Painting your first miniature? Do THIS!
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Have you ever been interested in painting your first ever miniature? This video covers the steps you should take to make your first ever miniature paint job look amazing. Perfect for warhammer & dungeons and dragons
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Painting miniatures for your warhammer & d&d games. Age of sigmar and warhammer 40k. Blood angels, Slaanesh, Death Guard, Space Marines, Space Wolves, Stormcast Eternals, painting scale models, miniature busts! How to paint NMM. How to paint warhammer, how to paint d&D figures. - Навчання та стиль
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As a fairly new painter myself I would say an important mindset tip is to trust the process. Most minis don't look great until all the little steps are completed so don't be disheartened if your minis don't look amazing after a base coat
Yes, you have to pass so called "waley of suck", do not worry, there is beauty on the other side ;)
Everyone has an awkward phase, even tiny plastic dudes
THIS. Especially with the highlights, the tiniest brushstroke can look like "OMG I ruined it" but just trust that it will look much better and not at all intrusive once dried.
💪🏻💪🏻 facts captain, Always trust the process
@@csabatuboly9735 I always think its too strong and then after it dries I realize it needs two more coats to get where I want it.
I just painted my first miniatures last weekend. I just used paints I already had, which are not made for miniatures. They still turned out pretty well and I’m really proud of them. My wife has a friend who has been painting miniatures for years, when she saw the pictures of my first mini, she did not believe it was my first. I credit how well they look to channels like this one, teaching me everything I know before I had the courage to finally put paint on a mini. Thank you for all of these wonderful videos and I hope to learn more, and paint more.
Hello. Since you are new to modeling, I suggest taking a cheap miniature. Base coat it with the proper color for the section. Then darken the base coat a little with gray. Thin it out about four to one. Then apply it a little heavier than you would paint. When dry, lighten the base color a little with white, so it is a little lighter than the original base coat. Dry brush what you have painted. Then walk away. Come back later and look at it. If something looks to dark to you, or too light use a little thinned out base color to correct. Simple and easy way to start with great results. Then you can develop your own techniques from there. Trying to emulate precise techniques from the start is setting yourself up for misery. In the real world, things are rarely ever viewed from one angle with one light source. More important is texture and dullness/shine. Check out some of my models for examples. They can be viewed from any angle with any light source and still look natural and real. allensmodels.com
I think one of the most difficult things to grasp, at least it is for me, is that you aren't painting the miniatures as you would an actual piece of armor, but rather painting a piece of armor as the light hitting it. Or to rephrase it more coherently, if you are painting a piece of armor red, you pick a red, and paint everything red. Then when you look at it, naturally, the things in the shadow will be darker, and the most exposed to light parts will be brighter. But with miniatures, you are painting that light on. So, if your armor is red, you need to pick a darker red to use for darker areas, and lighter red for the brighter areas, and then a brighter color still for highlights. I don't know if this is making sense. Basically, understand the difference between designing, and painting.
Actually very well put 👍
"you aren't painting the miniatures as you would an actual piece of armor, but rather painting a piece of armor as the light hitting it."
I disagree. If you do that then logically the model only looks "correct" if the real actual light in pointing straight on, because you already added the light and shadows for directional viewing. What if you don't move the model, but view it from the side? The light and shadows will be askewed. Or worse, if you have actual light coming from the left but view the model from the right. Yikes. You should aim for neutral shadows and light, but concentrate more on the textures and shine/dullness. Then no matter what angle you are looking at it, and no matter what angle the light source, it will look natural and correct. You should not use lighting/shade techniques intended for flat 2 dimensional paintings on 3d canvasses. Check out my models for examples of what I am talking about. allensmodels.com
@@thegrayplace Nah, they look way better if you paint them like that. No offense, but your models look flat and lack the contrast that minis painted like this have when done well. If thats how you prefer them fine, but it doesnt look good to me.
I'd say try it out, add edge highlights to your models, put highlights on spots where the light is catching (usually looks best if you imagine the light is above), use some washes to darken down recessed areas, etc.
@@thegrayplace I have to disagree as well. Your miniatures look flat, with no dimension to them. You don’t want to paint shadows and highlights on as if you have directional light, or harsh light, but including shade in recessed & highlights on edges/protrusions will make them look more dynamic.
That’s with painting in general
That tip about putting your spray can into some warm water before use is brilliant. I tried to spray a model not long ago, and it came out awful and cracked, whiich subsequent googling told me was due to the cold. Would you consider doing an entire video on spray can usage? Everyone uses them, yet I so rarely see painting tutorials discuss it.
After a long day of barely finishing the school day, it’s really nice to see a new squidmar video in my feed.
if i ever got into this i would probably immediately choose contrast painting
The "automatic" shading of a black coat and white drybrush looks amazing, and can probably hide a lot of newbie mistakes
Man Squidmar - UPGRADES UPGRADES UPGRADES, your cinematography, production values, narrative values, scriptwriting - you just keep improving yourself! KUDOS man, your dedication to the Job is commendeable!
I started painting back in 1995, and have only just started getting back into it after not painting for over 15 years.
I found this video a good refresher on technique, and certainly believe using acrylics is far better than the contrast method.
Now, back to painting up this D&D group 🙂
Thanks to your videos, I've painted my first miniature in almost 20 years, a hobby I had forgotten how much I loved. Thank you for the content you make and inspiring me to pick this up again.
Been painting for a while and I think we seem to forget the little things that are just habits now like wetting the brush before adding paint to the brush is a step that other creators forget to mention. On that note ( and I know you use mainly dropper bottles) I’d also add to the video how to transfer paint from a pot to the pallet without overloading the brush and damaging the ferrule, or what type of brush is best suited to use for this rarely mentioned point.
I just use a super cheap synthetic to shovel from pot to pallet, works great and I can be as mean as I want when mixing
Great video, as usual. Although, I have trouble finding who the target audience is.
As a beginner painter, I didn't know what a glaze, a wet pallet, a mid tone or even what specialised miniatures paints were, so would not have been able to follow without looking at tons of other ressources. I liked the separation of contrast and regular acrylic paint, but don't think it was necessary and would be overwhelming to someone new to the hobby. I believe everything was going way too fast for a beginner painter to follow. I'm not a beginner painter anymore, so my input might be wrong, but that still is my first impression of the video.
Hope you don't take my comment too harshly, I still liked the video and am just trying to be constructive❤
Yeah I thibk referencing other videos for some of these things would be helpful.
I think you’re both wrong and right in your critique.
On one hand a short and not as detailed video like this could be confusing if ”the beginner” wants/needs to know about all the things that is mentioned.
But some people just want/need the encouragement to start out and later pick up more tips and tricks like how and what glazing is done.
@@klasmoberg1381 I totally agree, and that is why I'm unsure about who the target audience is, as for exemple, someone who simply needs the encouragement to start but already knows a lot about the hobby won't like or need to be told that he needs to completely and smoothly cover an area with paint. But I'd like to know from both points of vue what they thought about it 😊
I think it's a good resource, the video doesn't exist in a vacuum. There are many beginner miniature painting videos which beginners would presumably watch through to get as many tips and different perspectives as possible. I know I did.
Personally I wouldn't even consider myself a beginner mini painter as pretty much the only thing I have painted are midels I made myself, but from painting (on flat surfaces) I do know the vocabulary, so I found the video rather helpful
Em, I was doing my miniatures priming phase and lol, it's fantastic your casual upload, love from Italy!
Painted my first miniatures last weekend and this channel was a huge help. I basically binge watched through a lot of your channel for 3 days before I got started. My first minis turned out far far better than I expect and I even experimented with light sources on them. Because of this channel I have found a new passion and I’m so thankful for the work you put into your videos.
As a person who has quite literally has 0 experience relating to painting miniatures i gotta say,i feel like this video will help me quite alot in finally starting off
Eh I’ve never done that to my spray cans omg ! It’s so obvious 😂 😂 thx Emil 😂
I pick up the game " Shadows of Brimstone"
So now I've picked up enough paint and other supplies to give it a go. And went ahead and grabbed a few other minis, not for gaming but just because their cool. Looking forward to it.
Don't guess 66 is to old to learn. 😂
Your videos help a lot. Now I'm going to paint.
I'm new to the hobby myself (a spry 40 tho), and Squidmar, Ninjon and Miniac have been incredibly helpful.
Did you?
I just got back into painting after a break, and this is quite possibly one of my favourtie painting tutorials ever! :D
Great video Emil! Would you perhaps also consider doing a follow up video for intermediate painting? A: "so you've painted 20 minitatures and are ready for the next" step kind of thing?
Watched your videos years back when I was into painting on a weekly basis. Loved warhammer fantasy and still interested in the hobby. You are a huge inspiration still, not only on a painting basis. Now that I started my own YT channel, you inspire me on another level :) Thank you and looking forward to new videos of you :)
Thanks Emil! Your videos inspired me to try out miniature painting and I ordered my first parts to start! Can't wait. Thanks a bunch!
I loved this! Ive been painting for about a year now...but not on the regular. I like this beginner steps because sometimes you forget these very simple things that can just really make things pop!
I’ve been doing research since last month in anticipation for Christmas when I get my hoard of paints and minis for DND.
My tip is, try out some out of pocket things! Most of the time, if you think something would look cool, it will!
That is how I got into UV-active/Glow-in-the-dark paints for my necrons :D
So I am new to minitures but experienced in large models, and I have to say your videos are the best I have seen, you are fantastic for tips and the level of detail in you painting is amazing! The effort in the videos are next level, thank you!!
I love to watch this video every now and then as a reminder. Such simple and awesome tricks! Thank you so much for making it!
That was fast and really helpful, thank you, comrade
I've been painting for a long time but I've never painted a model before. I told my friend I was interested in getting into Warhammer and he bought me a Wraithknight. A pretty intimidating first model to paint but this video was uploaded at the perfect time! i just bought some primer for the model today :)
GREAT VIDEO! BEEN WATCHING YOU for a while just have worked up the courage to start painting. this helps A LOT!
Thank you so much for this guide. I am very new to the whole minis hobby and I find the whole prospect of painting them, very intimidating. This guide was what I was looking for to push me into taking the dip trying it (although I am still a bit scared) Thank you so much!!
Hey I have been doing 40k and on off since the 1st and 2nd edition and I'm not that good at painting. I have seen how the paints and inks as well as the techniques improve and it's good to see. I had no idea how it was done but now I know how to blend the colours thanks to you. I am dusting off the old 40k models and pulling out the boxes again,. You inspired me and I subbed. Thanks again for relighting the fire!
I started off and continue to acrilics from Hobby Lobby and bought pretty much every shade I will ever want to use as it is very budget friendly. However, I did get the Citidel flesh tone paints as well as the ink washes and some technical and textured paints. Great for painting on a budget!
Thank you for the awesome video. I am about to try and buy everything I need to start getting into the hobby and this video is super helpful.
For the past 3 months, I have been looking for this type of video! Thank you so much!!!!
Just about to paint my first miniatures since some Citadel white metal figures 30-odd years ago, when I was frankly crap at it. This vid is so useful and I can’t wait to start. They might still come out poorly but at least now I’ll know what I’m supposed to be doing! Thanks!
Relearning to paint after a long hiatus. Your tutorials are valuable and instructive. I've been out of the hobby for a long time. Thanks for making it more inviting and accessible! Now, I must see about obtaining some of those Squidmar brushes...
Great vid that totally resonates my journey. Started with a wizkids base color set and did pretty okay. Learned about contrast and helped understand highlighting and shadows a lot. Then found someone selling 100 paint lot and it really helped my journey of understanding layering through base coating to highlighting. You and many others have aided my journey. Thank you. Now if I could figure out how to better use my 30 dollar airbrush before I get a better one, which is quite an amazing tool that certainly helps a lot.
Kind of not on topic! But i love the style of your room st 0:47
The video I wish I had when I was starting. Great stuff. Thank you!
Thank you, learnt a lot. Excited for my first paint!
Hey how is the manta build going?
I like how your are deliberately bit painting superbly clean whenever you target beginner painter.
Thank you, Emil! You experienced talent make it look easy and your figures look great! Your choice of how to teach works very well and as a noob I need competant instruction. I look forward to more tutorials. God bless you, sir.
I am not a painter but omg this is freaking great and so fun to watch!!! You have so much patience.
I did this back in the early 90's. Checking if people still do this.
I had an Fdm 3d Printer before I got into Warhammer in the last 2 weeks, before I spent any money on it I painted a whole PLA printed Ork "guest" army including Ork Boyz, Nobz, a Stompa and a Warboss, when I got better I spent some money and started painting my first space marines now
Thankyou for stepping in with the point that Contrasts aren't the be-all-end-all one-step-process paint.. that they can really be enhanced with additional steps.
Something else to point out, is that Contrasts over Metallics can be interesting too.
In summation - Once you're a little more confident, Don't Be Afraid to Experiment with your Paints.
It's always good to come back to the basics 👍
I wish there were also videos that would focus more on handpainting, rather than airbrush. This is a great beginner tutorial!
I blended both of these for my Black Templars. I used the namesake contrast for the armour then used the regular base paints for the tabards. Go over it all with 2 washes. I didn't do any additional highlights since I wanted them to look a little flat since my friend bought them for me because of the flashgitz videos, I wanted them to almost look a little like a flash animation. Probably shouldn't have used the washes to achieve that better but I do really like how they look with it.
This was super helpful! Thank you!
HEY!!! Just found your videos and they are a lot of Help! thanks for putting the time and effort into making great content!
Its good to be reminded of the basics
Great video, i watched this about 6 months ago and applied some of it to my painting, thanks! I do have one tip though. When zenithal priming make sure to warm the can up in warm water for about 5 mins before using. When i tried zenithal priming i was getting a speckled look. After doing some research i was told that to get a smooth cover you need an airbrush. However I just saw a video from Squidmar Miniatures that mentioned the water trick and seen a comment or two saying that it helps. I hope this information helps someone who was having trouble with zenithal priming like i was. Cheers!
Great video great tips. I would like this series to continue and be built on the basic techniques up to the Master Class
Some lovely looking miniatures there. I hope to be able to get to your level someday.
I'm going to paint my first miniature stormcast. My eyesight is not very good so I'm not sure how to paint small details but I'm still excited:D
If you can I would recommend getting one of those magnifying lens lights on an arm, or one of the small hobby ones on a stand. Helps a ton.
This appeared randomly on my feed, but it's a great video!! Very good tips and easy to follow steps. Also, as a Spanish, great pronunciation of Vallejo's name. It didn't occur to me that you could do a texture for the dry brush like you did with the MDF!
I am going to start with my D&D goblin mini's because they can look a bit rougher in case I fuck up. My end project is a Rakdos mini but I need to paint a lot more to be confident enough to go at that one. Thanks for the amazingly helpful video.
I feel like I've seen newer vids of yours recommending people to skip washes. How would you have done shading differently for the acrylic mini? I've got an amateur's understanding of colours, shading, & lighting. Would you recommend taking a fine detail brush & using a darker tone (than the mid-tone basecoat), then filling in under scales, limbs, gear, etc..? Cheers, -Lg
Thank you for explaining what a wash is! A lot of references seem to assume I already know what it is.
Both look beautiful! I am glad I subscribed.
Makes me want to start painting, inspirational
Really nice one - I like the pastel color rendering - Another time great jog
Good video! Gonna link this to a buddy that is just starting!
this is very entertaining and inspiring! seems like an awesome hobby
Great video, thanks!
This is great. Thanks emil
Love this channel. Watching you since your second or third video from China bro. I moved 3 years ago from Spain to Beijing and brought my wh40k with me (some of them). Although I have learnt a lot watching your videos the truth is that I cant apply much of the technics you teach us because i have too many miniatures to paint!. Anyway great channel, great content and great presons behind it.
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
This was an awesome tutorial. Saving thia for when I start my seraphon lol
Awesome video. Keep up the good work.
Just went back and did some touching up on my first mini and this video comes up lol
I don't care what anyone thinks, "crutch" or not, it is about the end results and if you are personally happy with them. Use whatever methods and paints do it for you. I think people should stop calling contrast colors crutches, it is all about the end results and the individual's personal enjoyment. I have seen some fantastic models that used contrast colors heavily. Like anything, it is about skill and every type of paint can be used to create professional results.
I do some custom painting on action figures, and occasionally model cars or transformers. Never knew miniatures were a thing, or how popular they apparently are... Been going down the rabbit hole of miniature painting techniques here on UA-cam, as most of these techniques are applicable to other hobbies. 👍
Awesome video!
Informative video. Thanks.
Saw the San Jose Sharks hat and instantly subbed. MY GUY! also great painting tips hahaha
I legit bought my first set of miniatures 5 hours before this. Good thing I went put and got more today.
The Noob miniature in the thumbnail is very well painted
well.. i ordered a copple dinosaurs at Aliexpress so ill give it a try.. im new in all this terrain, diorama, minitaures, tablegames world.. and i just found out that it is awesome jajajjjaja!
thanks for sharing your knoledge! greetings from México
Susbcribed!
Master tip for new painters make the model look nice for you
just great man
Itd be cool to see you paint one of the minis from the Wrath of the Lich King pandemic board game.
love a straigt up painter tutorial!!!
Great primer for new hobbyists! I wish I could have seen this one ~20 years ago when I started out.
what Primer did he use? I can't understand what he says when he talks about primer
Hey! Thanks for your videos! They are really helpful! Which gold color do you use for paint your minis? Thanks!
Thank you for the vid, I'm coming back to miniature painting after a 20 year gap and a lot of the techniques explained here did not exist
I love painting figures
Try starting your painting journey in the mid to late '70s; there were only enamel paints for miniatures (acrylic paints were only really for artists and all models at the time were metal anyway). You really learnt how to mix and blend your colours then
Bought guttrippas starter set a month ago. Painted them 2 weeks ago and they look like they went through swedish forestfires in 2018 after the wash. At some points the wash really pics up the details, others dont. Fore example one of them had clear ribs, but the stomach and back looked dull and lame. So that tip of yours with wet brush is great and i wish this video would come up few weeks earlier, but the wash thing seems to be art of its own. Also..gutrippaz are propably not the best miniatures to begin with despite how much i like the orks. Even tho the local warhammer shop peeps told that its like learning to write..you get better the more you paint. Thanks, this was a reslly great video 👍
If I could paint a photo-realistic painting of Squidmar at noob level, that would be awesome!
After practicing for awhile I finally threw my hat in the ring and did my own painting video since I've been watching nothing but Squidmar videos non stop for like 3 months. Love your channel.
Wish i had contrast paints when i got my Tyranid army. Aaah yes my first 40k army and being the ”allinornothing” mentalty that i have to everything i get into. I had to get a bloody horde army with tons of simuluar minatures. And with aprox a month to prepp and paint for my first tournament, the result of the assemblyline drybrushed painted bugs was less then satisfying.
Ive bet those contrast paints would have made those minis actual look like a well painted army.
forgot to mention working enviroment and ergononics. Its way easier to focus on painting in clean table and good light, Magnifiying glass also helps if needed. comfortable chair to sit on. cutting, prepping and finish ´em with tarnish or lacquer. you should always try use primer and finisher if you want your paint to last. nice way to promote your brushes. XD good tools are keys to good work. Njoy have fun GG!
Contrast paints didn't exist back when I could still paint minis. Wow, those would have been a major time saver. I was never particularly thrilled with how citadel washes darkened and obliterated the color of acrylics. Also the lighter primer over a darker primer is something I had never considered back in the day. Everything was either all white or all black.
nice bracelet! also thanks for the super informative video!
Seraphon really need a revamp model wise while some of the modes are awesome like the carnosaur it just suffers from heavy single pose
i recently found out that trying to save drying paints by introducing water to them and mixing them back to consistency again will make them shinier, because the matte agent will get diluted in the process. this way for example, after abaddon black dries, it will look like a gloss coat. However, if you have Nuln Oil, it will save your day as painting a thin layer of Nuln Oil over such "damaged" Abaddon Black paint will make it look matte again, like buying a new pot would.
I was wondering where did you guys bought the paint station where you store paint, figures tools, etc?