White is always such a nightmare. Painted, it's hard to get it thin without doing 1,000 coats. Drybrushed, it's hard to keep it from going chalky. These results are insane.
Love love love how you used Fenrisian Grey with Screaming Skull to simulate white! Makes it much more interesting to look at. I will definitely use this somewhere!
I’ve found this series of videos so useful. So much to learn about new techniques and I’m slowly building up the courage to try some of them out on my more intimidating minis! Thanks
No worries Allan, it's all about taking the mystery away, giving people something to start with, and then showing that once you've started with that you can start changing pretty much whatever you like!
After all these videos of yours regarding drybrushing, I still can't fully grasp how incredibly (I really mean INCREDIBLY) smooth your drybrush-coats are. You reach airbrush quality with your drybrush technique. I guess for a beginner like me, this is more or less unreachable.
@@ArtisOpus Yepp! Looking forward to what is next!:) Doing mostly in oils and enamel myself, it's nice to watch someone that is relaxed behind the camera as you are and painting in acrylics. Cheers and keep up the good work mate!👍🏻
I think I'll adapt the fenrisian grey one for my black templars, as they already have this colour as the highlight. I'm also doing arctic style bases, so this will come together nicely. I do like the mix of cold and warm tones on this though, looks great.
Thanks for the tutorial. Very helpful, espacially if you have an Austrian Napoleonic Army sitting an the shelf, waiting to be painted. I will definitly try these methods out.
I keep coming back to these tutorials. Outstanding work as always - I plan on using this (and the other colour tutorials) on a smashing looking pack of gryphounds
I got some apothecary white and my local store owner gave me a great tip - add a small fishing sinker into it, it will agitate it like a ball bearing and makes shaking much easier. (Everyone in my small town fishes)
I really enjoy these multiple method vids, sometimes pick up recipes I haven’t tried before. Recently I’ve been doing my cool whites by basing corax white, doing a heavy recess shade of apothecary white, then diluting the space wolves grey contrast paint and doing a more precise recess shade with that. Then hitting highlights with pure white. It goes pretty quick.
That sounds like a great method, I can absolutely see it working really well, care to share it with us on social media? I'd love to see! - if you're on insta/whatever #AOpainter and we can dig it up!
To Achieve a good white cloth effect I start with Wolf Grey (Bluish Grey) and after two coats, add white in progressive measures, finishing off with an almost total white application, over which I spray Matt Varnish. Try it and see what you think.
Absolutely dude, I actually have a properly dialed method for this which I may tutorial one time, I often end up licking a finger and just wiping the top of skulls (which have been washed all over) completely clean, such a fast solid result!
Thank you for the video, I have been struggling a little with white as it was too "flat". This will help me a lot. Also really enjoyed the Great Unclean videos in terms of speed painting effort, the challenge I'd like to throw in if I may is to paint a 40k starter set to tabletop standard in the shortest time possible.
Hey dude, thanks so much, you're really going to like our 30k subs vid! keep your eyes peeled, should fit the bill nicely... except it's going to be 2000points :)
if you want to get the contrast to shake up easier use a bead/ball of either stainless steel or my favorite quartz beads. This works like a rattler cans ball and with the quartz you can infinitely reuse the ball
Fantastic tutorial as always! Finding these cloth ones particularly useful, would love to see a black cloth one too as typically find the black cloth effects hard to get right. Take care of yourselves in the upcoming lockdown!
I love how great the models look and how fast you get them done. It takes me couple days just to paint one mini It took me a year to get my Death Guard done only Motarion left which I think will take me months to finish lol
I have these exact models , so going to give them a try ... great vid as usual . On a slightly different note ,I think with your back of hand blending skills you might have a second career as a makeup artist 🤣👍
I am having a blast working on them, lots of armor can get a little tedious imo but their sculpts are wicked and dare I say resplendent. Here’s hopin’ Santy Claus brings me the Thunderstrike box 🤙🏼 Trying to snag the Castigators ETB box today (if the wife approves of course 😂)
Well this is gonna give me something to practice during #lockdown2! Seriously though, another nice easy to follow tutorial. Keep em coming, need to keep practicing whilst I have excess time on my hands!
@@ArtisOpus well I'm gonna try and get some things that I bought before funds got tight painted so I'll definitely be along for the ride! The tutorial on leather is going to come in really useful!
Useful tutorial, White (with Black) is surely one of the worst colours to realistically highlight, but these methods can really help. P.s. about Apothecary White's problem, you could try to store it upside down (well closed!), thanks to this trick my colours lasts more.
@@ArtisOpus yep true but when I am in hobby mode if I am not agitating something I am buying something so in the end... anyway I will try ur brushes u convinced me I am curious ;)
Hi Byron - thanks for these 'How to....' videos - they're really helpful. I've printed off a few minis with a Cthulhu theme and I'd be interested in seeing a tutorial on painting tentacled models - I've seen great models with the underlying theme being green, purple, pink and mixes of all these - your input and direction would be appreciated!
My pleasure bud, all of these are focused on time-efficient results, so they should be perfect, I know from my commission days how important a thing that is :)
Crypt Coutier/Flayer skin (great with multiple skintones and wings). Something boney like a Mortach's Dread Abyssal (show off normal bone colour and multiple colours or the glowing skulls). Great Tutorial 👍
@@ArtisOpus I cannot confirm nor deny... but I am glad of the response... it does show you're doing things right and providing top notch content my friend! Looking forward to another one of my suggestions making it soon 😁😉
Thanks really informative! Specially the third meto since I love to prime in black although if I just basecoat with grey/corax after all the 3 are usable
Painting white may actually be my greatest weakness it was yellow and black but contrast made that easy white however is still as difficult for me as ever
I really like the one from the grey blue base, might give that a go because my basic approach is just don't use white! 🤣 Vallejo deck tan is close enough for me, and for small details, it reads as white anyway, on big stuff I usually just drydrush over the deck tan with proper white and leave it at that, never looks amazing though
I'd recommend testing out an XL bud, it's huge, resilient, and lasts forever, so if you'd like to dip your toe in before making a purchase that's a great way to do it :). Thanks for your kind words dude :)
I am so jealous of the fact that you have access to all your brushes, and as many new ones as you want... I mean, it’s normal, but damn... :D Plus we’re back on lockdown in France so I can’t go get new ones for a while and they didn’t get the size 6 I ordered before it started :’(
Hey dude, post has delayed a little in lockdown, but we're still shipping globally, Series D is fully in stock, plus the big S brushes - we ship internationally, and it shouldn't take longer than a week in the post! store.artis-opus.com/
@@ArtisOpus I know, I know, but I'm very keen on supporting my local store, which stocks your brushes, and I asked them to order the 6 for me before lockdown, which they did, and it'd be mean to buy it from you directly and tell them I don't need it anymore, even if I don't doubt they'll sell it, it's not nice and I don't like being not nice :) Our lockdown should be over in a couple weeks, I can be patient :)
Absolutely fantastic results. This is going to be done for the cloth of my sisters. Just got to figure out the actual armour colour I want to go. I'm also glad to see that you are advertising the products more on the videos with the overlays, it is very clean and also well deserved. Have you considered a Facebook group or forum that is just dedicated to people sharing their work on it primarily using Artis Opus stuff, in particular the D series? Thinking about models to see on here, Tyranids could be a really interesting on. The models I reckon would work very well with the D series brushes. Could do the different hive fleets in 1 video for example Behemoth, leviathan and kraken. Looking forward to the next video as always (though my damn wallet probably won't be). Appreciate the effort that goes into making these and the turnaround on new videos. Always look forward to the notification at the top of the phone saying a new tutorial is out.
Thanks so much for the kind words dude! I went as far as to show off the halloween set for 20 seconds in the last vid! ^^ For now we're encouraging the use of the #AOpainter tag, but we'd love to set up something like that when we get a free moment, we're all about encouraging people to share and improve! Also... Nids have been long neglected and are asking for it!
Hey dude, thanks for a great suggestion! We'll be approaching some monsters in the future, I'm a real fan of warm fleshy browns, so I'd love to do exactly what you've mentioned.
Love the clear easy delivery style you have. Ive added a non magnetic haematite bead to all my contrast paints and it really helps mix them up and activate them, with no worries about rusting and contamination and was cheaper than steel agitator balls too! Question, is your moistener pad an actual product or simply a container with a sponge?
Hey Ed, that's a great idea, I've heard of ceramic beads being used too (baking beans?). It is a product, you can purchase it separately, but it also comes as part of series D: store.artis-opus.com/collections/series-d-drybrushing
What is it you like about Bold Titanium white? also @5:54 "we're going to be doing this traditionally, well traditionally in the Artis Opus sense anyway". I was genuinely surprised not to see Huldra blue hahahaha
Having used Monument's Pro Acryl Bold Titanium White I can tell you its my main go too when it comes to white. It is very very smooth, needs little to no thinning for brush work, works flawlessly for airbrush and it dries like all Pro Acryl to a super nice extreme matte coat that is actually durable. So the hype is actually real when it comes to Pro Acryl paints. For reference my main army is White Scars so I paint a lot of white.
Haa, you *could* actually mix a tiny bit in with your basecoats for a cool white... maybe I missed a trick! It's silky smooth, and is basically everything you wanted and didn't get from any acrylic white previously! Agree with Jason :D
They are very similar dude, just one's done with contrast, and one with purely drubrushing, they're over different basecoats, so are distinguishable in person though!
How did you find the black tutorial bud? LMK in the next video, YT makes finding replied comments a bit of a mindfield! A little birdy tells me that they're landing at Element next week! ;)
I understand why you don't use GW white or black but it would be good to hear why you favour different brands when you use them. For examples what makes this white better than the previous brand you used?
An awesome tutorial just in time for some apothecary action! I’m thinking if this could this work for white hairs too...(Painting hairs on bare faced miniature is my biggest weakenss, ecepcially for my white haired custom space marines). Could we get a video on hairs? Only the emperor knows how much that would help...
Hi, I was wondering if I were to follow you're black armour and white cloth workflow. Should I do the white cloth and then use a liquid mask to prevent overspill between the two masses of colour?
Ah white a great way to add funds to the curse jar, I always struggle with white feathers cloth not so much. I must say thank you for this video as my “night of the living dead -zombicide” has just been delivered and my hubby wants me to try and paint it in black and white which could be a really fun challenge to do over Christmas
Mine fills up on freehand day ;). You're welcome, that sounds like a perfect project! If he's using white a lot I can't recommend the Monument Bold Titanium White enough, it really is worth checking out!
Do you figure these techniques would work well on Admech cloaks? Wondering because they have less extreme folds in theme. I especially love the look of the chaos black base coat one. Thanks!
Absolutely, dude. You can exaggerate or not volumes according to taste. Generally speaking the more modern minis favour texture techniques amazingly. Good luck😊🤞
@@ArtisOpus kind of. They are (obviously) very thick so you normally want to thin them with water and medium (I use water and matte medium). They give excellent coverage, and are very vibrant. Definitely worth a try to see how you get on.
Hey Byron, brilliant stuff as always :D A question if you will... I would adore some of the fabulous Artis Opus brushes but as a gamer on a budget (I don't work, as I'm my disabled wifes primary carer) I can't afford to buy a full set. So, my question is this: which one of the drybrushes would you say is the best to begin with? Which one will be most versatile and do the majority of what I want from it? Thanks for any input you can offer
Hey dude, great question - it depends entirely on what you're painting, if you're wanting to approach large models, such as tanks etc then a large/XL is absolutely the answer, they're hefty, game changing, and can also take a huge amount of abuse, if budget is a concern. If you're doing infantry (space marine sized) it's a medium. Take good care of your brush and it'll take good care of you - let me know exactly what you're looking to paint, and I'll be happy to answer more thoroughly. (It's quite difficult to track already replied to comments, so feel free to ask elsewhere if you don't get a reply in a day or so). Thanks for the question
The white colour scheme have helped me finished painting an Aquilia on a Leman Russ tank I haven't finished painting in a while. I thought of using this technique before I add more weathering details on it.
Another great video that can be heavily modified to suit different needs. I agree with the pro-acryl brand as well, great paints. Have you tried using thicker bodied paint for drybrushing? Are their any techniques that work better worse with thicker paints?
I have and frequently use Citadel's 'base' range, especially if it's a little older it can be worth diluting before use as heavy or thicker paints are way more likely to go chalky :) Thanks so much for your support!
Hey dude, it's our Dampening Pad, it introduces a small amount of moisture to the painting process, which is useful for all the reasons diluting paint in traditional paint is! It encourages smoother applications, and less chalky finishes. Check out our ultimate drybrush guide for some more info, also our flawless airbrush blends video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kxuY2NXeI2M.html
Awesome work dude ... you are amazing... great way to show 3 different ways of painting white...would never have considered starting from black! can i do Marine armour this way too or is there another way to do armour? If i can ask which way do you favour? i mainly use Vallejo paints as i find their colour range is superior to others on the market but for a pure white i use Daler Rowney Acrylic ink but have never tried to drybrush with it.. do you think it will work with drybrushing ?
Absolutely you can, Geoff, it's very similar to how I approached our imperial fist, the blue one I have some real love for (it also looks sexy AF weathered up with warm brown/orange on feet/hems of cloaks. Try out Monument's Bold Titanium White, it's a game-changer :)
