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Always loved this background music made it so exciting fun and relaxing

Thanks for the run down of different mediums and showing us all the different uses. It will come in handy one day I’m sure.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome sir! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

dayyyyum, another good teacher on youtube.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Thanks Don. Great insight to the different mediums and their applications :)

Hahahahaha! "Water is best... for washing your brushes". Patawa, Don! Lol! Another useful and helpful video!

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! Thanks for watching bro! ☺️🇵🇭💙🎨🎨🎨

I loved the video! Thank you so much for sharing precious information. A big hug from this Brazilian Miniature Painter.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome! Glad you liked the video! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

This was extremely informative and helpful for me !! THANK YOU !!

@DonSuratos

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😊

You give so much useful knowledge - thanks!

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Just haring, even over sharing my thoughts bro. Used to be a blogger back in 2009. ☺️

I usually make my own acrylic thinner and blends of mediums, but I'm really tempted to try all the Vallejo stuff now. Thanks for all the information, I've been waiting for this one especially. Congratulations on all the recent action on the channel.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

You know what, I am itchy to combine thinner medium and retarder medium. But that might be confusing on video but will give it a try. Thank you! Traffic has been crazy and I am very thankful. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

@Mike_Jones1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos I use mostly Liquitex Gloss, and I've had good results. I thin down the Heavy Bodied acrylic tube paints instead of using regular model paint too.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mike_Jones1980 I have heavy body Golden paints! Liquitex, I have yet to try... I may get a few for testing. Cheers! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Another great video, with very helpfull info. Thanks Don

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome bro. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

salva mode lol best technique i learned today lol

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

😅😄😉🎨🎨🎨

Thanks for the explanation on the different mediums. It was very helpful. I'd been using thinner medium, but saw so many mini painters using glaze medium that I was second guessing my choice.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome. You are using the most useful. Glaze medium add transparency to paints though. ☺️

This made my day! Ty 🙏🏻

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome! Thanks for watching! ☺️

At the right Time! Thanks for that! 🤝

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Thank you for a great explanation

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Bought your book! Looking forward to seeing what's inside

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Hope you find it useful. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Hello from Ireland! I've always used water with my Vallejo but I do get terrible pooling when hand painting. Never considered using another medium but now I think I'll give it a go.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Water equals surface tension. But masters have learned to thin acrylics with water. Mediums are surprisngly more beginner friendly. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Salba Mode! XD 👍👍

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Filipino word bro. 😅🎨🎨🎨

Very interesting. 👍👍

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching bro! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always Mark! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Hello Don . good job , your videos are great . It would be great to see you making a base like typhus

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my apologies, I did not film the making of the base on video. Will do so next time. ☺️

@domcisme

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos YES please love it

Bro, can i use vallejo thinner medium for airbrush? If can what is the best sauce when using with flow improver

Cool video,learn a lot!! love the sexy green base :D

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! I think a nice thin layer of more still water + inks tomorrow will make it even sexier. We shall see. Thanks for watching! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Another great video. Your channel deserves to absolutely blow up. Great content. Just curious, are there any wargames you're into or is it all about the hobbying?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scotty! Yes, I started playing Warmachine with my son back in 2014. And started playing D&D with my daughters and son last year. Warhamme, a few game with myson also last year. BUT, I am not good with the Warhammer rules. 😅

Thanks Don. Great information as always. Glad to see how your subscriptions are growing. Keep up the good work. Learning different ways to utilize mediums to gain different overall coverage and layers is why I joined. Your drybrush style using these mediums has changed my work.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you find the videos useful! Feel free to drop comments here anytime. Cheers! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Thank you as always for going through all of these and giving a basis for the use of each and a visual example! Great video and simple easy to follow demonstration! I have to ask if someone hasn't already. What is the base with the color wheel and ratios you have your pallet on?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome! The painting mat is from Redgrassgames sir. However it is not yet for sale. Not yet available in the market. ☺️

@DingoPaints

2 жыл бұрын

I believe you can still get the Redgrass Mat as a late pledge.

👍👍👍

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Burns! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

cool video

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ☺️

Great video. Liked and subbed.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Welcome to the channel! ☺️

Thanks for sharing! You got a subscriber and a viewer ;)

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the sub Smoky! Hope to see you around! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Great video! Btw, where can I get that Red Grass Games Pad?:) I've looked on their site, but didn't find it there.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

That RGG pad is still at kickstarter sir. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

What medium should I use? like painting camoflouges on soldiers？ Thanks a lot

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Just our highlight sauce. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Just picked up a bottle of the retarder medium the other day, great timing! Thanks for the video.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Retarder! We just used it on the previous video. Will test it some more. ☺️

@bluenine85

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos just found it, great video so far :D

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluenine85 Awesome! Thank you! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

😂 "that's it pancit" is my favorite thing I've heard in a while ♥

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Super old Filipino expression of sorts. 😅🇵🇭

@mikeybrokie1516

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos I don't see many pinoy hobbyist. but I live in the states. you have any recommendations?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeybrokie1516 Recommendations for what bro? I am not too active in the local community bro. I just focus on my family and work these days. ☺️

@mikeybrokie1516

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos I meant other filipino hobbyist. but no worries man it's all good.

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeybrokie1516 There are a ton at Facebok... but KZread? Not so much I think. ☺️

Do/can you still use a wet pallet when you use mediums?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Mediums are practically just color-less paints. ☺️

Will it work with other paints , scale 75 , AK , Mig ? Thanks for another great Vid 🇬🇧👌👍

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

I think so Steve. Coz those are also good quality paints. ☺️

This was very helpful. On a side note, where can i get that display base at 4:16 ?

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

Oh I made it from foam and procreate. Thanks! 😊

@doomedtolive2

Жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos Gosh dang it, good work

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

@@doomedtolive2 Thank you sir! 😊🎨🎨🎨

Hello. What is the fundamental difference between thinner and glaze? If I need something later on a medium from the citadel.

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

Glaze is more transparent... thinner just thins the paint without adding too much transparency. Sorry for the late reply. 😊

@tristarsilver6052

Жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos Thank you! Already bought, but your answer confirmed the correctness of the choice =)

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

@@tristarsilver6052 Oh... personally I prefer Thinner Medium. I find it more versatile. 😊🎨🎨🎨

where did you get the table pad with the color wheel and everything???

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Redgrassgames sir. I think it is stil at Kickstarter. ☺️

Do you have a video about textures of wood and glass on a miniature?

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

Not specific on those... but will make some. Thanks for the idea. 😊

Hi Don, I already have GW Lahmian Medium and GW Contrast Medium, what do you think would be a great improvement to my collection ? :D Thanks for you tips !

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... what does lahmian and contrast medium do? 😅

@juliengosswiller727

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos Hum, this two products are citadel / games workshop. Contrast Medium is for Citadel Contrast paint so, kinda out of course, but I don’t know how to categorize the Lahmian’s one … a glaze or a thinner medium perhaps. Thanks for your time

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliengosswiller727 Maybe I will buy those mediums and test. So that I can compare and answer inquiries base on my observation. ☺️

Great video but I still have trouble understanding when I should use one type of medium over another. Like what situations would you use this medium versus that

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Think of the thinner meium as water, glaze medium to add transparency, matte medium to add volume and retarder medium to slow down drying time. ☺️

@sakidickerson

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos Awesome thats incredibly helpful thanks! why would I want to add volume? if I overthin?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@sakidickerson Honestly, it was just burrowed from Fine Arts stuff. You may want to add volume when painting terrain or diorama. Also the matte, gloss and satin mediums are the same ( add volume ), they all change the "finish" of the paints. ☺️

I am using Acrylic paints which typically have a Matte finish. I am engaged on a special project to paint a plastic item that requires a High Gloss "showroom" finish. Is it better to add Gloss Medium to the paint? or is better to use a Gloss Varnish after painting? (or both....)

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

Oh… high gloss for acrylics is difficult to achieve. Even gloss varnish looks softer, less shiny after a day of curing. 😊

Can you make a video for "hasty painters"?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Speed painting? I have a few 1 hour painting videos bro. 😅

Dear Don Suratos. I would like to ask you where you got that base for the death guard

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

I crafted it myself from foam, procreate and styrene stuff sir. ☺️

@fran_gutierrez

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos OMG. Your work is wonderful, as always. I follow from Spain.

My wet palette smells funny now 🤣 Vallejo paints started it or might need water/paper swap. Put the blame on tools.😆 🤣 There's some glaze medium in Vallejo colors from factory, glaze medium separated fast from the paint, but could be mixed again after separated, after being good while on wet palette. Mostly played with blacks, so far. Brush Shampoo and thinned IPA with slight spinning motion on paper towel will make my brushes clean as new. I Like Giving long baths to my brushes too. 😆 🤣 😂

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Tap water makes wet palette smell funny. Use distilled water if you can. OR, yes, give the foam a soap bath once in a while. Tap water is the culprit for that smell bro. ☺️

@jamminghaze

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos yeah 😂 it just mixed with paint smell, so i got confused. yeah! It´s tap water starting to live its own life. 😂 i just swapped paper and not water. I think cold air helped, keeping it clear, from smell like 1 month. lol. hmm might add liquid oxygen in there... lol. gotta invest in quality and pure water at some point. 🤣 got decent tap water here in finland. Nice aquarium btw 🐠

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamminghaze Haha! Tap water here... is bad water! I almost always use distilled water for painting bro. 😅

How difference is between acrylic thinner and airbrush thiner?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Seems the same bro... just alcohol and water. ☺️

All these mediums usually say 1 drop for every 10 of paint on the bottle, but its looks like you use much more, do you have a specific ratio you like using?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Usualy 2:1 or 3:1. Dont mind the bottle. Think of mediums as magical thicker water. ☺️

@ajzer04

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos 😂 will do!

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@ajzer04 The bottle instructions bro... are always wrong. 😅☺️🎨🎨🎨

How about some Battletech?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

I will try my brushes on those soon. We'll see bro. I hope we have them here. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

Have you ever tried making your own paint using dry pigments and the mediums?

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Saki, but only for diorama use. I make my own texture paints with gel medium and pigments sometimes. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

I thin my paints with water, and it always dry on my brushes tip. Should I add retarder to it？

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

How? Just wash always if you are not into mediums.

mahalo from oahu !

@DonSuratos

7 ай бұрын

You are most welcome! 😊🎨🎨🎨

Boss, are you pinoy? In the Philippines? Where do you even get nice brushes or even that wet palette? cause i cant find them on shoppee or lazada its all bad quality XD

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Pinoy in the Philippines. All sponsored kabayan. ☺️🎨🎨🎨🇵🇭

@robertmarktaylor4654

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratosXD any shops you can recommend to buy good quality brushes and accessories? Salamat 😁

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertmarktaylor4654 Deovir bro. SM North and Neutral Grounds. ☺️🎨🎨🎨

where can I find Vallejo and not get robbed by gouges ??

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Gouges?

@steveisaak4320

2 жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos high mark ups. My stores cannot get in your company's products. They come in twice per year and then nothing. I have checked

Aplus

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you as always brother! ☺️🎨🎨🎨

I'm not getting the difference between Glaze Medium and Thinner Medium. Is Thinner Medium more able to create a Wash than Glaze Medium? What's the difference between Thinner Medium and Airbrush Thinner? Also, can these all be mixed in different amounts for different results, are they compatible?

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

Glaze medium is runnier and more transparent.

water is great for.... washing your brushes... brutal... hahaha

@DonSuratos

2 жыл бұрын

Just kidding! Its the best thinner still... But I just prefer more control, thus mediums for me. 😅

Oh. My. God. Pinoy?

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

Yes... 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

@iandestroyerofworlds576

Жыл бұрын

@@DonSuratos Heck. Yes. Subscribed! MABUHAY

@DonSuratos

Жыл бұрын

@@iandestroyerofworlds576 woot! SALAMAT! 😊🎨🎨🎨🇵🇭