handle for an ultra Marine 😂. I had the like the video THAT MOMENT.
wait, THATS an ultramarine? BuT ItS nOt ThE VeRy SpEciFic BluE 3:08
Oh man, the snappy editing, the useful content, always straight into the subject matter, trying new things... Think this guy is lowkey turning into one of my favourite mini youtubers.
Some gold here. The bit about bigger brushes (learned from Miniac somewhere in the past) accelerated my painting game.
Scott how dare you call me and my 000 Windsor and Newton brush out like this.
Miniac
: "Because you live in some Hellish landscape like Arizona"
Me: Looks outside.... "Accurate"
I had to comment as soon as I heard that. The struggle is real.
Try living in Western Australia 40°+ in the summer
@@sillan7685 I live in Queensland, was thinking the same thing hahah
I see only sand and sadness.
im the one in arizona
HE SAID MOIST GUYS
HE SAID THE THING
Oh Lord... now I'm not so sure I want to watch the video...
@william crow hahaha shit
😂🤘🏻
"MOIST GUYS"
Anne Slagboom tell me how to turn back time, the video was published yesterday and u commented 2 weeks ago
Great video and the scraping mold lines is a good reminder for even the people that have been doing this for a little longer. I am very guilty of batting about 50% for scraping thinking "It is just for my home game, what does it matter?", but then have massive hobby guilt when I see that line clear as day once finished.
As a dude who only started painting recently, your advice is very welcome. Especially the one on color specificity. Thank you!
Advice on not worrying about a specific paint color is a good one for people who haven't really painted before. Thanks for making these, they're helpful.
Hey Scott, long time listener, first time caller. Wanted to say that I really appreciate the extra editing and effects you threw into this video. Glad to see you're delivering on the promise of higher quality videos that come with full time mini-tuber status!
And if you could never say the word "moist" while licking your lips again that would be fantastic.
I can't do that, Matthew.
I make large custom figures for order and hobby and I LOVE putting foliage, gravel, sand rocks, branches, water puddles on the bases. It's funny you said how people just want to get over it, but I kinda find myself looking forward to getting to that point, that is if realistic ground is wanted on the item.
it is known that europeans have the best mud browns
*Nods in agreement" It is known.
It's well known we do have the best selection of muds for inspiration!
Regarding white paint; I learned something interesting lately which probably explains why white ink applies so much more smoothly than white paint. Where paint is concerned, the only two sources of white pigment are lead (which isn't used for obvious reasons) and titantium oxide; the latter, which they use, apparently can only be ground so finely which means that the more you thin your white paint, the more likely you are to start seeing graininess.
As an aside, I actually prefer using shades of gray when I do zenithal priming; a dark gray, mid-gray and a light gray (sometimes very close to white). This is purely a personal preference, but I like the fact that the transition between my zenithal colors is more subtle than using pure white and pure black.
Great tips on this one! I always find something interesting in your videos.
I began painting a lot since I picked up some T'au for KillTeam. I've kept a very loose idea for my eventual 40k army that I developed for my KillTeam. It had to be something I would be motivated to finish dozens of models, something I could creatively enjoy and rework over the many units. So I chose a loose ideal instead of a strict pallet. Boba Fett. Paint every unit as if it's Boba Fett. Everything comes out so beautiful and I love it :)
These are the type of tips to really help out a beginner. When I started out, I typed in warhammer painting tips for beginners and was hit with color theory and glazing with air brushes.
You seem a lot happier in this video and more enthusiastic.
I approve this video keep it up my God
Just cast, no need to say casted ;)
(Sticking to the topic)
Seems to be common use now in uneducated countries :-)
I thought I was the only one bothered by that.
It hurt my ears..
Make sure you don't get your painting gun and painting carrot confused
I don't paint minis yet, but this is some of the funniest Modelling advice I've ever watched. Please don't ever take things too seriously. This video has had me in stitches. Love it 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Love the mini being used as a handle to paint another mini. Had an idea to do a reflection pool of a mini and its evil counterpart similar to how you had the 2 minis held in that scene. Ying yang showpiece. Not for competition, I'm not at that level, but for on my fireplace as a diorama.
This was super helpful, I am just starting to get into mini painting. I got the urge to start because I bought Gloomhaven and want the board to look complete with painted minis. This is the first board game I have purchased that comes with actual minis and because of this channel, I am seeking out other board games like, Blood Rage and The Refuge, that come with minis so that I can paint them. Keep up the good work and I will keep watching!
ive never even gotten to that stage of THAT paint cup.... dude that's an achievement all on its own.
I just started painting warhammer 40k and your videos help a ton!
As a beginner painter this was helpful. Not recycled information for content. Thank you!
I highly recommend moving from cleaning lines with the totally-going-to-hack-myself-again hobby knife to using a tool like GW's line remover. Excellent results, less bleeding.
Thanks for reminding me I live in a hellscape. At least I can prime all year!
This guy really knows what’s good.
These are incredibly important and well helpful videos that are very necessary.
One of the best parts about them is that they can be applied across the modeling world (for the most part - and whatever is more specific can be altered and applied in a multitude of ways that relate to all models and visual art in general )
Absolutely spectacular.
If you have not seen his part one for this of the same but based around airbrushing do make a point to get over there and soak up that premium knowledge.
Many thanks on behalf of all pilots and engineers over here at Anaheim Elec.
- Vaun Braun
The part about the basing really got me thinking so I started experinenting with it.
For an Example, I am currently painting a knight castellan and I built a makeshift ork barricade out of sprues and added a few skulls and stuff like that.
It really livens the model up.
Always drills gun barrels.
You don't even need small drill just use the tip of a hobby knife.
Before or after having used it as a painting handle?
Not always possible, depending on the gun. One trick you can use if the barell is too thin to drill is to paint the tip black and then let the barrel color overlap onto the plack, which gives the illusion of some kind of thickness.
Drilling out guns with a hobby knive. I cringe everitim.
@@jean-luccoelho1915 its odd because it would save them money by using less plastic so ya i don't get it
Pinvises are literally like £3 on eBay... some even come with a set of bits... not excuse not to have one haha
5:41 You can warm or cool your zenithal highlights by adding yellow, orange or blue to that white ink.
Loved the whole thing but the last point hit home big time for me! Thanks for the tips! Husband and father of a 3 year old and 6 month old so I dont get huge amounts of time to paint so videos like this are greatly appreciated.
Been out of painting for quite some time and I'm hella rusty. Wanted to paint a mini for D&D, so I was poking around and came across your channel. Lots of great tips to help get past a bit of the rust!
Dry brushing is a godsend , Make sure mould lines are removed and imagine light source is directly above your mini, get some really cool highlights that make your guys pop! Also don't think you have to paint every nook and cranny detail if you just wanna get your guys ready for the game. Tabletop standard is a good thing!
Love the upside down glasses guy! I want to see more of him. He knows his stuff!
Love this video, I just started painting miniature (its good for the soul) and I'm doing my own journal/serie of my progress. I started slowly, and take a model after model and use more advance technic as I go while finding my errors.
Thank you!
And cheers!
About the last tip, i think a lot of people, even some of those just getting into it, probably do see their hobby as a form of artistic expression to some extent. Not to state the obvious, but there can be plenty of expression in hobbies of this nature(not even just warhammer) and thats just great too. Whether your painting as an ends to a means or not, either is good, just do what makes you happy
Glad to have found this video. I live in arizona and never thought of of humidity. Cause yes, it is hell on earth as far as heat. Just had a 120 degree summer.
The only time I recommend a tiny brush is painting eyes on minis, but honestly using a fine tipped artist marker like a micron is a million times more reliable than that even.
I also really second the humidifier tip if you're in a dry climate! Up here in Nevada it can get to 0% humidity sometimes and even the thickest paint will dry almost immediately without it.
My painting handle is poster tack and budget acrylic paint bottles from wal-mart that I bought when figuring out if miniature painting was for me. I found it was, bought good paints, and now have a massive supply of handles.
I've just got into the hobby in the last couple of weeks and videos like this are great for picking up tips. I'm shit at painting but I've just jumped straight into doing it and hopefully practice makes perfect
That final tip is so important and crucial for myself. I have Army Painter paints purely because they're easily accessible to me - but knowing I don't have Abaddon Black to paint my Abaddon the Despoiler is like a knife in my OCD but I'll push past!
Thanks again Scott for the great advice.
I love your channel. The silly little antics you throw in are so entertaining.
Right on. Great advice. I’m just getting back into the game with my oldest son!
New t-shirt idea. Scott's face doing the tongue flicker with "moist" written underneath in that same font and colour
Couple things that have helped me (on top of the ones listed). Lean on something to help with shakey arms, when doing highlights I now roll my brush to help make a tip in the bristles.
@2:18 I was baffled, hilariously amused, astounded, and intrigued all at once. This man got 24,016 views (at the moment of me watching this) and we all listened to him *literally* talk about paint drying.
Something about the 'ol "Boring as watching paint dry" got me, mainly because I love videos like these, and it just hit me.
man, this video is amazing! a lot of usefull info presented in the most friendly and funny way possible
When I decided to start my Ork hoard a few months ago I planned that they would be on something like a mountain gravel path. So grey texture paint shaded and highlighted with snow added in random patches. At least two models from the same mob have a skull on the base or random bones so when all together the green tide is on a uniform grey and snow base. I used Rhinox Hide to paint the rim of the base as it went well with the gravel and did not be a huge feature of the models.
A big lesson I learned by failure was that it's not always the paint consistency that's the problem, but how much paint is on the brush. Especially with thinned paint.
Another is sub assembly painting or at the very least painting the deepest recesses first and working outwards.
And my final "don't fuck up" tip is if you thin your metallic paints with water, you're gonna have a bad time.
One beginner mistake I would love to see better addressed is the use of washes... It is simple enough in the very beginning, just wash it all and it will look 100x better. But overtime you get better and want to raise the bar, and so notice how washes typically desaturate the whole color scheme, how muted the mini looks and now notice all those undesirable tide marks and mud puddles in your mini... A comprehensive class on washes would actually be very useful. Thanks
That space marine painting handle was hilarious :D
Hearing the specific paint colors is handy for at least one reason. With differences caused by lighting, cameras, computer monitor settings, etc the specific colors being used can drift quite a bit. It can be handy if trying to replicate a technique to hear "I used Payne's Grey here". Maybe the grey doesn't look as dark after it's been filmed, maybe the blue is lost and just looks like regular grey, or whatever. So hearing that is nice at least so we can say "Oh, he used a real dark undercoat, but it was light enough when he was done layering."
And it's also nice to see various products in action. Maybe I really liked the green you used on one of the figures, for example, and might have another project in mind where I could use it.
Ah yes, my favorite paint handle U P S I D E D O W N U L T R A M A R I N E
Never thought a redhead would be cool like this... now i'm a miniac-fanboy. Nice video!
4:22 Brilliant tip! But the past tense of "cast" is "cast", not "casted". The sentence should be: "Think about how this piece was cast." as you cast a model, you don't casted it. The more you know! Keep up the great work!
I generally lay down a coat of either black or gray primer, then white primer over that when zenithal priming, but I confess that the white ink route is something I'd look into, especially since I now I have an airbrush and need to learn how to use the thing...
That's an awesome hobby. In my case I just need to learn how to paint, strategize, get a lot of money, a lot of storage space, time and make new friends.
How hard can it be?
Any luck with any of those things?
Top tip enjoy you experience in painting we all need to start from the bottom and work are way up just enjoy it and you will get better over time
Going to start painting this weekend for the first time and your videos have been very entertaining! Thank you for the great tutorials and for a video like this in particular (I was having terrible analysis paralysis about paint color and I want to just give it a go now)
Yes use Jo Sonja paints and save by 75ml tubes for the same price that don't dry out like GW or Vallejo do. You may not be able to get them where you are but they a great.
Pro tip: paint the Baseline Goblin green to make all the guys and gals want ya
Using a miniature as a painting handle for your miniatures... that's genius.
I've been painting minis for artistic reasons since 1998. I think I played 2 or 3 games of Fantasy, about 10 of 40k and 1 or 2 games of the old GW LOTR. Im from 1990 btw. Starting at a young age is massive for a hobby like this. Just paint more minis and sometimes look at pro's work.
That is an incredible row of metal albums to your right. Well done!
Especially the first Atheist album.
Minging goop on the bottom of the cup would look ace on a Nurgle fella.
That fat brush tip saved my life. Thank you
Whhoooboy, that's some good production value.
I both LOLed and I guffawd. And I learned. I learned.
There is something about the word "moist" that I love. "Flange" is another.
What about "gusset"?
@@donewiththis-2012 its not bad, doesnt have the same ring to it though 👍
3:00 In the grim darkness of the far future, there is not enough color contrast
propping your elbows on the table to stabilize your hold. :)
Get some padding under your elbows, like a pillow or some such or you'll be waking up with a nasty case of Bursitis.
It hurts. A LOT.
That voiceover cut at 4:30 felt cool
"I have to use a very specific blue." killed me, hahahaaaa
If it only takes 15 seconds, you ou gave a whole new meaning to "Watch paint dry"
That's rather stressful now!
7:07 - 7:30 is the most called out I've ever been in my life. That's actually advice I really need BEATING INTO MY SKULL so cheers
OMG! Painting handle examples got me! Well played, sir... well played
Also, never say "Grab whatever brown you got" again. Wrong on so many levels.
quick note, another thing that affects paint drying time is the colour of paint that you're applying. weird but true. Paler colours dry faster than darker colours. That's why I always add a bit of drying retarder when painting a little dot of white in the eyes or on lenses, that sucker will dry up before it even hits the models.
5:24 YES! The difference moving to a handle (I use old pill bottles) vs. not is night and day. I can easily tilt the handle to any angle or direction and still have totally firm grip. A real quality of life improvement.
If I had to offer a piece of advice it would be this: get a magnifier light. I got one because my closeup eyesight is not as good as it used to be but man, if I'd known what a difference it makes I'd have got one decades ago. I use a 2x magnifier with a daylight bulb and I will kill anyone who ever tries to take it from me.
This video ruled. Funny, informative, well presented examples! PAINT MORE MINIS!! OR DIEEEEEEEE
Best beginner advice:
CALL SOMETHING DONE.
You don't need to be happy with it, but you don't need to work on a project forever.
Whatever you made, it's not great, and it could be better.
But here's the secret: that statement will ALWAYS apply.
Quality = Skill ÷ Time
You will improve if you give yourself an deadline, and if you're honest with yourself about the outcome.
Late to the party... but finally i got here!
I am very happy that i am already doing everything you said in this video! Maybe apart from the evaporating wet-palet as i barely get consecutive days of painting.
Keep your great videos and your humorous style going!
Dude the quality of your videos is fucking amazing. Seriously. Also your humor ads the right spice to it!
Thank you, Scott!
Hey man. I watch your videos every time you post them. Just wanted to say I saw a HUGE difference in this one. Maybe it's from you not having to fit in your youtube time before/after work? Maybe you are just very happy to start this new adventure in your life and it's showing through? Either way, I could see the passion you put into this video... and while your others aren't bad.. this one was noticeably better. I'm proud of the progress you've made as a youtuber and looking forward to watching the channel grow. huzzah!!!
Great video- damn, son! The ole Scott Magic turned up to 11- lost it at your 'Paint your damn rims!' bit. I've been painting a couple of years now and I think I'm doing fine- but I love how your video brought new stuff to my attention that I hadn't considered before. Thanks, man!
+1 for full-time! Pleb to wet pallets, some more tips on those would be cool.
5:26 FINALLY A USE FOR MY OLD HIPOINT!
Never considered using a 1911 for a painting handle. It will really have my models bangin'!
Eternal nightmare CD on background is on point, great video as always.
I remember asking about specific colors when I started out. But I think the main reason was that I was very unsure of what colors I should get to more or less cover the shades I'd want to do without having to mix absolutely everything out of basic colors. And those huge lists of shades from GW or Vallejo or what have will really give anybody new decision paralysis, even when I don't care that much about very specific shades.
That being said, it didn't really work out because I ended up with a ton of browns and reds and almost no green ;).
Thx for reminding me to switch out the water
I actually did what he said about not worrying about specific colors. I was painting some red on a tyranid but realized too late I did not have a red edge highlight. So I used brown instead and it worked out.
AWESOME concrete tips. Excellent!
Yes...hellish landscape here in AZ!
dude upgrading to wargamer regiment has changed my life... or my painting, rather. It's an awesome size and I can use it for almost everything except insane detail... (which I have the wargamer paintbrush of lol.) Good video I will def take these into account!
I've never liked basing my minis for the simple fact that I may want to use the models in different campaigns that are in drastically different environments and wouldn't want to re-base them for every new campaign in a new location.
Maybe do a video about ideas on universally usable bases (in the sense of a base that would work on different planets, climates, weather, etc)?
You could try magnetizing your minis and bases