This video is a classic uncle Nightshift: Paints a figure on a level many wargamers with hundreds of figures under their belt won't archieve and is still telling everyone that it is not that good... Please never change XD

@pathwanderer1183

3 жыл бұрын

He does it on the models too! "aah its not that great" about a model that , had i made it, i would carry with me for life to show everyone, an that id probably take with me to bed..

@burntbybrighteyes

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. His first try is probably one of the best figures I’ve ever seen and definitely far, far better than my best try.

@markbarratt1453

3 жыл бұрын

His humbleness speaks volumes. If I could get even close to the level of his first figure, I would be ecstatic!

@henrythomasmarten

3 жыл бұрын

been painting figures for 30 years. the above statement is, by my experience, true.

@aaronwheeler3511

3 жыл бұрын

@@pathwanderer1183 same same...

Papa Nightshift: oH goD I'm So BaD AT PainTiNG FiGurEs. Also papa Nightshift: makes a plastic figure look like a real human being

@flyingeyeproductions5552

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah daddy night shift! Chip my paints!

@s.gaflytying3115

3 жыл бұрын

@@flyingeyeproductions5552 🙄

@aaronwhite1786

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, right? I saw step 2 and was like "Welp, looks better than some of the minis I've painted..."

This guy's a genius in my opinion. Wish I had 1% of his skill.

@rattusrattus5257

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@garyparker2969

3 жыл бұрын

This Is Fact 🤓

@Maxalhw

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@xjosephjoestar

3 жыл бұрын

facts

@jonathansteadman7935

3 жыл бұрын

Wish I had 50% of his patience and eye for detail.

Night Shift: Chipping is part of my religion, even on figures I will find something to chip

@vonsopas

3 жыл бұрын

Chipping: this is the way

@mistapeper1283

3 жыл бұрын

your nick sound Polish

“I shall call him, Mini Martin!” -Martin, probably

Humility, honestly integrity. He even films his breakdowns. That's why you're such a damn good tutor. You're authentic. People relate. Oh, did I mention also an Epic modeller?

Model companies: *makes specific paint colors* Modelers: “I’m gonna use a concoction of several paint colors for this”

@ScottKenny1978

3 жыл бұрын

You need to see the "50 shades of Feldgrau" pictures, where they have about 50 different jackets laid out and no 2 are the same color.

Favourite time of the week 👍🏻

When his first figure is better than ones you've been making for a year😔 Anyways, looks amazing!

@Vortagh

3 жыл бұрын

And then he complains how bad it looks :(

@rattusrattus5257

3 жыл бұрын

I know how you feel

@deMarbot

3 жыл бұрын

I have been painting figures for more than 30 years and that one is better than my best one

@grimfist79

3 жыл бұрын

Just follow that tutorial and you may get even better result.

@grimfist79

3 жыл бұрын

@@deMarbot so clearly you are doing something wrong 😆

like i said when you asked, it looks great in giving the model life

@jerryvolpini7987

3 жыл бұрын

I'd rather a model with a poor figure than no figure at all!

@dotdashdotdash

3 жыл бұрын

Jerry Volpini - even an unpainted figure, at least then you get an idea of the scale.

@jerryvolpini7987

3 жыл бұрын

@@dotdashdotdash Yes, lol 😆

Me: should be paying attention in school Night shift: uploads Me: well alrighty then

@DeclanJanzen023

3 жыл бұрын

Me: has a final exam in 30 minutes...

@jackbonham8497

3 жыл бұрын

lol, I skipped German for this.

@DisgruntledPigumon

3 жыл бұрын

@SonofEyeAboveAll effoff but it teaches the important things.

@swimporpoise5395

3 жыл бұрын

@SonofEyeAboveAll effoff wow, no shit?

Camera work was great; so many figure painting videos where it would've helped if the camera was a lot closer.

As a figure modeler (primarily), it was fascinating to watch your work here. Your excellent brush control, your light touch, and your patience served you very well on this figure. This is a strong result for nearly any painter and a remarkable result for a new figure painter. I was especially impressed by your understanding of subtle color variations, which most painters take quite a lot of time to develop. My guess is that you are already practiced in actually seeing the colors that are present rather than just assuming that you already know what should be there. A couple of things: * Every miniature figure goes through a stage where it looks ... not good. Really not good. This doesn't change with experience; even the best painters I know have this happen. All you can do is trust that you will eventually work through to the other side and find the results you were looking for. This is what you did here, but I wanted to mention that it's very likely to happen with _every_ figure. The only thing that gets better is that you get used to the feeling. * If you want bright, saturated reds (or most colors, really) when painting over a dark substrate, you might try a tonal underpainting with white, then glazing the color over the top rather than mixing the white in with the color. The latter will tend to desaturate the color, while painting in a translucent color over a light to dark gradient tends to give you much more vibrant results. With a worn uniform, as here, a bit of desaturation can be useful of course, since those colors tend to fade pretty quickly on cloth. I mention this mostly in case you want a less faded result in a future figure. Brilliant start with figure painting that I think adds quite a lot to the excellent tank model.

A suggestion for the future. I recommend painting a bit of a shadow on the tank where the hand is covering edge of the hatch. It helps sell the relationship between the figure and the vehicle.

Never painted a figure before. Immediately paints a better looking figure than i have in 23 years 😄

“My first attempt” *paints this perfectly as he has already done 100000 more before* “Yes totally the first time”

My friend you are too humble, it looks great! There's always room for improvement but your foundation is truly impressive.

for a year i'm "trying" to paint figures of all sort of scales, and usually having fun but after watching your video with your FIRST figure I feel sad ;-) .... its not fair :-D

Black leather i use English uniform and black with a wee touch of brown, gives you a nice leather effect. Great video mate....

You're a much better figure painter than you give yourself credit for.

@mitchellsumpter4807

3 жыл бұрын

Drop the word ‘for’.

@nonamesplease6288

3 жыл бұрын

@@mitchellsumpter4807 Oh, really? C'mon, man.

good

I don't know what kind of weird perfectionist you are, but the face looks incredible. Especially the eyes are some of the best I've seen on a model

Not bad at all. I like the result, and by using different colors than “how you s’posed to do it” you made Hans uniquely yours. Great video!

You are not only a great painter, your presenting style is top shelf too. Entertaining until the last frame. Thank you for that! 🙏

I love watching you, even the older videos, I always learn something from watching them. I really need to practice more with my figures. I’ve just got a panzer tank and it comes with THREE TANK CREW figures. My wife bought me it and said “ here love you’ll enjoy doing this won’t you. I couldn’t tell her I’d never painted a figure or had any bloody idea how. So somehow with the help of your video and the hand of god I might just win this one. Thanks for sharing

This figure looks absolutely perfect. I love the wires you added for detail. The finishwork is fantastic! ❤

Almost had me in tears at one point, so glad it had a happy ending!!

Love your channel, love your techniques, love your humor, which is the characteristic of your space. Every episode is a master class with laughs.

I paint minis since i'm 12 years old and i cannot have a result like this. I hate and love you at the same time. Seriously it's really nice and it's the best tutorial for 1/35 minis i've ever seen

He looks absolutely amazing! Blends to the tank seamlessly, Great job.

Absolutely amazing!!

Nightshift this was the most pleasing video to watch yet!! Beautifully executed and thank you for the sharing!!

“I’m bad at this” Proceeds do paint photorealistic figure

Always Prime Flesh areas with white! It reflects light back up through the paint layers adding a more 'lively' look!

Thanks for the tutorial. I've watched it over and over because UN is a master despite his humility. I've got a long way to go but now have something to shoot for. I highly recommend this tutorial.

That's a stellar result for a first timer... After years of trying to find a tutorial video on painting figures (the whole, not just the face) - this is now bookmarked as my go-to video. Thanks for putting this out!

Absolute legend. You're an artist.

From what I've seen by your past attempts on armor, your figure painting is still plain awesome!!! It's always good to challenge your abilities

Amazing - just quite simply, amazing - Thank you!

Simply awesome. Thank you.

finally, he is alive! good result and changes a lot the presentation of the model. 👏👏👏

Yes thank you Mr . Martin, you have given me that kick in the ass to try. You have returned the fun into my hobby for me.

FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!

Being a painting newbie, this looks like magic and great tutorial.

It looks absolutely amazing!

Looks AWESOME!

Looks bloody awesome, thanks.

As always, just amazing

As a passable figure painter and tragically bad armour modeller. All I’m going to say is you’re killing me. Outstanding job mate. Gday from Australia. Keep the vids coming,they’re a great help to people like me.

FINALLY !!! Thank you for explaining this technique in layman's terms... I have struggled with this for years but your explanation of the way sunlight shines on the figure makes so much sense... Thank you...

Outstanding. You did a wonderful job.

I always enjoy your videos! Thank you for taking the time to publish them!

What an awesome job!

This is fantastic, Martin. Just wonderful!

The face COMPLETELY transforms when you add the blue. Amazing job!!

The video and your joy is making this video absolutely fun to see. Thnx 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

It turned out great! Thanks Uncle Nightshift!

Technical and funny - the best way to learn. Awesome video

Thanks Night Shift, you've just made loads of us give up figure painting!

This and the tiger 1 build have so helpful. This video has given me the confidence and encouragement I needed to tackle figures. Thank you for all your videos. I'm definitely a big fan of your work.

LOL "4 days makes me an expert" - in the world of the internet and youtube it makes you so much more!

Total excellence and great instructions about what you accomplished

Absolutely brilliant tutorial Night Shift

Love you're video and the Techniques and knowledge of how to do certain painting

Wow! Awesome job! Looks amazing!

Excellent results, sir! As always, thank you for sharing. Steve

Great work! You could also use one of your lighter grey tones watered down for a glaze to apply to his jaw and upper lip for 5 o'clock shadow

for sure it is the best tuturial for figure painting ...you are wondeful Martin

just...wow...thanks for share !

Looks great, cant wait to see you future figures!

Looks phenomenal!

FANTASTIC! nothing more to say!!

Don't sell yourself short. This is an excellent tutorial with a great result

Masterpiece!

"first time painting figures" . . . . . . Nailed it!

Looks terrific!

Good point about using quality, well sculpted figures.

Wow. Fantastic.

Looks good for your first serious attempt for painting a figure. Don't forget 'Contrast is king!'

Finally i found the easy way to paint figur from this canel.. Thx dude...ur the Mannnn!

It turned out so well!

Looks fantastic. Thanks for such an great video for figures.

That looks amazing.

You sir are a master! The commander looks real and the tank is fantastic. Your work and artistry are amazing.

For someone that’s never painted figures you did a really nice job. This Alpine figures are nice. Thanks for inspiring me to step my game up.

Brilliant work, as always!! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

Well I don’t know about any better videos out there. I have loved watching this. Nice explanation through out . 👍🏻

BRAVO!!!!

I like your techniques on how you painted this figure. It works for me.

This man was born to make models. He does something totally new to him and it comes out better than it would if someone with years of experience in that topic did it.

Great results!!! As always.

I've been a professional Artist for over 40 years, and I can say that you did a great job!! Most people destroy their figure by really screwing -up the eyes badly. Looks good, Mr. Shift!

Absolutely amazing buddy!!! Beautiful job can't wait to see the whole diorama!!!! Flawless job!!

Excellent work! Congrats!

Thanks for a few hints and tips, always enjoy, keep it up 👍

Outstanding.

Amazing job ...given me some ideas for future projects thank you Martin

Love it. Great job

That is honestly the most realistic looking model figure ive ever seen any modeler paint. Splendid job!

Excellent M8...I aspire to that level of detail and realism 👍