How To Avoid Messing Up and Looking Like a Pleb...Again..

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In the past I've made many mistakes and I still do to this day. Making mistakes is all part of the process. That being said, if you can avoid some of these mistakes, you might have a better time painting figures!
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@greglewis725 5 жыл бұрын

Don't thin metallics. Use old brushes with metallics. No one told me that stuff until I heard Vince say it on his channel and so many things suddenly made sense.

@superfails8338 4 жыл бұрын

Miniac : "Because you live in some Hellish landscape like Arizona" Me: Looks outside.... "Accurate"

@davidteel7701 4 жыл бұрын

I had to comment as soon as I heard that. The struggle is real.

@sillan7685 4 жыл бұрын

Try living in Western Australia 40°+ in the summer

@Fuzzy112100 4 жыл бұрын

@@sillan7685 I live in Queensland, was thinking the same thing hahah

@CreedAssassinGir 4 жыл бұрын

I see only sand and sadness.

@eaglebiohazard9708 3 жыл бұрын

im the one in arizona

@drbeats3 5 жыл бұрын

Using the gun and then the ultra Marine as a painting handle for an ultra Marine 😂. I had the like the video THAT MOMENT.

@Philtopy 4 жыл бұрын

wait, THATS an ultramarine? BuT ItS nOt ThE VeRy SpEciFic BluE 3:08

@chrisb8041 5 жыл бұрын

I lost it when you used the gun as a paint handle lol

@fightindice6227 5 жыл бұрын

Chris Brezinski finger ON the trigger lol

@idontwanttopickone 5 жыл бұрын

That's no gun! It's a painting handle. This is a gun! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebN3hcRlxLvOdWg.html

@ConcreteCrusade 4 жыл бұрын

What you don’t?

@markchristiansen4827 4 жыл бұрын

It is terrible advice. I have shot 5 holes in my wall attempting this and my neighbour is starting to get annoyed.

@Lamefoureyes 2 жыл бұрын

And the evolution with using the marine as a painting handle for a marine. Yo dawg

@XavierArnau399 5 жыл бұрын

it is known that europeans have the best mud browns

@greglewis725 5 жыл бұрын

*Nods in agreement" It is known.

@TheRider2012 5 жыл бұрын

It's well known we do have the best selection of muds for inspiration!

@CypressPunk34 5 жыл бұрын

Scott how dare you call me and my 000 Windsor and Newton brush out like this.

@anneslagboom4461 5 жыл бұрын

HE SAID MOIST GUYS HE SAID THE THING

@MassimoCristofolini 5 жыл бұрын

Oh Lord... now I'm not so sure I want to watch the video...

@anneslagboom4461 5 жыл бұрын

@william crow hahaha shit

@SigfridSWE 5 жыл бұрын

😂🤘🏻

@del132 5 жыл бұрын

"MOIST GUYS"

@milenafighter8120 5 жыл бұрын

Anne Slagboom tell me how to turn back time, the video was published yesterday and u commented 2 weeks ago

@davedogge2280 5 жыл бұрын

This is me and I am deeply shamed: 0:45 3:06

@mobiushelldoctor1423 4 жыл бұрын

lets be shamed together

@disciplineistruefreedom8983 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm almost doing all of these

@akamibobaby7872 4 жыл бұрын

b l u e

@aarontylee7243 5 жыл бұрын

Make sure you don't get your painting gun and painting carrot confused

@Ungantor 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man, the snappy editing, the useful content, always straight into the subject matter, trying new things... Think this guy is lowkey turning into one of my favourite mini youtubers.

@scots2129 5 жыл бұрын

Some gold here. The bit about bigger brushes (learned from Miniac somewhere in the past) accelerated my painting game.

@lostsanityreturned 5 жыл бұрын

Just cast, no need to say casted ;) (Sticking to the topic)

@DavidSmith-te9gg 5 жыл бұрын

Seems to be common use now in uneducated countries :-)

@arghroar 5 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one bothered by that.

@Matthew-hc7yl 5 жыл бұрын

It hurt my ears..

@funguy398 5 жыл бұрын

Always drills gun barrels. You don't even need small drill just use the tip of a hobby knife.

@mallo4424 5 жыл бұрын

Before or after having used it as a painting handle?

@Kojak0 5 жыл бұрын

Not always possible, depending on the gun. One trick you can use if the barell is too thin to drill is to paint the tip black and then let the barrel color overlap onto the plack, which gives the illusion of some kind of thickness.

@euphoria7046 5 жыл бұрын

Drilling out guns with a hobby knive. I cringe everitim.

@911WASanINSIDEjob420 4 жыл бұрын

@@jean-luccoelho1915 its odd because it would save them money by using less plastic so ya i don't get it

@insomniacbritgaming1632 4 жыл бұрын

Pinvises are literally like £3 on eBay... some even come with a set of bits... not excuse not to have one haha

@KingMonkeyEnma 5 жыл бұрын

I just started painting warhammer 40k and your videos help a ton!

@linkzydiybuilds7158 5 жыл бұрын

You seem a lot happier in this video and more enthusiastic. I approve this video keep it up my God

@AxDhan 5 жыл бұрын

man, this video is amazing! a lot of usefull info presented in the most friendly and funny way possible

@MFinGonzo 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reminding me I live in a hellscape. At least I can prime all year!

@rabidwargamer68 5 жыл бұрын

Been out of painting for quite some time and I'm hella rusty. Wanted to paint a mini for D&D, so I was poking around and came across your channel. Lots of great tips to help get past a bit of the rust!

@theslugboiii5969 3 жыл бұрын

I've just got into the hobby in the last couple of weeks and videos like this are great for picking up tips. I'm shit at painting but I've just jumped straight into doing it and hopefully practice makes perfect

@Metallica4Life92 2 жыл бұрын

As a dude who only started painting recently, your advice is very welcome. Especially the one on color specificity. Thank you!

@markgall34 5 жыл бұрын

Loved it, great stuff Scott. Keep it up.

@manga3040 5 жыл бұрын

Loved the whole thing but the last point hit home big time for me! Thanks for the tips! Husband and father of a 3 year old and 6 month old so I dont get huge amounts of time to paint so videos like this are greatly appreciated.

@roaringlaughter3812 5 жыл бұрын

ive never even gotten to that stage of THAT paint cup.... dude that's an achievement all on its own.

@markscheuerman7962 4 жыл бұрын

Going to start painting this weekend for the first time and your videos have been very entertaining! Thank you for the great tutorials and for a video like this in particular (I was having terrible analysis paralysis about paint color and I want to just give it a go now)

@JerzkusArt 4 жыл бұрын

I make large custom figures for order and hobby and I LOVE putting foliage, gravel, sand rocks, branches, water puddles on the bases. It's funny you said how people just want to get over it, but I kinda find myself looking forward to getting to that point, that is if realistic ground is wanted on the item.

@sillan7685 4 жыл бұрын

I love your channel. The silly little antics you throw in are so entertaining.

@diSTUD013 5 жыл бұрын

This was super helpful, I am just starting to get into mini painting. I got the urge to start because I bought Gloomhaven and want the board to look complete with painted minis. This is the first board game I have purchased that comes with actual minis and because of this channel, I am seeking out other board games like, Blood Rage and The Refuge, that come with minis so that I can paint them. Keep up the good work and I will keep watching!

@rowshak 3 жыл бұрын

Love this video, I just started painting miniature (its good for the soul) and I'm doing my own journal/serie of my progress. I started slowly, and take a model after model and use more advance technic as I go while finding my errors. Thank you! And cheers!

@manschristenssons6116 5 жыл бұрын

Love the upside down glasses guy! I want to see more of him. He knows his stuff!

@ruaridhmackenzie3215 5 жыл бұрын

Couple things that have helped me (on top of the ones listed). Lean on something to help with shakey arms, when doing highlights I now roll my brush to help make a tip in the bristles.

@StaticModel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, great tips! Also production quality is top notch! :)

@danieldeak9141 4 жыл бұрын

The part about the basing really got me thinking so I started experinenting with it. For an Example, I am currently painting a knight castellan and I built a makeshift ork barricade out of sprues and added a few skulls and stuff like that. It really livens the model up.

@ijaken 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to have found this video. I live in arizona and never thought of of humidity. Cause yes, it is hell on earth as far as heat. Just had a 120 degree summer.

@jeffrichards5106 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Scott for the great advice.

@lelanddimmer5979 5 жыл бұрын

Love the mini being used as a handle to paint another mini. Had an idea to do a reflection pool of a mini and its evil counterpart similar to how you had the 2 minis held in that scene. Ying yang showpiece. Not for competition, I'm not at that level, but for on my fireplace as a diorama.

@antiall-forever9855 4 жыл бұрын

Right on. Great advice. I’m just getting back into the game with my oldest son!

@Guinea779 5 жыл бұрын

These are the type of tips to really help out a beginner. When I started out, I typed in warhammer painting tips for beginners and was hit with color theory and glazing with air brushes.

@jedisith3864 5 жыл бұрын

I began painting a lot since I picked up some T'au for KillTeam. I've kept a very loose idea for my eventual 40k army that I developed for my KillTeam. It had to be something I would be motivated to finish dozens of models, something I could creatively enjoy and rework over the many units. So I chose a loose ideal instead of a strict pallet. Boba Fett. Paint every unit as if it's Boba Fett. Everything comes out so beautiful and I love it :)

@blakec1924 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and the scraping mold lines is a good reminder for even the people that have been doing this for a little longer. I am very guilty of batting about 50% for scraping thinking "It is just for my home game, what does it matter?", but then have massive hobby guilt when I see that line clear as day once finished.

@undersky596 5 жыл бұрын

This video ruled. Funny, informative, well presented examples! PAINT MORE MINIS!! OR DIEEEEEEEE

@eastona4885 4 жыл бұрын

Youve been a great help to my endevour into painting star wars legion minis i really enjoy your videos

@fransaacs 5 жыл бұрын

5:41 You can warm or cool your zenithal highlights by adding yellow, orange or blue to that white ink.

@MrDayus64 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Scott, long time listener, first time caller. Wanted to say that I really appreciate the extra editing and effects you threw into this video. Glad to see you're delivering on the promise of higher quality videos that come with full time mini-tuber status! And if you could never say the word "moist" while licking your lips again that would be fantastic.

@Miniac 5 жыл бұрын

I can't do that, Matthew.

@ferrumurbis 5 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliantly shot and edited video. Here's another sub you deserve.

@SigfridSWE 5 жыл бұрын

As always, amazing stuff Miniman 🤯🎊🤘🏻

@keithrimer8415 5 жыл бұрын

Love this video. Great job.

@JBoulter11 4 жыл бұрын

Advice on not worrying about a specific paint color is a good one for people who haven't really painted before. Thanks for making these, they're helpful.

@arx1381 5 жыл бұрын

When I decided to start my Ork hoard a few months ago I planned that they would be on something like a mountain gravel path. So grey texture paint shaded and highlighted with snow added in random patches. At least two models from the same mob have a skull on the base or random bones so when all together the green tide is on a uniform grey and snow base. I used Rhinox Hide to paint the rim of the base as it went well with the gravel and did not be a huge feature of the models.

@samprastherabbit 5 жыл бұрын

Great video- damn, son! The ole Scott Magic turned up to 11- lost it at your 'Paint your damn rims!' bit. I've been painting a couple of years now and I think I'm doing fine- but I love how your video brought new stuff to my attention that I hadn't considered before. Thanks, man!

@SunChaserXVII 4 жыл бұрын

7:07 - 7:30 is the most called out I've ever been in my life. That's actually advice I really need BEATING INTO MY SKULL so cheers

@Khether0001 5 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome hobby. In my case I just need to learn how to paint, strategize, get a lot of money, a lot of storage space, time and make new friends. How hard can it be?

@Moleman_G 3 жыл бұрын

Any luck with any of those things?

@LeeAllanSpades 5 жыл бұрын

My painting handle is poster tack and budget acrylic paint bottles from wal-mart that I bought when figuring out if miniature painting was for me. I found it was, bought good paints, and now have a massive supply of handles.

@danfireball 5 жыл бұрын

Eternal nightmare CD on background is on point, great video as always.

@henrikwannheden7114 4 жыл бұрын

AWESOME concrete tips. Excellent!

@andrewbingham6970 4 жыл бұрын

Top tip enjoy you experience in painting we all need to start from the bottom and work are way up just enjoy it and you will get better over time

@mortenalbertsen7443 4 жыл бұрын

Late to the party... but finally i got here! I am very happy that i am already doing everything you said in this video! Maybe apart from the evaporating wet-palet as i barely get consecutive days of painting. Keep your great videos and your humorous style going!

@thingsnexttome 4 жыл бұрын

This guy really knows what’s good. These are incredibly important and well helpful videos that are very necessary. One of the best parts about them is that they can be applied across the modeling world (for the most part - and whatever is more specific can be altered and applied in a multitude of ways that relate to all models and visual art in general ) Absolutely spectacular. If you have not seen his part one for this of the same but based around airbrushing do make a point to get over there and soak up that premium knowledge. Many thanks on behalf of all pilots and engineers over here at Anaheim Elec. - Vaun Braun

@GrampaScotchHapyHour 5 жыл бұрын

I love how I can laugh and learn in all of your videos!

@SeanWelland 3 жыл бұрын

That final tip is so important and crucial for myself. I have Army Painter paints purely because they're easily accessible to me - but knowing I don't have Abaddon Black to paint my Abaddon the Despoiler is like a knife in my OCD but I'll push past!

@mufasasminiatureworkshop 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing advise, great video!👏🤙🏻

@Bocktai5 5 жыл бұрын

Dry brushing is a godsend , Make sure mould lines are removed and imagine light source is directly above your mini, get some really cool highlights that make your guys pop! Also don't think you have to paint every nook and cranny detail if you just wanna get your guys ready for the game. Tabletop standard is a good thing!

@stephennapoles 4 жыл бұрын

That is an incredible row of metal albums to your right. Well done!

@stephennapoles 4 жыл бұрын

Especially the first Atheist album.

@albmunmu 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks king these vids are very helpful for us beginners

@nathank1512 4 жыл бұрын

As a beginner painter this was helpful. Not recycled information for content. Thank you!

@Aristoganso 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video man.

@pbertolini 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are sooooo helpful!

@JeanPaulLapointeCGI 5 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend moving from cleaning lines with the totally-going-to-hack-myself-again hobby knife to using a tool like GW's line remover. Excellent results, less bleeding.

@MarkoVeer 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Scott!

@DurfHerder 5 жыл бұрын

OMG! Painting handle examples got me! Well played, sir... well played

@DurfHerder 5 жыл бұрын

Also, never say "Grab whatever brown you got" again. Wrong on so many levels.

@DarkTubeToo 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this video. Super advise on using inks for zenithal priming. Really nice.

@ghostfaceknuts 5 жыл бұрын

Whhoooboy, that's some good production value. I both LOLed and I guffawd. And I learned. I learned.

@dddmmm21 5 жыл бұрын

One beginner mistake I would love to see better addressed is the use of washes... It is simple enough in the very beginning, just wash it all and it will look 100x better. But overtime you get better and want to raise the bar, and so notice how washes typically desaturate the whole color scheme, how muted the mini looks and now notice all those undesirable tide marks and mud puddles in your mini... A comprehensive class on washes would actually be very useful. Thanks

@ZombieApocalypse09 5 жыл бұрын

A big lesson I learned by failure was that it's not always the paint consistency that's the problem, but how much paint is on the brush. Especially with thinned paint. Another is sub assembly painting or at the very least painting the deepest recesses first and working outwards. And my final "don't fuck up" tip is if you thin your metallic paints with water, you're gonna have a bad time.

@christopherreynolds4506 4 жыл бұрын

I actually did what he said about not worrying about specific colors. I was painting some red on a tyranid but realized too late I did not have a red edge highlight. So I used brown instead and it worked out.

@TheRunesmythe 5 жыл бұрын

Regarding white paint; I learned something interesting lately which probably explains why white ink applies so much more smoothly than white paint. Where paint is concerned, the only two sources of white pigment are lead (which isn't used for obvious reasons) and titantium oxide; the latter, which they use, apparently can only be ground so finely which means that the more you thin your white paint, the more likely you are to start seeing graininess. As an aside, I actually prefer using shades of gray when I do zenithal priming; a dark gray, mid-gray and a light gray (sometimes very close to white). This is purely a personal preference, but I like the fact that the transition between my zenithal colors is more subtle than using pure white and pure black. Great tips on this one! I always find something interesting in your videos.

@MaskedRiderChris 3 жыл бұрын

I generally lay down a coat of either black or gray primer, then white primer over that when zenithal priming, but I confess that the white ink route is something I'd look into, especially since I now I have an airbrush and need to learn how to use the thing...

@urbanursine 5 жыл бұрын

propping your elbows on the table to stabilize your hold. :)

@delphaneuxlacroix 5 жыл бұрын

Get some padding under your elbows, like a pillow or some such or you'll be waking up with a nasty case of Bursitis. It hurts. A LOT.

@shawnc3582 5 жыл бұрын

About the last tip, i think a lot of people, even some of those just getting into it, probably do see their hobby as a form of artistic expression to some extent. Not to state the obvious, but there can be plenty of expression in hobbies of this nature(not even just warhammer) and thats just great too. Whether your painting as an ends to a means or not, either is good, just do what makes you happy

@alexbelwood4221 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, great vid!

@E1Chupacabra 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man. I watch your videos every time you post them. Just wanted to say I saw a HUGE difference in this one. Maybe it's from you not having to fit in your youtube time before/after work? Maybe you are just very happy to start this new adventure in your life and it's showing through? Either way, I could see the passion you put into this video... and while your others aren't bad.. this one was noticeably better. I'm proud of the progress you've made as a youtuber and looking forward to watching the channel grow. huzzah!!!

@egyptian316 4 жыл бұрын

Hearing the specific paint colors is handy for at least one reason. With differences caused by lighting, cameras, computer monitor settings, etc the specific colors being used can drift quite a bit. It can be handy if trying to replicate a technique to hear "I used Payne's Grey here". Maybe the grey doesn't look as dark after it's been filmed, maybe the blue is lost and just looks like regular grey, or whatever. So hearing that is nice at least so we can say "Oh, he used a real dark undercoat, but it was light enough when he was done layering." And it's also nice to see various products in action. Maybe I really liked the green you used on one of the figures, for example, and might have another project in mind where I could use it.

@ayykondee 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@oldguystabletoptactics3424 4 жыл бұрын

That was another great video Scott. Could you do a video for beginners starting right at square one.

@medicaebasil1482 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, my favorite paint handle U P S I D E D O W N U L T R A M A R I N E

@lastationproductions 4 жыл бұрын

I learnt something new with the white ink thanks Miniac :)

@dannyjepp985 5 жыл бұрын

+1 for full-time! Pleb to wet pallets, some more tips on those would be cool.

@Bealzabub 3 жыл бұрын

The only time I recommend a tiny brush is painting eyes on minis, but honestly using a fine tipped artist marker like a micron is a million times more reliable than that even. I also really second the humidifier tip if you're in a dry climate! Up here in Nevada it can get to 0% humidity sometimes and even the thickest paint will dry almost immediately without it.

@sirkarl1 3 жыл бұрын

Nice tips mate made all Of these mistakes at the beginning....

@themoody1337 5 жыл бұрын

Dude the quality of your videos is fucking amazing. Seriously. Also your humor ads the right spice to it!

@mutehowl 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video

@DrDiHai 5 жыл бұрын

I remember asking about specific colors when I started out. But I think the main reason was that I was very unsure of what colors I should get to more or less cover the shades I'd want to do without having to mix absolutely everything out of basic colors. And those huge lists of shades from GW or Vallejo or what have will really give anybody new decision paralysis, even when I don't care that much about very specific shades. That being said, it didn't really work out because I ended up with a ton of browns and reds and almost no green ;).

@tabletoppainter7390 4 жыл бұрын

if there was possible i would buy the dvd disc with all your videos. they are all really awesome. and i watch them while i paint

@ADye-zh3cq 5 жыл бұрын

@2:18 I was baffled, hilariously amused, astounded, and intrigued all at once. This man got 24,016 views (at the moment of me watching this) and we all listened to him *literally* talk about paint drying. Something about the 'ol "Boring as watching paint dry" got me, mainly because I love videos like these, and it just hit me.

@chrispowell2947 4 жыл бұрын

quick note, another thing that affects paint drying time is the colour of paint that you're applying. weird but true. Paler colours dry faster than darker colours. That's why I always add a bit of drying retarder when painting a little dot of white in the eyes or on lenses, that sucker will dry up before it even hits the models.

@adamstroh2708 5 жыл бұрын

More skeletal warrior T-shirt’s please I wanna be rad like you and Jon, love you thanks for the tips! My wet pallet will no longer frustrate me with it’s watery depths of disparity