My 3rd Attempt At Figure Painting! (French Tankers | Alpine 1/35) 

Says he's not great at painting figures, makes me wanna toss my brushes in the trash. Amazing work as usual Uncle Night Shift!

Another episode where Night Shift continues to do everything i do but infinitely better. Also congrats on 180k

I really like how you showed the actual painting of the figures. And the face painting was really helpful.

Your figures are improving with every video Martin, The faces and leather on these are fantastic!!

Always a pleasure

Awesome to see you getting into figure painting Martin. They look great!

"Chipping for Figures" is a Figure painting instruction guide/book that NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN! Brilliant :) !!

I love the shade thrown at games workshop with "Raw Chaos Wolfhide"

Dear Martin, Outstanding!

Masking putty is the best way to protect areas on figures... I've been using Silly Putty for years now and I think the AK stuff is the same type of material.

"The other Monsieur" perfect 😂

I really appreciate your style being that precise and meticulous. Other modellers I've watched work much more in a quick and dirty way, which often turns out to look quite nice for the effort. However your work shows that it's worthwhile to go that extra mile. Impressive!

The leather looks good. Helmet color works well with the tank.

Only paints 4 figures and is almost at Golden Demon quality. I'm just grateful you show every step no matter how tiny in detail so we can all learn your magic.

I ALWAYS learn something new from your videos, Martin. Thank you!

love the fact that the vallejo "light mud" has a danish "shake before use" on it :)

I haven't painted any figures since about 1993, but when I did, I painted eyes with a light grey and tiny dark brown dot for the cornea\pupil. I usually used a sewing needle for the brown spot. Using those instead of white and black helped scale it down and blend better with the rest of the face.

"3rd attempt" *looks at 20 years of modelling* Ok now I hate Uncle Nightshift. ;) Great work man! Wowza! You have more patience in your little finger than I would have in 500 clones.

Great episode figures is amazing 😲

When my Grandfather was alive he was into models & I swear & I have family on both sides that can back me up on this but he painted a American soldier eating a peanut butter & jelly sandwich . It was so tiny that I couldn’t Believe how he did it it blew my mind & you could see it with the naked eye . The attention to detail was amazing .my mother has a old WWI German Bi-plane he made & painted from scratch , it’s in pieces & all I would have to do is re glue it back together , the thing could be as old as me or older . One day I will get up the nerve to fix it then I,ll place it in a glass box as a keepsake .

Third time painting figures ridiculous amazing job

Spectacular mate

Brilliant tips and techniques! and jokes. Great to watch and learn.

Chipping for figures... I love it.😂👌

That level you reached after only your third figure, is currently the top level I'm only dreaming to reach one day. Bravo Monsieur

Your figures look better to me than some painted on channels that pretend to be tutorials

Fabulous and appreciate the paint mix notes.

Amazing work, i don’t have the patience one of the most relaxing RU-vid vids I’ve watched in months.

Brilliant video. Loads of things to try.Thanks .

You just keep getting better and better bro. Fantastic Figueres

Great way to end the week!

Im always waiting to get out of school for a night shift video today i didnt have school though so i get to watch it right away😀

Happy figure Friday! Always informative and interesting to see you paint figures. Looking awesome!

Nice work ! Love the leather jackets

They look a lot better than the fifth figure I ever painted friend.

Some of the best figure painting on RU-vid!

"After putting their heads on stakes, I primed them..." 🤣

killer those leather jackets!

Those figures look great WAY better then what I can do.

I guess I had better start practicing. Great work Martin.

Love the flesh tones.

Looking forward to seeing this video all week. I painted the figure with his hands on his hips from a Tamiya Char B1 Bis earlier this year following you’re video for the Jagdtiger commander. That video really helped me out and I’m sure this one will do the same.

Thank you Mr. Martin this video is the best for me to understand figure painting and it's beginnings. I have really learned a lot. You have opened my eyes to a part of this hobby that I have been frightened off for years. Thank you so much.

Instead of White primer use a white artist ink its atomizes extremely fine parttern you get insane shadow and highlight contrast for the figures. Its a Warhammer 40k painters trick.

I've been building models for 40+years and figure painting for 20+. Have yet to take the acrilic plunge. Good video, a few more " not a tutorial" from Uncle Nightshift, I might make it a New Year resolution.

World class painting. Brilliant work and talent. Maybe the best I have seen. Really nice to see this level of work.

Excellent as always.

Amazing!! Super helpful. Will be watching this video many times. Keep the figure painting coming!! Can’t wait for more!!

Bloody marvellous!

Oh gawd. Now I'm have to try figures again.

Superb figures and tank, congrats from France! 👍👍

Thank you , Uncle Martin .

Gods, I learnt so much. Thankyou.

I literally just came to your channel because I'm about to paint some figures and remembered your great video on it, only to find a brand new figure one. Perfect timing!

fantastic painting of the figures, the work on the jackets and faces brilliant

Great job!!Thx for information about paints and tricks.👌👌

They look great! I think i learned quite a lot from this video. I work mostly in 1/48th scale and have a very difficult time getting satisfactory results.

Very, very nice job! Your channel is very popular amongst mini painters, as we are mystified when faced with the need to paint any surface larger than 1 square cm ;)

I had a conversation with a guy who makes dioramas for panzer museum in my city. What he told me is painting models is not about shading but keeping things tidy and simply enjoying your artwork. But u have done a great job!

I have been painting miniatures for over 30 years, you did a great job and should be happy with the results.

MARTIN!!!! Those bros are beautiful, my man!

I figured this would be a great video as always!

i really loved modelling in my teens and i painted them accordingly „well“ (real shitty) so no matter what you do i have never seen anything as well and pretty made as you do! and i know i can’t do anything close to what you do

you say your not good at painting figures but you are still way, way, wwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy better than most people, and even when you make a mistake it really doesn't look like a mistake

They look great!

Only been painting figures for 22 years, and I'm nowhere near your skill levels. Amazing work sir, keep it up!

Rob Halford approves that paintjob! Hell bent, HELL BENT FOR LEATHER!!!!!!!!!! DU DU DUNH DU DU DUNH!!!!! Have a nice weekend people!!!

Watching this while sculpting stowage for my panther ;-). Great way to end this Friday!

I've been painting miniatures for almost 20 years and your faces are far better than mine already 😂 Also just so you know sewing is pronounced sowing. The sewing lines are also called seams. Great video as always!

Nice work!!! Congrats!

Hell of a job!

Pure artistry. I love the thought and controlled technique that goes into, really everything that Martin does.

Martin Nice job. Think they look great great video too thanks. Stay safe

Wow these are so nice! I need to watch this video a few more times.

Very good as always

I will recommend this every time you do non-armor: Check out Citadel "Contrast" and "Air Clear" paints. While their "layer" and most "base" paints are comparable or inferior to other brands like Vallejo or AK, those 2 lines are amazing. The "Contrast" line is formulated to either flow into recesses or stick to raised surfaces depending on how heavy you are with it. It is mostly a flow improving medium so the "thicker" you use it the more it will pool in recesses. If you use it thin or try to blend it as it dries it will stick to raised surfaces [like your thinner blending technique on armor, but with water-based acrylics, and a single product]. The following colors would help you from this line: -Guilliman Flesh: a medium/dark brown for leathers and tanned skin, depending on base coat -Skeleton horde: a drab yellow for bones, olive skin tones, khaki, old wood or other yellow-brown surfaces -Black Templar: its a black designed to be painted over a grey undercoat to make highlighting/shading black surfaces easier -Basilicum grey: a medium grey, great for rubber [like road wheels and antenna mounts] and concrete. There are other good ones, but they are for garish colors like blood red [Blood Angles Red] and deep blue [Ultramarines Blue] The "air [color name] Clear" line are airbrush ready glazes. They also work fine with a brush. The Shade Line is also good if you just want an acrylic pinwash effect without the gloss finish. -Deathshroud Clear in particular is a good glossy black for dark leathers. As a "clear" it dries as a thin glaze, adding shine and muting the base color overall. -Nuln oil in the "Shade" line functions as an acrylic pinwash for cool colors. Agrax Earthshade in the Shade line does the same for warm dark colors like leathers, dark skintones, burnished gold [like buttons], deep reds etc. It pares well with Guilliman flesh for a deep warm brown -Rechlander Fleshshade [also a "Shade"] is a lighter shade for brighter warm colors like reds, ambers, copper, shining gold [like medals], and skin. Paired with Skeleton Horde it gives a mediterranean or middle eastern skintone, with Guilliman it makes ruddy complexion [suntanned caucasian with a pale base color, African or South American tones with various medium-dark brown undercoats. The rest of the range is outside the scope of your use and your paints/methods do the same/better for other colors, especially for yellows, a color I'm trying to find a good range for, look up Imperial Fists Space Marines, then look at the yellows Citadel has in person to see my issue. Otherwise love your work!

MASTERPIECES

Another great video. The figures turned out really nice...especially the leather jackets. 🔥 Look forward to the next episode. 😎

Nice video, lots of great tips and, frankly, the 2 figures are outstanding!

i need a compilation of every "my friends!"

As a figure painter I think youve come along in leaps and bounds so very well done to you, Martin ! Leather isnt the easiest to replicate and your flesh tones are really quite good !

Very nice, those uniforms will look great next to the duck tank! Great job as always!

Dear Martin, I recommend that you buy the usual toy soldiers in a toy store, this is a good test material. (I did it myself, when I returned to the hobby) Techniques, experiments ect ... Better to spoil the soldier than a photo realistic model :) It is easier to gain the necessary confidence in the techniques of painting figures.

This video was a joy to watch and you made it look so simple to paint figures

Dad going through a midlife crisis as modeling reference is my favorite thing this week :)

Can’t wait to see the diorama with these beautiful figures!

Super successful result. One small suggestion would be to lower the contrast on nose. A lot of figure miniature painters add contrast where it kinda shouldn't be, defining shapes for the sake of it. Hair lines on busts are another place this happens. Basically I'd keep the darker values to directly under the nose. That would keep it more consistant with the lighting you've painted on the rest of the model. Great stuff though, dude!

My friend, if you want to know how to do leather, I'd recommend Vince Venturella's video on painting different types of leather.

Very nice uncle Nightshift. I enjoy watching your skills improve like this!

What next? Create Own Pavement Stones?

Nice figures. For Vallejo paints in airbrush, I use sterilisation alcohol. Bought at local druggist. Works good.

Oh I loved this!

Yeah Martin, you're way to modest of your abilities as a figure painter. I think you nailed these figures! Leather looks great.

I "figure" that's pretty darn excellent.

Very well done

That look amazing ! How does he do this on his 3rd figures!!! What a paint job on these this vignette is gonna be beautiful!

The painting is rad,but the comedy is pure gold :D

Yep - use Vallejo in the air brush once, clean twice and maybe even three times.

Looking good! I am going to predict that as you get more comfortable with figures, we'll be seeing a lot more of them in your vignettes and dioramas. As a side note, there is a kit I think you would really enjoy, the British Special Air Service Jeep by Tamiya. These were used in North Africa during WWII as raiding and reconnaissance vehicles, and by all accounts were very effective. The kit itself is loaded with Jerry cans, Lewis Guns and other oddments, and includes a driver and passenger/gunner. I've built a couple of them, one as a standard "display" version with pristine paint and details, while the second was given a goodly amount of dirt, grime, grease, dents, dings, and the clutter you find in any vehicle that serves as both transport and home for the crew.

Thats an amazing job. Great work in showing the progress.