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Can you comment on what type of thinner you used? Close caption says "Animal thinner" does that mean enamel thinner for oil? I assume acrylic thinner wont work for the oil.
ive always thought the core should be brighter and the outer coils are what cools it enough to keep it from exploding, same with volkite. noone else seemed to think so.
Ikr, it makes so much more sense this way! (I mean there is a slight explanation of you want to paint the outer ones brighter but its way more convoluted and raises more questions than it answers)
Commenters note: this method also works if you want to paint red plasma, green plasma, or whatever other color your plasma wants to be. Basecoat the midtone, drybrush dark, then wash with the highlight color.
I love this because you are painting coils in reverse of other tutorials. Others treat the top of the coils as the brightest part, whereas you treat it as the dullest part, with the bottom being the light source. It looks amazing.
@@alexthehopeless3778 the confusion is because the rule of thumb of miniature painting has always been using brighter colors on the outside to simulate highlights. However, as you stated, it doensn't make any sense and therefore doesn't work well with energy weapons and other heat effects (such as flames).
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Not the cheapest or the easiest process (though you do a wonderful job to simplify it), but i'll be darned if it isn't the best looking plasma glow. I was skeptical of the white oil wash but that went on soooo smooth, and it wasn't just a straight line it leeched up the coil. Absolutely beautiful work.
Thanks! Definitely not the cheapest but I think some drybrush and a wash is pretty accessible. Especially compared to glazing or using an airbrush, but that's just my opinion
@JuanHidalgoMiniatures its definitely not the most expensive process either, but I do a lot of paint mixing to save on space and money. Like I said, outstanding work. 👍
@MrFahqup oh yeah I totally get it! I usually mix a lot myself but I like to keep my videos as repeatable as possible and that usually means using more paints.
@JuanHidalgoMiniatures the recipes are S tier my friend. If I need to substitute some ingredients, that's on me. You made the blueprint. Keep them coming!
AWESOME Tutorial . Thank you! And no airbrush. Love it! Thank you for sharing this. I cant wait to use it on my space marines as Im redoing all the plasma glows!
Awesome job mate. Not only the easy painting method but also the fact that like nearly everyone else you paint it proper. I for one dont want to be near anything plasma where the actual coil/casing is brighter than whats inside. Thats the good start of a very, very bad day.
This is going to change the game for some of my stuff, I've stripped an old model already because the plasma effect being bad ruined it, and even the redo I was only somewhat okay with. Maybe I can try the oil step on its own to brighten it up first, since the old metal infantry ones "ribs" are sooo shallow. Thanks very much!
That plasma looks great! More interesting to me is that OSL however. OSL is a technique that I've always shied away from, but this is looking very approachable and easy to do. Also, I got those kind of brushes! They're awesome! I use the bigger ones to get tanks done very quickly.
I just randomly stumbled across this video at just the perfect time as I'm getting ready to paint some plasma coil lookin parts on the underside of Farsight's jet packs. Two thumbs up, this method makes for an amazing looking end result.
Thank you for this video. I have been hearing from others that air brushes were the only way to do plasma effects well. I prefer brush painting, and your tutorial is top-notch!
Happy to help, top tip: If you glaze the fort two steps instead of Drybrushing them you get a smoother result but of course the increase of difficulty is also notable
Thank you so much! i was unsatisfied with my plasma effect, but now I know why: I painted the recesses darker, and the coils brighter. But obviously if the bright light comes from inside the coil it would be the other way around! Also leaving some paint on the weapon really sells the glow effect!
Wow. That looks great, and you weren't kidding about how easy. Definitely got to get my hands on that oilbrusher, never thought of using white oil paint for this!
Thanks for the fantastic tutorial! Definitely one of the best plasma effects I've ever seen (and I've been seeing A LOT of them for many many years). I'll look into your channel now to see if I can find a tutorial on who to paint flames. Cheers!
Love it. Wish I'd had this technique for all the plasmas I've done! I kept trying different things to try and get it to look this way, and this looks easier and better results. Thanks!
This was pretty similar to Mavericks Paint's tutorial, albeit a bit more streamlined and optimized for efficient speed painting. Citadel color masterclass on Warhammer+ also has a similar tutorial but it takes much longer, requires more paints, and will set you back roughly $5 USD a month to watch. So yeah, for the time invested, this is one of the better tutorials out there.
Very good tutorial, very helpful, easy to follow with great results! Probably some of the best plasma I have every painted, really made the Plasma mortar on my Thanatar look amazing.
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That was a great instructional video! I've been messing around with doing plasma effects for the first time too, thanks for sharing these tips! I'll give it a spin soon enough!
🤣Now the one I watched this morning makes more sense! Ahhhh these are absolutely gold, I reckon you should just go unfiltered. I can pretty much guarantee you'd entertain so many people, I am, and i'm still learning new things at the same time. That's a twofer. Keep on keeping on, glowing up like a boss. As one Mr Cornell once said; "And to be yourself is all that you can do". No one does it better 😉
Awesome. I have a primaris techmarine that is all done and based, except for the plasma effect that I have been avoiding. This looks like a great way to wrap him up.
When I still played 40k, I used to do plasma coils and energised melee weapons with ice blue, skull white and finish with coloured citadel ink. (Old GW paint range) For melee weapons, I started with the ice blue and then did wet on wet lightning arcs with the skull white, let it dry and then go over with blue ink for power weapons, purple for psyker force weapons and red for daemon weapons. Plasma weapons I started with white, then drybrushed with ice blue on the raised coils and then sparingly use blue ink to get the tinted gloss glow effect. The paints were, iirc, discontinued in 2014, the inks were discontinued around 2010 😥
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@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures I've tried other methods and could never get the wet blend to look right. I finally gave up and just did a white base with a light blue contrast. But yours is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you for the great video.
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Can you comment on what type of thinner you used? Close caption says "Animal thinner" does that mean enamel thinner for oil? I assume acrylic thinner wont work for the oil.
Odorless Thinners, that's the name of the Thinners, and yes they are oil or enamel thinners
Finally somebody who's painting the inner parts of the plasma "coil" brighter than the outer ones. Thank you !
That's how you do it!
ive always thought the core should be brighter and the outer coils are what cools it enough to keep it from exploding, same with volkite. noone else seemed to think so.
@@FenrirFrostborn most gamers has no grasp of thermodynamic physics 😆
been annoying the shit out of me for decades. The coil is the houseing the bright shit should be in the middle/inside! So this is deffo major good.
Ikr, it makes so much more sense this way! (I mean there is a slight explanation of you want to paint the outer ones brighter but its way more convoluted and raises more questions than it answers)
Commenters note: this method also works if you want to paint red plasma, green plasma, or whatever other color your plasma wants to be. Basecoat the midtone, drybrush dark, then wash with the highlight color.
100%
what is a good acrylic white wash ?
None, but if you are determined to use acrylics, buy a good quality artist white ink. Liquitex or Daler Rowney FW are my favourite ones
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures would thinned white paint work? The water would make it seep into the recesses.
But he basecoated the lightest, then dry brushed midtone, then drybrushed midtone before wash? Howd you mean basecoat the midtone?
I love this because you are painting coils in reverse of other tutorials. Others treat the top of the coils as the brightest part, whereas you treat it as the dullest part, with the bottom being the light source. It looks amazing.
Thanks
It makes sense tho, the coils are supposed to be hotter on the inside, idk why others are painting it differently
@@alexthehopeless3778 the confusion is because the rule of thumb of miniature painting has always been using brighter colors on the outside to simulate highlights. However, as you stated, it doensn't make any sense and therefore doesn't work well with energy weapons and other heat effects (such as flames).
I’ve watched like 6 plasma tutorials trying to find something effective and simple. This was it! Thanks!
Happy to help
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Man these last 3 videos have been absolutely incredible!
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This is by far the best plasma effect I've seen on UA-cam, phenomenal work!
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I’ve been avoiding painting plasma coils, choosing any other build variant available in order to do so - but no more, thanks to this amazing tutorial!
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That intro was fantastic. Great video.
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Dude, you might have the best, most straight forward painting tutorials 👌🏼👌🏼
Great work! I’m absolutely using this recipe
Thanks, I'm very proud of that
Yes this is amazing! I’ve been trying to find a simple plasma recipe for ages now, can’t wait to try this
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Not the cheapest or the easiest process (though you do a wonderful job to simplify it), but i'll be darned if it isn't the best looking plasma glow. I was skeptical of the white oil wash but that went on soooo smooth, and it wasn't just a straight line it leeched up the coil. Absolutely beautiful work.
Thanks! Definitely not the cheapest but I think some drybrush and a wash is pretty accessible. Especially compared to glazing or using an airbrush, but that's just my opinion
@JuanHidalgoMiniatures its definitely not the most expensive process either, but I do a lot of paint mixing to save on space and money. Like I said, outstanding work. 👍
@MrFahqup oh yeah I totally get it!
I usually mix a lot myself but I like to keep my videos as repeatable as possible and that usually means using more paints.
@JuanHidalgoMiniatures the recipes are S tier my friend. If I need to substitute some ingredients, that's on me. You made the blueprint. Keep them coming!
Ok, am gonna go do this on all my plasma now...
Glad you liked it
AWESOME Tutorial . Thank you! And no airbrush. Love it! Thank you for sharing this. I cant wait to use it on my space marines as Im redoing all the plasma glows!
That is a satisfying 7mins 44 indeed. That final pop of white always feels so good.
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Awesome job mate. Not only the easy painting method but also the fact that like nearly everyone else you paint it proper. I for one dont want to be near anything plasma where the actual coil/casing is brighter than whats inside. Thats the good start of a very, very bad day.
😂😂
Esta serie es oro puro, Juan. Y gran opening 🤣
Gracias 😄
Fantastic work.Simple but effective.
Thanks
This is going to change the game for some of my stuff, I've stripped an old model already because the plasma effect being bad ruined it, and even the redo I was only somewhat okay with. Maybe I can try the oil step on its own to brighten it up first, since the old metal infantry ones "ribs" are sooo shallow. Thanks very much!
Happy to help
Love that you showed the fix with thinning any oil mistakes. Excellent content. Thank-you.
Happy to help 😘
This Is the best recipe I've seen for plasma! Right now without this recipe I use over half an hour for each plasma, I hope to cut shorter this way!
You will if you follow this. Of course you can get better results doing glazes and such but for an army it just doesn't make sense
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures I play dark Angels, sooo yes, a lot of plasma in an army 😅
That plasma looks great! More interesting to me is that OSL however. OSL is a technique that I've always shied away from, but this is looking very approachable and easy to do.
Also, I got those kind of brushes! They're awesome! I use the bigger ones to get tanks done very quickly.
Yeah they are great, fantastic tools
Buenísimo, tendré que probarlo de esta forma, gracias Juan!
Gracias a ti guapetón 😘
I trust your advices because you lick your brushes. Only people who lick their brushes know how to paint.
It's true
Looks incredible and actually simple! The introduction was amazing as well
Thanks!!
I was about to go to the grocery store. This takes priority.
Good choice
Mind blown!!!!!!! Absolutely fantastic tutorial Juan, gracias😄
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This might be my favourite recipe for plasma coils. Looks awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I just randomly stumbled across this video at just the perfect time as I'm getting ready to paint some plasma coil lookin parts on the underside of Farsight's jet packs. Two thumbs up, this method makes for an amazing looking end result.
Thanks
Love the way you label the paint used in the beginning thanks
Happy to help
Thank you for this video. I have been hearing from others that air brushes were the only way to do plasma effects well. I prefer brush painting, and your tutorial is top-notch!
Happy to help, top tip:
If you glaze the fort two steps instead of Drybrushing them you get a smoother result but of course the increase of difficulty is also notable
Thank you Juan! Very nice tutorial!
¡Muchas gracias! ¡Muy buen tutorial!
Gracias guapetón 😘
Super easy to do. Wonderful step by step.
I've never seen glow affects done this way. It does seem very easy. Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
Happy to help 😘
Thank you so much! i was unsatisfied with my plasma effect, but now I know why: I painted the recesses darker, and the coils brighter. But obviously if the bright light comes from inside the coil it would be the other way around! Also leaving some paint on the weapon really sells the glow effect!
Happy to help
This is absolute the best and easiest OSL I've ever seen! Thanks Juan! Amazing tutorial.
Gracias guapo 😘
Thank you Juan, great subject
Thanks
Wow. That looks great, and you weren't kidding about how easy. Definitely got to get my hands on that oilbrusher, never thought of using white oil paint for this!
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Thanks for the fantastic tutorial! Definitely one of the best plasma effects I've ever seen (and I've been seeing A LOT of them for many many years). I'll look into your channel now to see if I can find a tutorial on who to paint flames. Cheers!
Of course I have one! It's included into The Avatar video
Thank you for continuing to share your knowledge and passion, you're an inspiration.
Thanks 😘
This is probably the nicest looking plasma I've seen, and ive watched a lot of these
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Love it. Wish I'd had this technique for all the plasmas I've done! I kept trying different things to try and get it to look this way, and this looks easier and better results. Thanks!
Happy to help
This plasma painting tutorial looks a little more achievable than other videos I’ve seen, thank you!
That's the idea! Happy to help
This was pretty similar to Mavericks Paint's tutorial, albeit a bit more streamlined and optimized for efficient speed painting. Citadel color masterclass on Warhammer+ also has a similar tutorial but it takes much longer, requires more paints, and will set you back roughly $5 USD a month to watch.
So yeah, for the time invested, this is one of the better tutorials out there.
Thanks, much appreciated
This is the best method (and end result) that I've seen 👏🏻
Thanks
Simplemente los mejores tutoriales. Gracias, crack
Gracias a ti guapetón 😘
Great tutorial! I'll be needing this for some Steel Rift bits pretty soon.
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I really like this. I'll keep this in mind for the next plasma weapon I work on
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Insane result for such simple steps
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i love it, this will help the next time i need to paint something that looks, like it glows.
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Very good tutorial, very helpful, easy to follow with great results! Probably some of the best plasma I have every painted, really made the Plasma mortar on my Thanatar look amazing.
Thanks mate 😘
Wow, really nice tutorial. Easy and much effect. Thanks!
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Ok I just started watching... the intro is just the best 😂
I'm very proud of my intros
Great technique 👍🏻 I’m definitely going to try this one. Thanks, friend 🤝
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Hello! Thank for this video. It's amazing! You are one of the most usefull blogger for me by painting. I am already paint sword for my librarian by your guide. And it was turned out gratefull!
Thanks 😘
Great help for us beginners! Thank you!
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0:27 The detail on the mug is adorable
Nice and simple tutorial, with great results.
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Fantastic work, Juan! So little effort, such a beautiful result! 11/10!
Thanks
I don’t have space marines, but I’m hoping to use this method on “similar” pieces. Thanks Juan!
This guide was awesome! Thank you so much for this video, I will apply this effect from now on.
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thank you, your advice will make my tau army much nicer!
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Wow. Incredible effect! Thanks for the video
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Really helpful information and demonstration! Thank you!
Thanks
Finally a tutorial that a noob like me can follow without finding it daunting! Thank you!
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That was a great instructional video! I've been messing around with doing plasma effects for the first time too, thanks for sharing these tips! I'll give it a spin soon enough!
Happy to help
Juan, muy buenos tips!! Muchas gracias! 😀😀😀👏
Gracias a ti guapetón 😘
Awesome, easy and nice-looking. Thank you!
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🤣Now the one I watched this morning makes more sense! Ahhhh these are absolutely gold, I reckon you should just go unfiltered. I can pretty much guarantee you'd entertain so many people, I am, and i'm still learning new things at the same time. That's a twofer.
Keep on keeping on, glowing up like a boss. As one Mr Cornell once said; "And to be yourself is all that you can do". No one does it better 😉
Thanks mate 😘
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Any time my dude 🤗
Thank you very much! What a incredible tutorial.
Thank you for watching 😘
Fantastic. This is my paint channel now, thank you sir
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Bravo Juan… siempre me enseñas algo nuevo 👏
Gracias a ti guapetón 😘
Amazing as always. the finał step (white wash) can be done with regular acrylic paint with thinner or even water.
Yes of course but that makes it no longer zero skill as it requires way more finesse and control
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures even with acrylic ink? My problem with oils is You need other brushes, cleaner etc.
You can not lick your brush!
Yeah, even with ink this will be harder to do but it's doable
Wow!
+1000 hobby points for this video!
Best plasma tutorial ever.
Thanks 😘
Awesome. I have a primaris techmarine that is all done and based, except for the plasma effect that I have been avoiding. This looks like a great way to wrap him up.
Indeed! Give it a go!
Really nice setup you have in the backround. Really nice cubbys for everything.
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Nice! That's crazy, it looks like a little LED is in there. Amazing work bud!!!
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When you apply the white oil at the bottom of the plasma, so quickly and neatly... I am just in awe :)
It's that easy, oil paints are AMAZING
Looks great, also well explained. Thank you.
Thank you for watching
Wow looks good and really good for new people and bulk painting
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This is the best plasma tutorial I've ever seen
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I've been avoiding plasma weapon specifically because I didn't know how to paint them. I'll be trying this out this weekend!
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Brilliant as always Juan.
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Quick, simple, and impressive!
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Can't wait to try this. Awesome video!
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Smashing job Juan. I’m going to try this out!!
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I love your aesthetic. It's exactly what I try to do with my UC and IBO kits. Keep up the awesome work!
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As someone with the exact amount of skill you say is required, I look forward to testing this!
Awesome
Está genial Juan! Queda muy chulo y encima... sin aerografo! Muy buena idea lo del oilbrusher blanco
Gracias guapo 😘
The colors all over the sentinel are amazing. I'd love to know more about that green tone.
I have a video about it! Check it out
When I still played 40k, I used to do plasma coils and energised melee weapons with ice blue, skull white and finish with coloured citadel ink.
(Old GW paint range)
For melee weapons, I started with the ice blue and then did wet on wet lightning arcs with the skull white, let it dry and then go over with blue ink for power weapons, purple for psyker force weapons and red for daemon weapons.
Plasma weapons I started with white, then drybrushed with ice blue on the raised coils and then sparingly use blue ink to get the tinted gloss glow effect.
The paints were, iirc, discontinued in 2014, the inks were discontinued around 2010 😥
I know the pain
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures oh, by the way, I still have my collection of around 34'000pts in 5th ed... Word Bearers and an armored brigade of mutant/renegade guardsmen...
The Word Bearers used Mechrite red as the main paint...
Thank you for your empathy🤧
First time watching, definitely not the last - this worked wonders for my redemptor dread from the DA combat patrol
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Awesome tutorial, can’t wait to try this out
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Been doing the similar technique on plasmas but instead of drybrush I was glazing and it took more time... will try drybrush :) ty
Happy to help, glazing will obviously give a better result but sometimes you just need something effective and fast
Awesome guide. Muchos gracias amigo.
Thanks for watching 😘
Intro alone earned my like! Love it!
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This a GREAT technique! Thank you!
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That came out so amazing and it looks very simple. I can't wait to try it out. Just need to get that white oil paint.
Do it! Makes the whole thing extremely easy
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures I've tried other methods and could never get the wet blend to look right. I finally gave up and just did a white base with a light blue contrast.
But yours is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you for the great video.
Thank you for watching
I appreciate the video and was able to get great results.
Happy to help!