The edge highlight helps because tight curved edges catch light. Seems more natural to the eye so long as it's not over done.

Just found this channel and love the video - one pointer that I’ve found really useful on other channels is where painters show on either a glove or their hand on a seperate camera a paint stroke for say a layer vs a glaze. Appreciate its not the easiest thing to set up but I’ve always thought it’s a great way of demonstrating what you should be looking for paint consistency wise before applying a: layer/glaze/filter etc

That's a very beginner friendly tutorial. I agree that glazing very often sounds like a lot of work but it really is an easy and very useful step.

The algorithm tossed this up for me and I’m glad I found the channel - this tutorial was much more user friendly on the topic than the others I’ve seen. Stark edges on transitions is a major struggling point for me even doing non-volumetric highlights, faces and robes/cloaks I have tons of trouble with. Looking forward to trying some of this on the next one.

That first volume video you did is what drew me to your channel, it was so useful to see, just like this one. Very interested to see more with more shapes.

So glad I found this from the randomness of the algorithm! Subbed and liked!

Great job. Would love to see the whole model put together. Keep up the great work

I remember finding your channel due to the nmm gold vid. I was shocked to see it was a new channel. This content is very high quality. Hopefully you gain the subs and views you deserve. Im new to the hobby, around 2months going on 3 now and have watched everyone at this point but none of them really explain this as well as you did.

Excellent work. I will be referring people to this.

Good tips on using blender and photoshop! I'll have go give that a go. Been finding some of my solid color minis kind of boring, so I'm definitely going to take some of the tips here and try it out sometime. Honestly this process looks like an absolute slog on acrylics, but it will translate into a really easy job using oils.

Thank you for the video! You make it easy to understand. I need to find a way to mix my own colors to make them darker or lighter so I dont end up spending even more money on an already expensive hobby. I know people tend to use ice yellow and ivory to make them a bit brighter, but I'm unsure which colors are good at making them darker.

Great video and it’s helping me out a lot with getting a sense of what I should be doing to progress :-) Subbed straight away. As an aside, I’m also called Bruce. Always cool to see another of us (only ever met 2 others)! Hehe :-D

While I don't relish the idea of spending 30 minutes on a shoulder pad, this was excellent.

Is that Nico Delort on the back wall?

this is a really helpful tutorial but honestly, how are people finding the time to spend 30 minutes painting a single shoulder pad? how long would it take to finish the entire miniature to this standard?

Hey! I hope you don't mind some unsolicited advice. I’ve got a few ideas that might help boost your views: Cut the Intro: Your intro is too long. Trim it down to 1-2 seconds, get rid of it or insert it after the hook. You’re already losing viewers in those first 10 seconds. Hook with the Intro Script: Start with the benefit for the viewer. For example a first line could be, “Today, I’m going to show you how to take your volumes from looking like this (bad example) to this (good example).” If you have to introduce yourself, do it after the the hook, but its not necessary. You branding makes it obvious. Use B-Roll in the intro: Show examples of what you're talking about with B-roll. Don't just talk-show it. It keeps viewers engaged. Skip the “Follow-Up” Talk: Don’t waste time mentioning that the video is a follow-up. New viewers don’t care and it just eats up time. Move the camera back so we can see your hands, this helps retention. By the 1:00 mark, I'd be willing to bet 40% of your viewers has probably clicked off, this is normal, but still, you haven’t shown a model yet. Dive into the meat sooner? Your video ideas are really original, and using Blender is a cool touch. I hear keeping the video around 10 minutes is good for the algorithm’s sake, and consider tighten up the voiceover to make it less wordy.