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Man I must have watched 10 different wet blending videos and didn't understand still until I came here and you spoke about using large amounts of paint to blend. For some reason you are the only one that gives that detail and man did it make a difference on how to do this technique. Thanks for making in depth video and being detailed
Dude!! This video kicks ass! By far the best explanation of wet blending I’ve seen so far. Short sweet and to the point with lots of great tips. 11/10 my guy!
Great video! Straight to examples. Just a little above 6 mins and I learned soo much. For sure I will try wet blending in my today’s session. Keep up the good work Sam!
Great vid. I liked the way you both showed the mistakes and then some little tips e.g. the wash afterwards some shadows or highlights. We'll explained and illustrated.
I realized recently that I've been over thinning my paints, and this kind of sealed the deal for me a bit. Been so afraid of overly thick paint that I've been making my life difficult by needing like a thousand coats and also, wetblending has always been really hard because of that. Thanks for the pointers!
Definitely the best wet blending video ever!! You covered techniques that other videos didn't even touch on. Thank you so much! My wet blending, which I've always poo-pooed, has improved literally over night! You rock!!!
I found a good place to start practicing is on your bases; throw down some sand for a bit of texture and blend from a dark shade at the back to a lighter shade at the front (e.g. dark grey to light grey) a quick drybrush over that and call it done.
'A little bit of practice make a lotta betta perfect..head tilt.' There is something deep in there. I need to visit my mountaintop retreat and ponder. I will get back to you in a few days.
Finally a tutorial which clears up the thick paint obstructs details mantra. Yes, you can lose details if you just glob it on but watching Sam and other pro painters, so many start out with a solid coat and blend them together or even just block in colors. I always overthin my paints because of the fear of losing detail and therefore wetblending just plain didn't work. Thank you for not only explaining the technique but also showing mistakes and how to correct them. This was way more helpful than all the other videos on this topic for me (and in under 10 minutes). Great job!
Why are there not more comments? This is an amazing and to the point wetblending video. Thank you for making this so there's something easy to watch that gives visual examples of this technique.
Okay, yea I've definitely been afraid of thick paint up till now. I basically just did everything EXCEPT wet blending for the last couple years, cuz things always seemed like they'd get soupy, or dry way too quick for me. Until recently when I accidentally tried layering over a thick titanium white that hadn't quite dried, and it seemed to make a mixy colour?? I went with it and the flame turned out bomb, was a much more fun way to do things than patiently layering it up too. I think I'm gonna commit to giving this another shot.
Wow... I think it just clicked. I try it on almost every mini, but I could never understand why sometimes it worked ok and other times it just wouldn't do what I wanted.. the SIDE of the brush. So smart to use the side. Goddamn. Imma paint a rainbow on my next mini now!
Thanks for the tutorial. I've never been happy with my wet blending attempts so I have just tried to glaze my way out of situations. I'll have to give this a try sometime. I was getting the paint consistency wrong by the look of it. I'm loving the no-nonsense nature of the tutorial.
Excellent video. Worth noting that it's easier to get a pleasing result blending two analogous colours (red and orange, blue and purple) than it is with opposing colours (green and red). Or blend with one colour and black or white for a value gradient.
Love your videos. They always make me go and get on with some painting. The conan skin video set me off on a reaper minis bandit, this one on a gravedigger. You're a legend
The man with the greatest wardrobe in miniature painting today, bar none! What's on your current playlist right now? I'm always surprised by how little paint you put on your brush at one time. It's almost so little paint you can barely see it.
Haha, I do what I can B) Currently I've been enjoying Memoriam and a lot of Slayer. Haydn symphonies and russian guitar for more relaxed moments. Cheers!
I used to do wetblending a lot on my orks and be super confused when it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. Took me quite a while to understand it was because I sometimes had too diluted paints. Neat tutorial, somewhat ties into what I want to try for army painting next; wetblending, sketch in highlights, bring it all together with airbrush filter. Got to remember to keep those initial paints consistently thicc.
I remember in school when I couldn't get acrylic to blend together on a canvas to save my life, quickly switched to Oil paint. Wish you were around then.
Boy, we do love zazz. Great stuff! I have a big cape on the next model I'm painting (Four Horseymens from PP's Riot Quest game) so I'll try this out on that and see how it goes!!
Hi Sam. I’m a beginner, if I say nonsense I hope you’ll forgive me. I understand that going from blue to white is not very difficult. It is also easy to switch from red, to orange, to yellow, and so on. But what if we want a transition from blue to yellow (for example). We don’t want green. How is it done? Thank you so much for your videos, I always learn from them. -"Hola Sam. Sóc un principiant, si dic tonteries espero que em perdonis. Entenc que passar de blau a blanc no és gaire dificil. És facil també passar del vermell, al taronja, al groc, etc. Peró que pasa si volem una transcició del blau al groc (per exemple). No volem verd. Com es fa? Moltes gràcies pels teus videos, sempre n'aprenc."
I shall be refering to my brushes as power swords from now on 🤘 As always Sam you continue to deliver great information that is super easily digested. And this video was definitely not lacking any zazz 😂
Thank you Sam🙏🙏 Very well explained, I have to print and frame the quote “no fucking fear” 😂 and hang it right next to vince quote “you’re the master of the model” 😂
But two thing coats?!! Just shows that there different techniques for dif times and no set rules. Great video, makes something that I always seen as ‘a pros’ paint technique and wasn’t confident enough to do, seem simple. I’ll give it ago on my bret pegasus.
i've been doing a lot less "lets get this lookin perfect" and a whole lot more "slap the colors on the plastic till it looks good" and it's been great for my brain and my pile of shame. would love to see you paint a cheap model - like the rune golem from the runewars core box.
hey dude, are your line of brushes synthetic or natural hair brushes....also, i love your approach to making video's and i love your style, Keep up the good work my friend!
So is this similar to two brush blending? Also what would be the best technique for blending say cloaks? Like a singular color scheme but with shadows and highlights or would you recommend another technique? I've been painting for a long time but mostly it's just been base-layer-shade-relayer-highlight and it comes out ok, but I'm wanting to up my game.
