As a painter on the boring side of the wall (I like smooth blends) I can say that this method is the only one I've been using effectively to get actual smooth blends with acrylics in a controlled way on tiny surfaces over the years. Pretty strightforward and down to earth piece of advice, in my very humble opinion this little video is really valuable. Good job! 👍

I felt the part about hair and dust getting on the mini while working on gradient so goddamn hard

brilliant! I've followed tons of mini painting KZreadrs and very few of them actually give out tips like this anymore, they all just flex about their warlord titans and other crap I'll never care about. You got yourself a sub

Good video. This is very close to how I paint. The big difference is that I don't go to 3:1 water to paint dilution immediately. I start glazing with a slightly stronger glaze and then get more transparent as I go. It just gets you there a little quicker. Plus, if you haven't experimented with medium you may want to. I know people are getting good results with just water, but using medium for glazes means that the paint will flow like paint, be more controllable, and you don't have to worry about over thinning to the point where there's no solid paint film and new layers lift pigment and make the model gritty.

@snufkinsnufkin2528

8 ай бұрын

the problem I have when trying to glaze with water diluted paint (and i noticed different paints are worse than others) the paint on the miniature starts to "pool" and it doesnt just cover the area i brushed on with a uniform layer of pigment but the water starts to move around the miniature and the pigment kinda sticks in certain spots. I feel like getting rid of that water from the brush might help tremendously but i've always seen in guide people mix paint 3:1 with water and all it seemingly does is the brushstroke area just gets a little less pigment and blends nicely and it's never been my experience, so i mostly just use stippling to blend...

@TylerProvick

8 ай бұрын

@@snufkinsnufkin2528 when I glaze I add liquitex matte medium instead of just water so that the glaze stays paint consistency

@snufkinsnufkin2528

8 ай бұрын

@@TylerProvick thanks!

Really great result that, I agree it's not much fun agonising over blends...but it is kinda addictive. I think there's a balance and if it is doing ya head in that much ya can always take a break, paint something else and work on smoothing up the blends when ya in the mood to do that. plus the more you do the boring repetitive stuff the more it locks in your mind and muscle memory and the less effort it takes when you do it again, so I always think of that stuff as like programming my brain to become efficient. Awesome video 👍

I know you said white scar, but i heard white carl... and that is his name now. i love your accent and your enthusiasm, never change.

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Oh I said white CAR lol thanks tho ahah

Giving you a thumbs up just for your personality. Thanks for sharing!

Found your channel couple of days ago, live the content, subbed. Greetings from a fellow painter from Germany 😊

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

Very nice video!

Great video.

your awesome lol and very well explained

Wetting up the kitchen roll used to unload Paint helps alot to keep the brush moist and give smoother marks!

Great technique and magnificent spacewolf paint ! I think there must be something with the acrylic dilution..saw recently artist Jennifer Haley special dilution : -25% liquitex slow dri + 25% winsor&newton flow improver + 50%water for glazes details. -50% W&N flow improver + 50% water for ultra fine details. I think the water better be distillated water or demineralised water (a little less pure than the other..) Or have good result dilution with GW lamian medium too..

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Like I said, I have issues with mediums but I do use distilled water 🚿

Why isn't this channel bigger? Painting isn't my favourite thing to do and I've realised that, when I first started in the hobby I used to do shit paintjobs in my minis and I was happy with them, then I got older and wanted them to look good and realised that I can't paint that well enough for my perfectionist tendency and that I apparently have zero patience!!! But recently I've been painting some space marines using some 80's paints and guides and so I've been trying my hand at blending and, it's okay, but not so great. I'll definitely use the advice in this video next time, just wish I'd seen it a fortnight ago!! ;P

Pretty similar to what i do. But i use mediums so I have more control. And the fact that more pigment ends where you finish the brush stroke, so with careful planed and precise strokes i get the same effect faster.

@jcrr1972

Жыл бұрын

Do you use glaze medium?

@theboredlich215

Жыл бұрын

@@jcrr1972 yeah, don't use any others really. And I've been trying just with water, it works well enough with most paints for most purposes. For flat surfaces like capes i always add a tiny bit of glaze medium.

I'm confused with technique names.. removing most of the paint - is it dry brushing?

Nice... I would do this too... but who has the time right :)

I believe this is value sketching! I forgot about it long ago getting lost in the more nuanced techniques or just using my airbrush…especially with space marines! Cool stuff.

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Well value sketching at its purest form is made just with greys… then again this space marine is white so… I guess haha

Maybe try a hairdryer to speed up drying off blending layers :)

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good suggestion thanks. You know what’s the problem? I’m too lazy to get up to get it from the bathroom ahah I should get an hello kitty one like midwinter minis lol

I'm going to try this out on my malifaux minis, if you hear a weird noise, it'll be me internally screaming

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Ahahahah if my ears will ring these days I’ll know why

I’ve never painted a miniature in my life but I’m bored and this popped up in my feed

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Lol that’s interesting.. did I convince you to get into it? 👀

Bit of isopropyl alcohol speeds the drying time up if that helps 😊

thinning medium, instead of water, will prevent paint breaking up into medium and pigtments. even smoother blends...

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Tbh I have a HUGE problem with thinning mediums, that’s why I never use them. In my experience they make the paint super glossy and it’s efff annoying. Way more annoying than me!

@naphaneal

Жыл бұрын

@@ataraxiapainting matte, satin, or gloss varnish helps with glossiness...

Isn't this just glazing? Looks good BTW. Not sure if I missed the difference

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Tbh it’s probably missing out how normal people glaze lol but anyway yes it is like glazing but waaaay more subtle. I hope it makes sense 😂 trying my best lol

Never seems a video more in need of a timestap 3:35 it gets to the point

The Flameon miniature technique

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Ahah yea but he’s waaaay more clean

Female Zumikito??

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

But where is the beard

For the Algorithm!

@SomethingRetro

Жыл бұрын

Also for the algorithm!

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

WATCH OTHER VIDEOS

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

*for the algorithm lol

@VikingFireProject

Жыл бұрын

@@ataraxiapainting Dudette! I'm on it, went on a mini binge of your stuff. 👍

@SomethingRetro

Жыл бұрын

@@ataraxiapainting I've watched them all, some more than once. Make more videos 😄

So super diluted, low paint volume…using a filter? Certainly not unique on KZread

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

I can definitely not say ooomg you are wrong, because well there’s a lot on KZread about glazing. But you know, in total honesty I never understood how to actually use it to get smooth blends until my friend explained it to me like I explained it in the vid. But hey maybe I’m thick in the head lol but it’s all true for me it was life changing!

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

And thanks for your honest and polite comment! Always deeply appreciated 💓

Stop yelling at people!!! tone it down. good info but i had to mute it and use subtitles

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

You can’t tell me what to do, mum!!! ;(((( 1!

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

Kidding, I will try to, but I’m ITALIANA we are PASSIONATE what can I say

@aceofmaine

Жыл бұрын

@@ataraxiapainting it's all good😁 try to think of yourself as a teacher. Wait do teachers yell at you in Italy? Lol

@ataraxiapainting

Жыл бұрын

@@aceofmaine do you even have to ask?? Ahah