I just got in 3 of there sets and i have to say i am sold! I was a bit worried when i tried there "base" line, it was so thin and flowey so different then other base coating paints. they are usually very thick and a bit of a pain to work with. but cuttlefish was a breeze! it just flowed into all the little crevices and gave amazing coverage with just one coat. need to play around with the sketch and glaze paints they have but im excited!
I’m thrilled to see Cuttlefish gaining traction on some of my go-to UA-cam channels! Ninjon mentioned them in passing a couple months ago and to see you featuring them is awesome. Maple Airbrush Supplies has the whole line for sale and I took a chance with it and am glad I did, they’re a fantastic line!
He does good work with them! I think it's hard to tell if the paint itself is good or if a good artist just makes the paints look good. But I trust Lyla, she has not let me astray yet! @@DickFitzwell0917
I second your point about thinning down your contrast/Speedpaints. Btw that is one of the reasons I love Xpress Colours, as they are less intense than the rest 😁
Never heard of cuttlefish, appreciate the video. One question though. It wasn’t clear how cuttlefish compares to typical miniature paint (not speed paint) thinned to a layer or glaze consistency. Is there advantages to cuttlefish to a brand like Kirmea which are also great for glazes? Seeing if I can justify buying more paint 😛. Thank you again for the videos. Always a great watch.
I love the analytical interludes where you show how the paint behaves on a white piece of paper or just shots of you mixing the colors and loading the brush. That conveys a lot of contextual process knowledge that is seldom visible in videos from other creators.
Despite the marketing I've found speed paints work best on a less is more model. When applied with a light hand and spread over an area they work very well to give you that tinting effect. As for getting the contrast effect: you just need to adjust how you dry brush and what colors you use. If you go heavy on dry brushing a white on top of a black than you wont get much contrast since only the deepest parts will be dark. While if you go too light on the dry brushing you will have too much of the model remaining as black and thus the speed paint wont be able to color it. Despite being a newbie friendly style there is a lot of technique that can go into it. Especially once you start underwashing and prehighlighting or even using non-white colors when dry brushing.
Really cool to see another creator using Cuttlefish Colors, i know Don Suratos uses them a lot or did in the past, definitely interested in their glaze consistency paints!
As someone who is abysmally lazy, I use every method of speeding up the process while not sacrificing too much quality. Airbrush, slapchop, speedpaints, drybrush, you name it. Definitely going to take this into consideration.
I'm still learning the basics, so I think it's a bit early for me to start trying slapchopping with a new set of paints, but it was really cool watching you add more and more complexity to this model. I gasped when the bit on the top cracked off, but I'm glad you left that in instead of keeping the process sanitized. Great video!
I think just the idea of combining a speed/contrast (I call them high flow) paints, with a more opaque glaze is really the way to go, and like how you walk through it. Cuttlefish aside, I also think you're doing a good job of keeping the point of finishing fast in mind. I've used regular paint glazes over contrast, liking the result, but yes, it takes me mixing the right consistencies and multiple application...and I've only done it on unique models. Someone working on a unit or army will want a standard formula. Good video!
Always great to see your videos with the why and results, still learning the basics so once I learn I can venture into the other colors and brands. Thank you for sharing.
I really want to try these, now. I've been using contrast paints thinned down, and other layer paints diluted with contrast medium to the same effect. I don't know if I'll have space in my rack.
What would you say the difference is between cuttlefish and any other paint thinned to a glaze consistency? Is it basically just the convenience factor?
Depending on the scale of the model, I cut Speed Paint, Rapidcolor, and contrast with different ratios of flow improver. For instance, when painting epic scale ACW, I put 10-13 drops of flow improver right into the pot
mroe colors to buy Ill never actualy use because of lack of motivation xD nice insights on slapchop+ (aka making slapchop work for individual pieces instead of just mass producing an army)
for highlights with slapchop, i have always added white ink into the contrast paint that i used it makes like a lighter more opaque layer that still flows well would save having to pay for 20 new paints when you can just buy one of liquitex white ink
I've had a few bad interactions with speedpaint 2.0 and liquitex white ink when using the latter for zenithal, having the white completely rub off when applying speedpaint over it. Don't know if that would be an issue when blending them though, has anyone tried? Really like the idea of it.
@@nightdew4934 i dont use speedpaint 2.0 i use contrast and vallejo express. i have never been a fan of army painter paints in all forms they always have problems
these look cool there is another mini painter that use cuttlefish cause they are thinned pretty well but it suck that they are so hard to get whenever I got to buy some they are always out of stock
Did you buy the paints yourself or were gifted them from the company? It is something you see more often and I think mentioning things like that clears it up. Especially if you paid for them yourself.
Awesome video, thank you Lyla! So, how long did this mini take you overall? Slapchop is for speed painting... this looks to be a bit beyond that. In any case, when I speed paint a whole box, I'm not always satisfied with all the heroes/bosses/character models, the mobs look fine. This method looks good for improving on the special models, I will try that out, so thanks again! And by the way, I think you might have left behind the witchcraft and levelled up - Sorceress? High Priestess? I'm not sure :D
She took about 1 hour and 30 minutes! But I also wasn't focusing on speed, and I was experimenting as I went. Now that I have a good handle on mixing ratios etc. I would be a lot faster!
REALLY digging seeing all the Bloodborne models you've been doing! And I've been eyeing up Cuttlefish Colors for a while, so it's great to hear your opinion on them!
1 set I was given and 1 set I purchased. I purchased one specifically because I didn't want to feel obligated to say good things. If I didn't like them, I wouldn't do a video on them at all!
@@LylaMev Not that I doubt what you say here, but stuff like this should really have a disclaimer. Not only because it's more transparent for the viewers, but also because you could actually get in trouble with the FTC if you don't, which could even lead to fines. The chances of that happening is probably really small, but doing the right thing here seems like a pretty easy thing. Really enjoying your channel otherwise, so just wanting to inform.
.......slap chop and NMM are not comparable to each other, so no, you don't necessarily spend as much time doing this as painting a model "normally." The whole point of the video is to do this on a special model that you WANT to spend extra time on,
"today I use lesser speedpaints in a not speedpaints way, the way base and layer paints works!" 😂 use thinned base/layer paints for the same results. Duh.
I'm glad you're excited! But just because someone talks about a product doesn't make it a commercial. I appreciate the comment all the same, all comments helps the algorithm! If I'm misreading this and you're unhappy (which I hope not, that would be rude, and why bring such negativity for no reason?) Then the title should have given away that this talked about a new paint. And if you don't like that, don't click.
Out of the past 5 videos, this is the only one where I've recommended a product. Last week's was an experiment, the one before that was techniques, before that was a 24 hour challenge, and one before that was a product review where I said not to buy the product.
@@LylaMev Speaking as someone who supported your Persephone kickstarter, at the time that felt like a one-off. Now though it's a regular thing that instead of a proper video, we found you'vde make full-length adverts disguised as videos. Frequency is not the issue. Tricking people into watching adverts (in-between YT's increasingly intrusive adverts) when they were supposed to get useful content REALLY changes how they feel about you. I used to enjoy your channel quite a bit.
Unfortunately, technique videos don't do well on the algorithm. I WISH they did! That's really what I love doing. Next week's video is 5 beginner tricks to paint better faster, so hopefully that will be more up your alley. But thank you for supporting the Kickstarter! I hope you like the models.
This 🦇VAMPIRESS🩸 Model -is -*-Awesome-* ~> (edit) it's *_Upper Half_*_ is AWESOME._ (🔮whispers) *_KIT~BASH/CONVO"_* (* I'm~gonna~do~a~Kit-bash...... Lower half'll be a sculpted Femm-Stormlcast -or- a Sisters~of~Slaughter.... _I mean battle....battle*)_ (** we must remember: *WARHAMMER: AGE of SIGMAR* is now affectinately/hatefuIIy *_PG-13)_* - 🩸🦇🩸
Will you add cuttlefish colors to your painting equipment? If not, what is your favorite paint to improve your slapchop?
I actually might. thanks for the video.
I just got in 3 of there sets and i have to say i am sold!
I was a bit worried when i tried there "base" line, it was so thin and flowey so different then other base coating paints.
they are usually very thick and a bit of a pain to work with.
but cuttlefish was a breeze! it just flowed into all the little crevices and gave amazing coverage with just one coat.
need to play around with the sketch and glaze paints they have but im excited!
I'm so happy to hear that! @@braytac
Already added the set to my collection, love them!
Maybe, I have really just started on my slap Chop journey. (Although I have a lot of SpeedPaint 1.0 paints.
I’m thrilled to see Cuttlefish gaining traction on some of my go-to UA-cam channels! Ninjon mentioned them in passing a couple months ago and to see you featuring them is awesome.
Maple Airbrush Supplies has the whole line for sale and I took a chance with it and am glad I did, they’re a fantastic line!
Let’s go Lyla!! 🔥🔥🔥👌🥰🍻👊
No one is talking about cuttlefish colors, so thank you for sharing!
Except the guy that is sponsored by them...
He does good work with them! I think it's hard to tell if the paint itself is good or if a good artist just makes the paints look good. But I trust Lyla, she has not let me astray yet! @@DickFitzwell0917
Always love a Lyla Mev video.
Many thanks for covering this paint range!
Probably one of the best "Slap Chops" I have seen. Awesome!
Wow, thanks!
Amazing results given the relative time spent!
I love cuttlefish paint. I need to invest in more of their colors.
Thank you for the video! I will check out Cuttlefish colors see if there is a place for them in my collection.
I second your point about thinning down your contrast/Speedpaints.
Btw that is one of the reasons I love Xpress Colours, as they are less intense than the rest 😁
That model looks amazing!!!
Never heard of cuttlefish, appreciate the video. One question though.
It wasn’t clear how cuttlefish compares to typical miniature paint (not speed paint) thinned to a layer or glaze consistency.
Is there advantages to cuttlefish to a brand like Kirmea which are also great for glazes?
Seeing if I can justify buying more paint 😛. Thank you again for the videos. Always a great watch.
I love the analytical interludes where you show how the paint behaves on a white piece of paper or just shots of you mixing the colors and loading the brush. That conveys a lot of contextual process knowledge that is seldom visible in videos from other creators.
Always appreciate the insight on the lesser-known products like this. Always helps to slim down what I should grab for myself!
I was waiting to see you paint this 🦇🦇🦇 Great job and very cool paints, I'll have to check em out!!!
I have been waiting for the "right" video! Of course, now she can be used against me in a DND game, so perhaps it was a bad choice to paint her....
Not seen these paints available here yet, but good to know.
Hope and stuff
I'm highly tempted to add Cuttlefish (if it's easy to get here in the EU). But... I see something to add to my collection every damn five minutes! 😅
Now you got me interested in Cuttlefish colors. Like I need more paints. 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for showing that speed paint can be used to create beautiful detailed work and isn't killing the hobby like some people say
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
I had not heard of Cuttlefish Colors, but can one man ever have too many paints? I mean probably but not there yet!
Thanks for the comment, I totally agree!
I believe I will try them
These paints seem very nice, ill have to check them out
nice done, congrats, loved
Great video! Thanks! 😎
Despite the marketing I've found speed paints work best on a less is more model. When applied with a light hand and spread over an area they work very well to give you that tinting effect. As for getting the contrast effect: you just need to adjust how you dry brush and what colors you use. If you go heavy on dry brushing a white on top of a black than you wont get much contrast since only the deepest parts will be dark. While if you go too light on the dry brushing you will have too much of the model remaining as black and thus the speed paint wont be able to color it.
Despite being a newbie friendly style there is a lot of technique that can go into it. Especially once you start underwashing and prehighlighting or even using non-white colors when dry brushing.
Really cool to see another creator using Cuttlefish Colors, i know Don Suratos uses them a lot or did in the past, definitely interested in their glaze consistency paints!
He is the only one I've ever seen use them as well!
Cuttlefish colors are awesome paints. The new opaque line is so so good!
Your Lauka Vai looks so good!
Thank you! I had a lot of fun kit bashing it!
As someone who is abysmally lazy, I use every method of speeding up the process while not sacrificing too much quality. Airbrush, slapchop, speedpaints, drybrush, you name it. Definitely going to take this into consideration.
Stunning. I think this is one of the best you've done.
Absolutely marvelous! Thank you, Lyla
OK I don't need more paint, but now I need more paint.
I'm still learning the basics, so I think it's a bit early for me to start trying slapchopping with a new set of paints, but it was really cool watching you add more and more complexity to this model. I gasped when the bit on the top cracked off, but I'm glad you left that in instead of keeping the process sanitized. Great video!
This might actually fit the gap I have needed from my paints lately. Definitely giving it a shot. Thanks!
Great video, useful tips that I can use in my hobby, and just to help you, the piece of armour that sits over the hips is called the FAULDS.😁
I think just the idea of combining a speed/contrast (I call them high flow) paints, with a more opaque glaze is really the way to go, and like how you walk through it. Cuttlefish aside, I also think you're doing a good job of keeping the point of finishing fast in mind. I've used regular paint glazes over contrast, liking the result, but yes, it takes me mixing the right consistencies and multiple application...and I've only done it on unique models. Someone working on a unit or army will want a standard formula. Good video!
Really like the thought of using glazes over slapchop to emphasize and increase the contrast in a more controlled method. Great video!
Always great to see your videos with the why and results, still learning the basics so once I learn I can venture into the other colors and brands. Thank you for sharing.
Once again great explanation on the what's and why's of your process. Good stuff here.
I really want to try these, now. I've been using contrast paints thinned down, and other layer paints diluted with contrast medium to the same effect. I don't know if I'll have space in my rack.
I will definitely be adding their range! Thank you for the video!
I hope you like them as much as I do!
I think the hip pauldrons are called tassets
What would you say the difference is between cuttlefish and any other paint thinned to a glaze consistency? Is it basically just the convenience factor?
Depending on the scale of the model, I cut Speed Paint, Rapidcolor, and contrast with different ratios of flow improver. For instance, when painting epic scale ACW, I put 10-13 drops of flow improver right into the pot
I've never heard of rapid color, who is that from?
mroe colors to buy Ill never actualy use because of lack of motivation xD
nice insights on slapchop+ (aka making slapchop work for individual pieces instead of just mass producing an army)
Slapchop is a great gateway, but I wanted to make a video to help people move beyond just basic slap chop!
I saw a short by metalhead minis showing off their gold metallic that had enough transparency to show under painting.
.....I didn't even know they had metallics!
that AOS mini looks awesome how was it putting together ? I haven't tried doing slapchop yet
I would like to ask what is the model of the mini that you are painting at 0:13? I love her.
I know it is completely beside the point, but "hip pauldrons" are often called tassets. Great work on the mini, love your work!
for highlights with slapchop, i have always added white ink into the contrast paint that i used it makes like a lighter more opaque layer that still flows well would save having to pay for 20 new paints when you can just buy one of liquitex white ink
Thanks for this idea!
I've had a few bad interactions with speedpaint 2.0 and liquitex white ink when using the latter for zenithal, having the white completely rub off when applying speedpaint over it. Don't know if that would be an issue when blending them though, has anyone tried? Really like the idea of it.
@@nightdew4934 i dont use speedpaint 2.0 i use contrast and vallejo express. i have never been a fan of army painter paints in all forms they always have problems
@@nightdew4934 also inks can have a very long drying time in some cases maybe it needed longer to dry
Great vid, as usual Lyla.
Thanks again!
the paper example shows me that Speed Paint/Contrast is basically acrylic water color
You're not wrong
these look cool there is another mini painter that use cuttlefish cause they are thinned pretty well but it suck that they are so hard to get whenever I got to buy some they are always out of stock
Just to be a nerd, "Shoulderpads for thighs" are uninventively called "Thigh pads" when it comes to armor :D
5:52 let's name them Stephanies.
Did you buy the paints yourself or were gifted them from the company?
It is something you see more often and I think mentioning things like that clears it up. Especially if you paid for them yourself.
I was given one set for free and purchased a second set. If I am given something I don't like, I don't talk about it.
Glad to see another video. It seems like it's been forever since you last uploaded? Or are you doing more on patreon these days.
August has been a weird month!
Ho, finally you use army painter paints?
I have the big box, but Vallejo's are so much more vibrant, I won't use ap anymore I think 😅
If you add highlights / shadows / wet blending / glazing to slap chop, it's no longer slap chop. It's traditional multi step / technique painting.
How do you like the their medium?
Awesome video, thank you Lyla!
So, how long did this mini take you overall? Slapchop is for speed painting... this looks to be a bit beyond that. In any case, when I speed paint a whole box, I'm not always satisfied with all the heroes/bosses/character models, the mobs look fine. This method looks good for improving on the special models, I will try that out, so thanks again!
And by the way, I think you might have left behind the witchcraft and levelled up - Sorceress? High Priestess? I'm not sure :D
She took about 1 hour and 30 minutes! But I also wasn't focusing on speed, and I was experimenting as I went. Now that I have a good handle on mixing ratios etc. I would be a lot faster!
She looks so good for that amount of time! I don't think I could have painted half that well in twice the time. @@LylaMev
REALLY digging seeing all the Bloodborne models you've been doing! And I've been eyeing up Cuttlefish Colors for a while, so it's great to hear your opinion on them!
Appease the algorithm
They look good, but they are very expensive
We’re you given these paints or did you purchase them with your own money?
1 set I was given and 1 set I purchased. I purchased one specifically because I didn't want to feel obligated to say good things. If I didn't like them, I wouldn't do a video on them at all!
@@LylaMev Not that I doubt what you say here, but stuff like this should really have a disclaimer. Not only because it's more transparent for the viewers, but also because you could actually get in trouble with the FTC if you don't, which could even lead to fines. The chances of that happening is probably really small, but doing the right thing here seems like a pretty easy thing. Really enjoying your channel otherwise, so just wanting to inform.
Can you say "Cuttlefish Colors from Creature Caster" three times fast?
Good but there is no Slap Chop in there...
If you’ve got the time to read this comment, you definitely have the time to go like and comment to appease the almighty algorithm 😁❤️👍🏼
you the man.
You are my favorite!
People keep adding more steps to slapchop… at this point you spend as much time on a model you might as well have painted normally haha
.......slap chop and NMM are not comparable to each other, so no, you don't necessarily spend as much time doing this as painting a model "normally." The whole point of the video is to do this on a special model that you WANT to spend extra time on,
"today I use lesser speedpaints in a not speedpaints way, the way base and layer paints works!" 😂 use thinned base/layer paints for the same results. Duh.
A lot of people have problems making their own glazes. this paint makes it easier.
Oh fuck. Another commercial.
I'm glad you're excited! But just because someone talks about a product doesn't make it a commercial. I appreciate the comment all the same, all comments helps the algorithm! If I'm misreading this and you're unhappy (which I hope not, that would be rude, and why bring such negativity for no reason?) Then the title should have given away that this talked about a new paint. And if you don't like that, don't click.
I'm really concerned with how everything Lyla makes these days is basically just a straight-up commercial. There's no value in remaining subscribed.
Out of the past 5 videos, this is the only one where I've recommended a product. Last week's was an experiment, the one before that was techniques, before that was a 24 hour challenge, and one before that was a product review where I said not to buy the product.
@@LylaMev Speaking as someone who supported your Persephone kickstarter, at the time that felt like a one-off. Now though it's a regular thing that instead of a proper video, we found you'vde make full-length adverts disguised as videos. Frequency is not the issue. Tricking people into watching adverts (in-between YT's increasingly intrusive adverts) when they were supposed to get useful content REALLY changes how they feel about you. I used to enjoy your channel quite a bit.
Unfortunately, technique videos don't do well on the algorithm. I WISH they did! That's really what I love doing. Next week's video is 5 beginner tricks to paint better faster, so hopefully that will be more up your alley.
But thank you for supporting the Kickstarter! I hope you like the models.
@@LylaMev Unsubscribed, since the algo will only let you make commercials. Goodbye.
@@everybodygotthat Thank you. your comments make this such a joy.
This 🦇VAMPIRESS🩸 Model -is -*-Awesome-* ~> (edit) it's *_Upper Half_*_ is AWESOME._ (🔮whispers) *_KIT~BASH/CONVO"_*
(* I'm~gonna~do~a~Kit-bash...... Lower half'll be a sculpted Femm-Stormlcast -or- a Sisters~of~Slaughter.... _I mean battle....battle*)_
(** we must remember: *WARHAMMER: AGE of SIGMAR* is now affectinately/hatefuIIy *_PG-13)_* -
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I actually know the creators of cuttlefish color