Whenever I'm in a slump or just need to feel like I've accomplished something I paint a skeleton mini. Quick instance gratification even if you just use Contrast you can get a satisfying result with no real "stakes" to add pressure.

Really enjoyed this video - I constantly see questions in mini painting groups - like how do you keep motivated..how do you 'plan' for your mini etc and I always feel a bit inadequate because I pretty much only paint for the sheer joy of putting paint on something. No armies, no competitions, no planning, no overwhelming obligation to try new techniques, or 'get better' - I just paint for the sake of it. It's good to know that you can be serious about this hobby and yet still appreciate that it's not all about an end product.

I really liked the format of this video. You talked some technique, but mostly focused on the mindset and enjoyability of the project. I think that gets lost a lot of the time. As always, thanks Vince!

I really enjoy just painting. There's a lot of focus on learning new techniques and skills all the time but practicing what you learn is just as exciting

Man you transcended a very therapeutic episode with your narration Vince. Talking about the psychological barriers that keep us from enjoying the process. I have come to realize this is the attitude I must approach even my army painting or else I will never make completion progress. 💙

Sometimes I feel like, with videos like this one, I could just hear you talking about the project you are painting, and your excitement alone would be enough to fire my up for some painting time. It is kind of contagious xD Obviously, watching the mini get painted also helps, but I just wanted to share that is always a pleasure to hear you talking about the hobby. Thanks for another great video Vince!

Hey Vince, I just wanted to thank you. I am a 38 year old guy painting minis at home and having a blast with it. Painting Minis isn't for competition for me. It mostly isn't for gaming either. I do play sometimes but very rarely (around 2-6 times a year). I paint to paint! To be creative! To make something I am proud of! And other people tell me I am even good at painting. The process of painting is relaxing, fun and meditative. When others watch TV, I paint miniatures. The process is the goal in itself. The fun of the hobby is doing it. And as I have coordination problems since birth, praise from others feels especially good. My starting conditions were worse than other's were so I especially appreciate if others like my work and feel very happy about it. And you made that possible. I learned from others the standard technique (Base Coats, Washes, Highlights) and it never worked for me. I took hours and hours and put 40 hours into my first miniature and it wasn't fun. And even though my first mini looks really decent (many people don't believe it was my first but I kept fuzzing around with it until it was actually a good paint job), it took me over 40 hours for one. And then I found your channel and your guide to work with zenithal priming and transparent colors. And then it all fell into place. Today I mainly paint with glazes and Contrast paints over preshaded models and paint around 100-200 miniatures a year. And I love it! And I got there because of your videos! So yes, I think a thank you is in order! And as Julie states here in the comments: I also don't paint for competitions, I don't feel the need to "be the best" or to "improve at all cost". I simply paint the miniatures to the standard I am satisfied with and that's it. Of course when doing something a lot, you will get better and I like to explore some new options and techniques (for example I did my first snow bases a short time ago, but I don't feel the need or pressure to improve. I simply want to have my fun with my minis. And it works! So thank you again for giving me the techniques for having the most fun with my miniature painting and thus giving me the opportunity to have most wonderful hobby in my life!

I don't play any tabletop games nor will I ever enter a competition. I paint as it is extremely fun and stress relieving. I bought a resin printer and painting was the logical next step. I am so focused on the painting that my mind can't wander and when it's done, I have something neat to look at. Another great video.

Great video Vince. Your new opening “music” always makes me smile. Ninjon 😂😂😂

Yet another great tutorial with lots of content….but I have to admit that my favorite/important parts of this video are the “have fun” and the “jarring” comment that you are under a lot of stress pointing an army…somehow, you are always so relaxed in your presentations that statement had me doing a double-take (in a good way). So thank you once again for an excellent video and for the priceless reminders you include within the show!

Started my Deathguard army recently and took a similar mindset, decided to experiment with oils for the first time and then randomly bought some fluorescent inks and figured I'd try them as well and I'm having quite a lot of fun with it

I just did some tiger stripes on 15mm scale helicopters. I may have even used the same stock photo. I decided to have fun by using a blue color instead of orange. As I laid down the stripes I did not like the contrast of black with blue, so I flipped the stripes to a red tone. It has been a fun project.

I haven't owned any space marine models since the 4th edition starter set "Battle for Macragge" I got as a kid. I recently picked up the smallest 40k starter box with no ambition of turning either part into an army. Painting little Ultramarine guys with no time pressure, lining every edge, making gradients everywhere, decals, as much battledamage and dust as I want and so on, has been weirdly satisfying and relaxing. Two weeks in and im only working on the second marine, yet I for some reason this little project has completely put the feeling of impending backlog doom on hold, and i'm very ok with that. I'm excited for the Lieutenant! Great video, it really hit at the right time for me.

I painted the tiger for scythe and learning it paint tiger stripes was very fun. Its one of those things that we know it if it looks wrong but we don't necessarily know why it's wrong. Also, without looking, I wouldn't have been able to tell you what colour a tigers tail is. I'd assume orange, but no, white with black stripes. That sort of 'really learning what an animal looks like closely' is very gratifying

I have the most fun painting when painting orks, you just have so much freedom to do what you feel. With my army atm I'm not even sticking to any strict clan paint schemes, it's so liberating

Vince is hands down one of if not the best teacher we have in this community. Thank you for the clear explanations and everything you do for this hobby sir.

This is basically what I did yesterday! Been in a bad spot for a bit, so I decided to finally paint the Lord of Change I've had sitting on my shelf gathering dust. Completely on a whim, and it's been a blast!

That view of your pallet and the paper towels really shows the details of what you are doing with the brush 👍🏻

That sums up my painting journey. Even though I love painted armies I had to realize that's not for me. So I switched to skirmish games. I mostly paint for my own fun. Sometimes I paint some miniatures for friends. They're happy about a great paint job for a character model and for me it's relaxing and painting something completely different.

All hail the KZfaq algorithm gods...Love this miniature paint job!

Killing it with the intros! Main body of the video was great, as always

Sorry for the lateness

Another great.....yet humbling....video, Vince. Your "for fun" project is better than anything I have ever done! Ha. But the overall message of the video resonated tremendously. Been too caught up in "public" futures for my potential projects and thus have found myself stymied and accomplishing nothing. As usual, your videos have a touch of Zen about them, and regardless of my current project, I find that leveling and a great "sanity check." Thanks!!

Thats exactly what i've planned for my beast snagga army when the Box came out. With the Great White Squig as white tiger! Your tutorials helped me a ton in the past and i'm mindblown that you had the same idea. :D

I finally got around to painting a Keeper of Secrets based upon the "Porcelain Princedom" theme from the Hedonites Book. Although it utilizes black and white a lot, it looks so different and interesting from the other schemes that I just wanted to have on of those. It's not part of any of my armies, I don't need it, but I want it.

I searched for "painting a tiger, warhammer" thinking that there is no longer shot in the history of long-shots. Vince to the rescue, as usual

Dude! You are amazing! That model came out AWESOME!

Thanks Vince, very helpful both technical and mentally.

I'm a simple man. I see Vince V., I click.

It warms my heart to see a well used AB! As it should be.

This resonated with me since as of now, my painting is all I have to keep my mind off of things in general. I've been having technical difficulties with my airbrush the last couple days and it's been really ticking me off since what's on deck right now I was hoping to airbrush the skin (it's an ogre from Reaper Bones Black, so skin is the majority of it). Until I get those issues resolved (airbrush only spraying air, nothing else) it's going to have to be hand brushing, and I don't know why I've not been able to just buckle down and do it?! Good work as always, sir!

Having just finished up a bunch of army stuff I've been wanting to do a fun project like this, so this is excellent timing from you once again! Just gonna grab something and get painting, you're absolutely right about overthinking making you not do anything.

I actually tend to paint squigs and grots for "just fun". Squigs are awesome to have fun with because like you did your tiger squig, you can do random patterns, borrow from the real world - everythign from flowers, to fungi to sea creatures and it still is just a squig

I bought a beastboss just to paint it for fun and I don't regret it even if it's not coming out as good as I hoped. Sometimes you just look at a model, get an idea and absolutely have to go through with it even if you have plenty of stuff to paint already.

I've found I love painting and making bases! no pressure to look good just lots of fun!

THANK YOU for filling the gap between the squig's head and body. I've been seeing so many of the new squigs with fugly gaps lately.

I love this!!! I tend to paint larger models to have fun. I know a lot of people are opposite but you can experiment more with larger models. Painting grunts is a chore after the first few

I know that odd feeling of "this does look like a tiger". I painted the idoneth sharks as tigers...because tigersharks. And it was super simple, just a bunch of contrasts and then black lines. Sure it took a while, but it was fun. The journey is the destination.

Really Beautiful,the orange and the blue hue turquoise colors matches perfectly together,another great piece,Bravo Vince !!

as much as this was a fun project for you, this was a fun project to watch. it was especially satisfying when you showed the final reveal. great job!!

OMG by pure coincidence, I'm going to be painting my giant cave squig in tiger stripes! 😂 But without an airbrush. Now I have a guide! Woohoo!

this looks like fun i might give it a go despite not owning an airbrush and make my own tigersquigg for my ironjaws

Thanks for the video! My current painting project is zombicide 2e and painting the zombies is my way of just painting to have fun.

Insightful video, will definitely remember this tutorial if I ever get my Araby Rajek “tiger” riders done.

This is one of those minis I'll get on release day and have it assembled and painted within 24 hours, I can't wait 😁 Love your rendition of this mini Vincey 👌 WAAAGH!

Awesome video thank you.

Great video. "I'd never really tried that yellow brown recipe on teeth before" - this served the same purpose for you as a sketchbook, or a writer's freewriting journal. Letting your creativity loose after doing so many technical or goal driven projects is not only freeing, but also becomes self expression. A pro artist maintaining a balance between work and play can in the long run be good for their mental health and make them more productive by not falling prey to a burnout that can ruin habits.

Great project! I tend to go for a start collecting box when I want to do something different and try things for fun. A nice combination of regular dudes, bigger ones and a monster/machince where I dont have to worry about fitting with the rest of the regular force.

good way to start out really helpful thanks

There it is! Can't wait to watch this.

stripes look awesome. well done as always. thanks for the content vince!

Love what you're saying about recharging your batteries! I've been working up my Lumineth Realm-Lords army with crisp white and gold trim on everything. It's...exhausting. So I take a break between units and paint up a grim, grimy, messy Necromunda gang or bounty hunter or something just to get a change of pace and recharge. Also, painting terrain and scenery is another great break from the high-pressure stuff, you can do all sorts of random weird stuff with scenery.

Thank you for this video! I've been thinking of painting an Ironjawz Gore-Grunta like a leopard or a jaguar, and this was the push I needed to help me make that call. I might have to make some tiger squigs of my own at some point to continue with that big cat theme :)

Yay - it's okay to paint just for fun! 👍😆

working on my orks terrains for kill team and make a lot of experimentations with weird colors to brake the rust feel and loving it!

Space marines are my go to for fun painting, not too detailed and you can really go wild with colours and different textures and styles of highlighting and shading, though I don't play 40k I have an army of black Templars where no two models are the same as the next. thanks for the great video Vince!

Nice video! Great timing as I was adding earth texture to my 75mm Sister of Battle 3D print. Not for an army, not for a competition. Just for fun! I first heard about Wh40k from my friend when he showed me Dawn of War video game. Soulstorm expansion. First faction I've played were SoB. I'm not sure about the colors for this print, but I might go with classic: black armor, red accents, white hair. Only thing I know is it doesn't have to turn out good. I'll focus on fun!

See Ninjon??? He is by the display cabinet. SHOW US YOURS!!!!!

Thank you oh wise sage of the brush, it's always nice to recharge my painting mojo with your sound advice. It looks even better in the video, than on the GW site. For fun I have been painting up some RIH minis for my wife. I do have two busts that I want to jump into.

Nice work, Vince. I love it

Wow! Looks like a great model!

Great result and great advice. I really like the 40k squigs.

Ride the tiger You can see his stripes, but you know he's clean Oh, don't you see what I mean?

Thx! Working on a khimerix and I’ve got lots of organic blending to do

In between groups of 'serious' models i have a bunch of reaper bones or blacklist minis figs, and they are nice and simple and can be knocked out quickly with some contrast and highlighting, so after spending 5 days on one model its nice to do 5 in a night as a pallette cleanser.

My go to fun model is/are Screamers, love them flap-flaps

a squig that purrs!

Such a wholesome project. Thanks Vince

Loved the video. It made me want to paint a Mawkrusha as a great shark. Also, I've always wanted to paint a Mindstealer sphiranx but I'm not tempted by Slaves to Darkness at all, so maybe some day, just for fun.

I feel like I'm the opposite of many mini painters: I paint for fun and only picked up a couple of Blood Bowl Teams for sentimental reasons. My biggest problem is that I am still worried about failing! Hopefully I'll get over that nonsense soon because painting is fun, and even if the outcome is not as perfect as whatever Master Vince V. is creating, the journey is what matters to me.

This was so wholesome. And the squig turned out cool!

I'm in the lucky position that I don't play Warhammer or any other army game, so I don't usually have that pressure and actually paint the majority my Minis because I got inspired... still, I'm not at that level of brush mastery that I could always just paint for fun... only if I have a model where I know that it wasn't expensive... Still have to incorporate? that feeling that it is OK to mess up because you can easily repaint... but I'm not there yet.. but seeing your video helps reminding me of that to just go and paint bravely 😁

awsome this is exactly what i wanted to do when i saw this model. i still dont have it but ill keep this in mind

I will say this for myself and I am aware this is a very unpopular opinion. The most fun I have is when I paint for competitions. I personally view competitions as something, especially if I have a rival or 10, that forces me to try to go way out of my comfort zone in order to stay competitive. The pieces I participated in competitions with are those where I tried the most intricate patterns, the fancy fancy blends and light effects, the unusual tints and whacky bases. I personally only paint for the heck of it. I have armies and I do think I will enjoy the game but I don't really play. To me, having this amazing looking army and characters is the primary drive, while the possibility of using it for something else is secondary. Coupled with lacking all the time I would wish for painting, especially big armies, as well as lacking an airbrush, to me the process makes it all worth it. As a result, the thrill I feel when I have to beat my own standards somehow to stay competitive is the biggest joy there is to my painting. People really appreciate it, I challenge myself and as a result tend to advance massive leaps and bounds (I am a concept-based kind of fellow, where the thinking, decisionmaking and theory for the composition, materials, etc. are much more important than the technique in itself) and have fun with my peers, whose works I respect. I may not be some master and probably hold no candle to a proper international competition painter (and really suck at taking photos), but for my locals I know pretty much all the good painters there and love the struggle, with each having to keep up the game for the top places. Painting should be fun.

This was a great paint job. There are stencils from Anarchy models and they have tiger stripe ones that could work for these if you were doing an army of these.

Man this was super cool. If I play 40K again I’d probably go with orks they are the most fun, atleast from my perspective. Tiger space shark squig=big win

now i'm thinking how can i convert this squig to be a gnashtoof for my kruleboyz... god damn Vince i have so much to do already! good vid as always

I heard that He-Man's Battlecat retired after seeing that Tiger Squig.

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

This is an amazing looking squig :)

fantastic video as always!

Oh I love this, might just try and copy it. Don't have an Ork force, but love this kit

Having..F..FUN?! With a hobby?! What is this sorcery?!

Nailed it buddy

What a great video!

BEST. SQUIG. EVER.

Those camera angles 🥵

Hey Vince! I know you say this guy isn't for competition, but I think you've got a good basis for a GD entry right here! A little more futzing, I reckon he'd be competition ready.

Tigersquig.. Tigersquig.. Does whatever a Tigersquig does. Can he swing, from a.. Shroom. No he can't. He's a Tigersquig

Great video brother

I paint rando AoS models to de-stress. But one thing i'd like to add, if you're finding yourself with more stress than anything else - deactivate/pause your social media accounts. I've found by doing just that, i've been able to let go of mostly all of the line items that cause stress around this hobby, and just let it be what it is, in the privacy of your own home, and without that massive boulder of self-doubt and etc, that might be residing upon your shoulders. Hobby time is about you, and the model. Fuck what the rest of the world does, or thinks.

I hope you get to stat these guys up with Anvil of Apotheosis and run them with your Iron Jawz.

HOWEW DID YOU MAKE THAT BASE!! It’s my favorite miniature base I’ve ever seen

Do you think orks sing "baby squig, dakka dakka dakka?"

This is like the Bob Ross of miniature painting. Almost like a Zen painting method. I have a similar fig for the Warcry game that I went with a Tiger pattern on and it came out good. Same idea as you, kept just pushing in colors and not worrying about it. It was a tiger goat model so it was just fun to paint. I have more Daler Rowney inks now and love playing with them but I tend to seal them a lot to not reactivate them. Did you seal it before you did a specific step?

Showing off the glass cabinets when I am struggling to find ones that aren't 400 bucks. Ikea is killing me with theirs being OOS. Love the video and wish I could have more fun painting rather than just sitting there in hypercriticality mode.

Great video again. I picked Gitz for my first army (after playing Underworlds and Warcry) so I could paint lots of squigs. I started airbrushing a few months ago and have a general question, what adjustments do you make when when getting in close to the model? I recently realized I have been keeping the airbrush about 12 inches from the model.

Tigers are cool indeed :)

I never really paint anything to have fun, I have kruleboyz, stormcast, necrons and space marines(dominion and indomitus respectively) I just pick up whatever I feel like painting, right now I’m into my necrons after working on some gutrippz

Hey Vince, I'm sorry if this is in another video but what primer (black) do you use, usually? I've found that now that I've learned from Vallejo how to use their surface primer (multiple, generously thinned coats, spaced by about 15-20 mintues) they are incredibly resilient (no sanding), and preserve a lot of detail. Do you have a favorite? Something tells me you're a Stynylrez man, but I can't be sure. Also, and sorry for a two parter, do you know the difference between acrylic resin varnishes and polyurethane varnishes? I've been led to believe the polyurethane are stronger, but for our mini painting purposes, does it make a difference in respect to longevity and protective properties? (I ask because i've been painting for about 5 years, and I want to actually start playing the games; I have lots of pretty nicely painted miniatures that usually have AK ultramatte, and I worry if its got enough chutzpah to protect their paintjobs). Thank you for everything you do for the community, I really appreciate your hard work!