Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate your kind words.

That is very kind of you. Thank you so much. I’m really happy to know you enjoyed the video. I try to make my videos work well with lots of different paints so don’t feel like you have to use the exact same ones as I do. It’s more of a guide on how I painted mine. I wish you good luck with your painting and hope you enjoy it.

Thank you Braam!

Thanks a lot bud! Very kind of you 👍🏻

Thank you so much for the kind words as always John. You are very kind. The fire was so much fun and so satisfying to paint. The idea of speed paints and contrast paints is to make painting easier and to need less stages when painting. They are very useful paints with some great applications, but I don't think they are perfect for all projects. I personally use them more as an extra tool or an extra style of painting. They can be fantastic for creating lava effects and creating great grey rocky bases. I have only really used the speed paint range and haven't used the citadel contrast myself. It's all down to personal choice and down to what kind of style and effects you would like to achieve. The best way to learn is to give them a try and see which ones you enjoy the most.

Thank you so much jon. I’m so happy you like this one. It’s always nice to have such kind words from your friends but more so from the guy who got me back into painting in the first place! Thanks as always bud 🤟🏻

Hello my friend it is indeed acrylic paint. The first colour is a pastel yellow colour from “Ak interactive” then a nice deep yellow from “Vallejo”. These two colours create a great base tone to work up from by using the speed paints. It’s an interesting and different way of painting fire that is vibrant, effective and really easy to do too. I hope this helps my formed and thanks so much for watching 👍🏻

It should be just the way the light is catching the model that makes it seem a little shiny. To the naked eye it is quite a flat tone. I always do recommend covering the models in a Matt varnish after they’ve been painted to protect the paint but it also adds that “flat” tone and brings the vibrancy of the colours together too. I hope this answers your question my friend, thank you so much for watching and commenting I appreciate it so much.

@@Bread0fHeaven im a house painter, and table top player, I have painted a few minis, none as good as this, looks amazing when done.

@@xaxzander4633 that is very kind of you, thank you so much!

Wow Michael this is such a fantastic comment and I thank you so much for taking the time to really break this one down. I'm really glad you brought up the white basing to build up the vibrancy of the flames. You are completely correct in saying that this is something you mentioned to me in a previous video. This was my way of learning from you, building up my knowledge and skills and paying tribute to you to. It was a way of making this painting my personal to you as you have had an active input into the process of how it was painted. Not only did you send the model to me, you also gave me the ability to ring it to life with your comments and vision and I really wanted to make this one just as much your model as it is mine. I really hope that you like this idea and hope that my homage to you is a nice surprise for you too. Tenebrous grey is one of my all time favourite paints. It has a very dark, almost black colour to it, but it moves and takes to models in such a great way that it makes it very simple to use with amazing results. The closest paint I have used to it would be Vallejo Model colour matt black. Using this colour to really bring the details and textures of the model together and tie that "lava" effect of the fire and rocks on this one was a lot of fun to do. It's one of the septs I enjoyed the most when painting this guy up and I felt like when I added this onto the model it really brought an almost finished look to the model. I am very happy you enjoyed the inking stage and got to see that even when I paint a model and make it look "bad" or "ruined" there is still a way of building it back up and creating some nice artistic effects out of what may seem like mistakes. I thought that adding the brighter colours underneath and then over brushing the dark colour would feel more natural and pleasing to look at than trying to paint small bits of flame into the cracks of the wings. It was about trying something new and seeing where I could push it. As for the critiques. You are always welcome to add those here my friend. I learn a lot from you and the way you see things and it often helps me to improve and I am very, very grateful for that. You are perfectly right about the mould lines and someone else pointed them out to me as well. I'll be honest that when I built the model it completely passed me by and I had no idea it would be something so noticeable. I normally do try my best to avoid them as much as I can, but this one completely escaped me. The white across the flame is a great point as well. I will in future try to adopt the "less is more" rule when painting these white areas so that it can help to create a bit more of a subtle effect and become more pleasing too. I know what you mean by the flames having a feel on the eye. It might be that I like to matt varnish all my models to protect them. I often use this as the last stage to tie the colours together and to keep my paint nice and safe too. Maybe this matt effect is throwing the flames off a little. I will do my best to make a nice tutorial on inks in future. I have a small list of models I am working through at the moment and will add the inks in to the list. Again my friend I thank you so, co much for the great and detailed comment, I am so happy that you enjoyed seeing the model that you sent painted on video. I wanted to keep it to the video version, but also add my own little personal touches too. At the same time I wanted to make sure that I made it to a standard that you would appreciate and enjoy. It has been a fun journey doing this one and it taught me a great deal along the way. You always find a way of pushing me and the videos forward and this was no different. Diolch yn fawr iawn.

@@Bread0fHeaven Thanks for the reply Dan. This is a hell of a (painting) journey we are on. Sometimes we have to take time and smell the roses. (Balrogs) LOL Peace and best wishes to you my friend.