Secrets to Painting Faces on miniatures Revealed!
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It's time to learn how to paint faces on miniatures. It can actually be a lot easier than you think, if you just learn the basics of shapes and light and work from there you'll se quickly how fast you can paint a good looking miniature face. How far you take it from there is up to you!
Learn how to paint Warhammer faces / miniature painting faces. How to paint Warhammer skin.
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Painting miniatures for your warhammer & d&d games. Age of sigmar and warhammer 40k. Space Marines, Space Wolves, Stormcast Eternals, beastclaw raiders, ogor mawtribes, cities of sigmar, chaos space marines, painting scale models, miniature busts! How to paint NMM. How to paint warhammer, how to paint d&D figures.
@SquidmarMiniatures 4 жыл бұрын
👑👑 I'm in the midst of releasing my dream miniature brush as well as some wonderfully sculpted miniature busts mid June 2020. It's something I'm really proud of and been working on for the better part of the last year. You can already pre register your interest on my Kickstarter page: bit.ly/3dKjmnz 👑👑
@zerodraw13 3 жыл бұрын
“I’ve mastered the ability of standing so incredibly still, that I’ve become unpaintable by the brush.”
@TheWelderandrew 4 жыл бұрын
Hei, Emil... you thank us so much all the time, but this is every persons way of thanking you, im pretty sure i speak for all of us here when i say that my painting has progressed so much from watching you, im more daring, more confident, i used to find marine heads in the hoover where id given them the over the shoulder ceremony for being sub acceptable... thats been a while now and its down to you, im in Bergen Norway so when i say this i mean it, for a Swede, (tongue very much in cheek) your a really pleasant, down to earth and humble guy... but anyway... THANKYOU !!!!!! A MASSIVE THANKS TO !YOU!
@kingxerocole4616 4 жыл бұрын
100% agree
@AFV85 2 жыл бұрын
Norwegian living in UK says 👋 I'm back giving figures faces a go I'm sick of stripping them down and restarting lol
@poisonauta232 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video Emil! Perfect explanations about the light planes, tones and everything related for painting faces, everytime I watch your videos I feel I want to paint so bad! (I have to try this tips by myself eventually :P) Thank you so much for using my academic bust, I feel so honored!
@aaronreynolds8587 3 жыл бұрын
Emil, a thousand times thank you for videos like this and the ork skin. The way you demystify process of layering is truly remarkable and a real gift to all of us. For years I have felt so intimidated by the prospect of layering and highlights and shadows but you are teaching me the proper thought process and I'm actually making progress. More like this please!
@samuelsanfratello4617 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the light source explanation! Getting these details on 28mm base dudes is quite challenging!
@RageBadgerGaming 4 жыл бұрын
This has been very insightful. I think I really need to sit down and slow down my pace on certain minis and walk through one of these again. I've really tried to get fleshtones that look natural and this definitely looks up my alley.
@paulburrow5178 4 жыл бұрын
High quality and clear explanation. Excellent job Emil
@seanbrabston4832 3 ай бұрын
Anytime I get stuck trying to figure something out, I always come to check out one of your videos and 95% of the time find an answer for my problem. I've only been painting for a little over a year now, but your videos give me inspiration to keep on slapping acrylics onto models. Cheers mate!
@hivemarketminis 4 жыл бұрын
Emil! This is a super helpful video and I so appreciate your internet encouragement to be brave and chase our painting dreams, BUT at least give us a Kickstarter update soon??! Dying to know a little bit more!! But thanks as always for the amazing videos! Everything is crazy, but I can always look forward to these!
@AdreyM978 3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing honestly! I am an artits and love drawing portraits! This is a hole new world for me! Wish I could sculpt so I could do make my own figure. Then I wonder what should my figures be made out of.. so many posabilites can deside
@hrcmfbws 4 жыл бұрын
Yea, shoutout to my man Rembrandt! But seriously, I love how you seamlessly blend theory with practical examples, makes it really easy to figure out what you are doing and why. Kudos.
@timoses01 4 жыл бұрын
Dude Thankyou so much for this! My painting had been paused as I didn’t want to tackle face painting. Tried the GW method and it just didn’t look right and felt so defeated. Then tried your method and am so freaking proud of the result!
@michaelflores9778 4 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing i am struggling with faces and this helps immensely, thank you!!
@johnsmith7580 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing video Emil hope you never stop! (literally untill you cant keep on going dude)
@twitchybear7589 4 жыл бұрын
Absolute perfect timing! I picked up some Sisters of Battle and the vallejo face tone paint set and my gosh the faces I painted did not turn out well 😂 Glad you've uploaded this and hopefully I can learn how to paint faces better :)
@Barbarossamodels 4 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial, well explained & break down of all the elements...Will need to try out some of your techniques - great stuff!! 👏👏😃🔝
@MegamanZero410 4 жыл бұрын
Was trying to find a good video on this topic and then yours just posted. Perfect timing.
@Braskil 7 ай бұрын
I'm just getting into painting and your channel is a treasure-trove for me!! 😁
@wh1tef4ng24 4 жыл бұрын
Emil... Covering what really matters! Thank you so much!
@gowiththeflowbee8053 4 жыл бұрын
ive just got back into painting minitures and im having a hard time with faces/seraphon teeth. Your videos have been a great inspiration man. Hoping this can help me improve my painting skills!
@McCool117 4 жыл бұрын
I watched your "Ugliest Miniatures" video just before this one, and I was wondering what it would look like to paint the old, ugly minis with today's painting techniques. The older paint style was a lot more colourful, but less subtle in comparison to how mini painting takes detail, as well as light and shade into consideration, making the overall end result look much more dynamic. I would love to see a video like this in the future, it could be quite an interesting challenge.
@raglan_road 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, very helpful, your channel is quickly becoming my favourite miniature painting channel, one of the rare times I actually clicked the bell, way to go Emil
@TheKenny1988 4 жыл бұрын
Yes Emil does wonderful videos. You May also Like goobertown Hobbies
@elquintodestino 4 жыл бұрын
Me ha encantado la explicación y los consejos. ¡Enhorabuena!
@cutanca 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!! Love it
@mariusevander2214 3 жыл бұрын
The large Face with the red nose is amazing
@phillipchronister7035 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, great tutorial!
@isisnmagic1812 Жыл бұрын
Great video, loads of helpful tips, thanks.
@dennisfoulds3941 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! What artistic ability. Only in my dream’s.
@sold37sad 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid wierdly exactly what I was looking for
@Iwok81 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you.
@Eidolonian 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Emil! Good vid mate.
@ErnestoCCB Жыл бұрын
I was actually looking for a portrait painting tutorial, but this turned out to be pretty enjoyable to watch so I stayed until the end.
@ThomasCanuelas Жыл бұрын
Freaking awesome!! Thank you!!
@bitzbox 4 жыл бұрын
Really helpful video as always
@Black_Blow_Fly 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Squidmar
@Necronamis 4 жыл бұрын
I grabbed that STL file for the bust and commissioned a buddy to print a couple for me. Already started painting with my airbrush.
@chucklamb3496 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@bobongler 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Squidmar
@bekkison 4 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! As a followup, could you do a face painting video for problem faces? The sculpts you used for your demos in this video were all pristine, symmetrical, full faces. What do you do when you get a board game with minis that aren't the best sculpts? Or when their wearing hoods or face masks? In other words, how do you make it look good when it's isn't that good to begin with?
@BigLooDaddy 3 жыл бұрын
The planar bust was a real "aha" moment for me. Trying to get into bust painting and this really helped.
@glennguimond1323 4 жыл бұрын
This video...holy crap...your examples and description just blew me away. It makes so much more sense now. THANK YOU!
@lady-gwin 3 жыл бұрын
thanks for the great video. I'm trying to get better faces with it. I am optimistic 😊👍🏻🤞🏻
@Vicky1138thx 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you thank you 😊
@islamfoda 4 жыл бұрын
Very nice & great video! I was hoping to see what you do with different skin tones, like darker ones maybe.
@D00M3R_MAVS 2 жыл бұрын
Looks great on large scale, but I think for smaller scale I seen a great tutorial from the Artis Opus guy. The paints he used would not have jumped out at me for doing faces at all, but it really did work. I will try your recipe as well as I have a few bare heads to do on my Black Templars currently.
@lexzbuddy 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks. You really are very good at this. I still suck, but such is life :)
@thecraftingbrothers9448 4 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this subject. I am horrible at painting faces. Thank you
@heirapparent1996 3 жыл бұрын
I can't even paint my clone troopers helmet heads right! 😅 Here's hoping practice does make perfect.
@seanclarke8015 Жыл бұрын
I wish we could have videos like this again. Revisit your grass roots, Emil - helping people painting.
@loupiscanis9449 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you , Squid .
@MentoliptusBanko 4 жыл бұрын
Nice tutorial...will you maybe do a similar video on painting a small warhammer-sized face?
@antoniosordo7585 4 жыл бұрын
Buen tutorial,un saludo
@AFV85 2 жыл бұрын
That's actually a perfect base to start with! I have 3 skin tone sets life colour, vallejo, AK 3rd gen not one set has a good base
@RaisinsO Жыл бұрын
This guide is a godsend!! I am following other guides and even though they are excellent in regards to painting most of the body (armors mainly and cloth) the faces have always bothered me, especially the ones expressing emotion. Most just look like they have trumpet lips and the faces just look flat and without character. The Adeptas Sororitas' models suffer of this the most, because they all end up looking like angry men with flat faces and huge mouths. The techniques here are a game changer!! THANKS!! 🤩
@deedeemegadoodoo6291 3 жыл бұрын
I haven’t even tried this technique and I already know it’s gonna work thanks and excellent job, one question tho what’s the background music?
@DrDunce-wj8ke 4 жыл бұрын
Hi! I like ur vids
@PitTark 4 жыл бұрын
Hiya Emil, something I have been thinking about for a while is a scene inspired by graphic novels, where strong shadows fall and powerful coloured lights are cast upon the scene. I don't know how challenging it would be to do but could you make something like a strong light being cast through a stained glass window and landing upon portions of a character and having that light be the only source of strong colour within the scene - with the majority of colour outside this area being blacks and greys? Or have the stained glass window be shattered above a certain point giving a strong contrast between the above effect and a more traditional sunlit style?
@FaXe2983 Жыл бұрын
Danke!
@SquidmarMiniatures Жыл бұрын
You are a true legend
@ianbuick1332 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, loving your tutorials . Very informative. Your work is pretty awesome too. I’ve been modelling for years but decided to have a go at an alpine miniature for the first time . I understand the theory of how you describe painting faces but my problem is that when I paint the different highlight or shadow areas I end up with stripes . Where one colour ends and the other begins there remains a distinct change. Is this because my paint is too thick or too thin or am I just crap at this . Regards Ian
@3dgiftz 3 жыл бұрын
Video starting 6:30
@therealDonMac 4 жыл бұрын
Why did you put Cate Blanchett on my screen? I had to pause and just stare in awe for like 15 minutes. Awesome and very helpful video.Thank you.
@Peter-ri9ie 3 жыл бұрын
Hey man, great tutorial! What’s that wet palette you use?
@southoceann 3 жыл бұрын
Holy cow these faces look very similar to that of drag queens! They are super exaggerated with great contrast between the highlight and the contour. I never thought I would be able to connect two utterly different things like this haha.
@93Nordo 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Emil big fan, was wondering, i see you handling minis without any gloves in most of your paiting or just for showing, do you think you could spend a little time explaining how you actually preserve the work while painting and once you are done with it? Thanks take care
@doomkingraye7692 4 жыл бұрын
Just buy necrons and trow yor paints to your miniatures😂
@OEFarredondo 4 жыл бұрын
When I worked at a GW store I use to get all the kids to go necrons. I couldn't remember how many people became necron masters
@srsgoblin 4 жыл бұрын
Necrons still have faces. Now Eldar with their funny helmets? That's where it's at.
@andrewamann2821 4 жыл бұрын
@@srsgoblin nah... Space elves have all those genital warts on their armor... Tau are not thus infected.
@lordspooky9429 4 жыл бұрын
better yet, age of sigmar skeletons, just make a horde of drybrushed point holders
@krischristensen4162 4 жыл бұрын
Necrons are easy untill you go full nmm on your whole army.
@CoconutCheez 6 ай бұрын
The process of painting a face with acrylic paint is very similar to painting a face with makeup. The areas that require highlights are exactly the same as you'd see in makeup tutorials. Finally, my two hobbies are feeding into each other xD
@saltedllama2759 4 жыл бұрын
"It isn't about the colors; it's about the placement." I try so hard to stress that very point to the people I tutor on miniature painting. Whether a student or an average hobbyist on a message board, so many of them ask for color recipes (and want EXACT drop counts, no less). But what they fail to realize is that you can achieve an effect - like, say, NMM - with literally any colors. Which colors you use isn't as important as the value, light, contrast, and texture you are creating.
@Grimprospect 3 жыл бұрын
What are you using to thin down the Cadian Fleshtone? I've had poor results using water but I could be thinning too much.
@ogrokun 4 жыл бұрын
Great video Emil! Now do one on dark skin colors!
@SquidmarMiniatures 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. That's a video in planning stages :)
@herbbreymaier6478 Жыл бұрын
I gotta ask. Do you have a playlist on Spotify for all this dope house music in your videos? I need it for painting I think.
@dpedreno 2 ай бұрын
Next time I’m painting a mini about an angry father who agreed to have her daughter put some cheap makeup on him, I know which video to pull up.
@MrStatistx 4 жыл бұрын
Any news on your brush kickstarter? I feel that all my brushes are letting me down for fine stuff. Need good new ones
@GenJester 4 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a Kingdom Death Monster model be painted.
@TheRunesmythe 4 жыл бұрын
That bust kind of looks like a cross between Dave Bautista and Eric Bana when he played Nero from JJ Abraham's Star Trek and its weird because I keep going back and forth between wanting to see it painted like Drax from Guardian's of the Galaxy and with sculpted, pointed ears and facial tattoos like the Romulans had in JJ's Star Trek. Drax meets Nero weird crossover?
@robertoaustria1820 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Please, show us how to paint the eyes for te warhammer miniatures.
@SquidmarMiniatures 4 жыл бұрын
Did a video on that already
@D00M3R_MAVS 2 жыл бұрын
What wet palette do you use, please? I use a homemade one, but I'd like to try out a proper one to see if it's any better. Is it the everlasting one from redgrass? I have been looking at them, and the news ones are out at the end of next month, so might as well wait for those.
@ismanapribadi8842 4 жыл бұрын
hi there, correct me if im wrong cuz i struggle doing this, so basically you do shadow first and then add layers of highlights right?. I still try to figure out about which layer should i do first, and so far i dont get good result in my opinion. Btw i never try shadow first. Very informative video thank you
@ochoaE3 Жыл бұрын
How about for those who are still new to the hobby and don't have the amount of paints that other people have, how/what would you recommend in regards to base tone and highlights? I bought Vallejo's Game Color set and have a pot of Kislev flesh. Is it a matter of lightening the base paint with some white?
@KevinSpecialK 3 жыл бұрын
I'm curious on how to do it for a small mini. For instance, a board game mini.
@TakashiAmanoOriginal 3 жыл бұрын
To da face! To da face!
@sergioholmes2358 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid............. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE EYES!!!!! LOL 😂😂
@SquidmarMiniatures 3 жыл бұрын
I have a separate video covering that
@sergioholmes2358 3 жыл бұрын
@@SquidmarMiniatures ok cool I’ll go watch that now and thanks for telling me Emil )🙂
@AaronAlcaraz 4 жыл бұрын
"shrimp color".. hahaha
@RoLee705 2 жыл бұрын
I just want to know how to actually, physically paint a miniature so small. Like, please do a step by step of how to you go about pain toning super tiny faces.
@damianchenot2667 4 жыл бұрын
@Squidmar Miniatures - I want to buy the Sparmax SP35 and air compressor from the links on your website. Will I need to buy any adapters for the compressor air hoses to make this work? I would hate to buy the new gear then be able to use it out of the box. Any help would be appreciated!
@davidz2016 4 жыл бұрын
Do you paint1/6 figures? I got my brother hooked on this channel. Thank you for your time and explanations.
@SquidmarMiniatures 4 жыл бұрын
Never tried :)
@davidz2016 4 жыл бұрын
@@SquidmarMiniatures i think you could nock it out the park. Your work is wonderful. You should get a bad 12" toy that has a good likeness but a bad paint job and try it .
@NobalGaming 4 жыл бұрын
I would love to know the music you used in this video 👍🏻
@marksutherlandjr.2121 3 жыл бұрын
Emil, could you do some kind of tutorial on how you're breaking down pics? How can I start to use Windows Paint or whatever program you use when your zooming in and grabbing a portion of color. Then I can start looking into further detail and exploring new color applications and methods the way you do. Also, if you would start some sort of subscription-based paint clinic through one of your sponsors. I think it would be great if those of us interested could get a mini or 2 each month, each session some type of skill set or mechanic would be featured. We could all paint through these models together ( even upload on our Discord ) in a season-long master class or something of the sort for those ready to take their miniature painting and support the channel to the next level. The videos would no doubt be helpful even for those that weren't subscribed. Thank you in advance for all you do for our Hobby. -Blessings
@cromcraft3494 4 жыл бұрын
Yes but how do we paint lips?! Because damn, his game is on point.
@ShadowDrakken 4 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome drag queen though ;)
@cromcraft3494 4 жыл бұрын
@@ShadowDrakken there is no such thing.
@geenah5052 4 жыл бұрын
@@cromcraft3494 well that's just unnecessary
@thejedihunterstudio5211 4 жыл бұрын
What camera do you use for overhead shots?
@AdreyM978 3 жыл бұрын
Just a question could you use your average acrylic paint or dose it nesiseraly have to be of a specific kind or company
@lukecocksey2314 4 жыл бұрын
Cool content Please paint legion of the damned
@lukecocksey2314 4 жыл бұрын
Please
@parascalemodels Жыл бұрын
just me or anyone else want to play Madonna's vogue at 4:42?
@WoodRabbitTaoist 4 жыл бұрын
So how do you do the same thing with 28mm minis?
@eivartheewizard4639 11 ай бұрын
10:52 in he saids to shadow underneath the eyes while using his hands to gesture his upper eye/ eyebrow 😭 thought that was funny lol
@EdgeOfEnding 4 жыл бұрын
Hur kontrollerar du vattenhalten i dina färger med en våtpalett? Blir alltid för torrt eller mer rinnande än en glaze för mig...
@bodies3132 3 жыл бұрын
at 1:22 , does anyone know what the viking looking guy is from? Thanks in advance.
@elliespohr Жыл бұрын
I wish you had shown the final glaze with the airbrush though... :(
@seanabel8247 4 жыл бұрын
I have a question about your studio set up, what camera[s] do you use and mic for production?
@SquidmarMiniatures 4 жыл бұрын
Hey man I have it all in my website squidmar.con :)
@seanabel8247 4 жыл бұрын
@@SquidmarMiniatures Thank you for the information I will check it out later this weekend.
@serabyne7536 4 жыл бұрын
i think people that are doing a lot with make up would be great at this.
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