How I Pretend to be a Miniature Painter
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In this video I show you the 10 step process I use to fake being good at miniature painting.
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Plus mixed media a form of fine Art of using various paints is a thing. So yah you can mix using different paints and a miniature is already a mixed media piece as the based is made from different materials.
Is that an AV model? From what month? I like it and want to print it.
@@rayslover8526 this month. Check out the ad spot in the video 😄
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I don't watch paying the most attention. CZcams is usually background noise while I'm working my day job. I'll have to go download it, I'm a patreon of theirs.
One thing before applying the oil wash do you apply any varnish, as when ever I try this I seem to take off the base colour, or am I just being to heavy handed, please help, thankyou
This may be the best video on mini painting in a while. It's totally spot on and covers probably 99% of us that just paint minis because we love to.
I'll second that!
Thirded (if that’s a word?)
Fourded. Because making new words is fun!
Fifthed. Or I’ll have a fifth. Maybe plead the fifth? I dunno, I liked it too!
I agree and I paint exactly like this myself. I create my videos for people who just want to have minis that are not grey. You are amazing at making terrain and I could never make what you do to the level you do but I will still try.
"They always impress people outside of the hobby space"
Oh, man. I feel that one.
People outside are always impressed just because they never even tried to paint. It is much easier than they think.
When I showed my new girlfriend some of my painted minis she thought they were amazing. Then I showed her the work of true artists and she said "wow, they are so much better than you!" now every new painted mini I do gets it "yeah it's okay" lol.
Everybody in my DnD group who doesn't paint thinks I'm like a painting extraordinaire, when compared to the some of the painters on CZcams, I'm trash
Usually, I wait for the end of the video to click like button.
But this, this sentence, was the moment I liked this video immediately!!
My dad was like "Wow you could make a business selling these they are so good looking". Thanks dad, but you have no idea.
As someone who is a perfectionist, and literally started painting her first mini yesterday...after watching MANY videos.... Thank you for this. It makes me realize that I might not want to start this hobby off my being to hard on myself and ruin the who point of a hobby. This is SO very appreciated!
What did you paint?
Hey Mandy, a tip: Don't ever repaint or get rid of that first mini you did. Save it as a "This is where i started" reference. I know several professional painters who do this for a living. I'm talking Highest Tier competition level patiners. Only 3 of them have saved their first painted mini and are super thankful that they did. They have them on "display pedistals" in their homes. The rest of these painters almost cries when asked about saving their first, because they didn't, and regret it badly. So do save it and don't repaint it. Also: Write the Year-Month-Day on the underside and sign it. You're welcome.
This!! I just started, too. But unlike with any other hobbys I love, I didnt watch any videos before. Just started and chatted with some more experienced people. But that was it. I love the outcome, but i don't know whether the results hold up to community standards.
Perfection is the enemy of the artist. It prevents us from actually finishing what we want. The most important thing is to get your minis done in whatever imperfect state they are in. They'll never be perfect. Just paint them and get them done. You'll be happier for it.
i dont do miniature painting but honestly, the message of this video is just a nice reminder no matter what. anything worth doing is worth half assing if the alternative is not doing it at all !!
Apply msg to all arts and crafts
"Anything worth doing is worth half assing if the alternative is not doing it at all."
A quote for the ages!
I had to stop watching mini painting CZcams for a bit because it felt like I was so far away from being able to use most of the advice I was seeing. Then eventually I got to a place where I'm happy with my skill level. I don't paint to win awards, I paint to make my game table look cool, and I feel like my table looks pretty cool these days. Now I can enjoy those videos for what they are and not beat myself up over it.
"OUTSTANDING !!!" Enjoy your life. Enjoy your art. Just keep practicing . . . you'll get enough experience points to reach the next eventually.😀😇
Right on point ,took me awhile to realise that.....but watching my minis I'm proud of them like you said my table looks cool too,and the few people I've shown are impressed but I kept comparing to pros.....they have been painting probably thousand of minis and 10 15 or 20 years .....we can't compare we can just admire and for sure I took a couple technique from them and I'm ok with them ....got too many minis to worry ...just gotta paint them then you get better.....you get your own style
You are an inspiration. Staying real and down to earth. We don’t need another “slapchop” video. We just want to have fun in our hobby, and you excite us to do so.
Your no bullshit approach to the hobby is the reason why we keep coming back to your channel! You are the one who taught me to minimize my tremors while painting, to stop being afraid of failure and to accept working at my skill level without comparing myself constantly to professionals. I really appreciate your content and you have helped me a lot on my journey. So thank you!
Oooh, how do you minimize your tremors? That's a major problem for me. Does he have a video on it?
This advice is so accurate. I taught mini painting & color theory as part of a teen STEM class last week and they were all worried about details & accuracy at first. Teaching them skills like dry brushing so it "looking good at arm's length is fine" was a game changer for them.
Not only that, but no one is picking up and looking closely at your 25th Space Marine. My rule for striking the balance is to paint hero and major villain characters with a bit more detail, and speed paint the minions/troops.
As a fellow Winnipeger, I gotta say I take pride that you're from the same frozen wasteland. Your videos got me into Terrain, and then gave me the guts to try mini painting next. Really appreciate the way you talk about painting with normal human language!
Same here man! I found this channel years and years ago, and then when he did that video with him driving to the dollar store I went "Wait a minute... that area looks familiar!"
Edmontonian here, glad to see some Canadian hombres represent!!!
I started my mini painting journey by following your beginner playlist. seeing you talk about this is very refreshing, as I am always worried that im "not good enough."
I've watched a ton of your videos, for a long, long time. One of things I've *always* appreciated and *will* always appreciate; is your integrity. You don't bullshit. You don't fake shit. You just give your take and do what you love. Cheers for authenticity mate.
The part of this video that really stuck out to me was, the bit about mixing contrast paints and speed paints on the model. You honestly don't know what is going to work for you until you try. The beauty of uniqueness is that it may work for you and not everyone else. It's about having fun and what YOU want to see, not what everyone else wants to see. Let them chase their preference while you focus on yourself :). Fantastic message here!
Was using Goober's video for "slap-chopping" since I had ~500 unpainted D&D minis. This video gave me a couple more tools/ideas for when I get to the Large/Huge/Gargantuan minis, since some of the steps aren't really feasable at Medium or smaller minis. So far I've done nearly 100 since christmas, without having painted minis before, and yeah don't look too close 'cause they're not great, but in a game setting and at that scale they're perfect. Beats the hell out of flat, gray pieces on the gaming board for sure.
I love seeing your process of mini painting. Unlike a lot of processes it actually looks achievable for beginners
I recently took up D&D, I always wanted a 3D printer, now I have an excuse.
I learned some basic techniques from your channel and got to work.
100+ mini's later, I'm feeling pretty good about what I've done.
Dude, this video spoke volumes to me, the guys I DM for are blown away each time with the next wave of weird and wonderful enemies.
Keep up the good work 👍
I like the incredible artists like Sergio Calvo and Squidmar and the like, but I also really like stuff like this. There's a place for all levels of skill in this hobby!
Thank you for being a voice of reason in a hobby that often gets too caught up in dos and don'ts, usses and themses. :)
There is a handful of hobby channels I know I will enjoy no matter what the latest video is about, and you have been on that list for a loong time. Not changing anytime soon!
Thanks again!
TRUTH!!! Thank you for speaking it! I tried so hard to paint every mini to a masterpiece and it just resulted in a giant pile of unpainted grey minis, lol. I just recently bought some AP speedpaints and tried the "slap chop" method and Holy crap! I got a whole box of minis painted and they look good!! Why have I been wasting so much time and effort?!? Ain't nobody got time to compete for a golden demon or crystal brush, haha!
Love it! Fantastic advice for painters of ALL skill levels. I've been working on spending LESS time on miniatures and giving myself permission to stop when it's "done enough". It was also cool seeing your scroll past one of our videos :D
Dude, I thought you were already a speed painting master!?
@@BandaInku That's Ben :D This is Mike, Banda. Can't you tell us apart??? haha
"It's okay to paint models badly." I've come to the same conclusion after (almost) 25 years in the hobby. And I wish I understood it sooner (much sooner). Those words should be spoken to everyone who play with miniature. Thank for spread them!
I've been painting and model making for almost 25 years. I also teach painting at the local hobby store where I work. The first thing I tell all of the people who come in to learn is exactly what you said, "Mistakes are okay, the most important part of the hobby is to have fun. If you painted a crappy or okay miniature, but had a good time doing it, that's all that matters."
Your videos always have a very down-to-earth take on hobby crafting for tabletop. Keep doing what you do!
This is what first drew me to your channel ages ago -- empowering people to try, despite the skill level, and to have fun with it anyway. You got me into foam terrain crafting. I've been dreading getting back into mini painting (but I have SO MANY unpainted minis, I feel I need to). This was just the thing to inspire me into action, getting them done, rather than trying for perfection. Thanks again!
Omg thank you for posting this!!! I was feeling overwhelmed with the "perfection" of mini painting. Makes me feel better to know it's not just me that says it's good enough!
This video is why you are one of my favorite painters. You make it seem possible. Yeah, I watch the others too, but sometimes what they do is so awesome that it just seems like I'm not doing a good job. Dry brushing is my favorite way of pretending!
Honestly this is great to hear. I’ve really gotten into painting miniatures recently and I feel like I need to constantly be improving and trying to get professional results. This reminds me of why I even started painting in the first place
Painters got crazy good during lockdown, definitely easy to get overwhelmed by people showing 80 hours of work in a 10 minute video. I’ve always appreciated how easy it is to apply ideas from these videos into craft builds.
This video was spot on! I think a lot of us get caught up in wanting to be the best mini painter, with the newest technique and best skill set. A lot of beginner painters (myself included) feel like if it’s not equivalent to Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, it’s absolute garbage. But it’s important to remember what the main point of a hobby is: to let us have fun and create something that we can totally call our own! Thank you so so much for the tutorial on speed paints, shading, and most importantly for the reminder to let us have fun with our creations!
You're right. I got too into watching Miniac & Ninjon which led me to watching Jose Davinci, Angel Giraldez etc. I'm going back to watching more of you and the Goobs.
Best painting video ever. How you want to paint for the return you want is so spot on. Everyone does it differently and you have to find the style you like. You don’t have to put 100s of hours into a miniature to put it on the table to play/use it but if that is what you want there in nothing wrong with it. I always say experiment with different things. Painting miniatures is an art and like all art it is the painter who says when it is done and good.
It's so refreshing to hear takes like that compared to some professional painters on the big channels ripping appart speedpaints and stuff like that. THANK YOU!
I started painting miniatures in 1968, and went to model shops in London to look at the Napoleonic and Empire 54mm figures. These painters encouraged me and gave hints and tips, we worked with enamals and artists oils which can give a beautiful finish, horses look great. The problem was the drying time, dark blue oil takes for ever, so we welcomed the coming of water based paint. However, my painting style varies to what I'm painting at the time. You make some great points in this video and it will help a great many people.
Grisaille is what old master oil painters used. I learned it in college (for illustration) using Paynes Grey and White for the underpainting, then glazing color. It was one of my favorite ways to paint on canvas, so I'm likely going to love it on models as well! (Still working on pushing the whites on my underpainting as most of my models are ending up quite dark)
Thanks Jeremy for this wonderful breakdown of a process that is easy to follow, pushes boundaries for starters and shows what the hobby could be all about! I've been experiencing the same tendency of many of trying to achieve the photo-worthy quality of models I'd seen in Citadel army books, magazines and game shops. It really is all about the fun and intended goal of your own hobby skills, and this reminder (and permission to yourself) is a very freeing message.
PREACH IT!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video and ... so well done! Excellent approach to addressing the subject and encouraging painters at every skill level to keep grinding on and ENJOY the process.
I absolutely love the mentality you and your buddy Brent are down with. The hobby shouldn't only be for the rich or super talented. The more we open ourselves and our loved hobbies the more we are going to get out of them. You guys are doing the work of the gods. Keep it up.
Awesome video, and I agree with pretty much all of it! I'd even say it's required viewing for those who get discouraged! I recently adopted UV craft resin and love it. I didn't have fishing line on hand for drool in a recent project, but did have some thin fiber optic (I put lighting in some models) and it worked about the same.
Thank you for posting this video. There is a saying I was told many years ago when I began scale model building and painting miniatures. "Build to your own Satisfaction, and not to the Expectations of others" Which you echo in your video regarding painting as well. I am looking forward to viewing your past and future videos. Thanks again. 👍
I'm a tattoo artist and the comments you made about shading first is spot on and exactly how I approach a tattoo 😁
I'm not a model painter, but I watched this video to the end. The advice and philosophy is spot on, and applies to all forms of art and craft. Perfection is the enemy of progress. Don't worry about the product not being perfect. Just do the work... and do it again and again. By doing, you will advance and your work will become better.
When this started out as a 10 step program I was afraid I would need to sign up for a free webinar or some shit. But instead its a great mini painting tutorial video with the message that really needs to get out there. Have fun. Good job man.
This is video is so true, especially if you "only" want to get your army "table ready". One thing I found out is, that a simple base (really simple like put glue on a base and dipp it in sand) pushes your table-ready minis even further.
I painted my whole Steel Legion Army this way: Sand base coat, metal parts in silver, armor in dark grey, pants in blue, leather parts brown, light tone/dark tone wash - done! And they look awesome!
1. Glad for a return to “the basics”, feels very classic BMC.
2. Throwing shade at gate keeping clowns. Niceeeeeee.
I needed to hear this. I have MS.. and with this last Flair up has made it were how I use to paint , I am not able to paint like that.. so I kinda just stop painting.
Keep going! I battle with my tremors constantly, and they are getting progressively worse. That just means I need more grime to hide my mistakes.
Once again, you make an aspect about this craft feel attainable by the common hobbyist who isn't getting paid to do so. After all the heartache that I've been hearing from WoTC and OGL, it is so refreshing to see one aspect of this hobby still giving me joy. THANK YOU!!!
Painting is a zen experience for me. The pursuit of skill isn't remotely a factor. I like it to look nice, but it doesn't need to be some masterpiece, it's like gardening. I do it for the fulfillment of a finished product at the end, and because I enjoy the path there.
I gotta say, this has been one of the most fun/entertaining "How to Mini" videos I've watched in a long time. I love watching the "pro painting" vids sure, but I love the message behind this video that it's not about "Superior quality" its about enjoying yourself and having fun.
Oi! don't scare me like that! :-) Outstanding video dude, the big chonker looks pretty dang cool.
Always love your mini painting videos, but this one is tops!
Yeah: just have fun, get things on the table for friends, and make some badass memories!
This made me smile and feel encouraged. Thank you for that. I've recently been dabbling in doing models and just winging it, however I've had friends tell me there are things I should and shouldn't be doing. I love this method, and I love the way you've shown that its OK to do what you want and not follow any crazy master painter strategies and that hey, it's OK to be Lazy in painting if you want to be. Cheers to you!
Thank you for your straightforward and honest approach without glaring bias and brand loyalty. I appreciate the help.
(Didn't watch video yet.) FINALLY the TRUTH comes out about the esteemed Black Magic Craft! I always knew this day would come.
This is one of the major reasons I follow your videos - you're down to earth and encourage those of us who are starting out and/or have little talent. I'm not a pro painter; I never will be - tbh, I don't want to be. But having people like you encourages me to want to paint just for the enjoyment it gives me, not someone else.
"you are getting stuff done and having a good time doing it and that's all it matters" man - i love that quote
i just started mini painting and i have been following your channel for months. love your content
I have people, who dont really paint or know what kind of detail is possible, look at my work and ooh and aah. I used to try to tell them, "it's all tricks and simple techniques". Deer in headlights, "nope your some kind of master" or some other nonsense. Now I just smile say thankyou and keep pumping our OK to OK+ stuff, its fun and I wanna play games!!! Great Video, spot on.
More beginner oriented / friendly content please. Even remaking old videos with updated info or minor changes. Hunting for old content actually takes my kids across newer high skill floor concepts first. Keep bringing the “ you can, and should, just do it” content
You make amazing artwork. I love your videos
Very much appreciate the video. I dread painting so much and find it such a barrier to feeling satisfied with crafting. I hope to take your methods here and get painting down to manufacturing-level efficiency. A fun game with minis is more about the story, lore, and mental exercise than about impressing someone with a great paint job. Even having a showcase of miniatures interferes with sorting them by armies and having them all together if you have a lot. I'd just be glad to have most of my regularly used common stuff treated like NPCs and the custom-built stuff can have a little more detail, but their weapons, mounts, armor, and other implements are more important than how they glisten in sunlight.
“Permission to suck” is incredibly freeing. Thanks for making this!
as someone who literally started miniature painting this week and has never held a paint brush before I appreciate this video not only was it helpful but its
always nice too be reminded how fun the hobby can be and not how bad you are at it
This is just what about 99% of the painters need. Just have fun and make it as cool as possible. That's why we do the hobby!
“…Don’t be caught up in those diminishing returns.” Gold.👌
thank you for appreciating my work! I hope to keep surprising you. Congratulations for the video, it's great! :D
You are a wizard!
I love speed painting a bunch of minis at once for DnD. It might not be the best paint jobs out there but shades and dry brushing make your minis look great on the table. And my friends love them and enjoy using them for our sessions, and that's all that matters to me as a painter.
Great ideas.
Small thing: Wet blending is super simple -- in fact during the section you stated "ain't nobody got time for that," you're literally wet blending. So -- yes you do have time for that and it looked great! Good job!
Another wonderful video! I love that you are about fun and creativity not living up to someone else’s standard. I came to mini painting via mixed media art and I really love the washes I get using Golden fluid acrylics. Especially Nickel Azo Gold and Dioxazine Purple mixed and watered way down.
This is definitely one of my favorite videos of yours. I'm very much a "tabletop ready" style painter. I'm usually hitting a three step process of base coat, details, and wash. Then if I'm feeling froggy I'll dry brush stuff, or add gore, or something else.
But just the more down to earth talking in this video really makes me happy. Primarily because I could show this to some friends who are like "I suck" and be like "Hey man. Check out this video. It's good."
One of my favorite tricks that I've picked up (especially for Reaper models that may or may not react well to spray primers) is to mix craft paint with some Folk Art glass and tile medium. When thinned with a little water, it'll actually preshade your model for you while priming it. Then drybrush a color on and you have an amazing undercoat in whatever color your primer happened to be.
Then just glaze stuff on until done. Looks great, and I don't have to put in a ton of effort.
This vid made me feel so good.. The no bs approach to the hobby and it just totally sums up how I approach mini painting these days given time constraints with every day life. Back in the day I would get obsessed with detail, struggle to get through miniatures, Ide produce amazing detail, but super slow progress and now I'm all about best results with minimum effort. it's so much more satisfying for someone like me.
I love your explanation of the Law of Diminishing Returns. BRILLIANT !
I really love this video, both the explanation of all the steps and the encouragement! I have barely started with the hobby, and while I like it so far and found some helpful videos for getting started, they are indeed very intimidating and I'm getting scared of painting a great miniature too bad so easily, that I'm barely brave enough to start on one. Thank you so much!
This was a great great vid. Wholly agree with the sentiment of this. Its very easy to go down a rabbit hole of Tier 1 grade painting, and then feel frustrated when yours looks nowhere near, and if you dont have literally 50 hours to spend painting 10% of a mini, it just ends up demoralising. Clean simple good looking is all most people are really after.
This video was soooo needed. Thanks for not taking yourself and the hobby too seriously.
@6:49 - "you don't have to be particularly perfect ...... it's good enough" - this quote is what I work by. Since I only paint table top/ CMON minis I find there is no point comparing my work to CZcamsrs who, 99% of the time, are painting GW models to a display standard.
And the final comments about the ratio of effort : improvement @13:30 are spot on. I stopped painting for over a year when I didn't see much difference between my first minis and my last minis. Then after sorting out my collection I realised my first were pretty damn good so it wasn't a bad level to stick at, considering I paint really slowly and have limited time to allocate towards getting it done.
As someone in art school working to become an oil painter, i found a good lot of the times painting minis as a hobby becomes so much like schoolwork with the pressure and mindset ive unintentionally set to paint minis perfectly.
For a while building minis felt more fun than the painting itself and the unpainted shame pile grew, recently I took a shot in the dark and bought a bunch of contrast paints and honestly im never going back. Contrast paints, technical paints, airbusing, and sfx paints made mini painting feel more like a fun hobby again than being caught up with having to think about every miniscule detail.
If anything it goes hand in hand with my paintings for my classes as being able to loosen up a bit with mini painting also helped me loosen up and not focus too hard about the tiniest details for my large scale canvas paintings!
At the end of the day im painting minis to have fun, this video really helped remind me of that! Thanks!
One of the useful tricks I've found as a painter is acrylic paint doesn't cure as soon as it touches the model. So if you make a mistake and touch a part of the model that you have already painted if you have a brush already wet you can usually wipe off the mistake if you are quick, within a few seconds, too long and it will start to leave a ring, though sometimes you can still get that off with a bit more work. It is usually much faster than repainting the area, especially if that would require you to do a few layers on it. This works even better with shade/contrast paints with their longer working time. I even sometimes intentionally do this with small nooks and crannies where I've already painted the outer area just paint the inner area not worrying about hitting the outer section and then wipe off the inevitable mistake.
I was completely overwhelmed when I started playing 40K. I had a whole army of Tau staring me down and needed to be table ready. But your tutorials over the years inspired me to give it a try and the simple steps of basecoat, detail, wash, pick out highlights allowed me to batch paint a ton of minis.
I found some great rattle cans of close to Desert Tan (a little lighter bc I knew I was gonna wash it in Seraphim Sepia and/or Agrax Earthshade) and sprayed everything down as a base coat. Then I picked out some details I wanted to uniformly highlight (blue and red lights/lenses, metals, burnt orange for rank insignia) and got to work. Then a coat of Seraphim Sepia, and then touch up details and dry brush with a tan that's closer to the desired Desert Tan, and they were good enough! I got enough complements from players that the scheme reminded them of military ACUs that I felt the paint scheme was successful.
Later on the Stealth Suits I experimented with adding a stipple pattern of 2 more browns over the top of the tan base similar to the actual ACU pattern and they looked even better! The paint job was sloppy at best, but it didn't matter. I focused my time on steadying my hand for painting details like lenses and metallic elements and accent markings in a somewhat uniform rank insignia fashion, and it looks great from a distance. Yeah, I'm not winning any Golden Demons any time soon, but this sloppy (yet careful) method allowed me to put a lot of paint on a lot of minis in a relatively short time.
With that practice under my belt, I've since used the same methods as detailed in your video here to paint up minis for DnD. With the only difference being: paint outwards from the hardest to reach spaces to the easiest. If you're new or don't have a steady hand, this helps immensely with mistakes. It's easier to cover them up with the next layer as you move outwards to easier to access areas. Base coat like that, wash with Agrax if you want shadow, Sepia if you want a dirty look, then go over the highest areas with your original colors to bring back the brightness. Avoid the deepest recesses so you can still get the illusion of shadow. Then paint your details and you're done. Take it to the next level and distract people from your semi-pro paint job with a little basing material and a couple of Woodland Scenic grass tufts and suddenly everyone thinks you're freakin Squidmar Miniatures because they don't know how much technique it takes to paint like those pros.
Your point about diminishing returns is 1000% accurate. Get steady enough to paint inside the lines, wash, highlight or drybrush, and then pick out a few details. It'll be table ready in better quality than the prepainted WOTC or Pathfinder minis already, which is good enough for the DnD session.
One of your best videos to date, thanks so much! I love planning and building dioramas, but I often struggle at the painting stage, especially when I compare myself to other CZcamsrs.
But I recognise that perfect is the enemy of good, so I’m not going to waste time on perfecting painting techniques that have diminishing returns for me.
While I love watching other miniature painters gain mastery of these techniques that’s not where joy lives for me in this hobby. I know I’ll never be a master wet-blender, but I really enjoy goofing around with pigments, washes, enamels and texture paints.
great honest video, been painting since the late 80's and you are 100% on the mark for this, enjoying the hobby and process is more important than anything else, great easy effects you've detailed. Great job.
"Don't get caught up in diminishing returns"
Man, this one hit home hard.
This is my favorite mini painting video. Using oils and epoxys are two steps further than I go, but am glad to see people promoting layman's painting.
I think this is good advice for almost any modeling hobby when it comes to painting model kits. Very on point with the "diminishing returns" thing.
Hands down the best miniature painting video on CZcams.
Great message and absolutely spot on. The affordable washes and effects paints out there now make it so much easier to get good results that get your figures on the tabletop.
Finding this channel is single handedly responsible for me realizing some of my ambitions about stuff I've wanted to build for Heroclix(the only game I've played with miniatures so far but its my entry into the whole idea of minis) and this video I think perfectly summarizes why--Dude you're all about keeping this stuff reasonable, even the impressive stuff. On one end, my big ambition(building a heroclix scale Asgard, including Odin's palace with various rooms from the comics and movies as well as other structures) there's Zorpazorp with his Minas Tirith with the scale and ambition to make something huge happen. On the other end is you my dude, with the tutorials and how to's and all the videos about technique and just making stuff that takes the anxiety out of figuring out how. And that is maybe the more important thing to have. Channels awesome. You're my favorite mini/terrain guy on CZcams. One day soonish I hope I can show off my Realm Eternal which I won't be able to do with your work.
Thanks Black Magic craft for another great video. Really like the message you are getting across in this video. I have a large back log of models myself and this mind set I will take into practice more often. I like to paint every detail and get it to perfection but it takes time and effort that slows me down. You are totally right amount of time and effort after the first few steps does seem to return little in the end from a table top piece that will be looked at from afar or in a unit with others. I need to up my game with those oil paints, technical paints and not worry about every detail but pick out a few.
PREACH Brother!!!! I started about a year ago any your channel was the first one I came across and probably should have just stayed right there but this is awesome, someone finally called it for what it is "a hobby." THANK YOU
This is an AWESOME video! I get that lots of folks love all the fiddly, “advanced” techniques and mini painting CZcamsrs would, of course, need to show those. It’s their passion, after all, and they need content for their channel. For me, THE GAME, is the focus, not the mini - those are just tools. If I’m making a bookcase, THAT is the focus, not my saws, planers, etc.
Really enjoyed this video! I’ve gotten a bit caught up in “improving” my painting and even though I still want to get a little better, this mindset helps relieve stress and anxiety! Thanks for the video!
That has got to be the best painting vid I have seen in a long time!!! I watch many of the "pros" on CZcams and enjoy their stuff but I also realize I don't have the talent they do or the time. I can't devote hours a day to painting and I don't have GW or other companies sending me free stuff to paint, I need to work to pay for my toys and then need to paint them so I can play with them.
Many of the techniques you talk about I have been doing for years and finally realized they are good enough for 99% of everything I paint. The folks in my gaming group don't paint so anything I can paint to use it much appreciated and loved. GOOD ENOUGH! I do have a few models that I spend time on and practice all the things the "pros" talk about because I do want to get better and I even find that I have found ways to take some of the stuff they talk about and do it faster to make my stuff look just a little better without a huge increase in time spent.
It is after all a hobby and we should enjoy it!
Amazing job! This has to be one of my favorite videos! Reinvigorated me to get back to mini painting. Great job on the mini painting btw!!!
I run a game shop and I have referred new painters to Black magic Craft and Goobertown Hobbies all the time. You guys lay it out simply and are fantastic for inspiring new painters to get some paint on models.
This makes me feel much better about my own skill level, and feel more confident stepping in to learning new parts of the hobby. From mini painting to just starting basing and starting terrain crafting
Love the approach to the message here. Well done and put together friend. Such a great message to us all. I've always appreciated your style and direction. Thanks for sharing man!
This is excellent advice. It makes me want to continue and paint/build more.
Seriously, thank you for this. Painting has always been an issue with me when completing anything I craft. These ideas will definitely help me improve the end results of my work. Again, thanks!
Thanks for making this video Jeremy. It's something I needed to hear and I'm sure others do too.
"You're getting stuff done and having a good time doing it" - For me, that's the biggest take away. Stop comparing, we all started this to enjoy our hobby further.
Jeremy I just want to stop in to say a sincere thank you.
You got me started terrain building a while ago and I love your teaching style. Your no bullshit, have fun and be you ethos is rad.
Big props for making such a wonderful hobby accessible to the unwashed masses (ie me.)
Have an awesome day and keep on making!
I wholeheartedly agree with you. The end results are what model/mini painting process is about. Anyone that gripes about how you get there is snob. Do it because you enjoy it. Thanks for keeping the positive message out there!