Translation note. "Pencil Crayons" is Canadian for colored pencils

@DanaHowl

2 ай бұрын

ooops hahaha didnt realize that was just a Canada thing lmao

@Eron2828

2 ай бұрын

I've always called them coloured leads or lead pencils (Eastern Canada)

@mollyencrypted2488

2 ай бұрын

I grew up calling them 'pencil crayons' or just 'crayons' (UK)

@shauntaylor9251

2 ай бұрын

@@mollyencrypted2488 crayons are wax

@adrianbk698

Ай бұрын

We use 'coloured pencils' in Australia too. The benefit in this case was we could clearly see the product used. For me, crayons are wax (and used on old school dice). 😆

Those kitbashes are fantastic, I might have to steal this idea! The stormcast head on the one guy has plausible deniability as a sanguinary guard type guy IMO

@DanaHowl

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Eric!!! You are totally right lol

@brittanislarp3850

2 ай бұрын

@@DanaHowl there’s also KILLER new winged storm cast that could easily turn into a Sanguinor, and lemme tell ya-an DanaHowl-signature colorful Sanguinor would be a badass video.

@skeeter5076

2 ай бұрын

@@brittanislarp3850 I've been seeing people using Yndrasta, the Stormcast HQ from Dominion, for the Sanguinor recently and it looks so good

@whalenonfools

2 ай бұрын

@@brittanislarp3850 I wanna use the old Sanguinor model as a standard for a Primaris Ancient. Have thought it would look super cool for years now.

doing the lightning with pencil crayons is such a sick idea, i wanna try that too they look great

@DanaHowl

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Tyler!!! Hell ya the pencil crayons I think can be used for so many things!!!

@mrmlmxyzptlk6376

2 ай бұрын

Are pencil crayons and colored pencils the same thing? No shade, just an honest question.

@DanaHowl

2 ай бұрын

@@mrmlmxyzptlk6376yup! Same thing

@d-rex7043

2 ай бұрын

@@mrmlmxyzptlk6376 ... and I'm guessing 'Poster Putty' is Blu-Tack 😅

'And mostly, to be honest, I just added a lot of bats to everything.' -Konrad Curze

"I mostly just added bats to everything" it really is that simple! Fantastic work

The kitbashes look spectacular. The giant bat pack was the perfect call. Though as iconic as the nightlords color scheme is, part of me wanted to see more of that chaos warrior scheme with lightning bolts. Guess the skelly boy got their hand back in the end.

@tconnah

Ай бұрын

Where did you get the bay pack?

The pencil trick on the lightning is genius.

@Bluecho4

2 ай бұрын

Agreed.

Most incredible part (as usual) is just your confidence with color, "oh yeah this brown is super versatile" [proceeds to tie together two entirely different colours into a coherent majestic scheme], and always appreciate how you show that any accidental messiness in one step just creates opportunity in the next.

I just painted my first Night Lord, just for the hell of it to try freehanding lightning. I had so much fun painting it that I bought the Night lords trilogy of books and am now starting an army! This tutorial will help immensely :)

I love that Dana knows the Squaaaaaaaaaaarespace that her viewers want. 😂

@burfscape1

2 ай бұрын

100%! Any other video I watch, I say it out loud like her :D

This is amazing. Kit-bash turned out amazing. They look even more emo goth now. Really like the little mascot creature. The pencil crayons are great for that 🌩🌩🌩🌩. Adding the 🦇🦇🦇 was a master stroke. Keep up the good work.

_"And mostly, I'll be honest, I just added a lot of bats to everything."_ - *Konrad Curze, detailing how he fell to the ruinous powers of Chaos* They look awesome Dana :D The kind of the over-the-top theatrically high gothic flair of having winged mice flittering about these bygone looking Traitor Marines is such a fitting depiction for the Night Lords. The squad leaders backpack looks _so_ on brand for the legion.

"You can never have enough chains." I learn so much from your channel. :D

Love this! My 40k brain would have never considered using those parts for chaos space Marines. Sometimes sticking to the lore can really get in the way of creativity.

Love these!!! Looks like the skeleton finally took his hand back from the imp at the end showcase there 🤣

I'd love to see your take on any/all Kill Teams - an outside-the-box take on the Inquisitorial Agents would be really interesting...

Chaos Primaris Marines...Oh well, Fabius will figure it out sooner or later. ;) Figures look great Dana!

@Vyes

Ай бұрын

We all know it’s coming eventually. Might as well future proof.

These look REALLY amazing. This is a brilliant kit bash.

Absolutely fantastic! You freehand the skulls so easily! And I had never even heard of using colored pencils on minis, but you used them to make the best looking version of Night Lord armor I’ve ever seen! Incredibly well done! I’m still pretty fresh to Kill Team, but I like the smaller factions that wouldn’t otherwise get attention, like the Arbites and Eldar Corsairs.

These are so great! Really impressive.

Haven't seen the pencil crayons used for minis in a while! You can counter the grainy finish by dipping them in water first. Just helps them apply a bit more smoothly.

Those are some awesome kitbashes! I thought about using chosen from AoS myself, and This looks really amazing ! I have to try it. Good work 😊

Great result! Really flavourful!

This is so impressive!!! They turned out amazing

Amazing use of crayons! Wanting to paint a night lord squad but was afraid on even trying to paint lightning effects. Thank you.

I used to think the more lobstered armour from AoS was a little too obvious in 40K kitbashes but these blend really well! Great result!

These look incredible!

These look absolutely sick! Great kitbashing!

Damn, they look amazing! Great work!

Great job! Some really fantastic ideas and tips here.

Have you done an eldar kill team? I'd love to see you paint some space elves

These are awesome!

I’d love to see you paint the Mandrakes too!

@DanaHowl

Ай бұрын

coming right up :)

Sweet some kitbashing went on, they look wicked sick

okay its settled i have to do a kill team of vampire night lords this is literally such a good idea and you pulled it off so unbelievably well. also, in my experience with also using colored pencils on minis, quality doesnt really matter all that much, you're *usually* going to get a grainy finish. i havent tried this out myself, but i think using watercolor pencil crayons might be a more suitable option? because in theory, i think you could smooth out any rough bumpy textures with just a little bit of water on a clean brush. but dont quote me on that i havent tried it.

TIL Pencil Crayons are just colored pencils. But also, I bought the Aeldari Corsair raiders to paint up in a synthwave style and they're really gorgeous models. Would love to see you tackle those.

I love the colored pencil tip I can't wait to try this❤

I do like the bat wings over the backpack. Deffo wanna do that for a Chaos Lord on foot

Very nice models. Thank you for sharing the pencil technique for high lighting. I suck at highlighting with a brush. I might give pencil highlight a go.

Just wow !!! this reminds me of the squal marines... I love your kitbashing videos sooooo much !

These are amazing! Can't wait to get my hands on these and convert them to vampire knights :) Also would love to see you paint Felgore Ravagers!

Nice work! If you're wanting these to be in am army, you could count them as Chosen which explains the slight height difference, all corrupted and such.

OK those turned out absolutely wicked. Great work as always, Dana!! 🎉

Been considering the Chaos Chosen models as a base for a more distinct and not Black Legion look for my CSM. Will definitely move forward with the idea. Love the conversions!!

The bamp (bat-imp) lost his hand, and the skelly doesn't have it at the very end either! It seems we have a hand thief... on... on our.. hands...

That bat backpack looks sick! And the lightning with the crayons is really amazing!

I'd love to see your take on the Corsairs, Mandrakes, and Hand of the Archon

Wow these look excellent! I’ll have to try out some coloured pencils for freehanding on banners etc

Very intresting idea with the highlight will be trying

Love it!

your paint jobs are always so gooood

they look amazing, and the pencil crayon is a true certified life hack! the outcome was awesome!

They look fantastic! Nightmare is supposed be delivered to me tomorrow, and now I'm really considering buying some AOS chaos warriors.... Awesome stuff, as always. Thank you Dana! ❤

Excellent bashes! These are some extremely charismatic vampires. Pure speculation, as I don't have hands-on experience with colour pencils on minis, but I did work in an art supply store: the grainy texture might be due to a wax binder, cheap pencils or not. Most brands use a wax binder, where some (but not all!) more expensive fine-arts brands use an oil binder. The oil-based pencils typically have a smoother application and blend-ability. Mineral spirits should also work on oil-based pencils for clean up or blending.

I enjoy all your videos but this one is especially good, they all look so unique and characterful. I particularly like the leader, she's my favourite.

@DanaHowl

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! This video didn't get many views but I had so much fun making it, I wanna do more like this

These look great! I love the blue color you chose. Also, I’ve heard of people calling colored pencils “pencil crayons”, fun.

"I've had these bodies lying around for a while now" If somebody caught that snippet out of context 🤔 🤣

fantastic looking killteam! wow two nightlords releases in one week with Ninjon, that's a rare chapter!

I gotta see your take on the Mandrakes. I was thinking of trying something different than the usual myself.

I think the grainy look of the pencils works well with the nightlords, it fits with the vibe they give off

Great work, I'd love to see your take on some Alpha Legionnaires.

Oh no the skeleton's hand! Super cool conversions and a great paint job

Looks cool. 👍

It'd be great to see you paint up a Deathwatch KillTeam. I know there isn't a specific Deathwatch set for KillTeam, but the 40k minis are legal in the game, and technically it's a cheaper set than most actual KillTeam boxes, heh.

@KerkorDragonblood

2 ай бұрын

I second this as a Deathwatch player! Plus, near infinite kitbash potential!

really like the conversions. I wanna see some Chaos Squats next!!!

Would love to see some more space dwarves! New KT or custom/kitbash would rule!

Very nice conversions, creates a fantastic mood. I'm jealous of how vibrant your ProAcry red looks. I'm using the exact same color and I never get it that bright. Any hints? More layers? Shaking the pot more?

I would love your take on Inquisition Kill Team or Rogue Trader Kill Team. They have a great variety of models, so should be a fun project. Inquisition box adds kitbashing challenge, as there are not enough bodies to build all the options. I sourced the rest out of my bits box instead of buying a second box. And it became even more fun 😁

I now have to grab some of those Chaos Bodies. ❤❤❤

I found your channel cause of your space sharks collab with midwinter minis so you returning to this well is delightful 👩‍🍳💋👌

I'd love to see you paint a gene stealer cult kill team!

This video is chock full of useful information for me and my current Night Lord project. I was going back and forth on the Chaos Chosen AoS figures because I love their weapons for conversions but wasn't sure I'd use the bodies but looking at them here yeah, I reckon I can Marine Them Up to be aspiring champions... The pencil lightning looks awesome, I reckon I'm gonna take that too (having just recently decided that I'm probably giving up on my attempts to use a different scheme. My idea is an alternate heresy setting where the night lords end up dedicated to Khorne as a sort of Apex Predator Martial Prowess kind of deal, and I built a really cool scheme using dark red and brass to represent the shift, but it turns out, when you leave off the bat wing motifs because you don't really like them, and paint your night lords in red and brass they just... Look Like World Eaters... Anyway, yeah the coloured pencils for the lightning motif will be real useful tech, and I'm definitely gonna try it out elsewhere too)

These look so cool! I prefer to see Night Lords where there is less flayed skin and guts, and more focus on the exaggerated Gothic design-elements. The red bat-motifs have always reminded me of the Evil Horde from MotU, so I think I'd paint Night Lords with much darker blue-ish black. :)

'Pencil crayons.' All the kids are doing it. Lovely conversion work to true-scale space marines (as opposed to those 5'6" guys we used to have). Also, did the Skeleton get his hand back at the end there, or is it living it's best life (unlife?) on the run under the work bench with all of its hoodlum, dust bunny friends?

Please paint the new brood brothers! That would be lovely

Love the idea of using bodies from fantasy Chaos Warriors. It sells the idea of heretic Astartes that have to scrounge for materials to repair their suits. A really effective idea for Night Lords specifically.

looks great dana - i generally dont care for marine type minis, but these look great wheres the skelly hand go for the glamour shots tho!

Would love to see your take on Hunter Clade!

I am stealing that color pencil idea for my Night Lords. Ave Dominus Nox!

How do the pencils react to further paint applications or water? If I was to apply a brush-on matte finish, would the pencil line blur or lose saturation?

I'm surprised you havent' done a Mordheim Warband, you might be able to kitbash something interesting with that second copy of Cursed City thats also ready to play for any local tournaments like an Undead Warband.

The pencil crayon idea is kinda interesting It doesn't have much risk of like flaking the paint right? And is it easy to topcoat?

Lots of great ideas as usual, Dana! A question with the coloured pencils/pencil crayons - is there a chance this will rub off the mini? Do you recommend a coat of varnish to 'seal' the pencil? I've not seen this technique before, and thought it's use for lightning motifs has a lot of potential (given my ability with the brush at that size is limited).

They look great! I'll get some crayons to try this too. Should be good for painting slogans (KIL! KIL!), tattoos etc. on figures too, or so I hope. How easy is it to take the crayon off if something doesn't go to plan, and how does it react to varnishing over the top?

As someone who used to paint bjd's and now miniature's..I always wondered why people didn't use watercolor pencils and pastels for miniature's..I always wanted to experiment with Mr. superclear on them it gives the best tooth ever...never got around to it.

Is that testors glue you have the non toxic version? If so where did you find it? Been looking everywhere for it here in canada but can only find it on amazon for way too much money

pencil crayons is a really cool move! it suits your illustration-y style very very well. did you find it rubbed off at all?

my night lords have no lightning so I might have to try this trick.

Nice killteam.

oooh the baddest guys

Wow, these turned out awesome, much better than the original models imo. In the end shots, your bat demon lost his hand so I'm guessing Skellie-Jenkins got it back?

They turned out amazingly! The kitbashes make them so much more interesting than the standard builds haha. I'd love to see your take on Elucidian Starstriders, if you're looking for more KT to paint :D

What kind of adhesive do you use in that tin tube? Is it high viscosity cyano, or is it liquid silicone? Great videos! Thanks!

What happened to the skeleton hand on the lil dude? It's missing in the final turntable shot 😮

@DoomyDrummer83

2 ай бұрын

x2 😅

did you need to varnish after the pencils crayons? I know with graphite tinting it rubs off super easy.

Dope

I love treasure imps. Look at them lol’ butts.

Does the pencil stay on well or can it smudge or rub off easy?

Please Dana paint the ork Kommandoz!

@DanaHowl

25 күн бұрын

I already have! years ago now at this point: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6KMybWtlLbFlMY.html

@Nystan

25 күн бұрын

@@DanaHowl omg thanks, you're awesome!

What a nice job.. pencil work turned out real well. One criticism is.. those are Nightlords, they need gored up.. I mean LOTS of gore!!!!