10 Miniature Painting Mistakes to Avoid

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In today’s video I will be looking at 10 common misconceptions I at some point believed about miniature building and painting.
Chances are you've been misled about at least some of them too 🙂
If you are anything like me you probably have also spent a ton of time watching miniature painting and building tutorials. When I started out painting, these were crazy useful to me. There are so many aspects of this hobby from building, to cleaning, and painting, and an incredible amount of things to learn. The barrier of entry is crazy high.
And while I learnt a lot from all that content I consumed, and most of the things were helpful and true, over the years I also discovered that there is a lot of common knowledge that gets repeated a lot especially for newcomers, that is actually not true, or at least not entirely.
And some of those can make the entry into the hobby seem even more daunting than it actually is and can make it more tedious for those who are already in.
#miniaturepainting #warhammer #warhammer40k #minipainting #corvusbelli
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:57 1. Subassembly
2:29 2. Washing Minis
3:20 3. Filing, Sanding, Filling
4:25 4. Pinning Models
5:08 5. Sand & Gravel Basing
5:53 6. Paint in the Ferrule
6:49 7. Paint Thinners
7:36 8. Metallic Paints on Wet Palette
8:17 9. Wet Blending
8:54 10. Airbrushing

Пікірлер: 17

@ph3lansminiatures 5 ай бұрын

Hey guys! What misconceptions did I miss? Let me know, and maybe I can do another video from your comments 😊

@qzl9 5 ай бұрын

the "dont let paint get into the ferrule" should just be "dont let paint dry in the ferrule" you cant avoid getting paint in there, especially when glazing etc. A good clean and you can get it anywhere you like :D

@kylemoore7746 5 ай бұрын

Flow Improver fixes everything! It's like Windex! 😂

@arianperez3349 5 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that first bit. I used to always paint my minis in subassemblies, hoping to paint every strap, armpit, or button I could. But in doing so I made the painting process something tedious and that really slowed down my painting. But when I started to fully assemble most of my minis before painting, I found it a lot more fun as I could get through more models than I usually could.

@mattcooper1664 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Zoltan. It's refereshing to see someone tackle the painting meta in this way. Do I agree with everything? I still wash my minis. It's part of the process for me and I guess I'll never give it up. I batch paint hundreds of 15mm ancients for commissions. They're metal and despite all the wash and care it's still difficult to even get the primer to stick to the ends of weapons and whatever. All the same. Your video is a breath of fresh air. I've been watching you since maybe when you began posting. I just wanted to congratualte you on speaking up about the nonsense that new painters can face. Do I get great results with the hard water in my area? Not always. Am I a competition painter? I am not. Done is better than perfect and as a hobby we should be promoting that as much as we can. I follow recipes for things occassionally and I find that yeah, it's great for a character and then I'm mired in doing thirty marines. But hey. That's on me. I've been painting all of me life. I am still rubbish ;)

@mattcooper1664 5 ай бұрын

There is a bit of a change happening I think. If you watch mediocre hobbies or warhipster they're turning out content in a day that would take me a month to paint. Get the colour on the thing and game with it. Job done. But please don't stop documenting your evolving process. You've become better and better as I've watched you. It's been an honour to see your journey

@ph3lansminiatures 5 ай бұрын

@mattcooper1664 Hey Matt! Thanks a lot for the great comment and the support! I think one of the nicest things about this hobby is that it is quite wide. Some people care mostly about playing, and painting is secondary for them, while others only paint and rarely play. And even if painting is the primary thing for you, you might not necessarily want to paint to a super high standard. You can simply enjoy putting some colors on the minis. Personally, I enjoy painting every model a little better than the previous one the most. When I am trying something new and challenging, I get completely absorbed by the painting process and forget all my worries. It might be weird, but the more challenging it is, the more relaxing it is as well 😀 But I don't think it is the way everyone should be doing it or that it is superior in any way. Some others might enjoy painting fast and easy and we should help them do it and make it easier for them to get into the hobby. Maybe this video will help in a small way 😅

@mattcooper1050 5 ай бұрын

Much love man x

@Rohammers 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips, currently following your Behemoth paint scheme for my Nids. Do you have any tips on how to mix the contrast turquoise and black together, so I get a consistent color each time they are mixed together? Thanks

@ph3lansminiatures 5 ай бұрын

Hey there! To be honest, I am usually not super scientific about it. I simply get some turquoise out of the pot with a pipette first and put it on the wetpalette. Then I take some paint from the black and start squirting it on the wetpalette next to the turquoise. Ideally, I stop releasing the paint from the pipette when the black puddle is around 1/3rd of the size of the turquoise. I put the rest of the black into the pot, take a brush, and mix the two puddles together. I hope that helps :)

@littlewildtube 5 ай бұрын

Try the metallic paint from Army painter speed paint 2.0, they will seep through the paper in your wet palette.

@MelkorBauglir25 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking about getting into Airbrushing, starting with a cheaper one from Amazon for 80€. Is this Something you would recommend?

@ph3lansminiatures 5 ай бұрын

Yes, absolutely. I did the same, and I am still using that kit for priming and basecoating. I use the more expensive ones for any detail work and airbrush glazing, but some of that can also be done with a cheaper kit to an extent. Check out the "do you need an airbrush" video on the channel, I talk about this in there.

@MelkorBauglir25 5 ай бұрын

@@ph3lansminiatures Just watched it, definetly helps with the decision. Whats about cleaning? Regular water and Glass cleaner or Isopropanol and water?

@ageoflove1980 5 ай бұрын

Disagree about the sand. Its super easy and fast. You don't sprinkle it on like you do in the video but rather you glue the base then dip it in to a cup filled with sand and there you go. Add some bits of cork to add some larger rocks. When the glue is dry after like 15 min just tap it on the table a few times and then prime it. Especially when you do this with multiple models at a time its just the easiest thing ever.

@ph3lansminiatures 5 ай бұрын

My problem is not really the speed, although spreading some product on the base doesn't take longer than what you described. My issue is mostly with how it looks. Maybe it is just me, but it is super obvious that it was done that way and I associate that look with old minis and the way they look 😅 Ofc, it is perfectly fine to like that , but you can do so much better with some products ( or the combination of the two).

@ageoflove1980 5 ай бұрын

@@ph3lansminiatures Oh sure its hardly the most exiting way to do a base. But if you mix in some pieces of cork like I said and just basecoat it black and drybrush with gray, you'll get a pretty convincing rocky surface that's so neutral that it wont clash with potential color combo's on the model itself. Maybe some premade tufts of grass here and there and that's a solid beginner friendly base that's pretty much impossible to mess up.