Asking the same thing I asked on Facebook - What pushed YOUR painting game to another level? 🤔 Also, check today's sponsor, Signum Games: signumgames.com/halloween-miniatures-2021/
Picking a particular technique that I am 'less good at' to work on for that specific mini/group of minis (cheap Reaper Bones minis make this a cost effective strategy) and then adding that to the 'do it all the time' arsenal of skills
What pushed my painting game to another level was reason number 1. When I practice deriberalety I feel a wonderful tiredness like when you practice sports.
At the begginign i just want better minis to play with and feel proud of them. Now there are 2 things, 1 i get inspired by Sergio Calvo and hope one day i can achive similar results if i wanted, 2 i try to build a business around minis and i need to have the skill to make display pieces to sell them.
@@corneal35 the most important thing is that it produces white light (about 5000 lumen) so that it doesn't change your perception of your colors. Most normal desklamps produce yellow light (about 2000 lumen) which make you perceive your colors different. The rest is personal preference. Mine also has a very easily adjustable arm so I can change the direction of the light.
I have been painting for about 20 years on and off and I always feel that I'm learning stuff. Even the stuff that I know I do pretty well... also making mistakes and getting out of your confort zone make me much better painter. Thanks for your videos man love how you explain the things.🤪🤘
im getting back into painting after a nearly 30yr break so its all like brand new again and learning from scratch, Zumikito Miniatures is easily the best painting guides/tool i have seen, great information presented in a fun manor, learning should always be FUN. thankyou so much Zumikito Miniatures!
i steal from you constantly. Getting better at it, too- so I don't feel to bad about swiping from you. Still got a LONG way to go, but you explain things in a way that clicks for me, and I've grown as a painter much more with your videos than some others. I'm not shitting on anyone's channel or techniques, you've just got a way with your tutorials that works for me. Been working out so far, and I appreciate it. Thanks for the lessons, and have a great weekend.
Knowing a hole week is already past away...a new Zumikito video rings the bell.Looking alot of tutorials but in my opinion there are only few with this unique touch. You are one of them😉
Watching tutorials really changed my painting for the better. I'm a self taught painter(no a particularly good one) from a young age. I use to never watch videos for advanced techniques because they made me feel overwhelmed. But channels like Miniac and Squidmar managed teach such techniques with humor and a relaxed approach that made me feel more comfortable.
😁 Okay, I'm in. You've got another subscriber. As a newbie to miniature painting (as a break from my main focus on spaceships) I have been watching quite a few tutorials - in fact I watched this video just after watching the latest one from Vince Venturella who I subscribed to some time ago. I've watched quite a few of yours and I love your zany presentation style so count me in and keep the videos coming! 👍😆
What pushed me forward was the Covid lockdown, nothing much else to do but work and paint so I'd say just putting in time to paint and try new things is good
Thanks for this. I definitely need to put these into practice. I'm very guilty of robotically painting space marines and not thinking about technique or how to improve.
So glad I found your feed. Thanks also for all the other channel recommendations. I'm back painting minis after about 20yrs off. My eyesight has gone west since then and I now need 1.5 mag glasses to even see where the brush is pointing! Now 59 summers old I'm having loads of fun learning techniques old and new, and getting better gear, brushes, paints than I've ever owned. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Keep the vids coming! Cheers.
I've painted close to 50 miniatures in the past 2 years and I still have trouble figuring out how thin I need/want my paints. It's definitely a learning curve, but it can be enjoyable.
Yeah, same here. Tbh, I'm still not 100% certain where the line between a layer, glaze, or wash is. I've heard them all described differently depending on who you listen to. I tend to usually paint with 1:1 paint to water for a layer or 2:1.
@@Haunted_Gallows my understanding is that when you test on fingernail, a layer leaves no streaks, a glaze leaves a small pool where the brush leaves your nail, and a wash sort of contracts on itself. Mind you, I have trouble too!
"Flame On Miniatures"...checking that one out now! The other guys you mentioned worth watching are all my favorites!! Kujo Painting is AMAZING, too. And NO ONE does NMM better than Juan Hidalgo. But: I DO love YOUR format! Straight to the point. And I like how you question some of the assumptions the "herd" follows from time to time. I get great ideas, new techniques for making life easier from you all the time. And when you painted all those hundred plus armies and didn't necessarily feel like you significantly learned new things or new techniques? I BET you learned how to do many of the things you already did well, MUCH FASTER!!!😁❤ Great channel, I get a lot out of it!!😍👍👍
Another absolutely awesome video! I just got into miniature painting and these tips can really help me (especially the one with the light, I really need a good lamp already, bending my head and whole body so that the light from the window will hit the mini properly isn’t very comfortable he he). Thanks again for the tips and videos!
Are you using a jewelers magnifier with a light on it? It helps! If you have crazy strong vision and don't need it, a head lamp can help. If you're using the window light to help figure out shade and light placement, you can always take photos of dark primed minis under your light source or zenithal primed minis to refer back to. I find a light on my head, either a headlight or a lighted headband magnifier helps a lot.
@@Karina-Loves-Andreas thanks for the tips! I don’t really think I need a magnifying glass but a lamp or head light would be awesome to have. I’m actually using the light from my window just because it’s too dark without it and the light I have isn’t strong enough, so I’m actually just using this light to see the model. Thanks again!
@@Mr.Zigmond I LOVE painting in natural light. I have a small deck, and sit outside and paint when I can. Also: Vince Venturella recommends a good desk lamp, even a cheap clip-on lamp, with one of those "daylight/natural spectrum" bulbs. If you paint by a window, then move to led or florescent light, your paint will look different. Esp light colors and whites. But on a tabletop, they still look fine (unless you're incredibly picky and under florescent or leds at the table). So if you do a beautiful job using daylight, then get an led lamp and find your light tones look splotchy, don't sweat it too much. They'll still look fine on a table top.
I can nod along to this video and it reinforces what I need in order to improve. If I saw it years ago when I painted to get things done (which I still do with marines, but not other armies), I don't think it'd get through to me. The only youtuber I've seen explain thinning paints correctly and consistently, is Duncan Rhodes. He repeats it in every single one of his videos because it is the single most important part of miniature painting: How to thin your paints properly and what it actually looks like. This is the big hill for most people to get over, to understand what they're doing. *Thinning your paints means that when you apply paint with your brush, it lays a flat layer of paint without being watery and without texture.* ( Lukes Aps (or whatever he's called now) scoffs at repeating information like that, because he doesn't understand that new people constantly come along and skimming through archives is a lot of work. He likes to play with his lighting and camerawork and so he prioritizes that. A lot of youtubers go through this process because it's two hobbies combined, having to sacrifice one for the other at times. ) I still can't do it consistently, because different colors work differently. I paint with a ton of orange, I have emptied several pots over of Trollslayer Orange because of how much I've painted with it and it is the single worst covering pigment(s). You need to alter your brain to understand that the acrylic you're applying IS the paint, that the pigment is translucent but there's still a physical layer that you're putting on. When I paint with blues or greens, it's like magic to me, even yellow applies better than orange. In case it's not abundantly clear; DO NOT PAINT AN ARMY WITH THE MAIN COLOR BEING ORANGE. At least not without an airbrush. However, the advantage of coming from this hard school of knocks has allowed me to appreciate it so much better, even if I failed so much more. My advice to improve your painting is to do two squads of miniatures (around 20) where you try to learn the basics of paints and then you do a character where you pour yourself into trying your best, focusing and dedicating yourself to making something that should be beautiful, then trying to understand everything you failed at. You didn't fail because "I'm just not good at creative stuff", you failed because you don't know the techniques yet and now you need to ask the right questions like "How do I get a neat edge highlight" or "how do I transition between colors". You'll also see the difference between when you blob on paint and when you actually try. If I had these tutorials available over 20 years ago when I began, I'd be a master painter now that'd make Golden Demon award winners back then look like jokes. Because sharing techniques and information on how to paint has developed mindblowingly fast and far. When Zumikito is humble and says he's not a master, he means there are people who are better than him, but he doesn't look back at the literal billions of people who are worse.
@@Smilomaniac & @Zumikito Miniatures. You are both right. And by the way.... if I understand it correctly.... the secret method that makes Orange colour match......... is simply using Yellow or White and Red colour AND THEN to know the difference when to add or subtract 1 of those colour over Orange. Like the normal Colour Theory says: Orange is just a mix of those 3 colours ~ Yellow, Red and White. The Colour Theory of Orange is fascinating. I hope I was helpful.
@@youtubevideo2607 My point is just that orange just covers terribly. I've made it work by buying an airbrush, priming them black, a hefty zenithal of white, then coat yellow and finally orange on top. Then paint everything else on top of the orange by hand. As for shading it, you pre-shade with pink and/or post shade with brown. Since it's just marines, I don't need to do a ton of depth or play, but you could glaze bone colors to brighten it up the most naturally. For play, you can use red/yellow, but it'll look not quite right.
Honestly, I think the thing that would reallyimprove my painting would be to actually want to collect something that's not a hoard-type army, which tends to make me prioritise quick and dirty methods.
Yeah definitely, also getting out of the mentality of painting just to finish an army definitely helps, even if it's not a hoard army. I suggest painting something that's not a part of an army from time to time (a cool bust, a display piece, a dnd mini etc.). Sitting down and focusing on one mini can bring much better results (and joy!) than constantly thinking how you need to paint another 50 same minis.
Just paint 1 then pick a different model or work on a center piece then go back do a standard piece really well etc if ya try paint 3 or 5 at a time they'll always be rubbish
Great video as usual, I have spent much of the last 30 years as a gamer first, but in the last 10 years or so have begun to really enjoy painting for its own sake, channels like yours are really helpful when I'm looking around for how to make a leap to a new level or how to apply a tricky technique, so much good advice in this video!!
Tip #2 really works for any type of art. Like a Brazilian comedian once said: "In television, Nothing is created, everything is copied". But it works outside of TV as well. Thanks for the tips, friend
My painting stepped up recently when I followed someone on Patreon, their method was pretty different to what I was used to, so I had to think and plan the process more than normal. The extra time into the theory and method lead to a better paint job. Plus it goes without saying.. your videos.
@@Zumikito it was Sergio Calvo's. I didn't want to advertise someone else on your channel. I'm thinking to join flameon's next. I personally don't like the ultra smooth style but figured I should learn a lot because again its so different and out of my normal painting range.
I think mostly watching tutorial on yt pushed my skills a lot. After my first painting I started to watch youtube tutorials every day whenever I could and it helped me A LOT. Watching nmm done by many people, big youtubers and small youtubers can really make something in your mind pop out and let you understand. So I guess thats a nice tip for beginners to watcha lot of youtube. Also it gives nice motivation when you see how Zumikito paint nice pumpkin
I feel like my biggest problem right now as a beginner is not properly utilizing my time, I tend to spend too much time fiddling with things that don't really matter and so I just am not getting a firm enough grasp of the fundamentals that DO matter. I think the next thing I want to do is not exactly speed-paint, but set a goal of like 2 or 3 hours and try to do the best I can in that time frame. Can you recommend a list of steps to do for a mini that should be reasonable for that time? Just to sort of drill over and over so I get better at things like highlighting and contrasting without trying to mess around with glazes and blends.
Agree big time with watching people do things (even looking at painting Magazines can help big time) as well as trying new types of models. I use oil paints alot now because of Marco and I just love them. Il paint fantasy things, sci fi and within that different types of characters or units (not just GW stuff, but like Titan Forge as well) I like bust painting and I feel like this helped me a hugely with learning how to blend better because of just bigger surfaces really. I paint Batman miniature game minis as well and within that range alone you have more realistic and more comic book types of minis as well depending where the character was taken from. 3D printing has helped alot with my painting just by getting models easily (put it on at night and boom! I have a bunch of new minis or a bust to paint that week) In one night of painting I totally ruined two models for batman miniature game I like ruined them, I was about to stop but then I decided to paint another one and it went on to be one of my best models I ever painted in that scale, I used the same techniques I did with the last two models and learned from my mistakes :-) so Id say learn from your mistakes is another great tip.
Getting started with such a huge dump of people doing tutorials painting on a high level has an unmotivating effect and makes me unsure where to even start tbh
My favorite practice method. Buy a copy of super dungeon explorers. Set a 30 to 60 min max timer for each model. Practice one technique per model. Using other techniques only when the one you are practicing simply cannot work. For practicing something like glazes pick a set of monsters and use the group. With the 6 or more models it allows for better dry time. Then give the box away as a gift or donate it as prize support.
At first - thanks for videos - very inspiring for me. I changed wargame miniatures for a single miniatures and busts. And you know - I really feel the difference. I believe that I'm on right way) OSL and other tehniques that you show (easy to understand, hard to master) - thats what I practice right now. Thanks again. Waiting for more videos. From Russia with best regards 👍
I know I have grown a lot as a painter, but I am not we’re I want to be yet, then again who ever is. I think my biggest hurdle is overthinking everything. I tried NMM for the first time, came out horrible, going to practice it a bit more.
I copy stuff I see on mini painting channels all the time. I don’t know how to paint non-metallic metals. I watched a Squidmar video last week. I bought the bust he was painting and am going to paint it exactly the way he did it. Once I do it a couple of times, then I expand into my regular painting.
I'm definitely not the best model painter, but at the moment I'm the best in my group. I find that when I paint armies I try somthing new every ten models. Seeing how they look in batches. Slowly the army gets better and better and usualy I end by doing the character models last
Which brush do you use for precise edge highlights? Im mostly painting 28-30mm miniatures (DnD). Do you think a Da vinci maestro series 35 "1" and "00" is enough to start with?
If you are painting just that, I would say it is definitely enough. You will find yourself painting with "1" mostly since if you keep a nice tip, you can get anywhere while it hold enough paint inside. I get "00" for faces mostly. For edge highlights you need dry paint (don't add too much water) and you should be able to make them nice and precise!
One thing has always perplexed me and what’s it tell me about my painting. to the naked eye my figs look good smooth blends etc. Then I take a picture and it looks horrible blotchy etc. I’m trying to decipher what I’m doing wrong.
Same here, my lovely layers look flat on camera, it's harder to fool a camera where it's zoomed in more than the naked eye can see. Also lighting and contrast differences don't help. I'd work more on layering and glazing and looking at what settings the camera has.
I also recently bought a dedicated lamp for painting soon. I might start painting but don’t have the time for it. Also why is it so hard to get a dedicated khrone worshipping space marine legion box. We have the thousand sons, the death guard and some of the emperor’s children models but not no khorne worshiping models it’s it’s annyoing
@@Zumikito thanks for the quick reply :) i have sweaty palms aswell. Mabe i should use gloves aswell, does it affect the paint or something? :) sorry for the noob questions.
I have inspiration from Your channel, great vids. Now my top fave channels is Zumikito Miniatures, MarcoFrisoniNJM, Trovarion Miniatures, Midwinter Minis, Angel GiraldeZ, Miniature's Den. Good work!
I’m torn, a part of me wants to get better, and the other part of me is satisfied with my quality, and doesn’t really want my models to take even LONGER to make.
Always be content with what you do, but never be satisfied with your skill is my answer! I always realized that I can push my minis to another level, but sometimes it's better to leave them as they are
Asking the same thing I asked on Facebook - What pushed YOUR painting game to another level? 🤔
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Picking a particular technique that I am 'less good at' to work on for that specific mini/group of minis (cheap Reaper Bones minis make this a cost effective strategy) and then adding that to the 'do it all the time' arsenal of skills
What pushed my painting game to another level was reason number 1. When I practice deriberalety I feel a wonderful tiredness like when you practice sports.
Pushing contrast was the big thing for me
Display painting but also speed painting.
At the begginign i just want better minis to play with and feel proud of them. Now there are 2 things, 1 i get inspired by Sergio Calvo and hope one day i can achive similar results if i wanted, 2 i try to build a business around minis and i need to have the skill to make display pieces to sell them.
I recently invested in a good lamp. It literally changed my whole view on painting.
Literally this!
Out of curiosity what kind of lamp?
@@corneal35 the most important thing is that it produces white light (about 5000 lumen) so that it doesn't change your perception of your colors. Most normal desklamps produce yellow light (about 2000 lumen) which make you perceive your colors different. The rest is personal preference. Mine also has a very easily adjustable arm so I can change the direction of the light.
@@Robocop2134 ty ty, I have some hunting to do.
Same, brought a new lamp for Christmas last year and it's helped significantly
"Look at your palette. What the fuck!"
epic
I have been painting for about 20 years on and off and I always feel that I'm learning stuff. Even the stuff that I know I do pretty well... also making mistakes and getting out of your confort zone make me much better painter. Thanks for your videos man love how you explain the things.🤪🤘
im getting back into painting after a nearly 30yr break so its all like brand new again and learning from scratch, Zumikito Miniatures is easily the best painting guides/tool i have seen, great information presented in a fun manor, learning should always be FUN.
thankyou so much
Zumikito Miniatures!
i steal from you constantly. Getting better at it, too- so I don't feel to bad about swiping from you. Still got a LONG way to go, but you explain things in a way that clicks for me, and I've grown as a painter much more with your videos than some others. I'm not shitting on anyone's channel or techniques, you've just got a way with your tutorials that works for me. Been working out so far, and I appreciate it. Thanks for the lessons, and have a great weekend.
Thank you for the kind words. The last bit about not selling yourself short is really encouraging.
This is, as always from your channel, great advice. I got better when I forced myself to paint minis I "wasn't ready for yet".
I wish there were YT tutorials in the early 2000s, when I started painting. I could've saved so much time...
Knowing a hole week is already past away...a new Zumikito video rings the bell.Looking alot of tutorials but in my opinion there are only few with this unique touch. You are one of them😉
Dang i really appreciate the tone of your videos. Gets me positive in general!! Every time!
Watching tutorials really changed my painting for the better. I'm a self taught painter(no a particularly good one) from a young age. I use to never watch videos for advanced techniques because they made me feel overwhelmed. But channels like Miniac and Squidmar managed teach such techniques with humor and a relaxed approach that made me feel more comfortable.
Check out 52 Miniatures if you like that relaxed approach and you haven't already. Their channel is wonderful.
😁 Okay, I'm in. You've got another subscriber. As a newbie to miniature painting (as a break from my main focus on spaceships) I have been watching quite a few tutorials - in fact I watched this video just after watching the latest one from Vince Venturella who I subscribed to some time ago. I've watched quite a few of yours and I love your zany presentation style so count me in and keep the videos coming! 👍😆
Man, this intro is the best thing that happened to UA-cam videos for the last decade or so
What pushed me forward was the Covid lockdown, nothing much else to do but work and paint so I'd say just putting in time to paint and try new things is good
Thanks for this. I definitely need to put these into practice. I'm very guilty of robotically painting space marines and not thinking about technique or how to improve.
I think this is the best video you've ever made. Love it!
So glad I found your feed. Thanks also for all the other channel recommendations. I'm back painting minis after about 20yrs off. My eyesight has gone west since then and I now need 1.5 mag glasses to even see where the brush is pointing! Now 59 summers old I'm having loads of fun learning techniques old and new, and getting better gear, brushes, paints than I've ever owned. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Keep the vids coming! Cheers.
That was the best no bullshit start to any video I’ve ever seen, keep up the good work Chief
Yup you are very right , we all need to ask ourselves how do we get to the goal . I enjoy your quick vids .
One of my favorite vids you have created. As a noob, this was all very encouraging!
Just killing it, really resonated with these. Keep knocking them out of the park sir!
I've painted close to 50 miniatures in the past 2 years and I still have trouble figuring out how thin I need/want my paints. It's definitely a learning curve, but it can be enjoyable.
This them with water and flow improver , mix it in a little bottle and see if that helps .
Yeah, same here. Tbh, I'm still not 100% certain where the line between a layer, glaze, or wash is. I've heard them all described differently depending on who you listen to. I tend to usually paint with 1:1 paint to water for a layer or 2:1.
@@Haunted_Gallows my understanding is that when you test on fingernail, a layer leaves no streaks, a glaze leaves a small pool where the brush leaves your nail, and a wash sort of contracts on itself. Mind you, I have trouble too!
Your comedic delivery is a step above every other channel.
Keep up the good work.
"Flame On Miniatures"...checking that one out now! The other guys you mentioned worth watching are all my favorites!! Kujo Painting is AMAZING, too. And NO ONE does NMM better than Juan Hidalgo. But: I DO love YOUR format! Straight to the point. And I like how you question some of the assumptions the "herd" follows from time to time. I get great ideas, new techniques for making life easier from you all the time.
And when you painted all those hundred plus armies and didn't necessarily feel like you significantly learned new things or new techniques? I BET you learned how to do many of the things you already did well, MUCH FASTER!!!😁❤ Great channel, I get a lot out of it!!😍👍👍
The Master failing quote……Lovely touch! Great vid, thank you. Happy Halloween 🎃
Another absolutely awesome video! I just got into miniature painting and these tips can really help me (especially the one with the light, I really need a good lamp already, bending my head and whole body so that the light from the window will hit the mini properly isn’t very comfortable he he). Thanks again for the tips and videos!
Are you using a jewelers magnifier with a light on it? It helps! If you have crazy strong vision and don't need it, a head lamp can help. If you're using the window light to help figure out shade and light placement, you can always take photos of dark primed minis under your light source or zenithal primed minis to refer back to. I find a light on my head, either a headlight or a lighted headband magnifier helps a lot.
@@Karina-Loves-Andreas thanks for the tips! I don’t really think I need a magnifying glass but a lamp or head light would be awesome to have. I’m actually using the light from my window just because it’s too dark without it and the light I have isn’t strong enough, so I’m actually just using this light to see the model. Thanks again!
@@Mr.Zigmond I LOVE painting in natural light. I have a small deck, and sit outside and paint when I can. Also: Vince Venturella recommends a good desk lamp, even a cheap clip-on lamp, with one of those "daylight/natural spectrum" bulbs. If you paint by a window, then move to led or florescent light, your paint will look different. Esp light colors and whites. But on a tabletop, they still look fine (unless you're incredibly picky and under florescent or leds at the table). So if you do a beautiful job using daylight, then get an led lamp and find your light tones look splotchy, don't sweat it too much. They'll still look fine on a table top.
This video was really motivating. I think I'm one of those people who get easily intimidated by projects and give up way too soon, this helped a lot
I can nod along to this video and it reinforces what I need in order to improve. If I saw it years ago when I painted to get things done (which I still do with marines, but not other armies), I don't think it'd get through to me.
The only youtuber I've seen explain thinning paints correctly and consistently, is Duncan Rhodes. He repeats it in every single one of his videos because it is the single most important part of miniature painting: How to thin your paints properly and what it actually looks like. This is the big hill for most people to get over, to understand what they're doing.
*Thinning your paints means that when you apply paint with your brush, it lays a flat layer of paint without being watery and without texture.*
( Lukes Aps (or whatever he's called now) scoffs at repeating information like that, because he doesn't understand that new people constantly come along and skimming through archives is a lot of work. He likes to play with his lighting and camerawork and so he prioritizes that. A lot of youtubers go through this process because it's two hobbies combined, having to sacrifice one for the other at times. )
I still can't do it consistently, because different colors work differently. I paint with a ton of orange, I have emptied several pots over of Trollslayer Orange because of how much I've painted with it and it is the single worst covering pigment(s). You need to alter your brain to understand that the acrylic you're applying IS the paint, that the pigment is translucent but there's still a physical layer that you're putting on. When I paint with blues or greens, it's like magic to me, even yellow applies better than orange.
In case it's not abundantly clear; DO NOT PAINT AN ARMY WITH THE MAIN COLOR BEING ORANGE. At least not without an airbrush.
However, the advantage of coming from this hard school of knocks has allowed me to appreciate it so much better, even if I failed so much more.
My advice to improve your painting is to do two squads of miniatures (around 20) where you try to learn the basics of paints and then you do a character where you pour yourself into trying your best, focusing and dedicating yourself to making something that should be beautiful, then trying to understand everything you failed at. You didn't fail because "I'm just not good at creative stuff", you failed because you don't know the techniques yet and now you need to ask the right questions like "How do I get a neat edge highlight" or "how do I transition between colors".
You'll also see the difference between when you blob on paint and when you actually try.
If I had these tutorials available over 20 years ago when I began, I'd be a master painter now that'd make Golden Demon award winners back then look like jokes. Because sharing techniques and information on how to paint has developed mindblowingly fast and far.
When Zumikito is humble and says he's not a master, he means there are people who are better than him, but he doesn't look back at the literal billions of people who are worse.
If I could pin two comments, yours would be pinned as well!
@@Zumikito That's alright, it's too long
@@Smilomaniac & @Zumikito Miniatures. You are both right.
And by the way.... if I understand it correctly.... the secret method that makes Orange colour match......... is simply using Yellow or White and Red colour AND THEN to know the difference when to add or subtract 1 of those colour over Orange. Like the normal Colour Theory says: Orange is just a mix of those 3 colours ~ Yellow, Red and White. The Colour Theory of Orange is fascinating. I hope I was helpful.
@@youtubevideo2607 My point is just that orange just covers terribly.
I've made it work by buying an airbrush, priming them black, a hefty zenithal of white, then coat yellow and finally orange on top. Then paint everything else on top of the orange by hand.
As for shading it, you pre-shade with pink and/or post shade with brown. Since it's just marines, I don't need to do a ton of depth or play, but you could glaze bone colors to brighten it up the most naturally.
For play, you can use red/yellow, but it'll look not quite right.
I try to use diff techniques on every army I do, then when working on Character models try to incorporate everything ive learned collectively.
Honestly, I think the thing that would reallyimprove my painting would be to actually want to collect something that's not a hoard-type army, which tends to make me prioritise quick and dirty methods.
Yeah definitely, also getting out of the mentality of painting just to finish an army definitely helps, even if it's not a hoard army.
I suggest painting something that's not a part of an army from time to time (a cool bust, a display piece, a dnd mini etc.).
Sitting down and focusing on one mini can bring much better results (and joy!) than constantly thinking how you need to paint another 50 same minis.
Or not paint for an army, for a change.
Just paint 1 then pick a different model or work on a center piece then go back do a standard piece really well etc if ya try paint 3 or 5 at a time they'll always be rubbish
Great video as usual, I have spent much of the last 30 years as a gamer first, but in the last 10 years or so have begun to really enjoy painting for its own sake, channels like yours are really helpful when I'm looking around for how to make a leap to a new level or how to apply a tricky technique, so much good advice in this video!!
Damn...quick and concise and 100% true. Thanks for not pulling blows. I'll be in my painting cave.
Always look forward to your content dude and as always great advice given👍.Im now off to paint some more of my krige.
Tip #2 really works for any type of art. Like a Brazilian comedian once said: "In television, Nothing is created, everything is copied". But it works outside of TV as well. Thanks for the tips, friend
It almost feels like you've created this channel only to show how much Vincee V. is a legend.
And it would be awesome.
My painting stepped up recently when I followed someone on Patreon, their method was pretty different to what I was used to, so I had to think and plan the process more than normal. The extra time into the theory and method lead to a better paint job. Plus it goes without saying.. your videos.
May I know which patreon? :)
@@Zumikito it was Sergio Calvo's. I didn't want to advertise someone else on your channel. I'm thinking to join flameon's next. I personally don't like the ultra smooth style but figured I should learn a lot because again its so different and out of my normal painting range.
Love Sergio! Yea, learning via different people is definitely good attitude
I think mostly watching tutorial on yt pushed my skills a lot. After my first painting I started to watch youtube tutorials every day whenever I could and it helped me A LOT. Watching nmm done by many people, big youtubers and small youtubers can really make something in your mind pop out and let you understand. So I guess thats a nice tip for beginners to watcha lot of youtube. Also it gives nice motivation when you see how Zumikito paint nice pumpkin
I really needed this motivation today. Thanks.
You've uploaded this video exactly when I needed. Great content, great tips!
Big fan of your content. This was another brilliant, funny and inspirational video. So good!!!
Ty every day I learn more and improve.
could you do a tutorial on that halloween pumpkin you painted or something similar. The colors and highlights are amazing.
"Should be constantly asking yourself"
Yeah, maybe not constantly.
I feel like my biggest problem right now as a beginner is not properly utilizing my time, I tend to spend too much time fiddling with things that don't really matter and so I just am not getting a firm enough grasp of the fundamentals that DO matter. I think the next thing I want to do is not exactly speed-paint, but set a goal of like 2 or 3 hours and try to do the best I can in that time frame.
Can you recommend a list of steps to do for a mini that should be reasonable for that time? Just to sort of drill over and over so I get better at things like highlighting and contrasting without trying to mess around with glazes and blends.
Agree big time with watching people do things (even looking at painting Magazines can help big time) as well as trying new types of models. I use oil paints alot now because of Marco and I just love them. Il paint fantasy things, sci fi and within that different types of characters or units (not just GW stuff, but like Titan Forge as well) I like bust painting and I feel like this helped me a hugely with learning how to blend better because of just bigger surfaces really. I paint Batman miniature game minis as well and within that range alone you have more realistic and more comic book types of minis as well depending where the character was taken from. 3D printing has helped alot with my painting just by getting models easily (put it on at night and boom! I have a bunch of new minis or a bust to paint that week) In one night of painting I totally ruined two models for batman miniature game I like ruined them, I was about to stop but then I decided to paint another one and it went on to be one of my best models I ever painted in that scale, I used the same techniques I did with the last two models and learned from my mistakes :-) so Id say learn from your mistakes is another great tip.
Getting started with such a huge dump of people doing tutorials painting on a high level has an unmotivating effect and makes me unsure where to even start tbh
Start with whatever you wanna learn! Why would you be demotivated? You can be a great painter as well :)
My favorite practice method.
Buy a copy of super dungeon explorers.
Set a 30 to 60 min max timer for each model.
Practice one technique per model.
Using other techniques only when the one you are practicing simply cannot work.
For practicing something like glazes pick a set of monsters and use the group. With the 6 or more models it allows for better dry time.
Then give the box away as a gift or donate it as prize support.
I've recently found your videos and I must say. You are hilarious and so helpful
Thank you for making these videos 😊
What material did you use tomake the mask for the airbrush?
Your such an underrated channel! Keep up the high quality content.😁🤘👌
At first - thanks for videos - very inspiring for me. I changed wargame miniatures for a single miniatures and busts. And you know - I really feel the difference. I believe that I'm on right way) OSL and other tehniques that you show (easy to understand, hard to master) - thats what I practice right now. Thanks again. Waiting for more videos. From Russia with best regards 👍
That is awesome! So happy for your to see improvement. Keep going my friend
Where did that orange dragon come from?
That's 3d printed Charizard, a pokemon
Available? As in an unpainted one.
@@themaraca search up "Charizard" on Thingiverse and there you will find a file which you can 3d print yourself or give someone to print it for you
That's all great advice and very clearly explained. (Another) great video!
Once I get my marines finished, I'm pushing myself on my knights, trying new techniques and pushing myself to learn more
Great video. Thanks and keep them coming!
reason 6 feels like a personal attack, especially when he got to the "pallet"
I know I have grown a lot as a painter, but I am not we’re I want to be yet, then again who ever is. I think my biggest hurdle is overthinking everything. I tried NMM for the first time, came out horrible, going to practice it a bit more.
Yeah damit!! You told me. That’s the last time I slack off and just paint for fun!! 😬
I copy stuff I see on mini painting channels all the time. I don’t know how to paint non-metallic metals. I watched a Squidmar video last week. I bought the bust he was painting and am going to paint it exactly the way he did it. Once I do it a couple of times, then I expand into my regular painting.
Great Motivation for Beginners. Great Video
Very helpful and to the point. Thanks!
That video got started quickly. No intro. Just meat and potatoes. Appreciated. :)
Where did you get that charizard model and are there more Pokémon models like that?
Search "Charizard" on Thingiverse, there are also multiple pokemon minis you can print
I'm definitely not the best model painter, but at the moment I'm the best in my group. I find that when I paint armies I try somthing new every ten models. Seeing how they look in batches. Slowly the army gets better and better and usualy I end by doing the character models last
On topic #2. Copying some of my favorite pieces over the last year has DRASTICALLY upped my painted game. Don't be afraid to copy folks!
7. Thin your paints.
I use army painting to practice a particular technique for when I paint a character/display piece 😎🖖
😊Good content, keep it up, with such great quality videos and inspiring. best regards 😊
Thank you! You, sir, are my idol!
your intro - instant upvote.
Love these tips Zum! What can I do to get your saturation levels? Your colours pop so much!
Start really dark so you don't have to highlight with desaturated colors. But when you do highlight, add yellow instead of white
@@Zumikito thank you so much. I’ll do this!
I'm still stuck at brush maintenance...
Ok. Where can I find the mini white stripes-y drumset?
haha, that is from Flying Tiger Copenhagen
Take this video as what you have to keep in mind to be a better painter.
I have spoken!🐒
Great video, really funny and informative!
The closest things to silver bullets are...
Wet palletes
Airbrush
Oil washes
Those three will instantly make you better/quicker.
You're my hero! 😎 Love your videos!
ahaha, "Do it!" was Epic!))
HANDS UP! GIVE ME ALL THE KNOWLEDGE IN MINIATURE PAINTING YOU HAVE! PUT IT IN THE BAG AND NOBODY WILL BE HURT!!
Which brush do you use for precise edge highlights?
Im mostly painting 28-30mm miniatures (DnD).
Do you think a Da vinci maestro series 35 "1" and "00" is enough to start with?
If you are painting just that, I would say it is definitely enough. You will find yourself painting with "1" mostly since if you keep a nice tip, you can get anywhere while it hold enough paint inside. I get "00" for faces mostly. For edge highlights you need dry paint (don't add too much water) and you should be able to make them nice and precise!
@@Zumikito Thank you for the reply! Would you use the "1" also for the edge highlights?
One thing has always perplexed me and what’s it tell me about my painting. to the naked eye my figs look good smooth blends etc. Then I take a picture and it looks horrible blotchy etc.
I’m trying to decipher what I’m doing wrong.
Same here, my lovely layers look flat on camera, it's harder to fool a camera where it's zoomed in more than the naked eye can see. Also lighting and contrast differences don't help. I'd work more on layering and glazing and looking at what settings the camera has.
The most important reason was the last one. Most people can get better looking minis just by upping their contrast on them.
I also recently bought a dedicated lamp for painting soon. I might start painting but don’t have the time for it. Also why is it so hard to get a dedicated khrone worshipping space marine legion box. We have the thousand sons, the death guard and some of the emperor’s children models but not no khorne worshiping models it’s it’s annyoing
Lovely as always 🤓
Great video as usual
so in short what are these six reasons?
Reason 6 sounds like that Old Spice Commercial
Awesome video. I love this channel. Also, it makes me laugh even while I'm being attacked.
I have seen that some painters use gloves when painting. Why is that? is it due to the oil/salt from our hands?
My hands are sweaty, that's why
@@Zumikito thanks for the quick reply :) i have sweaty palms aswell. Mabe i should use gloves aswell, does it affect the paint or something? :) sorry for the noob questions.
I’m on my fourth space marines army and my second blood angels army , maggot kin next I’m slave marined out now 😂
I have inspiration from Your channel, great vids. Now my top fave channels is Zumikito Miniatures, MarcoFrisoniNJM, Trovarion Miniatures, Midwinter Minis, Angel GiraldeZ, Miniature's Den. Good work!
1:33 Majora's Mask masks?
Word brother. Solid video.
A 'learn to learn' video? Neat!
Hi! For the thumbnail, rather than using "before/after", I think it would be more appropriate to use "then/now" 😉 (as it's not the same figurine)
0:53 Life lesson: whatever you pay attention to, grows. I tell my gf the same.
I wanted to find some pumpkin mini for haloween and here they are! :) The other signum minis looks great too... my wallet will hate me 😅
What do you mean the more water you add the thicker they are?
More water means thicker edge highlight, less water means tight edge highlights - like a precision drybrush
@@Zumikito thanks mate!
I’m torn, a part of me wants to get better, and the other part of me is satisfied with my quality, and doesn’t really want my models to take even LONGER to make.
Always be content with what you do, but never be satisfied with your skill is my answer! I always realized that I can push my minis to another level, but sometimes it's better to leave them as they are
Haha wow dude, this video is my new favorite of your content, laughed so much. 👍 Truly Great