Thank you so much Rafael! That's so kind! I think instead of a DVD I'll put all my painting advice on my Patreon... the videos can be way longer than a DVD that way!! 😀

Yeah she's kind of amazing lol

Same here. He had nowhere to go but up, but I still must say he did an impressive job on the repaint. Best laugh all week.

Slow Ham she got the Mordor Shaman to fix her Lazy eye lol

+mike breazeale You are more than welcome Mike, i'm glad you're able to enjoy them.

+Darren Carnall - bringing your collectibles to life ...I do enjoy them, I love them. You are very good at what you do...Thanks!

Hi Sharon! Thanks for your kind words! I hope my videos or my 'every brush stroke' tutorials on patreon are able to help you! At the time of this video I was using a different paint (it was hard for people to buy) - so since then I've changed to Vallejo paint as it's easy to pick up. You'll have to let me see your horses when you get some done! I'd love to see them. If you have any questions in the meantime feel free to get in touch 😊

@@DarrenCarnallCustoms I watched your whole series on Kylo Ren , along with others-loved them ! Used to work acrylics years ago , til I got into coloured pencils in illustrating magazine art. Then enamels , in pinstriping cars . Now back to acrylics- the cycle completes ! All my brushes , custom-made by Steve Kafka , my pinstriping instructor, among the best painters in the country. ...best brushes I've ever used. Settled on Golden "creamy" high flow acrylics, and Vallejo primer and gloss. My Russian gal is just beginning to cast molds and I'm in line. After enjoying your videos I really think I can make a splash into this market , though not among their known artists. Most airbrush/hand detailed resins I see really don't have the details I plan on applying, but a few are exquisite and I hope to be able to equal that quality, as I've done that for decades on paper. You have given me hope and eager motivation to be a success. Your faces are masterfully done and come alive. At times watching your videos I'm happy to say, I have some techniques, and even attitudes in common with you ...and I chuckled in coming across them, not meaning to sound full of myself . Makes me feel I have half a chance in this new three-dimensional venture. THank you for allowing me to follow up when I get going in this. You are so busy with your work and life. Not sure how you may want me to follow up on that with some pics, here, or someplace else, but I can let you know here when I'm ready . Life is good, and endless thanks and appreciation to yourself , Darren.

You can go to my website (www.darrencarnall.com) and use my contact form, then we can email back and forth if you want. :)

+Tony74lfc Cheers Tony! :)

+ryan davies Thanks Ryan! Loads more to come :D

+Junwei Lee Yeah it looks like they've gone to glass bottles again. I much prefer them!! Thanks about the videos!

Thank you so much, I hope so! I think the sort of techniques I use on faces and statues would be able to transfer over to pretty much anything. Especially animals. You'll have to show me some of your work at some point, I'd love to see!

How funny is that, feels like a lifetime ago haha. Thanks for your kind words!! yeah, I'm self taught. I was always good at art stuff in school.. then I did nothing for 20 years and was a financial advisor, but my childhood epilepsy came back and I had to stop working. Eventually I started painting as a hobby... and it let to this! Shows that sometimes if you're lucky, good things can indeed come from bad things!! 👍

Thanks!! 👍🏼

+dirty Afr0 Good luck with everything James! It's always worth a try! Even if it just becomes a good hobby, even that is really fulfilling. But I really hope you can make something of it! And you're welcome about my videos! I don't think I'm in any FB groups... or at least not that I can remember haha.

Good luck hows it going?

haha I suppose it is!

Hi Ron! This is actually a really old video, I don't use those MP paints any more now, I changed over to Vallejo because they're much easier for people to buy. If you watch any of my more recent videos on my channel you'll see me use them and I also include a link where you can buy everything I work with. I hope this helps! :)

MaZEEZaM yep from me too!Subt today.

B Miller Do you hqve a local art materials store? Take a good picture or if not to big bring the statue to that store.Most art store employe s know a lot anout the paint and the things you can do with them and most of them are artist themselves and might be able to give more direcy advise. If it doesn t work I hope you gotten your advise already from this youtube owner. I guess he might already answered you in private?

Hi Steve, any time I need shiny armour I use my usual acrylics that I use for everything else and I hand paint a gloss varnish over the top. Once or twice I've used alcohol based metallic paints if needed.

Hi Kevin! I just use a gloss sealer from a hardware store (I've used PlastiKote or Valspar in the past) ...I find that gloss ones (usually) dry to a nice hard surface. I then spray matt varnish on top to remove the shine.

+Liam Dillon Awesome to know! :)

Thanks :-)

Hello there! I've just had a look at some photos of that bust and compared it to the character from the film, and you're right it could certainly be more detailed and realistic! I like your idea of the war paint, and I've also just got some neon UV paints for a Tron statue, and I think adding doing a full repaint and adding some glow effects both to him and to the plant life on the base could make this bust really incredible! Send me a message either through the contact form on my website or my facebook page (links above) and we can talk about this more and I'll give you some info about my waiting list etc. Great idea for an upgrade though!

Darren Carnall - bringing your collectibles to life Yeah, the pictures that you find on google are doing it a favor, the na'vi lines are nowhere near that dark! Very light blue, and not even in the same coloring as his actual skin tone. Will do :)!! I got sent a blue light (best scientific term) which makes his blue dots glow (not that well though). I'll shoot you a message :)!! Thanks for replying!!

Vanja Sorokin Where you able to repaint it and did you do well?I am curious to your repaint. Would love to see it!You have a youtubevideo about doing it? Love Abby

Yes they are! Everything is acrylics :)

@@DarrenCarnallCustoms thank you.

Might be easier to paint the entire gold section that to try and repair a little part. I dunno, I've only ever used one gold paint as it's not something I ever need much. Send me some pics if you want to my email - d.carnall@blueyonder.co.uk

I use miniature acrylic gloss varnish in a small bottle and paint it on by hand :)

Darren Carnall - bringing collectibles to life any special brand?

I've only ever used "MP" or "Miniature Paints" but they're hard to find as I think they're just a local brand. I'm sure any acrylic gloss varnish from a miniature line would work just as good. I'm in the process of swapping over to Vallejo right now but haven't tried the varnish yet. I'm sure I'll end up using that as a replacement :)

Darren Carnall - bringing collectibles to life Cool! thank you so much for the answers!! :)

KIDO TOYS maybe look for high glosses.As they ll tank from super matt to extreme gloss in kost paints,but they will be calling them different in other brands. Good luck,I believe you ll find a suitable comparable brand to use

I have! To make brown leather ones I used dark brown (Umber), a lighter Chocolate Brown dry brushes over the top of that, and then a lighter Leather Brown dry brushed and painted on with thin washes on top. Also mixed some reds in there and even some yellows in tiny places to warm things up. It's important to get the mix between the light parts and the more aged/worn dark parts that you get. I hope this helps?

@@DarrenCarnallCustoms it does help I already painted the boots I had just went with multiple thin layers til it all blended and covered fully but thanks I used a similar approach but I didn't weather them as the boots I was going for were more...or a clean newer look.

Hi there! It's always acrylics. Water based acrylics. I'm moving over to Vallejo specifically as those are easy for people to buy online. I hope this helps a bit! :)

@@DarrenCarnallCustoms Tanks for your help ! Hope I won't ruin my sculpting ^^

ooh I don't know I've never done any armour figures. I'd probably use a spray paint for the base and then just build it up using acrylic like I always do, although I'm sure there would be different ways to do that!

@@DarrenCarnallCustoms Alrighty, thanks lot though

+Mick Thornley I don't think I've seen any Selena heads actually. Of course if you managed to get one I'd be happy to bring it to life for you. Good luck finding one!

All acrylics. I do full tutorials on my Patreon where I paint things in real time and let people watch while I explain everything. But yeah, acrylics :)

@@DarrenCarnallCustoms Awesome thank you.

I'm changing over to Vallejo ones now which can be bought on Amazon or other places, so that should be much easier for people :)

Are you talking about sculpting scales on or painting them? I'd probably use Milliput for sculpting and just my usual acrylic paints for painting.

Darren Carnall - bringing collectibles to life i was talking about painting, the scales are already on, it's a hot toys predator that i want to repaint

In that case, tiny brushes and regular acrylic paint. Choose or mix your colours to match how you want it to look. Maybe even look at real life nature examples of how scaly things look for extra inspiration. Or lots of pics/screen caps from the films!

There'll be hundreds of tips (I do full length 'every brush stroke' tutorials over on my Patreon) but in simple terms I'd say make sure your paint isn't too thick when you put it on. It's always better to do several thin layers, than on or two thick ones. That was you'll have brush marks or it might get 'bumpy' - good luck!! 👍

Hi Emilio! Normally if I'm painting a head or a statue I spray it with primer first, to give the paint something to stick to.. but for something small like that I think as long as you make sure the part is nice and clean (perhaps using some rubbing alcohol on a cotton pad) then you should be ok just painting on top of the goggles. If you're just painting then you'll have to be careful when you're handling it not to rub or scratch the paint off... or you could spray/paint some varnish over the head or goggles to protect it. I hope this helps!

Darren Carnall - bringing collectibles to life thank you so much 🤗

Hi Chris, sounds interesting! Send me a message through the contact form on my website and I'll reply to you. (make sure you put in your email correctly) - You'll be able to send the pics to me via email then. 👍🏼 contact page - www.darrencarnall.com/contact

+COMIC HARVEY I do! I use standard grey primer in a spray can from the DIY store.

thanks

Darren Carnall - bringing collectibles to life Do I need to remove they old paint first or can I use the primer directly? I see people using watercolor? I think acrylicmakes more sense...I saw in my art store a whole section for MP paints brands.Is it netter to use those or can I use my Amsterdam acrylic paints?

does any of my painting look streaky? ;)

Definitely not! ^^'

+kevin jones It lets you thin down the paint, just like water, but it keeps it feelings more like paint. I find it helps me when I'm doing really thin layers.

+Darren Carnall - Oh, I see. Thanks for that. Look forward to seeing more tutorials

Hi there! What statue is it? Which company... I'd like to look up some pics of it so I can have a proper idea what I'd be doing. Thanks! :)

its not really a statue, its more of a figure. its the jakks pacific batman

ahhh I think I know the one. Proabably £100 to give him a realistic half face (and probably upgrade the eyes a little). I've got quite a long waiting list though, but I could certainly add you to the list if you wanted.

I can only pay you in magic invisible money though.

You mean like punching in 'real' hair or gluing some on? No I've never done that before! All my work so far has just involved painting sculpted hair, sorry!

well punching hair or gluing in place. could make a great tutorial. maybe give it a try. I can send you a Head sculpt if you want. I got you on FB anyway.

Yeah I've never done that yet. Maybe one day if I get a figure that I really want to upgrade in that way. I'd certainly film it if I ever got around to doing that :)

hey there! Thanks for letting me know. I didn't receive any email so I checked my junk folder and it was in there, with a load of other work related emails!!! I need to start checking in there regularly. I'll get to your email as soon as I can :)