Painting FACES explained in 5 minutes
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2021
- Painting faces on your miniatures makes the biggest impact - people don't look at shoes or hips nearly as much as they do at the face. In this tutorial, you will learn how to paint faces on your miniatures easily.
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It is easy to fill the face with cadian fleshtone and let it be defined by thick coat of agrax earthshade - but that is no way to paint display miniatures! If you want some real quality paintjob, you have to invest a little more time into painting your miniatures. Here I am explaining very basic approach of layering and placing highlights on the face of the miniature to make the biggest impact on viewer's perception.
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I am painting miniatures for warhammer, age of sigmar, marvel crisis protocol, D&D and much more! Whether it is superhero miniatures, heroic characters or space marines, I will paint them! If you are looking for some sweet miniature painting tutorials or warhammer hobby content in general, this is the right channel for you! - Jak na to + styl
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I especially liked the point you made about not needing high contrast for faces. For a while, I was super confused why warhammer faces look so... off, and this definitely cleared things up!
Yea, I get it that it looks good from distance, but it also can look cartoonish at times
@@Zumikito so I'm painting my first ever flesh tone and I'm pretty new to miniatures in a whole so would a flayed one flesh base and a gullimen flesh contrast not be the way to go cause I'm afraid to mess these up
Even though I am new to the hobby, this helps so much in helping me understand the concepts I need to know even If I'm not practiced with them yet. Thank you so much!
I've watched a lot of different mini painters on CZcams. There are so many great ones, but I particularly appreciate your concise videos!. Keep up the great work!
WONDERFUL! I find painting faces difficult but each one gets a little better! Very nice compressive video! Also those are some SICK 3d models!!!!
Been watching this channel a while now, one of the best in all honesty. The models are unreal but the most impressive thing is how pointy the brush tip is.... How is this possible.
Keep it going
That Battle Sister looks gorgeous!!! Beautiful work!!!
I think that this end of the pool is too deep for me , as a miniature painter. But i have to say, that your video did help me to make better faces, so thank you for this!
This was so helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.
love your no-nonsense technique in 5 mins series, thanks!
Glad that you like it :)
This couldn't have come at a better time! Good skills! My new models faces say thank you! THANK YOU
Glad it helped! :)
This is very helpful. Thankyou. I struggle a lot with faces, despite painting miniatures for a long time.
I loved your determination here 😄 You said "In this video you WILL learn..!" like the viewer would have no other option but to learn this thing.
I was watching like
"Oh 😮? I WILL finally learn how to do this thing? I... Umh. Hell yes I will! 😤👌"
Hehe... I love your style! Good content and some comic relief, it's the way I like to do my videos as well. Keep those brushes wet! Cheers.
Dude, you are motivating me to get back painting and improve with your videos. This and your Volume videos make me think that those techniques are accessible. I never try glazing because I think it is too difficult for me... Of course I will have to try and practice, but I feel I can break this barrier ! Thanks
You can do it! Also different paints can be glazed differently (white is hard to glaze), so just keep your patience :) I have a vid on glazing as well btw
Thanks. Faces are so intimidating
The brevity of these impresses me and the breadth of what you fit in.
Thank you!
Face the extreme good description!!!
My favorite tip for painting faces is freaking flying rocks. I'll make sure to try it on my next mini!
The red color on that battle sister is insane
Going to have to attempt to layer up instead of washing now as faces are one area I definitely want to improve. Also, I saw Josh Brolin at 2:20 and now I can't unsee him.
Great quick tutorial! May I ask about that girl model with a scarf covering her mouth? Looks cute!!
5 minute series is best thing you have come up with. Glad there are longer form videos that these link to aswell.
Amazing ! Which sisters model is that ?
loot is my fav studio and iam happy to see that they support you :))) so we will keep supporting them. gj loot ;)
Another awesome video. Thank you for sharing and please stay safe.
Thank you, roger that 👈
Спасибо!
thank you!
The thing I like the most about your videos is that they are all pretty clear and quick, one of the few youtubers that actually does it. Absolutely perfect. Good job mate
Thank you, this is exactly what I aim for :)
Good tips there - however, one thing way too many people miss is that the sides of the nose should not, repeat NOT be shaded - true, they are for natural reasons lower than the bridge of the nose, but that doesn't mean it needs an automatic shade - just look at the example picture of Geralt - no shades on the sides of the nose.
Another thing to think about is the eyes, and the scale of the miniature - on a 28/32mm miniature a dark brown slit is in most cases all you need, since you can't see the eyes that well - a human sized 28mm figure held at say 30-40 cm from your own eyes is the equivalent of a person standing about 15-20 meters away from you, and at that distance, most people have difficulties seeing that kind of detail. Painting the eyes more detailed than a slit makes it look overdone. For larger scales then sure, eyes to a varying degree of detail can be painted - in 1/35 it's enough with one dark line under the upper eyelid and a dark pupil (never black though), on larger scales, yeah, you can pull out all the bells and whistles. But remember what scale it is you are holding in your hands.
as a loot subscriber.........that floating rock is one of the things that made me finally jump on board, also that particular months absolutely amazing giant spider
Those terrain pieces give me so many cool diorama ideas!
@@Zumikito they really do and unfortunately they inspire you to buy expensive things........looking right at that Hags Hut. i want my giant chicken leg house to paint
Is that really a winsor brush your useing ? It looks longer and super sharp.
I'm happy I subbed a while back, your vids are super helpful and fun to watch.
Comments like these keep me going - thank you!
@Zumikito what colors you would use for battle sisters but frozen theme? I am trying to do my battle sisters with lich king theme.
Your videos are wonderful friend!
Thank you very much!
Man I wish I could paint faces like this
Can you do a how to on black skin tones? There's not too many good tutorials of it on youtube and your succinct instructions are quite good.
It is very similar, but you start even darker and don't highlight so aggressively, but yes, this is a great suggestion that I will add to my list of topics, thank you
@@Zumikito thanks for the quick reply! I'll be sure to keep this in mind for my dudes
Where do you order your minis? They look great!
Oh you answered it in the video lmao
May I ask if is it better to not make eyes on miniatures that dont have defined eyeballs? Like the asoiaf miniatures game?
I've been painting face wrong, my entire life. Dammit now I have to re learn again
Super video as usual ! Just a little question : what colour exactly are you using to base faces ?
depends on the mini - I either start from brown or dark wine/red/magenta
@@Zumikito Thanks for the answer ! I’ll try with Brick Red from AK, could be nice I guess ?
Good video 👍🏾
I have a 4-step-2-paint way to actually easily paint faces (human-like).
Base with Rakarth Flesh -> shade all over with Reikland Fleshshade -> SIMPLE highlight with Rakarth (nose, brows, chin, other standing out features) -> shade all over with Reikland again.
If you thin the shade at each step a bit, you'll get a lighter face (sickly pale).
Additions:
Miniscule drop of black wash into eye sockets (it look amazing from distance, and not so bad up close)
Do you paint directly in resin? I'm willing to learn to paint but thought that I needed to use primer first.
oh no, I always prime first, the resin underneath is clear....it might be that you CAN theoretically paint without primer (assuming you wash the model properly), but I personally wouldn't risk it
Wow you skin tones look really amazing. Please make a more in-dept video tutorial of how you painted the Witcher character and Sister of Battle faces. I think that is my wish for your channel in general, while the small theory based videos are great, you are such a talented painter that I would love to see some full on Vince V. or Angel G. style videos, where you show your process in full. Anyways keep up the good work.
Will see what I can do, thank you. The thing is that these videos are by far more engaging than those full guides, I will have to think more about how show the entire process without making the video too boring. You got me thinking!
@@Zumikito I'm happy to hear that I got you thinking 😁 But yeah I can imagine longer videos being a challenge to keep engaging. I'm sure you are up for the challenge though, while still staying true to yourself.
Anyway thanks for taking it into consideration 😃
Another informative and well detailed video mate. Thank you.
After ruining my mini's face, I came back here for directions.
I had a really great time with this video, thank you so much! It was informative and really funny. I couldn't agree more with every point you made, faces are so so important and I personally love painting faces, especially eyes because they are so difficult, hard work and patience really pays off :)
Another awesome video, thanks man! I have a 75mm Lily as well 2:09 and I have noticed that you seem to have some footage from her painting stage from lots of your videos and I wonder if you will share a video based on her?
Oh man, basically just the wet blending one, didn't really record anything else
As always, a great tutorial!!! I hope I'll be able to paint a normal person now😹😹😹
Really love to see your top notch quality videos! Please dont stop with your videos. In my opinion your channel is way too undervalued and deserves much greater audience.
Is there a way to support you directly i.e. with donations?
Usually I dont write comments on youtube, neither do I spend some money to youtubers but your work needs to be honored in some way and i really hope that you will be more popular in the future.
Your videos motivate me and help me to learn how to paint in such a short time.
Please keep it up 🙌
Thank you! You are way too kind. I am going to start a patreon or channel membership later this year, so that might be a way, but I am currently struggling creating content as it is, so I have to figure out consistent schedule first (or I feel that's how I feel it)
if this just using normal model paints? I current only have the xpress paints (speed/contrast) from vallejo and I am struggling to get any 2 tone effects.
But I worry when using normal model paints it would be too thick and cover up any details?
Yup, regular hobby acrylics like citadel, vallejo or ak interactive. If you thin your paints, it will be fine :)
@@Zumikito okay so just thing with water or the Xpress medium?
I'm keen to move on to these sorts of paints as I've only been using the Xpress for a while now
@@Zumikito also Thank you so much for the fast reply 🥰 loving your videos
99.9% of the time I just thin with water, so that's alright! If you like Xpress paints, they are great to get the initial thing going and then you can layer on top of that, but they are too thin to actually layer with them :) Cheers my dude
Perfect timing, I just prepped 9 heads for starting over the weekend. Great advice too. Thanks!
Good luck with that! :)
Man those faces are crazy good ......looks like im gonna have to works on my eyes and glazing...........a lot.
Always happy to see a new Zumikito upload.
Another great one, keep it up ! And thanks for answering all the questions in the comment !
Trying my best here :) cheers
Baller beard, my dude
Basics good luck!
Glad to see the fraction of your viewers that are subscribed is increasing!
As long as people hop on board, I can not complain! Cheers mate :)
Hola, buenos vídeos, pero subtitulo en español por favor.
hola! lo siento, pero no tengo traductor y mi catalán no es muy bueno
@@Zumikito jajaja, esta bien, pero algunos vídeos los puedo traducir automáticamente, a eso me refería.
:)
Great video. I'm just starting my journey into bust/larger display pieces and have been having a heck of a time with faces. Biggest hurdle is which color/hue to mix in. Your video definitely helped! Thanks for making it.
Damn man, you did an awesome job on the Witcher!!
Shhh, that is John Gareth! :D thank you👈
@@Zumikito haha my bad 😅
I have to watch again cause I missed half of the clip while laughing about the "orange skin tone" scene 🤣
🤣 😆
too much content for 10 days. i love it :)
Had a break, had to compensate for that 🙌
@@Zumikito I just printed that guy from loot studios :))) Thank you again for all your videos. You are the best :)))
@@godwishyoutube you are way too kind with that comment, thank you!
I love that your Photo of a real face was an image of Geralt lol
That is just a coincidence I swear 😶
heyoo! may i ask what paints have you used?
Which face/shot?
@@Zumikito for John Gerath and the base, midtone and highlights :>
also your SOB
Mournfang brown + cadian fleshtone is the base, then I added more cadian fleshtone, then I added different ratios of vallejo pink, vallejo ivory and tiny bit of any yellow. For the sister it is the same basecoat and with added flayed one flesh and/or ivory. There is no definite process, you just have to see it and progressively add as you go :)
@@Zumikito THANK YOUU!
Definitely my weakness when painting my minis so any advice is well received great vid mate.
you cool! my english is not so good, but i understand what you mean without dictionary. Thank you!
Instructive as always. But I faint when I see how you who are able to dot the pupil of an eye---and then highlight it. I'd be ecstatic if I can just get two dots lined up correctly on the white of the eyes! Even so, yours and other painting videos have helped me push the envelope to better looking miniatures.
I used to feel like that, then I got better, then I looked at Gerath Nicholas' banshee head and I feel like that again lol
Loved it! Great advice and laughed my ass off. 😂
Thanks for the vid! I suppose I should start learning how to paint faces, I've been avoiding it for a long time :')
Also, what miniature is shown at 1:09? I really like the euh, personality.
Haha, yea, totally dig the personality as well, that is warrior of the sun from Kingdom death
@@Zumikito Thanks man!
can't believe I'm writing this, but first!
FLOATING ROCK! Thank you so much friend for this new video! as always, neat stuff!!! Also, may i suggest a interesting idea? W E A TH E RING BOI!
Thanks! Weathering is also on my forever growing list of topics, but have to say thar I don't weather my miniatures as much!
Love these videos!! Amazing job- I always look forward towards ur vids 💀
Can you recommend some paints for dark/black skin tones ? I’d love a little variety for some of my fyreslayer minis 🤔
Sure, rhinox hide would be a good starting point and adding various amounts of gorthor brown, ice yellow and ivory would work well
Is it just me, or is John Gareth actually Jan Michael Vincent?
Almost made it on time, but I’m here! Can’t wait to study this for the next week and never actually paint a face 😂
Damn man, have to be honest, 99.9% of space marines I painted do have helmet as well, it's just cooler 👌
@@Zumikito Its true, I only ever do faces if the helmet is strapped to the belt.
@@DMXKonCur even when the helmet is strapped, I just add different helmet on top lol
I don't understand how you manage to paint eyes, I skip them always
Are you reading my mind?! I was going to look for face video now when i help my friend with his sisters. I original do orcs so.....green :)
Great vid. I struggle with painting skin
Best way to paint a good looking face is to put a helmet over it.
Strangely enough, I agree when it comes to warhammer
One mistake a lot of novices commit when painting eyes is leaving the sclera (the white part of the eye) visible above and/or below the iris (the round colorful part of the eye). This gives the face a terrified or shocked expression. To prevent this from happening you need to paint the iris so that it connects the top and bottom eyelids. Also, painting the eyes looking perfectly straight forward can be challenging (and result in a somewhat boring expression), so making the eyes look to the side is a nice way to both cut a corner and add motion to the miniature, if you tie it to the pose right.
0:22 Yes. Yes it is.
I fucking HATE painting eyes, I paint black or white on the skin by accident when trying to paint eyes. And they still look like shit at the end
Really want to know how u paint that male character's blueish shaved hair side and beard in more details😂 but yes i love this kindof 5 mins tutorial😊
totally not the witcher, totally not hellboy lol
Please let me know what a female skin tone is
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