Easy Edge Highlights

Easy Edge Highlights - HC 414

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In this Hobby Cheating Tutorial, I take you through how to Edge Highlight, from thinning your paints to application and how to correct pesky errors. Hope you enjoy!
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0:00 Intro
1:50 Paint Consistency
2:33 First Application
6:21 Intermission
7:20 Fixing Mistakes
8:20 Second Application
11:22 Outro
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@TheKongNinja 8 ай бұрын

There aren't many hobby KZfaqrs who'd cover edge highlighting as their 414th weekly video! There's nobody better for learning not just the how but also the when and the why - you're the best!

@MiniatureMasterClass 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for spending a lot of time on your palette and explaining paint consistency. So helpful! It is a critical component of painting minis that 90% of KZfaq painters skip for some reason.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@MisterTingles 8 ай бұрын

the amount of times I've had too much moisture in the brush when trying to edge highlight... you'd think i should learn at some point, but the tedium always wears me down and i lose concentration, making the same messy mistakes as the day i started painting... nice summary and reminder of good practice here, as always. Thanks Vince.

@Dreakz 8 ай бұрын

I can truely relate to this ❤

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

You can do it!

@HDubwub 8 ай бұрын

thank you so much for this! Every time I hear something about edge highlighting it's just "you highlight the edge" but this tutorial is actually one of the helpful ones

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@OurCognitiveSurplus 8 ай бұрын

I think you make the best hobby videos online. I’ve been binging all morning. My favourite parts (other than the really useful advice) is when you make terrible puns and when you make whispered remarks. Those mix ups in tone make it super entertaining Thank you 😊

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you! Glad the content is enjoyable and I promise bad puns will forever be part of this channel. :)

@JackDespero 8 ай бұрын

Back in my days, we had dry brushes which were super stiff brushes for this purpose, so that you could put some pressure, but the brush hairs wouldn't bend.

@13Robzilla 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this. More specifically for showing the error correction step. I honestly believe that this is the most frustrating thing for painters when a mistake is made people just give up, not realizing how easy it can be to fix the mistake. Thanks for sharing.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

@klakhouse 8 ай бұрын

i like to use a little flow improver to thin the paint. i find it helps to make the paint come off with a very light touch and it helps the paint not dry out as fast

@kevinhayes517 8 ай бұрын

Great summary of the methodology of edge painting. Always fun to watch you work and hear your clear advice. Thanks again for your time and efforts to help us all get better at the hobby!

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@shagakhan9442 4 ай бұрын

Thank you unvailing the secrets of the edge highlight!

@isisnmagic1812 8 ай бұрын

Great video and very timely as I'm working on three sisters of battle at the moment, and had my 000 and 00 brushes ready for my edge highlights, you've saved me thanks heaps.

@joshbernal4864 2 ай бұрын

Man I really suck at doing this, but this helped a ton. I still suck, but I'll just keep on practicing. Thanks Vince.

@hairoku 4 ай бұрын

I was so busy soaking up the advice that it actually took me 9 minutes and 15 seconds to recognize that this was a melee tau model

@shinkage6949 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Vince for this great video, great efforts from your side and also calm downs which are very useful for this delicate phase 😂. Many times as newbie I felt like an over stressed sniper, then I learnt about control and dilution that make a giant difference

@Sluggernaut 8 ай бұрын

This was so relieving to me. This hopefully doesnt sound too offensive but I can see a ton of imperfections in the paint, here. I truly thought with your skills, this would never happen and I had to get to a consistency like that to ever paint something really good. I appreciate being able to see a model at this stage look like something I could potentially achieve. Quick question if anyone knows: What is that wet palette or whatever he is using? A piece of marble?

@samuelbaldwin2184 8 ай бұрын

Its a wet pallet, highly recommend one if you don't have one

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Oh no, I take no offense at all. Getting to no errors or "perfection" is a huge effort and only really for competition pieces. These are for tabletop and that means we live happily with little errors. :) - The wet palette is a Game Envy exemplar wet palette.

@drakiirdrakmog6769 7 минут бұрын

thank you for this video. im starting to learn the edge highlighting process and found your video. also what model is that and where could i get one? it looks wicked

@j3tehuk 8 ай бұрын

Love that color scheme. Gonna steal it for a future project

@mindyfranke5279 8 ай бұрын

Outstanding video on a subject I've been having problems with for a while, thanks so much! I will give this a try.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Dire-Sky 8 ай бұрын

Always stoked when Vince posts a new hobby cheating video! :D I was having some trouble today with getting my edge highlights down consistently, and luckily enough, this video brought up some great tips for resolving those issues. Thank you for another great tutorial :) Oh and AWESOME looking farsight paint scheme!

@MacGyver_-ml2qm 8 ай бұрын

Another great video Vince. I was wondering how many value jumps do you typically do when highlighting? Is it just the two or do you do more than that to get the different light effects on the edges. Thanks again for all this great works of reference for the hobby.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Depends on the overall project and goal, for something like this, which is just tabletop and a pretty fast paint, this is about the effort, if it's something for competition, more. :)

@chucklamb3496 8 ай бұрын

Thanks again Vince, good topic.

@theragingdolphinsmaniac4696 8 ай бұрын

One thing that happens when i edge highlight is the paint can gum up too quickly and not flow off the brush smoothly. Adding a tiny bit if retarder to the water i thin with helps alleviate that.

@druidobianco9734 8 ай бұрын

As always, best video of the whole youtube on the topic!. Would you do both edge highlighting and volumetric highlight on models with large flat panels like space marines and t’au, or do the two techniques work better in isolation?

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

You can combine them, but then you want to have the edge highlights also reflect the light (having those upwards facing ones being more strong and so on). You can do them in a more realistic way.

@devorer77 8 ай бұрын

Hello Vince! Really love your videos.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! always happy to help. :)

@paittenmedicineeagle4559 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video~! It was very useful!

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@zramirez5471 8 ай бұрын

Oh man I've been waiting to see these models in a video!

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it!

@markgnepper5636 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

@minisbymeyer5087 8 ай бұрын

I appreciate the great how tos with this technique. As aggravating it can be for some new painters to go after it can be rewarding but equally difficult to master. One thing I try to tell people is…. You don’t have to edge highlight every edge. Think about how light hits the model.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Paddzr 8 ай бұрын

The best edge highlighting I pull off are always the first time I use a brush. I don't quite understand what I'm doing wrong when cleaning / shaping brush once it loses its factory shape/condition.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

It could be your cleaning routine or something like that, but ideally, with a little soap to continually shape the brush, you should be in a place where you can do it with brushes for a long time.

@Paddzr 8 ай бұрын

@@VinceVenturella I use the master brush cleaner for years. It helps. I want to say it has improved, but it's likely combination of getting better and looking after nicer brushes in a proper way.

@miniaturespainting6216 8 ай бұрын

Hey Vince! How do you avoide rubbing off paint with gloves while rotating miniature around? I found paint rubs off if it was applied with airbrush or if layers are thin applied with the brush. Thanks!

@PhthaloGreenskin 8 ай бұрын

Varnish, and use a painting handle

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

The above response is pretty good. In general, I avoid touching the model at all with my hands unless absolutely necessary.

@andreasacerdoti7881 5 ай бұрын

A bit late to the party, but there’s one point I’m a bit confused on: should you edge highlight before building your glaze? The correction with the midtone process sounds a bit undoable if the glaze is already there, though I’m also slightly worried the glazing itself would somehow cover (and ruin) the edge highlight, when glazing a Space Marine’s shoulder trim, for example. What’s the best process for you?

@VinceVenturella 5 ай бұрын

A great question, and the answer is yes. What I mean is its a back and forth process. I usually set the edges early, so I can correct easily, then glaze and then have to fix up some edges, then clean up again (you can generally still get close enough, even with the glaze in place) - it's a back and forth, its not a straight line.

@andreasacerdoti7881 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I will definitely feel better about going back and forth!

@kevinwaycaster-io1ui Ай бұрын

Which paints were you using for the edge highlights? Have been doing the tron paint scheme on my models! Thanks❤

@VinceVenturella Ай бұрын

Just a blue/grey, don't remember specifically, but anything mid-value will work.

@DeceptiveCobras 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video I cannot wait to get back to painting my Death Guard army..

@darthvector 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, awesome as always. Not going to lie, I was a little disgusted by how easy you made that all look 🤣

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

You can do it!

@mugetzu 8 ай бұрын

To get thinner lines, does it help to use a smaller brush size such as 000, 0 ?

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Not really, it actually can work against it. a 0 is fine, or a 1, but the real key is a sharp fresh point. Any smaller than 0 and the paint will dry too quickly.

@uneed2calmdown912 Ай бұрын

Hi Vince! I'm relatively new to the painting hobby. One problem I have when trying to edge highlight is I get what seems to be a dot or tiny build up of paint at the very tip of my brush (W&N series 7 00) and I'm not sure how to prevent that from happening. I've tried thinning the paint down a bit more, making it thicker, loading less, loading more, but I can't seem to prevent it reliably. Sometimes I only get 1 or 2 brush strokes in before I have to wash the brush to get rid of that build up. Any tips for that?

@VinceVenturella Ай бұрын

The problem is you are using too small of a brush. Its about the right paint consistency, but then you also need a relatively larger but sharp brush with a good belly to keep the paint liquid.

@mverna3628 8 ай бұрын

When edge highlighting red… do you go pink followed by lighter pink/white for the edge or orange followed by yellow/white?

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Yes. Joking aside, the answer is what fits with the piece and the tone. You can also use ivory or other stuff and then put a thin red glaze over the top and just make it really intense bright saturated red.

@rogthepirate4593 8 ай бұрын

One thing I've been noticing: What paper are you using on your wet palette? It looks a lot more water permeable than, say, the RGG stuff. I'm consistently running into the problem of my wet palette not hydrating my paints quite enough for my liking, maybe a different paper would solve the issue ...

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Just the standard wet palette paper that comes with the Game Envy Exemplar, I love it.

@rogthepirate4593 8 ай бұрын

@@VinceVenturella Huh. Might have to look into whether I can get those in the EU. One can never have too many wet palettes after all.

@DareToWonder 25 күн бұрын

what paint did you use? what sort of paint is good to use?

@VinceVenturella 23 күн бұрын

In general? I used several different brands. If you’re asking me for paint brand recommendations, Pro Acryl, AK 3rd Gen and army painter fanatic are my 3 favorite.

@pointandshootvideo 8 ай бұрын

How important is it to be able to edge highlighting with either hand? Can you see the difference in how the paint is applied if a person only uses their dominant hand?

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

THis is a question I've never considered. I've never tried at all to paint with my off-hand, I couldn't even try honestly. I've never needed to attempt it.

@quantumflea 8 ай бұрын

I guess fixing your mistakes is much harder if you are edge highlighting an area which already has some volumetric gradient. Is it usual to combine volumetric lighting with edge highlighting?

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Yes, you can do both, but it's still not as challenging as you might imagine, if you pick something close to the upper mid-tone, it's easy, then you just glaze down into the lower color.

@caiusheh 17 күн бұрын

Fixing mistakes is way harder if you have a color gradient on the base color like for nmm and the like... Any tip for that ?

@VinceVenturella 16 күн бұрын

Repair with your midtone, and you just then fix the tiny areas of highlight and shadow, its much less trouble than you think looking at it, because with such a small area, you won't see small differences in tone.

@Alf_Hairy-arse 8 ай бұрын

What do you mean when talking about being choked up on the brush?

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Holding the brush very near up toward the bristles, toward the front of the brush.

@Alf_Hairy-arse 8 ай бұрын

@@VinceVenturella that's what I always do. Is that "not right"?

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

@@Alf_Hairy-arse It's perfectly fine. You just really want to get up there close when working this.

@Alf_Hairy-arse 8 ай бұрын

@@VinceVenturella thanks 😊

@DaHobbles 8 ай бұрын

Loved this! +1 engagement

@mehniaturepainter 8 ай бұрын

Totally unrelated question, but where people in the Us are getting their kolinsky? Is been hard to find with the hair ban and I’ve being hearing some people saying things about some sellers selling (that’s redundant lol) fake brushes… I bought some WN a while ago and I was kinda disappointed with the quality, and can’t find other brands to buy, they’re either out of stock or don’t ship to the US.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

Jackson Art Supplies in the UK is where I get mine.

@mehniaturepainter 8 ай бұрын

@@VinceVenturella thank you Vince! I’ve asked around and people also recommended Jackson. I grabbed a few Raphael 8404, can’t wait to try those!

@laboratoryrack6488 8 ай бұрын

is it the same thing to highlight clothing foldings? I can't make those look good for the life of me.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

No, those are quite different given their soft nature, but I have videos in the playlist (quite recently as well) that deal with how to paint cloaks specifically.

@laboratoryrack6488 8 ай бұрын

@@VinceVenturella Thanks for the advice! I have a mini with some baggy pants waiting to get some paint, and I'll try the cloak technique. =]

@marcogarripoli9405 8 ай бұрын

❤

@dannythompson9642 6 ай бұрын

👍👍

@morgan6749 8 ай бұрын

Dear Vince, I commend you on your professionalism by wearing 1 glove while you paint if you like setting and testing your brush on your hand holding the mini.. I have noticed a lot lately how many people look sloppy and childish by slopping paint all over their hand while painting.

@OGEETOMO 8 ай бұрын

Great guide but I'm not really sure I like edge highlighting as a result it kind of looks like someone traced the model (which is kind of what happens) and makes it look unnatural. How appreciated is this technique among really good artists Vince? Is it something that just came about from GW 'evy metal painting?

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

It's a style, some like it, some hate it. It's a very useful skill all around, some items like NMM should generally have very precise edge highlights even on more volumetric pieces. The all edge highlights all the time is defenitely Eavy Metal, but for those who favor that style, it's valuable. that being said, you can always like whatever you like - there is no right answer with art and our toys. :)

@OGEETOMO 8 ай бұрын

@@VinceVenturella I decided to try some edge highlighting after seeing this. a lot of my models have been washed with nulin oil (black legion) and it feels like the lines either just don't exist or come out fat even though I'm trying really hard to only touch lightly and do small movements. I'm just wondering does the oil makes an impact.

@VinceVenturella 8 ай бұрын

@@OGEETOMO It's just something that requires practice likely, they can always be a little fat that happens to all of us, but the Nuln Oil wouldn't have any impact on that.

@larrygarms7230 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely hate edge highlighting!!! Just one slight mistake with pressure and it turns into a mess! God bless contrast paints …until I can maser this technique.