Hey team. I am really sorry about the lack of videos in April. I had other videos planned, but for reasons I was unable to get to them. The silver lining is that I am still doing these videos, but they'll come out later in May. Appreciate your patience
@@Caddy666 can confirm Scott is actually a highly advanced V-Tuber, all his content is completely CGI although he is such a perfectionist, he actually still paints all the models and then scans them and overlays them on top of the 5G quantum computer renderings.
You mentioned both in TUP and here that she didn't look Asian. That's because even with your skin tones being pretty accurate, the features of the model aren't Asian. The shape of the face, the cheeks, the nose, even the eyes. It's hard to make a model with Caucasian features look something else. If we want models of other races just painting them with a different color isn't enough. If her face was wider, and the proportions different she might have looked closer. Loved the cheetah print, that was pretty awesome. Great looking model overall.
These were my thoughts too. The facial structure of the model didn't have those soft Asian/Japanese features, but some very hard lines and bold features. The sculpt doesn't read Asian/Japanese, so no paint job can't change that.
Six minuets in and this video feels like it validates my theory that women and those who use makeup can usually pick up on painting minis really well, since balancing contrasts, highlights and shadow are all fundamental concepts in both hobbies.
Great video! As a mini painter who is also a mental health counsellor/professional. Know that lack of motivation is natural and happens to many of us human beings. Focusing on doing what we love simply for the sake of enjoying it (instead of pressuring ourselves to achieve) is one way to address lack of motivation effectively in my experience. So please continue sharing content you enjoy and don’t sweat the rest of the details. 😊
Something that is worth noting as I've watched all your videos (some multiple times) is that your videos and direction with them are consistent. I've been frustrated by other creators who outgrow their viewers and change their format to grab a new viewer. They are doing more paid sponsorships or coming across as shilling who is paying them rather than filling that sponsor into their own format. This video you made pitches the models, but it's clear your doing a lesson and how to push yourself (or how viewers can too). The approach and how toy create your videos is familiar and makes them easy to watch over years of work. I very much appreciate this. As other creators evolve and change and in some cases walk away from their base to gain new customers, yours start true to how you've always done, showing your evolution in work, inviting viewers to push themselves, and you keep your modesty. Well done, Miniac. Jeep doing exactly as you have been doing.
I never thought that dressing to match the model helps with the vibes. Not sure how i would dress like a squig or beholder, but I'll keep it in mind. 😂 Excellent video!
There are more videos on how to paint something on RU-vid than anyone but a computer could count. It is videos like these that go into the mindset that I find enjoyable. You really knocked it out of the park with this one. Bonus points for the Hello Kitty socks. Great work and thanks for sharing.
Rather than working from photos, I'd suggest going to look at Japanese painters painting garage kits. That will show you a lot more about how to paint asian skin tones than trying to sort it out from photo realism. The 2 main colours they use are Radome (which is about the same as Reaper's Blonde Highlight) and orange to build shadows. (Unless they go super crazy with veins and layers of skin...).
Great job Scott! I have the Soraya model painted up and need to get Rosie. The bases join together to form a sort of diorama. Soraya was my first attempt at a Hispanic skin tone on a display model.
Yep, hit the nail on the head right there :-) I struggle with my own inner de-motivation at times, until I suddenly decide to try something I haven't done before (Lately it's painting with make-up brushes and doing patterns on fantasy figures using cut up toothpicks, which has REALLY gotten my love for the hobby back again). I use figure painting as part of my work as a spiritual healer/work with autistic children, ass well as just for my own self-development, so trying something new can cause me to really doubt myself at times, and then BOOM!!! something works and then it's all worth the time and energy :-) This hobby can be hard at times, watching professional painters who have all the big studios, patreon sites funding them, and all the latest tech to help them make more videos, while people like me, kitchen table top painters with low budgets and little room to expand, can be made to feel like we're "missing out" and so not up to the same level as the pro's. I've been in the hobby since 1970, so have seen so much happen over the decades, and yet still find something new to test me and learn from, and I can then pass on that knowledge to others. Having a small area to work, with a small budget has taught me so much more about my hobby, especially about how to make my own paints/washes, and so save a LOT of money that can then be spent on buying new figures/brushes etc, so not having the patreon funding is good for me, as I get to improvise and keep learning, and do without all the expensive and space consuming new 3D printers, camera set-ups and so forth (Have to admit, I'm a Luddite when it comes to new tech, and I've had a life-long phobia of cameras of any kind, so if anyone wants to see what I'm doing lately, they have to either come to my home, or attend my painting classes :->). This hobby isn't about who has the best new tech, at heart, it's about exploring your creative side, having FUN, making new friends, and keeping your "mojo" running even when you don't feel like doing something. As Yoda once said: "Do, or do not. There is no try." So keep DOING something new and different, and that will open up vast new areas of the hobby for you, keep you wanting to do more, and hopefully enhance your life outside of the hobby too, as the happier you are in your hobby/self, the happier your outer life will become :-) LOVE your videos, and don't mind the wait for a few more, as I have LOTS of gorgeous new Zombicide Undead Or Alive figures waiting for me to test my new skills out on :-D Keep the faith, people, and just ride out the lows, as the highs are always waiting for you later :-)
Love this. People really do need to check the streams out. not only is it a great time chatting with everyone it's awesome to have the full story behind these videos by seeing some of the work that went into the project in real time.
I'm both trying to paint busts and trying to 3d print 10mm minis from forest dragon (like the tiny vampire you painted a while ago) so I'm really pushing myself out of my comfort zone in both directions 😅
Loved this video, so much information and tips , great model . Also I suffer from depression so there are days if not times I find it hard to do one miniature let alone start one, so I hear where your coming from, I just take it one day at a time and find at some point I'm back in the groove and its hours at the hobby desk. Keep doing what your doing to keep your mind going, well be here for you.
Loved the video. Ever since I saw the model on your other channel I've been wondering how I could transfer the scheme to a Necromunda Escher gang. Would I just give up on the leopard print? If any experienced painters have some advice it would be very much appreciated!
The model turned out fantastic. Every time you paint something like this, I'm motivated to get out my paints and get to some of the models I've been saving, like a display bust I got about a year ago. Poor thing needs its paint job already!
Man I've been waiting for this one since the TUP episode! I'm so excited for this one. I would love to see a face & hand deep dive for competition level skin on like indigenous peoples and on African/Cuban "black" populations
Great paint job - the shoes and socks are just perfect. Those Neoko Galaxy models are so great, I'm going to pick up a few of them. And also, the creative ADHD is super relatable.
This is one the best minis you've painted! She looks fantastic and I really enjoyed the way you condtructed this video. Very good and fun way to share your spproach!
Great video as always, I really like the calmer and more reflective energy these have. A quick fyi however, what you're painting is a leopard pattern (not cheetah).
Scott, this video is awesome as always! I’ve been painting minis for about 11 months now, to help manage my autism and general mental health. The videos that you and Jon make inspire me to keep picking up my brush, and to push myself further with the hobby. Thanks for being amazing! 👍
I'm thinking of getting the zyl-02 robot mini form neko galaxy I hate painting skin so I figure start safe with a nice robit All of their stuff is so cool..
The leopard print looks great! Even if the face maybe didn't live up to your expectations, I agree that the practice alone is worth the effort. And if nothing else, this was actually an effective advert to convince me of the quality of the Neko Galaxy models, it's a bit daunting to step up into the display model price bracket so it's nice to have some footage and reference of what you're actually spending money on beyond what any given company might put on their store page.
Well being married for almost 43 years to a lovely Korean I can state the color to skin for her is more of a tan but many Asians want to have more of a lighter (I.E. white skin tone) and go to great lengths to achieve that. But there is not one skin tone for Asians that would be a basic skin tone and the range of skin tones is massive. Oh and Leopard print is fairly easy to do just select around two - three colors and start putting dots and then put small bits of color around in irregular shapes. Done well it can look really good. I used it on my High Elf riding a War Griffon from the 1990's and it really looks good.
Despite the fact that I paint exclusively DnD theme models, I really enjoyed this episode. The techniques you employ are universal and I always come away with insight that I feel will help take my skill up a notch.
Thinking that Chinese people in general are yellowish is a strange American idea from the Vietnam era. I'm "white" and grew up in Singapore as a teenager during the Vietnam war. The Chinese girls avoided the Sun and were whiter than I was. I loved the sunshine and became very tanned and was closer to the colour of the Malays , who have a more bronze than yellow skin tone. Some people tan and others don't. My second wife was blonde and just blistered rather than tanned. Redheads quite often just get freckles rather than tanning.
This is a great topic for a video. It’s definitely more important to do things in a way that are low stress and keep you motivated to keep moving forward rather than trying to do a perfect job out of the gate and then getting discouraged when it doesn’t come out.
Ive had an airbrush for a year now and it just seems daunting to step into an entirely new way of painting at a time where my brush work is progressing quickly.
This is a beautiful video. Clean, concise, covers a wide variety of techniques and styles. You really have levelled up in the last while man, I'm excited to see what comes next!!
Hey @Miniac I just wanted to let you know I think there may be an issue with your Jackson Art links. I tried using your links to the 8404's on an older video and this one and they both pull the brush up for a second or two then force you to the main page. I wanna use your affiliated links whenever I can and wanted to give you a heads up if there was an issue. 😅
I was recommended looking at Cmon link that had a lot of ethnic skin tones using Vallejo paints. For the Japanese female they recommended Rose brown, Iraqi sand, medium flesh tone, light flesh tone & ivory.
I think you mixed up pupil and iris. Iris is the coloured part of the eye, pupil is the hole/black that lets light in. Don't worry too much. Anatomy is hard, especially at a granular level.
I have to say that if someone of your talent is still struggling with things it gives me hope for my stumbling ass. lol Still though she does look good, especially the clothes. The color choice on the print was good for a cyberpunk feel.
Regarding painting skin: yes - many modellers tend to overdo shades and highlights, especially along the nose as pointed out here - just because an area is below another area does not mean it needs to be shaded. And that goes for other areas as well - if you have wrinkles in the clothes along a shoulder, yes, the shoulder should be highlighted - but does the wrinkle need a shadow? Nope. This is also reflected in the fact that way too many people paint the cheeks dark red, as if the face would be hit by a strong spotlight from above as in the iconic image of Queen for Bohemian Rhapsody. It just doesn't look natural. I think this obsession with marking and picking out every single detail on a model does the hobby a disservice, and this is true also for painters who are internationally recognized - their artistic abilities are beyond doubt, no question about that - but their ability to paint something to look as real as possible? Not quite, and most way from that.
Some of my favourite videos of yours are when you scratch-build stuff, like the "A Love Letter To Local Game Stores" video. Now you have the space to have a nice big diorama I'd love to see you build a display piece for the Mausoleum. Could be a fun way to tickle the ol' ADHD brain.
Oof on the "asian people are just more yellow" logic. I get it, I've thought that in the past, but it was an oof then and it is now. I'm at 1:16 so I'm just going to assume as some point Scott looks at actual pictures of actual asian people
