This is weird but I'm going to write a very honest thing here. I suffer insomnia and I need relaxing things I love to fall asleep. And this video has been that. I've probably watched this video 100 times at least and it's got me through a lot. Thanks Kevin

This guy could sell me anything. For real, I was worried about starting to paint these miniatures and watching this I realise "dude, just paint the damn things and have fun" Thanks!

1 tip. start painting the orcs!... if you mess it, it´s just "orkish"

This video is like watching your dad introducing you to his hobby once you are old enough

You sir, should be in sales!

What a fantastic, detailed introduction for new painters. Really well done, kudos to you sir.

I hope you started your own podcast or something. Listening to you is a delight!

Thanks Kevin. Just played this game for the first time yesterday. love it. your video was really helpful. going to give painting them a go. You should absolutely do more videos

The production value on this was way ahead of its time, thanks for helping folks out in 2021 my man

Dummy tip, Paint the bases for each faction. Thanks man!

This is a fantastic video for beginners. Really helped out my boyfriend and I when confronting the issue of painting miniatures.

Great video!! I'd like to add some advice to any newer WotR aspiring painters: Use a good miniature spray primer. They're a bit more expensive, but will save you the 'primer frustrations' and save that micro detail on the model. If you really want a quick primer cheat ready-for-the-table-look, do a zenithal prime (black base coat, grey mist at 45 degree angle, and white mist from straight above). Next, always use miniature paints. Yes, they're pricier too. They will absolutely save the micro detail and thin down really, really well. The level of control you can get with them just can't compare (especially on the super small scale of WotR miniatures). Consider a wet palette. You can make one yourself. Just do a quick youtube search. It will keep your paints wet and workable for days. Super handy for painting your armies assembly line style. Drybrushing: super easy to learn and super effective for making those edges/fine details pop. Lastly, consider buying a good wash. Citadel probably makes the best on the market. One pot of Nulin Oil will handle your entire box. Again, this stuff just runs circles around what a paint-based wash will do.

'I think you missed a leaf on the Tree of Gondor, I say!' Hahaha.

I keep coming back to your video ... yeah, for a couple of years now, actually. I've finally decided that I'll make this a 'project' and will attempt this soon. Your video is very useful and I'll follow many of your tips. I guess the only thing you don't mention is the usefulness of a wet palette. I don't paint, so maybe nobody was using a wet palette back in 2013. Lol. Anyway, I've assembled most of my materials, I've straightened and cleaned my minis and will start this weekend. *gulp* wish me luck!

Honest, down to earth information from an everyman. Thanks for the video bud.

Motivated me to paint all those pieces xD Took me about 4 months but the result is totally worth it! Thanks for the video!

Great video. And great advice. I've been painting my set for a while. I would offer this tid bit too: I paint one different army at a time. And when I finish, my son and I play a game before I prep the next army for paint.

Wow! What a great video...thank you so much for the time you put into this! I just got this game today, poking around and found your video. You have a GREAT broadcaster's voice - and what a "gift for gab" (never at a loss for words, not even any "word whiskers" - um, um, uh etc etc). Excellent, professional job. And has inspired me to...."think about" painting my minis hehe.

Love this video!! Been painitng for years and still learned a trick or two for my toolkit!! Keep up the great work!! God Bless you!!

The perfect video for me, but also now subscribing as Kevin is amazing. I dont even really paint much, I just like him.

1. Buy high magnification reading glasses at the $1 store (Goodwill has them also). Works better (and is more comfortable) than that magnification apparatus. Instead, focus on good lighting, the more natural the better. 2. Forget latex gloves. Put one dab of superglue on X (X=anything you can attach the mini to so you can paint it from any angle without touching it. The eraser on the end of a pencil as an example) #3. Use white primer. Period. You can use any primer (don't have to send $20 on "special" mini primer.). Also doesn't hurt to have paint on primer (this I'd get from the hobby store) so in case you missed an area with the spray or need to scrape some mold lines away that you missed...you can just paint a small bit of primer on instead of having to spray again. Also, less messy so if you live in an apartment or some place where you can't get out and spray paint...just paint the primer on. 4. DO NOT BUY SHIT PAINT!!!! While you can skimp in some areas you absolutely want to spend the $3 per tiny jar of paint formulated for Miniatures (Games Workshop, Vallejo, etc). Believe me, HUGE difference. 5. THIN YOUR PAINTS!! All the time!! You're not painting a wall in your house where "one coat" is everyone's dream. On minis you want to work in thin layers. Doing this will improve your shading, glazes, washes, etc later on when you move to those techniques.

Really awesome video Kevin! FYI to viewers: with the 2nd edition I have seen a few people warning against using Krylon primer with the miniatures. This is because they react poorly with it - they get sticky and the paint peels off after a couple months. I used Design Master primer for mine

You're funny! You sound like a newscaster or a guy on QVC. Nice work! I tried painting a long time ago and it seemed impossible. You've got great tips and the video is appreciated. May just try my hand at painting again sometime :) Keep it up!

Did mine as simple as possible. Left companions & minions original silver/grey and dry brushed gold over to high light. White spray primer the rest different color ink wash for each army. Silver dry brush regular unit weapons, armor. Gold dry brush elite weapons, armor and leader flags, armor. Simple, still took for ever. Looks great!

Great advice. Particularly the part about "the zen" of painting. I just finished painting my BattleLore set, which took over 200 hours and what you said is very true. The act of painting is very relaxing and the time does escape from you. The only piece of advice I might have to offer is to make certain and setup a place to paint that is dedicated to the task. I made the mistake of using the dining room and it was more than a month before we were able to use the dining room table again. :-)

awesome vid man, just ordered a bunch of paints from gw to paint my descent minis and after watching your vid I'm really lookin forward to achieve of painting them all haha

Thanks for the great vid! Just bought my set tonight and I can't wait to start painting!

Great video! I have been painting for quote a few years and I really enjoyed watching. The LA's awesome tip is something I haven't heard before. Thanks again for the awesome video, hope you post more!

The editing in this is halarious

Excellent video Kevin .... very entertaining.

Love your sense of humor, love your video edits. Subscribed!

This video has been really nice. There is one thing I have been having trouble with though and that's fixing bent miniatures. So I will dip them into hot water for a short bit and bend them into place and hold it as I dip it into cold water for a few seconds. All will look fine but as the figure starts to dry off it seems to slowly bend back to how it was. Sometimes it will not be as extreme but I have had to repeatedly fix the same minis. I wonder if there are more steps needing to be done, maybe I need to be a bit more aggressive on bending them into place after dipping them in the water or perhaps the water I was using wasn't hot enough.

Wonderful video and presentation style. I have Battle of Five Armies, but would really love this game too!

Great job-painting and the video! Well done, sir.

These minis are tough to paint; the plastic is "bendy", so large chance of paint breaking. My dream is to use the 25% larger board with the upcoming anniversary set and use games workshop minis... Though that will cost about 1100 dollars for the minis new

HAHA... I kept the horses the same color for the exact same reason! My rule of thumb was anything that I could do to keep the armies easily differentiated from one another and easily discern what nation they are from was a higher priority over detail work (ie. different colored horses, hair, beards, outfits, and even "basing"). My bases are entirely the color of the nation they are from. No flocking or fake grass. This too helps immensely.

Well done. Why only one video? This one is great...

You are the coolest guy on earth!

I used Krylon Black primer. For the first time ever, my primer came out sticky. I’ve no clue why.

Thanks very much!

bad breathe! you're hilarious! seriously; great video!

this was excellent hoped the channel could have more content

Great video! Thank you!

great video! just what i need to get started. u have a good narrator voice, and u are good at making things clear! have u worked with news casting or similar? ... question: dont u use something to coat them when they are done? something that protects and keeps the paint from rubbing off when u handle the pieces afterwards. it is water color after all and the oils in our fingers tend to wear off that sort of paint. cheers.

My new mission in life!

"get yourself some good music to listen to" *royalty free chiptune plays*

I'm looking to buy one of those magnifying headsets for painting too. Mind giving me recommendations for how many times magnification would be good ? Ps I just started painting too.and war of the rings was my first project.

So true, when I paint I only look at the painting process part of the game hobbie. Don't think of the game while painting &, put some adventure ambiance on. So many options on U Tube. Also rock songs work, to get u in the mood. I usually listen to Marilyn Manson

Great and funny. Thanks fron Spain

Can anyone tell me are the miniatures the same size as wizkids and ready bones miniatures?28mm?

Awesome video! Thank you! Keep it up ;)

u r probably such a cool guy to be around

The large flat brushes are really great for drybrushing so dont throw them away.

Did you have issues with finished minis being sticky?

I've begun painting my War of the Rings miniatures after this video inspired me to do so! Things are looking pretty good so far. Question: I bought a spray can of Krylon Matte Finish. Would this work ok in sealing the paint on the miniatures? Thanks!

Great video!! Thanks!!

Are these pieces made out of the same type of material that the Dungeons and Dragons miniatures are made out of? Thanks.

I finished painting those miniatures but what i found out was that the paint that was sold to me, was coming off again because it was Old or rotten. So now what i have is one nice looking painted side, and one side that looks painted with bits and pieces.. I haven't found the motivation doing it all over again... One good thing to my story is that the shop where i bought the paints has been closed, which imo couldn't come soon enough because truth to be told, no one should get bad paint when they love to do what we do, even when we're just starting out..

After seeing that, I guess I'm gonna paint my WotR too.

This guy is funny.

I'd be happy to paint one of those minis for free if you want to send it to me. Just pop me a message if interested!

Good radio voice

how can anyone dislike this video

can someone give me some time stamps in this vids ?

Sometimes you look just like Craig Ferguson xD

Heaven knows ... If I had the money, I'd buy the painted editions. I want to play - not paint.

Did you literally mean 10 days? I sure hope not. Assuming that was a joke.

17 minutes of fillibuster, you dont paint ONE...SINGLE...UNIT!

Definitely one army at a time. Since you're doing the same colors over and over it makes things a lot simpler. I even did all the horses the same color in each army to help avoid confusion (yes, I'm easily confused!)....

Good advice! That stuff is a pretty big pain to have to take down and set back up again. We have to wait for a stretch when we know we won't be having any company for a while so we can use the dining room for painting.

I used an Optivisor #3, which is 1 3/4 mag at 14", but you may want to try the different ones, if you can, to see what works best with your vision.