ArmyPainter Gamemaster Character Starter Paint Set shop.thearmypainter.com/gm1004p OTHER SUPPLIES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO Wet Pallet amzn.to/3DTDJhu Plastic paint pallet amzn.to/3DymGjC Testors Spray Enamel Dull Coat amzn.to/3FHRe5d Black Spray Primer amzn.to/3sQrsUL White Spray Primer amzn.to/3DwRvFj
For any folks checking out this video - if you have a WizKids, Reaper Bones or other PVC model you're wanting to paint, primer may react in odd ways to the model's material because it is super hydrophobic. Instead, add a thin (but not thinned) layer of paint to the model, making sure you get into all the nooks and crannies, and subsequent thinned coats of paint will stick to the base coat instead.
I almost exclusively use Reaper Bones for my minis (yay Kickstarters), and I've never had any issues with Army Painter spray-on primers or Citadel spray-on primers (though Citadel costs TWICE as much... lol) I do not buy WizKids minis (too brittle, IMO, and I hate not knowing what's in the box) so I can't speak to them.
for my miniatures I usually paint them lighter tones then with some black paint with water I brush the entire miniature and get the water/black paint mixture in the crevices to create shadows and better contours.
I've done something similar before, too. What I found is that it results in a "dirty" look to areas and then I have to repaint colors in places to clean it up. Now that I've transitioned to army painter speed paints, they take care of base coat AND dark areas in the crevasses to add that contrast, all in one step.
This is know as a wash. Personally I have found most self made washes unless you use acrylic medium to not turn out the way I want but army painter has some great cheap washes such as strong tone. Easy tip for all the folk getting into the hobby for washes, always start your brush stroke from the brighter region and pull the wash towards the recesses and allow it to pool there. If any pools on a flat surface just dab off some moisture from the brush with a paper towel and soak it back into the bristles. This stops that "grimy" coffee stain look that can happen. good luck and happy painting all =D
I am about as far from an artist as one can be, and because of that I was always turned off from painting as I saw it as this very difficult artistic process. I don't have steady hands and I have no artistic vision. Even without that, you made this seem very easy and approachable (I'm sure it depends a lot on the mini you want to paint and what colors and effects you want to put on it, but still). I'm looking forward to see more videos on this topic. Maybe I'll have to rethink my position on mini painting. Thank you as always for the great content :)
Yes, you can make it as easy or difficult as you desire. You can get great results from just priming, adding a dark wash (which I didn't cover in this video), and then just putting a base coat on. I did that for the longest time before I started using dry brushing and other techniques.
For some reason, watching a painting minis video in a DM channel warms the cockles of my heart. I think painting a character is a good way to get invested in the roleplaying aspect. That being said, don’t try to correct mistakes by applying primer. Chances are you’ll create texture and obscure the miniatures details.
Brilliant! Thank you so much. I'm about to paint the mini figures my children picked out for their DnD adventures. I don't want to screw it up as these are super important to them. Such great tips!
NOTE! If you edit a hearted comment, it disappears! Thanks anyway Luke 😁 I swear by Army painter aswell. But got a mini holder from Citadel and a Brass metallic color ( brass is hard to get )I will add now some TONS of extra advice tips below: ONE!: Nolzurs minis is always pre primed but wash em in soapwater anyway, no worries the primer wont go off. BUT! If painting old minis from D&D boardgames like Legend of Drizzt ( have a 4e purple shadow dragon ) you need to both wash and prime. TWO! Also if a mini have broken off parts, plastic glue it on, dry and prime the whole mini anew. Same after removing mold lines. THREE! : Hinted at above. D&D etc boardgames saves you alot of money regarding getting minis! Especially old ones 2014-> Similar for paint sets akin to the Adventurer paint set in the vid. Save some moneys for minis included. FOUR! Short equipment list: 1: Minis pre primed or not. Nolzurs, D&D/ Army painter paint sets, the one in vid, old board games containing a bunch of minis. 2: A holder homemade with stickystuff and corks etc 3: Wide set of brushes but the Army Painter starter 3x D&D set is nice start. 4: Wet palette, w/ extra hydrofoam sheets for it. SAVE the paint! 5: A razorknife, hobby knife to get rid of mold lines. Finisher/ preserving layer paint/ spray. Yeah I admit needing to get that.... 6: SIDENOTE. If any prepainted or not, minis from Icons booster boxes, board games are angled, bent. Use hot water while bend in position then quickly use cold water to stiff in place/ position. 7: with some experience, you can add own details on pre painted minis!! Like my Icons of the realm Adult Black dragon got light green eyes over the original red, very visible in the dark. I also mixed yellowish dark green for acid, dripping from its mouth and unto the base it stands on. Could sear base with a lighter etc to mimick acid burn then paint over the seared spot 😁
I only use spray primers for mine. Personally, I always paint multiple minis at once to allow the paint on one mini to dry while I'm putting paint on another mini. And one thing that really helps minis look good is to apply a shade. A really washed down brown or black ink. Helps with shading and is an easy thing.
I use spray primers as well. Easy and effective. (Since that starter set came with a paint-on primer, though, might as well show how it can be used, too.)
Geezer here..... Great vid as always. There is one related point that I believe ya failed to mention. Perhaps at the "modern" table it is no longer an issue. But I absolutely believe it is still the case 4 decades plus later. Just starting out? Congratulations. Now remember, starting out you can not expect to be a pro. You will get better. Don't beat yourself up over a boo boo here and there. The real pros in any trade or endeavor make mistakes. The experts are the ones that can fix them and no one ever knows. Gaming on.
Thanks for the video Luke! If you are intending to do several other videos, I have been looking for a place to get affordable, quality brushes and a method for restoring the bristles. As I paint, I find that a small curve develops in the top of my brush or a section of the bristles start to stray from the fine tip. I suspect it may be my technique of dabbing colors into corners thus bending the bristles combined with not properly cleaning out the paint as I go, but a video on proper technique and equipment care would be helpful 👍🏻 thanks again!
Excellent video! Just one thing to add, some minis you may buy are pre-primed! Not that it makes a difference, just be aware that sometimes you can save yourself alot of time with pre-primed figures! Cheers, thanks for the great video as well!
Great advice, & this lesson came across smoothly. I'm waiting for my Army Painter kit + minis, so... I should go get some spray on Primer + Enamel. Maybe a paint pallette too. Cheers
i just got myself a baby hydra mini and ive dry brushed a white primer since it was a grey from resin printing and im sure the vender i bought it from washed them well
I never knew I could use dry brushing for high lights. I pretty much only used dry brushing for metallics. If I want a dark steel I paint the metal part in black and then dry brush on the silver.
I do something similar for metalics. I add a dark wash and then carefully paint the metallic base coat where it should go, being careful NOT to get it in the crevesses because I want it dark in there.
Im not the most experienced. But add any wash before dry brushing. Taking that advice myself from other mini paint advice vids. Also but not needed, use brownish washes on leather, skin etc. Dark/ black is a nice allrounder. Painting details like eyes, fangs could be done as one of the last steps
So...I did NOT go over washes in this video because I wanted to make it as simple as possible... HOWEVER, if you look closely, I actually did add washes to the mini before I did dry brushing. In the past when I primed WHITE or GRAY, I would add a dark wash before applying base coat or speed paints. NOW, I use black primer then white as zenithal shading. And then I go right to Army Painter speed paints. Then I do washes where needed. Then I do dry brushing. Thus far, the results have been great. OH, and basing. I usually get my gravel terrain on the mini first, before priming, and then paint it after I finish the mini itself.
I would have added a wash stage to this beginner guide, but I am uncertain if the set has a wash in it. Otherwise I liked the video in it simplicity. The way you get stuff painted is to grab paints and a brush and paint. There is no reason to worry if they look like professionally painted minis at the start. It also seemed good fit for this channel with this detail. I do not thing DM lair channel as a painting channel and this was just small enough intro into that hobby that it didn't seem out of place.
Would be an idea to recommend some youtubers who specialise in mini painting. Most have beginner, intermediate, advanced videos. Do you have any you look to for information.
It's not that bad. The key is removing most of the paint from the brush and then brushing AGAINST the grain, quickly and lightly to slowly add the highlights to the raised portions.
I just recently started painting minis and most are 3d printed. I bought multiple paint sets from Reaper Bones, a set from Army Painter, and another random set on Amazon. So far my favorite paints to use are the Reaper Bones and if you get the Basics set it comes with 3 minis and a book with instructions on how to paint each to get used to the basic techniques. After using those for 5-6 minis, I've now painted over a dozen on my own and they've all turned out great.
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ArmyPainter Gamemaster Character Starter Paint Set shop.thearmypainter.com/gm1004p
OTHER SUPPLIES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO
Wet Pallet amzn.to/3DTDJhu
Plastic paint pallet amzn.to/3DymGjC
Testors Spray Enamel Dull Coat amzn.to/3FHRe5d
Black Spray Primer amzn.to/3sQrsUL
White Spray Primer amzn.to/3DwRvFj
For any folks checking out this video - if you have a WizKids, Reaper Bones or other PVC model you're wanting to paint, primer may react in odd ways to the model's material because it is super hydrophobic. Instead, add a thin (but not thinned) layer of paint to the model, making sure you get into all the nooks and crannies, and subsequent thinned coats of paint will stick to the base coat instead.
Thanks for the warning
I almost exclusively use Reaper Bones for my minis (yay Kickstarters), and I've never had any issues with Army Painter spray-on primers or Citadel spray-on primers (though Citadel costs TWICE as much... lol) I do not buy WizKids minis (too brittle, IMO, and I hate not knowing what's in the box) so I can't speak to them.
@@Deefry Aren't they pre-primered?
for my miniatures I usually paint them lighter tones then with some black paint with water I brush the entire miniature and get the water/black paint mixture in the crevices to create shadows and better contours.
I've done something similar before, too. What I found is that it results in a "dirty" look to areas and then I have to repaint colors in places to clean it up. Now that I've transitioned to army painter speed paints, they take care of base coat AND dark areas in the crevasses to add that contrast, all in one step.
This is know as a wash. Personally I have found most self made washes unless you use acrylic medium to not turn out the way I want but army painter has some great cheap washes such as strong tone. Easy tip for all the folk getting into the hobby for washes, always start your brush stroke from the brighter region and pull the wash towards the recesses and allow it to pool there. If any pools on a flat surface just dab off some moisture from the brush with a paper towel and soak it back into the bristles. This stops that "grimy" coffee stain look that can happen. good luck and happy painting all =D
Shadowing is the same term as washing?
I am about as far from an artist as one can be, and because of that I was always turned off from painting as I saw it as this very difficult artistic process. I don't have steady hands and I have no artistic vision. Even without that, you made this seem very easy and approachable (I'm sure it depends a lot on the mini you want to paint and what colors and effects you want to put on it, but still). I'm looking forward to see more videos on this topic. Maybe I'll have to rethink my position on mini painting.
Thank you as always for the great content :)
Yes, you can make it as easy or difficult as you desire. You can get great results from just priming, adding a dark wash (which I didn't cover in this video), and then just putting a base coat on. I did that for the longest time before I started using dry brushing and other techniques.
Thank you this is a big help I just bought all my players a mini and I have never painted any before this is a great video to help me get started.
For some reason, watching a painting minis video in a DM channel warms the cockles of my heart. I think painting a character is a good way to get invested in the roleplaying aspect.
That being said, don’t try to correct mistakes by applying primer. Chances are you’ll create texture and obscure the miniatures details.
I learned a couple things too and I’ve been painting minis for years. Thanks for this one
Happy to help!
Awesome skills!
Thanks for the video! Minis are a fun hobby of mine so seeing you talk about it is fun, hope you have some more in depth videos coming up for it.
Brilliant! Thank you so much. I'm about to paint the mini figures my children picked out for their DnD adventures. I don't want to screw it up as these are super important to them. Such great tips!
NOTE! If you edit a hearted comment, it disappears! Thanks anyway Luke 😁 I swear by Army painter aswell. But got a mini holder from Citadel and a Brass metallic color ( brass is hard to get )I will add now some TONS of extra advice tips below: ONE!: Nolzurs minis is always pre primed but wash em in soapwater anyway, no worries the primer wont go off. BUT! If painting old minis from D&D boardgames like Legend of Drizzt ( have a 4e purple shadow dragon ) you need to both wash and prime. TWO! Also if a mini have broken off parts, plastic glue it on, dry and prime the whole mini anew. Same after removing mold lines.
THREE! : Hinted at above. D&D etc boardgames saves you alot of money regarding getting minis! Especially old ones 2014-> Similar for paint sets akin to the Adventurer paint set in the vid. Save some moneys for minis included.
FOUR! Short equipment list:
1: Minis pre primed or not. Nolzurs, D&D/ Army painter paint sets, the one in vid, old board games containing a bunch of minis.
2: A holder homemade with stickystuff and corks etc
3: Wide set of brushes but the Army Painter starter 3x D&D set is nice start.
4: Wet palette, w/ extra hydrofoam sheets for it. SAVE the paint!
5: A razorknife, hobby knife to get rid of mold lines.
Finisher/ preserving layer paint/ spray. Yeah I admit needing to get that....
6: SIDENOTE. If any prepainted or not, minis from Icons booster boxes, board games are angled, bent. Use hot water while bend in position then quickly use cold water to stiff in place/ position.
7: with some experience, you can add own details on pre painted minis!! Like my Icons of the realm Adult Black dragon got light green eyes over the original red, very visible in the dark. I also mixed yellowish dark green for acid, dripping from its mouth and unto the base it stands on. Could sear base with a lighter etc to mimick acid burn then paint over the seared spot 😁
Awesome!!
Sehr hilfreiches Video. Ich sehe mich schon einen Großteil meines Geldes in dieses Hobby investieren 😂
I only use spray primers for mine.
Personally, I always paint multiple minis at once to allow the paint on one mini to dry while I'm putting paint on another mini.
And one thing that really helps minis look good is to apply a shade. A really washed down brown or black ink. Helps with shading and is an easy thing.
I use spray primers as well. Easy and effective. (Since that starter set came with a paint-on primer, though, might as well show how it can be used, too.)
iv been waiting fir one of thees vidios thank you so much. keep up the good work
Love your stuff! Thanks for the video!
That army painter was my first purchase for paints and I don’t regret it one bit!
Thanks for the video helps a lot. I like your background and wheel of time books great series.
Geezer here.....
Great vid as always.
There is one related point that I believe ya failed to mention. Perhaps at the "modern" table it is no longer an issue. But I absolutely believe it is still the case 4 decades plus later.
Just starting out? Congratulations. Now remember, starting out you can not expect to be a pro. You will get better. Don't beat yourself up over a boo boo here and there. The real pros in any trade or endeavor make mistakes. The experts are the ones that can fix them and no one ever knows.
Gaming on.
There’s also applying black wash to certain areas of a mini to really bring out the details. :)
Thanks for the video Luke! If you are intending to do several other videos, I have been looking for a place to get affordable, quality brushes and a method for restoring the bristles. As I paint, I find that a small curve develops in the top of my brush or a section of the bristles start to stray from the fine tip. I suspect it may be my technique of dabbing colors into corners thus bending the bristles combined with not properly cleaning out the paint as I go, but a video on proper technique and equipment care would be helpful 👍🏻 thanks again!
This was the exact intro video I was looking for
Awesome, happy to help! :D
Excellent video! Just one thing to add, some minis you may buy are pre-primed! Not that it makes a difference, just be aware that sometimes you can save yourself alot of time with pre-primed figures! Cheers, thanks for the great video as well!
Great advice, & this lesson came across smoothly. I'm waiting for my Army Painter kit + minis, so... I should go get some spray on Primer + Enamel. Maybe a paint pallette too. Cheers
I painted a Spectator. I sealed it in matte and then used super glossy fingernail polish to give its eyes a super wet look.
i just got myself a baby hydra mini and ive dry brushed a white primer since it was a grey from resin printing and im sure the vender i bought it from washed them well
The best part about this video is that I bought the exact painting kit before watching this video and I just searched up a video to get me started 😂
Thanks!
I actually have started this kit. I wanted to start here before I went into Hero Quest pieces.
Thanks! Great video!
I never knew I could use dry brushing for high lights. I pretty much only used dry brushing for metallics. If I want a dark steel I paint the metal part in black and then dry brush on the silver.
I do something similar for metalics. I add a dark wash and then carefully paint the metallic base coat where it should go, being careful NOT to get it in the crevesses because I want it dark in there.
A lot of people use dark wash. Would it be weird to combine this with highlights from dry brushing?
Im not the most experienced. But add any wash before dry brushing. Taking that advice myself from other mini paint advice vids. Also but not needed, use brownish washes on leather, skin etc. Dark/ black is a nice allrounder. Painting details like eyes, fangs could be done as one of the last steps
So...I did NOT go over washes in this video because I wanted to make it as simple as possible... HOWEVER, if you look closely, I actually did add washes to the mini before I did dry brushing.
In the past when I primed WHITE or GRAY, I would add a dark wash before applying base coat or speed paints. NOW, I use black primer then white as zenithal shading. And then I go right to Army Painter speed paints. Then I do washes where needed. Then I do dry brushing. Thus far, the results have been great.
OH, and basing. I usually get my gravel terrain on the mini first, before priming, and then paint it after I finish the mini itself.
Is there a nice carry/roller cart you can recommend if you can't have a dedicate space? Any style of toolbox maybe?
I have a question, can you use Mod Podge to finish the minis?
I would have added a wash stage to this beginner guide, but I am uncertain if the set has a wash in it. Otherwise I liked the video in it simplicity. The way you get stuff painted is to grab paints and a brush and paint. There is no reason to worry if they look like professionally painted minis at the start. It also seemed good fit for this channel with this detail. I do not thing DM lair channel as a painting channel and this was just small enough intro into that hobby that it didn't seem out of place.
Thanks this helped
Would be an idea to recommend some youtubers who specialise in mini painting. Most have beginner, intermediate, advanced videos. Do you have any you look to for information.
I still don’t know how to dry brush it seems too tough for me for some reason
Lol 😝
It's not that bad. The key is removing most of the paint from the brush and then brushing AGAINST the grain, quickly and lightly to slowly add the highlights to the raised portions.
Do a cement plastic works to seal the minis ?
Would these paint work on 3d printed resin? I got a couple minis but don't know how to paint and would love to get into it.
I just recently started painting minis and most are 3d printed. I bought multiple paint sets from Reaper Bones, a set from Army Painter, and another random set on Amazon. So far my favorite paints to use are the Reaper Bones and if you get the Basics set it comes with 3 minis and a book with instructions on how to paint each to get used to the basic techniques. After using those for 5-6 minis, I've now painted over a dozen on my own and they've all turned out great.
What did u use to attach to the pill bottle ?
What about lead minis Jeff?
i have tried send you 2 mails now how do we get the pdfs if we are a sub to you news letter. i ask because i can read it on homepage the posts eks the puzzles but i dont see a way to download a pdf. but it say download pdf to sign up but then i am told you are sign up. so in short how do we get the pdfs ?
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Where can I find different mini’s to purchase
Bacon for the algorithm
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Do you paint mini's Luke?
Nope, not at all. You got me.
@@theDMLair hard to tell if that's sarcastic but I like it lol love the video's
aren't you and your team selling tokens anymore?
We've never sold them. We have recommended Tactical Tokens for those who want a mini alternative.
NOW you tell me.
2023? Is this advice from the future?
lol you dont recommend garbage but you recommend army paints