Your models look fantastic. I am seriously considering taking up collecting but the painting is the most intimidating part, your absolutely amazing at it so fairbplay all credit is due. That army is going to look insane.
Avoided army painter stuff for nearly a decade. Then randomly bought 12colors of Speed Paint 2.0. I painted some BattleTech mechs and enjoyed myself so much I went back for 12 more colors.
hey Dana how is your progress with Shatterpoint? I would love to see more videos from you but I guess you also have a ton of other stuff that maybe gets more views :)
Wow- you are so talented! I love watching these models reimagined with paint. Just wondering which video or method and paint you might recommend for a newbie - I notice that your beginner videos have (outdated) beside them?
The only thing i have personally found when trying to get a new friend into the 40k universe if they aren't already into the tabletop gaming hobby is that 40k has a reputation for being "unapproachable" that is not easy to overcome. People who have heard about 40k also tend to hear about it's scale, and the amount of time and effort that needs to go into it. And, just adding onto that is the games reputation for cost, and it does tend to put off potential gamers. I mean, there are memes of "Don't want your kids to do drugs? get them into Warhammer 40k. they won't be able to afford drugs". and Kill team being a 40k game, i've had difficulty getting some of my friends who wanted to move from tabletop RPG's into playing 40k. Now, this is kinda where One Page Rules has it's biggest advantage. The game is a lot more approachable. saying "hey, i have this game, here's the rules" and handing them a sheet of paper is far less intimidating. And the fact the game is "use whatever minis you want" is a huge weight off people's shoulders about the cost. Anything they already might have, they can use, and i've had several friends come from D&D into Firefight and run teams made of those pre-painted D&D figures. Kill team is fun, but sometimes those alternate indie games really are easier to get new players into
I just want to say your videos are awesome. Very well done and your pretty damn easy to look at. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos. I guess it’s because your a lot better to look at than those guys from citadel. Lol. Keep up the great work.
I just got in my reaper bones Kickstarter hoard and I've stumbled on a really good workflow for them similar to WMOLF. Since you can paint straight on them, I start with a heavy white drybrush, then hit it with a dark wash like nulb oil/dark tone. This basically gives you a grimdark-leaning base to then slapchop on with speedpaints. Great results so far and super easy to batch-prep for colors.
Awesome video Dana! It was a huge help to see a bunch of different workflows and outcomes side by side. I struggle with painting with any kind of speed, so this was hugely helpful!
heroscape was the first miniatures game i ever had, way back in 2005 or so. we never learned to actually play the game, but my brother and i spent hours building terrain layouts and making up stories about our little guys. at some point i'll for sure get the new edition, and almost certainly will never learn to actually play it again. but at least this time i'll get to paint the models.
That's pretty nice! Only (very minor) gripe is the wood maybe should look a tad more grey for a ruined building, but that's very much nitpicking, and personal preference. Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting & impressive video. Would suggest Tzolk’in board game cog wheels as a project, as it it would be interesting to see how different your contrast paint effect would be from the many other examples I’ve seen.
Great video, as always: looking the amazing results you achieved on your last model, I think I really need to start considering to learn how to use an airbrush...
For board game minis we need the quick methods, so great video in this respect. I feel your pain with drybrushing, it's not a simple as people like to make out.
Awesome video. I don’t know if the showing of the metallic speedpsints was just b roll footage but I hope you shook them or better used a vortex mixer. The bronze especially looks different if shaken properly I think.
I've fallen in love with something kinda like WMOLF. I use a speedpaint as a base coat and then paint everything on top of that. Usually unthinned (depends how dark the color is, otherwise mix a little medium in, tend to really love blue or magenta shades but I've done it with green, purple, and red before as well). It makes really vibrant shadows. I'm sure I could do colored primer too but: 1. I don't own 30 shades of primer so much like how you make washes, I make a base coat 2. With or without zenithal, it makes my shadows darker than the the highlight areas, giving me a nice roadmap and shading
In the decades of playing board games and rpgs I've never cared about my minis being painted. I've done a few, but less than thirty. That changed when I was lucky to find a giant cache of the new Heroquest stuff in a used bookstore for super cheap. I think I want to paint all these, and have been binging instructional videos.
oh my god i just finished painting my master set and wellspring box yesterday. im so happy to see one of my favorite mini painting channels get in on the heroscape love
Question which is better for beginners Speedpaint or Warpaint Fanatics? Also you are almost there for 100k subscribers!!! Hopefully you get better soon
Warpaint Fanatics. Speedpaints and contrast paints require brush control otherwise they are very frustrating to use. Standard Acrylics are more forgiving.
In my opinion 10:45 Black + Layered Base + Highlights and the Guy with the two guns (Airbrush Color Zenithal + Speed Paints) looks the best. Which is unfortunate, bc these are very different paint styles :D
Another great idea for a mini painting vid. I have a bunch of boardgame minis that need paint (Aftermath, Destinies, Zombiecide: Invader, and Gloomhaven JOTL) so this is a great reference point. I don't want to strain myself on the project, but I still want them to look good enough to impress my friends for boardgame nights. Your favored methods will work perfectly. That dragon looks sick. I need to remember to have fun and stop overthinking it.
11:00 I really like the blue and red layering on this models plated tentacles or whatever they are. Makes the creature's colour scheme look like aposematic colouration, like it's sheer hue is enough to warn other being that it's not to be trifled with.
