Zenithal Highlighting and Priming Guide for Miniature Painting
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- čas přidán 23. 11. 2023
- I use zenithal highlighting / underpainting a lot on the channel, especially for the contrast speedpainting videos for both Gamesworkshop and Corvus Belli miniatures. So, I thought people might find it useful to have a video explaining what it is, what the pros and cons are, and when and how you should be using it.
Zenithal highlights can be useful for both army painting as well as display quality miniature painting as long as you understand when it works for you and when it would only get in your way. In this tutorial, I'll explain my take on this painting technique and how I use it in my own hobby projects.
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Hey everyone! I hope you will find the video useful. Let me know if you have any questions! 😊
Very good!!
As a new painter who has been consuming a ton of painting videos, I have to say that this is far and away the best description that I have seen about zenithal highlighting. Not just how to do it, but why and what it's for. Thank you for this.
Thank you for watching and leaving this comment! Listening to my own videos, sometimes it is hard to know if they really make sense 😅 Great to hear that people actually find them useful and can get some value out of them :)
I really am thankful you showed not just the Zenithal but also what you did after with base coat etc. many videos describe the usefulness but this was the first that I’m seeing the technique and ball park where you want your model to be after you go to the next steps. Thank you! 🙏🏼
You're very welcome :) Great to hear that you found it useful!
Great video! I’m still very new to the hobby. Thank you for making it.
That was great! I’ve heard of a zenithal highlight in so many videos but no one actually explained it in a succinct way.
It's great to hear that you've found it useful 😀
Thought it was spelled "Xenithal" until I saw the title of the video. WHOOPS
Subscribed - Fantastic and clear to understand, I have dipped my toe in and out over the years with the painting but never fully committed to buying air spray etc but feeling this is the year I actually go a bit deeper with it. Thanks again
Welcome to the channel and to the deeper end of the hobby :) I hope you will enjoy it at least as much as I do :)
Great video! Curious to see if this works for sylvaneth kurnoth models!
Hi, great video. What I pick up you can almost never go wrong with zenithal highlighting?
Do you have a comparison between a miniature painted with Xpress/contrast paint and one done by the NMM method? I am curious what looks different/ better / worse. This is because I am doubting buying Xpress colors or game colors/model air.
Hey! Essentially, there are three options he way I look at it:
1. You paint the model with contrast paints - zenithal is a must.
2. You basecoat the model with your midtone and then both shade and highlight - zenithal is a big help
3. You highlight up from black - obviously, zenithal is not great for that :D
Point 3 is the traditional way for when you want to go for a display quality painjob with NMM for example, but you can do that with option 2 as well ( painters like Sergio Calvo use it as well).
In general contrast will look worse but it is faster and easier to do. Ideally, you combine both contrast and standard acrylics. They both have their uses and work better together than alone, imho.
Is it a good method for painting dwarfs and gyrocopters?
hi! What white couler do you use for the white zenithal ? Would like to try it. TY
Hello! My favorite one these days is vallejo air white. It barely needs any dilution and it is super smooth :)
This should work with black first and then something like leadbelcher right?
Technically, yes, depending on what you want to achieve. You mean you would spray the leadbelcher on top of the back instead of the white, or spray a white zenithal first and then leadbelcher?
@@ph3lansminiatures Leadbelcher ontop of the black instead of the white.
It can work but you will have a black without any metallic pigments in the shadows and metallic highlights on top. That's okay if that is what you are going for, but the more standard approach would be to do the white over the black, and then spray leadbelcher on top of that. This way you would have dark metallic shadows and bright metallic highlights. (works for something like the skeleton of an Imperial Knight for example)
@@ph3lansminiatures ty very much. My poor bank account with all these upfront purchases aha.