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I gotta say Dana, I love how innovative your painting styles are. In a community so full of eavy metal style painting and 100 hour paint jobs, you really have come out with some wonderful techniques that look grea,t, are approachable, and look at color in enlightening ways. Love it!
One of the best vids you've done, Dana! GREAT for both experienced painters who may need to loosen up a little and new painters who might feel intimidated at the challenge. Fantastic job.
Bought a D&D boardgame and have now 30 miniatures to paint. Honestly, just the zenithal priming + highlights & blacklining made a huge difference. Did all that in three hours (active time).
"Primed counts as painted" is surprisingly true after a zenithal, and even truer after a soft drybrushing. Just pretend they are old miniatures and therefor only available in black and white. ;)
Really love the watercolor vibe that you've been getting with thinning and mixing contrast paints. Very refreshing amid all the grimdark and exaggerated realism
Holy crap, this method, with your improvisational colour mixing to make the best use of paint already on the palette is amazing. A great way to get a large number of figures done with decent looking paint.
I've once backed a kickstarter to get a big pile of cool D&D minis. I've never painted them thus far, both because I wanted to make their bases a little more interesting, and because I had really no idea how to get started. This video helps so dang much to point me in the right direction, even just by telling me what kinds of paint to use (I looked once and oh boy there's a lot of colours and types huh).
I think a follow-up video showing how to take these table-ready figures to the next level would be pretty great. I often find myself not playing games, cause I spend too much time agonizing to paint every model uniquely and looking perfect. So, this video is inspiring to let go, and be alright with a... good, but not glamorous paint job. XD
Always pumped for a new video from Dana! I just started painting in June and have hundreds of models painted and have had hundreds of hours of fun painting them. That's largely due to the inspiration that videos like this have provided. Dana, you rule at painting and you rule at teaching. Thanks again.
Warm to cool contrast paints method, using colder colors as shades for warmer is a revelation! I am going to be thinking about this and emulating it for literally years to come. I cannot overstate how this has opened my brain.
That said, all the metals as non-metallic drives me crazy, and I'm going to have to experiment with ways to combo the two (true metallic paints and contrast warm to cool). Certainly contrast paints can be used to add cool weathering to true metals, Uncle Atom of Tabletop Minions has a video on it from a year or two ago.
(Adding extra comments to boost the video and make ideas legible.) Maybe it would be to start with thinned metals before all contrast paints but after the zenithal, then use subsequent warm to cool contrasts as a way to shade and weather the metals, as well as bring together the metals and contrast paints.
I know Marco from MarcoFrisoniNJM has a method of mixing true metallic paints with inks--specifically airbrush metallics, glaze medium, and inks--to make a variety of nicely tinted metallics. He shows it off in his work on his Kruleboyz. I could maybe use the same contrast paints as the rest of the models instead of inks to bring it together.
As you can probably tell, I watch a lot more mini painting videos than I actually use the techniques from. Mostly I still do quick and dirty contrast paint jobs, so this is the perfect next level to that.
Thank you so much for this video. This is coming from a person who is extremely intimidated by the process. I really appreciate and how much detail you go into with your video and how it's extremely easy to understand
I loved the ad break transitions! Stuff like that makes the video way more fun than just the standard talking head + painting footage style. I also really enjoyed some of the mallsoft bgm you had going.
Yes I loved this! The stand-out for me was the skin tone of kahina (sp?), the woman sitting on a chair. I've been looking for a way to paint non-white skin tones and that looks incredible. Would love to see you update this set, and do more boardgames! Massive Darkness maybe?
I never thought I'd be saying that I'm extremely excited to implement time constraints on my Warhammer boxes. But I have to. My perfectionism and OCD has had me working on the Warcry Starter Box for 100+ hours, with little to no visible progress beyond models being built and mould lines being (mostly) removed. Your advice has unquestionably saved me a ton of time in the future. Great work as always, Dana.
Thank you for this video, I am thinking about getting into painting figures and the only reason I haven’t already is I tend to overthink things and give into perfectionism. You have quiet nicely given me confidence to be able to do some really nice paints in a not too complicated way with some great tips to reduce the likelihood of giving up.
Thank you for this. You made me want to get into painting my minis. I was afraid of ruining my minis, but this tutorial is helpful in even building my confidence to get into painting.
Wow nice video Dana! I just got my first board game with miniatures, I did some warhammer minis when I was a kid, but I can't for the love of god remember how or what I did. And I am pretty sure I didn't follow this approach, the idea of priming to then use a translucent paint to conserve the details is brilliant! And time saving, when you have many to do.
Yo Dana that was pretty cool. Since I try to keep my collection to a bare minimum I don't need to speed paint too much. Your minis look awesome! Nice style! Always appreciate videos like these where we get to see minis get painted.
Every time I see new videos of yours, I feel a little happier than I was before. It was a good video, even if I didn't need any of the info... Thanks for all your hard work!
Wow, I learnt more about contrasts in this video than I have to date from gw and many other UA-camrs. You are introducing me to thinking about colour. You are doing a fantastic job! Thanks so much.
I wish I saw your video first before i bought all these acrylic paints -_- kinda want to just use contrast paints now. Thank you for this video! Your approach is so practical, and yet the finished products still look so good!
As someone who painted several boardgames before ever touching a wargaming miniature I extremely approve of this video. This just reminded me though, I ought to become a patreon! There, you've just got yourself a new one :)
One thing to add, if you play your new game before you paint it, that's one more reason to wash the minis! Oil from your fingers can also cause paint to have a hard time sticking!
Absolutely love this!! Board Games are totally the secret pipeline into the miniatures hobby. So many big kickstarter games out these days with sooooo many models. And models always look better painted. It can be totally daunting putting paint on a miniature without any experience, so this is a super valuable video for board game players, and miniature game players who are... er, not great at the whole painting side of the hobby (like me! :D). Killed it again, Dana, nice one!
Thanks Discourse!!! I literally just saw this comment as I was watching YOUR video on how board games are the best secret pipeline into the miniatures hobby (if only GW would price Underworlds accordingly lol)
They're also a pipeline for getting back into painting if you have been out of the hobby for a while (D&D Wrath of Ashardalon was a quick, economical way to get a lot of varied minis to paint and 'put the reps in')
Thank you so much for this. The guide to a good set of starting colours and how to combine them to derive other colours was very encouraging for me. I last painted some figures in my teens, decades ago, and this video would have addressed all the things I didn't like about those results. I finally feel like I can go out and buy what I need to paint the figures I recently found in my parents' attic and get started.
I'm glad to see that you're mended and making art again. You're a true talent both artistically and at providing newcomers leadership and guidance as they work to make their own art better. You are also very funny and your 1980s retro cinematography style is geek-chic. Thanks for sharing your work.
really enjoyed the info on getting stuff painted and prioritizing what to paint, I know I would enjoy seeing a part 2 or more. thank you for your amazing work.
Your breakdown of your philosophy around rules for yourself and your sense of humor (that especially comes through in the editing) was quite a treat, and painting my monocolored board game figures is something I've always wanted to tackle. Thanks! Also, I would be curious to see you paint a game like Neon Gods, which has figures that are mostly one of two types but there are a lot of them and they are smaller.
I also picked this game up on Kickstarter and really love your approach for getting started in painting something that would seem like a daunting task.
I'm so stealing parts of that Kraken color scheme to paint a bunch of Tyranids. That splash of super vibrant blue really makes the whole model come together and will be eye catching from across a table.
Would love to see a sequel to this, and talking about other games to paint, have you seen Flamecraft, Wonderlands War, or the Witcher: Old World board games? Great minis!
The board game itself isn’t for me, but that’s beyond the point. I appreciate this video and the work you put into how to approach painting a board game. I’m looking to do my first paint job on my Heroquest board game, and it is quite daunting. I’ve purchased my paints, Army painter speed paint mega set, and Citadel starter set, some matte black and matte white primer, along with a couple of good brushes. I think I’m ready to attempt it. Thanks again
I have this game sitting right there staring at me, daring me to paint it! Thanks for the tips and the mindset to get that going! I would suggest a quick coat (or three) of some acrylic matt varnish (spray or brush-on) before playing with nicely painted minis to help preserve that beautiful paint job you've just spent hours putting on. It won't affect coming back around later to paint in more details. Also remember to ask your lucky fellow gamers to wipe the chips and dip off their fingers before handling them too much!
You skills are commendable. Thank you so much for your incredibly informative videos. Would LOVE to see you do Frosthavens classes and Cephalofair's monster minis once they are released sometime later this year.
Definitely would like to see a follow up video on these miniatures as well as what you do with the rest of the miniatures! I thoroughly enjoyed the video and appreciate the tips for working through a large selection of minis.
YES! Mature artists know that creativity thrives under restriction. There is science supporting this, though I understand it is somewhat counter-intuitive. Also, now I want flapjacks. Dangit!
I think I need to start limiting myself. Currently just going hog wild on time. Just painted up the star blood stalkers and spent about 4-5 hours on each model. Plus like another 2 hours of batch work with the airbrush and oil washes. Half way through the crimson court with about the same time sunk into each model. I can't scale that up to a warcry warband or full army. Need to do something to force myself to cut that time down.
Loved the video, great tutorial, your awesome as ever! Have you considered smaller Skirmish "armies" like War-hammer Underworlds, where you have only a few models to paint, and can really have fun with just a "small" army? Hay GW this lovely content creator needs some nice awesome new minis to paint, lol, seriously they could send you a starter box, (current one has 2 "armies" total of 9 figures, Warhammer Underworlds Harrowdeep), I feel you would do an awesome job on all of these "armies".....yes we noticed the "Pale Sand" on the dry-brushing step and other locations....!
I just got the DBD boardgame, first time I ever got a boardgame with a ton of gray plastic pieces and went from "wtf, wheres the color" to "oh shit I'M supposed to add the color, na what if i fuck it up i waited mad long for this kickstarter" I ended up watching this vid twice already & bookmarked it for reference, fr thank you for makin this whole process feel way more approachable from materials and technique to mentality/approach. boutta go get some contrast paints and maple syrup some pieces lmao
Thank you for making this video! I'm a board gamer who has been working up to painting Sea of Legends by improving my skills on other games with fewer minis. I would love to see more content for this game. Upcoming games with minis that I'm also looking forward to painting are Stars of Akarios (cartoon-style spaceships) and Tiny Epic Dungeons (smaller than normal minis).
"You ordered that game half a year ago on Kickstarter", in what utopian world do you live where you get your games after half a year? It's half a year past the original delivery date and I am still waiting on news for some of the games.
Great video Dana! I have this game and started to paint it before I found your video but I wasn't too far along. So I've switched to your methods using AP Speed Paints since I don't own Contrast Paints. So far, so good. I'm a newbie painter so I'm very slow but thanks to this video and others, they're coming along nicely. I love the warm-to-cool approach and am seeing good results so far. I've had really bad results using Zenithal highlighting on my first few attempts because the models came out dark and gloomy. The Speed Paints had no effect on the black shadowed areas. They ended up looking so bad in fact that I dumped them in isopropyl alcohol and washed them off, to be repainted later on. So for my Sea of Legends minis I'm going to do a batch in an all-white primer and add shading later using AP Washes and see how that works.
videos of speed painting more board game figures seems like a fun video idea. There's hundreds of warhammer painting videos, but less than 10 for this board game.
appreciating greatly the lowkey tips for varied skin tones~ it would be cool to see something videographical for that Bloodborne colon The Board space Game
I'm glad to see non-GW figures! Fun looking game too. It's a great video for anyone. Even though I've been painting for years I still like learn new things from you. I too try to set time for painting. Mainly to stop painting ☺️. If I go to long my back will kill me later.
Very interesting & impressive video. Would suggest Tzolk’in board game cog wheels as a project, as it it would be interesting to see how different your contrast paint effect would be from the many other examples I’ve seen.
Thank you for the great content, this video is rather timely for me as I'm making my first foray into mini painting this coming weekend. Looking forward to part 2! Interested to see how you prioritize improvements.
Interesting that you don't rinse the soap+water from the minis after their toothbrush bath. In effect, that trades an unknown amount of mold-release agent for some smallish but calculatable amount of soap. I expect either mold release agent and soap might impact pain adhesion. So, maybe after the wash, either swish or just let the minis sit in a bit of fresh warm water, then drain and air dry? I realize one drop of Dawn in maybe a pint of water may be quite dilute. And perhaps your experience says it is dilute enough. But if you had any issues with chipping, or successive layers of colors merging, then a rinse might help. Just a thought. (FWIW, I'm a junior hobbyist painter, but a senior R&D chemical engineer who's worked a lot with surfactants.)
Educational and Entertaining! I learned a lot about contrast paints from this video and can't wait to try them on my backlog of Orkz...I just have to buy a few contrast paints first.
Your videos are so good, and these turned out really well. That kraken is stunning! I definitely would like to see you do a part 2 if you're interested in it.
Getting Return to Dark Tower in this weekend, so. Yup. This is great 😄 (I have been painting for a good number of years, so, not full on beginner, but still a great video!!)
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I gotta say Dana, I love how innovative your painting styles are. In a community so full of eavy metal style painting and 100 hour paint jobs, you really have come out with some wonderful techniques that look grea,t, are approachable, and look at color in enlightening ways. Love it!
Hey thank you!!! I feel like having a UA-cam channel drives me to innovate, I don’t want my videos to get boring!
One of the best vids you've done, Dana! GREAT for both experienced painters who may need to loosen up a little and new painters who might feel intimidated at the challenge. Fantastic job.
I feel like I learned more about Contrast paints from this one video than I have watching all the official videos for how to use them.
3:10 "scrape away from you"
@midwinterminis is typing furiously
Bought a D&D boardgame and have now 30 miniatures to paint. Honestly, just the zenithal priming + highlights & blacklining made a huge difference. Did all that in three hours (active time).
"Primed counts as painted" is surprisingly true after a zenithal, and even truer after a soft drybrushing. Just pretend they are old miniatures and therefor only available in black and white. ;)
Honestly, zenithal + a single color wash is enough to make a game feel premium.
Even something simple as that can work really well
yes in short even with the worst paint job ever they look better with paint then without.
I've been painting for over a year, and I've encountered so much jargon. Thanks for explaining so many of them. Was really informative!
Really love the watercolor vibe that you've been getting with thinning and mixing contrast paints. Very refreshing amid all the grimdark and exaggerated realism
Holy crap, this method, with your improvisational colour mixing to make the best use of paint already on the palette is amazing. A great way to get a large number of figures done with decent looking paint.
I've once backed a kickstarter to get a big pile of cool D&D minis. I've never painted them thus far, both because I wanted to make their bases a little more interesting, and because I had really no idea how to get started. This video helps so dang much to point me in the right direction, even just by telling me what kinds of paint to use (I looked once and oh boy there's a lot of colours and types huh).
It feels SO GOOD to have another full-length painting video from you :D
Thanks! I wanted to do something like this for awhile now :)
I think a follow-up video showing how to take these table-ready figures to the next level would be pretty great. I often find myself not playing games, cause I spend too much time agonizing to paint every model uniquely and looking perfect. So, this video is inspiring to let go, and be alright with a... good, but not glamorous paint job. XD
Always pumped for a new video from Dana! I just started painting in June and have hundreds of models painted and have had hundreds of hours of fun painting them. That's largely due to the inspiration that videos like this have provided. Dana, you rule at painting and you rule at teaching. Thanks again.
Warm to cool contrast paints method, using colder colors as shades for warmer is a revelation! I am going to be thinking about this and emulating it for literally years to come. I cannot overstate how this has opened my brain.
That said, all the metals as non-metallic drives me crazy, and I'm going to have to experiment with ways to combo the two (true metallic paints and contrast warm to cool). Certainly contrast paints can be used to add cool weathering to true metals, Uncle Atom of Tabletop Minions has a video on it from a year or two ago.
(Adding extra comments to boost the video and make ideas legible.) Maybe it would be to start with thinned metals before all contrast paints but after the zenithal, then use subsequent warm to cool contrasts as a way to shade and weather the metals, as well as bring together the metals and contrast paints.
All this metals vs. contrast talk has me thinking about heraldry color rules, aka tincture.
I know Marco from MarcoFrisoniNJM has a method of mixing true metallic paints with inks--specifically airbrush metallics, glaze medium, and inks--to make a variety of nicely tinted metallics. He shows it off in his work on his Kruleboyz. I could maybe use the same contrast paints as the rest of the models instead of inks to bring it together.
As you can probably tell, I watch a lot more mini painting videos than I actually use the techniques from. Mostly I still do quick and dirty contrast paint jobs, so this is the perfect next level to that.
K love your way of presenting and pace. It's chilled, to the point, very lovely! 👍👍
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you so much for this video. This is coming from a person who is extremely intimidated by the process. I really appreciate and how much detail you go into with your video and how it's extremely easy to understand
Brilliant video Dana! Lovely results
Thanks Spencer!!! I spent a long time on this one lol
@@DanaHowl it really shows! It’s a great guide, well thought out tips and obviously edited perfectly 🙌
I loved the ad break transitions! Stuff like that makes the video way more fun than just the standard talking head + painting footage style. I also really enjoyed some of the mallsoft bgm you had going.
I've never heard of this game but my main video game is Sea of Thieves so this looks right up my alley!
Yes I loved this! The stand-out for me was the skin tone of kahina (sp?), the woman sitting on a chair. I've been looking for a way to paint non-white skin tones and that looks incredible. Would love to see you update this set, and do more boardgames! Massive Darkness maybe?
Yay! I've had this game since it released and I've painted... A single ship. Looking forward to getting into it!
I never thought I'd be saying that I'm extremely excited to implement time constraints on my Warhammer boxes. But I have to. My perfectionism and OCD has had me working on the Warcry Starter Box for 100+ hours, with little to no visible progress beyond models being built and mould lines being (mostly) removed. Your advice has unquestionably saved me a ton of time in the future. Great work as always, Dana.
Not my style but I love the fact you're doing something different to 99% of the painting videos out there and the minis still look great.
What a great video. I’d love to see you paint more board games, especially Marvel United/X-Men and Zombicide 2nd edition
Definitely do a sequel to this one if you pick the project back up, also let us know if you like the game!
Dear Dona , your English pronunciation is so clear and pleasant ! I wish you the best for this New Year !
Paint as you play is a great thing. Thank you for sharing and please stay safe.
Thank you for this video, I am thinking about getting into painting figures and the only reason I haven’t already is I tend to overthink things and give into perfectionism. You have quiet nicely given me confidence to be able to do some really nice paints in a not too complicated way with some great tips to reduce the likelihood of giving up.
So glad your back! Black templar put my shame golf score up to +22...so sad!
Thank you for this. You made me want to get into painting my minis.
I was afraid of ruining my minis, but this tutorial is helpful in even building my confidence to get into painting.
Perfect timing. Currently painting Mansions of Madness for a friend
Thank you! Enjoyed the techniques you showed, and the application of the contrasty paints!
Wow nice video Dana! I just got my first board game with miniatures, I did some warhammer minis when I was a kid, but I can't for the love of god remember how or what I did. And I am pretty sure I didn't follow this approach, the idea of priming to then use a translucent paint to conserve the details is brilliant! And time saving, when you have many to do.
Great advice to get started.
Light/warm to dark/cool is a great idea.
Yo Dana that was pretty cool. Since I try to keep my collection to a bare minimum I don't need to speed paint too much. Your minis look awesome! Nice style! Always appreciate videos like these where we get to see minis get painted.
Every time I see new videos of yours, I feel a little happier than I was before. It was a good video, even if I didn't need any of the info...
Thanks for all your hard work!
Wow, I learnt more about contrasts in this video than I have to date from gw and many other UA-camrs. You are introducing me to thinking about colour. You are doing a fantastic job! Thanks so much.
I wish I saw your video first before i bought all these acrylic paints -_- kinda want to just use contrast paints now. Thank you for this video! Your approach is so practical, and yet the finished products still look so good!
As someone who painted several boardgames before ever touching a wargaming miniature I extremely approve of this video. This just reminded me though, I ought to become a patreon! There, you've just got yourself a new one :)
Contrast is to acrylic as pure maple syrup is to ketchup - such an amazing analogy! 👏 Well done!
I'd definiately be interested in seeing more boardgame minis painted. Maybe something from CMON?
One thing to add, if you play your new game before you paint it, that's one more reason to wash the minis! Oil from your fingers can also cause paint to have a hard time sticking!
Good call yup
Absolutely love this!! Board Games are totally the secret pipeline into the miniatures hobby. So many big kickstarter games out these days with sooooo many models. And models always look better painted. It can be totally daunting putting paint on a miniature without any experience, so this is a super valuable video for board game players, and miniature game players who are... er, not great at the whole painting side of the hobby (like me! :D). Killed it again, Dana, nice one!
Thanks Discourse!!! I literally just saw this comment as I was watching YOUR video on how board games are the best secret pipeline into the miniatures hobby (if only GW would price Underworlds accordingly lol)
@@DanaHowl Haha! Great minds :D
They're also a pipeline for getting back into painting if you have been out of the hobby for a while (D&D Wrath of Ashardalon was a quick, economical way to get a lot of varied minis to paint and 'put the reps in')
Thank you so much for this. The guide to a good set of starting colours and how to combine them to derive other colours was very encouraging for me.
I last painted some figures in my teens, decades ago, and this video would have addressed all the things I didn't like about those results. I finally feel like I can go out and buy what I need to paint the figures I recently found in my parents' attic and get started.
*Staring at Shelf full of Unpainted Board Games*
I am so motivated to tackle these now! Thank you Dana!!
I'm glad to see that you're mended and making art again.
You're a true talent both artistically and at providing newcomers leadership and guidance as they work to make their own art better. You are also very funny and your 1980s retro cinematography style is geek-chic.
Thanks for sharing your work.
really enjoyed the info on getting stuff painted and prioritizing what to paint, I know I would enjoy seeing a part 2 or more. thank you for your amazing work.
Your breakdown of your philosophy around rules for yourself and your sense of humor (that especially comes through in the editing) was quite a treat, and painting my monocolored board game figures is something I've always wanted to tackle. Thanks!
Also, I would be curious to see you paint a game like Neon Gods, which has figures that are mostly one of two types but there are a lot of them and they are smaller.
I also picked this game up on Kickstarter and really love your approach for getting started in painting something that would seem like a daunting task.
I'm so stealing parts of that Kraken color scheme to paint a bunch of Tyranids. That splash of super vibrant blue really makes the whole model come together and will be eye catching from across a table.
Would love to see a sequel to this, and talking about other games to paint, have you seen Flamecraft, Wonderlands War, or the Witcher: Old World board games? Great minis!
Another most useful and clear video! Thanks a lot for making this hobby more approachable
Heck yeah, seeing the next level would be great.
Fantastic, Dana! Great to see Contrast paints used with a master artist’s touch! ❤️
Great video! I’ve had the Cursed City box sitting on my coffee table for months, mocking me - no longer!
The board game itself isn’t for me, but that’s beyond the point. I appreciate this video and the work you put into how to approach painting a board game. I’m looking to do my first paint job on my Heroquest board game, and it is quite daunting. I’ve purchased my paints, Army painter speed paint mega set, and Citadel starter set, some matte black and matte white primer, along with a couple of good brushes. I think I’m ready to attempt it.
Thanks again
i really love how you did the kraken's shell! i'm going to have to try that sometime. can't wait to see what you have in store next, dana :)
Great job.
Hoping for another painting tutorial on another boardgame of your choice.
I have this game sitting right there staring at me, daring me to paint it! Thanks for the tips and the mindset to get that going!
I would suggest a quick coat (or three) of some acrylic matt varnish (spray or brush-on) before playing with nicely painted minis to help preserve that beautiful paint job you've just spent hours putting on. It won't affect coming back around later to paint in more details. Also remember to ask your lucky fellow gamers to wipe the chips and dip off their fingers before handling them too much!
Love your approach to painting and your videos!
You skills are commendable. Thank you so much for your incredibly informative videos. Would LOVE to see you do Frosthavens classes and Cephalofair's monster minis once they are released sometime later this year.
Oh my goodness this is my first video of yours and you voice is so dreamy.
Definitely would like to see a follow up video on these miniatures as well as what you do with the rest of the miniatures! I thoroughly enjoyed the video and appreciate the tips for working through a large selection of minis.
Love the minis, many times ive had a bath and also shared with new minis while removing the flash lol.great work .
Great video! I need to do that with my kill team box! super cool! the link to the catsup and syrup was a nice touch. hahaha!
YES! Mature artists know that creativity thrives under restriction. There is science supporting this, though I understand it is somewhat counter-intuitive.
Also, now I want flapjacks. Dangit!
I think I need to start limiting myself.
Currently just going hog wild on time. Just painted up the star blood stalkers and spent about 4-5 hours on each model. Plus like another 2 hours of batch work with the airbrush and oil washes.
Half way through the crimson court with about the same time sunk into each model.
I can't scale that up to a warcry warband or full army. Need to do something to force myself to cut that time down.
Loved the video, great tutorial, your awesome as ever! Have you considered smaller Skirmish "armies" like War-hammer Underworlds, where you have only a few models to paint, and can really have fun with just a "small" army? Hay GW this lovely content creator needs some nice awesome new minis to paint, lol, seriously they could send you a starter box, (current one has 2 "armies" total of 9 figures, Warhammer Underworlds Harrowdeep), I feel you would do an awesome job on all of these "armies".....yes we noticed the "Pale Sand" on the dry-brushing step and other locations....!
Ah, pansexual pirate dating game, just what I was looking for!
I just got the DBD boardgame, first time I ever got a boardgame with a ton of gray plastic pieces and went from "wtf, wheres the color" to "oh shit I'M supposed to add the color, na what if i fuck it up i waited mad long for this kickstarter"
I ended up watching this vid twice already & bookmarked it for reference, fr thank you for makin this whole process feel way more approachable from materials and technique to mentality/approach. boutta go get some contrast paints and maple syrup some pieces lmao
Your video are so good. Please never stop doing this !
Great video. I'd love to see Rising Sun or Ankh, I think that would be interesting as you could give each faction their own colour scheme.
I'm never going to get the ketchup and Maple Syrup analogy out of my head now!
Love that fast sketchy technique ! Lets see you take them a bit further if you have the time. Thanks for posting!
Thank you for making this video! I'm a board gamer who has been working up to painting Sea of Legends by improving my skills on other games with fewer minis. I would love to see more content for this game.
Upcoming games with minis that I'm also looking forward to painting are Stars of Akarios (cartoon-style spaceships) and Tiny Epic Dungeons (smaller than normal minis).
I'd love to see you paint Nemesis the board game if you have it. It's a fantastic game with great minis.
I'm actually watching this video as advice for painting my Nemesis set!
"You ordered that game half a year ago on Kickstarter", in what utopian world do you live where you get your games after half a year? It's half a year past the original delivery date and I am still waiting on news for some of the games.
As a backer of the last Catalyst Games Shadowrun campaign, I feel you! :)
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This was extremely helpful! I have the Witcher: Old World coming this summer and was feeling really intimidated to paint the ~70 miniatures in it.
Great video Dana! I have this game and started to paint it before I found your video but I wasn't too far along. So I've switched to your methods using AP Speed Paints since I don't own Contrast Paints. So far, so good. I'm a newbie painter so I'm very slow but thanks to this video and others, they're coming along nicely. I love the warm-to-cool approach and am seeing good results so far.
I've had really bad results using Zenithal highlighting on my first few attempts because the models came out dark and gloomy. The Speed Paints had no effect on the black shadowed areas. They ended up looking so bad in fact that I dumped them in isopropyl alcohol and washed them off, to be repainted later on. So for my Sea of Legends minis I'm going to do a batch in an all-white primer and add shading later using AP Washes and see how that works.
At last what I needed to get the confidence and knowledge to start painting my Dark Souls figures. Thank you so much! 😊
Fantastic video! Super helpful with a great delivery. 👍
videos of speed painting more board game figures seems like a fun video idea. There's hundreds of warhammer painting videos, but less than 10 for this board game.
I love everything about this video and it's purpose. Time to share links and get friends 'into the game' of painting.
Another win Dana!
Some great tips for speed painting and vibrancy there
appreciating greatly the lowkey tips for varied skin tones~
it would be cool to see something videographical for that Bloodborne colon The Board space Game
My little 3 year old said your paint scheme looks "lovalilly". Thanks for the vid!
It always makes my anxiety act up when you twist the top of a GW paint pot to use it as a dropper. Great video as always.
I'm glad to see non-GW figures! Fun looking game too. It's a great video for anyone. Even though I've been painting for years I still like learn new things from you. I too try to set time for painting. Mainly to stop painting ☺️. If I go to long my back will kill me later.
Very interesting & impressive video.
Would suggest Tzolk’in board game cog wheels as a project, as it it would be interesting to see how different your contrast paint effect would be from the many other examples I’ve seen.
Wow. Those minis look mint. Cheers for the tips.
Thank you for the great content, this video is rather timely for me as I'm making my first foray into mini painting this coming weekend.
Looking forward to part 2! Interested to see how you prioritize improvements.
Interesting that you don't rinse the soap+water from the minis after their toothbrush bath. In effect, that trades an unknown amount of mold-release agent for some smallish but calculatable amount of soap. I expect either mold release agent and soap might impact pain adhesion. So, maybe after the wash, either swish or just let the minis sit in a bit of fresh warm water, then drain and air dry? I realize one drop of Dawn in maybe a pint of water may be quite dilute. And perhaps your experience says it is dilute enough. But if you had any issues with chipping, or successive layers of colors merging, then a rinse might help. Just a thought. (FWIW, I'm a junior hobbyist painter, but a senior R&D chemical engineer who's worked a lot with surfactants.)
Educational and Entertaining! I learned a lot about contrast paints from this video and can't wait to try them on my backlog of Orkz...I just have to buy a few contrast paints first.
Your videos are so good, and these turned out really well. That kraken is stunning! I definitely would like to see you do a part 2 if you're interested in it.
this was really awesome and i think im going to have to check out the game
Blimey Howl ! You know exactly the thoughts going through my head regarding the various unpainted boxed games I have.
Glad your back again :)
This was a fantastic video inspired me to start painting again
The ketchup/maple syrup comparison is so good 😆
Getting Return to Dark Tower in this weekend, so. Yup. This is great 😄 (I have been painting for a good number of years, so, not full on beginner, but still a great video!!)
Great stuff. Yes please on the highlights.