Check out the books mentioned in the video here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/colorfulkrakenstudio/miniature-painting-made-easy-hardcover-books?ref=3gv68z

Alex, Kudos to Signe, artist and leading lady, and you- director, cinematographer, screenwriter. I was delighted that you introduced oil paints in a first time painting project. The slides showing progress after each step were great! Yes, Signe's painted figure was "pretty rad" for a first Miniature.👍👍👍 I would love to see her again in future videos! ♥

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Mark, I will make sure to pass that on to her. And on another note, it's good to see you up and about.

Mixing paint for beginners? Yes! Use oil washes for beginners? Yes! Alex you’re a fine ambassador for experimentation for beginners

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

Signe's miniature looks great on its own and alongside the ones you painted here. As a beginner, getting that boost of such good results on the first try is so important and a tutorial like this is a great way to get that. Would definitely appreciate more Signe appearances in the future, the more the merrier and new painters often bring such new and fun ideas we can all learn from.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Right on! Thank you N

I didn't realize you contributed a guide to this project. I'm glad i already pledged for the kickstarter!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Great to hear Ist, thank you.

Fine work. It is a mark of quality in your teaching that your student achieved such outstanding results. And yes, I think Signe should be a return guest painter, it's nice to get a look at techniques as used by those who are just starting a painting journey. Cheers!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Well thanks HHB! I'll make sure to let her know.

Great first miniature from Signe. I really would love to hear her impressions about the whole process and how she liked it.

I have been painting for years and just bought my first oil paints. This video makes me feel better about trying them out! Thanks for showing how easy it can be to try out Oils!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it Erik!

This is just great. Signe did fantastic on her first mini - if she'd like to come back for more she'd be more than welcome. We don't bite and once the chaos gods stop dancing behind your eyes the paint fumes and life in a bunker are ... bearable...cosy, even. For one person's hole in the ground is another person's cosy lair (is another persons infernal goblin* hold but lets not mention them unless we're doing piece by piece painting tutorials of them) *Or equivalent IP protected name

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Jamie! We'll have to figure out a good project to do together :)

As so often, a joy to follow the content and a pleasure to listen to the choice of words and the voice.

More people have access to cotton buds, but if you're sick of little hairs on your minis then switch to makeup sponges. You can buy them pretty cheap, cut them up into smaller squares, a few go a very long way.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Good point. One of my patrons also swears by the little cloth you get to clean glasses with. He cuts them up and.. yeah..

Incredible mini for her first one!

Thanks for stepping up, Signe. Pretty damn good work for a first time! Hope she'll be back. Great video as always Alex

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks K

Congrats to Signe on her first model! Beautiful results and great video all around

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome mate. Love Signe paint job. She has done a incredible job especially for someone new. It looks like someone with years of experience painted it.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Totally agree

I support Signe's return.

I watched this video when it came out, but it only just occurred to me how philosophical Dave's question on painting rulebooks was - "If there was one, would it exist?" Indeed.

@52Miniatures

23 күн бұрын

Hah! It's a weird one right

Reminds me of fantastic D&D art of the late 80s early 90s. Love it!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks as always for the support Clyde, and I'm glad you like it :)

Man, quite an amazing result from!!! I'll try to give this a try in the future, I haven't used oil paints for at least 10 years. Signe's grot ended up looking great!!! Cheers for that!!!

this is awesome bud. glad you gotten involved with the Kraken project

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Matt, I was glad to be asked.

Brave people, painting with long sleeves on. I'd have a coat of many colors if I dared that maneuver.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

I nowadays have no issue mixing up back or front on most of my clothes because all the paint stains are on the front...

Good job. Love seeing new painters being brought in.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

a real hobby beginner, who knew they really existed

Really wish I'd had this guide before starting my middle Earth goblin town army. Thanks for another great video

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

There is always a next army :)

The results speak for themselves, but I'd be curious to hear what Signe thought of all this. Did you walk her through the steps or let her read the steps? Another video covering the actual experience, including if handstands help the creative process, would be wonderful and might help others internalize the content of the guides as we all interpret things differently.

Brilliant. I'm a long time away from miniature painting but I really want to get back. Vids like this are just perfect - giving my confidence a few little boosting steps. Cheers

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

i would like some more videos with Signe as this was a awsome

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Great! I'm glad you enjoyed it Robert

What a fun way to learn! 😊

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Robert!

She did a great job for a first ever mini. Hat's off to Signe!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Andrew, I'll make sure to let her know.

Great video as always! And as my wife has shown some interest in trying out painting, I'll be sure to make this video required viewing beforehand!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Thanks Josh

Thank you!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Your videos are beautiful, never stop... please

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you immensely Bunk

Great stuff friend 👏 👍 Thanks for sharing your journey

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Mark!

So good!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Jakob!

Just in time for Orktober!! Great video as always

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

Aye, you sold me on oil paints a while ago, I can't get enough of them!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

This is good news :) Thanks man

great video Alex, love the format…you both did a great job.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Kim!

Bravo, Signe! Thanks for another great episode, Alex!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Scott

Another great video. Cheers Alex ... always good :)

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Loved the format. Great video

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you

Great job!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

nice idea for a miniature video, well done

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Great video, and excellent work Signe! Always cool to see new painters, they come in with a fresh mindset.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks JM!

Already backed on the first day but now I'm even more excited to get the books and the tutorials. And again a great video. Thanks ✌️

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it Dom!

Great video Alex. Cheers

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly Mr Boom!

Awesome video, and yes oil paints are underrated. Usually used for washes / weathering. But then you'd be showing your age if you could remember a time before acrylic paints on minatures.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Exactly... I started on enamels :)

'and yet, your airbrush is clogged' how dare you attack me like this...

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Hah! Thanks D

Ye both did an awesome job!!! Good on ye for getting the book out, how cool!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Cap!

the books look great, thanks for making a video on these. I've backed them and might otherwise have missed them

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

I hope you will enjoy them.

Great video Alex, I did notice the kickstarter on tabletop time, great to see oils being used as I have a set yet to be used.

Welcome to the world of goblins and ghouls! 😊❤

When somebody is so polite as to wait for you to click the like button then the polite thing to do is to click that button!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

A most humble thank you :)

Loved this video! Loved seeing your friend in the video!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Great, I'll let her know :)

Signe's ear ring is the perfect inspo pic to look at for painting gems xD roughly around 5:39 you can get a good look on the reflections in it

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Hah! True!

Hi Alex. As you know I don't paint miniatures, so I don't need a miniature painting guide. I still enjoyed the video though. It was nice to see a new face, not that there is anything wrong with yours 😁 And to those viewers wondering why I watch '52 miniatures', there is a lot more to Alex's content than the title implies. Thanks again Alex 👍

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks as always :)

Top storytelling skill.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Ray!

I had to giggle about the paint that lasts more than a lifetime..

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

And lets not get started on the minis...

Alex, super cool proof of tutorial...how about a tutorial on how you photograph your minis? Your setup looks baller and I'd like to know more about the reasoning behind it, I assume it's something a little more complicated than surround the mini with white backdrop and add light?

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think that might be an over the top tutorial perhaps. But there are some things in there that are universal... at some point perhaps.

Signe's miniature is stunning for a first mini fig! Does she have some background that might relate to model painting such as a somewhat related hobby however tenuous the link? I'd like to see Signe engage in other 52 Miniatures related shenanigans for sure! Lagom.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

No, she doesn't do much drawing or painting, but she's pretty good at figuring creative stuff out in general.

Oil painting a mini for a first paint job? Sounds crazy but that is an impressive first mini! Perhaps it’s time I give it a try.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Bill, I just hope it gets a few more people introduced to the existence of oil paints by putting them in that book :)

I would love to paint miniatures just don’t have the money to start. This looks fun! 😊

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Have you got any friends or acquaintances that paint? Maybe they could spare a model and some paint?

As someone who got into painting somewhat recently, while I agree with the idea of introducing oil paints and such at an early stage, I think maybe this was a bit much for a first mini... with the traditional GW acrylics method, you basically just need one paintbrush, some water and a few pots of paint. For this guide, you'd need to also get mineral spirits, separate oil paints that you then need to figure out how to use (what is bitumen again?), possibly a separate brush for it all, cotton buds... oh, and you used pigments for the base, so that's a whole thing as well. Obviously none of these are HARD to use per se, just kind of a lot all at once; it's probably a lot easier if you're doing this with an experienced friend or in a store, but if you just wanna try by yourself... I do think this is a great guide for someone maybe slightly more experienced though! So perhaps in the context of the book, where this guide is presumably not the very first page, it might work nicely.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

I want to show that there are other techniques and tools for the beginner out there. Different tools have nothing to do with experience, they are just different - and there are things out there that can be very helpful. I get the essence of what you are saying. The very first miniature should probably just be dabbling about a little with acrylics, but then, we usually get stuck there. Nothing wrong with that but I want to show people that there are other things out there and its not scary. Myself when I started painting as a kid, used enamel paints because that was the easiest paint to get a hold of. Today people look at me a little funny when I talk about anything that is not water based. Pigment powder looks great on a base, it's very simple to use, it's just a powder. A tube of the oil paint I used in the video is cheaper than GW washes or contrast paint, the odourless thinner is about the same price as a GW contrast paint. Bitumen is how they have named the paint, originally its the name of a low grade crude oil and I guess the colour of the paint resembles that of bitumen. A way to describe the paint after something that looks like it in real life, unlike most GW paint names.

@Marconius6

8 ай бұрын

@@52Miniatures Yeah, I think I would have loved a tutorial like this when I was a few months into painting... using tools and paints other than acrylics opens up a whole new world of possibilities.

"Ten lifetimes of miniature painting." You've seen my closet...

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

hah!

You must be really tall man, you towered over Signe.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

She could also be a rather short woman.

Here is leverage if she wants to come back. Great minis, great ideas, the books seem awesome too.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Missed You! Great to see you again. Alas no PDF option for the books :(

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Hey Lee! Yeah, no pdf. I guess the chance to get nice proper books done would be less if there was a pdf pledge. I know the creators really really wanted to do physical books, something I can dig. Hopefully pdf can come in the future in a format than works well.

Great video. Funny, AK Interactive paints have been slowly infiltrating my paint collection too. Also, just saw the Kickstarter yesterday, mentioned somewhere else, what a timely video....like they planned it that way 😉 Great job Signe! Hope to see you back for more paining and oil wash mayhem.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

AK where / are part sponsors of the books. Or lets put it this way I guess - When you put specific paint in a book you can slightly be infringing on IP. So for example using GW paint in a book, and they can start to grumble. Like "you are making money because you are using our product". So the best way is to find a brand that sponsors the venture, and everything is safe. And the creators behind the books wanted paint in there is available to many (AK is more spread here in Europe) with a wide range of products. And so that's why I only used AK products for the stuff in the book. And thanks, I'll tell Signe :)

@Starstrykerx

8 ай бұрын

That's understandable@@52Miniatures They are infiltrating my paint collection because the are really nice paints. Not very common in my part of the world though. Again, great video Alex.

I wish my first (50ish) minis looked as good as Signe's :) Great job.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Hah! Me too :)

Learning to swim being thrown into a lake is the most efficient way to learn! Or not to learn at all. Teacher here btw. I also can't swim.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Georg!

Bring Signe back please Alex, would be great to know if she painted another figure.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Is! I'll let her know

not the biggest oil fan, but hey, sometimes it helps. and it is true oil painting is becoming increasingly rare to see. actually... seeing a scheme that isn't mostly contrast paint is becoming rare. i don't and won't use contrast paints

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

I just like to push it, as there's not so many on KZread that do :)

Baba Booey! baba Booey!

Hi, Alex. Great work as always. I am reluctant to try oils because of the thinners issues but have seen that there are water mixable oil paints and wonder how they would work. It would be great to see your take one this option.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

The water soluble oil paints are not really great for this. They are essentially designed so that you can clean your brush with water, not so much dilute your paint with water. And when it comes to washes… what makes them good is the nature of the white spirit, not the actual oil paint. Water would kind of be the opposite to white spirit if one looks at things like “capillary action” and stuff like that. So I’m afraid it’s not really an option for washes. But it could be for other oil paint use perhaps

@johnmules5954

8 ай бұрын

@@52Miniatures thanks for the response. What you say makes sense when it's put like that, particularly the capillary action bit😊 I guess it's plunge in with the trad paints and spirits then😷😉

Great idea, testing paint advice with a new painter, just like playtesting rules

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, made sense for me to test what I'm submitting to the book :)

I understand the idea of introducing the oil paints early on...but the problem I see is that you still require acrylic pints so buying both type of paints is a bigger investment for a new hobbyist. And acrylics are simpler than oils...you just use water and paint, no "dangerous" thinner and "complex" mixing. And congratulations to Signe, it would be interesting to see her progress in your future videos.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks M, I'm not sure I agree. These oil paints are cheaper than GW contrast paints...

@MentoliptusBanko

8 ай бұрын

True, but buying the odorless thinner and makeup sponges and maybe varnish before and after adds up. And you have to come back and clean the oil paints which is a bigger time investment. Contrast paints are like "take it from the pot and apply it and let it dry". I prefer inks over contrast paints so I am not a huge fan of contrast either. But I found it easier to paint with my 6-year old son using contrast and AP speedpaints.

Alex, as always you do amazing videos. Do you have a patreon with a painting coach tier? Also you should do some shorts on quick color theory.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Jake. I don't really do much active Patroning as all my time goes into making the videos, and the main function of the Patreon is to support that. That said, joining the Patroen gives access to the 52miniatures Discord community where a lot of folk help each other out with paintjobs.

Thumbnail got that Nils Holgersson rizz…

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Indeed!

Love it, brilliantly imagined content as ever The sculpts are really not to my taste at all and the box art doesn't help at all, got two dominions worth of them and extensive revisions intended before I can bear the thought of using them for the game. Your finished group look really good though, I love the colour variations, they look really credible as a group without looking at all like a painter applied the same recipe to each one. They look great, and especially when you know there's a painting beginner in the mix. Wish I could say anything I painted in my first few years looked remotely as good!

@philgee486

8 ай бұрын

Without wanting to jinx it, I reckon this will ride the algorithm way up!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

I like them Phil, but I agree on the "official colours". I think they work well in green, but would probably do as well in blue and / or red. Their bodies are a bit weird, but there is something with the character and the WWI helmets that I like. I'm honestly a little proud over the recipe for the reason you mentioned, just slapping the different washes on in different places and it gives a great look for this horde - even the two mixed together on different parts of the mini.

@philgee486

8 ай бұрын

@@52Miniatures Absolutely Alex and it makes all the difference so it's great for me to have a positive visual that counters the box art so as usual your content comes up trumps again. The oddest thing for me is that the orc spearmen that I bought the boxes to get have patched leather scraps for armour but these grots have big chunks of metal and some proper helmets so they just don't gel as swamp force alpha. Regarding the painting, my greenskins are not, I very much go for the LotR movie skin, sallow ochre hues rather than the box art orange tinted, with added facepaint whenever my brushwork doesn't turn out looking great on a particular model ;0) Clearly from your guide, whatever the base tones it's varying the oil washes that makes all the difference across a rabble. I'm using these as goblin commandos (snagga) so paring back the armour to simple flat panels I can paint as wood.. I'll sacrifice a ruined 4" paintbrush for fibres to make goblin swamp camo skirts, cloaks, hats to cover anything I don't get right and add strands teased from lichen. These guys will credibly be a bush till you walk right by them and then they'll have proper skirmish weapons, spears (using the dagger blades as heads), slings (don't have to make quivers) bola and short stabby swords. Both musicians get a blowpipe upgrade from the horns, a huge example steadied on a monopod as detached snipers. The standard bearers will likely look like a bush with legs and a spear the models are so awful. All the painting will be based on your "How to...", why wouldn't I, these look fantastic! Oh and all my considerable (surely? 🤠) leverage for a welcome return, you yourself make a very good advisor for any beginner, especially it's clear any that feel comforted by a well shot step by step to show exactly what they're supposed to be achieving at each step, The rapid back and forth switching of each mini before and after is step by step genius, it's how the eye notices change afterall. This is such a new strength that the channel should have a regular step by step series added into the mix with our lovely learner's journey as absolute affirmation the guides work for beginners and all the confidence (and views/traffic) that that brings. BUT - remember Alex, absolutely NO bowmonkeys!!!

Cool.. Beginner guide.. 5 minutes in: 😳🥺😬🤒

Love that you introduce oil washes at the beginners stage! It's really a game changer! :)

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks S, I just want to make sure even the beginners know it's out there.

Do you paint in a meat freezer? That's a lot of layers.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Most of the parts of Signe painting was filmed last winter when I was working on the minis for the book. And during winter this place gets cold, yes. The glorious life of KZreadrs you know.

Signe did fantastic for her first mini. I’m curious if she enjoyed the process to be able to come back and paint more with you. Sounds like a good way to spend time together. Great vid as always Alex!

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Ion :) As always.

I feel silly for never thinking of mixing colors for my own oill washes.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Having a dark brown, something like the Bitumen I used, to mix with brighter colours really gives a lot of possibilities to create washes that reminds a lot of what GW washes look like.

Are we all just going to collectively "forget" what Dave did? Really?

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

I don't know what you are referring to?

@sotbs2641

8 ай бұрын

out of the loop - what did he do? 😊

Great stuff as always, but you are getting a bit wyrd.

@52Miniatures

8 ай бұрын

Please explain Daniel

@DanielEbeck

8 ай бұрын

Good looks? ‘Eavy Metal painting guides not being achievable? Oils? The Inquisition will come calling. Seriously, good commentary. You always make me think.