Painting Blanchitsu is secretly easy! 

Hey Rich, nice video. This was good to see your approach to painting something in a grimdark style. I am not convinced it is a Blanchitsu style or method though. I have chatted with John at WHW over lunch in Bugman's. Back in the height of his miniature painting career he was painting using enamels and oils. Less so now, prefering the contrast and acrylics now his eyesight isn't how it used to be. The enamels leave a very different finish to the acrylics and washes used here. He is also renowned for a limited palette, with plenty of yellow through orange to red alongside shades of white and black. To add texture and ground the miniature within its environment, dry pigment powders are applied to add a dusty finish to the base and lower parts of the body or clothing that kick up the ground.

This seems like it was mostly 'Eavy Metal techniques with a non-zorn limited palette. The John Blanche hallmarks of the Zorn specific palette, the use of negative space for highlights, and using the flow of color to convey action/movement are not really present here. Definitely a nice mini, but I feel it would be much more appropriate to call it Grim Dark as opposed to Blanchitsu.

The result is not necessarily bad, but it's not blanchitsu at all. Just a slightly darker pallet.

I see this is still a very young channel but the overall production quality is very good and I think you definitely have the potential to grow. So I thought I'd just mention that I found the music to be too aggressive. I think no music would be absolutely ok, especially when you talk at the same time. Or something quieter, less intrusive, maybe. Anyway, just something that stood out to me. Cheers :)

Have only painted grey knights before and I did (or attempted) a very clean job. About to paint my 23rd iron root brigade for T28 and can’t wait to try this style out.

So glad I've just seen this video on RU-vid dude. Great video and looking forward to more.

Very nice video ! I am in the middle of paint my Corvus Cabal and you just inspired me to reprime in black and go your way.

Solid tutorial! thank you for sharing! Cheers!!

Great video, has given me some ideas, about to start the CC warband

Nice job. I went more basic when I painted my Corvus Cabal but they work.

Awesome video with great techniques Need more close up shots of the finished mini to truly get the scope of your finer details.

Great Video Richard. Looking forward to seeing more

I am really glad I found this video. I have been wanting to add some grimdark to researching my own style. The issue is everyone uses oil paints and washes. This is the first video that does not give hope that you can pull this look off without them.

Genuinely, thank you for this tutorial. I have been struggling to think of a scheme for my black templars and annoyingly they have been somewhat painted and not painted for over a year. Ironically, I was initially sort of doing this style at the start (mainly the heavy drybrush for texture) and got second thoughts mainly because I was so new and couldn't see something good in my painting. Seeing how you have done it has helped me understand that it is the way I should have continued to do it. It gives the look that I think would suit my Grimdark Crusaders best. long winded post aside thank you.

Not Blanchitsu, but funnily enough this might be called Frazetta, which was cool to see and new to me at least. Nice work dude!

Great video!! Really inspires to do something similar to my Corvus Cabal! One quick question, did you wash the entire modal with Nuln Oil ? You mention that you applied it to all the materials, is that the whole modal or only the clothes/armor/metal?

Great video, definitely going to give some of these techniques a go on my CSM. Only comment would be that for the last shot of the mini on the turn table, it could have been a bit tighter so we could have a better look at what looks to be a really good looking mini... Either that or I should just watch on my PC rather than on my phone! 😅

I feel like you missed the point. John rarely kept models as stock most were converted to create something unique. An example was an Imperial model he added a 2nd Ed WH40k Ork dreadnought claw to create a tech adept. So psychologically you're falling at the first hurdle. He Also would use unusual items like space marine shoulder pads to fill gaps. Also the Citadel paint range at the time was much more limited (I know because I used it). I honestly think if you undercoated in black, drybrushed white over the top then over coated a bone colour on top and used a red/brown/yellow glaze and then highlighted you would get closer to his style.

you look like you have just gone for a 10 mile run in this video bro lol

That was really interesting, cheers dude! :)

Great vid buddy. I might be teaching to suck eggs but if you want your red grass palette paper to stop wrinkling up then after you initially put it down and let it do its thing turn it over and flatten it then turn it back over and use some kitchen roll to smooth it out and take off excess water. Works a treat!

This is some great content! Thank you for this!

Thank you

what were the three colors you used to do your first dry brush and highlights?

is the 3rd grey ulthuan grey for the drybrush?

Great paint job and some new tricks to try out. Music is a bit distracting when trying to listen to you

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Definitly not a blanchitsu mini (wether it be technically speaking or in the final result), but nice tutorial to get that warband done easely. I think you're a bit confusing when calling that "Blanchitsu" and it may be helpfull for those who aren't really aware of what it mean if you change the title of the video cause it is a misleading naming !

nice paintjob . my opinion : less/no music . thank you for the video .

Bold statement there fellow man. Let's see what ya mean?

I recently heard of Turnip 28 and Blandchitsu, little did i know my style of painting.???? Well i thought it looked to like shit turns out i was painting Blandchitsu style the whole time. Now i dont feel so bad, ty

I dont think this is blanchitsu....

Excellent job on the painting! Your video production would be improved by lowering the music a bit. It makes it difficult to hear you speak plus it is just too loud by production standards. Cheers!

Nice video but lose the music in the background it's annoying

Please god reupload without the zoomer xd music, can’t wait to never hear that “filler” music again haha. Other than that, great build!

Sorry to say, but the music was too loud and too intrusive. I finished watching after a minute after it started. I tried to jump forward in the video but it doesn't seem like you showcase the finished model. Too bad as I would have like to watch it.

The video is nice, good content but the music is annoying :(

Cant see shit in these videos

Blandchitsu ..... Blanchitsu should be heavy custom model and a different pallete tone

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