great vid. as a new painter videos like this are a huge help. there's a ton of "how" videos, a "why" video like this dealing with color, composition, and motivation behind your color choice are a great change of pace. also killer logo
What’s funny to me, is that your color theory videos have led me down a rabbit hole of painting in different mediums than just miniatures. Landscapes, studies, faces, forms, the world is a canvas.
These are the best of these guys running around the mini painting Internet. Simple and bold. Love the idea of starting with a core color first rather than a “scheme” of colors.
Thanks for all your content Sam. You explain things in a way I find easy to digest and your calm demeanor gives me some serious Bob Ross vibes. Love it, keep it up!
Hell yes! Sam you hit it dead on the head with this vid. Color Theory is fundamental for us painters. Loving the way you break it down and explain it. keep these freaking coming! (I miss the leather Jacket man..)
Appreciate your style and the way you adapt it from something full of skulls to a yellow rat. It still reads as distinctly you while at the same time being different.
Always great to hear the artists reasoning for their colour choices in such an in depth way! I hear from alot of people in the hobby that yellow is the most daunting colour for most. Hopefully when this I shared it will inspire them to paint bravely :)
Love your crown of paints in the background! It’s always good to hear your thought process when it comes to colour theory. It’s something I don’t often think about and you explain it so well. As always thank you sir.
Skaven and yellow work so well together 👌. I painted my Skaven blood bowl team with a yellow scheme as an homage to my friend's old fantasy army. You've done a great job here, this looks radical 🤘
I appreciate that you made the color theory and presentation of ideas digestible to people who aren't as skilled or far into their painting journey. I feel like I actually grasped the info more than I usually do with this- especially the bit about accenting the "motion" of your piece which I hadn't thought about. Thanks for the vid! Good luck on the giveaway everyone!
I love the composition of this piece. The poses of the figures and how you’ve chosen the lighting sell the concept of movement very well. Woe unto those who stand in the way of the Skaven Tide!
Every one of your videos is a treat - your tutorials impart so much helpful knowledge and your delivery is a delight! I look forward to every new video you put out.
I really like how well that yellow pops against the darker colors and congrats on getting such a nice yellow as well that is a tricky color to get right and this is right :)
Came for the paint set give away, ended up watching several videos in a row and almost forgot to come back for the give away. Very inspiring stuff man!
Seen you so many time on Uncle Atoms videos, never occurred to me to actually watch one of your own videos. Good stuff, look forward to going back through your videos.
Hi Sam, I've been watching, learning and being inspired by you for quite some time now! I really love the use of yellow with the Skaven here, it's great to see a warm colour with these chaps! Thanks for all the inspiration.
Great reminder of the importance of colour theory and how it can impact our pieces! I’ve had a couple of situations recently where this has come into play!
Man i love how you can seemingly switch styles on a dime, truly talented man! Ive seen Bisley in your art, touches of Corben and now i see Johan Egerkrans.... I will be studying this video again and again as i just can't seem to grasp the monochromatic style for whatever reason, i always mess it up.
"Every piece is an experiment" is exactly what keeps me painting! It's not great for getting my armies done quickly, but I find the hobby exploration is where the real fun is anyway.
Chromatic Warrior Steve here. Thanks for making this video, it's nice to see your take on doing Skaven. Gives me some ideas for other things I'm balls deep into.
Very beautifully painted, the yellow just kept drawing my eye. I always struggle with making a colour pop without it looking out of place. Just within your yellow itself, the colour variationfrom highlights to shadows are so smooth and seems to all fit together.
I love hearing really well thought out explanations like this for painting and color theory is something all mini painters should get at least a little knowledge on it helps exponentially!
I wish there were more videos like this- breaking down why different choices were made rather than what colour was used. I feel like it really helps people discover what dials they have available to tweak in their own work and be more creative and experiment.
Thanks for this video! Colour composition is always one of the more interesting parts of painting miniatures. A big way of making a mini, or an army even, your own even when using the same old main colours.
My god, I hope someday I can get as good as this. I’ve been getting back into painting after like… 11 years. Hard to find time and paint pots that haven’t been desiccated beyond reason. Videos like this have been a massive help
My painting skills definitely need more refining but nevertheless I will always love it I feel like RU-vid needs to push channels like this and others a bit more out there to help every model enthusiast improve their skills and find what they are good at this was overall a pretty fun vid tho
One of my favorite details in this piece is the small highlight on the stone on which the main figure’s extended right foot is standing. I would never have thought to put a highlight on the stone and it’s these little lighting details that fascinate me and that I wish I had the intuition to recognize and execute in my own mini painting projects. 🖤🍻
Hearing you describe the thought processes that go into leading the eye around a piece for maximum effect really demonstrates the artistry of miniature painting which can be missing from so many other speedpaint/slapchop type videos. I understand both have their place but find real satisfaction in seeing someone so talented in their craft.
Every piece is an experiment, but for me this entire hobby is an experiment. I've never done anything artistic, until I started painting minis last month. I'm really surprised how much I've enjoyed it!
From playing Skaven in Bloodbowl I’ve come to love giving them a yellow army/team colour. I love the contrast of the grey/green robes on the Greyseer with the yellow, it looks amazing
Thank you Sam, there is much to learn from this piece. As usual, the blends at the base of the mini are exquisite. What I do notice is you chose for your yellow theme three separated zones combining as a triangle for visual balance. It's such a success. I'll try to apply that lesson in my next big piece.
I've been trying to challenge myself to get away from darker colors and do something brighter that you don't normally see. Love the explanation about drawing the eye around a focal point and having similar colors in the same model to make it feel cohesive.
I hadn't heard that take on using colour accents before, but it does sound extremely logical that the colour least used creates a focal point. Another tool to use. 😁
This video appeared exactly when I needed it. I’m currently working on a multi miniature diorama, the first I’ve done in the style I’m doing, and was wanting to use a dark red to add some contrast to a snowy background/terrain. However this video made me realize red cloaks on multiple figures would distract from the scene and mood I’m trying to convey.
That yellow is raaaaaaadd. Also, I hope to see some of these dope new stormcast models from this box painted. You don't HAVE to I guess, but I bet they would end up dope AF. Shoutout to The Army Painter as well, for upping their game like crazy this year.
How the highest highlights on the tails and the bright white fur still feels subdued and doesn't stick out starkly against the rest of the model yet reads they should is amazing to me...
I always appreciate your approach to painting minis.. your color schemes always seem to work well together.. it's something I struggle with, so hearing your thoughts on this certainly does help!
