BattleLore 2nd Edition Painting Tutorial: Part 1
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- The Esoteric Order of Gamers (www.orderofgame...) tackles the 92 plastic figures in a box of BattleLore 2nd Edition by Fantasy Flight Games, armed only with a tattered paintbrush and a strong will to succeed. It's been a while since I made a painting tutorial video, so I hope you'll enjoy this two part series to help you paint your armies and get them quickly fighting each other in all their painted glory on the green fields of a BattleLore board.
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"As I started painting these I got more involved..."
This is mini painting. It's an addiction.
+fuloran1 Yep. There's no cure.
When I first saw this video I was really impressed and entertained (I like this sort of edutainment style of your videos).
I've never painted miniatures before, but find it quite fascinating.
Now that I actually got Battlelore and have the miniatures standing in front of me, I'm even more impressed. It's incredible how much detail you've achieved with these small figures. Keep up the good work, greetings from Germany
Danke schön schneand, really glad you enjoyed it. I hope you give painting your figures a go!
Really enjoyed this video, well paced, some good tips for a novice painter and keen boardgamer like myself.
I've never got into the multiple layers of dry brushing (again, speed is the issue) but would good to actually see that going down in practice - I find my second layer totally covering my first layer.
Thanks again for the engaging content.
Thankyou Ben, much appreciated. When doing multiple layers of drybrushing, you *will* cover the last layer if you dry brush all over the figure or area again - the trick is to use lighter colours on smaller areas. So, you might dry brush a furry creature brown all over, then drybrush just the shoulders and tops of arms and head a lighter brown, then finally just the very smallest and highest areas lighter again. That way you build up a sense of scale and tonal variation.
Hi. I painted the baseset to a tee from your videos and they are my best figures to date. I'm hoping you might paint and video the new army packs and the new undead faction when they are released. I don't want to lose the quality for my new troops!. Ta
That's fantastic to hear Jim, thanks! Not sure if I'll do a vid for the new ones, but if not, after doing the core set you should have all the skills and experience you need to do them just as well yourself anyway! :)
Try dry brushing BEFORE the wash. It works wonders. I use to apply the wash first until i had seen a guy who painted minis for a living do the dry brush first. I immediately noticed a huge improvement. The shading is much more subtle and creates a smooth gradient that's much easier to achieve with way fewer steps and effort.
I find it's easier to control the shading with the wash than with the dry brush.
Love the minis! Great work! I too can just sit down for hours and listen to pandora (Brian Eno station)
Another very nice tutorial, I am still working my way through the earlier Mansions of Madness series. Thanks for the tips and ideas.
It's a pleasure buppachanticleer, thank you for your kind words.
I like your painting videos, including this one.
Glad you're enjoying them WartimeConsigliere, and friendly feedback and constructive criticism is always welcome.
thanks, I have just bought the game for my sons,I was searching ideas to paint the miniatures, your 2 videos are perfect,thanks from FranceChris
Glad to help! Please subscribe and check out the website! :)
nice work, now im feeling confident i can pull this off :)
thx, looking forward to more!
+Jason Vincente (your 'reply' option is off) - if a wash is removing paint, you're not letting the paint dry. Let it dry thoroughly before applying the wash. Also watered down paint will not have a good result as it won't settle in the recesses like those special washes.
Try adding a little red to your brown wash for your skin, you'll be happier. Of course, for plagued flesh, perhaps some green or yellow added tot he wash would give you the desired result. Also, while Dry Brushing is the first skill most beginner painters learn, it should be the first one you also forget once you've developed your skill (still something to keep in your toolbox, but you'll use it less and less on the miniatures)
Good tips. I usually only dry brush fur these days, I agree. These particularly tutorials were definitely for the 'get them on the table fast' level of painting.
Thanks
Ok thanks very much
super big thank you for making this video, i'm currently mulling over my whole battles of westeros set (i have the whole complete set + expansions) and i'm scared/hesistant to start painting as this is my first minis paint ever..i'll start now and hopefully mine come out as good as yours...cheers +1 sub from me :D
Have fun, and don't worry about it being perfect!
Your primary brushes are for watercolor paints. Do you find these to be better for working with thinned out acrylics? I've been buying brushes intended for acrylics but if watercolor is the way to go, I'll invest in those.
+Tim Emmerson Series 7 Windsor & Newton are pretty classic brushes for painting miniatures. They have a companion range that apparently hold more paint, but I’ve found these to be my favourite.
They also seem to hold their tips better. I will save up and invest in this line of brushes. Thank you!
Every time I try to apply the black wash it removes the paint that has been already applied. What am I doing wrong? I used a white paint primer, acrylic paints and tried two different back washes, the Citadel nuln oil and a watered down black acrylic paint, all of which removed the flesh coat I put on the Obscene and golems from the Battlelore game.
+Jason Vicente From the video creator - +Jason Vincente (your 'reply' option is off) - if a wash is removing paint, you're not letting the paint dry. Let it dry thoroughly before applying the wash. Also watered down paint will not have a good result as it won't settle in the recesses like those special washes.
Can I ask where you got your headband magnifier with light from (or what the brand is ?) Closest I could find locally was jewellerssupplies.com.au/megaview-head-loupe-p-2754.html which is pretty pricey.
That's a crazy price - mine is a cheap Chinese version for about $25 and it does the job fine. Got it from the NZ version of Ebay, TradeMe.
Yep, think I found the same sort of thing on eBay. Just watched the second video - wow, fantastic work. I'm just trying to get through a dozen figures for a Dreadball team at the moment! Once my visor arrives nothing will stop me...
Hi great video we have just bought Battle Lore and would like to paint the figures but we have never done this before could you possibly put !!!a list together of what colours and inks etc we would need !!!
No!!! :) Seriously, you don't need someone to give you a list of exact colours (and I couldn't anyway, I painted these two years ago). Just buy a yellow you like, a blue you like, etc, from whatever paint range you want to use (GW, Vallejo, Army Painter etc) and have fun with it! There's no 'right' way.
where I can get color rack like yours ?
thanks
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In my opinion, I would find it hard to know what are my creatures after painting.
Was there really a need to muck around with the lamp and run on camera? It just makes you come across as a kid with ADHD and makes you seem way less like someone people should be taking advice from if you can't plan ahead enough to move a lamp out of your face or edit out the 3 seconds it took you to sit down.
Do you really feel the need to sit behind a computer and throw across negative and rude comments? I liked it because it was hilarious and added humour.
Thanks for your feedback AstrayPenguin. I amuse myself by attempting to inject a bit of snappiness, fun and enthusiasm to the proceedings. I certainly don't consider myself a serious expert on the very serious business of miniature painting!
I really enjoy your style of videos, so don't take his "feedback" too seriously.
Cheers notepid. Don't worry, I don't! :)
The Esoteric Order of Gamers I like your playful style of videos, keep it up :)