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I'm having trouble with Tau fire warriors, lots of straight edges and flat areas. A video on that would be great! Love the painting tutorials you've done so far :)
Thank you a million times for this! I don't think people are thinking beyond the initial contrast step when considering these paints as a tool to add to their existing paints.
This. Contrast is great of you want to play quickly and just want something that looks good on a 3' from the miniature distance. Or as a powerful extra tool in the toolbox for an experienced painter looking to paint something to a high standard. Most people I see reviewing contrast paints seem to miss these 2 points and dismiss the paints as not good enough, thinking they will get table top++ standard from 1 layer.
I don’t think enough thought about more undershading techniques is being thought about either and I’m not just talking about zenithal highlighting. Throwing on some thinned black wash and doing a drybrush with a white/near white comes to mind. You could also just straight up do some blending for the undershades which would help on flatter areas. The best part about these paints is their transparency and the range of colours they come in.
The part that excites me is the experimenting. I've already seen brilliant results on death guard where people are taking a brown and putting it in the recesses and then blending the green into that and it looks fantastic. I've currently got some khorne fellows prepared to try similar stuff, going to try blending purple as a shade with the red in the recesses.
Yeah this is the 1st example of contrast that I think looks like it was painted with the old style. This is the 1st video I’ve watched that isn’t a GW fanboy who received preview bottles of paints and are saying it’s the best thing ever. He shows it’s a useful tool but highlighting, blending & TIME are still needed to produce a beautiful model not just ladling contrast paint on. It is a nice quick color and shade but you have to be careful not to let the paint get onto another area of model or it’ll really change the color you’ll be painting on it.
I can’t seem to find any good example of Salamanders either to dark or to neon green. I’m hoping this new Layer paint Vulkan may be the right color. Maybe a base of Vulken and spray the Wraith Bone from above only thing I can’t figure is the right contrast to go over it with.
Cool video! Please tell me! I'm assembling the 4th company of Ultramarines Primaris. Faced with the question of how to paint the interests of veterans) Shoulder pads should be painted white or green, how would they be veterans of the 4th company?)
Great video mate. Really learning a lot about the Contrast paints. Whilst I can see a lot of potential for certain models and effects personally I'm not seeing the efficiency benefit of contrast, at least for painting Ultramarines, which I've been doing a lot of recently. I think you get a better look in the same amount of time with the classic Macragge Blue spray, recess shade, details (black and silver and gold and red). If you want a darker smurf just hit the whole model with Drakenhoff Nightshade instead of just the recesses and it's not far from your contrast application. If you want to take it to the next level it's edge highlighting but for tabletop standard not required.
This is great! Would you consider doing a stormcast Tempest Lords with contrast paints? I’m fairly new to the hobby and I’m not sure how to go about it.
that would be a fun test. I'm guessing the colors would be quite similar as this one for the armor. The shapes are a bit different so the placement of highlights would be something to show!
Just remember when it comes to painting miniatures everyone has their own unique style once they get better at painting. I personally tried to mimic GW paint styles and somehow came up with my own style and i have to say my minis look amazing.
Really fantastic tutorials, please keep them coming! I love how this is becoming a go-to way of painting things now. This Ultrasmurf is brilliant, thanks for showing us how! Like you said at the end, the real work is the highlights that you added to the model. These Contrast paints seem like a really nice foundation to start from. Plus, as a Tyranids collector, these will help immensely!
Loving the contrast paint range. Done 30 models in a week - my previous best was 7 in a week. Shyish purple and Ultramarine blue are a different story but I found a simple work around. I undercoat with Wraithbone and shake the contrast pot like mad. Crucially I use an XS Artfice brush, load the tip with Ultramarine Contrast Blue straight out of the pot AND instead of strokes I use little pinpoint dabs on the armour and keep the brush loaded after every 3-5 dabs - this stops the stroke lines, avoids uneven blotches, keeps it even and makes controlling easy. The results are great to be honest!
The only thing I don't like is the Daemonette Hide, I feel like it's just kind of off in its placement on metal but maybe that's just me. Otherwise that looks fantastic.
I've now checked out this video and the blood angels one. Lovely work! I also really like the music you have in both videos. Could you leave some information about the songs? :)
Hey, good job on video and explanations! What also caught my eye is your paint station. It looks really nice and practical and it would be cool if you make a little review of your working space!
Could you do sylvaneth with contrast? I feel like you could get a awesome effect on them and save a lot of time. Great tutorial, definitely gonna try something similar on my ultramarines
Appreciate these videos! Just picked up and contrast paints and I really like them! And also allow me to join the bandwagon here and say I'd love to see your take on a Dark Angel Primaris marine! I've noticed the pigment is much darker and I'd love to see what you'd do for highlighting! 👍
How would you carry this look over to vehicles in the same army? I'm assuming you don't douse a Repulsor in contrast. Would you use Maccragge blue, then wash, then highlight and layer?
Hey squidmar. I prindted a gate for my AoSigmar collection. The magic effect of the portal was printed with clear filament. Could I use matt varnish to base coat that part and get better coverage with contrast paint or Tessaract glow?
Sounds like contrast paints are best for getting a lot of colour down on a regiment of troops and then using regular paints to pick out metallics, trims etc. I dont think I'd be using contrast paints for fine touches
Thanks for making this video. Me and my kid are beginners, and have perhaps painted around 30 figurine the old fasion way.. We just got a lot of contrast paint, I can’t wait to try out. My kid is a little impatient when it comes to painting and don’t want to spend til with all the laying, shadowing and drybrush highlighting, which both os us are very bad at doing. So this new contrast paint should make things a little easier for us.. I hope.. I’m just waiting for the gray undercoat spray paint to arrive in the mailbox in a few weeks from now 🙂
Cheers mate, glad you like it! Just a month in to this youtubeing, got many more videos planned - building and painting, hope you like those as well :)
Great paint job. Just my observations on contrast paint: a) While they can work like GW advertises, there's a learning curve. A lot of painters wont get through that learning curve because they'll expect them to work as advertised by GW right out the bottle, and give up when they don't. b) Time spent repainting areas white so you can paint them. A lot. Cuz mistakes happen. A lot. c) Point b enters the equation when you need to fix an already finished area. Far more time needed when you have to re-coat the area white, and start the process over. d) I just don't see anything contrast paints can do that can't be done with other techniques. And, if you're adept at those techniques, little or no savings in time. I can see some potential use here and there, but I don't think it would save time, or give a better look than what I already do. If you like them, and you know how to make them work, that's great. Personally, I don't feel they're worth the investment for me.
Came across your fiver video and I’m so glad I did. This was a trip down memory lane. It’s been years since I’ve painted, and still have a small box of space marines in my closet! I saw you listed the paint names, do you buy them from the standard website or 3rd party websites? Thanks for sharing this hobby! I love your pleasant and encouraging done in each video. Cheers to a great year for you my friend!
It's fun and frustrating to watch you paint. You are so casual about it, very impressive and frustrating because its effortless as well. Looks like you really thin the paints down quite a bit as well. Your eyes are clearly much better than mine because I am holding it up and looking through a magnifying glass....great job, very envious
I think contrast paints are not Bad. Just how to use them is The key and where . I was thinking about using them to paint easy nmm effect. Is it possible?
I've only done small nmms on these marines - works just fine, i will be doing a stormcast later this week to get a real feel for NMM with it. Lets see :)
The thing is, when you want to get painted models fast on a gaming table then still the easiest way is to get a can of spray with a colour, in this case blue, spraying the models and painting the trims with gold. Then the army painter dunking wash and it's done. Contrast is just another way of painting. If you want a really good looking model you still need to put a lot of time effort and skill. It's still no magic out of a pod.
Even your basic contrast guide is ahead of where I'm at, trying to achieve the standard you got here on my own minis before moving upwards.... I'm a little lazy, so I might not get much farther than here. Thank you
Beautiful to watch you work. Inspiring and intimidating at the same time...which I believe must require some type of talent in itself! Thank you for a wonderful video :D
I have to take a time out and give you a KUDO. For someone with your painting talents to reach backwards and help out the beginners is just fricking awesome. Well done sir!
I know primaris marines are the big thing, but I like to mix my army with the standard marines. I have a small issue getting in the tough spots where the gun is so close to the torso. Any tips especially using the new paints? Thanks in advance :) Great video :)
I've been building an army for a while and slowly painting as I don't want them to look bad. At this point, contrast paints are another tool in the toolbox. I did a few tests, and I don't really like the ultramarine contrast paint, but I tested a few minis with Basilicanum Grey, and it's one of the sickest colors I've seen.
I tried a contrast paint last night for the first time and I kinda freaked out cuz I used a thin mix not knowing that laying it on thicker is better 😱 it went against the grain of what I know lol. Not sure how I like it, I probably just need to mess around with it more. Thanks for sharing.
I love this video because Emil starts with, let me show you what most of your models will look like with just contrast paint... then let me do what I do haha
FINALLY! Someone who isn’t JUST using the Contrast paints and actually going a step further! The contrast paints can be a fantastic tool if you continue to develop the model after their use
How would you go about painting an iron hands marine though? The colour range is far shorter so less contrast unless you do heavy chipping and weathering..
Love not only the approach (using contrast, but, "punching it up.") but most importantly the end result. Thank you for these videos I can't wait to try some things.
I noticed you don't use dry brush techniques or any add subtract methods. Also, why are you making shadows and highlights? You keep talking about realism but your technique is more painterly than realistic. Nothing wrong with that. You do it very well.
I rarelly use dry brush for the simple reason i dont get full control. Sure it's painterly, but i try to imitate life and make it more "epic" so i practice on placing highlights on the correct places etc. :)
@@SquidmarMiniatures Fair enough. That is true, realism requires a fair bit of randomness or else it looks designed. But I would definitely say painterly is far harder because it is designed. Cheers!
I really like the fact that you achieved a great result here, but it doesn't look like you took forever to get it. I need to try that wet on wet blending like you did on the shoulder pads as well, it looks faster than wet into wet which is what I've tried before
Meanwhile I'm still painting with the base colour - shade - highlights - edge highlights techniques. Sadly I can't afford a compressor and airgun, so no zenithal base coat for me. I really should start learning wet blending. I'm sure my figurines look good by squidmar's standards but nowhere near as good as some of the stuff he does.
Just a tip, you don't have to use an airbrush for zenithal undercoating. You can achieve the same effect with just good ol' rattle cans. It might not be as fine of a blend as you'd get with an airbrush, but it's definitely still good.
@@Esanssi10 rather than the zenithal basecoat itself, what is more tricky, in my opinion, is the glazing over it. I found that if i do have a zenithal highlight with a rattle car, when i apply a glaze or thin paint over it with a brush, the zenithal highlight is nearly entirely lost, where as when i watch videos of people applying the colour glaze / colour coat on top of it with an airbrush, you can really see it much more.
@@cartouchator Yeah, it definitely gets brushed over in a coat or two of traditional paints. An airbrush would definitely help with that, and I've been drooling over one myself. No suitable space to use it in though, so that's going to be a far away dream for now.
@@Esanssi10 my issue is the monetary cost of it rather than space. space you can just do it on a table inside of a cardboard box with kitchen roll taped to the bottom. they don't use gas so they're pretty safe indoors, even without spray booth
@@cartouchator A couple friends of mine have airbrushes and they end up with paint dust coating surfaces around the paint area, even when they use boxes and stuff like that. Doing most of my painting on the kitchen table for now, so not an option for me at the moment. Maybe some time in the future, when I can have a more secluded space to do it in. What's your pain point on the price? I've looked into airbrushes and compressors and could see getting a fairly decent setup for around 160€ or so. Still quite a bit of money, of course.
the contrast paints over metals seem to be pretty interesting too, like the yellow turns to a brassy color, the tesseract glow turns to a sickly green tinged brass, blue gets an interesting look
