God, it's so funny to me that Vince's speedpaints are better than nearly everything in the display case in my massive local game store. Deeply talented man
Hi Vince, I think this was one of your best vids, not in the technical sense because you have some amazing technique vids, but from the place of accessibility. When someone as deservedly respected as you shows it, then folks sit up and listen, I myself put down my tea mug (I'm english) You didn't sell it on pigment quality or any sort of evangelism, you just pointed out, visually and verbally, just how easy and per model fast oil paints can be, especially for army and unit painting. It's a mystery to me why all tyrannids aren't painted this way, it can only be games workshop tradition and tuition. You showed folks and then let them consider for themselves. I myself paint primarily with oils because of a bad hand tremor and the ability to erase and do-over that oils allow, I'd rather paint it 4 times to get a good result than once and hate what I made. (the bad old days)
When I the best bang for my buck with my hobby time, they're no substitute for oils. Especially over organic surfaces- I love them on my Tyranids! Thanks for the video as always Vince.
Great speedpainting video! Oils are super fun to use, I need to get back to them :D Currently my setup requires too much... setup so I keep using acrylics. Oils are really great for skintones! Great vid as always!
Hey Vince - I dont think I've ever commented on a RU-vidr's videos before, but I have to say your channel is an absolutely invaluable resource for someone new to the hobby (like me). I've checked out a TON of different channels and your methods and instruction are just miles ahead of anything else out there. Thanks for all you do! Also... Why is there no apron on the merch store!?! I need a Vince V. apron!!
Here we go again, Vincy V is once more tempting me to actually use the oil paints I already have. Darn you, Vince, you've once more reminded me to use the bloody tools I have!
Thanks for continously pushing us in our hobby journey. You're mega gargant video gave me the confidence to use oils and now I'll be following this guide for my Flesh Eaters!
Nice ! As a beginner painter I jumped on the oil train fast with my third mini and I love it. The main selling point is the fact it's way more forgiving than acrylics. I'd personnally love a video on OSL and skin at the same time. Like Kingdom Death Monster's starting survivors but with oils.
Oil is King ! thank you again for bringing me into oils. It was like 2-3 years ago I wtched your crimson fists oil video,and that absolutly catched me. There are so many options ,and Im addicted to oilpainting.
I like to be extra thick on my oil paints over hair, to pass some of that brush impasto to the surface. It's subtle but future washes highlight it interestingly. Great as always Vince.
Hey Vince, great video again 😅 and finally I will try to paint an army using oil paints …. Again 😅 Just one question about the Zenithal being done with an airbrush. How long does it have to cure before using oils and do I need to varnish the undercoat? Happy 2024 and thx for your answer. Regards. Chris
Hi Vince, sorry a little off topic but I was looking for a really dark red, purple, violet, blue, etc. I use AK mostly. I was looking at warcolours and the number 5 range. How dark are they say compared to black red, amethyst blue, Extra dark green, Strong dark blue? Keep up the great work with the tutorials. Look forward to them every Saturday.
I'ev always just mixed Violet Red from AK with Black, but a real truly dark purple is red, the issue with the Warcolours, is that they ae fairly transparent and the dark purples are even more so.
Hi Vince, loved the video. Thought this technique would be a good chance to take the next step up in using oils from oil washes. Tried this on my new varghulf, with a warm brown on the skin, black fur and magenta on the wing membranes. I've tried it twice now, with no luck. Despite laying the oil on thick, when I wipe it off there's none of the staining I would expect from a glaze, it all just comes right off, so I end up with more of a wash effect where the only paint left was in the recesses where I couldn't reach it. I thought this might be a time issue so left it overnight (~12 hours) the second time and had no better results. Any ideas where I could be going wrong?
I don't believe I've seen you using that pre-glaze style - is that new to the channel, or did I miss one? Only thing I feel qualified to mention is the makeup sponges - those tiny ones are okay for some areas, but I found using the triangular makeup sponges was cheaper and more effective than the q-tip style (though those are still great, for other things)
Nope, you don't have to varnish before oils ever. The white spirits are non interactive with acrylic medium. That being said, you can do so just to make sure when you introduce all the liquid you don't risk pulling up paint when wiping.
I'm not sure how many times watching a video like this immediately makes me go through and find all the other recentish videos that use a similar technique, but it's definitely more often than not 😂
You're the man!!!!!!! Only considered oils thinned 6-1/10-1 for recessed shadow, after a base and first highlight. Thanks for all the help, not as intimidating now
My first experience with oil paints was with a Cargo-8 Ridgehauler for Necromunda. I basecoated it in bright colours, added transfers, and just slathered it on, left it for a bit, and took the excess off. It's probably both my best-looking vehicle and the one that took the least time and effort. So... listen to Vince - he knows what he's talking about, and these paints are game changing!
I appreciate this tutorial. I was using oil paints exclusively for a little while. They are pretty good but the thing that I dont like about them is that there is a lack of tutorials on how to use them. Also the experts that usually paint them them exclusively live stream on twitch and when they import their videos to youtube. it is nothing but chat shoutouts and never explaining the technique and barely mentioning the colors they are using. Like the video would be title Gold NMM with OSL but 90% of the video is the artist is reading the chat.
This video inspired me to try doing all the basecoats of my Necrons with oil paints over zenithal highlighted and weathered metals. It was a little scary at the midway point when it looked like I had just completely covered all my previous work in red gunk - but I really like the final result! It gives an almost 'organic' look to the aged metal, I feel. Thanks for being an inspiration and making all these videos that make it less scary to try new things :)
Awesome video this is inspiring me to move into oils past pin washes (I’ve been using your videos on that subject as a reference!). Do you think you could do something similar with monument hobbies newsh and acrylic paints? Their demo video made it seem like it made acrylics act like oils while keeping the cure time down to hours.
Oil paints are fantastic. For gaming minis, these are my go-to-paints nowadays. Thanks for showing some love for the oils. Also every oil paint stains differently. Some are better for pre-glaze than others. It's a thing to get used to.
Oil paints are so good, I just hate the clean-up and having to go to a special facility dispose of dirty mineral spirits if there's too much to simply let evaporate (or if you don;t have a safe place to do that).
It's mostly the bases I've done in previous videos. Just some drybrush green/grey and some stippled white. Then lots of washes, pigment and some Dirty Down moss. :)
Hey Vince, how effective do you think this speed paint technique would be with Sylvaneth? I havent started my Sylvaneth army and have been looking for new techniques to paint them with instead of the more traditional ways of painting which can be a bit boring. In my opinion this seems soo rewarding as compared to the mainstream way to speed paint. The colors looks so vibrant and saturated, something that can be very hit or miss with speed paints. I just love the back and forth process of getting the right amount of shading and highlights and think it could work well with Sylvaneth.
Curious if your 3:1 Ultramatt to Satin varnish is applied with an airbrush, or it's different coats with a rattlecan? I will check your other videos on oils as you probably cover it there. Also curious to see how Monument Hobbies "Newish" compares to oils. Also, like your philosophy of pulling the colors togethercin the details. This method could work great on my zerg & zenomorphs!
Have you given Golden Open Acrylics a try? I picked up the landscape and color mixing sets to make a complete range of colors, and I love them. They act like oils, but they can be thinned with water and mixed with normal acrylic paints.
Excellent tutorial! I've never used oil paints before and this was my first attempt today. I tried following the guide to the letter (not the paints themselves but the steps) on Fell Bats from the vampire Christmas battleforce. A few questions as a result: - Do you use this approach for details? I found that after putting 2 different colors on the wing and the bones in middle of wings was very difficult to remove the paint from without the wing color overriding the middle color. A dark wing and light joint resulted in dark joints across everywhere. Had to reapply light color to the joints and that got harder as time went on as they would mix with the darker colors half way through a brush stroke. - How do you pick which colors to blend in? I tried blending in white into the grey bat faces to make them lighter but it just ended up with more blended grey, but not lighter. Darker blends worked great for making darker areas seem like there's shadow there. Regardless, very happy with the results! Thank you once again for this great guide! Now gotta wait for a few days for the oils to dry :) Looking forward to painting other wolves in the vampire box using this approach as well!
1) I generally go in with acrylics for the details as you see here. 2) So generally, my highlight colors are not pure whites, lighter colors are always weaker and so need to be used more carefully, but I generally go for light flesh, napels yellow and so on.
I was a little skeptical when you put the heavy layer on, then started to warm up to the idea when you explained the "reverse zenithal" aspect of it, then dropped my jaw when those muscles appeared! I have oil paints for washes, but haven't busted them out yet, this looks like a great way to introduce myself.
The more I use oils, the more I love using them. What a great tip about revealing the zenithal to get some easy shading! I'd actually stopped doing zenithals on minis that I paint with oils because it seemed like an unnecessary step. You are the master, Vince!
Really like how the muscles turned out. This method seems best suited for models with lots of texture. I was wondering how this method would work with something like a Space Marine?
4:53 In my experience those makeup brushes take a little too much paint away sometimes. Have you tried regular cotton buds instead? I know they can leave those little hairs behind, but they are also more precise.
I just don't like the risk of the little items. You can always cut them down or use the side. There are also smaller versions of these as well, which I like.
Somwehere between none and a very little depending on your particular paints. So I mean, you are using some white spirits to get everything flowing, but it can be rather thick as it will be removed in large later.
Hello Vince. Great video like always! Really great timing on this for me, since I'm about to paint some horrors for the Warmachine Infernals faction. I'm going for a kind of Warhammer pink horror look, and I was thinking I'd do them in oils. Any good ideas for an approach and some colors here? I was thinking about using a magenta like you and adding some highlight blends, but I'm unsure what to try, to get close to the Chaos pink horrors in color.
Wash cloth tissues are great for avoiding paper fibers messing up the paint. Basically paper towels, but made specifically to not shed fibers when used.
I really like the idea of not needing to be fussy in the initial application of paint here. Now, my wife really doesn't like odor from the solvents in Oil paints, so I'm curious about whether the "Newsh" medium that Monument Hobbies just put out would allow me to use the same basic process, but with acrylics instead! Is this something that you might be testing out in future?
