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Great message. I'd love to be better with my blending. At the moment it feels like I have no exact process but just smear paint until it looks good. I'd like to try out some other people's methods to see if I can get something that's more procedural.

@drewthornley6863

3 жыл бұрын

I love the support these channels have for each other, it genuinely makes me enjoy their content more

I've been painting for a few months, loving every step of the learning experience. What is frustaiting as a beginner is always feeling the need of more and more paints. More often than not I found myself not painting because of this. So to try to solve this and keep developing my painting skills i've decided that on my month of holiday (August), I'm going to paint everyday and not buying a single pot of paint. If I don't have a color, I mix others or simply take the risky (and rewarding) route of experimenting.

@Pagatang

4 жыл бұрын

I started painting again 6 months ago after a 20 year + hiatus and started with the citadel base paint set. First mini was a death guard standard bearer and it came out fine. My point here is that I completely agree with what you have said in terms of colour mixing. The limitation of a basic palette forces you to think and improvise about how to best use what little you have. Now I have a much wider pallet but still only 40 +/- paints and washes which I buy every so often but only when I feel I really can't achieve what I want to with my existing colours. I think that just as in life having it all too quickly actually stops you from learning, screws you up because you don't appreciate what is crap and what is good and it also makes you lazy and uninventive.

@gilesholtby1702

4 жыл бұрын

Well you can always just stick with yellow, blue, red, black and white in each “family” of paints (base, layer, ink) then a set of washes and metallics. You can then use those basics to mix colours as you like. The only thing is that getting the colour consistent from one session to another can be tricky.

My current goal: Don't make a mess with the miniature.

I'm still pretty new so my "new" might be boring hah. But I'm going to try Contrast paints next! As well as priming in black and doing a zenithal highlight in white. Looking forward to doing both for the first time.

Thank you for reminding me with a real world application of something I was taught a long time ago: The master has failed more times than the apprentice has ever tried at all.

I'm a noob and I hope by the end of this year I'll be painting my first hobby piece. Your videos are so inspiring to watch, as a 53 year old I feel like I'm rediscovering mini's again. As a kid and teen I created D&D worlds, played DOOM, and wrote code for my own pc gaming pleasure in the late 70"s and through all of the 80's. But life happened in year 89 and I grew up.

Sorry if the Music is a bit loud. Didn't hear it when editing but for some reason after the export and uploading i find it way too loud. Hope it's OK! :) Ending the giveaway tuesday 22.00 central european time 13/8/2019.

@pappel84

5 жыл бұрын

it's ok, bro

@Cloudman572

4 жыл бұрын

At 8.57 into video you mention your favourite painter that you learn much from- could you please post a link to his site or name of the site, cheers and great channel you have.

@BeyondtheRecord

4 жыл бұрын

the reason might be that the level of the audio was pretty high and youtube put a limiter on it. That made your voice quieter while maintaining the music at the same level. Should this problem persist, you might wanna try to lower the master volume while editing and see if this changes something! p.s. very nice video btw :)

@labpartners3490

4 жыл бұрын

Hi I am glad I found your channel as I am just getting ready to start my first miniatures. I was wondering since I like to shoot high, what is a golden diamond? Is that an award of some kind? I did a search but did not find anything on this. Thanks in advance!

@SquidmarMiniatures

4 жыл бұрын

@@labpartners3490 hey, it's a competition called golden demon, the biggest warhammer miniature painting competition :)

Thank you for the inspiration! I have two sons, Last year I was going through my old Warhammer stuff that I had not touched sins they were born and they had a blast looking at all my minis and I let them play some with them. When going through the old models I got really nostalgic and the urge to start painting again was really strong. Last fall when my oldest son turned 8 we went to Gothenburg and stoped by GW and I bought a small starter set of 40K with the Ultramarines and the Nurgles and we started painting them together and I realized how much I enjoy painting. I started following a lot of miniature painters on instagram and youtube to see what I have missed sins I stopped painting almost 10 tears ago and Boy do people paint som crazy beautiful stuff!! I discovered a loot of youtube painters when the Citadel Contrast paints came out and everyone made reviews of them. I especially fell for the Ultramarine you painted. I have always had difficulties painting nice Spacemarine armour but now I have a bunch of Ultramairines and a lot of new inspiration. I saw you were using some kind of bluish green color that looks amazing for the highlighting and the way you place the highlight is new to me. Now I have started to experiment on the Ultramaines to try and achieve a similar effect but with te colors that I got from the starter sets. I'm even going for som NMM for the gold :) Really fun to rediscovering the hobby!

Just watching your videos has driven me to clear my workspace, dust off them half built mini's and jump back into it! Great motivation man! Love your work and thank's for all your content, please keep up the amazing work!

Congratz on the everchosen win

@SquidmarMiniatures

5 жыл бұрын

Thx mate! Was incredibly tight here in our store, so happy i manage bring it home! :)

I just started painting in the past few weeks and I'm working on my third mini. This one is essentially color blend, color theory, technique, and detailing. Thank you for having such an inspiring channel!

Man, you have such a positive channel! I am super happy that I stumbled upon your content. Keep up the good work!

I Just started a couple days ago and started painting my first minature, iam really Happy i found your Channel.

I've been painting miniatures for nearly 40 yrs and just started printing with an anycubic photon and your video has inspired me to try some new techniques to help bring new life my hobby. Thank you

I am very new to the mini painting hobby and plan on painting many more minis. I've have been trying new techniques and was watching and searching for more videos about learning and found myself here. Thank you very much after watching your video it has given me creative inspiration on how I will paint my minis from now on.

This is so inspiring Emil! Like I said before: You and Sergio Calvo really got me longing for holding a paint brush again. Shifting focus from pure technical how-tos to emphasising the joy and exploration of miniature painting feels really refreshing. Thank you.

So glad i found this channel. Helped me push the button on ordering warhammer stuff again, and to try and get back into painting. It'll be an intersting challenge, as i'm now working with arthritic and often unresponsive hands, but that's part of the fun. Thank you for all the tips, and for having such a wonderfully positive channel. Keep up the great work

amazing to see our sculpt painted with such talent, great job!

With the way you paint you inspire me to do more complex things and not be afraid to make mistakes, thanks for your time and advice that I learned a lot.

I'll be improving my painting this year by learning and trying a new technique each time I paint a new model! Thanks for the encouragement!

Yes somewhere in my collection of Vallejo paints I am sure I have that exact range, so thanks for reminding me that when new stuff arrives I at least try it out! Cheers!

I think I learned a lot of failures like you said. Thank you for helping me paint again today. :)

Just discovered your channel last night and I've already had my mind blown. Learned new stuff about placing highlights in the first minute of the first vid I watched. Excellent work dude.

"Paint bravely." ExMy challenge, starting to paint minis again after over 10 years of not touching a brush. I've been playing with 3D printers for several months, and just bought a resin printer. So now I'm watching a small number of painters to get ready to start back into it all. And your videos are really inspiring...thank you for this one especially.

i rediscovered my love for painting minis about a year ago after more than 13 years. i started by repainting some of my old fantasy minis - i was a disapointed with the outcome but i kept on it. Tried some more detailed minis from GW with mixed results so far. But i can see my improvement from one project to the next. So thx for those awesome tips. I'm sure they will help me to become a better painter

So inspiring. Thank you for what you do. I am brand new at mini painting (only painted two so far) so each time I pick up the brush I am trying something new.

Your challenge to paint bravely is so inspiring! I received the new GW Ogroid Myrmidon mini in the mail last week. Thanks to your challenge, I have finally attempted wet blending! I'm not super happy with the results, but for a first try I hardly be too upset. I will continue to try new things so that I can continue to improve!

I've just returned to miniature painting this week after 13 long years. Warcry renewd my interest in wargames and with it I rediscovered how deeply I loved painting minis. I did one this week, it was messy but opposed to 13 years ago I dared to try to shade more, to work harder on highlights and I felt like even so much time has passed I have improved just by trying to do more. Your video convinced me to go on this path, to keep trying to do things that previously I used to think were tecniques that only pro painter could do. I will mess up. I will do a lot of mistakes. And I am so looking forward to make messy mistakes and to enjoy every one of them having fun in the process and, maybe, becoming better while I do it. Thanks for the great video!

I got my untamed beasts and after watching your painting tutorial I'm motivated to paint the muscles nicely. I'm usually a base n wash kind of painter.

As a new painter I found this video very encouraging. I’ll be challenging myself to paint more and build my basic skills up.

Thanks a ton for the positive message. I'm working in trying out NMM for the first time. I just finished trying out a challenge where I painted a Tau commander shadowsun in Borderlands style. It was kinda scary but I love it, and I'm kinda impressed with myself. It's helped my self esteem over the past year. Thanks for the videos and keep it up!

I love your channel! Thank you for putting yourself out there and making this channel! You are an inspiration to me in my painting journey! Thank you!!

I know this is an older video but I just started painting minis again after a long time. I really appreciate that you challenge people to fail at something new but if you like it to keep doing it. The mini you did looks great and thank you for being honest in your videos. I’ll be buying the liquid gold paint that went on soooo smooth. Have a great day!

Great message! Recently I took a huge step out of my comfort zone and grabbed an airbrush, and inks. Holy crap I LOVE inks! I did a quartet of nighthaunts with them and am beyond happy with the results

Been watching your videos for a coupe of weeks. Finally got some of the brushes you recommended. Thank you. They are so much better than my current brushes. I hope you get your kickback! I used the link!

I gave up on miniature painting in high shool because my attempts were laughed at. You rekindled my interest for the hobby. After almost 30 years, I started working on a Blood Bowl team. Thank you Squidmar. Love your videos. Happy New year from Montreal Canada.

I'm just getting back into painting after 10+ years and this video basically captures what I'm trying to do. Trying to paint up whole armies and streamline the process killed all the fun of painting for me, so this time around I'm sticking to individual or small groups of models and trying new techniques like glazing, wet blending, and mixing the paints I have more than trying to get every shade and staying in my drybrush/wash comfort zone. Thanks for all the awesome videos and keep up the good work! They've been a great inspiration and I grabbed my first wet palette thanks to you :D

Great mini and great philosophy! :-) I just got vallejo liquid silver myself ... it's incredible. It changes everything.

Wow, this really resonates with me. I've also got boxes of paints still sealed for years. Thank you for the inspiration.

Absolutely love this channel and so glad to see it flourish! I really love the idea of the intensity inks and I want to challenge myself to finally try inking and stop just relying on a wash.

I just attempted a detailed subassembly paint job for my first painting competition at my local game shop. I too enjoy learning about new techniques and do my best to employ them in each new project

After watching your video on painting the untamed beast dude, I decided to learn and try to paint skin and highlight it the way you did.

Awesome video! I admire your attitude. Striving for improvement definitely keeps this hobby alive! I'm currently incorporating contrast paints into my Tyranid models, mostly as shadowing, but still using traditional paints as base, layering and highlights

You have a great channel, I finally started takin.g basing seriously and started trying all kinds of stuff, I glued an actual rock down the other day

I agree with everything you said. Failling is just as important succeding because you still learn something.

Love the channel. I'm fairly new to this miniature painting hobby. Took up tabletop roleplaying games about a year ago. I plan on challenging myself with my first miniature war game. I picked up Star Wars Legion and a couple expansions. It's more minis then I've painted in total so far. I'm about halfway through painting them and getting better by the day.

50K worth of new subs in the 4 months since you did this vid says alot about how good this channel is. well done and keep it going

Thank you for the great inspiring video1 I have been getting some of my older work and purchasing and painting those minis again to see how much I have learned. I am currently working on skin tone and wet blending techniques. Also stepping out and working with different paints. Thanks again!

My biggest challenge is overcoming the fear of failure. In my mind every mini I paint has to be perfect. It is a tough hurdle to overcome.

@drucc279

4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Perkins same

@nickr689

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. I just had to convince myself that if i truly enjoy the hobby then i should be expect failure at some point and move on from there.

Fantastic channel, really enjoying your content. You're really giving me the motivation to push my painting skills! Hope you keep the channel going, one of the best on youtube

Just rewatched this video. I just got my first airbrush. Learning the aspects of airbrushing is what I’m working on. Also I just bought my first inks (also my first non GW products!) so looking forward to getting into those! 😊

Always good videos.you always help me with my painting and models .thanks so much Ian

I have the same rule, that I try something new with every figure, because I don't have that much time painting tons of miniatures, so I have to make them count. In 3-4 years I've managed to improve a lot this way, even if I put a new figure next to one from last year, the difference is quite big. Sergio's guides had a big impact on me aswell, with his technique painting becomes much more fun and you see results faster. I really like your channel, keep up the good work :).

This was such an inspiring video. Thx for doing it. I'm just about to take the step into wet blending and using my first wet pallet. Can't wait to practice!

My Goal is to print and paint 20 of the same miniature trying a new technique on each and documenting them. I am setting a reward for this. Higher quality brushes and paints. Thanks for the motivation. My son and I are super new and excited about painting! We watch your videos together. He asked me to tell you he thinks your videos are the best.

Thanks so much for this video, Squidmar. I'm trying to start a channel of my own and your message was very heartfelt. I'm trying to do something new each month for now, usually with kitbashing or conversions.

You are abselutely right! I try to find the right balance between comfort and challenge. These days i'm re-purposing an old Iwata HP-C airbrush from the 80's to paint miniatures and it's quite challenging to switch from purely paintbrush to airbrush assisted. last couple of months I tried painting with layers instead of going with my old drybrushing.

What an honest video, this was a pleasure and uplifting to listen to.

I’m gonna be trying my hand at some layering and highlighting on fair skin as well as trying some new basing materials and techniques. I’m nervous about messing it up but this video definitely gave me the push to try it out! Thanks!

I've started wet blending my basecoats after watching your stuff recently. Instead of the traditional method of basecoat, wash, highlight I'm branching out a lot more. I like the challenge!

Hey there, can completely relate to you! Motivating yourself by trying out new stuff inspired by youtubers like you just kicks off that learning process. Just got back into painting with a 8+ year abscence and i absolutely love trying out new techniques, working on nmm/rmm, contrast and layering. Every Mini i finish happy with just motivates me on trying out the learned on the next one. Thank you very much for this video! Kind of confirmes my very own recent experiences. Cheers :)

Great video man. I'm currently challenging myself by getting into airbrushing and using non-citadel paints and because of that I've fallen in love the "Black" paint from the metallic Vallejo range, I plan to expand with more paints from more sources, just to mess around. Also recently bought AoS to supplement my 40K stuff.

Alright, definitely gonna try out that undershading technique. That purple and grey combo looks great!! Love the green glowing eyes too

Just started painting (10 minis in) and discovered the great channels that are out there. Yours being one of them! Thanks for the content. My next challenge (since it's ALL a challenge) is zenithal priming!

I just started painting again after 4-5 years. It is a thrill to jump back in. I am trying and have tried a lot of new things. Thinnig my paints for The first time, glazing and wet blending. It’s a whole new world with those new technics and i’m really exited to try even more.

@SquidmarMiniatures

5 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! The scene has changed allot thanks to youtube and the way that games workshop teach as well on their channels! I had so much fun getting back to painting after a 16 years break!

I always considered myself slow painter and never painted more than 3 minis at a time, so I decided to learn speed painting. First batch was 40 and then I scaled it up to 50 miniatures. I had much more fun painting that amount of figures then I thought.

Those inks really did make that mini pop!! Great job! One thing I am focusing on right now is creating better bases. I want my models to really start to tell a story with their appearance, and will be using techniques you have shown along with Marco Frisoni and his indestructible bases video. Keep up the great work!!

You have inspired me to break out my airbrush again. I've used it to paint terrain and to prime my models before painting, but with a complete hoard of plastic miniatures to paint, I will need to learn how to use it more effectively in order to paint more quickly and spend my hobby time more wisely. I'm also motivated to start my own blog and KZread hobby channel.

Loving your videos. For me the next challenge is starting with a zenithal prime, but before that it’s getting a project completed. I’ve been in the hobby for 16 years but never really committed to a painting challenge, but with our baby being born it changes perspective. Using your videos as inspiration to get an Armies on Parade GSC force and board completed. Really inspiring stuff, please keep it up

I’m so glad I found your channel from Instagram you are an amazing miniature painter and I don’t think that a golden daemon is far from reach for you! I’m going to try using different paint and color combos to really make my minis pop like yours! Thanks for the content :)

I literally painted my first mini yesterday and it was a blast. Had only watched a couple youtube videos about basic techniques and i've now stumbled onto a couple different advanced technique channels. I ordered 2 models from hero forge and my challenge for myself is to apply any and all techniques from watching a few of your videos, even if the model doesn't turn out how yours does it's all a learning process. I'm excited to get some different brushes and utilize different washes for different tones.

Those eyes are amazing. I don't always watch your videos and sometimes I just play them in the background and listen to them. I clicked back on the video and the first thing I saw was the eyes. For a second I thought they were actually shining haha. Proper job man!

Wow that liquid gold paint is pretty Model looks great. Enjoy watching you paint, keep up the great work

Grymt trevliga videos, kommer att ta efter din teknik för base tillverkning från en annan video för att få till riktigt snygga baser till min nya arme, fortsätt leverera tutorials! Riktigt roligt.

Thanks for the vid, subbed! I haven't been painting for long and i just recently tried out inks for the first time. They are awesome so for my next minis I'm going to be focusing on using them as much as possible and learning techniques that mean i can incorporate inks as a core part of the process.

Dude you rock at painting, Glad he did the KS that led me hear, Subscribed

Thank you for this experimental painter energy! Currently having a faff about with gouache acrylics inspired by this. Thanks man!

I am starting to paint miniatures again after exactly 20 years, I have stumbled in to your channel and...BOOM! the fever is running high again. I have just ordered some D&D minis for me to restart over again, only this time...well I am going to involve my son! next generation nerd coming up!!!

Hey! Im a firefighter paramedic and just recently injured my hand on the job. Currently it is in a cast and i cannot wait for it to heal so I can return to work but more importantly paint! After watching this video you motivated me to challenge myself to paint with one hand! Its different and very challenging. Currently working on some nurgling swarms. Keep up the good work and keep inspiring others!

I'm definitely going to try out more wetblending! You make it look so easy and thanks a lot for the motivation😁

I am completely new to miniature painting. Got Army Painter Adventure set and started to work on Minsc & Boo miniature. I would love to try some dry brushing techniques over it and some highlighting on the armor. Great video by the way! Thanks!

Just treid a lot of new stuff today :D funny that your vid covers this topic today !

I’m going to try to improve my skin tones using the techniques you taught in your Untamed Beasts video. I’ve always struggled with this but I’m really excited to try this when I pick up my Warcry box this weekend.

Just got a Photon 3D printer, learning the painting process has been challenging and fun. Thanks for your videos.

I bought my very first miniature today! Got a Lord of Plagues from Nurgle set. Your videos are inspiring me to jump right in and not be afraid to make mistakes

My new thing is actual mini’s you purchase. I started with a 3D printer and I just bought my first mini’s a week ago. I maybe painted 100+ 3D printed minis before getting real ones. Some of your techniques helped me when it came time to try it. I have a couple cool ones I am holding onto until I get better! Thanks!

I just painted my first miniature last weekend. So pretty much everything I do right now is new.

To improve this week I will focus on edge highlighting, which is one of my weaker attributes. Thanks for the encouragement to stretch myself as an artist and try new stuff

Good stuff! This month I'm working on airbrushing skills - going to use it for more than just priming and base coat!

Dude your painting skill is impressive, at each video I just can’t stop looking and dreaming of painting so well! My next challenge will be trying to do add regular freehand on squad shoulders

I will improve myself by picking up my brush, seriously, it's been years since I last painted and I'm just afraid of doing it for some reason. But this has motivated me into painting again.

Great video! Love the inspiration to try new things!

My friend I appreciate you and what you're doing. I've been lingering for a long time and finally started painting minis. I'm an old school D&D guy and excited but nervous about doing the figures justice. My first figure was the reaper giant weasel to get me started. Came out pretty good for my first. Painting about 20 skeletons now to make myself try a few different color tones.. thanks for the challenge and inspiration. Jim

Great video. You seem to be a great addition to the KZread community. I recently purchased and airbrush and have plans to try zenithal priming and other undershading techniques. With that comes a better understanding of layering techniques. Well at least I hope it will.

I’ll get started - as simple as that. I’ve been building minis but never got the courage to paint them. I’ll try painting my LoTR elves this week!

great video pal, always motivates me to get something painted. after watching this i'v gone and bought myself some inks to use never done that before but from what you've said it seems like alot of fun. keep doing what you do see you in the next one :)

@SquidmarMiniatures

5 жыл бұрын

Epic man! Buying is half the hobby. haha! Make sure to get them to good use as well!

I appreciate the inspiration. I just bought a bunch of Frostgrave minis... I plan to paint up four different warbands using the following techniques that are relatively new to me: Zenithal priming Highlighting and shading the primer coat Using washes as base coats And using Citadel Contrast Paints

Loving the videos I really like the idea of trying new things with every project I will be trying to paint without using washes for my next challenge!

I have been watching your videos over the past two weeks now. The newer stuff and the old. I stumbled on this by chance today and the challenge I'm going to take is to start warhammer again. I stopped at around 16 and now at 27 watching these videos its inspired me to pick up a brush again and return to a hobby I enjoyed for so long.

@SquidmarMiniatures

4 жыл бұрын

That's so awesome Therese! There will be a getting started video in the coming weeks :)

@daveyd5690

4 жыл бұрын

@@SquidmarMiniatures thanks for the reply! Always nice to know fans are heard. I have been browsing the games workshop website at the start here sections, various paints etc. What would you recommend as a good starting set including paints or purchased separately? Again thanks for the time and content you create.

@SquidmarMiniatures

4 жыл бұрын

@@daveyd5690 ill cover that in the video. :)