My paint style sits somewhere between slap-chop and competition level. I'm looking to get my models and armies done in a realistic time-frame, but I'd also like to be in the running for best painted, at least at the smaller events I play in. I felt like there is a lack of painters putting out videos in this middle ground, so I decided to throw my hat in the ring!
This is a brand new channel and I've never painted on camera before so there are going to be some teething pains. But why not join me on my youtube journey as I fine-tune the recording and editing process and hopefully progress towards top quality videos for your viewing!
Perfect timing, having a video to watch/listen to while painting is always good! Have you watched my Rubrics video? That'd be perfect for painting Rubrics to haha
Hi, I love this colour scheme and would love to use it on my own thousand sons army. I have a couple of (probably very stupid) questions as someone who's never painted anything before. 1. Do you thin down the paints at all when painting or just keep the brush wet? 2. You mentioned having shaky hands which is something I struggle with a lot as well. What do you do to help mitigate this and not end up covering half your model by mistake? 3. Do you prime at all or just go straight to the purple airbrushing?
Hey mate. They're not stupid questions at all, we all asked those sort of things when starting and I'm happy to help answer them. 1. I use a wet pallet and thin my paints at least a little bit on there. How much I thin them changes based on what I'm doing. For blocking in I only thin them a little bit, for layering and highlighting I think them much more. 2. The biggest thing I do is have a finger of my brush hand touching either the model or my hand holding the model. Even just your little finger touching your other hand or model will make a big difference. It sounds stupid but it works. You should also try to have your forearms resting on your desk, that helps too. 3. I prime before airbrushing. In this case I used Vallejo grey. Priming is still important if you're using an airbrush to give the paint something to stick to and stop it rubbing off. I hope those answers help! Welcome to the hobby!
I never recommend the Retributor Armor rattlecan basing method. The quality of that can is abysmal, especially if you're priming outside; too much humidity and it gums up, too dry and it loses moisture and sprays the model with a dusty texture.
Really nice paintjob. Good work! I also think it's worth the extra effort for your characters to make them stand out from your R+F models. May I make two recommendations you could try, if you have a spare model around? For a popping yellow: Basecoat with AK White (AK11001) and then give it a coat of Vallejo Yellow Fluo (62.031). This gives you a really bright yellow. For shading: I use a 3:3:4 mix of Citadel Reikland Fleshshade, Army Painter Dark Tone and Citadel Lahmian Medium as an all-over-shade. This can speed up the process for your R+F models, but for characters I would always go the extra mile. I used both, the yellow and shade for my Infinity Game models.
I used to use a base of pink for a really popping yellow, I'm not actually sure why I stopped doing that, I should probably go back to doing it again! Thanks for the recommendations, I'll give both those things a shot and see how I like them. Keep and eye out, if I start using them you'll see them in future videos!
Thanks mate. I'm actually not sure where it's from. A mate bought it for me. I've sent him a messaging asking if he remembers. Hopefully he will and I'll let you know.
@@BellomarsMiniatures Ah, I've found it on MyMiniFactory, thanks a lot. I will print it this weekend. And also many thanks to your friend for looking and remembering.
Cool unit of Hamnerers, but 14 hours for 10 is quite high imo, i dont have this much time so i usually paint faster. At the cost of details, of course.
That's totally fair. One of the great things about our hobby is we can decide how much time we're willing to put in to each unit/model. I know I'm often on the extreme end of how much time I'll put in to a unit, and that's not for everyone!
For me, coloring the details is very challenging. My hands are shaking which makes it impossible for me to color in more detail. Fortunately, this is easy to do with Necrons. I don't have the guts for Thousand Sons.
I find it comes down to how you brace your hands. Try having the little finger on your brush hand touching either your other hand or the model. For some reason this lowers, or stops, the shaking for me.
It definitely makes painting details interesting. But I'm pretty used to it by now so can normally manage thankfully. Though I've never heard it called that haha
Sounds like you were smarter than me haha. If I was giving someone a recommendation I'd definitely suggest they pick up some extra browns alongside this set. Thankfully my local store finally has the singles in stock so I've been picking up more each week.
Maybe Dwarfs just aren't popular enough haha I'm sure more subscribers will come if I keep working on putting out good content. Until then kind words like yours will keep me motivated. Thanks mate!
That is Vallejo Grey. It is very similar to Grey Seer from Games Workshop if you have that instead. Grey Seer is a bit less matt so the paint sometimes doesn't stick as well though.
You have a nice paint scheme for the dwarfs. Also excellent video quality and nice explanation of all your steps! Only thing I would advise is taking a little extra time to clean the models. I could still see some mould lines on the boots and weapons. And they bring your outstanding work down. Overall keep doing what you do!
Hi Ydobrokking. I totally agree, I often find myself rushing the building phase because I'm keen to paint the models. It's something I've done for years and definitely something I've got to get better at not doing because I know it hurts the finished model. I need to work on my patience when doing the boring stuff haha. Thanks a lot for taking the time to comment.
Mate, the vid I’ve been waiting for!! I’m paralysed half way through painting my Thunderkyn and I’ve been trawling looking for tutorials … there’s no good ones out there! This has taken me that one step forward I needed. Thanks!!
I didn't play well finishing at 1-2 but the games were all fun games which is the important part. I did win best painted though so I'm pretty happy about that. It was only 14 players but there were some well painted armies in the running for it. Thanks for asking!
Hey mate. Masking tape works just as well as long as you remove it within a couple of hours. The main difference between masking tape and painters tape is that masking tape can leave a residue behind if you don't remove it soon enough. So if you're out of painters tape don't be afraid to use masking tape. Just remove it quickly!
