So many people see the word ‘grimdark’ and immediately think ‘desaturation.’ I love how you pull back from that mindset and keep a very saturated color tone, while focusing more heavily on weathering and battle damage. Incredible work!

@LordVilmore

6 ай бұрын

You are confusing grimdark with blanchitsu. Grimdark is pretty much embracing dirt and weathering, while blanchitsu is specifically based on the work of Blanche.

Another blessed day. I love the variety we've been getting, Bob Ross style painting has meaning videos, new skirmish game, and now GW helpful tips. That's basically my perfect rotation lol

@kylej3796

11 ай бұрын

Dude! I was just thinking as I’m watching this that Vince reminds me a little of Bob Ross sometimes.

@gabrielrodriguez457

11 ай бұрын

​@kylej3796 probably because of the hair 😆

I absolutely love using those triangle sponges. They're generally very cheap, a bag lasts a good while, you can cut them and pinch in a tweezer for smaller work, and the best thing is they don't leave lint like cotton balls or Q-Tips.

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

I totally agree!

Proper grimdark. Straight to the point, easy to follow and replicate.

Really fantastic, thanks for the great tips! Anyone who thinks speed painting just means a dry brush and a wash should watch this for a 10x better looking mini with smart and efficient techniques

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

I wrote you before on a video and told you how shaky it was and you responded you have fixed that. You certainly have. This video is so awesome. I have come to always visit your videos and have learned a great deal from your training. I thank you for that. This video was another awesome video. Wow. Not everybody is shooting for the demon with their painting skills. Once I stopped and started painting for enjoyment and fun, I found my painting zen. VV you rock and I love your banter and collaboration with the other creators. I have enjoyed Ninjon's channel quite a bit lately. They guy is a riot. Skal!

Fun painting for ultramrines, prime black, base red, zenithal white, base blue contrast, and you get a cool ultramarine with purple red undertones and shadows.

Glad to see "wet the drys, dry the wets" works for Warhammer too :)

@jc7997aj

11 ай бұрын

Oil painting principles right ? Also heard thin on thick or thick on thin. I've barely dapped my toe into that pond. Just oil washes so far. Just got in some scale 75 oils. Caught them on sale. Half price. Will be giving it a go in the next week or so.

AN HOUR!?!?!? *Throws paints and brushes in bin due to embarrassment* :D Ahh the efficency that comes with so much experience. But I am so happy to see more classical style Termies back with new sculpts. Back in the original lore (and even in game) they were an army unto themselves. So cool.

Great video, Vince (as Always!), thanks!!

Love to see grimdark black Templars!

Well Vince, you got me to start another army with this video!

Great stuff. It's good to see really basic techniques that anyone can do with a little practice and get very good results. Using stippling and contrast is such a perfect way to get the most out of gw range of stuff. Hope this video reaches those that need it. Cheers vincie lad 👊

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Adore this. I'll be using this for my Raptors. Thanks!

Id love to see a similar style applied to Deathwing terminators. Cool paint job, very fitting for 10th!

@arturdavydov4381

11 ай бұрын

Richard Gray made a nice video with a Deathwing terminator in a similar style

@xcoregamerskillz

11 ай бұрын

Richards video is over an hour long and he said he's still painting the mini. I'd love to see this painting technique applied to that style

@Gumlass1

11 ай бұрын

You could also grimdank up Juan Hidalgo's recipe pretty easily.

@kain149

11 ай бұрын

Likewise. the other mentioned in the comments are pretty different. this has a nice vibrancy to it despite being grimdark :D

thats a dam fine lookin termi, thanks Vince

Love the video. First time seeing the grimdark style using contrast paints!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Fantastic video Vince! Looks great for not that much effort - easy and approachable for all skill levels

great video. It's really nice to get to see the whole process.

Such a great looking box. Awesome models and great painting by Vincey V. Love the brush only approach.

Big V. Mad respect. Educational and inspirational as always.

Looks amazing. One of the best ‘grimdark’ video tutorials and you explain it so well

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Some people are just born with it....Amazing ❤🎉

Man, this is such an effective scheme! Loved it! Thanks, vince

Wow, an excellent tutorial that shows a way to make the figure “grim dark” but still retains enough of the colors to look realistic. Thanks very much!!!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Looking lean Vince. Thanks for the tips.

love this! excited to try streaking grime on some blood angels!

What an incredible EASY high quality result that almost any skill level could reproduce!!!! What great content!! Fantastic job Techno Mancer!! Thanks🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Oh and fabulous video production!! ❤

Absolutely amazing. Love it.

@VinceVenturella

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Great video. Going to try this method on some Deathwing termies I’ve had hanging around for some time - swapping out the blue for some skeleton horde contrast 👍

1:28 "I'm going to pull it out later" Thanks for the warning.

Lovely stuff and the best of all... you are seemingly the only youtuber ever to pronounce abaddon correctly... Thank the emperor. Top bloke 👍

Looks stunning!

Great tutorial, I've used your technique for my Blood Angels Terminators and I'm totally in for this grimdark style. :)

Hi Vince, I just wanted to say that your channel is criminally underrated and you have some great tutorials! Thank you!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! Always happy to help!

This was an amazing tutorial - Definitely given me ideas to do a similar scheme in Yellow for my box. It's nice to find some (essentially) brush only tutorials for once

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Looks great Vince - thanks for the guide

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

You bet!

Love the grimdark tutorial. Gonna try it one day. Thanks for sharing Vince!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

As always, amazing work!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks Vince, just the video I was looking for, easy to implement and striking awesome when finished, Thank You very much

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Wow that came out looking awesome pretty quickly. Very helpful tutorial for grim dark 👍

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

I've been painting in this style for over a year and you still do a better job in an hour than I can manage in many hours. Great work, picked up a couple of good tips!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

You can do it!

Usually here for the AOS but always for the painting, my favourite painter by far , teacher also & content creator

I like the new angle, a very relaxed looking Vince

Really really nice Vince, really nice.

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like it :)

This was absolutely terrific

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Thanks brother! Hope you're doing well. :)

Very cool looking fella. Well done. Thanks again for your glazing guide. It would be cool to see your take the other chapters aswell :0) Thanks for sharing.

"9:18, a block of cheese?! now that's going to be interesting! Oh, it's a sponge :("

So👏friggin👏good👏 +1 engagement point

This was sooo nice!

Great video Vince!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Nice Vince. Thanks for giving me an idea on the new box I bought with my daughter

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

No problem 👍

Fantastic Video Vince ! Another really enjoyable video and the finished Marines dope asfk. I hope you do some more 40k Models. Cheers

Looks Great!

Yes. Yes Uncle Vince. We are. Just. All. Gloop.

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

Great video, just a note on the sponges for wiping the streaking grime. Make sure the are non latex sponges, as the latex can flake onto the paint job.

@VinceVenturella

8 ай бұрын

Great tip!

Superb!

Always enjoy you vids

Half way through this, i'm asking myself, "Why didn't he just airbrush Talasar Blue over his zenethil?". But after the streaking grime went on, i understood the why - you were wanting to use a contrast paint brushed on, and you overcame the crappy finish it makes on large, broad surfaces via the streaking grime, coupled with sponging on the various patina colors. Brilliant!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

I also wanted it to be more newbie friendly, so this was a win-win.

Super cool video! I have been dry brushing grimdark (worked out ok) but am keen to try your technique :D

Bänger, really love the dark brown sponge weathering so simple and looks great

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Awesome results on that behemoth... Always great to see grimdark Ultramarines.

@jc7997aj

11 ай бұрын

I've always thought they look better in green. 🫣

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

It really is!

The gloopiest of gloop 🫠

Great video and just as im putting a space marine outrider together, thanks for the tips.

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Did a similar paint job for my death company kill team - if you can use many imprecise techniques and that actually works with your color scheme, makes wonders when it comes to speed painting.

Great video! I am finally taking the leap from citadel paints to monument hobbies. Inspired to try new paints. Will keep some citadel paints as there are so I love. Looking forward to your colors and mixing some of the base set to create something new.

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Have fun! :)

"Shake the Buh-jeezers out of it." 😂 Great video for a quick and good paint job. You're an excellent educator.

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Never thought to remove streaking grime with dry sponges seems a bit more controllable than using spirits.

nice one, Vince

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for to resurrect my Astra Militarum army after 10+ years out of the hobby, thank you!

Great tutorial. Both entertaining and informative. I have yet to see anyone do a Grimdark scheme for metallic armor. Would really like to see someone tackle that.

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

I am always nervous to do oil washes but wanted to use them on my S2D army think I may try this method you made it seem much less complex than most videos i have seen.

Another winner. I typically have to varnish when using enamels over citadel contrast ... but perhaps I rub it too hard lol.

HC 306 for Vince's gold recipe. The antique gold pigment from GSW really adds bling.

Great video.

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

"Crack in" Kraken.....I see what you did there. XD

I would really like to see this for blood angels and of course the tyranids. Great work!

@VinceVenturella

10 ай бұрын

I do have past videos on both of those. Tyranids - kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWhorLOgmrTZabg.html&pp=gAQBiAQB Blood Angels - kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJ2D17iQcazLqto.html&pp=gAQBiAQB

Before you shake the bejeezus out of streaking grime, do a careful shake and check if the seal is tight. mine was skewed/warped and i shook a lot of it all over my table, leg and floor. Something that is averse to water is bad to clean up.

👍👍 let's get kraken!

@philurbaniak1811

11 ай бұрын

Very cool, achievable scheme; this is about where I want my standard to sit 👍👍

Love it, stole this wholesale for a new unit

Just wish that the paints and techniques for this great grimdark job were available 25 years ago when I was painting my marines.

I’m super excited to paint my leviathan box I got my pre order in this morning

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Have fun!

There is so many varieties of Steaking Grime, what one am I looking for? I saw on the bottle AK-012 for all vehicles, but when I looked it up it said for dark yellow vehicles. Just don’t want to ruin my steps up till this point. Thanks and amazing video! Keep up the great work Vince!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Yep, just straight bog standard streaking grime, no for specific vehicles.

I hope I’m not the only one who got childhood karate kid flash backs, when you said: ‘Whipe with the wet, whipe with the dry…’ LOL

Hey Vince, try a pinch of GSW metal pigments gold in a drop of Vallejo Airbrush Thinner. It's changed my life - never seen a gold like it! Great video, btw

You just got me to subscribe!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad to have you along on the hobby journey and always happy to help. :)

Not my style, but I love the finished result. Keep up the amazing work.

Sweet I’m glad the influencers all got a copy, I won’t be seeing a copy myself because it’s sold out

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

I’ve seen they restocked recently in some places, but I am sure more will be available, especially at LGS if you have one.

Love it Vince, thank you for the always informative video! Any chance though the audio could be a bit louder? I always seem to have the pump up my speakers on HC vids :) Could you use this method for other chapters and tanks?

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Yep, would work fine with other chapters and larger vehicles for sure.

Iama need to order me some streaking grime. I want to try this on some dark angels.

This was amazing vince, thank you! You completely captured the contrast to brown I love with a grimdark style. I do have a question however. I am doing a death skulls ork army, primarily with black and blue accents. How would you suggest capturing the dirty contrast with something like the colour black? Do you have a grey tone that might work to sell the aesthetic?

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

It's tough, black doesn't really show the damage as well. You can either use a lighter brown or skip it. You want a grey for the light, high value damage. Things like pigment in the lower levels become really important.

Grim Dark has never been my Bag...I like the gonzo Bright Clean colours of say the Bloodquest Comics...but that was simply fantastic.

I love the combination of contrast paints and grimdark techniques, the most fun parts of both have been executed perfectly in my opinion. Does anyone know what the superglue mixture used for the basing might include?

@RochelleHasTooManyHobbies

11 ай бұрын

I do believe that in the past he's used straight-up super glue. Nothing special, just a liquid-y super glue straight from the bottle.

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Yep, just straight up super glue medium.

You are the technomancer

Great tutorial, mini looks awesome! Any pointers for achieving a similar look for Black Templars? Would you go with actual black for the basecoat, or more dark grey? Would it be better to use brighter colors like silver for chipping to be better visible than Rhinox hide on black? Cheers!

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Black is tough, the darker browns won't show. That means you need to either use a brighter, lighter brown or just skip that step. You will want a light grey for that step. The pigment around the lower areas of the mini do wonders for darker armors.

Wonderful tutorial Vince, helped me immensely! Quick question tho' - since you painted the metals on before the streaking grime, how about varnish afterwards? Did you matt varnish it anyway, or just left it as is? Thanks in advance, and again thank you for making grimdark "click" for me :)

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Just left as is, no need to varnish.

Great video Vince. I was wondering if it’s possible to adopt this approach effectively for darker tones of marine armour (dark angles, crimson fists etc.)?

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Sure, the darker you go, the less the brown will really show up unless you lighten that tone and flip it to maintain contrast, but they will work.

A fun little thing that happened to me is that I got myself the book History of art in Japan by Tsuji Nobuo. And I started reading it and then I realised my internal speech when reading academic text written in english is the voice of Vince

@VinceVenturella

11 ай бұрын

Amazing. :)

Hell yeah