I got some good results, depending upon the color of the final model, using a burnt umber (dark brown camo spray paint) primer, with dry brushed raw sienna as a mid tone, and ivory for highlights for dry brushing. For larger scale, topping it off the highlights with white paint makes things pop. Again, it depends on the final coloration, this worked great on the yellows for some Eldar...er...Eldari...er.. Space Elves.
The volumes we can create with an airbrush cannot be ignored. Once you figure out how to use a white ink you'll be banging out the smoothest transitions. With the airbrush, we also have the option to go back in and reinforce the shadow hue. This can fix/mask any weird interactions we might get with our 'primer' colour.
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Does not really look like an official GW box art to me, but it’s still an amazing paint job, probably even better than the official one due to the better color choice
Nice job, way better than I would have the patience to do. Unless i am being paid a stupid amount of money to do it I would not spend that much time on a single marine though. Fun video though.
It look❤s great. The box art is a bit misleading. They paint gradients at the edges with ever finer highlights. I think 4 or 5 rounds of layered highlights all with incredible precision. Check out infernal brush. He used to work for GW on the box art
I also have a hard time edge highlighting but I think you are making a mistake I recently discovered I was making. 8:32 is a good example, your brush is not loaded that much, what I found helped me was to load the brush way more with paint that was diluted by flow improver. Then I press the brush into a damp paper towel until the "bloom" of paint stops happening, in case it's too wet. Now when I use the brush it flows well, and doesn't dry out too fast. Another thing I noticed, because I also have shaky hands, is I would grip by brush very tight and this led to me making really hard strokes which leaves big thick lines. When I loosened my grip up and tried to be softer, my lines got a lot smaller and neater. Was mostly using an old W&N #2 but I switched for this kind of stuff to a smaller brush, a monument hobbies #2 and that also helped me out. Eyes are the same thing, it's probably not that you suck it's probably that you're having to press too hard to get the paint to flow because it's drying out for having so little on your brush.
Very well done! I have been going for box art on my Ultramarines. It take so much time but to me it’s just such a good feeling to watch them come together and than have a miniature on the shelf that seemed so unachievable as a child.
I'll probably never be able to paint at a super high level lol. I've watched literally every episode on the internet about how to do glazing, blending, osl, layering and NMM and I'm still lost in the woods. Legit if the instruction isnt slap the paint on im confused.
yeah. You need to have good ventilation, that's for sure. You know what I always thought would be a great, would be to have an army that is painted in gradients, as you mix the paints on a wet palette. Also very annoying, but I think if you can get the army on the board I can like it. Applications of color and loving the color mixing and application... I feel like that is our eternal platonic ideal as painters. Placing paint on the wet palette and then keeping that paint, "alive," for weeks on end... maybe that requires inks, but isn't that it's own challenge! Yeah... I want to get away from, like, "the normal," stuff. Dana Howl's thing on CMYK a few years ago has stuck with me, that color wheel, and most poeple nowadays are gossiping about the color box. I like keeping a wet palette alive and mixing our own colors for weeks, as, like, "a chllenge to myself." Have you ever tried anything like that? So you can mix your own color mix?
I never understood the obsession with Nuln Oil as liquid talent in the hobby universe. I get it in the beginning, but I try to encourage everyone to try something new and/or a new way for their thought process. Thank you for the videos, I've been binge watching a lot of them :D Will you activate the RU-vid Member area or are you sticking to Patreon?
Funny thing, I started with the wet pallet, stuck with it and now I can’t imagine not using one. It may not be a “beginner’s” tool, but as a beginner, if you use it and learn painting with the intention of improving, then it’s perfectly fine.
lovely vid, gloss levels can always be tweaked at the end with matt, satin or gloss varnish, however careful placement will help with end result. full coat or local areas. interesting with the chemical comp of contrast paint - they have wonderful pigment properties and are lovely. and to be fair the only liquid talent i have found is the dirty down rust effects, do you have a vid on those already? wonderful effects to assist, one to look out for.
I'm glad it's not just me. After seeing a lot of recommendations for Winsor&Newton I had finally caved and picked up one of the Series 7 round this week and it has been by far the most disappointing brush I've tried to use.
