Airbrush Warhammer 40K Minis with Acrylic Artist Inks! Liquitex and Daler Rowney FW Inks
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Inks! Join me as I use acrylic artists inks to make some awesome looking basecoats on these warhammer 40k minis! These translucent inks have a ton of pigment and flow very nicely. They are ideal for use with an airbrush. When sprayed onto a pre-shaded surface, some very excellent transitions result.
This method of painting Warhammer minis has been talked about a lot recently and I had to give it a try!
I’m testing out Daler Rowney FW ink and Liquitex artist ink. Both seem to work well.
Step 1 Prime Black
Step 2 Highlight with White Ink
Step 3 Colored Ink!
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Cracking video. Liked and subbed. As hobbyists we could definitely learn from your "have a go" attitude. The highlights for me (excuse the pun) were; the white ink for pre-shading and that yellow crane is gorgeous. Love your work.
Thanks, and welcome to Goobertown! I probably have more test models around here than finished models. Lots of fun experiments to make videos out of :-)
I look forward to watching your experiments unfold! Hope you don't mind me asking but how do you think the inks would paint on with a manual brush?
@@goblinking2012 I haven't tried yet (more experimenting to do) but Vince Venturella seems to like them! czcams.com/video/vCOZjijoxcA/video.html
Awesome, thanks for sharing dude, I appreciate it. Got a feeling that inks will be my next hobby spend now. ;)
Thank you for this all-encompassing review. It inspired me to test some new things. I never used inks through the airbrush before.
BTW did you ever tried to use Daler Romney’s fluorescent acrylic inks through the airbrush? Does it have the same flow and consistency as usual inks?
It’s so nice to find a hobby youtuber that is so relaxed, just sharing info and isn’t selling their way as “the correct way” do to things, humble and their content isn’t like watching an energy drink commercial at a monster truck rally. Great stuff!
Hahaha "energy drink commercial at a monster truck rally." I know exactly what you mean.
Thanks for watching! I'm really glad that you're liking the channel, I'll keep making these videos :-)
I wonder who you could be referring to with that last comment.....I mean I'm not an energy drink scientist, but I do have an idea.
@@arinthel Yo Dawg?
@@GoobertownHobbies Dammit Kenny!
I definitely agree, I much prefer his more relaxed approach.
Your calm demeanor and methodical approach to painting minis makes me glad you're into this hobby and not murder.
Oh yeah, this hobby helps keep my mind off of things :-)
Awesome work, my friend. For me, the real winners were the smoothness of the liquid white pigment through the airbrush, and the vibrancy of the yellow. Paints that use granulated pigment just take so much work to get right, whereas this seems like it just wants to be sprayed! From one new channel to another, you're making amazing content! :)
Right? This stuff is great!
I've been a subscriber of yours for a little while now and I love it. Both of our channels are having a great month :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies GO TEAM ;)
I subbed you this very moment.
The cat footage was unnecessary and added nothing to the video. On the other hand, needs more cat.
Right on!
Wow! A+ video man. I've used some of the darker green liquitex ink through an airbrush for doing mossy/grime effects but I never even considered that something like a white ink would work so well. This is so much better than thinning white paint.
Thanks Jeremy! That white ink is a game-changer, have fun with it :-)
Hey Jeremy, I got here from your channel!
@@garfieldwithissuez Me too! Someone recommended this video in the comments section and I actually checked it out. Was not disappointed.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial - Huzzah,, great minds think alike.
The Bob Ross of mini painters. So glad I stumbled on this channel , sub'd .
Welcome! I'm very glad that you're here :-)
You should definitely check out the channel Paint on Plastic by Lincoln Wright. :P
@@GurtMcDirt That channel is great! I've been meaning to spend more time watching Lincoln :-)
I think he's an extremely underrated modeler over here. I know he lives in Japan and does a lot of conventions over there though.
I was thinking the same thing. Brent you have that calm "it's a nice little cloud' Bob Ross vibe.
:-)
Beautiful. What makes your vids so engaging is your modesty and your willingness to make mistakes. An inspiration, most of all for we perfectionists, who need to get out of our way more often and just have some fun.
Thanks for watching Mark! Yep, the only way to learn is to try new things and see what happens :-) I definitely stumbled on some fun ideas in this video that I'll use "for real" eventually.
YES THIS RIGHT HERE! Agree fully.
These videos are such a joy to watch. I love your risk taking approach combined with your calm manner in the videos. Just gives the most happy chilled vibes when viewing. Thanks for making these. The pigment discussions are also interesting and educational for me. Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks Johnny, I'm glad that you like watching this stuff! I appreciate the feedback, I'm aiming for calm and relaxing without being too boring :-) More of this stuff is in the pipeline!
I work pretty much only with inks during basecoating. Favorite stuff. One thing I love is if you've got ink left in the cup and you want to go back and pick out details like the tops of shoulders, you can mix a drop or two of white into your cup and mix it in there before going back. Prevents you from wasting ink you overestimated needing.
Thanks so much. I think I've grown as a painter since finding your channel. As others have said, you inspire less "this is how you should" and really got me into "just play around and find what you like"
Thank you, Brent
I really appreciate you taking some time to talk about airbrush safety. I feel like thats something that often goes unmentioned. From someone who lives in a small place with two cats, and just purchased my first airbrush, thanks a lot!
I just bought my very first of these, the Liquitex Deep Violet at 10:45, and I absolutely love it. This feels like it was MADE for my cheapo Harbor Freight airbrush, and I think it's probably the smoothest-to-use paint of any of the ones I've tried, even more so than the already-very-good Army Painter Air starters and Citadel Contrasts that I've tried. I absolutely intend to buy more of these inks, plus the airs and contrasts. Thank you so much.
Goober is changing the game with some of these tips, these inks look like they could be fantastic for my upcoming Squig army, keep up the good work Goober.
Ooooh, squigs would look great in some of these colors. Please let us know when you get some pictures of your squigs!
I've used the liquitex inks mixed with some plain acrylic medium and it has worked great for glazing and creating other similar effects. The layer is translucent and also works as "glass" or "crystal" effect when used with high gloss medium.
Awesome!! I've been meaning to do some experiments like this, I definitely be giving this a shot. I've got a variety of media around here waiting for some color :-)
Nice idea, thanks.
Looking forward to the series on pigment!
This was a Fun video to watch.
I'm looking forward to talking about pigments too :-) Once I've researched the topic enough to do the topic justice I'll start putting those out.
That white ink is like magic. Awesome!
Right? :-)
gonna be totally honest, that Carnifex with a blue carapace looks really cool. I hope you do finish that one and use the scheme to make a small Tyranid skirmish team at the very least. Love watching your vids and this is the best one I've seen around for airbrushing so far.
Honestly, your advice works for more than just miniature painting too. My fiance just doodles characters on her drawing tablet from time to time in order to practice the muscle memory. The practice she has gotten has helped her lineart feel much more alive than it used to be.
so you were "new to airbrush" in February, and then I watch your videos in December same year and the following month and I have say: wow. Not sure how much hours you spent to "practise" but the 100hours time lapse shows, you practised on a loooooot of models. Great development, and great motivation for someone who just started painting.
I've been watching back through your old airbrush videos as I recently got one myself, and this one got me thinking about all of the fountain pen ink I've got floating around from my last hobby. (I do still use my pens, but have put the brakes on getting new ink and paper for now😅)
There are some pretty interesting iridescent inks there that might be interesting to apply. I've got one for instance that is a dark blue normally, but if it gets dense enough turns into a iridescent red
Would love to see you do an absolute beginner's tutorial on how to start out with airbrushing. It's been something I've considered, on and off, for a couple of years now, but I've never taken the plunge. Since you seem pretty new to it as well I'd love to see you go through how you started out. Plus your videos are so nice to watch! Keep up the great work.
Thanks james! Yeah I may work on that someday, I feel like I need to learn just a little bit more first :-)
Painting with artists inks is a game changer, especially with an airbrush it's so easy to avoid some of the pitfalls of airbrushing with paints.
Totally agree! I'm so glad that we found out about these :-)
Great video! Helped me decide to get a set of the liquitex inks.
it's fun stuff!!! :-)
Have a lot of inks lying around which I can now use. Inspirational.
Over the past 2 months ive bought most of the Daler Rowney FW range. Great for making custom glazes and use in colouring illustrations.
Love your videos, Brent. The calm delivery and positive approach are appreciated.
I have to admit that I had never thought of airbrushing models with acrylic inks but the results are outstanding. I think the Thalo Blue would work very well as a base color for a Space Marine tank or APC. The Land Raider color is close enough to the Salamander scheme that I would finish it as such. After seeing the results a wash would really set off the color schemes. I will seriously think of using this method on a Rhino model I plan to build. Thanks for sharing this interesting and helpful tutorial.
I'm glad to hear that this is giving you ideas- these inks definitely have a ton of potential. Please let me know if you end up inking that rhino or anything else! :-)
Love that you did an inks video! Can't believe I missed it!
I plan on painting a white Tau army and have been experimenting with different recipes of off-whites. Definitely going to give white ink a try now.
Cool! I didn't give the gray ink (liquitex neutral gray) much screen time, but that might be worth looking into for your project as well.
Hi Brent, I do enjoy watching your videos I may say that A lot but I am a newer mini painter. Well I have not painted models in over 20 years so I have so much to re-learn! This is a rather old video so I imagine you have solved your blue highlight conundrum. If you are still looking for an ink answer, you might try a blue that is transparent, it will layer differently than ink with the white pigment,(like some cerulean) which tends to be opaque. You can also try to use color shift to highlight, go to a violet transparent ink for shifting your blue inks to lighter or darker! Just a splash can change an image drastically so I imagine it is the same for a mini? I hope to see more and learn more from you and your channel. Take care and be safe!
I love how vibrant these models came out. This is super cool.
Thanks! Yeah this is an awesome technique that I need to find some excuses to use. I have some dull browns and gray inks as well, but I felt like bright colors on the day I painted these :-)
Excellent video. It was really nice to see just how vibrant these inks are and how well they cover. I’ve previously heard about using the black and sepia tones from these ranges to make more economical Nuln oil but this was a really interesting look at wider application for these inks.
Thanks! Yeah i'm going to try to get some more use out of these colorful inks soon. I also still need to try the darker inks for making washes and doing weathering, but I've heard good things.
I really need to push myself my airbrush. This has been very inspiring, thank you.
I'm glad to hear that! I'm still learning the airbrush myself. Have fun airbrushing!!! :-)
I really love your videos. I don’t mean to take away from your ability when I say this, but your channel is very approachable. You’re not trying to be over the top, which I greatly appreciate. You’re obviously talented, but also just seem like a normal guy trying to help.
Thank you so much for investing in this experiment! Keep up the fantastic work!
Thanks!! Yeah there are tons of way better painters out there, so I try to contribute in other ways :-)
Its probably been answered a dozen times since; but, bone is a good highlight to many blues that arent too electric. If I recall, Old school Alaitoc Eldar and dire avengers were tastefully highlighted with bone/blue. I may be wrong on that, but bone does work to get creamy blue highlights, likely very useful on that tyranid. Great videos, and awesome exploration of the hobby keeping fun first. I felt great watching you and wanted to carry on with my own minis! Subbed!
Well done video! This is the best trial and error type video I’ve seen for using inks through an airbrush and you’ve answered a ton of my questions. Thank you!
Awesome! Yeah this was really helpful for me, I'm glad it was helpful for other folks as well :-)
Woohoo! Glad to see you crank out another high quality video!
And now, having watched it all the way through, I just want to say GREAT JOB! I'm loving the long-form, easy-delivery style you have. Love the cat. Love the laid back approach and nod to Bob Ross. Just love it! Keep it up!
Thanks for checking it out! and thanks for the encouragement :-)
This was super interesting, particularly how the white ink covered a black base coat. That alone is really useful information for the future. Also, I'm envious of that Kroot model at the end. I've been trying to find that one for a while now.
That white ink changes everything doesn't it? :-) I've been very lucky with a few craigslist scores- the gentleman with the Kroot hooked me up with a whole bunch of other cool stuff (like that big eisenhorn and the white dwarf). Anyway, that Kroot is all bagged up and sitting somewhere in my goobertown roulette treasure box, I hope I get to it someday!
I have to agree with you, I really like the color on the Phirana and the Venom!
Yeah! Just had to try them all out to see which ones were the best :-)
This is a great suggestion, I picked up some acrylic inks at the local art shop to try out on some new Daemons!
Nice! Have fun and let us know how they turn out :-)
But wich colors did you use to paint the cat? I'm loving the color scheme/pattern there.
Thank you so much for this. If nothing else the white for Zenithal is something everyone should switch to. It was so bad for me I always have a sponge moistened with airbrush cleaner so when the tip dry/clog happens every 30-45 sec using white primer and clean and be back in business relatively quickly (as quick as you can be having to do something so often that isn't your paint job.) Thanks again!
You bet! Yeah I was pretty stoked about that white ink :-) Have fun with it!
I recently also trying the DR white acrylic ink, it is awesome, it is my new go to white color, same reason as you.
Awesome video. Just what I needed.
Sweet- hope it helps!
Just wanted to say thanks. Being inspired by this video, I tried white ink for preshade highlighting for the first time today. It worked out just awesome!
Awesome! That white ink is some really good stuff. :-)
Thanks bought the white liquidex ink and it works like a charm!
The tanks both looked amazing as you were dropping the additional highlights. I really like the Space Marine Chapter Invaders and that color scheme was getting there so quickly.
Brent - thank you for publishing your experimentation with inks. I particularly liked the tiger stripes once you hit it with the more yellow highlight.
I'm so glad I decided to try out these inks. I was using Royal Talens' Amsterdam line of acrylic inks for zenithal highlighting. I was constantly getting a speckled texture at the transitions. I thought it was my technique or my airbrush that was causing the issue (I'm still a noobie painter). After switching to Liquitex, my transitions are coming out buttery smooth. Thanks for the tip!
one of the best videos out there!! thanks a lot!
I had to come back to this one Brent, a brilliant tour of the ink possibilities.
I've just bought a set of 6 plus BW, so tomorrow my Frostgrave Demons.
Thank you for the great videos.
I'm digging that phthalo green
very relaxing video, makes me want to get an airbrush and give it a try with pre shading
It's definitely fun- think about it! :-)
Way late to the party but I've found out the secret to get absolutely stellar effects from these inks is layering them: zenithal -> undercoat -> basecoat.
It's insane how vibrant a red you can get from undercoating with a yellow ink first, or even undercoat with a green in the shadows then yellow zenithal and finally red to get great shadows with a slight green tint that make the red pop even more!
I'm glad I found this video on inks! All I've done with them thus far is to add pigment to other paints/glazes! I haven't braved the airbrush yet!
9:02 the Dark eldar vehicles especially would look awesome with the scheme. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Yeah, that one really jumped out didn't it! Believe me, I'm thinking about it :-)
I just picked up some liquitex and for the zeniful highlights it works so good with minimal speckling
Right?? I love that stuff!!! :-)
This is so interesting and pleasant to watch! Thank you for continuing to create content.
Thanks so much for watching! I'll keep making content in this genre :-)
Wow, first time on your channel, and with this video, you just jumped into my top 10 mini painting channels. And I seriously can't wait for the pigment video!
Thanks, welcome aboard! I'll have to move the pigment video higher on my list (and brush up on some inorganic chemistry) :-)
you are really channeling Bob Ross here. Great and inspiring vid.
Thanks!! That's high praise :-) I'll try to keep making stuff with this vibe.
This was an awesome video, I love the “go for it “ attitude. Keep up the great work Brent! Liked and subbed.
Hey thanks Jeff! Welcome aboard :-)
Another thing i noticed about the Liquitex Ink(dont know about the Daler kind) but the Liquitex flows off the airbrush REALLY nice, It makes painting white parts really easy. Plus they are all really strong, They have become my go-to for painting my AT models since the colors are so bright and vibrant.
For a warm yellow scheme, start with a "dark pink" base coat, like of the color of Pepto Bismol but a little deeper. Then do zenithal highlighting with white. Finally, spray on a layer of transparent yellow.
Interesting! I've never heard of this before, I really want to try it. Do you have a picture or a video to check out?
I don't have photos that show each step, but I could get started on a sample miniature for that purpose.
@@strangetonic I might give it a shot myself in the next week or two. That sounds like a fun trick, I'm sure I could work that into a video someday :-) I have Stynyylrez dull pink airbrush primer, I might give that a try as the basecoat.
@@GoobertownHobbies I Googled "Stynyylrez dull pink", and on my screen it looks like the perfect "dark Pepto Bismol" color.
Also, Golden's line of acrylic inks are called "high flow acrylics". The sell a product called "high flow medium", which is basically clear ink. You can use that with inks in the same way that you would mix Citadel washes with Lahmian Medium, i.e. to make their color less intense.
Great vid. I'm sure i need inks in my life now!
Just got my self that white fw ink from Michael's.... hyped to try it out
Great video Brent! I really appreciate your style and approach to explaining the products. I'm looking forward to seeing more tests.
I just picked up some winsor and Newton inks for glazing but I will definitely pick up more now I've seen this
Excellent!! Have fun :-)
Very informative video! Glad someone has finally said something about pigments and the size of . professional video !
Thanks for showing those inks, I bought the white one for zenithal preshading, but wanted to try more colours...and now it will be easier to choose colours after I saw how they look on models.
Watching this now. You should try this but instead of highlighting, shade it with a darker ink mixed with matte medium. I wonder if it would sharpen up the deeper recesses.
Huge shout outs this video! Huge colors! Huge learning! Keep it up dude.
Thanks! This was tons of fun :-)
I just want to say that I have enjoyed this video immensely - especially sciency bits. I am waiting for a followup on pigments. Great job!
Thanks! The pigment episode will be fun :-)
Between this and the Grot speed painting. I'm now subscribed. Great stuff!
Welcome aboard!!!
Man these thalos!!! I am so jealous. Also very useful video, will give these a shot, especially the white ink
Hehe, I actually used a few of those talos in a game last month :-) Have fun with the inks, that white ink really is amazing!
Thanks for the review .. I was hesitant to get FW paint
You're welcome- have fun with it! :-)
Omg this is funny this popped up now! Ive thought of this years ago but never tried to actually do this! Love it!
It's worth trying :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies i will for sure with gundam models i build!
Really love your video and your channel! You have such an easy-going and humble approach that makes your videos really enjoyable. Thanks!
Thanks so much! I'm glad that people are liking these, I'll keep making them :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies I have since gone through and watched some more of your videos. Really enjoyable! Keep the positive vibes flowing :) I now feel motivated to sit down with my Genestealer Cult for a painting and orientation meeting for the new members ;)
With some of the green/blue ones, they work rather well if you want a ghostly look. Give a good layer of white first and thin the blue or green inks (you want the brighter blues and greens, even to a more yellow-green on that end) and pretty much use a heavily thinned ink and basically treat it as a wash over the thing before then picking out things for other painting.
I've been wanting to step into inks, so this was great to see! I remember seeing someone spraying transparent inks over an undercoat like you did, but the pre-shading was colored. (both Red and green over blue shadows with yellow highlights) I tried out the red and liked it a lot- instead of just changing values from dark to light it also changed the temperature from warm to cold. It would be neat to see you do similar experiments with colored shading.
Colored pre-shading is very interesting to me! It's definitely on my list to try- and if it turns out well I'll make a video! Someone else in the comments mentioned using pink with a white zenithal under yellow... Very intriguing...
Loving your videos, Brent. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Doug! That means a lot to me, I'll keep making these :-)
I really found this informative as I’m a newbie on the airbrush
Glad to hear it :-) I'm a newbie also, but the basics are actually pretty easy once you get going. Have fun!
This is a great idea for just trying something out. I have issues getting started sometimes, but if I go into it with the attitude that this doesn't have to be the final product, I'd probably get more minis painted.
I was just sitting there procrastinating today, but this video really put me in the mood to some painting! got the whole night ahead of me now :)
thanks for making such awesome videos!
i had some liquiitex ink and was hesitating if i can use for my miniature, now definitely i will give it a try... thanks for the video. Awesome!
11:06 Oi! I see what you glued onto that SoB rhino!!!! That's a BattleFleet Gothic Imperial Fighter bay
WHOA! I didn't know that, this particular model is one that I got from ebay :-) Thanks for the identify!
Hey man, just liked and subscribed. Really loved your attitude towards the hobby and that you just had some fun. Keep up the good work!
Welcome! I'm glad you're here. More videos like this are under construction :-)
FW dark green is defiantly on my short list for my Eldar army. Looks great.
Great video and very interesting! When using the opaque inks, if you thin them down with whatever thinner you use for airbrushing, it will help with the transparency and keep the pre-shade. As for blue, you could always use a bone/khaki color to highlight it if you want to do something different. Again, great video!
Glad you liked it, and thanks for the tips! There's a whole lot of stuff I want to try once I start thinning down these inks :-) I'll try the bone too!
Great video! Thanks so much!
Right on! Thanks for watching :-)
Love love love! I'm a big fan of acrylic artist inks with a brush too. At the release of this video, Michaels has a 40% off sale going on for fine arts supplies too!!
Thanks! I almost ordered from Michaels online because of that 40% off deal, but they were only selling the inks in 2-packs. Maybe I should stock up on a few colors...
I'll have to check out your channel later tonight, I'm seeing some topics that I like :-)
@@GoobertownHobbies I stocked up :)
@@CraftsAndMinis Hahahaha, niceeeeeee
Ink is amazing!
The models look cool even before you add the colored ink. Some cool shading with that white ink.
Oh yeah! the grayscale transitions are tons of fun :-)
I just subbed to your channel I really like your video. your humor is great keep it up.
Thanks! Welcome aboard :-)
Damn You! Now I have an assortment of inks coming my way for use on my armies! I need to stop watching your super-awesome videos! They inspire me waay too much! :-)
Damn, I wish I would of seen this long ago. Those ink examples are really useful. Thanks!
All my "Reds" sometimes come out with what I see as orange. My Necromunda Goliaths came out Orange with "Model Air Vallejo Ferrari Red". Its a nice orange and I kept it. Decided I would keep the red color pallet for weapon blood effects.
The Army Painters Warpaints "Pure Red" also comes out kind of orange. Their "Dragon Red" and "Vampire Red" are really nice reds.
Whoa, just saw this comment! The Yellow - orange - red range is interesting. With these inks the scarlet came out looking way more orange than red, and there's a yellow-orange color that end up looking solid yellow when it's applied. I have the armypainter warpaints line, and I find the same thing that you do with some of those reds. Just gotta try it out and get experience I guess! :-)
Your videos inspired me to buy an airbrush, ive been experimenting with a zenith highlights on some poxwalkers... really happy with the results!
This is a really cool thing to use for people who need to spray vehicles and buildings.
Yeah! I'll need to try it on some terrain soon :-)
Very interesting. Please do make that video about pigments ^___^ I would be very interested in hearing about different pigments and how they work
Couple of tips for highlighting blue: highlight with shades of off white - pinkish, greenish or yellowish - on organic blues such as Tyranid carapaces for a shellfish-esque transition. Shade these areas with dark purple or brown rather than dark blue.
I would be tempted to paint my (3D printed) electronic enclosures/boxes like this... would certainly improve their look... nice video by the way...