Goblin Green for basing, because the 90's never ended.

I was expecting to hear about some good paints, instead I not only got that but finally understood wet blending. Thanks Jon

ive never painted a mini in my life but this guy's enthusiasm is contagious. i kinda want to try it

You call yourself a Ben Komets fan and there's no Tank Brown or Dark Sea Blue????

As someone new to miniature painting, this shit is gold.

I feel like wet blending is my favourite of all techniques, but you have blown my mind with how good you are with your colour choices. Blue with brown, red with cream, and somehow you've made it seamless. I'm officially boggled. I'd love a future video that goes into how you pick colours, and how you're choosing where to place each to get that lovely lighting effect.

When the list went A,2,D I legit spat out my tea😂

"50 must have miniature paints" Bank account starts sweating profusely.

Since I was a young child I loved arts and crafts. I have done linoleum block carvings and made my own stamps. I learned crocheting, sewing and pottery in my tweens. In Highschool horticulture,drawings, painting. As a young adult painting houses, businesses. As a hobby I upcycle and paint just about everything and do wall murals. Bonus my husband was a auto body paint rep. So I got paint guns and have played around with so many brands of paints, primers, glazes, stains, fillers and tools. As a child on into my senior years I have Been encouraged, have inspired, have self meditated and dreamed up another project…it never ends. Currently I have turned our RV shop into a medieval castle. The shop doors are painted copper with faux black iron bars in a grid pattern and big 3D rivets evenly spaced in single file on my black iron bars, the drywall around the shop doors are painted to look like wood planks.The wood planks and painted to look like mortar in between the planks. It looks like a Dungeons and dragon castle, so I wanted to add some whimsy…so I painted a whimsical skull head popping out of the iron grid square-wearing a steampunk top hat waving hello. I named him Sully. I think being a artist is playing, creating what inspires you, getting to know your color wheel, experimenting with products. Usually they say don’t mix water and oil but it depends what and where you are applying it to. I have used wood stains over water based for shadowing. I create less mistakes if I use products on a sample piece to see how they interact and what effects they create. Well I took a pause in my artwork to watch your videos as before I started watching I stripped the paint and sharpie markers that my artistic 4 year old did on a giant Barbie doll and was waiting for the 3rd coat of sealer to dry so I can giver a new face and make her a new steampunk outfit so my niece will have a new doll to play with. Thanks for sharing your videos and encouraging me to dream and play some more. I realize a lot of viewers hate long comments but I have no clue how to do videos but I enjoy watching your channel and reading comments. I am deaf so my visuals and art is what keeps me going, it was hard losing my hearing in my mid 40’s as I lost communication with friends and relatives and work related associations. I’ve learned to just have gratitude to those that are there for you in life, that inspire you to be better in all aspects of life. Be well, be compassionate to yourself and others, share a smile and do what brings you joy… trust me it’s contagious ( look how many positive comments and people that learned something ; I bet you smiled with renewed enthusiasm) 😊

Because I'm a freak for lists (tad OCD perhaps?), for reference, here are the colors mentioned. Thank you for the video Ninjon, enjoyed it a lot, especially the demo! Blues Citadel: Fenrisian Grey Kimera Kolors: Blue Nocturnal N-Paint: Spirit Blue P3: Coal Black, Exile Blue Reaper: Midnight Blue (09019) Browns Citadel: Mournfang Brown, Rhinox Hide, Zandri Dust Nocturnal N-Paint: Leather Brown P3: Gun Corps Brown, Rucksack Tan Pro Acryl: Mahogany Vallejo Model Air: Rotbraun (71.271) Greens Nocturnal N-Paint: Poison Green P3: Gnarls Green, Ordic Olive Pro Acryl: Bright Pale Green, Jade Reds Citadel: Khorne Red Kimera Kolors: The Red P3: Sanguine Base Pro Acryl: Burnt Red Yellows Citadel: Averland Sunset Kimera Kolors: Cold Yellow, Warm Yellow Purple and Pinks Kimera Kolors: Magenta (? not 100% sure) Vallejo Game Color: Royal Purple (72.016), Squid Pink (72.013) Metalics Pro Acryl: Copper Scalecolor: Dwarven Gold (Oro Enano) Vallejo Metal Color: Aluminium (77.701) Oranges Citadel: Troll Slayer Orange P3: Bloodstone Scalecolor: Orange Leather Vallejo Game Color: Scrofulous Brown (72.038) Whites & Blacks P3: Frostbite, Menoth White Base, White Pro Acryl: Bright Warm Grey, Warm Titanium White Vallejo Model Color: Black (70.950), Buff (70.976), Ice Yellow (70.858) Note: There are some I wasn't 100% certain, mostly the Kimera Kolors which appear to have no name on the bottle. I will edit when I find out.

You are rapidly surpassing the competition on KZfaq. I hope you have a good weekend. Also. Vallejo Light Grey. I can't live without.

Jon, you keep makin' 'em, I'll keep watchin' 'em. Thanks for this, and good to see you're improving at making videos way faster than I'm improving at painting minis. With your help, I'll get there though. Sloooooowly...

I never really understood wet-blending, but the first 30 seconds of work on his cloak perfectly illustrated the technique in such a clear and obvious way - truly appreciate it!

I think this is one of the best miniature painting videos I've watched since I got into the hobby. I've seen a lot of people use techniques, but this is the first one where I really got a sense for the satisfaction, and making wet blending feel actually achievable. Favorite colours are also *so* relatable. Even if I don't have any of YOUR favorite colours, I know which ones appeal to my own painting palette and it gets me thinking about other ways to use them in conjunction with each other. I've been having a lot of thoughts about over-reliance on certain shades, so it's nice to see familiarity with a colour recontextualized as a good thing.

"Slay the Grey" - this is my new battle cry on my days off work!

Nobody talking about how he literally said a butt load of warm browns? Anyways, awesome video as always Jon! This was really helpful for me as I'm looking to bust into other paint ranges.

I use Incubi Darkness a lot, and I found it is a perfect colour to mix with a red for shading that red. Plus you can use just incubi and white to get a nice (very) cold nmm silver.

I feel like Agrax Earthshade is such a nice shade and so versatile. I use it a lot with a lot of colors. Also I love the consistency and opacity of Rhinox Hide.

I dont think I have ever seen Jon so calm in any other video . Talking about pigments and paints really give him some Zen. Now After this we need to make it a series. What is your pigment list? What is your ink list? Other stuffs you can't live without. Like Mediums, flow improvers, varnishes, etc What other stuff do you find yourself to use on a day by day basis

I love the whole P3 line. Tons of fantastic colors for blending and they work great out of an airbrush. I've recently discovered Scale 75 and their metalic and ink range is pretty fantastic.

10/10 tendies. Won't be able to afford any of these for a long while, but I love that you included some tips on blending as well and I honestly just enjoy your content in general.

I’ve got nothing to add just commenting for the KZfaq analects 👍 Oh loving the content so far

Thank you for explaining wet blending! Also, I wish I had a list that explained to me which paints to get before I got a big paint set from Army Painter....some colors are just not good, and it makes me sad.

For pinks, Vallejo fluo magenta is exquisite. I like painting vaporwave crap and it is extremely vibrant. I think it's my favourite paint!

I just tried Vallejo's Liquid Gold range for the first time today. Might be a game changer for me. They have a reflective quality that you can't get with acrylic paint. I would highly recommend trying them out if you're considering branching out with metallics :)

VMC: Deck Tan is probably my single most-used color, followed closely by VGC: Heavy Charcoal.

im so glad you told me how to wet blend cuz i have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to do it or what you mean when you say "wet blending" so im happy to finally get an answer to that. maybe a video that breaks down all the different techniques for dummies like me who don't really get the terminology.

Dayum what a fabulous channel! What I love: 1) You use P3 paints. P3 does not get enough love on KZfaq so kudos! 2) You give permission to use a colour you simply like or have a nostalgic attachment to. Awesome. 3) Creature Caster, a company based in my mother country-Canada! OK, that was in another of your videos. Kudos, anyhow. Overall, seven thumbs UP!

Scale75 Mojave White and AK Tenebrous Grey make it onto literally every single model I paint. They are just the perfect, muted, allround off-white and off-black I've ever come across, and they translate into literally everything.

Vallejo model colour Deep Sky Blue is just so god damn vibrant, I love it. Highight with Sky Blue, beautiful.

MSP Maggot White and Vallejo Periscopes are some of my favorites. The MSP Maggot White has this nice pale teal hint to it that I love using on bone or as a highlight for colder whites and the Periscopes is my absolute favorite for black leather. It has this beautiful deep blue color that just brings out leather so nicely.

Iron Hull Grey by P3. I think I end up with that on almost every mini I do. So glad to see you talking about P3 paints. They are where I started, and I'm surprised that so few people talk about them, probably my favorite line of paints. I always thought it was me being "wrong" like they were frowned upon or something, akin to Apple Barrel, but they were so creamy and cover so well. I've been using them for years though and they never fail to impress.

Came for the minipainting, stayed for the background music

The metallic range from Legendary Paints are absolutely amazing. Great opacity and coverage (often able to cover in one pass), and they have a beautiful look. The only reason that more people don't use them is they only recently began selling outside of their local area.

Molten Bronze by P3 is one of my favorite metallic's because over white you get a rose gold look and over black you get a nice rich bronze that is just amazing.

Lovely video, thanks. Glad to see P3 paints represented so well. Seems like Privateer Press have pretty much given up on expanding it, but it still holds up very well I think.

P3 Blighted Gold, I love that color and if I come across a part that could be a brass, copper, or gold that is my go to as it looks like a well used realistic golden color.

I cant stress how good kimera kolors yellows are. It was the first time iv ever been happy with a yellow. what a night and day difference from EVERY other brand

I see with this A, 2 and D reference you are a true Home Alone fan. I doff my hat to you Sir!

I know I say this every video, but the quality of these videos and information is perfectly articulated every time! You, miniac and midwinter minis is all I need

They way you showed feathering gave me a light bulb moment and all the stars aligned now I see how the universe truly functions and I too can get feathery...

Wow, I have to say, this is low-key one of the best videos on wet blending I have ever watched. Never tried the technique yet, since it is always treated as extremely technical and so I have perceived it as too difficult for me, but you dispelled all that. I think using the word swishing helped a lot to ground this technique in reality for me haha. So thank you! I will give this a shot on an upcoming daemon prince project :D

By the way, thank you for showing off such a beautiful model. I’m not usually an undead fan, but the sculpt was so beautiful, and your result so cool, I decided to buy one. Can’t wait for it to come, even if it takes some time (I live in Canada - those customs, man).

Broken Anvil Miniatures - one of my favourite and longest-running Patreons...love their minis!

Aggaros Dunes, Citadel Contrast paint. I bought into contrast paints to speed up the process, they've mostly left me frustrated with uneven color and coffee-staining. Aggaros Dunes is by far the best color, its great for dirt, leather, fur, hair with very little effort, getting more and more rich with multiple layers.

I’m relatively new and use reaper bones paint. I tend to mix black and dark brown together, mix a bit of gold and yellow, skeleton bone is my absolute favorite for several things

P3 Coal Black is one of my favorite colors ever, so glad to see it mentioned here.

Thank you for taking the time to paint a miniature on a miniature painting channel. Great vid, awesome paint job. If enough people keep prodding about wet blending I will be forced to try it.

While painting my Salamander army, Army Painter Green Skin has been invaluable. It is THE perfect green for that army. Haven't found another use for it yet, but I'm still new, and I'm sure it'll pop up again.

My must-haves are VGC's Extra Opaque line. They make basecoating a breeze.

I quickly fell in love with Glistening Blood from Army Painter. It has that consistency that sinks in like contrast paint, has some purple hues mixed in with the red, and is very glossy. I find it perfect for fresh blood, but it's so good that I end up using it for anything I want to have a shiny vibrant red.

GW Celestra Grey has been a go-to for me from the beginning. Very nice cold grey with amazing coverage and a perfect foundation for building up white. There's probably better alternatives but I think I have an attachment to it like you do with Averland Sunset. Let me also just say you've quickly become one of my favorite painting channels on YT. Keep up the awesome work.

Love Averland Sunset. I base with an off white and wet blend pink and white pink, the sorta glaze it over everything.

Some goto's :- VGC Charred brown, VMC Deck tan, VMC Dark sea green, VMC Dark sea blue. My new paint crush at the moment though is Army Painter Fur Brown, it might have even replaced VMC Mahogany...

Scale 75 flat black. Really solid charcoal black. For blood red, try Tamiya clear red. Its incredible. Thin depending on how you want to use it, thick it csn be dripped on a fishing line to make blood droplets and splatter.

The one paint I would add to the Black and White list is Vallejo Model Color German Grey. Best color for anything that needs to read black and I can add a shadow or a filter to.

Came to get some ideas for good paints to get, ended up unexpectedly learning a bunch about painting that had no clue about before

The mystery of the BUFF must be explained. Where did that name come from? What does it mean? What does Buff taste like? Can it be used on tendies?

I actually use a lot of my Ranger Vintage Patina metal paint. I bought it to add age to handmade jewelry but now i use it for my models. They come in a lot of various colors, including metallics and already have mixing balls inside of them. The viscosity is perfect. The colors are highly pigmented. I do seal my minis after, because the paint is meant to be scuffed off of metal after it has dried. So it can flake off if not sealed properly, but they glide on and cover well.

Damn love the life that the red an blue bring into the already amazing mini

So there's a technique that I saw Sam Lenz doing which looked really useful to learn but I had no idea what it was called. Not only have you now told me what it's called but also how to do it. FEATHERING. Thanks Jon 👍

My go to's are largely from pro acryl. Their titanium white is simply the best white paint I've tried. Their bold pyrrole red is my favorite red, and their turquoise is great for a really punchy blue. Their range isn't the biggest but it has so many good and useful colors that it more than covers everything. After that it's probably Vallejo stuff, they have so many useful colors because of the sheer number of colors. Ice yellow is probably the single paint that I use the most, while dark sea blue is awesome for adding some interest to black armor. Also their airbrush metallics are easily the best. The metal color has been totally sold out, so I got some scale color metallics and game air metallics, and definitely prefer the game air, it's pretty darn close to the metal color in finish, and also has fantastic coverage.

Saved for later use. This video inspired me, makes me want to get better at wet blending and made me question why I never used feathering before.

Mini painting KZfaq is booming right now - awesome vid Jon!

Hey Jon a great exercise for painters to try that made me so much better at doing faces; and that is paint skin tones using only three colors! (Red, yellow, and White) I encourage you or anyone who reads this and has not done this to give it a try. Thanks for a great video!

Honestly, think this is your best video yet, production wise. Also very high on the quality of the content, but really, you had excellent focus on that camera as you showed us the techniques you were using the paints for. Thank you.

This is video is an avengers team up of the paint world! Personally a colour I don't think I can live without is p3 arcane blue. Whether I'm painting blue, black or even violet it's a colour that finds its way into so many of my paint jobs!

Awesome tips on paint! You are the wet blending master!

I love Midnight blue, it works great for muted blue cloth

Your like this smooth wet blend of Scott and Brent from Goobertown hobbies. Killing it on videos. I know understand wet blending a bit better. No favorite color yet, but I'm just starting to build my paints up to "good quality paints" but Viper Green/Naga Green from Reaper will probably be my nostalgic choice for Orcs and Goblins.

“Find something to feather and you’ll feel really good because it’s instant gratification.” Thanks for that special tip ( and here I thought I was watching a video about paints! 😉. Seriously, this is the best piece I’ve ever seen on the subject (paints, not feathering). 😊

I clicked on this thinking it was another useless long video filled with bias, not only was it not that but I learned so much! Instant subscribe, good sir! Can’t wait for more videos to watch!

Please start a patreon. I want to give you money. You're my new painter crush. Sorry, Scott. We had good times, but you're just not Jon.

Today I Learned: Jon loves P3 lol I love seeing different paint brands in a painter's collection- I'll admit to sticking with largely Vallejo, but I pick and choose from other ranges a lot too. Also thanks for allowing me to give myself permission to buy more paints lol Sidenote- The ads on this video didn't appear at the yellow tan marks at all, but randomly through the video which cut you off a lot. It's something KZfaq has been doing for a while now and I'm curious if creators have any input in that at all.

Love your wet blending description.

Cryx Bane Base is a personal favorite not-black, because it works so well at telling your eyes that something's matte black without dipping into the it's-so-black-it's-blues or having to resort to highlighting excessively to keep details from disappearing.

I revisit this a lot, just as a way to kick-start pondering color palettes. The section on highlight colors made me view color theory differently. 10/10 content

My must have is dark sea blue/stegadon scale green. Such an amazing colour

Holy crap, there's a lot of good info here! Not only did you list great paints from a variety of manufacturers and in a variety of hues, you demonstrated a bunch of techniques while slipping in some key takeaways from color theory so subtly that most folks won't even notice they've been educated. Your casual, almost incidental explanations of wet-blending, feathering and highlighting are the most applicable lessons I've ever seen on those techniques, despite watching long tutorials supposedly devoted to them exclusively. I'm gonna have to watch this one end-to-end again, probably more than once, to absorb everything you crammed into this. Your channel is coming on strong as one of the very best resources for upgrading the skills of advance beginners moving into intermediate-level painting--a skill-range niche that is woefully underserved, actually. Keep up the excellent work!

I have been watching videos on wet blending for years, I have tried doing wet blending with no real success. You video is amazing and I am now excited to try it again! Thanks Jon! 😊

I use water quite a lot as well. Can make a huge variety of new colors and effects with water.

Reaper's Nightshade Purple and Red Brick. Nightshade is an off-black and it helps about any darker color shading I do - including shading actual black sometimes. Red Brick is a dark red-purple and I use it on everything from cloth, to rocks, to skin tones. It is perfect as an addition to other skin tones to add blush.

Thank you for finally putting the exact steps of wet blending into words. I was never sure if I'm doing it right because everyone just shows it but doesn't explain it. :)

That was a great video. I started simply wanting to now about the paints and was not expecting a tutorial but what I got was amazing and I thank you so much.

The video was not the level of cool as Your previous ones, but I must say You are the first person that actually made me understand what the "feathering" technique is. I could never understand what's it's difference from blending but now I get it. So thanks for that ;)

I enjoyed your use of "A" "2" and "D" at the start like Buzz from Home Alone. When you said "first" and an A apeared on screen I was hoping. Then when the 2 apeared I knew it.

I absolutely must have my scale 75 whites and yellows . Other than that I have many I use or can substitute but I won’t paint white or yellow unless it’s scale 75 . The coverage and opaqueness is so good

Even though I don't paint miniatures I hand paint my gunpla. I love these suggestions especially the Kimera suggestions they are so vibrant and bright!

It would be great to see this updated since you seem to be a big fan of AK, and of course your signature Pro Acryl set (which I have and is great, along with Vince's [also fantastic colors]).

As a huge fan of Trapped Under Plastic I am stoked to see your personality coming through in your videos! And the explanation of wet blending was phenomenal!

Dude, I love the way you describe colors. Great video!

Jon I am impressed at how new of a channel you are and how great your videos are. They are super well put together and super useful. You are already my favorite mini painting channel. Great work!

You should do a more detailed video on your feathering process. How do you quickly clean your brush? Do you use water and dab the excess with a paper towel? How much moisture should be in the brush when you try to feather?

P3 blighted Gold is my Favorite start to any gold, its a night deep rich dark gold with great coverage, I often will then highlight with a pure gold and a silver to really make it pop. It doesnt need a wash to darken it too far, but a nice wash brings a little extra flavor to a model. I used a red tone wash over it on my fyreslayers which made their gold glow with the fire of their ancestors

fenrisian grey (or any cold grey) is basically part of the default edge highlighting kit for blacks or as a starting point for anything that ends in white that isn't a fabric.

steggadon scale green, and temple guard blue. one of my favorite darker tones especially for super dark blues, as well as the opposite for something super vibrant and great for highlighting.

I really like vallejo metallic black. Its just such a great place to start.

The music is perfect, don't feel like muting whilst watching you paint. Thank you.

Absolutly A paint that has done it for me is " Soft Tone from Army painter "... I'm in love.. Just try it OMG... Add if you feel like experimenting try a 1-1 with inktense Crimson SC-96 and soft tone dude... close to Pop top Red Ink from citadel. Soft tone also Gos over VERY nicely with Golds.. or even silvers for a decay look

This is one of my favourite mini painting videos ever.