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Man! I'm looking all around the Internet for Blood Angels painting tutorials as they are going to be my first army (my Start Collecting box is coming this week). And this is the best looking one I've seen. I don't think I'll be able to get even to 10% of this but it's so inspiring!
I like how you dare to paint broad strokes as highlights and then continue to build from that. I can definitely see how I can learn from this! I guess I want each layer to look good on its own, but I realize now that's not necessary at all.
Glad to see someone as capable as you talking warmly about contrast, i have just started medling with it but i see that highlighting with ordinary Citadel really (!) pays off. Thanks for this vid, now to practice the gospel!
brotha! just wanted to say you make some high quality vids that are articulate, easy to digest, and super informative. i always push people from my channel to yours regarding how to paint certain marines.. especially your series on contrast + chapter specific paint jobs! keep it up my dude!
Those paints look so easy to use as they kinda automatically give small highlights (especially the black one) which is super useful for someone like me who is not very good at highlighting
Hold you do a short video on where the placement of the light hits Primaris / other models so I know where to highlight please? Many thanks and I am definitely using this technique for painting my Blood Angels from now on.
Great video, nice and simple so even I can follow. When using contrast paints, how do you prevent/deal with "tide marks" where the paint has dried unevenly? I've found them great on textured surfaces, but a bit more tricky on flat armour panels. Cheers!
DEATHWATCH! DEATHWATCH! I've been thinking of picking up some of them for my first foray into Kill Team, and I really wanna make their armour kick ass!
Ok after watching this video 45 times I had a couple questions if you wouldn’t mind. 1. It looks like sometimes you wetblended and some times you didn’t. How do you know when to do what? 2. Are you applying the evil suns relatively thick so it doesn’t immediately dry? Thanks in advance.
Hi mate, yeah I mix techniques. It's one of these thing that once you loose the fear of painting you'll just try until it looks good. Give it a try and if you fail just redo it :)
really well done mate! this video shows the true potential of contrast paints, most of the people i've seen use them were just doing one or two layers of contrast and calling it done, but here you've shown that if you put in a bit of extra time, treat it as a base layer and put on a few extra highlights, you can really make your mini stand out. in the end though, i personally won't be using contrast paints. not because i think the product is bad, or cheap, or anything like that, but because i enjoy painting mini's for the painting process itself, and i don't actually play any games so don't have a need to get stuff done quickly, for those who do i can see where these will be the perfect tool though!
totally agree with this, its a perfect first step to save some time. Cuts off maybe 2-3 steps with basing and shading. Not as controlled - but considering the time you save if you don't have an airbrush or wet blending techniques i think its a great addition. I will probably buy a couple as a complement, just as i do with Inks or army painter shades. I don't use them on every mini but for certain projects it will be great.
Great video! Really cool to see the contrast paints combined with some more advanced techniques rather than just slapping on the paint all over the mini. Really looking forward to the NMM video.
Thanks for the video. Could you try seeing what happens when you paint over a metallic base coat as well as apply a second coat of the same contrast paint? I'm curious how both of those would look.
Haven't watched this yet but I also prefer darker reds so I zenithal highlighted vallejo scarlet red over vallejo German red brown primer. I then went over it with Blood Angels Red Contrast and used a red wash but pin shading deeper recesses with agrax. I haven't decided on a highlight yet as I just wanted to get my army at least fully painted to a minimum level.
As you can see, in 40k there are a lot of battle brothers out there who refused to wear helmet to the battlefield and this is incredibly dangerous. As an officer, it is his job to keep his men safe, therefore he will always carry extra helmet
If I primed it black instead of white - would my Blood Angel Paint be little bit more darker overall? I would prefer little deeper red (just a little). Also that would solve the black parts problem.
Hey squid, just curious-- what kind of light do you have over your workspace? The long rectangular one-- I'm looking for a new light for my desk and it looks awesome.
Hi mate, i use a couple of different. I have some 11w LED at 6500 kelvin (equal to 75w) bare bulb lights over my head and the one you're reffering to is a TS Pro Task Lamp.
Something to consider, the red contrast that got on the pistol puch was still visible after the snakebike brown contrast, something that put me off contrast was that fact, any mistakes make along the edges are difficult to fix/cover
Hello I realy like your videos and i would like to know how to paint my bloodangel like you did What kind of brush did you use when you paint ? Thank you !
I really wish GW had dropper bottles. Where do you get your bottles and how do you transfer the paint into them? I'd love to see a video on the process.
For sure there is a little bit of pooling, but if you ask me its much smoother than the regular washes from GW. Quite good enough for gaming pieces and maybe even details on some display stuff if used correctly or through an airbrush :)
Wow, great video. Love this and the ultramarine. Any chance you could paint a space wolves next? Keen to see what it could look like with the contrast paint vs. classic and how long it would take you to paint a miniature. Thanks!
Vad händer om du primar figen med tex. Army Painter Pure Red och sen lägger Blood Angels Contrast på det, skulle det funka? What would happen if U primed the mini with Army Painter Pure Red and then painted with Blood Angels Contrast on that, would that work? Thumbs up for the video ;)
It depends on where on the miniature. That's the thing with contrast, it gets different saturation and brightness depending on how the color flows. So some spots will be close, others won't :)
@@SquidmarMiniatures Yeah, I should have said just on average, since Contrast pools and all. Was mainly wondering since Contrast isn't great for things like vehicles, and it'd be nice to have some rough "regular" paint matches for them.
Hi, I've been watching your tutorials for a couple of days now and being stuck at home I've been working a lot on my space wolves. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on wolves with contrast?
@@SquidmarMiniatures Thanks, i have ordered some bottles now :D The main problem i keep having is getting paint in the back of the brush when dispensing a bit of paint so hopefully this will help me a bit!
A major caveat with Contrast paints is that you will get a patchy finish with bright, intense, chromatic colors like yellow and red. A number of painters are combining a Contrast wash with dry brushing the large flat areas of the model afterwards and it can look quite nice while still saving a lot of time. Generally you'd paint the entire model its primary color with a Contrast wash (like red), then drybrush the appropriate red over the model to even out patchiness. If you still wanted to use Contrast paints for other parts of the model, you'd repaint those parts with one of the two base white colors intended for said paints. Overall, the Contrast system does work for is intended goal of helping beginners and massive army painters get models looking decent and onto the tabletop. It will not however produce great results by the traditional standards of model painting. It looks very useful however as at technical paint for special effects and certain techniques.
