Exploring Black - Colour Theory with Oils for Miniature Painting 06
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- In this colour theory video we tackle black in both greyscale and chromatic forms, using Black Spinel from Gamblin for the former, and a mixture of Indigo and Van Dyke Brown for the latter.
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Getting Started with Oil Paints
• Getting Started with O...
0:00 Intro
1:28 Laying a Foundation
3:16 Wiping Some of it Away
3:48 Initial Highlights
5:13 Reestablishing Shadows
6:28 Pin-Line Washes
7:20 Other Details
8:49 Final Highlights - Jak na to + styl
This approach to chromatic black is excellent. I think plain black looks really boring all too easily. These mixes really work!
It's just plain crazy that this channel, that these considered and carefully explained vids have only garnered 1k or so subscribers. The quality of information and explained technique, it's direct applicability to really practical, really fast and really effective mini painting demonstrated on the most popular minis of the day should have reached and excited tens of thousands of painters.
The sheer density of information means I have to watch the colour theory vids three or more times to absorb all that's taught.
These are pure painting gold. Black, white, red, yellow, these hold no more fear for me, bright and saturated, grim dark and deeply moody, I've followed along and tried them all. This stuff is full of answers to fundamental shadow, highlight and specular issues that make these colours a struggle.
I'm so lucky to have found them given the algorithm ignores them.
((you might notice this comment cut and pasted on all of these vids because it bears saying and I can't put it plainer.
I'm re-evaluating my thoughts that I 'wasted' money buying oil paints a few years back. Thank you. Also, I enjoy examples of how to paint black, without using actual black. Acrylics, oils, digital.... It make sense.
Definitely not a waste, give them another go! Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the content.
As usual, this is top quality content.
Just got some new oil colors to really practice. I have some sisters that need some paint too. These really pushed me to try them out!
Awesome!
Yess! Thank you for making this!!
Any chance of a color theory using flesh tones?
Yup. I might end up doing a few as there's a lot to cover, but it'll happen!
Hi,
love those videos. They are hoghly educational and helpful. But what I do not quiet get is the choice of the highlight colors. As I understood, the VanDyke Brown is a warm color and thus I choose a cold highlight i.e. blue?
Brilliant as always. This a some top tier "how to" series. Will be going through a few models to get the hang of it, that''s for sure, but that black armour looks magic.
Thanks as always! Looking forward to hearing how it goes.
another awesome video. I had a question about timing; are you spending any time in between these operations waiting? like are you waiting 30 minutes for something to dry before coming back with the next step? how long does it typically take you to do a space marine type of model?
Good question! I usually leave 10-15 minutes between the pre-glaze and wiping steps to give it more time to stain, and another 20-30 before touching areas I've pin-line washed so that the thinner can evaporate a bit. Otherwise it's pretty continuous. If you have a production line going then you mightn't need to pause at all.
I have about 2 hours of real time footage for these guys over on my Patreon, but counting breaks and unusable footage I'd say it took closer to 3. Actual display minis take quite a bit longer of course, but overall I can work a lot faster with oils than I ever could with acrylic.
@mendedbrushstudio how would you do display quality black? I'm looking to do this for my seer council. I've been using oils for black armor for a while but only using traditional blending wet by wet and I'm eager to try out this new method.
@@PhthaloGreenskin More or less the same way, but with more time and care spent on each step. I'd also recommend going over a black primer to make your brushstroke management a lot easier. The drawback there is it'll be harder to see your pre-glaze, but you can still use your palette and/or paper towel as a reference.
The section on primer in this video goes over it a bit more : czcams.com/video/eke7SlBaZ4Q/video.html
love these vids - would be interesting to see how you would go about a darker undercoat as the brighter seems to play a big part on how you approach the minis
Not being able to see your pre-glaze as well over dark primer can be tricky if you're not used to how it behaves, but after that step the process is otherwise the same. The nice tradeoff is fewer visible brushstrokes.
Just in time for my Black Templars. Amazing stuff and you keep it short and concise. Keep up the series. It's awesome!
Would you recommend a complete black primer on this or maybe something that's a bit more darker gray? You did really well with just a lighter gray.
Thanks!
Black or even a darker grey primer would make it a lot easier in terms of brushstroke management. The tradeoff is that the darker you go the harder it'd be to gauge your foundational layer on the mini, so you'd need to pay more attention to how it is on your palette, but if I were painting an army of Templars I definitely would.
@@mendedbrushstudio Thanks for the input. Again, love this content.
I'm having trouble with the overbrushing parts. What are some tips you can give me? I've worked with oils before on black armor since my army colors are black and orange.
What sort of trouble are you having?
@mendedbrushstudio oh, my I just saw this. I was testing it out on a test model and when I overbrushed the midtone it kindof made a big mess. However i watched your first vid on red and I think I know why I had trouble. I was treating it more like a drybrush instead of a deliberate value sketch. I'm going to try it out on my warlocks that come in today and I'll let you know if I continue to run into problems.
Just a thought for you in future videos, maybe consider getting an Amazon partnership or what have you. Could earn you a little bit of money from people clicking through.