I'm a professional miniature painter who's been in this hobby for as long as he can remember. I want to share what I've learned over the years and I hope to inspire others as so many have inspired me.
I came here after watching an instagram reel from a 1.5M follower page that showed metallic silver and forest green mixing to make gold. please help me get out of this rabbit hole lol
Brilliant tutorial, yeah oils are not recognized enough in miniature painting and the oils definitely give that intense vibe, a mix of hard acrylics and softer intence hue oils wpuld work fantastically well id say.. Cheers mate👍
Amazing channel. I've been tinkering around with oil paints on my miniatures (mostly for washes), but after watching some of these videos, I'm ready to dive in fully. Thanks!
Thank you for this. I am a huge fan on certain Acrylics I have been using just indefinitely. I cannot stress enough how good the Vallejo primers are and the German panzer Grey it’s a very dark grey prob not ideal for miniatures as I used it on one 12cm high fine but I wouldn’t wanna do smaller ones I’d use that light grey. If I may oil painting workshops I am learning utilise N4-5 neutral Grey to mix on as it gives you the perfect platform to mix Value vs Hue and chroma it’s a tedious but ultimate method of paint colouring yourself. and I am deffo buying a bottle of that in Vallejo primer I haven’t used oils on the Vallejo I got a few of em inc gloss primer for 2 tones but the Matt effect of the panzer grey primer I just know in my head it is gonna help take the oil paint to plastic a lot better for example I’m building a Pavelow Blackhawk Heli to sit on my PC case video coming soon simple little custom job. But yeah I am still trying to figure out what oils do we want. I bought some retro wintons doesn’t say ingredients on the back what have I done? 😂 I got a standard winton set as well. I am thinking to try Griffin Alkyd by Winton (Quick drying oils) however I’m concerned about their shelf life’s. I dunno 🤷♂️ have you dabbled in Griffin Alkyds and the winton quick drying range they have two quick drying ranges so I’m eager haha
The level of detail here is *great* - just the right amount of details to provide a good sense of orientation. Thanks for doing this; you just got a new Subscriber. :D
I came here because I heard it’s easier to paint nmm with oil colours. I watched your video and now I’m convinced I don’t know how to paint at all. You just did nmm, it was just there
I've written my comment a year ago. I'm very sad that this channel hasn't uploaded in all this time. The potential here was/is huge. Miniature painters who paint just in oils lack a reliable, noob friendly channel with techniques, experiences and in general miniature painting. Come back! :)
Wish we could have seen or had an example of how much thinner was being used in the thick over thin section. I'll go looking to see if you have a basics tutorial. EDIT: Looks like there isn't a how-to tutorial and the channel hasn't had a new vid for a year, so I'm guessing there won't be. Still great info here thanks!
Tried oil painting for the first time yesterday. Didn't go as sooth as I expected, but a couple offhand comments you made here (that aren't even mentioned in the tutorials I watched) probably pointed me in the right direction. Just wish I could tell how thin/not-thin any of the paint on your palette is, but I'll check your other vids, thanks
Thank you so much for these videos. I am just started to print and paint models, and although i started with arylic model paints, i quickly discovered i didnt like that way. Now oils, this is more my style. And only a few of you out there to help us , who are juat starting.
This was inspiring and I'm now watching the rest of your videos. I've subscribed and clicked the bell so hopefully if you upload again I'll definitely know about it.
quick question: i was painting with oil paints over a black primer/grey primer zenithal and suddenly i saw that i was just moving the paint around instead of blending it. More distressingly, i could see the bare plastic appearing. As if by adding oil paints and feathering out I removed all layers of primers. Do you have any idea what happened?
Hello, thanks for the video. What brand do you recommend for starting? I saw a Castle Arts oil set for like $20 in Amazon, I could spend more but no more than $50.
So glad I stumbled into your channel via the oil FAQ video - I think you are making the best informative miniature oil painting tutorials out there on RU-vid. Super valuable stuff.
Great stuff here! I just finished my first foray into oil painting miniatures a few days ago. I did the Wappel method (that you show here) of preglazing, sponge wiping, then applying midtones which automatically just blend in with the preglaze. It felt like absolute magic coming from acrylics. Here are paints that ACTUALLY blend. Aside from the super useful color theory and complexion info presented, you really demonstrated that "blending magic" in a really practical way. I hope more people give oils a try. In a lot of ways I find it easier, more intuitive, more relaxed and forgiving.
First off, thanks for this video. I've been doing acrylic model painting for a while now: as I'm looking to try oils for the first time, this video has been great heads up at what to expect and try to avoid. Truth be told the thin-thick and thick-thin is likely to be the one to catch me out. Thanks again.
Just wanted to say I greatly appreciate your videos. It has been a massive help to me and inspired me to work with oils, hope all is well with you. Hope to see more from you.
