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[@christopherdc89]

Honestly this just seems like a speedpaint medium. Which army painter is making that works really really well already.

[@nikotillmann9764]

Yeah, I fail to see how this is different to Speed Paint, Contrast or Xpress Color Medium. Which can also be easily made as a DIY mix of matte medium, flow improver and water (I personally like midwinter medium).

[@JustJoshinMagic]

One thing I’d love to see is using this with paint through an airbrush. I love using my contrast paints in an airbrush, so I’d be curious to see how a speed paint made using this would compare

[@BrendanPace]

I'd say skip this specific medium if your going through the airbrush. My recommendation would be either a heavy dilution with pre-made airbrush medium (like the art supply company Golden's medium) or a custom mix of airbrush thinner, flow aid, and regular medium to get the same sort of mix.

[@kimmotoivanen]

How do they behave with airbrush? Do you use them for color, opacity (or lack of it 😉) or consistency? I guess you are not using so much, that they start to pool in recesses?

[@zakhunt]

Nice! Would love to see a comparison video between this and Newsh, Speedpaint Medium, and Contrast Medium, since they’re all basically supposed to be doing the same thing. 👍

[@jamiehuebsch]

^^ This.

[@4ftBeaver]

I think they do different things. Newsh is more of an oil wash substitute and can be wiped off, which is a different step from speed paints. Contrast and speed paint medium don’t work quite as well to make speed paints, because they are more to dilute your speed paints (which sometimes have overpowering color when you want more subtle transitions) and are missing some part of the speed paint formula or are more dilute. The Cuttlefish compound seems to include that last part of the formula to make a normal paint into a speed paint. This probably has a slightly higher amount of whatever causes the speed paint to pool in recesses and avoid the high spots to make up for mixing with paints that don’t already have that compound.

[@ryanlopezdevinaspre]

I would like to see this as well, though I would add the Monument Hobbies Glaze And Wash Medium, which I think is probably closer to this and the speed paint and contrast mediums than Newsh is, I think. Newsh is meant to emulate an oil wash, as I understand it, and the Monument Hobbies glaze and wash medium is more like a contrast medium. I have both of those products, though I haven't used either extensively yet. I would be curious to see if there's any meaningful difference between them. However. I'm not sure if army painter and citadel make theirs available in large quantities either. This one and the monument hobbies products all come in nice, large bottles, which is nice and cost effective.

[@zakhunt]

Ahh yes, thank you, I was mixing up Newsh with their other mediums. I bought all of them but haven’t used them yet either 😆

[@neileddy6159]

This is exactly what I was going to say. They each make a medium, and I would love to see if c-fish is better than the other ones we may have on hand already.

[@FunbobbyJ]

I've accomplished something similar to this with watered down mod podge, which is VERY cheap.

[@Mr.Cook_the_Fixer]

I've been using the original formula of this for about a year at this point, it was originally Merlin's Magic Medium. It's literally my favorite discovery from PAX Unplugged last year, and appears to be the same/very similar formula. I even have the color and ratio sheet to get different consistencies with it, and met the team that helped develop the original medium and cuttlefish color paint line, which is one of my favorites to use. I highly recommend it.

[@ModernSynthesist]

Since this isn't available yet, and Cuttlefish Colors can be hard to get a hold of, Warcolours offers a similar solution in a big bottle that they just call Contrast Medium. They're pretty much exclusively online and ship from Cypress, but I've had great service from them and love their Nostalgia paint lines.

[@StrawHatLaw13]

One of the main reasons I don't use speedpaints is because I don't want to buy more paints and take up more shelf space. So for me this is worth checking out.

[@VaultBoy13]

I'm on the opposite end. Ever since buying speed paints, I use them about 80% of the time. When I want a highlight color, I mix the speed paint with some white or off-white paint. (Or, if it's something like red, I might mix in a yellow.) Sometimes I need to thin that with some flow improver. But, my normal acrylic paint usage is mostly just white, off-white, black, yellow, and metallics. To be fair, I'm not painting to a Lyla standard. I'm either painting until it looks good on the table, and with a handful of things I display them on a shelf.

[@jorgemontero6384]

I expected you to make the video about the most innovative product in the market: Spanish Water. It's superior characteristics is what makes Spanish artists' miniatures so vibrant. It is well known that some foreign artists, like Mr Frisoni, frequently visit Spain to source this magical water

[@Jarfert]

so impressive, i actually invested in Liquitex inks with mediums and thinners to achieve home made inks - where i can combine colours to make a wash.. but yeah... that is FAR MORE efficient ! thank you for sharing

[@James_Hunt77]

Thanks for your insights Lyla. I have a medium sized set of AP speed paints but like others have used acrylic artists mediums, flow aids etc for years. I can see how this Cuttlefish medium would be a great tool to reduce the cost and space for anybody wanting to experiment.

[@VanHoering]

Another great alternative to contrast paints and shades is raiding the arts supply store. Get yourself a bunch of acrylics inks for callygraphy, such as Dahler Rowney's FW line or the Liquitex ones. Grab a bottle of matte acrylic medium and flow aid as well. With a mix of ink, water and medium, plus a liberal dash of flow-aid, you can emulate either contrast paints (with a 50/50 medium to water base) or shades (with more of a 75/25 water to medium ratio). Works a treat. I just keep a bunch of old junk minis at hand as test subjects and write down the proportions in a notebook once I get it right. You can even come up with your own cheezy names for your mixes like the real paint manufacturers do! :D The only downside to my method is, I had to go and bunch of those inks and they're just as expensive as the GW contrast paints, but for the same price you get a bigger bottle and you can make pints of DYI contrast paint out of each one. And you wouldn't get anywhere near the potency of GW's stuff with regular opaque paints instead of inks. Not with my recipe anyway. ;)

[@philgee486]

Yup, been doing this since Brent's vid waaay back, soon after the contrast line was first released. Base the pigmentation on rich saturated ink (mixes) use pretty much any medium to reduce the opacity and then control how the mix breaks over the raised detail and settles in the recesses by adding flow improver. Adding airbrush thinner or water controls how strongly it stains the primer/base paint layer, as does using an opaque paint to the ink whilst mixing your colour. I'd stay away from the Daler-Rowney inks as some of the colours are very rightly criticised for their light fastness over time. This all sounds like a lot to manage, but it really isn't once you get started and the contrast world is your absolute oyster for beautifully adjustable and controllable paint of any shade or colour you could want using materials you likely already have on your desk. I'm not a fan of the contrast "one and done" process at all, but they got me using layers and overlays of transparent paint to very quickly create all sorts of different colours for detailing a base painted model when army/unit painting and thy don't then have that really unreal look of one single colour settled over a whiteish base with just the opacity varying, rather than having tones and highlights and/or variation in hue according to the direction of the light. If you're just blobbing it on then you really are never painting the light across a model.

[@ericdavis4964]

​@philgee486 what inks do you use?

[@philgee486]

@@ericdavis4964 I use Golden Hi Flows, I use golden so flat paints so they match the quality and I control the gloss with a little AK Ultramatte varnish. Honestly they're REALLY glossy when used straight so otherwise and for most folks I'd recommend the liquitex inks instead.

[@ericdavis4964]

@@philgee486 Thanks, I appreciate the info!

[@RyanCoke1001]

Thanks for bringing these new products to my attention. I really appreciate your time and efforts.

[@Whichendup]

Looks like how my 1:1 Golden airbrush medium + glaze medium works. Also, excellent Bert Maybers cameo!

[@Brandon-zw3hw]

Brent from Goobertown did a video a few years back about making your own contrast paints, sounds like this is the same thing as liquitex matte medium. Maybe with the flow improver already added?

[@capmastorstudios]

AYYYYE im glad you like it! Ive also enjoyed messing and testing with it too. For a small space like mine i enjoy having this instead of multiple bottles

[@timwells8359]

What great tool to add to the painting desk! 🎉

[@tomgallant9253]

Oh this looks awesome. I find while there are many colors available in Speedpaint ranges...Sometimes its just not the right shade. This is awesome. 2 quick questions 1. Did you happen to try with ProAcryl? and 2. Did you try in an airbrush. Would be really interested in hearing if you did!

[@brendanarmstrong7802]

I'll admit, I passed over this video a few times because I thought it was just a weirdly late video about Cuttlefish Colors' glazes. This new mixin does look interesting. I do have to wonder if it actually does a better job than just mixing the more widely available speedpaint medium into your paints, though.

[@karstedt9987]

Really love the color choices and transitions on that mini you're working on 7:20

[@clubjer]

I've mixed a bottle each of Fanatic Stabilizer and Retarder in a 40ml bottle and use a drop of this, plus a drop of Speedpaint medium to paint to make contrast washes. So far, its worked well with Vallejo, Scale Color Artist, Pro Acryl and Jo Sonja.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

This definitely goes on my radar as a medium worth getting a bottle to test. Thank you for previewing this.

[@TheDex2000]

In the video there at 0:57 there is an '*Purchased with my own money' disclaimer. How can this be possible when the product isn't available to buy at the moment?

[@LylaMev]

because I bought it from them at a convention

[@TheDex2000]

@LylaMev aaah that makes totally sense! I live so far from any conventions (and don't like being around so many people) that this idea never crossed my mind. Thank you for the clarification!

[@thebrewgeek]

I’m definitely buying some of this as soon as it’s available online. 👍👍

[@philurbaniak1811]

👍👍 sounds like a good product!

[@iamaraindog385]

I don't own any speed/contrast paints, but I do have Glaze and Matte mediums, and mixing those with some airbrush flow improver and a bit of distilled water makes a nice DIY "contrast medium." I'll keep an eye out for this and maybe give it a try to see how it compares.

[@alun7006]

Interesting! I'm not really into the whole speedpaint thing, but this is certainly something worth knowing about.

[@grapetonenatches186]

Has this community never heard of Golden or Liquitex?

[@KingKooba22]

lots of mini painters just want the one and done solution/collection - it's why you see some content creators with walls of every paint lines collection instead of learning how to just mix their own colors

[@heathandkentyvapevarietysh1402]

​@@KingKooba22 there where referring to the medium not just the paint. And they're right ... Golden, Liquitex and JoSonja have had these mediums for years

[@stormelemental13]

What about them? Do either of those brand offer a contrast medium equivalent? If yes, please link to it. If not, why did you bring them up?

[@mattnottm8363]

@@KingKooba22 and the same creators bounce between making videos called "WHY YOU NEED TO BUY THIS PAINT!!!" or "WITH THIS MAGICAL PRODUCT YOU'LL NEVER BUY PAINT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@vinberube136]

Neither of those brands have an equivalent that I'm aware of but I would be happy to be wrong!

[@piptarou]

Good news, you can buy nearly the exact same thing today. Liquitex and Golden both sell glazing mediums.

[@Elorrah]

I do have a rather large collection of paints already, so it's too late for me. ;) Also, I frequently go back and forth between armies, so I need a paint that I don't have to mix every time (or that risks being discontinued) and that's a major factor for me. I just don't have the keen eye for colors that some people do.

[@johnbryant6690]

Is it really different than the speedpaint or contrast medium? Is it simply available in a bigger bottle and is thus more economical?

[@justinsciacca3524]

how does this compare to speed paint medium? isn't it the same thing. i currently use speedpaint medium with all my fanatics paints to do the same thing. Is there anything special about the cuttlefish one?

[@dreadtrain2846]

Same thing, just another company trying to cash in. It's not better than anything else already out there.

[@adirondackgamecrafts]

Well. I'm about to save myself a ton of money. Thanks for posting!

[@keynchris7059]

I’d be really curious how well this mixes with artist paints. I mainly use golden so flat, cuz I had it before I started painting minis. I find it works great for full opacity painting, but it’s pretty hard to get nice translucent layers with so flat. So I’ve really been thinking about buying some speedpaints. If you try it together I’d love to hear your results, cuz that would save me big money

[@bencoomer2000]

Cool stuff. Wonder how Reaper's stuff will perform?

[@imonfyre]

How well does this product work with straight inks? I have found that an ink and a traditional matte medium produces a fairly good facsimile to speed paints when ratio'd right.

[@anealpilot6957]

I have something called Painter's Milk that acts similar, but I'm more than happy to add a new tool to my painting.

[@garryame4008]

How's this compare with Newsh or Army painter speed paint medium? Or the wash/glaze medium by pro acryl?

[@AlwaysBoredNeverBoring]

Does it work well with Proacryl?

[@SamBalducci]

Turbo Dork has a mixing medium they recently released. I would like to compare the two.

[@alternate3787]

A real flow improver and a paintline with the pigments in use on the bottle is much preferable. Not all pigments work well with the "speedpaint" approach

[@BenSilber]

How does this perform with Pro Acryl?

[@Salty_Sassenach]

I wonder if my unopened 7 yr old GW paints are any good 🤪

[@pat0652]

Have you tried Pro Acryl Glaze & Wash Medium?

[@acrpprca6951]

How does it compare to GW's contrast medium though?

[@derekburge5294]

Does it work with metallics?

[@MathiasShaw637]

making speed paint in a pinch seems handy.

[@bradkaufman3299]

Would love to see you try this medium with Golden artist-grade acrylics. :)

[@mikecirrincione9895]

Have you glazed with it?

[@Salamy22]

I'm still pretty new to miniature painting, but is this different than using GW contrast medium?

[@jj-icejoe6642]

Medium + water + flow improver = the same or just try pouring medium

[@junglecamper4717]

Did you try Speedpaint Medium from amypainter

[@HellGrimo]

Is it gonna be avalible anywhere in Europe outside of UK, like Poland by chance >_>

[@vinberube136]

My daughter would love that cat model. Can you share where you got it?

[@TheDex2000]

I think it's part of the Steamforged Games 'Animal Adventures' line.

[@TheDex2000]

Animal Adventures: Cats and Catacombs - Volume 1

[@Paintbetterthan]

Ooo, hell yeah

[@wannabeard]

2:26 is that brush on primer?? Please tell us more!

[@looselycollected7505]

I'll just keep mixing up the homemade thinning medium I use.

[@funTimesInTheSun]

I’m trying to reduce the number of paints I have at this point. I can’t even put half of them on my desk anymore, meaning they will never be used.

[@Chewiecide]

I struggle to understand how this is anything different or better to existing mediums like the army painter speed paint medium or a glaze medium + some water? Interesting video but I miss the point where this behaves differently to existing products. I typically shy away from mixing wildly different products from different brands as I tend to just get a jukebox of behavior. Thus I have my mediums for my pro acryl as well as my spedpaint medium for 2.0 range and I´m just fine together with water thinning + the airbrush thinners and flow improvers.

[@mart1n287]

Is this an ad for that product? Most major paint brands have speed/contrast medium

[@Amalikada]

The voice over sounds weird in this one compared to other videos. There's that weird quality to the audio that makes it sound like AI... It's either a huge dip in mic quality or something else, I'm not sure! I do appreciate the review, though, it's an interesting product I might pick up!

[@LylaMev]

audio is my weakest skill!

[@chaley2935]

I thought this was what the army painter speedpaint medium was for as well?

[@LylaMev]

not according to army painters website!

[@chaley2935]

@LylaMev Thanks for the information, I'm new to this so I've got a lot to learn 😊

[@kirailove4207]

So it’s just newsh from pro acryl

[@LylaMev]

definitely not!

[@16011160]

earned a sub from me ty for the vid! Edit - doesn't seem to be purchasable on the site tho... whats the point of promos when these companies make it hard to find the damn thing