Acrylic Painting Mediums | All About Mediums for Miniature Painting

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This video is all about acrylic painting mediums for miniature painting. Basically a video on how to use mediums and its advantages over thinning acrylics with water.
The video discusses Vallejo acrylic mediums for miniature painting while showing the painting of this custom Typhus miniature base. Also watch until the end of the video for the revelation of the best medium for miniature painting.
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@DonSuratos 9 месяцев назад

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@ChadHavoc 2 месяца назад

Always loved this background music made it so exciting fun and relaxing

@thatgenericdixienormouspicguy 2 года назад

Thanks for the run down of different mediums and showing us all the different uses. It will come in handy one day I’m sure.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

You are most welcome sir! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@diverspudph1310 2 года назад

Hahahahaha! "Water is best... for washing your brushes". Patawa, Don! Lol! Another useful and helpful video!

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Hahahaha! Thanks for watching bro! ☺️🇵🇭💙🎨🎨🎨

@emceha 2 года назад

dayyyyum, another good teacher on youtube.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thank you! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@professorludico 2 года назад

I loved the video! Thank you so much for sharing precious information. A big hug from this Brazilian Miniature Painter.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

You are most welcome! Glad you liked the video! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@warminipainting 2 года назад

Thanks Don. Great insight to the different mediums and their applications :)

@jjfang69 2 года назад

Thanks for the explanation on the different mediums. It was very helpful. I'd been using thinner medium, but saw so many mini painters using glaze medium that I was second guessing my choice.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

You are most welcome. You are using the most useful. Glaze medium add transparency to paints though. ☺️

@RyanF1313 2 года назад

You give so much useful knowledge - thanks!

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Just haring, even over sharing my thoughts bro. Used to be a blogger back in 2009. ☺️

@Stendalerchen 2 года назад

At the right Time! Thanks for that! 🤝

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thanks for watching! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@Mike_Jones1980 2 года назад

I usually make my own acrylic thinner and blends of mediums, but I'm really tempted to try all the Vallejo stuff now. Thanks for all the information, I've been waiting for this one especially. Congratulations on all the recent action on the channel.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

You know what, I am itchy to combine thinner medium and retarder medium. But that might be confusing on video but will give it a try. Thank you! Traffic has been crazy and I am very thankful. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@Mike_Jones1980 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos I use mostly Liquitex Gloss, and I've had good results. I thin down the Heavy Bodied acrylic tube paints instead of using regular model paint too.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@Mike_Jones1980 I have heavy body Golden paints! Liquitex, I have yet to try... I may get a few for testing. Cheers! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@dgoodfellow234 2 года назад

Bought your book! Looking forward to seeing what's inside

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Awesome! Hope you find it useful. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@jerrycosmicslayer8847 2 года назад

salva mode lol best technique i learned today lol

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

😅😄😉🎨🎨🎨

@nikroth Год назад

This was extremely informative and helpful for me !! THANK YOU !!

@DonSuratos 9 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful! 😊

@Razyrazer 2 года назад

This made my day! Ty 🙏🏻

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

You are most welcome! Thanks for watching! ☺️

@luismartinezgc 2 года назад

Another great video, with very helpfull info. Thanks Don

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

You are most welcome bro. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@snarlbuckle 2 года назад

Thank you for a great explanation

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

You are most welcome! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@todlambe 2 года назад

Hello from Ireland! I've always used water with my Vallejo but I do get terrible pooling when hand painting. Never considered using another medium but now I think I'll give it a go.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Water equals surface tension. But masters have learned to thin acrylics with water. Mediums are surprisngly more beginner friendly. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@markgnepper5636 2 года назад

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thanks as always Mark! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@ABurns-lk5lp 2 года назад

👍👍👍

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thank you Burns! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@mogadeet6857 2 года назад

Very interesting. 👍👍

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thanks for watching bro! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@mogadeet6857 2 года назад

Salba Mode! XD 👍👍

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Haha! Filipino word bro. 😅🎨🎨🎨

@goforitpainting 2 года назад

cool video

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thank you! ☺️

@aldhy5806 2 месяца назад

Bro, can i use vallejo thinner medium for airbrush? If can what is the best sauce when using with flow improver

@spencersparks41 2 года назад

Thank you as always for going through all of these and giving a basis for the use of each and a visual example! Great video and simple easy to follow demonstration! I have to ask if someone hasn't already. What is the base with the color wheel and ratios you have your pallet on?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

You are most welcome! The painting mat is from Redgrassgames sir. However it is not yet for sale. Not yet available in the market. ☺️

@DingoPaints 2 года назад

I believe you can still get the Redgrass Mat as a late pledge.

@gorkaleiva864 2 года назад

Hello Don . good job , your videos are great . It would be great to see you making a base like typhus

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Oh my apologies, I did not film the making of the base on video. Will do so next time. ☺️

@domcisme 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos YES please love it

@LutzkaFPV 2 года назад

Cool video,learn a lot!! love the sexy green base :D

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Haha! I think a nice thin layer of more still water + inks tomorrow will make it even sexier. We shall see. Thanks for watching! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@socomchamp00 2 года назад

Great video. Liked and subbed.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thank you! Welcome to the channel! ☺️

@jamminghaze 2 года назад

My wet palette smells funny now 🤣 Vallejo paints started it or might need water/paper swap. Put the blame on tools.😆 🤣 There's some glaze medium in Vallejo colors from factory, glaze medium separated fast from the paint, but could be mixed again after separated, after being good while on wet palette. Mostly played with blacks, so far. Brush Shampoo and thinned IPA with slight spinning motion on paper towel will make my brushes clean as new. I Like Giving long baths to my brushes too. 😆 🤣 😂

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Tap water makes wet palette smell funny. Use distilled water if you can. OR, yes, give the foam a soap bath once in a while. Tap water is the culprit for that smell bro. ☺️

@jamminghaze 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos yeah 😂 it just mixed with paint smell, so i got confused. yeah! It´s tap water starting to live its own life. 😂 i just swapped paper and not water. I think cold air helped, keeping it clear, from smell like 1 month. lol. hmm might add liquid oxygen in there... lol. gotta invest in quality and pure water at some point. 🤣 got decent tap water here in finland. Nice aquarium btw 🐠

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@jamminghaze Haha! Tap water here... is bad water! I almost always use distilled water for painting bro. 😅

@sm0ky_cowboy693 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing! You got a subscriber and a viewer ;)

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thank you for the sub Smoky! Hope to see you around! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@hkpango1996 2 года назад

What medium should I use? like painting camoflouges on soldiers？ Thanks a lot

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Just our highlight sauce. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@TheBigDirty716 2 года назад

Another great video. Your channel deserves to absolutely blow up. Great content. Just curious, are there any wargames you're into or is it all about the hobbying?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thank you Scotty! Yes, I started playing Warmachine with my son back in 2014. And started playing D&D with my daughters and son last year. Warhamme, a few game with myson also last year. BUT, I am not good with the Warhammer rules. 😅

@ajzer04 2 года назад

Do/can you still use a wet pallet when you use mediums?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Yes. Mediums are practically just color-less paints. ☺️

@bluenine85 2 года назад

Just picked up a bottle of the retarder medium the other day, great timing! Thanks for the video.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Retarder! We just used it on the previous video. Will test it some more. ☺️

@bluenine85 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos just found it, great video so far :D

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@bluenine85 Awesome! Thank you! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@southpaw5483 Год назад

I am using Acrylic paints which typically have a Matte finish. I am engaged on a special project to paint a plastic item that requires a High Gloss "showroom" finish. Is it better to add Gloss Medium to the paint? or is better to use a Gloss Varnish after painting? (or both....)

@DonSuratos Год назад

Oh… high gloss for acrylics is difficult to achieve. Even gloss varnish looks softer, less shiny after a day of curing. 😊

@mikeybrokie1516 2 года назад

😂 "that's it pancit" is my favorite thing I've heard in a while ♥

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Hahaha! Super old Filipino expression of sorts. 😅🇵🇭

@mikeybrokie1516 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos I don't see many pinoy hobbyist. but I live in the states. you have any recommendations?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@mikeybrokie1516 Recommendations for what bro? I am not too active in the local community bro. I just focus on my family and work these days. ☺️

@mikeybrokie1516 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos I meant other filipino hobbyist. but no worries man it's all good.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@mikeybrokie1516 There are a ton at Facebok... but RU-vid? Not so much I think. ☺️

@paulmcmillan623 2 года назад

Thanks Don. Great information as always. Glad to see how your subscriptions are growing. Keep up the good work. Learning different ways to utilize mediums to gain different overall coverage and layers is why I joined. Your drybrush style using these mediums has changed my work.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Glad you find the videos useful! Feel free to drop comments here anytime. Cheers! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@deejaywolf 2 года назад

Great video! Btw, where can I get that Red Grass Games Pad?:) I've looked on their site, but didn't find it there.

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

That RGG pad is still at kickstarter sir. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@SteveSmith-kf9on 2 года назад

Will it work with other paints , scale 75 , AK , Mig ? Thanks for another great Vid 🇬🇧👌👍

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

I think so Steve. Coz those are also good quality paints. ☺️

@sakidickerson 2 года назад

Great video but I still have trouble understanding when I should use one type of medium over another. Like what situations would you use this medium versus that

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Think of the thinner meium as water, glaze medium to add transparency, matte medium to add volume and retarder medium to slow down drying time. ☺️

@sakidickerson 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos Awesome thats incredibly helpful thanks! why would I want to add volume? if I overthin?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@sakidickerson Honestly, it was just burrowed from Fine Arts stuff. You may want to add volume when painting terrain or diorama. Also the matte, gloss and satin mediums are the same ( add volume ), they all change the "finish" of the paints. ☺️

@TheAllstar17 2 года назад

Do you have a video about textures of wood and glass on a miniature?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Not specific on those... but will make some. Thanks for the idea. 😊

@juliengosswiller727 2 года назад

Hi Don, I already have GW Lahmian Medium and GW Contrast Medium, what do you think would be a great improvement to my collection ? :D Thanks for you tips !

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Hmmm... what does lahmian and contrast medium do? 😅

@juliengosswiller727 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos Hum, this two products are citadel / games workshop. Contrast Medium is for Citadel Contrast paint so, kinda out of course, but I don’t know how to categorize the Lahmian’s one … a glaze or a thinner medium perhaps. Thanks for your time

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@juliengosswiller727 Maybe I will buy those mediums and test. So that I can compare and answer inquiries base on my observation. ☺️

@Branderyk 2 года назад

How difference is between acrylic thinner and airbrush thiner?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Seems the same bro... just alcohol and water. ☺️

@Titus_Vespasianus 2 года назад

where did you get the table pad with the color wheel and everything???

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Redgrassgames sir. I think it is stil at Kickstarter. ☺️

@TheDreadAlarm 2 года назад

Can you make a video for "hasty painters"?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Speed painting? I have a few 1 hour painting videos bro. 😅

@ajzer04 2 года назад

All these mediums usually say 1 drop for every 10 of paint on the bottle, but its looks like you use much more, do you have a specific ratio you like using?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Usualy 2:1 or 3:1. Dont mind the bottle. Think of mediums as magical thicker water. ☺️

@ajzer04 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos 😂 will do!

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@ajzer04 The bottle instructions bro... are always wrong. 😅☺️🎨🎨🎨

@sakidickerson 2 года назад

Have you ever tried making your own paint using dry pigments and the mediums?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Yes Saki, but only for diorama use. I make my own texture paints with gel medium and pigments sometimes. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@tristarsilver6052 Год назад

Hello. What is the fundamental difference between thinner and glaze? If I need something later on a medium from the citadel.

@DonSuratos Год назад

Glaze is more transparent... thinner just thins the paint without adding too much transparency. Sorry for the late reply. 😊

@tristarsilver6052 Год назад

@@DonSuratos Thank you! Already bought, but your answer confirmed the correctness of the choice =)

@DonSuratos Год назад

@@tristarsilver6052 Oh... personally I prefer Thinner Medium. I find it more versatile. 😊🎨🎨🎨

@doomedtolive2 Год назад

This was very helpful. On a side note, where can i get that display base at 4:16 ?

@DonSuratos Год назад

Oh I made it from foam and procreate. Thanks! 😊

@doomedtolive2 Год назад

@@DonSuratos Gosh dang it, good work

@DonSuratos Год назад

@@doomedtolive2 Thank you sir! 😊🎨🎨🎨

@fran_gutierrez 2 года назад

Dear Don Suratos. I would like to ask you where you got that base for the death guard

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

I crafted it myself from foam, procreate and styrene stuff sir. ☺️

@fran_gutierrez 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos OMG. Your work is wonderful, as always. I follow from Spain.

@guinnessguinness8027 2 года назад

How about some Battletech?

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

I will try my brushes on those soon. We'll see bro. I hope we have them here. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@yoshiwiseful 10 месяцев назад

mahalo from oahu !

@DonSuratos 9 месяцев назад

You are most welcome! 😊🎨🎨🎨

@hkpango1996 2 года назад

I thin my paints with water, and it always dry on my brushes tip. Should I add retarder to it？

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

How? Just wash always if you are not into mediums.

@robertmarktaylor4654 2 года назад

Boss, are you pinoy? In the Philippines? Where do you even get nice brushes or even that wet palette? cause i cant find them on shoppee or lazada its all bad quality XD

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Pinoy in the Philippines. All sponsored kabayan. ☺️🎨🎨🎨🇵🇭

@robertmarktaylor4654 2 года назад

@@DonSuratosXD any shops you can recommend to buy good quality brushes and accessories? Salamat 😁

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

@@robertmarktaylor4654 Deovir bro. SM North and Neutral Grounds. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@lanesteele240 2 года назад

Aplus

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Thank you as always brother! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@steveisaak4320 2 года назад

where can I find Vallejo and not get robbed by gouges ??

@DonSuratos 2 года назад

Gouges?

@steveisaak4320 2 года назад

@@DonSuratos high mark ups. My stores cannot get in your company's products. They come in twice per year and then nothing. I have checked

@TheGamerZapocalypse Год назад

I'm not getting the difference between Glaze Medium and Thinner Medium. Is Thinner Medium more able to create a Wash than Glaze Medium? What's the difference between Thinner Medium and Airbrush Thinner? Also, can these all be mixed in different amounts for different results, are they compatible?

@DonSuratos Год назад

Glaze medium is runnier and more transparent.

@ChadHavoc 12 дней назад

This was great peaceful music, missed this, for reference the music is : Buddha Kontekst

@DonSuratos 12 дней назад

Yes. But the music is no longer free to use. 😬