GRIMDARK DOESN'T JUST MEAN DIRTY! - Painting Grimdark style without the dirt and grime.

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2 жыл бұрын

Today it's time to talk about something that annoys me quite frequently....... Grimdark doesn't just mean dirty!
Join me for a little chat about painting "Grimdark" without covering your models in streaking grime and a couple of examples of doing this to a tabletop and a display quality!
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@OmegaLittleBob 5 ай бұрын

As much as I love my grimy dirty Space Marines and Guard, I do think expanding what we imagine as Grimdark is great idea

@matsmith3482 Жыл бұрын

Please, please, please do a tutorial on these. I’m new to the whole grim dark idea and these are what I’m looking for.

@vincentjackson3472 2 ай бұрын

They look absolutely stellar mate. Bring in a video for this! And thabk you for exemplifying a sinister vibe... something under done in this hobby! Dirty is great, but a sinister feel is for the right race is bloody powerful!

@Andyyybeeeee Жыл бұрын

I love the whole slap on streak and grime and make everything look like it's been wading in mud and fighting. But i really really love the colour scheme you have just done, wish I could see the base coating better it looks amazing

@lallsta_paints 2 жыл бұрын

They look unreal Rich, great video!

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

@dominiccostanza5380 2 жыл бұрын

Smashed it, those look amazing. I love the dirty grim dark style but this has definitely opened my eyes

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Glad I could help!

@tomcaza 10 ай бұрын

Really great advice, thank you

@AbelDuviant Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the color scheme

@matthiasharkamp9897 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video, good point 👍🏼 Looking forward to trying out your tips 😁👍🏼

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou! I'd love to see what you come up with!

@pretzzull3265 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video dude!!

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@SpecterWSA Жыл бұрын

Those are sick af.

@harumancer580 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work. And you are totally right... the mud, filth and streaking muck is a cheap and unskilled way to achieve the grimdark vibe. But hey... I'm guilty of painter-adhd and just want/need to get them on the table.... You get the model you deserve!

@pictoushead 2 жыл бұрын

Very awesome. Love your content.

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Much appreciated! 👍

@TravisReeves 2 жыл бұрын

Top video man love the dark eldar they are sick

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Buddy! The Dark Eldar are definitely my favourite army in the game, love the aesthetic!

@adampaviacorp.6780 Жыл бұрын

These look great! Using the lighting artist from Alien and Aliens as inspiration was in iteself inspirational!

@thecalvatron1955 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid. Digging the Fallout T-shirt!

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud! I love a bit of fallout! Racked up way too many hours on Fallout 4!

@daroth7127 5 ай бұрын

this is the peak standard for models, they look identical to the concept art

@Buphalaphus632 2 жыл бұрын

This clears some things up for me thanks, I'm new to painting. So far it looks to me like covering something in agrax earthshade wash makes it looked dragged through the mud, but I dont see what's wrong with using the wash intentionally and methodically, ie painting it into the lower layers or cracks of something to add contrast or "painting" multiple layers of it to make a smooth gradient. I sometimes see there's a "that's for noobs" attitude among painters about using it at all but I dont quite get it yet.

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest the wash is much better used intentionally and methodically as that way you get considerably more control over it. A lot of people assume that washes are just meant to throw over the miniature and think that the technique is just for noobs but it really isn't.

@waynegoldpig2220 2 жыл бұрын

I doubt you were talking about me since I am not well known, but I am the person who coined what I referred to as 'The Grimdark Creed': "Grimdark is more about the interplay of dark and light, than the application of shite".

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I love this! Please can I use this phrase in the future?

@waynegoldpig2220 2 жыл бұрын

@@SprayBlackStudios Be my guest, fella.

@darkshadowsaver Жыл бұрын

The best I can sum up grim dark is abandon all hope. Its to make you feel like there's nothing you can do to stop whats coming. Or to simply put shit load of contrast colors void of brightness to make you feel hopeless.

@DavesMiniMenagerie 2 жыл бұрын

Ultra Smurfs :D Washes and grime definitely get over done

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

An honest mistake............... (not)

@cablesalad3168 2 жыл бұрын

Grimdark doesn't mean smothering everything in Streaking Grime and rust and you've pulled it off masterfully. Nicely done. It's called grimdark, not grime-dark after all.

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I love Streaking grime this is 100% the case. Gotta keep yourself open to new techniques and effects than just coating everything in grime!

@TryChillBalloo 2 жыл бұрын

could you make a tutorial how you achieved the green horns and the osl?

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest it would be a pretty short video! Both were achieved using the Vallejo Premium color Fluo Green and then some white added to provide highlights. The OSL was done with an airbrush and the horns by just layering up some very thin layers.

@lollerkeet 8 ай бұрын

I thought the horror movie you were going to say was Hellraiser.

@adamdoughty813 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I’ve seen the coloursshift paints being used that doesn’t look really tacky (like 1990s boy racer looking to pimp a Vauxhall Nova)

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Haha to be honest I was slightly concerned that they would start looking like a particularly hideous Vauxhall Cavalier that lives round the corner from me. Thankfully they didn't!

@Nickiller15 9 ай бұрын

Hello this is an amazing job you did man. They look like indeed 80s-90s feeling. However, I dont really got how you actually painted them. Would you be kind enough to show us a tutorial?

@garethjones2373 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff such a good idea with drukhari I allways see them as dark and edgy but not dirty and battered like in lord of the rings films legolas and the elves are allways clean and pristine compared to the others

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou bud! Elves in fantasy works are always a good reference as just as you mention they are often described as being very clean with amazingly well wrought and maintained equipment.

@loupiscanis9449 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ritch . In the Grim Dark ,

@loupiscanis9449 2 жыл бұрын

Them Zeno's are horrendous , and need exterminated!

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lou! No can do on the extermination though, they are the ones that do the killing!

@filipbartos7393 2 ай бұрын

how you paint a venom in dis schema ?

@elstonation 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still dribbling over those dark eldar. Oh man that's inspiration and a half. I wonder who it could be that thinks just putting streaking grime over something makes it grim dark

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! I'm a little surprised you haven't attempted the colour shift to be honest, I would have thought it's right up your street!

@elstonation 2 жыл бұрын

@@SprayBlackStudios there's still a lot of techniques to try in the world and I will get there one day. Just need to break this army painting addiction

@Surviving65 2 жыл бұрын

is there a tutorial for these incubi? They're perfect!

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly not a full tutorial (....... yet) but thankyou!

@brandonpfister 2 жыл бұрын

Whatever keeps things from looking like comic book art. I also believe that something can be Over-Done.

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@gasmonkey1000 11 ай бұрын

So what I'm getting from this is "dissonance." Would ya say that it'd be possible to make something in the grimdark style but keep some bright colors if it seems out of place? (Ie, an Emperor's Children legionarre in full purple almost immaculate yet they stand over a pile of corpses, clearly civilians, their flayed skin in his non-sword hand)

@chrisgoogill 2 жыл бұрын

Love the drukhari, mind letting me know what the exact color shift paint you've used was?

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

The colour shift paint I used was the Turquoise Violet colour in the Vallejo "The Shifters" range

@michaelgeorgeduddy6153 2 жыл бұрын

Rich, I agree it isn't ideal to use the streaking grime, I myself use oils for washes and different bits and bobs, however, I think it makes it a lot easier for players who want the grim dark look, however do not have your skill to pull it off like you do? I've been painting for donkeys I don't have your level of skill! I think that as well, it depends on miniatures, as for instance your DE don't need to look dirty or like they have been through the wars (literally) however on an imperial guard soldier, a non poster joy (looking at you smurfs) the aesthetic of warriors that have only known battle for the entirety of their life this technique works amazing!

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Oh don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my Streaking Grime! It is an easier bar to enter into the style of the hobby but it can also easily become a crutch because it is relatively easy to use. I want to show that you don't need these products and crutches to be able to do awesome work. Saying that, my next tutorial will be using the grime!

@y2ace 2 жыл бұрын

Got an affiliate link for the mask you use in the video?

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly I don't have an affiliate link for it, it was just a fairly cheap one purchased off Amazon though. Designed for DIY

@honestminis9530 3 ай бұрын

"Because noone likes grimdark (expect some internet perverts) and this aesthetic doesn't sales well." Was one comment I got when I put up a video of grimdark(ish) Bretonnians 😫

@shankley_has_a_brush 2 жыл бұрын

Those metallic colors are amazing! Which brand did you use?

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Most of the paints used in these are made by Vallejo, the metallics for the armour is the Turquoise Violet Colour shift paint from their Galaxy Dust box

@shankley_has_a_brush 2 жыл бұрын

@@SprayBlackStudios Think it would it be possible to use with a brush? Also, thanks for the reply.

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

@@shankley_has_a_brush You can use them with a brush though to be honest the finish isn't as good as you do tend to get quite a lot of brushstrokes. It's fairly tough to get a nice smooth and flat finish without the airbrush.

@TheImmersiveWorldCrafter 2 жыл бұрын

That was a great video, Rich. Up until you had that strange little lip twitch with clicking sound at the end 😆 The fella you mentioned on Instagram is incredibly talented. There is some great inspiration on his profile. Thank you for sharing. I totally agree that grimdark aesthetics are not contained in making something look filthy. The lighting to set the tone and mood is essential, with the environmental effects on the miniature present. If it makes sense to add dirt, dust, and muddy boots to an individual then do that. In the case of the Dark Eldar (also an old skool gamer), they are far less likely to be trudging through a battlefield on foot. They are also an alien race with elegance on their side. Showing them off in highly contrasting light with perhaps some scuffs and engine oil from hovercraft is more fitting. Great work dude. See you in the Discord.

@SprayBlackStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Haha sorry, did that weird you out a bit? 😂 Yeah Eric's is so damn talented, I've admired his work for a fair while but some of his recent stuff is just ridiculous! It does lead to interesting questions when looking at things like the Dark Eldar as you mention they are much more likely to be sat in their vehicles than trudging through the dirt. Maybe a bit of blood splatter is thematic though!