From Mini Painting Beginner to WINNER

[Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] hello again my mini painting compadres i'm in a particularly peppy mood today you see the literal best of all seasons is upon us that's right it's halloween time halloween the one time where it's finally socially acceptable for me to put my collection of human remains in my front yard as well as eat fun sized candy bars until i literally feel like life is no longer worth living so in honor of this most unholy of holidays i decided to tune up and try out my brand new annie cubic photon ultra dlp printer and see what kind of spooky miniature i can paint today and to be perfectly honest i don't have the printer 100 dialed in just yet i'm still having some issues with supports adhering to all parts of the model but that's neither here nor there what i have figured out is how to create really crisp 3d prints with this printer so let's get to work i decided on this beautifully ghoulish banshee as my subject for today because not only does she make me feel particularly festive but it also gives me an excuse to talk to you about something i've been meaning to for quite a while and these are tips seven to be exact that i feel are particularly valuable for us to go from beginner and intermediate mini painter up a level or two and quite frankly they're not things that i often hear people talk about oh and be sure you stick around to the end of the video tip number seven is particularly spicy and to me it's been the most impactful in my mini painting journey and i don't want you to miss it alright let's get right to it with tip number one don't be afraid of color and at its surface this tip seems pretty self-explanatory but let me explain a little bit more typically when we prime our models or we start painting we start from a black a gray or a white but i think that more often than not we end up with very flat monotone color schemes because we just build up from a singular color what i'm gonna do for today's painting to demonstrate how adding more color around your model will really give you a better paint job is i'm gonna paint this whole thing with this brick red color from below now every color that we build up on this model for the rest of the paint job is going to be built up from this brick red this will add a unifying color throughout the entire model it will add a richness to not only the shadows but every paint that we lay on top of that a bit of that depth of color will show and i'm going to make sure i don't hide all of this brownish red as i build up color throughout the model i want it to still show in places if we just build up from dark blue to mid-tone blue to bright blue we're just being very samey same things all look and feel the same we start to diversify what colors we use the more depth the more interest the more eye-catching appeal our miniatures have and i think by just starting with a uniform color that isn't black or white underneath our minis is a great way to start working your brain differently and figuring out how colors interact with each other on our models tip number two make sure your paint is fully opaque before you move on to the next color look this is all pretty self-explanatory when we are painting our initial base coats over black primer we realize that we're going to need two or three layers of paint before that black no longer shows through but what our brain often forgets is that same process applies at every stage of adding a new color the only difference is we don't have this big contrast from black to our new color as we do when we go from a dark blue to a mid-tone blue but it's still not fully opaque so you need to have a bit of patience and build that color up over multiple layers to make sure it's fully that new color before you move on if you've ever wondered why your miniature doesn't quite pop as much as you'd like or its colors don't really strike out at you as much as others you've seen from other painters on the internet or at your local store this is often the reason why it's really hard for our eye to catch that that one layer of light blue isn't as fully bright as it could be because it does look different than the colors next to it you'll often just have to work up a routine of doing a coat two or three times to make sure it has its full opaqueness before you move on you can't always trust your eye when it comes to this stuff tip number three place a brushstroke and leave it be as soon as the paint leaves our brush and is placed on the miniature it immediately starts to dry acrylic paint is notorious for drying really fast now different paints with different additives can dry at variable speeds but it's safe to say they're drying pretty darn quickly i usually think that if more than three or four seconds have passed from when i placed a brush stroke i do not want to touch that paint at all place down your brush strokes and move on to another section of the model that will use that color you can always come back and add extra layers later one thing that i find that gets me in the most trouble is i go around the model and i go back to where i just started and maybe 15-20 seconds have passed and i go to place another coat this is where i'll end up tearing up some pigments because the paint is partially dried and it leaves this nasty tearing effect and you're never going to get a nice smooth coat of paint over that area again once you've made this mistake over time this will actually make you a quicker painter as well as you're placing paint and moving across the model working towards the wet edge where you've placed the paint already and never going back and forth to partially dried sections wait until that paint is entirely dried and then you come back for your second layer today's video is brought to us by the creators of the amazing banshee mini that i'm painting today white werewolf tavern each month white werewolf tavern releases a minimum of 15 new models for you to 3d print at home and what i like about them is they give you a nice combination of gaming pieces at 32 millimeter scale including dnd stat blocks as well as 75 millimeter scale and busts for display painting practice and seeing as it's october white werewolf tavern is releasing 26 new horrifying models this month under their collection titled the cursed mill you can receive each of their monthly selections by backing them on patreon and as a nice little bonus when you sign up you get a bonus chest that includes 12 free minis i love that they have a loyalty program so when i back them for two consecutive months i get this bonus exclusive mini and if i back them for three consecutive months i get the king iron car mini both at 32 and 75 millimeter scale this is literally the only way you can get this model and if you want to try them out by just buying one or two minis head on over to their my mini factory page there's a coupon actually in the video description below for 50 off your total order on their my mini factory page a big thank you to white werewolf tavern for supporting the channel i've got links below in the video description of both their patreon and their my mini factory page tip number four wick your brush every single time a paintbrush is very similar to a sponge when you place it in your paint it soaks up the moisture and soaks up the pigments so then you can place them later on your canvas or on your miniature or whatever the heck you're trying to paint but when you do so it's going to try to push out all of that moisture in that paint right away because we're painting on just such small things and we're often trying to get such small details there's too much inside that brush and we don't want it all leaving at once there are a number of ways that you can actually wick off your brush you'll see people that often have a whole swatch of paint on their hand and that's because they're rotating and wicking off a bunch of that moisture onto their hand i prefer to use a paper towel because it will soak up a lot of that extra moisture that's in the brush and it just leaves our nice smooth paint so i can get those nice crisp lines just like i like them if your brush is regularly loaded with more paint than is absolutely necessary you're never going to be able to draw nice tiny details nice edge highlights nice little eyeballs as best as you can because you're simply not working with a tool that's set up optimally for this process tip number five become a pigment pusher look we already know that acrylic paint by nature is quite transparent that's why we learned earlier we need to have multiple coats to build it up to a nice pure color but we can also use that to our advantage you know when we lay down a brush stroke the majority of the pigments all lay out on the miniature where we lift our brush up at the end of the stroke use this to our advantage with thin paints this means where we start our stroke will be nice and faint and we pull our brush up we're going to have a more higher concentration of our pigment the color will be darker there where i start or end my brush stroke is entirely based on what kind of paint i'm using for the process for example if i'm ever painting a dark part of the model working down into a shadow something that's not going to be in the highlight or even a mid tone i'm starting my brush stroke in an area that's going to be brightest because that's where the least amount of paint will be deposited and i end my brush stroke in the area that's going to be darkest or most in the shadow because that's where most of that dark paint is going to be deposited if i'm working with a brighter color maybe i'm starting with a dark color on my model and i'm trying to build it up brighter i do the opposite i start the brush stroke in an area that's more in the darker or shadowy regions and i end it at the brighter region where i want the brightest highlight to be this is the kind of tip that's not super sexy or there's great visuals that can really help you learn this it's more of a creating a routine and a mindset in your head as you go through your painting process every time you're laying down a brush stroke the more you can keep in mind where do i want to start where do i want to end that brush stroke the quicker this will become second nature and soon it'll actually become muscle memory where you're not actively thinking about the location of the start and the end of each brush stroke you've just done it so many times but to start and that's the most important part of this tip is actively starting this process the start of thinking about the start and end of each brush stroke is the most important thing as you progress along your mini painting journey i want to take a real quick break in the action to give you all a super creepy thank you thank you for being amazing zombies and supporting me over on patreon you really are what keep me going and this channel going all of your love all of your support all of your great ideas for videos and all of the hilarious conversations we have together over on discord really bring me from falling into a state of rigor mortis every single morning so once again thank you tip number six use the side of the brush now most of us know you rarely are going to want to actually just use the pointy part of the brush first of all when you do that you're actually increasing the speed at which your brush wears out and you're going to lose your tip a lot faster but why this one's kind of tricky is because when we watch mini painting tutorials or you watch somebody paint in person unless you are in a first person view you're seeing the mini painting through their eyes it can be very hard to see what part of the brush they're actually using to paint the mini into the naked eye from three feet away or from your computer screen it can actually look like they're using the point of the brush more often than they actually are and note that when i say use the side of the brush this is actually not a black and white thing where you're either using the point or using the side there's actually this whole section of the side of the brush that's used for different aspects of miniature painting and so the fattest part of the body of the brush is actually used for a majority of your wide work but as you work your way down closer and closer to the tip of the brush you're actually giving yourself more and more control to have more and more finer work you're able to accomplish all the way up to the tiniest little edge highlights dots of eyes right towards that tip of the brush itself so if you wanted to do two levels of edge highlighting as we often see done in games workshop minis you're actually going to do your first edge highlight using the side of the brush roughly on the middle of the body this will give you a wider edge highlight because it's not really toned in on the side of the brush and then when you go in for your final edge highlight and you want a more clean thin line you use the side of the brush near the tip and this will give you a nice fine line by just being aware of this over time you'll make some conscious decisions and you'll see ah yes for this desired result i'm going to want to use the edge of the brush roughly at this spot and last but not least tip number seven and what i feel to be the most important tip of today is brush pressure if you want to create the finest hint of hairline scratches if you want to create an eyeball that has all the depth of the human eye but smaller than the head of the pin being able to control how much pressure that tip of that brush you can apply to create the painting technique you're going for is the tool you need for success at its core what i mean by brush pressure is having a understanding of how much of the brush tip or side is actually touching the model once we begin our brush stroke when we start miniature painting as a beginner this is not an aspect we think about nor should we we should be there to have fun get paint on the model get those models on the table or in our cabinets at home but as we want to improve i think the number one thing that brush pressure can do is allow us to improve without worrying about which painting technique we need to get better at if we have more control over our tool and that is the brush the better we'll get no matter how we try to improve our painting in other areas so how do you go about getting better with brush pressure well the most important thing is acknowledging that it is a thing and try to be cognizant as you're painting a very small detail of just keeping as little amount of that brush tip as possible to actually touch that model you'll often see when myself or other miniature painters in their videos are painting something that is a very fine detail or maybe a free hand of an area they're actually going back and forth with the brush above the model they're swiping swiping swiping and like slowly getting closer to the model because they want to just barely touch that model and it's easier to miss a few times and then when that third or fourth stroke actually hits the model they get the one line they were looking for so you can practice that understand where you want the brush to grow and slowly pull it into the model and you'll get that one stroke because really at the end of the day becoming better with brush pressure means you become better at painting smaller details that means that those tiny tiny models that we spend so many hours painting you're going to get better at making them look clean and crisp and having those fine little details looking just the way you want it so there we have it those are the seven mini painting techniques that i don't feel get enough love and attention as they should they really seem to me as some of the most important fundamentals that if we can get better at we will all improve as many painters that much quicker but what say you let me know down in the comments below if there's other non-talked about mini painting techniques that you think we need to discuss or maybe you've tried some of these and maybe some trials and errors you've had along the way well the clock is about to strike midnight which means i'm going to turn back into pumpkinhead but before i do i wanted to give y'all a real quick thank you thank you all of you for your support thank you for watching my videos thank you for liking and subscribing thanks for those of you that support me on patreon that help keep this channel going and hanging out with me on discord and having access to other fun stuff like my weekly vlog thank you for those of you that support me by using my affiliate links in the video description in some cases you even get some sweet discounts there but if it's stuff you're already buying for your hobby you can support me as well and no additional cost to you and last but not least thanks of all of you that have supported me by purchasing merch including new things that just dropped this week like mugs to put your paint water in pint glasses to drink your booze in new stickers and posters as well and i've got more stuff coming up soon now if you'll excuse me i've got to get out of here and eat my weight in halloween candy and you need to get out there and slay the gray i'm getting over a cold and it's hard not to cough through most of these lines i like to start my stroke in an area that will be based on that painter

Channel: Ninjon

Views: 73,001

Keywords: miniature painting, mini painting, warhammer, warhammer 40k, warhammer 40000, painting warhammer, painting warhammer 40k, age of sigmar, painting age of sigmar, 40k lore, warhammer lore, beginner mini painting, basic mini painting, learning to miniature paint, how to paint minis, airbrush, painting armor, nmm, osl, miniac, age of squidmar, midwinter minis, mini painting tips, painting space marines, painting dark angels, painting D&D, black templars, blood angels, ultramarines

Id: Z3z7VHhxuF4

Length: 19min 23sec (1163 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 15 2021