A NEW Blending Method??
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As much as I miss the regularity of Friday releases, I can really feel the difference in passion and quality freeform creation/content release is making, UA-cam jazz if you will. Thanks Scott for always taking us on these experimental journeys. I get really scared of new techniques and these honest videos always help take the edge off in trialling out new techniques.
That wood elf's eyes tell a story of one who loves his herb garden.
I love my herb garden. This here is the 420 Squad. Nothing but the blunt session.
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Herbs, yeah.
Total herb elf brah
Under Minnesota law he better not be projecting a yield of more than 42 grams of crop from his herb garden otherwise he be jumping up from a misdemeanor to a full blown federal pounded in the ass prison sentence.
Love your videos brother. Currently deployed and I miss painting my minis, your vids help with scratching that itch. Keep it up fam.
if possible takes a few things with u like 5 to 7 Colors (Bases Color for mixing plus 1 or 2 metals) and a few miniatures. kinda pushes ur creativity bcs ur have to challenge ur normale methods.
@@SirHirnschaden Not a bad idea, hardest part of it would be to have the room to paint but I certainly do miss the hobby.
Some mongol....
It's easier to control airbrush blends when you know the pigments in your paints. Metal oxide pigments have large, opaque grains. This is why white paints are notoriously chunky, especially titanium white. Many neutral and earth tones are oxides, like ochres and siennas and umbers, along with ultramarine blue and chromium green. (For a really good Payne's Grey, mix burnt sienna with ultramarine.) For blending, especially through an airbrush, you'll probably have an easier time with organic, synthetic pigments. Those all have laboratory-sounding names like quinacridone, phthalo, and diarylide. Organic pigments typically have very small, transparent grains. This means that you need to build up more layers for coverage, but that's perfect for blending.
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I'll have you know I'm incredibly sensitive about my freehandophobia!
I have one issue with this sculpt: the horns dont look like they're attached to his head. The hair doesnt flow around them at all, it almost looks as if it flows underneath them somehow. Really tiny detail, but also impossible to ignore now I've noticed it
One of the key things Sergio teaches with Capibases is starting with the darkest dark first shadow “primera umbris”. Painting the entire model this way before moving on to the next layer, which is only slightly brighter and covers 90% of the model again. Each layer is smaller and smaller but you cover the whole area again. Eventually pushing toward the brightest highlights. Like you said, contrast is key because you’re going to push them back down with the blending step.
But I really think starting with the deepest shadows over the whole surface is a key to getting this technique right. It seems like a waste, but you’ll be surprised at how fast it moves along. It’s liberating and super cathartic to paint this way.
Like Sergio always says “check my Patreon” :) Really, his videos are amazing.
He's a Lord of Nature, I'm sure being a little stoned doesn't break character too heavily!
Posts for the UA-cam god, comments for the algorithm throne!
Yeah, I'mma screenshot this. My friends will love it!
Here's a thought. You tell the tale of this wood elf being in the "Fall" of it's life. What if you got three more, then painted Spring, Summer, and Winter? Then build a base that allows you to have all 4 together as a comparison display. Not sure if you have the time or would want to. But if you did, I'd love to see it.
I was nearly ten minutes into this video, getting excited to try this out when I realized "Oh, this is basically just pre-shading", something that's a pretty standard technique with scale-modeling and garage kits. You start by shading your model, going way darker than you want your finished darks to be, then use the airbrush over the top for your midtone.
I honestly find it really interesting how there is so much cross-over in the different 'disciplines' of model painting, and how some techniques from one discipline don't carry over at all.
Man, I love your honesty in these videos. It's great to hear about the doubts and struggles that you go through during your process. As someone I look up to in the community, you helped me be kinder on myself and enjoy the process, INCLUDING the mistakes, and how to learn from them. It's incredibly freeing.
That buste is a killer. It captures so many layers on the wood elfes. Great job.
What I usually do is ask myself two questions. Is it worth it? Can I work it? Then I throw my thang down, flip it and reverse it.
You running away from wetblending is so me.
Im scared.
Wet Blending...I don't wanna...
Do it. It's just two colors that get mixed on the mini instead on the palette.
I'm from an artist background in which to say I took some art classes in highschool where we used to paint on a canvas. I could probably say color pencils use a similar technic to wet blending almost, it's more like pressure blending. Adjusting the pressure of the pencils to blend colors and to make it smooth. Maybe it just me on the color pencils thing.
ANYWAY, wet blending is much easier for me as it feels more natural to get colors to mesh. I have an incredible issue figuring out shadows and highlights as I'm used to still life's rather than imaging where they'd go. I should be taking a picture of my models and following the gray scale version of that. But I have such a hard time with shadow and highlight placement.
Tried wetblending the other day in 30 degrees C heat the first layer of paint was dry before I could apply the second one tried again with more paint ended up moving around dry paint ended up getting the airbrush out ain’t trying wetblending in Australian heat ever again
I was a patreon for Sergio and he did amazing job on a war cry 35mm figure using this style. Well worth a watch but its masterful stuff. You really need to understand the colour mixes for the airbrush stage which I struggled with.
Oh and thanks for the Dennison tip. Never heard of him but now subscribed to his channel
Vince Venturella has a fantastic tutorial where he does this technique on a large scale model too! It's been a technique I've always been aware of but never tried out. Must give it a try! Thanks Miniac!
I think your efforts are finally starting to show. This is the best paintjob you've done so far and you haven't strayed from your own style. A great piece!
You could dare to sparkle up that gem on his neck a bit more though.
Always glad to see people struggling with techniques they're not familiar with(not in a sadistic way, you pervert). Reminds me that its normal to struggle with something when you're still figuring it out. The fact that you're even willing to try stuff that's so radically different to how you normally do things re-invigorates my drive to keep doing what I'm doing with my own painting. Now if only I had a massive pile of shame backlogged I wouldn't be waiting for a new piece to arrive....
Cool man, the choice of green shadow was inspired and works as a hue contrast as well as value and adds a lot of depth and interest to the model. It also kind of works as reflected light from a forest environment. Nice job!
Hey Scott. Currently in the hospital waiting on surgery for the past 3 days. Ur vids are getting me through it all. Thanks man
I totally agree with you about these being the right kind of wood elves. All these minis look awesome.
This is breath taking for me that I just started painting mini.. and the end result touched my soul.. beautiful
Watching you develop as a showman from early 2016 videos has been quite the journey. Please keep up the good work you get my sub today sir.
Interestingly I use this technique on my last project to do non-metallic metal gold. I started with a rust based coat and then picked out my shining points with yellow and ivory and then with the airbrush I worked from Bright to dark ending up with my Darkest Color a burnt umber. It is definitely helpful on the large scale models that lend itself to airbrushing
I've been eyeing up the Deorgard Kickstarter for a while and finally pulled the trigger on the 54mm version of this mini after watching this!
Seems like this was a popular week for trying new things! Thanks for sharing this technique.
I think this is one of the best things I've seen you paint. Thanks for the shout out!
Bro , we like your videos , even if its just You casually painting and nothing fancy haha. Its the YOU in the videos that makes them awesome , no pressure , enjoy yourself ! Love your channel! keep it up
Thank you so much for trying stuff outside of your comfort zone, it really helps me getting painting-confidence to try doing new techniques and try to push my painting-skills!
I liked the part where you talked about the forms on the jaw/ cheek area. That area really does read well on your model and it really shows the sculptor knows how to make interesting forms
I saw this from Vince Venturella. I used it for my Hulk Mini and my Modok mini and its soo good and stress free way to blend. It allows you to get some of the smooth blends with the airbrush, but more control with where the shadows and highlights go. I loved it so much!!!!
Awesome storytelling! Wow. I backed this Kickstarter last week and am stoked to see the sculpts getting your approval too. I really enjoy the Bob Ross-ian narration of videos like this. Great work!
Dude this is one of my favourite paint jobs of this model. Solid work.
Functionally, airbrush blending is glaze blending. Many light colors are made by mixing titanium white with the base pigment. Titanium white is very opaque. Glazing with very opaque pigments is tricky. Hence the problem of airbrush blending using many light colors.
If you use something more translucent (a non-cadmium yellow, orange, or red without white added, for instance), you should have better luck when using lighter colors. Or you can use a darker translucent like the phthalocyanine pigments.
Great job on making the model look sad/crying. It's very convincing!
If someone thinks it is sacrilegious then I say you gotta do it! I love the look of the grass and spider webs on the antlers. It gives the whole thing a very unique and realistic feel. It might be fun to even put a spider hanging out there though that might make the whole thing a little comical, not sure.
What a beautiful model.
Hi Scott.
You're video speaks right from the heart.
I am in the same situation and trying to get out of my "comfort zone".So iam trying to do more busts .But these smooth transitions and contrasts are getting me insane.And there is a lot of respect to doing these high contrasts and to believe to get them all blend in well....and not to mess it up😲
"This might sound disingenuous, but painting this model was kind of mesmerising."
You know what. I totally believe it. I watched that "ad" like it was just regular content because the models looks fucking awesome!
I been using this technique on Creature Caster's Krampus model. I chose to do yellow as a color as a challenge and have not been disappointed in finding obstacles. However the blocking and do over with diluted paint in the airbrush does make it look great, especially when highlights are defined and then a glaze applied. Very very diluted yellow, and it came out great. I used glaze medium from liquitex along with thinner and some yellow from Scale75. That being said, I still haven't finished the model because I have paint and plastic crack ADHD. Soon though. Soon...
You can refer the first step as : Mass Drawing. or Blocking. Very common in Canvas painting and sketching. Rough Patch of Light and Shadow that define and enhance the shape/volume right away.
Mastering this makes your subject neat on the first glance. That's the thinking behind cartoon coloration, game shaders, pixel art, sculpting. Adding "resolution" by blending, post-processing.
The short section where you OCD moved the palette to be more square in the wet palette is something I would likely do.
I think you had it down on the left shoulder , you just needed to put that highlight all over the bust , it was very informative and I look forward to trying this technique .
That's a beautiful bust and beautifully painted.
I have tried this once and it was bit hit and miss. I first saw this on Vince Venturella's channel. I believe I struggled with it due to the small size of the miniature I was using. I ended up blending out too much of my dark tones for my taste. But I really enjoyed it; it was fun and will continue keep trying this out.
I enjoyed the last videos waaaay more than when you released weekly. Keep up with this pace please. It’s good for you and the quality. Production value is on point now.
Lots of love from Germany
Scott, that paint job is simply fantastic. The color choices fit it very well, and your addition of tufts and the Uhu glue webbing take the piece in a different direction than is usually seen. I don't know how it would stand up against Golden Demon or Crystal Brush winners for most people, but it would definitely get my vote. Well done!
3:56 working on two palettes are we, Scott?
I accidentally spilled white spirits into one of my palettes so I swapped it out for a bit!
@@Miniac If I may ask, what airbrush compressor do you suggest? But as a mini painter I know there isn't time to reply to every comment.
Oh, yeah, contrast is life!!!
Love your stuff!! 🖌🤘🖌
And dat wet pallet tho. Watching you work with one [or two in this case] sold me on it.
Guess I should get another just in case.
Another awesome episode. It makes sense to use the airbrush like this. AK Interactive has a book on Flesh&Skin that breaks down the painting idea like paint by numbers as well. They divide the two approaches into the Korean and Spanish schools of approach. This seems like taking the same ideas and softening it with an airbrush.
Probably my favourite paint/sculpt combo I've seen on this channel so far
Looks fantastic already! It'll be interesting to see what the airbrush feathering (the closest name I could think that fits - something about smudging might work too) technique looks like on the next model you use it on having learnt the lessons you have on this one.
Very cool. I really like this bust and the wolf/girl pair. Thank you.
On manque un peu de youtuber comme toi en France.. quel travail! Continue!
Daddy's proud of you, Scootie
Excellent video. Great mix of theory, community knowledge, reference, humor, painting. This one had the right balance
I love the green tone in the flesh. Another trick I gotta try!
Neither played a tabletop nor painted one single statue in my life but watching this is just wholesome mate. Brilliant sense of humor!
Absolutely gorgeous work. Love both the sculpt and what you've done with it.
Have you ever checked out Jordu Schell? He's a creature designer, painter, and sculptor. I'd definitely reccomend checking out some clips of him painting. Some of these techniques cross over with makeup and creature effect painting, might just give you some ideas for future minis!
The editing continues to be on the next level! I am thoroughly impressed! Give me them sweet sweet infographics! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I wonder if it is just another level of opacity and moisture control? Perhaps. Hehe. Well see. Watching now. ;)
Since airbrushea can makr glazing easier for some is it not just another way to bring hir back over your contrast?
I have been lucky enough to trade some services for lessons from a well know painter that shares his content on UA-cam as well and this concept is part of the system he uses for his commision studio.
Once someone understands the method of color selection, opacity and moisture control it becomes clear that opacity and moisture control is the way to understanding all methods people choose to discuss.
Knowing why nothing but water is needed to paint with any technique (mediums, retarded and other things are just training wheels) unlocks an amazing world of opportunities.
Thank you for taking the time to explore a technique and sharing.
Miniac is an artist that cares and I will be buying that beautiful sculpt.
Thats got to be one of your best paint jobs I've seen! Looks fantastic Scott.
The deorgard minis are so sick, I backed them and can’t wait to get the 54mm mini! Love the paint job here, especially his eyes, been spending too long over his herb garden 😂
The return of the blackboard!! Yes!
Huzzah! ! Scott is having fun painting!
I tried this technique with a nmm stormcast after watching Calvo do it with limited success. I found you have to make your top highlight much larger than you normally would because when you spray the mid tone it’s going to cover most of not all of that top highlight. You then have to come back with the darkest shadow and after all that’s done come back and edge highlight and black line if it’s armor panels. To paint gaming minis requires a LOT of control with the airbrush and a good understanding of how thin paint and spray at very low pressures. Not a technique for the average airbrush user. I plan to try it again soon when I have more time and also try using contrast paints to spray as opposed to regular paint.
Beatiful. One of your best works so far
@miniac FINALLY you guys are providing more info on Capibases/Airbrush blending. I've been STARVING for more videos on this exact topic. I saw Emil over at @squidmar mention it in one of his airbrush videos, briefly, but too briefly.
I learned about this from Sergio Calvo, but he just talks about it in his videos and never actually showed how it was done while I was subbed to his Patreon. And I found his videos quite hard to follow too.
Watch some videos from Trent Denison - he has great commentary on what he is doing and why.
Amazing channel and love your sense of humour. Could you do a video on painting horses? I find it hard to create texture on a smooth model.
I did try this once and it ended up pretty terrible, couldn't control the paint enough through badger 105 patriot, but I recently got an eclipse. And I should definetly give it another try :D
Alternative #3 Lesson : Prefer smoothing with artist inks (mixed with matte varnish) for less speckling
Golden Fluid Acrylics are great for that too, and they have a great color range. For blending, avoid metal pigments (titanium white, ochres, umbers, ultramarine blue, anything "oxide"). The synthetic organic pigments have much smaller pigment grains. Stuff like quinacridone reds, benz yellows, phthalo blues and greens.
I followed Sergio for a while, and this is where I am, too. Sergio paints large minis, and I paint board game minis. He's basically using a filter to blend, and it doesn't have to be with the airbrush.
@@beezany I use Golden Fluids as well, but I've reached opposite conclusions! I find the synthetics, especially the phthalos, too glossy. I use all of the others regularly. The don't cover as well, but they're good over a zenithal highlight or for blending.
@@deeabel6267 Yeah, most artist acrylics have few additives (and no matting agents), so you need to control finish yourself. Typically they end up satin or glossy. Sometimes, I mix matte medium into the paint. Lately, I have just been covering up the shiny base coat with a matte wash or varnish. Washes flow great over satin & gloss finishes.
@@beezany Two tools in the toolbox - I have a bottle of diluted Golden Super Matte Medium that I sometimes use with the very glossy paints, and I always finish with AK Interactive Ultra Matte Varnish.
Thanks Scott!
using the blue tape to hold the hair dryer thats a big brain move. Genius
Scott, it's amazing how you always promote fellow artist.
"Leeroy Jenkins" made me smile! Thanking you muchly 😁
Damn, that LEEEEEROYYYYYY JEEEEENKINSSSSS caught me on a down guard. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
Great outcome. Lesson was way over my head but enjoyed watching your work, as always
I actually do that on especially larger figure. I do the same for aircraft and armor. Adds a ton of depth.
This is just my opinion but I personally think the sword's hilt (specifically the gold) is way too distracting for this paint scheme. IMO it draws way too much attention away from the face; however I really love the effect of the skin and antlers. I would probably wash over the gold a bit more with a deeper green to keep that green/ gold effect while also bringing it more in line with the rest of the bust.
Looks great Scott! As always bro. Thanks for sharing the new technic... I'll try it on the new model I have coming as it's in a larger scale...
Great video mate! Always love to see new technics I have never heard of.
I do not own an airbrush but I think I am going to try and "add stories" to my minis.
Just with little characterisation, you gave him made his sad facial expression stand more out.
AND I am definitely going to steal your idea about wood elves change hair colours with the seasons for my DnD campaign setting ^^
Amazing looking model!
Ah wet blending. Hello my old nemesis. It's good to see you again.
stunning bust and paint job
1:16 watchin that nun model a little TOO intently aren't we
You knocked it out the park!
Thanks for this, the mini looks lovely and the technique is intriguing. High fives
Wow what an amazing bust you have sir....
I like that idea of the story. Watch David attenborough's most recent documentary. That's why that elf is upset.
Glad you’re having fun painting again!
You should collab with Kitbosh and paint one/some of his converted minis! He's a great converter but he doesn't paint them
that running away from wetblending was monty python levels of funny!!
Looks great, only real crit is that you’ve not applied your green shadow/bounce light onto anything other than the skin so it looks environmentally separate. A little glazing could probably sort that though.
It's not supposed to be an environmental reflection, his skin just literally has green in it! I can see how that would be confusing considering I didn't really explain that bit, my apologies.
I’m planning on trying it out on some big rumbleslam orcs. Lots of fleshy bits on it and I want to get better on painting skin/muscles!
YOOOO NEW BLEND JUST DROPED
A part of me wants to buy the bust of that Elf and try to convert it into a badass Sylvaneth treelord
This was really enjoyable to watch. I am eager to try this out for myself!
Well done Miniac.
Nice video thanks Scott. Now all I need is an airbrush. And some talent. Mainly talent.
This is so freakin AWESOME!! The grass tuffs & spider Webb’s are a cool addition! I can imagine dew drops hanging off the Webb’s and leaves... is there a way to create wet drops on a mini? 🤔
Maybe with a fishing line and acrylic glossy gel medium!