I semi-recently purchased the Grognard heavy support and command from Wargames Atlantic, they are space Napoleonics. They also have infantry and cavalry. If you can convince Wargames Atlantic to send them to you (perhaps with a bribe called buying it), I think you might enjoy them.
When I'm doing snowy bases, I varnish the base to seal in the paint before putting the snow products on. I find that the paint colours from the ground can leach into some snow products otherwise (couldn't say which ones specifically - I use a combination of 7 different things because I like to make it hard for myself). Pretty sure it's not just reactivation of the paints because it looks fine the next day, bit a couple months down the track it looked all mucky. Also, on the topic of shiny cloth - velvet! I saw someone do a velvet effect on the sisters of battle subreddit, and it looked great. Will be giving it a try when I get round to working on my sisters.
22:50- See I do the same when it comes to any boots that should be more shiny! But depending on how much they would actually be on the battlefield (like Cobra) I’ll add the color of the dirt he’s walking on onto the boots also! When the boots colors are lighter I will also add a few green streaks to make it look somewhat like grass stains (unless it’s a place with no grass or if it’s a alien planet then I normally have different colors of grass! So that would change the color of those streaks)! And some times when I’m going for the “Grim Dark” feel, I’ll also add blood stains!!! I just got that new smaller Army Painter paint set “Most Wanted” that has that new blood color!!! “Dry Blood”! I can’t wait to try it out!!! But right now what I’m painting, it wouldn’t really work good for him!?!
Mm Cobra Commander, looking sharp, villainy served best with polished boots .. where did he get that lovely coat, bad guys really do have cool stuff. Great tips, varnish is a tool that doesn't get praised enough. I satin varish my high elf armour for that subtle sheen, gloss the gems.. so many gems.
I was painting while watching this and I looked up and saw the people from "V". I thought I stepped into an alternate dimension for a second. Cobra Commander is going HARD.
Great stuff. I love that Cobra Commander mini. I’ve been painting a Crooked Dice RoboCop while watching this and will indeed make use of varnishes once I’m done👍
Mostly the same uses for varnish. If you fall into the battletech or some other mecha trap, cockpit glass and energy weapon lenses in gloss. Lovely work as usual. We'll all have to chip in to get you more crooked dice minis. Those clean up nicely with the Peachy touch. Cheers! -Clyde
Thanks Clyde! Great tip for the cock pit btw, and the range crooked dice do are so very good 😘👌 Also if you read this message earlier….my auto correct hates me 😂😂😂
I like using gloss varnish for guts, quite helpful for chaos especially nurgle who have exposed guts that are fairly recently exposed and covered in blood and other wetness
I had no idea there were different types of varnish, or that they were used for anything other than for preserving the finish. This is super useful info.
Always appreciate when you leave making a mistake in the video rather than just editing it out as really helps me relate. As a Death Guard and Nurgle player I often use varnishes to help make various things like mutations or guts look nice and slimey.
Been singing the prases of ths approach for years due to being a CG artist where you have to properly consider the glossines of each material anyway! Brilliant tutorial.
This was great! You do an excellent job of explaining and demonstrating your process. I really appreciate that you have captions for all of the paints that you are using as you apply them to your models in the video.
Peach will be super chuffed when I tell him this, he's always mindful when making his videos of making sure folks have all the info they need to help them get those beautiful minis painted up and ready for battle! Luv Mrs P 🍊
One thing I love about your videos Peachy is that I have no idea where they will go next. Painting guide, lore, unicorn, who knows! It’s like strapping yourself in for an adventure!
@@PeachyTips seriously, we need more moments like this highlighted by painters. We are creatives and this sort of thing just happens. Thank you for the added layer of humanity
Peachy the no#1 reason I so respect you and your channel is your very up front about "army painting" vs "Display painting" most channels arent and they focus on the display painting like there is one type of painting. I do both types. My own armies tend to have rank and file basic historical themed paint jobs (as i don mostly historical armies) and some level of display painting for important character pieces I want to put time into. and I do the occasional diorama, bust or large scale model figure. On Yah mate for putting out the good drum on army painting have a Legee point (Legend point) +1 legee point. General conents. Glaze's; I don't understand why people go on like "Glazes" are this hard to reach pinnacle. If you use contrast-paint and the grisaille technique known as "shash chop" et al - ever - that is glazing 101 and very achievable - ok its not taking into account colour theory, the bush stoke and pigment control part of glazing (where you take your brush off will deposit more pigment) its not taking into account dilutions or the literal necessity of watching your paint dry before going in for another glaze; all these things can come in time with practice tho' and people shouldn't be intimidated. Likewise with layer in which is even easier. Put down paint observing colour theory (sorry no real colour theory short cuts ... well actually take a black and white photo of the min lit the way you want - light source from above (zenithal) or from any other direction you chose for dramatic and compositional reasons and add a high contrast filter so you get a very extenuated black and white photo of the subject then use that for your shadow and highlight placement BOOM your off to the races with layering. All you have to do now is place the paint in graduating layers of light or dark highlight or shadow more light paint into your base colour for each layer going highlight and darker (try purples blues and other darks rather then going for BLACK (same with the lights too if you want to experiment with light yellows light blues etc all the way up to titanium white as the final dot highlights. Again you cant avoid the watching paint dry part; you put your brush in undry/wet paint there goes your "smooth" right away. Blending is one step to the side of this layering technique; you want to avoid the sharp lines layering can produce (if your modulation steps are too stark too large a jump. In this case you want to "smudge" the "line" area by pushing/blending the paint line/boundary so its less viable. Easy to do with oils and enamels (and thinners dilute everything ) and doable with some acrylics with retarder added see "tutes" on two bush or "tip dip" technique. Its much harder to get smooth as your messing with undried paint which can easily "texture" and clump because its well wet still. None of this is beyond anyone who wants to put in the effort. Box art is a big offender imho people want to have box art armies and thats just not within the reach of someone just starting out unless your a prodigy of course. However if you stick with it my experience is that in five years time you will have beautiful armies on the table. If you think five years is a long time your in the wrong hobby. It might take me two or more years to field a historical rank and file army. Sure skirmish game "forces" can be done more quickly but whole armies they can take time. Dont forget you can paint one over your sealed/varnished minis. So first do the base coats seal. play. Revisit later and do more. Seal. rinse repeat. Have fun tho' thats the main part. make it fun.
Hey bud, thank you for the lovely and super supportive words, it’s very true that there’s an unrealistic expectation to painting armies and minis these days, and though I love and respect those high end painters, your right that they do send the wrong message to the layman hobbyist. Also the info and tips you put in are great, thanks for sticking them in Much love Peachy
great video. most people think of varnish as just a protective surface. I've started giving armor pieces a mix of satin and matt finish and ultramatt for stuff like skin and hair. The contrast between the two finishes on its own really helps to sell the difference in materials.
Great video. Peachy. Cobra Commander looked great. The hood is spot on for the early 2000's Valor vs Venom versions of the figure. (I'm lettin my toy nerd show, lol)
Great inspiration here! One thing I've run into is using Citadel shades to tint metallics: it kills the shiny finish. I've got some space marines with Retributor Armour shoulder pads darkened down with Seraphim Sepia. They looked like a mess until I went back in with a gloss varnish to make them pop as they should.
@@PeachyTips Yes, very true. I have some cloth on the guy I'm working on at the moment which I've blended and glazed with various mixtures of paints and shades to get a grimy look. Result: some bits of the cloth are shiny and some are matt. *sigh* Next time I'm in Element Games I'll pick up some matt varnish.
I love to put matt varnish over the basecoat of metals. This will kill most of the shine, but some will still come through. Highlighting will then bring back the shine where it matters.
I used a similar technique when I was painting up my Shatterpoint Darth Vader, but it was all trial-and-error and stumbling in the dark. Love seeing a guide to quicken it up
I remember seeing a video where a guy was purposefully scratching some surfaces of his varnished miniature to creature different effects/textures among other varnish techniques. Think it might have been the grimdark guy with the ink range, villany inks (sic)?
I use a satin alcyd oil varnish that has a slight brown tint. After drying I do bling highlights with enamels and metallics. I'm definitely stealing the matte gloss thing. Thank you mister peach...oh I thin the oil varnish with acetone and run it though the air brush. The acetone evaporates mostly, before hitting the model. It keeps the metallics sharp.
I love the way you paint organically in your guides peachy. I’m always finishing a test model only to feel something is not quite right with it. It’s rare to see that kind of thing online. Thanks for being awesome!
I should do this more but I keep forgetting. I'll try to imagine a little Peachy on my shoulder saying "varnish it!!" whenever I think I'm done painting
I'm painting some Blightkings at the moment and I added some gloss varnish to the black fly eyes and man it looks creepy! Also we need a painting guide for that stormcast mini 🤤 great guide as always Peach!
I learned the hard way not to overload my brush with varnish. A mini I painted had mysterious white-ish looking gunk built up in some recesses after hard drying for a few days. I'll be more measured and controlled in the future. Very demure. Very mindful.
Hmm, did you use a wash/shade at all? Sometimes the citadel washes do that if they’ve been thinned down too much with water. But it could also be a reaction with the varnish. Just thought I’d check.
It's good to see a video like this because so many others say only use ultra matte varnish. That's fine for high end painters but for tabletop I think it makes minis lose their pop.
Great video, thanks. I varnish for function / to protect, then for effects. I love gloss varnish, especially on older metal miniatures, gives a lovely clean depth.
@@PeachyTips ah right nice one, there's the way Mr Blanche describes in that Heros for Wargames book where you gloss the miniature but matt the base. Looks great on older clunkier metal Chaos warriors etc. Five coats of poly gloss haha. I don't agree when people say gloss varnish makes things look amateur, looks ace.
I tend to mix matte, satin, or gloss medium into the paint, in order to get the same effect. Definitely going to try this hack next time the paints come out. Looks like it beats having to worry about 'diluting' the paint colour. Or worrying about it going on too thick. Also a much easier method to use, for those who use artist paints. One less thing to mix in, when looking for that 'perfect' shade. 😁
I love how good Cobra Commander came out! Good job on the paint job!!! There was definitely a few techniques I’ve either never knew about or never tried! So I’ll have to try them!?! (And you can steal this all you want if you never thought of this….) I rarely ever use my Gloss Varnish…. But for certain models I will have some kind of liquid on their bases. And when I do that, I will do a full Matt Varnish over everything and then a Gloss Varnish over all of the liquid! And any splashes. And definitely on any “dripping” blood! To make it look like it’s also still wet!!! I think this might have been the 1st video of yours I’ve ever seen so far!?! But if that’s true, I can’t wait to check out what else you already have posted and see if I should follow you or not!?! If I could, I would definitely fund you…….. but unfortunately, I can’t even afford my own bills right now! And I’m trying to figure out how I can turn my talent and love for painting into a hobby that brings in money also!?!
Hey, I’m super chuffed you you got something from the video, and the effects idea you mentioned is a super smart way of doing wet looking stuff. Nice 👍 And I appreciate you watching, I do have a variety of vids on the channel, some painting stuff, some talking head about a passion of mine (with painting bits thrown in) and a handful of narrative games which are just for fun. And don’t even worry about the funding side of things, I’m always amazed folks watch my stuff let alone want to support me financially, so just by watching this and commenting is more than enough thank you 😍🙏😍
@@PeachyTips um “chuffed”?!? I’m not sure what that means lol Thanks, I actually came up with it because I was having so many issues trying to work with resin pouring!?! Still trying to figure out better ways to do that also! But I’m still fairly new to all of this…… I’ve been a artist my whole life…. But I’ve only been painting and working with models/miniatures for almost 5 years now!!! Yup, I had to head out but I did try to save a few of your other videos for me to check out later when I can (but with how RU-vid works only when it wants to, God only knows if they saved lol)! Thanks for the reply!!!
@@AcoylteKraven82 cheers and 5 years! nice one, hope your having a great time with it all, ooh and chuffed mean happy...i should probably drop some of the local dialect quotes hahaha!
I like the Instar matt and gloss varnishes to brush on. The Star Wars Legion Darth Vader was great fun to play with gloss and matte across the helmet, armour and cloth.
Awesome to see someone talking about varnish for effects! I varnish all my models since I usually paint resin prints, and I'm paranoid about handling even my plastic models a lot without it, but I keep several finishes on hand specifically for this purpose! I'm currently alternating between matte and satin varnish. There are a select few paints I always do after varnishing, like Blood for the Blood God blood effect, but I've been heavily considering picking up a gloss varnish to experiment with. Thank you for your tips! They're always worth a think and a try!
I use gloss varnish on bases, if it is ice/snow basing (Frostgrave, looking at you!) as well as Leather clothing (Drukhari type clothing) and it makes a difference for sure. I am certainly going to give matte varnish a try on cloth now though. I spray matte varnish on everything I finish painting, and then will touch up with gloss, but never do Matte. Now i have to give Matte a shot!
@@PeachyTips As well you shouldn't! Still have not dragged anyone into playing or building a warband, but i'm making a full transportable FG table, and terrain. Then, i'll make a second warband, and bribe someone to play! 😂
I've been working on some crab-armed corpses lately and glossing the inside joints to give them a meatier look. Small detail but it adds a special something to em.
Love your channel, So glad you’re still painting and helping us paint! In fact, I just watched you Painting the Knight Of Shrouds on Ethereal Steed, and basically followed along. Just love your personality!! Hey but a Question - before my final protective coat of varnish, if I use some Gloss over some Gems for example to make them shine, will the final satin or Dull coat bring down the shine of the gems (or whatever is glossed over)?
Firstly thank you very much for the lovely words, and its been awhile since i did that Knight of Shrouds....the presenting on those vids was 'questionable' lol. in regards to the Varnish question, yes it will get dulled down, but all you need to do is just apply that gloss again after the Satin/Matt coats are dry. alot of folks use matt sprays and then re apply glossy or satin varnishes to the appropriate zones for that cool looking effect etc. cheers Peachy
@@PeachyTips - Great, so basically apply gloss afterwards and all set! 👍🏼 I loved watching you and Duncan do you thing over there. I’ve had Soul wars forever but use the Nighthaunt in Warcry, because that game’s my Jam! So glad you like it too! But I never painted the heroes in it til now. So happy you have a Channel of your own. Take care Brother!
One thing that I really using gloss varnish for is lenses. Sounds obvious, but what I like to do is to drill out the lens and then paint the socket before filling the lens hole back up with a few layers of gloss varnish to where it gets some real depth that seems to change and move as you move the model around.
Another note on varnish. The classic advice to finish everything off with a matte varnish like testors dullcote comes from the old-school world of realistic military modeling and diorama construction. Where models are usually heavily weathered and a dull, "realistic" finish is desired. Everything, including metal, is weathered and dusty. Matte varnishes however, dull the glint of metallic paints. It's especially noticeable on golden-hued metallics which matte varnish can make look like yellow mustard. Satin varnish, which is semi-gloss, avoids this and doesn't cause much dulling of the metal flakes in the paint. It can be a good idea to varnish a model in satin varnish overall, then apply matte varnish just to key areas that are supposed to be very dull.
Great tip! 👍👍👍 I’ve used testers dull cost in the past, it’s great but sometimes I find it too much dullness, but adding satin varnish to metals is a fab shout
I use Matt varnish to flatten out different paint brands on one model, it make it more uniform, I used to use gloss varnish to make thing shiny, but i realised after watching the video, , forgotten how shiny it makes things look, properly use it again
I'll admit I just use varnish to protect - plastic minis might not chip, but I find they do wear if handled - but the stuff about using certain washes to add shine or matte to surfaces is all new to me!
"Have you ever wanted to paint cool textures, like leather, latex..." rubber, silken ropes, silicone, glistening skin... Come on, Mr. Peach - you could have kept going! 😉 (Joking aside, another great video!)
Ooh lacquered black boots looks really sexy, I need to experiment more with natural lighting and reflections instead of just forcing myself to layer and blend every single time because that's what I'm "supposed" to do.
15:00- Oh…… it’s a 3D print….. that’s fine and all!?! I do have both kinds of printers! But I got excited there….. I thought that might be from some new War Miniature game (or something like that)!?! 1 of the few things that I grew up with (that was kid related) and stayed with me for a long time even though I got into real horror movies at a young age was GI Joe’s!!! And Cobra Commander was definitely one of my favorites!!! (I can’t remember his name?!? But) I liked him over his boss, the dude with the snake head?!? Lol And the ninja dude for the Bad guys also!!!
Ah yes Serpentia was the snake dude, bloody love GI Joe, well mostly Covra stuff lol. The 3D print is from a website called we print miniatures, which provides physical prints, useful for those without printers. They have a few character, worth checking out Ohh and Crooked Dice now have cobra troopers yaaay crooked-dice.co.uk/product/asp-troopers-1/
