Realistic Speedpaint! Low-effort painting with Army Painter Speedpaints! Beginner Friendly Tutorial.
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Here's what you can expect when actually painting models with Speedpaint! In this tutorial, I painted 30 different models quite fast without using much skill. These results are 100% accessible for total beginners, or anyone who wants to paint their models quickly. The minis are for Dungeons and Dragons and Ravaged Star. The DnD minis are mostly from The Lost Dragons, The Lost Adventures, and Titan Forge.
Check out my previous speedpaint review for more information:
• Speedpaints Review: I'...
The full set of speedpaints releases in late March of 2022. I'm interested to see how people use them! In the meantime, I'll take a little break from Speedpaint and get back to some other types of content ;-)
Ravage Star minis from MiniWarGaming
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The speedpaint set was provided to me free of charge as review stock ahead of release.
Prototype Valkyr models from Ravaged Star were sent to me free of charge as review stock ahead of release.
I'm painting all these DnD minis because of the game I'm playing in! You should totally check it out :-) The Twenty Sided Realms Podcast tsrpodcast.libsyn.com/tsrp-waterdeep-episode-1
*_Something is odd? I wonder, do maybe the contrast-only painted minis look like pre-painted out of the box minis?_*
I'm on episode 3 now of the TSRP podcast. I'm really enjoying it and your pyromaniac character is fun :)
OMG! You are in the TSRP?! Awesome podcast, give a huge compliment to your wonderful DM! 👍👍
Well, for those of us who don't do this as their primary hobby these look amazing.
It's sweet how you always direct people to Dana Howl for examples of your work but better.. but your work ain't bad at all!
Thanks! Dana and I realized we were working on the same models with the same materials at the same time, we had a good enough laugh that it was worth a shoutout :-)
Dan bull like minis huzzah lol love both channels
👀 Dan bull watches mini painting videos?! That's so cool, big fan
Dana redirects people to his channel for more scientific explanations!
Damn this dude is sick on ERB! Awesome to hear he’s an avid mini painter!
Great video Brent 😊😊
hey thanks duncan! :-)
Lord?
It's so wonderful to see these NPCs come to life for your Waterdeep taverns. It's even more wonderful to see new contrast paint lines and tutorials aimed at newer hobbyists. They're a welcome boon for new players in my experience.
right on buddy! :-)
Or experienced painters. I easily see these becoming my new basecoat paints for most everything. Especially since basecoating is normally slow and sucks. However with these possibly one basecoat with some highs and shadow already built-in, then work from there as needed.
The more I see this, the more I'm intrigued by what they can potentially do. The tricky thing is working out how to best use them as the results really are super variable. They seem to fit the D&D style really well.
absolutely! we gotta find the right uses for these things, but they're a great new tool for the toolbox! :-)
Thank you sir for telling us "it's ok to paint just to get minis ON THE TABLE".
I enjoy I your content sir.
That tavern scene at the end is just too awesome. Dang, I just absolutely love that. Can’t wait to get my hand on a set of these paints😍.
right? I love a good tavern scene! :-)
Agreed. How do we get these again?
I know these are supposed to be cheats for painting table-ready quickly and not necessarily beautifully, but i unironically love the way that the makeup brush "zenithal" looks under the speedpaints. It makes me think of those old sketch-y illustrations from old fantasy books. And it brings out highlights and detail in a more interesting way than the classic spray zenithal imo. Keep up the good work with these!
Yes. Realistic miniatures with precise details, light and colors are great, but "sketch-y illustrations from old fantasy books" appeals to me even more.
This is a really nice take... given how much stress/labor is put into "make em perfect" vibes from a lot of creators... getting your models done fast so you can play games with em is a really nice option sometimes. Especially for NPC's like this... or say, hordes of zombies in a box game like ZombieCide. I've heard these Army Painter speed paints can take a bit longer to dry... no issues with colors running together beyond the oopsie spots here and there?
Hey thanks Jim! the paints do a surprisingly good job of staying where you put them after the first couple of seconds, so you just gotta look out for the oopsies. :-)
This is the Ravaged Star line that the Valkyrs are from!
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Hey Brent, quick question: How long did they dry before you brushed on the varnish? Since other reviewers realized that the paint had reactivation issues everybody's gotten afraid of it, but if just a quick dry and a quick varnish is enough to stop that, it'd be good to know this
I think this is the not only the BEST use case for SpeedPaint, but probably Army Painter's intended use case. You get a table full of vibrant minis quickly and easily. Are they gonna win awards. No. But that's not the point.
100% this right here :-)
100% beginner here and I've pre-ordered the starter kit. I print all sorts, but never had the confidence to start painting any
I believe in you! :-)
This looks very beginner friendly. I physically can't paint minis on my own, but I know the family members who help me with the hobby would absolutely love this stuff
fun for the whole family! :-)
Now THIS is more my speed.
hehehe right? I like 'em too!
I bought these speed paints a few days ago because I was trying to get myself back into painting miniatures. It's been years, and I'm not good by any means, but these made it fun again. It really makes a huge difference when you bring out your miniatures for a game and you're not embarrassed by them! Thank you for your speed paints videos, they're just what I needed to bring me back to the hobby.
Remember, also, that you can always go back over with regular paints, if you need some targeted detail. Those Ravaged Star minis look decent enough with just the speed paint. But if you're the kind of person who must paint the trim, nothing is stopping you from doing so.
Both Speed Paints and Contrast Paints are tools. They aren't the totality of a painting style, and don't have to be.
Some look good some look janky. And they all look 100x better than mine 😂
Goobertown new video notification is always such a happy moment
Man I really appreciate you for these videos! I used to paint my HeroQuest and Dragon strike minis with my Father's Testor model paint. Now, my Daughter and i have the newer Hero Quest set, and I cant wait to paint them! You've recruited one more to your fellowship of painters
that's awesome, have fun!!! :-)
It is incredible how good these look after just one coat of paint. Amazing technology. Thanks for showcasing.
I definitely think that zenithal-esque techniques make such a difference for contrast paints, if I need to do true speedpainting for a while model I'll definitely do something like this!
I had wondered on how durable the final product was, so thank you for the info on needing to seal it up with varnish. Plus 23 background minis in 3 days is a really solid rate of painting and sounds really interesting for that type of niche tabletop requirements.
absolutely! I was pleasantly surprised at how fast these got painted up.
Just ordered the full set! I've got a ton of minis ready to paint, but am very much a novice. What varnish do you use? Do you have a recommendation for a spray and/or paint on varnish?
I first painted a few miniatures around 1982. I’m considering getting back into the effort and your videos are my lighthouse. I hope you are a teacher of some sort for your day job, because you are one of the great teachers on UA-cam.
Nice! Come on back to the hobby, the water is warm! :-) Somehow this is my full-time gig now, but previously I spent many years as a chemistry TA ;-)
The mediun reactivation of the paint might come in handy. Would it be possible to carefully paint over a wiped clean area to obtain a blend of colours in the reassess? 🤔
Some people might find a good use for it. My first reaction was mild annoyance, but you're right, the better we understand our materials, the better we can control them! :-)
What about using it to get even MORE contrast? Really pull out the white highlights?
could you make a video on fixing up mistakes (not on painting but on building them) for example i recently got a hive tyrant, while building it the last piece (the 2nd wing) didnt glue very well onto the rest and basically was too heavy, while i have some ideas on how to fix it up im a little afraid of making it worse. would be really neat to have some tips and tricks or something!
hmmm, you might want to look up "pinning" to reinforce broken pieces with a piece of metal.
I just started my journey into this hobby. Bought an Army Painter starter set of regular acryllic paint, a can of black primer, 3 brushes and a black wash. Not even 3 weeks later, and I just got a delivery of a really nice set of high quality brushes, white primer for zenithal priming and different-colored washes as I didn't like how the black wash behaved on all of my minis. My minis look really shitty compared to the ones my friends who have been playing wargames for years now but I don't really care! I am really having fun with the hobby and the mini I just finished looks miles better than the group of goblins my players will encounter in our first DnD session, which was the first batch of minis I painted.
You and a few other channels like Miniac and Ninjon really helped and continue to help me in taking step by step forward. So, thank you. From the bottom of my heart. Without you, I would not have found one of the most important activities in my current live. It's been a rough couple of years, as my mental health took a nosedive once Covid hit, but going from listening to Critical Role, to planning my own campaign, to buying and painting the NPCs and villains my players are going to encounter helped immensely with that.
That's awesome! Welcome to the hobby, I'm so glad that you're having fun with it. I bet your players will appreciate it too! I advocate for this hobby because I know how great it can be for mental health and overall wellbeing- one of the better pastimes out there for sure :-)
An interesting watch, I didn’t bother with Citadel contrast paints but I’m thinking I will actually get some of these new speed paints. I must add that in my experience, your rubbing of the 2 figures together would probably result in chips in the paint regardless of whether it was speed paints or normal acrylics, especially if they’re metal figures!
I use contrast paints for the majority of my painting anymore! I’ve found that I have more enjoyment just getting a model done and ready for the table than trying to make it look perfect. I think the contrast paints lean a little too hard into the dark side of colors so after seeing your results and how well they look I’m going to have to pick up a set of these!
It’ll also round out my collect of army painter paints I already have 😂
That high contrast white on the undercoat makes the end result look drybrushed automatically. Brilliant!
I know you mention it in the video, but can you confirm that brush-on varnish *does not* reactivate the speed paint and its a plausible solution to the reactivation issue and will protect the model for future layering, highlighting or glazing?
The ability to use a brush-on varnish is a make or break issue for me and I'd really like to know if I need ti cancel my mega set preorder.
Juan Hidalgo's video seems to indcate that brush-on varnish is a no-go.
@@hobomasterxxx I've watched as many videos as I could find, Army Painter commented in another video that they don't recommend a brush-on varnish, but I've seen others say its possible if gentle with the brush.
Goobertown is the only video I've seen that says brush-on varnish didn't reactivate the speedpaint.
Would be useful to many of us to have this confirmed or tested in depth.
@@TheCartoonHead It's probably like brush on varnish over acrylic ink. You can do it with a gentle hand, but there is a good chance you'll take some paint off the first few time you try it. Once you have varnish on a spot you don't let the brush touch that spot again until it's dry.
I ordered the full set after your last video, and this video gives me great info as I wait 2 months for the paint. Thank you! Really appreciate you trying these out for us!
As a person who JUST got his first Star Wars Legion Core Set and has NO experience in painting minis (or tabletop gaming), I'm jazzed to get into these paints. Can't wait!
Nice!!! have fun getting started, you can do it!!! :-)
The White Speed Paint you'll definitely want but it comes in the $99 box nxt month.
@@DarthP00P00 Just pre-ordered the mega set :)
I know you are a chemist and you did that excellet washes video. When you complained about the painting medium size. Have you considered checking out Floetrol? Floetrol is used in Acrylic painting to make Acrylic paint more fluid. It extensively used i Acrylic pouring, but also whenever you do not want brush strokes and such. If you feel adventerous, maybe check out Floetrol and do a test how it stacks up to the Speed paint medium. I wouldn't be surprised if the Speed Paint medium wasn't just Floetrol.
3am and I’m happy to be hanging out in goobertown!
Can you explain how to drypbrush with white? which color do you used for it? I want to try it.
I just used some craft paint, Vanilla I think was the color. dip your makeup brush it white, brush most of it off onto a paper towel, and then drybrush the black primed mini- have fun!!! :-)
Do you switch brushes when u switch colours? Or do you just rinse and wipe the same brush?
One brush. I rinse it and wipe it on a paper towel, and then it's ready for the next color!
I suck at painting these seem perfect for me
Christ on a 🚲, damn those models look savage cabbage altogether Kid.
Appreciate your graft.
You may want to consider a different primer colour than black when doing the drybrushing + inks technique on top. Things like deep purple, petroleum or hull red should give a less dirty finish to your recesses. Especially in the US where you have tons of shades of badger primers we europeans don't have access to.
What color would you use instead ?
I may indeed try that, thank you! I've got a feeling that the whole group of minis might take on a ~ purple tinge... but we shall see! maybe baby steps with paynes gray.... :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies good point, petroleum or indeed Paynes grey may work better. Maybe it's an inspiration for another giant test 😉
Thanks for the bit about Varnish. Someone else had some reactivation issues, looks like it may just depend on what you're using.
What type/product Brush On Varnish did you use? (Army Painter? Vallejo? etc.)
What type of brush on varnish do you recommend? I had problems with their matte brush on varnish stripping off the paint.
Would love to know what varnish to use, I have accidentally ruined a few paint jobs with varnish before
Contrast paints totally renewed my interest but now I HAVE to try these as well, thanks Brent!
I’ve received my set and will use them to lessen my huge pile of shame. I love how these models turned out 😉.
And as you say: not the best paintjob, but a lot better than unpainted 🤪
Life has provided me with little time to paint miniatures and so I haven't painted for far too long.
I have always been a fan of speed painting and maybe this is my answer to painting in the future!
Thanks for the inspiration Brent!
Much love from Eugene Oregon.
there ya go! I wish you the best of luck in getting some painting done :-)
Wholeheartedly agree that the medium for any Speed paint/contrast should come in much larger bottles!
As someone with limited time and skill, this is really helpful. I got the full set of speedpaints for christmas and it has made the hobby much more enjoyable and encouraged me to improve.
Love this video - this is absolutely what I always advocate for. Painting doesn't have to be hard, and can be super accessible. My go-to used to be contrast paints, but it's increasingly looking like Speedpaints might be the future!
Yeah! These may have just crossed the line to being something I'd seriously recommend to a brand new painter.
Great video. Very informative. Thanks Brent.
the results from just slapping it on there are pretty incredible. I think with a second pass of detail highlighting these would look like you spent all day on each one. Good on Army Painter for coming up with an answer to a games workshop product that is actually identifiable on the shelf. They have a lot of paints that seem like they're meant to be alternatives to layer paints or technical paints but there's nothing on the bottle to say "hey, this is transparent, like, really transparent bro" (looking at you jungle green) - it's nice to actually know what you're getting here.
right? every company has good products and not so good products... I think army painter just got their killer app!
Naaaaarrrrrffff... Armypainter!!! Release this stuff already XD
I think the models with the "slap chop" method looked better. The drybrushed white or grey (that I use) over a black primer allows these paints to give the model a highlighted effect. I think over a flat white primer they don't look as good but still decent if you want to get it on the table quickly.
More excellent insight and experimentation=radness!!😎👍
Cheers mate. I'ma prime my Ork Boyz tomorrow and do this.
Sure, these aren't going to be winning any awards- Or even pulling down many likes on Instagram. But if you're a DM with a 3d printer running a campaign where you need to prep 5-10 new minis every single week, this is a realistic way to have every single mini that hits the table be painted and look reasonably good. Ironically, I think these aren't nearly as well suited to wargaming, where you're going to be reusing the same models over and over for years.
i'm really interested in this speedpainting because i don't have much time
these smile dude XD my new favorite sweet yt guy ^^
Nice to meet you too! :-)
lmaoo what you're doing with these paints looks petter than any of my regular paintjobs do
It is AMAZING how many hobby stores DONT stock AP ... I live in Hertfordshire UK and have 3 hobby shops in a 30 min distance ... 2 just flight out refused to stock them and the 3rd was very unhelpful on the phone giving me very little info. I want to support LFGS but I think I'll be buying these online.
Interesting! In my local area it's easier to find AP than vallejo. The grass is always greener on the other side of the atlantic. At least you checked! now you can shop online guilt free :-)
My limited painting experience had me painting individual minis very carefully and doing time-consuming techniques but I recently started putting together a Necromunda gang, which has felt intimidating to paint! Maybe using these speed paints to get all the basic stuff done for them will make that feel like less of a daunting task!
worth a shot! slow painting is what I'm used to also, so this stuff was a nice surprise :-)
They seem great, but also very vibrant when compared to GW / other brands. I guess it could be used well for DND etc, but for Sigmar/40k, I think I may have to stick to the GW ones as they're much more "mundane" (which sounds bad, but fits the theme). Defo high quality paints though!
Me: A guy who's watched 20 sided realms and your video series for about as long as they both have been out.
"Wait... ****, That's you?! Oh **** it is you?!"
I genuinely don't know how I've not noticed up till now.
hehehe, today is a good day!!! :-) Chaz is my pyromaniac alter ego.
I have a question - what type of paint can I use for drybrushing? Can it be speedpaint white?
Prime black, drybrush with white speedpaint and then (after dry) paint with speedpaint colors? Or will they reactivate?
I'm a beginner and I just want to casually paint some tabletop miniatures, so I want to keep it simple, quick and easy.
thicker paints are normally better for drybrushing. speedpaints probably don't drybrush very well- I actually just used cheap craft paint for these models! :-)
That’s pretty much my experience with contrast: details might not look great, but one all the colors are on, it looks really fine. Especially on a board game or a wargame playing mat, just having colors makes everything look fine. So for half the price, I’ll probably get the set, it’s just so useful when you want a quick job.
As always, i adore your methods, your script is both informative and your cadence smooth and inviting! I'm also always so thankful that you take all the steps you can to shout out to your sources, AND provide further info for folks to follow up on. Great work c:
hey thanks, I appreciate that!! :-)
I thought the "too bright" Valkyr on the left looked great, could have just been that the cloth parts were too much bright colour and maybe could have been broken up into a few sections of different colours, but the green looked spot on.
Oh yeah, the citrus valkyr! lemon lime and orange :-)
Brent ! the simbol you pain on banner in 10:35 means pu..y in Czech :D :D :D you need to change it :D it wierd because only Czechs and Slovaks know/use this simbol... but no joke you need to pain it diferent :D
hahaha, live and learn.
What paints would you say would be essential?
I can’t afford the mega set, I’m
Looking at buying the starter set and some others that are essential!
Appreciate your feedback!!
neutral colors like brown are always useful... other than that, get the colors you think are pretty!! Other than that, sand golem is a better color than it looks on the bottle ;-)
So...
How do we make our own speed paint medium, Dr. Chemist?
I must crack the code! :-)
You can do it!
What type of paint did you use for dry brushing white?
Soo Brent...when are you and Jazza having a speedpaint showdown...this Goobertown aint big enough for the both of you...just kidding but since you are two of the nicest u tubers it would be fun with a friendly challange
hehehehe, the next time I'm in australia I'll chuck a gauntlet at him :-)
"Almost always"
How to say you have a science background without saying you have a science background
they mostly look better painted.... moooostttllllyyy
As a VERY newly minted miniature painter, I have to say - the best results seem to come from laying down a black base coat and then white dry brush before applying the speed paints. I feel like the most consistent color comes from that approach.
I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing these available in my local game store. I've been experimenting with paints I've never used before lately and these look like a welcome addition to my stash.
(I have officially become a paint goblin)
#paintgoblin :-)
I’d like to see a few identical sets of models with one group having a white primer and the other set having a black primer. Then painting the mirror characters with the same paint schemes would show exactly how the Speed Paints act. Your figures, even when you aren’t trying, look pretty sweet (some more than others, yes, but none look “bad”). Stay awesome and Keep the videos coming. 🤙
These look great! Well done! And really enjoy that bar scene at the end. That's not just a love letter to table top standard but a love letter to Goobertown and all the hobbying you've inspired. I'm sure one could easily fill a raucous waterdeep tavern with all the hobbyists who got into it or stuck to it or were motivated by Goobertown Hobbies videos.
That would be a heck of a tavern! Thank you for the kind words :-)
It's surprising how great they look. Have you tried mixing them to get new colours? I wonder if they would still work
Yup, you can mix them. Some combos give awesome colors, and some combos give brown, as per usual :-)
None of the models look particularly bad, but I especially love how the kobolds turned out! I feel these will work the best where you want particularly bright colours (kobolds, magic users). They also seem to work well for large areas, I could see them working well for a dragon, but that would likely use a whole bottle of paint and could be pricy. These are definitely for people that just want to slap some paint on figures without having to learn too many techniques.
I can see myself painting game minis with these, but still relying on actual techniques for "art" minis.
I really like how the white drybrush gives the models a grittier feel. After watching this I’m kind of tempted to pick up a set of speed paint to get my cursed city set done
right? we gotta use that undercoat more often. I was thinking darkest dungeon, but you're right it matches the cursed city box art too :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies I love the art from Darkest Dungeon
I knew there had to be a trade off between speedpaint and contrast. Although speedpaint wins overall especially on cost, seeing it come off that easily with a touch reveals that it does have a weakness.
I'd be interested to see a durability test between the two! I haven't heard anything about the durability of contrast paint one way or another.
@@GoobertownHobbies I'm still a new painter and have yet to get around to varnishing any of my models. All paint rubs off from hard edges, but contrast doesn't do it as much as in this video. Nor does it "re-activate" from putting medium on top of it. I am guessing that there is a large chemical difference between two products that at first glance seem very similar.
How would SpeedPaints work on sci-fi vehicles. It would be a good choice for next video.
flat areas aren't their strong point, but I may give it a try someday! :-)
You keep saying you're only aiming for tabletop standard, and not using skill, but I'd say your skill is showing and many of those ended up looking better than just tabletop standard.
I didn't make too many awful errors in brush placement, but I assure you, anyone can do this! :-)
These paints will be excellent for board game minis that have multiple copies of minis.
Should you ever do a 24h challange again, the speed paint is going to give you the opportunite for a really big Army
hehehe, uhoh!
Only halfway through so apologies if you mention it later. Did you use a dry palette for these to keep them at (or close to) the original consistency?
Yep I use a dry palette for washes and these.
All Hail the You Tube Algorithm Gods
I've been waiting for these to come out. Got some town drunks we printed. One passed out on the ground and one with his hand out in a leaning against the wall gonna hurt sorta fashion. Oi🍻😂
the perfect use :-)
Would you recommend these for someone who really hates painting but has a whole 40k army to paint
yeah actually, that'd be a great use of them!
I'm ready sold one this paint sett. To bad I can't get it before April 😔 great video as always!
hehehe, well, have fun with them when the time comes :-)
Huh, would never have thought of doing basic shading with white drybrushed over a black basecoat! Might have to trybthat myself
have fun!! :-)
Will the citizens of waterdeep ever know about the horror lurking in the city sewers?
ignorance is bliss! I think they know about the horrors of the yawning portal at least :-)
I just thought of this: Vantablack-painted Shadows
Just annihilate all the detail
I'll shell out the cash for one of those ultrablacks... someday, someday!
excellent video, great stuff, if I ever get a board game I am also going to have to pickup this set of paints.
a board game is a big commitment, but I think you're ready! :-)
Great video.
Would be interesting to see if speed paint worked for warmaster or 15mm scales too
good call, I'll give it a shot one of these days :-)
I can't wait to get my Speedpaint Mega set in March. They look like they will make painting with my disability and general "Messy look" so much more forgiving if I make a zenithal base before starting. Thanks for the awesome content as usual.
Nice! yeah this stuff is surprisingly forgiving, especially with that black and white undercoat. Have fun with them :-)
Wow surprisingly they look prettyy goood
This is exactly what I have been looking for as a proper review for these paints. This is basically exactly what I want the paint for as well, because I have a DnD game coming up and I have NPCs and characters to paint, and I have A lot of monsters to do as well. I plan to get the starter kit once available, as I think it will cover the majority of what I plan to paint with it. Thank you for this review, I am looking forward to these paints.
Nice! yeah dnd npcs are a great match for these paints.