I love that you have no annoying intro. Straight to the point(s)! Perfect!

@Fortunes.Fool.

2 жыл бұрын

I thought KZread actually didn't buffer for a second there, he just jumped in.

@bunnyutters8796

4 ай бұрын

ya i agree. but his name is pretty gay

You and Vince Venturella are the perfect complement for me. You explain things in high speed and thus can give alot of neat ideas to pick and choose from. And the ones I wanna explore deeper? There is a 99.93% chance Vince has a 25 minute video about it.

@mh9590

2 жыл бұрын

I have to watch Vince's videos on 2x speed because he rambles so much 😃.

@tommyakesson8858

2 жыл бұрын

@@mh9590 yeah his videos are long and, for a KZread video, pretty slow. So I dont watch them all L mostly watch particular ones . So like I said. Zumikito kinda guides me to what I wanna know more about and try out. And Vince gives me the indepth guide

@MikeSpicyWinner

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@Jesentra

Жыл бұрын

Yes, agree perfectly. Vince and Zumikito are the two channels that I watch most for the education aspect, because they do things in the opposite fashion. Fast and dirty for a quick reminder or visual demonstration, and Vince for the deep "why and how"s. I also like Squidmar and Ninjon because they're both somewhere in between but also focus on entertainment value as well, which I appreciate.

The thing that helped me the most is just... Mindset. I have really shaky hands, which makes painting pretty hard at times. My paintjobs have always just been basecoat, wash, done. I thought that was all I could do - But the more you paint, and the more you just try to do different techniques like glazing, edge highlighting etc, you will get better - Guaranteed. Don't let a model you're not happy with stop you from painting any more. Keep learning and researching techniques and you WILL improve! :)

@caprawlag5626

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I never thought I would be able to edge highlights but now I’m doing it and enjoying it.

One of the biggest and best changes I’ve made to painting models is painting volumes. It’s taken a lot of practice but it’s makes things look so much better

Little did you know, you're the real painting God. Seriously I've watched a lot of painters in the past but none of them comes close to conveying information this fast and this clearly. There's also the fact that you don't go into "youtuber mode" and hype the living shit out of every new random paint or product just because it would get views which I REALLY appreciate.

8. Focus your volume, contrast, and highlights on the shoulders/head/top half of your model. It draws the eye of the viewer and is perfect for batch painting high numbers of models. 60 guardsmen with everything highlighted is redundant and unneeded as they will die very quickly. But, taking a little extra time to improve the top half will be faster and give you the most value for your time. Keep the everything part for special/hero models, it'll make them stand out even more when adjacent too the rest of your army.

Had my first experience with contrast first hand yesterday. I painted a guys hand all pasty white because I wanted him to look ghoulish, I then highlighted the joints in his hand with a brighter white. I was amazed with how much volume it gave it. Its a 3d object but without that highlight it looked flat and you couldn't really appreciate it but now its easy to see how his hand is flexing

I’ve watched quite a few of your videos now and I’ve never seen a bad one. Every time, I’ve learned something. Keep up the great work!

Dude you are teaching me so much so quickly! So many other videos have so much filler and longwinded intros, you keep it concise and I actually pay attention and retain the information because the whole video is non stop useful points. Painting my first Tzeentch Daemons and Thousand Sons models right now, with your help its going way better than I thought it would!

Anyone who says something bad about your magnificent beard is clearly insane

@Zumikito

2 жыл бұрын

I am telling this to my mother, she always talks trash about it 👀

@YewrinePish

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zumikito braid that thing, guy

@x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't really look good. He looks like some 2015 hipster.

@kennythevillain1225

2 жыл бұрын

@@x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x wait are you his mother?

@imdeaded

2 жыл бұрын

Hes hiding something . Must be his chin .

Always love your stuff. Great job as always. Even the things I already knew, this was a great reminder of how important and impactful the little things are.

Really helpful advice here. Thanks for sharing Zumikito!

Awesome vids every time, all really helped me get back to the hobby after a long break so thanks and keep em coming!

Loved the video, I have been out of the hobby for over 5 years and this helped me relearn things I have forgotten and even make my older models better. Thank you.

Fantastic video as always Zumikito! definitely a few good tidbits in here I can apply to my own painting

Great tips Zimikito! As always. Keep em comin'

I'm learning well, I've just started a Seraphon (lizardmen) army. Flat black primed it, I'm using it as a guide for some black lining for the accessories later lm, my base is a nice dark green mud to compliment the bright skin tone of the soft skin, that I'm using a light cream as the highlight colour for an orange pink tone. The bright colours of the scales, which also is using the black prime to build up from, are using a mix of a dark tone and light tone of the same colour and the heads, shoulders and back will have the lightest points. The accessories will be a nice cyan with heavy black lining. Already gotten to the skin tone for many of them but it's already looking nice, and the test model was very helpful on how far to push cetain parts compared to others.

@Fortunes.Fool.

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck, Lizards are fun to play and look great on the table in bright colors.

Zumikito, loving your painting style and each and everyone of your videos. Would you consider doing a series of quick tips on specific materials like cloth, leather, scales, wood and stones?

Thank you so much for this! Was a great help Zumi! Cheers and God bless

Man this was so helpful. Thank you. Subscribed! Appreciate it!

Not only excellent and clear, but also funny. Good stuff.

Was going to look up what color to paint a base today. Thanks homie.

I just LOVE your videos!!!! I'm always checking for a new one, lol!!! Thanks for all the tips, they are wonderful and so are you ... and your beard :)

Zumikito videos have the best content to length ratio. No rambling, no nonsense, just great tips all the way through.

I missed Your videos mate! Good to see You back!

Great content as always 👏

Straight into #1, excellent!

Really love your videos, keep it up champ🔥🔥🔥

Oooh, Kingdom Death models. Hope you're going to be painting some of those in a future video, unless you already have and I just haven't gone back to see them yet. Awesome video, and yes, be able to clean up oil wash or panel liner before you use it. I did not, and I have twelve battletech minis to repaint.

Marvelous Tips my dude! Specially the saturation one! This combines with the 2° tip. Your main light + Reflection of the sky should be the way you create your shadows (blues / greens* [reflection of the ground] ) and your light (Light orange / Yellow). ps. your beard is not stupid. it's beautiful.

Maan you've really upped your content game. From really snappy editing to smooth transitions. You're good man!

@Zumikito

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome video as always brother, love your sense of humor as well :) Pozdravujem zo Slovenska ;)

This is a fantastic video, and you are an amazing painter. Subbed.

Good stuff bro!! Quick wins tips!

So so so brilliant, this is an awesome video in that you just told me to try other colours than white, time to use my AK pastel paints, thank you.

My god, how nice it is to watch a video without an annoying animated intro followed by a prolonged "dialogue" with the audience about what you are going to do. THANK YOU, THIS IS AMAZING!!!

Minor addition: Dark Greys are also a neat base color. It provides similar advantages like black does (no shining throu on spots that you have forgotten to paint) but the shadows end up less dark and thus provide a bit less contrasts which might be desirable

Love your vids man!

Congrats for the 100k subscribers!!

0:10 Man, your beard is actually impressive, great job maintaining it!

You deserve to have more subsribers. I love watching your videos.

Why am I just seeing this?! Love you man!

I love your videos. Thanks for the great work. Congrats.

@Zumikito

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Great video. Thanks

I'd just like to wish good luck to people trying to base orange or yellow on top of a black primer :) Not even a zenithal will save it, because the black informs those colors and gives you ugly shades. What you want to do is prime white, and then it depends - Yellow: Underspray (reverse zenithal)/preshade lightly with pink, then base the model with yellow. The pink will inform the yellow and give you darker yellows that look more natural than yellow on black. Orange: Underspray/preshade *heavily* with pink, then base in yellow, then base in orange. The extra layer reduces the shades, so you want more pink. You should underspray with brown (like a vallejo beasty brown) to post-shade the orange, if you want it even darker. Then you paint from there with a brush. With white it's fine, I'd just zenithal with a cold or warm white rather than a pure white, so you can see what you're painting and you have somewhere to go up from. Alternatively, you just don't paint yellow or orange models. Trust me, you're better off not doing that.

@oliverp3545

2 жыл бұрын

I dunno I had some success with base coating with purple before going up to orange.

@user-ff2mu4fh4v

2 жыл бұрын

those are all valid techniques but there's plenty of way simpler techniques for yellow and orange models. Priming them grey then having your basecoat the color of your main shadow is super easy and gives great results. There's no right or wrong shadow tint for orange and yellow, you can have it cold or warm or whatever.

Every painter should have sunny skin tonne by vallejo, it's truly the closest thing to a universal highlight, works on almost all colors, it's glorious. While I agree with almost everything, I hard disagree with edge highlight everything, it goes against the previous tip and it's also imo a really bad habit to pick up. You should be only edge highlighting where it makes sense based on the light source. This not only saves you time, but looks way more natural. Another tip is, while I love making my own oil washes, and they work incredibly well. I've been using scale 75's instant colors for a ton of things lately, at first I didn't like them but then I started using them as a mix between a glaze and a contrast paint, and when used to them it works really well. I've also started using them for lining. There's something a lot more workable about these paints compared to other contrast paints, using them as a lazy contrast paint they absolutely fail but as a tool for glazing while also using them as a contrast paint but in multiple layers in a controlled manner it comes out with some crazy good results. It's to me truly the greatest example of something that's easy to judge badly at first but is now the most used and versatile tool in my collection. There are times i'd use an oil wash instead tho, or line with oils. but it's based on the look i'm going for. Anyway, great video!

So just wanna add a tip for anyone who struggles with picking or imagining a position for lighting to highlight. Get one of those cheap swiveling desk lamps and a low watt bulb and place your artifical sun at whatever angle you like

I love the KDM mini showcase!

Hi your beard is insane and I was going to paint some kroots today and this helped

Goblin green bases forever!! 😄 Great video.

Wow thanks for the video! Instant subscription! Btw, do you do vidoes where you do miniature criticisms?

I've always painted from a zenithal prime starting point, and I always struggled with getting the highlights to look right. I generally get them placed right but getting the value changes right and making a smooth change from shadow to mid-tone to highlight is where I just fall apart. I'm going to try the black prime and dark to light layering technique - maybe that might solve my issues!

6:42 I use those same buffers! Aye! 😁

Ah, Yes. A video about painting chaos space marines. It is a sign from destiny. Thank you, best bearded painter on the internet!

Hey, just found your channel and it was an instant subscribe. I also have a non painting question... Was this model resin? Or was it the PVC plastic that these are going to be produced as?

I'm returning to mini painting after a long break. 1. Black primer, I use Rustoleum flat black because it's very forgiving. (yes yes yes!!!) [Insert] 2. Drybrush the crap out of your model (quickly!) with a light gray. This makes it much easier to layer your brighter colors. Trust me, I'm even doing Fists this way. 3. Edge highlight (yes yes yes!) What a great video.

Excellent points! Can we get a video on tip 4? I really want to play with saturation but would like a guide to reference.

Alright, after a 3 month break, I'm going to try and get into the painting saddle again. Though the starting from black is a interesting flip from what I've heard recently.

What black paint (GW one) is best as a base? I recently did a load of Stormcast and now... I can totally see your point after making them all white

Espectacular! 👍👍

the first time i put tamiya black panel liner in my little necron cracks, i fell in love

Keep in mind that for those with physical disability in their hands edge highlights can be highly difficult especially on smaller models, I recommend a targeted dry brush in those instances.

Def need to learn more

Great video

Where did the model with the waves and the sword come from (4:15)? It's pretty neat.

What would you suggest I do as an Imperial Fists painter? I’ve heard that black primer isn’t good for yellow.

Oh my God when I was first starting to dip my toes into figure painting they sold me a white matte primer at the shop and I was using it and just thinking “I’m literally covering all my dimension by highlighting these micro divets that going in and shading later will be a pain for” “why wouldn’t I not just leave this dark grey at least I’d keep the dimension and not have to worry about covering all the white” I didn’t even think of using a BLACK primer. You just blew my mind 😂😂😂

Hey, great video as always! Questions on the sprue glue, do you use a full or nearly empty glue pot? And how long does it last? Got to fill those gaps 😉

@Zumikito

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty long lasting. I think it's better to pour some out first so you don't have to fill in it with too much plastic

Congrats on 100k subs.

Anyone know what brushes are used to do the recess shading at 8:22 ? ty

Hey! I likes your video! And it went from 4.9K to 5K. 😁

Edge Highlights are a mixed bag, on one hand it helps with seeing the details and it increases contrast, on the other hand it will more often than not make your minis look somewhat cartoonish due to the effect hard edges have on 3d things. That effect being making them look more 2d. The best example being when drawing a 3d shape on paper, if you are making the edges be extremely easy to see it will be very obvious a 2d shape made to seem 3d but if you make the edges less sharp the shape looks more 3d.

thanks to you my painting skill increase every day

Any tips on how to make a wizard's staff look like it's made of glass?? Any help, greatly appreciated. Love your work.

Do I'm jellus of your bead!! Mine doesn't come close to yours!!! Great video keep up the great work 👍👍👍. Yes I know I missed spelled. What????

I'm not entirely understanding the saturation thing... how, and why, would green be an appropriate color to put against red? How do you determine where the green would go and in what amount before it becomes too much? Would Saturation be on ALL parts of the mini or just the primary color? If you had a character the has lots of different colors, would you do this for each different part of the mini?

Nah, prime close as you can your majority color, much much easier. Just requires you to have multiple primer colors.

Just putting a comment here to say you are my favourite painting miniature tutor! Pure class! ❤

Personally I prefer Vallejo Plastic Putty for gap filling. It's water-based marble dust, according to the back of the tube, and can easily be thinned down with water and then brushed right into gaps with minimal sanding afterwards... although for bigger gaps you might need to use it straight in which case you will need to sand more. But it's easier to use than Milliput and unlike sprue glue it's definitely not going to melt anything.

I don't agree with everything you say. But I love the way you are saying it. Subscribed. :)

Hi, in the shots of the model you're painting where you can see the primer it's very spotty. Do you prime the model twice? with a white layer sprayed over the black in the areas that would be exposed to light? or is it something else?

@Zumikito

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, that's the zenithal highlight, it doesn't have ro be perfect. It's there for me to see the volumes and for the paint to cover better

Man, thanks for your videos - it helps me to fight my anxiety a lot! I'm truly grateful for your efforts

@Zumikito

Жыл бұрын

so glad to hear that! That is strange, everything works on my side - maybe it's because of the platform you are on?

@alexevenly

Жыл бұрын

@@Zumikito whoa, actually didn't expected to receive such rapid reply from you =) Yeah, I've tried at laptop and it works fine there, thanks! And again thanks for your videos - hope I'll find such useful video on orks one day (I have bit of a problem with extrapolation of knowledge to other fields)

Woah DUDE, using colours to increase brightness instead of white. That blows my mind.

I started out priming in black but found myself struggling to see details so have been doing light colors for a while now. Guess will have to take a stab again....

G wizz thanks bro you're the best ;)

What about a gray primer? Would that be the best of both worlds?

K, in less than 1 minute, I'm already convinced to do black primer

Question: Do you “always” gloss varnish before using oil wash to pin-shade ???? If yes, then your process is something like: base>recess shade(layer/wash)>highlight(layer/drybrush)>gloss varnish>>oil wash (pin shade)>matt varnish>metallic paint ??? (Do you gloss or satin varnish metallic paint??)

@Zumikito

10 ай бұрын

No, that sounds complicated as hell. I do whatever I want on the mini with recess shading, then when I wanna add recess shadingbI use the oil wash for that. So once I am at that steo, I apply gloss varnish then oil wash and then matt varnish. After that proceed normally. Check my space marine speedpainting videi zo see it in practice

@privateusername2222

10 ай бұрын

@@Zumikito thank you! at 0:23 on the 7 speed painting tips video there’s a workflow list… Base (non-metallic paints) > Gloss Varn > Recess Shade (including Oil wash) > Highlights > Matte Varn (go easy to avoid cloudy finish)> Metallic Paints

What is the name of the sound at 4:46 ?

I’ve noticed when you do your brushstrokes, you do sharp little slashes rather than spreading the pigment around. Is this a conscious decision and if so, what is the benefit of your approach rather than spreading and making sure doing 1 layer at a time?

@Zumikito

10 ай бұрын

this really depends - you don't have to do that, but it gives you more consistent look when you use the same direction for your brushtrokes. Also, you release more pigment at the end of the brushstroke, so you can deposit more pigment towards that side. But of course, I combine my brushtrokes

Great video as always! One question: Could it be that you are out of GER, AU or CHE?

@Zumikito

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙌 Very close, but not germanic - I am Czech

@diebabrika8904

Жыл бұрын

@@Zumikito A, close! I just saw many products with german names in your videos, so I thought it could be possible ^^

A few comments: - love your content - when will you be on Vince Venturella's "interview with the artist" ? - your beard is glorious and I'm jealous - there is indeed often a shiny spot on bald heads

What's the audio clip at 4:45? I recognise it, but Ib cane remember where from. I think it's a leveling up sound from a game. But which one?!

@adammcardle

2 жыл бұрын

Never mind it's the quest complete sound from The Witcher 3

@nico9161

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Your beard is glorious, i still prefer to zenithal or grey prime though.

Can sprue goo be used on resin miniatures, or does it need to be a plastic model to bind and fill gaps?

@Zumikito

Жыл бұрын

Only plastic, resin will require milliput

@jfio4873

Жыл бұрын

@@Zumikito Got it, thanks for the great videos!

You forgot an important detail in number 3: Edge highlight everything doesn't mean edge highlight everywhere. The difference is very very important.

What kind of "pen" or tool is that you have useing to spread the oil wash ! It looks very handy from what I can tell from just a quick video of you useing it. 8:38 Anyone know please let me know I bet it works great.

@Zumikito

8 ай бұрын

It comes with tamiya panel liner

@savagex466-qt1io

8 ай бұрын

Good man thank you so much@@Zumikito

great tips thanks man also great beard i love it 🧔🏻‍♂️

My boyfriend went to work and said “try painting this Ogre here, let’s see what you can do!” So now I’m here and ready to surprise him! Thank you so much!

Now how much ro persuade him to part with the thumbnail mini?