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Bruh I literally watched like 4 and a half mins of the video and you've revolutionised how I paint muscles

3:25 Skin & OSL 24:20 Leather 26:55 Hair 31:26 Armour 44:41 The Squid 51:38 more OSL 54:48 Eyes 58:32 Gold 1:01:22 finishing Touches

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Painting? What's up with that? Thought this was an "entertainment" channel.

Thank you so much for all your videos! I've always wanted to try Warhammer but always felt like I couldn't do it. After watching your videos I finally had the courage to buy a set and some tools. This has also really helped my mental health as well during the pandemic

Wooow!

Just finished my 2nd mini... ever... dont think I'm at this point yet. But it's something to work towards. LoL

I enjoy Masterclass lessons. AFter watching your video on wet palettes I am nestling down to watch an hour long tutorial, but I know that I will come out the back end more knowledgeable and more eager to put into practice what you have taught me. I understand that this video is over a year old but hey I just started learning and want to become better version of myself. Thank you for this and many other videos you have uploaded. They are of a great help and source of betterment that I have already applied some things your other videos have taught me and I am excited about making more skillful and detailed paint work in the future! Thank you very much for your time and effort! EDIT: Subscribed and liked!

Really appreciate this video. One could have easily (and understandably) made this a Patreon only video but here it is! New people are getting into the hobby everyday and content like this is the reason for it. Thanks a lot!

Bruh literally been waiting for someone to do this forever

At 3:43 he gives you one of the most important lessons of human body painting that most people won’t learn in their lifetime as an artist. Truly appreciate this being shared.

This is really excellent! I like how you edited everything together, its a lot easier to follow and more engaging than a live stream recording. Thanks for all the work you put into this and sharing here for all of us!

@Squidmar Miniatures: I never painted any minis in my life, but 2 weeks ago I stumbled over a video from you and - oh man - every time my child sleeps I cant stop watching them since then. Always jumping back and forth in your timeline. Its so interesting to watch you paint and the sense of excitment from you over every miniature and detail is so refreshing. The music is a great addition, not to much in the front but noticably emphasizing the right moments. Your paints are so incredibly pleasing to the eye. I aways stop the video when the figure is done and try to spot some more detail I missed. Oh and I notice way more colour transitions and nice compositions in nature since I started watching. Thank you so much for your content! This video was amazing!

A reminder that it is okay to feel frustrated if things aren't going exactly how you imagined. You still made progress, you're still moving forward, you will get better the more you do, it's okay, your work is still valid. Airbrush clogs happen, brushes don't always behave as you want, thinning paints can go wrong, blending might not be as smooth as you felt you could do. It's okay, keep at it :)

"Highlights all the way up" - thanks man. That is what i was missing.

Love this content. Part of my painting practice is to watch other talented painters. Please make more end-to-end paint jobs like this. I like to hear the thought process behind.

This is the best painting video I have seen in a long time. Using photo shop to demonstrate your thought process is brilliant. Thanks for this tutorial, keep it up.

Please don't shy away from these longer form videos. They are some of my favorites.

I don't paint miniatures, I paint... well... ...paintings. Or at least I try to. What I wanted to say is that this video has helped me rethink a lot of how I render surfaces in regular old painting.

I always had the feeling some people are too lazy to do this or maybe they just do not want to show their techniques in detail for others to actually follow. This kind of content will really generate you lots of viewers and subs Emil.

This video is PURE GOLD!!! Thanks you so much for this!

Emil, ive needed this exact video for so long. Thank you.

This was easily the best painting video I have ever seen. The content, commentary, and photoshop visual aids were all top-notch. I learned a lot - thank you!

An hour of Squidmar? Cancel my zoom calls!

Phenominal video... cant stress how useful this is going to be

Love how everything is put together in this video. Seeing the whole process for using so many techniques together to complete a whole model start to finish is fantastic.

I have been building and painting resin kits for over 25 years. I learned a few things in this video. I'm 54. Never to old to learn. Another great vid.

Wow. Thank you Mr. Squidmar. You have just revolutionized the way I paint forever.

This video is so long, but worth every minute! I would love to see more like this.

Thank you for sharing such an in depth video with us for free!

That first stroke highlight under the pectoral muscle was just... Amazing? Beautifully deliberate? Words can't describe.

This is amazing! You are so fun to watch and an incredible teacher! I sat down with a model after watching this and I felt so confident, I could picture what your brush was doing and I just tried to do the same, that's the first time I've highlighted and actually feel like I've done it right!

This is the first time I've watched a video that thoroughly, and I mean THOROUGHLY explains and maps out skin tones and highlighting!!!!! THANK YOUUUUU!!!!

Happy to report that I got my brushes and bust today - I'd love to see a Tattoo tutorial on the 28/32mm scale if possible.

I know these long technical videos don't get as many views, but I love this so much! So very helpful, especially because there aren't as many videos about painting busts! Thank you.

Commenting because you should be reminded of how ALL of your content is helpful, not just the most recent or most popular videos! I'm a new subscriber and I've already learned so much from you; it is so valuable to be able to watch your work as you progress through a mini - the little details of what each phase looks like, feels like, etc. Is exactly what I needed. Thank you for enjoying what you do, as it comes through in your craft!!

I am speechless. Great vídeo. Thanks a lot for sharing this.

Thank you for your videos. My wife and I both just started painting minis with no painting experience. Your videos really helped us get started, and I really like how you emphasize to just do it and don't worry about screwing up. I've done about 10 minis now and becuase of your videos and just trying stuff my progress from number 1 to 10 is amazing. Thanks again, its really appreciated.

There is a real mental similarity between the planning for painting a mini, and planning for painting a graffiti piece. Layered from the bottom to the top in the same way, solid chunks of color, blends on top, fine details. Nice vid.

Just been rewatching this video to help me with my latest projects - restoring nativity statues for my son's school and local church. It's amazing how the skills I have as a miniature painter transfer to this much larger form!

Oh man, a full hour of painting tutorial. I'm gonna need to clear up my schedule for this one.

I really like how it looks painterly and realistic simultaneously

5 mins In, and I have already learned something, Amazing video man

A friend of mine recommended your page for this and he was absolutley right. Thank you so much for this master class and the beginner class. Loved both the videos and cant wait to see more from you. Keep up the great work

This has been immensely helpful, especially your method on highlighting skin which totally blew my mind. :)

This video actually makes me want to try and paint skin! I usually avoid it like the plague! Thanks Emil! Keep up the good work 👍👍

Thanks for such a great video. Watched it intently from start to finish. I am now off to paint some muscles.

Thanks for the masterclass, I really enjoyed seeing the whole process with some explanations

Your painting style is so pretty!! It's reminiscent of arcane's shading style, and I honestly cannot get enough of it!! 😭😭

You slippery squid you... Thank you SOOOoooo much for the time, effort and sheer amazing knowledge you have gifted us with. It never ceases to amaze me just how generous a lot of the "art" community here is. As for would we like to see more? Are you kidding, yes please with a cherry on top. I would actually love to see your take on a book nook! They are uber popular and trending and man could you go nuts! In all seriousness though, Thanks you very much for doing this.

Dude... This is unbelievable

honestly that is probably one of the most interesting minis i've ever seen. the paint job tho is able to do it justice :)

Masterclass? Nice. For free? Very nice.

I love your channel you were one of the first painters I watched and really got me into the hobby

This is by far the best Miniature Painting Step by Step ive ever seen, Respect!

This video is a pure masterpiece! Thank you for your efforts, I'm sure this was a huge project to film etc.

This is pure gold. The muscle highlight tip is invaluable!

Thanks...this helps create a greater interest in a hobby we love.

These longer videos are the best you've ever made. So happy I backed the KS. Looking forward to getting my brushes and busts!

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!! That kind of content is a gold source of information! Thank you so much!

Shouldnt the hair be brightest at the top,since that is where the light source is located and where if pulled into ponytail a strong, convex reflection would be? His cheekbone shadow is also way too "deep" (dark)and should be only where the skull naturally has a recess - here it goes to the side and up where the bone protrudes more. If you haven't already I'd strongly suggest checking out Marco's videos on shadow / light colours and ambient occlusion. He talks extensively about how light inherits colour from surfaces and how different surfaces reflect it - here for example, the squid would be likely to inherit some of the green from magic light as it is very shiny, nonporous surface even though it's not as close to the light source (also presence of metal bracer that is also a strong reflective surface makes it even more likely).You are an excellent miniature painter and honestly make some of us classically trained artists look bad, especially with your masterful brushwork. You just keep better and better and I believe studying the nitty-gritty of colour theory in relation to direct and indirect light and different types of shadows is one of the very few things left you can do to improve further. Ordering your brushes was recommended to me by a professional painter as an excellent watercolour set, and he is a brush elitist so going to give them a try. I hope You and all other amazing mini painters and makers of this generation will finally close the stupid divide between "serious" "good" "fine" art and "hobby" "craft" - because the stuff you guys do, both when it comes to figures and terrain oftentimes surpasses the quality (not to mention effort level) of celebrated fine art pieces while getting far less recognition and financing. I'd love to see some crossover with acrylic painter on your channel, a portrait artist maybe? Hugs, M.

Best mini painting video I've seen so far. You got all covered in this video. Thank you so much for your contribution to the hobby.

I love the green osl! And the squid. And the nnm! So much awesome in one video.

Emil, thank you for this, just painted my first Bust and it is so different from painting a 32mm mini. I was happy with the result but know I can get better - using a £30 airbrush and compressor and 2 50pDaler Rowney synthetic brushes (suprisingly good quality from Poundland if anyone is in the UK) did restrict me but really made me think about what I was doing and how I approached the paint job. Yourself, Miniac, Dana, Midwinter, Broadsword and Marco have all been a big help to me and I know I will be looking at this video a lot in the future. Keep up the good work and please, more of this.

First off, love the video! I do think though this video is NOT for beginner painters. Many new painters aren't going to start with airbrushing so I think, although this is a great video, it is NOT for a beginner but for those who have been painting for some time and are ready to step up into the world of airbrushing.

Thank you , Squid .

worst thing about watching a video so long on figure painting is falling asleep and waking up towards the end... :D

I'm still stoked that you played in Zonaria. Hahaha amazing vídeo, this goes to My How to paint List. 🤘🏻🙌🏻

This is by far my favourite of your videos. So much advice and things to try out on my future projects. Thank you for the detail and information you gave.

Excellent video!! one of my best. Thanks!

This was an amazing tutorial! I haven't gotten my package of busts and paintbrushes yet but I'm so excited when it dose and this way I have time to order the few paints I don't already have. Thank you for the time investment you put into all this, it's helped me in my hobby greatly!

I absolutely love when you do painting tutorials , fantastic 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

watched this once and i promise ill be watching this more and more .. great video ~!~ tyvm Squidmar Miniatures , you are the reason why this week ill be getting painting miniatures finally ~!~

Best Painting tutorial. Thanks man

Been watching you just recently, You are my go to guy if i have any issues with painting my minitures. im a long time D And D nerd. i recently started to collect and print minitures thanks for your videos keep on painting.

epic use of lighting effects...love it

I just got that bust! So excited to paint it!

Can't wait to watch this like 10 times in the future while painting... But I can't rn

One of your best videos for sure: very descriptive and a great result. Would love to see more long ones like this.

I very much enjoyed this. As a matter of fact, this was the video that convinced me to join your patreon. Thanks for sharing your ideas, tips, and techniques with us. You are a very good teacher.

You make it look so easy!

Phenomenal. I really enjoyed watching, and you have some amazing tips. Thank you x

Please keep these masterclass coming! Pretty darn good!

did my first wet blend today on something small and out of sight and was supprised at how good it was. though it was something simple like purple and dark purple, I'm somewhat glad at how (easy?) it was & that I've reached a sort of milestone in miniature painting!

Thanks that was a great video about painting skin and the eyes, thanks again.

This a great description of how to highlight THANK YOU SO MUCH

Amazing work! I'm speechless. I would like more of these videos from you 🙏 🙏 🙏

This has really helped me learn more about highlighting and I’m excited to try it on some new minis I have! Although, I have to say... that’s an octopus and not a squid. ;P

Very nice and comprehensive document. Congratulations!. Thank you!!

So many new techniques! Thank you for such a complete and brilliantly explained paint job.

What an excellent video. I learned so much about highlighting skin. Thanks for sharing

I love this type of long form style painting video, this is gonna be super helpful for me! Thanks Emil!!

Thanks Emil! This video was very helpful and will be for a long time to come. Learned a lot about the techniques you use to get those sweet effects! Definitely looking forward to working on some more painting projects!

I enjoy your typical video format, but this was more than welcome!

its such a good masterclass, you should definetely do it more, even only for patreon, because we can learn so much from it :D

Bro.... this is freaking killer. Thank you so much man.

wow that looks really good. I want one.

Excellent video and just a beautiful paint job on a wonderful bust!

Can't wait to give it a shot! Thank you!