I use swatches. Inspired by your tip to paint with all your colors before choosing them because they look different when they are used than what the container may show.
Huge fan of doing this; for those uncomfortable with doing the painting themselves, there's an app called IMPCAT that uses SVG's images of models to break apart into layers; it then has per-brand color selection capabilities so you can break things down to a basic base-wash-shade-highlight. Miniature Painter Pro is also very good, but that's more for color matching; if you finish setting colors or have an inspirational piece you can color sample and simlar colors from your chosen brands will come up to help find out-of-bottle matches.
THIS!! YES by god ive been looking for a video on this for ages, I just hit up Squidmar, asking him to share his method for doing this. Ive seen him not only uploading photos of his miniatures before painting them, so that he could sketch color to it to come up with a good paint scheme. But Ive also seen him take photos of other great artist work and break down their choices of color by using a tool that grabs a specific color on a spot on a model to show other artist approach,. This is a tool that I want to add to my arsenal quickly.
Wow, Lyla, this is like a master class. I really struggle with landing on a color scheme and often wind up repriming the model once I hate it. I really need to learn a program like this so that I can do exactly what you're describing! Thank you!
I am going to start doing this before painting. I have been painting on and off for two years and I have learned so much in the last couple months since I started watching your channel. Thank you!
Digital mockups look amazing, even invested in an iPad to do it, but still haven't taken the leap, YET! Thank you SO MUCH for putting a video together on it, definitely lowers the barrier to starting!
Thank you very much for this vidéo, it Will help me a lot for my futur's project!I'm french,i'm speacking à little english,but i understood everything you explain, thank you for your amazing work Lyla!
I just did this for my last project!! And it was because I saw you doing it on "Never Paint Boring Miniatures Again" video and thought it brilliant. So glad to see a deeper dive into it, since it helped me go past the initial "and what now" as I pick up a just-primed miniature
Really interesting video, i will defenitly do it like you. I already have procreate but never touhgt to use it for my model. Will help a lot, instead of being stuck in front of the model without knowing what Colour to put on. Thanks a lot for your work
i've had Procreate on my iPad for years and mainly used it as a doodling canvass or as a quick creative exercise for my kids. I struggle with choosing colours when painting and as a novice, my application of colour theory/blending is hit or miss (often misses). The suggestion of using an app like this was enough of a gem but the informative demonstration of useful and easily accessible tools within Procreate was a welcomed surprise. I learned so much in 10 minutes. This video is easily in my top 5 most useful tips for mini painting. Many thanks.
Lyla you absolute star! I always wondered how you did your iPad stuff when I saw you colouring in models because it looks super helpful & I wanted to do it too. Perfect video. Can’t thank you enough for this!
I appreciate your tutorials and painting videos, much more useful and enjoyable than ridiculous challenges other RU-vid mini painters put out, thanks Lyla.
This is super helpful, thank you so much!! I had no idea which kind of layer to use. With your advises, after playing 10 min in Gimp, I was able to find a colour scheme I was happy with for a mini I was struggling with! Thanks again
Downloaded the android app and a posing app for this exact thing. Might not be my go to for mini painting (time will tell) but I've wanted to try my hand at drawing out character for d&d games as well so either way thank you for sharing this
This is really great - I've only recently downloaded Procreate on my Ipad in preparation for testing colors upon minis, so these tips will help so much. Thank you!
I was just telling a buddy it would be dope if someone had an app/website that pulled up model sculpts and let you paint fill certain spots. I never thought about using a 2d photo from online.
i never plan ahead of time this is a great idea because half the time I have no clue what im doing and appreciate you sharing and helping me get inspired to paint again
After seeing you use digital mockups in your other videos to plan your paint jobs, I was hoping you might pull all the information together into a video like this. Thank you!
For me as a beginner this is very helpful, especially with my current project, the Kraken, it took me several tries until i liked the color scheme. I am curious how it looks cast in resin in the finished diorama^^ In short, thank you Lyla! A very helpful video :D I will definitely try this out. Greetings Nick
Another Android software is impcat. Only limiting factor is its painting by area selection, which relies on someone having made the model you want to test paint on as the appropriate file. But, it's great at a pinch for your phone or tablet, and it comes with some free files to test paints on from great sculptors, just not 40k.
On Windows, I'd like to plug 2 free options: Autodesk Sketchbook (basic version is free and has a great interface for stylus/tablet use) or Gimp (open source, full-featured bitmap manipulation software like Photoshop).
I remember that another content creator uses a dark room and a small light so that he can take a photo of the OSL effect and which areas needs to be shaded. I guess you can "simulate" a zenithal or an OSL prime base too with this method and plan your glazes?
4:02.....umm......yeah......maybe....lets go with that one, but if I didn't you'd never know!😂 jokes aside, great video & yes this video has inspired me to give digital painting a go on my android tablet, when chosing a color sheme.....and clothes.
I have a quick question and need clarification. Does the fact that it's an rgb screen vs pigments ever effect your outcomes on minis? The basis for this question is in color theory and how light splits to make colors but since we can't paint using light we have to use pigments which reflect light instead of just being light. The big question is if the nature of color theory impacts your minis in any meaningful way or if it generally works out the way you planned.
I see Your cats are just as helpful as mine :D Last week i had to vent my house for two days because that furry hairball spilled whole bottle of tamiya extra thin...
So in procreate how do you create a feathering in a brush. So lets say i have a brush thats 15mm in diameter and i want the centre few pixels to be solid and then fade out towards the edges? So i could trace a line and get a shadowing effect. I had a program years ago that just had a feathering value and i think you could select the direction of the fadeout, is this possible?
It's off topic, but I noticed at the start you have scale75 paints. Everything I've read about these paints say you have to use them differently from other paints, but nothing specific. Do you have any advice on using scale75, please?
Attractive young lady, with skills above the average gamer, modeller. Watch the sub grow. Lol Now for the question, is there SW that can translate the colours you use into real paints, I.e blue, SW see’s army Pinter ultramarine blue, GW etc. because a lot of new mini painters struggle with picking colours from a range.
This feels like the vortex mixer of advice: It's probably good and true and meant well, but nobody who doesn't paint on a professional level will ever need it and make real use of it.
It could be for anyone who wants to do more than just a layer of paint and a wash. It's a great way to practice adding highlights and shadows or planning colors for an army!
@@LylaMev As someone who has only been painting a few months, this is absolutely a helpful video - I might not be able to use all of it, but I can use some of it and make my own way. I didn't know any of this stuff existed, & I've been really struggling to visualise my dark angels paint scheme for my next project...so thanks!
You are sooo right, i love playing with colors...i had a Tau army painted in Deadly nightshade and Blazing orange that i came up with when i played around with my paints
I like your idea but i cant stand pintrest i think it is hurting the internet. If i find a picture i like most of the time on pintrest there is nothing telling me who made it and when i search almost all the pics are from pintrest. If i put -pintrest in the search many times the pic isnt even found i think this is because the search engines dont think you need to see every version of the pic and only give us the most seen ones which are on pintrest due to how it works. I would be ok if when you see a pic online and link it to pintrest if it would give a link to the pic but ill see 100 of the same pic all on pintrest and never being able to find out who made it to find more of their work.
If you ever decide to not wear clothes while painting, we won't judge you... (this ia a joke about your advertisement, not really a sexist commentary...)
