5 ways you can IMPROVE at Warhammer painting (right now)

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Paint Perspective Episode 55 brings you 5 ways you can IMPROVE at Warhammer painting, that you can start doing right away to see instant results, and improve your models!
Expect to learn how to correctly use washes, James’ lightbulb moment that fundamentally changed how he paints, essential tricks to improve efficiency and quality at the same time, how to better experiment with colours, and how to make better choices for your highlights!
Also in this episode, we discuss our personal hobby updates, monthly painting challenges, our struggles and approach to social media in miniature painting, answer our listeners comments, question of the week, and of course, our closing hobby hack!
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Chapters (main topic around 33 mins)
0:00:00 The poll...
0:01:25 Finished Blood Angels
0:04:55 #Junestealercults
0:11:42 Get a FREE pdf tutorial!
0:13:37 Basing materials?
0:16:14 Is Social media killing the hobby?
0:32:54 5 ways you can IMPROVE at Warhammer painting
0:33:47 Incorrectly using washes
0:37:53 Starting lighter
0:44:19 Getting paint smoother
0:55:27 Painting slower is faster
1:03:25 Changing your default
1:11:49 Choosing highlight colours
1:21:31 Gap filling
1:27:19 Hobby Hack
1:34:52 Support the show!

[@bluecapgun785]

I am reminded again of my time in culinary training, a chef once told me "You can always add more, but you can never take any away." In reference to adding flavour to a soup, but I think it applies equally to miniature painting. Thin layers, patience, and a plan are all key if you really want to make something special. Sounds sort of obvious, but it's worth saying. Loved this one fellas, I'm in the middle of painting a kitbashed Nurgle Knight Abominant which is fused to a tank, and particularly the discussion on contrast paints and washes really made me rethink my next steps. I look forward to every episode. Thanks for sharing!

[@karlmoore1837]

Social media has never been part of my hobby or hobbying. The closest I get is looking at painting videos and the odd painting challenge someone puts up.

[@sinisterplank3113]

I enjoy watching KZbin or twitch hobby while hobbbying, and I enjoy talking to other hobbyists on discord. But I absolutely think social media can push you to set incorrect expectations and comparisons.

[@danollerenshaw8410]

Model tunnel-vision is definitely a thing. If I've been hyper-focused on a mini for hours, I find that I spot my mistakes after I step away for half an hour or so and come back with fresh eyes

[@TangoNoob]

I’ve started keeping a notebook and writing down what I need to do to my models in the second half. So if I’m towards the end of a Space Marine, im noting: face, gun casing highlights, highlight gold trim, clean up hands, etc…. Whatever I see I write and generally that list keeps me focused and I add to that list as I find new things on the model to touch up towards the end.

[@teejay1646]

​@@TangoNoob I should probably do that tbh I always end up with some random unpainted bit BC I didn't paint it when I had the paint I was intending to use on the palette

[@James-qr5hx]

Highlighting black: I really like adding blue to the highlights and green/purple to the shading or edges facing down. Gives it a good feel of reflecting the sky/ground.

[@F_N_Inquisitor]

So with the discussion on washes, I actually use Coelia Greenshade as a glaze wash. I think it down 1:1 with medium, then use it as a wash on my Space Marines chapter to slightly alter their base colour

[@verigone2677]

I like the brown rims for on the table, but on the plinth the black does look better...

[@lamicrobio...engros5427]

"What is your good trick to paint?" "Easy, set up your hairdryer on Volkite Cullverin setting"

[@RequiemWraith]

George showing that he's never built older kits like the Carnifex 😅 If he can build one of those and not have any gaps at all then I take my hat off to him

[@jamescurtis2112]

After discovering your channel, my approach to painting has developed & become more refined. I replaced my Easter Cup water holder with a jam jar. After each painting project, I clean my paint pallet (Dry) when starting a new project I undercoat the pallet the same colour as them mini.

[@thesherbet]

Glad my photoshopping went down well lol. Although with the paint job I eo actually think the brown George did fits them better 😅

[@thesigmaritepainter7803]

amazing podcast again!

[@regularbear]

90% of those issues with washes can be solved by using oils. Also painting light to dark is a core concept. Applies to weathering as well. Can easily go darker

[@jaylansdowne17]

Love the episode ❤

[@alanshroue7]

After doing the emc course many moons ago I generally start with the mid tone for the base colour the I can go up and down were needed

[@chillumaperios1873]

Another banger boys as always

[@rhag1394]

Tamiya extra thin (or Mr Hobby extra thin) are awesome as plastic glue. They can also be used to make sprue goo, by melting sprues in them. This again is a great way to fill gaps.

[@gibondeluxe]

The extra thin is also excellent for pushing the sprue goo into the right places, and smoothing the squeeze out. Also, great for final mould line clean up, after scraping with a knife.

[@LordBelakor]

Another great way to dry your mini with a hairdryer is to make a "drying oven", take an old cardboard box, make a hole in it to stick the hairdryer in it, put the model in and keep the doors a lttile bit open, will dry everything gently and fast (idea is from Adam Savage)

[@karlmoore1837]

Learning to paint without needing to wash, or rather having washes applied in specific use cases, was one of the most important and difficult bits to learn (with still room for improvement).

[@sinisterplank3113]

Leaving the ubiquitous all over wash behind was the best thing I did to progress my quality of painting.

[@Gorbachoph]

Its all about time. Do you need a tabletop ready army in a week? You need to use more washes.

[@sinisterplank3113]

@Gorbachoph I think you'd get done faster by going lighter on washes as the guys talk about. Cleaning up after a wash takes a lot of time. Tabletop models where you do a midtone basecoat through a can, block out detail, and use thinned contrast paints and a sharp brush to only flood the deepest recesses and cracks.

[@robperkins2085]

Thanks for the glazing hack! I've been painting since the early 80's and heating the model first never occurred to me. Excellent!!

[@henrikchristensen3464]

A bit off topic, but I need to thank you. A couple of episodes ago Joe mentioned turning someone on to Hatebreed and you all concurred that it was a noble cause. Hearing that I thought that I might be turned on to them as well. I checked them out ... liked them ... a lot and today I experienced them live for the first time and what an experience it was. So thank you! All of you, for that service :).

[@aroncheek5092]

The way I see it any colour acrylic, enamel,oil paint can be made into a wash, that's how I started again, already had various acrylic paint from building airfix but a lot of them were gloss so I bought a primary colour set of Vallejo model air to get me started with miniature painting again and also teach me how to use an airbrush

[@HistoryandDice]

Tip for getting rid of dust from minis: use those Blowers used by photographer for blowing off lint from lenses. Might not dust off everything but is the least abrasive method.

[@HappyDuude]

I mean, the speed thing is true, but keeps coming back to your objective. So whilst sympathetic to George, there are people that want to put nice models on the table, and play a game, rather than getting perfect models out, for the joy of painting in itself. One of the things that came up here earlier was you can always go back to a model. So doing neat, sharp, clean makes sense to me, and then coming back and refining depending on what your looking to do with the model.

[@fenris78uk]

Those brown bases look good 👍

[@manosanastasiou4405]

The product is sold with a base that's brown if you are not copying the gw way it might not be finished off haha

[@triisgaard2699]

German Camo Black Brown is the correct rim colour for Blood Angels.

[@DaronSchmit]

Something Tommie Soule has in his "art of" book is this idea of using as few high quality brush strokes as possible, and I think that really helps with not overworking the paint

[@DaronSchmit]

Another Tommie Soule-ism is to "prep" the paint by kind of wet blending a bit of water into the paint and taking paint from the ideal dilution for the work you're doing

[@JoeyC777]

Happy Thursday!

[@lambey6113]

Where’s Joe?

[@WarmasterPainting]

Great episode with some useful hobby hacks! Listening as I paint a Rat.

[@adaml2910]

I find I destroy my brushes under size 1 and they lose their tip after 1-2 uses, but for some reason my size 2 lasts for ages... am I doing something wrong with brush care?

[@Gorbachoph]

The small brushes should be used for layering ONLY. You should only be doing controlled strokes using the belly of the brush. Even base coating a mini with a small brush can destroy the tip. You will inevitably need to "poke" the brush into small areas during a base coat.

[@almost_zab]

The passive aggressive urge to paint the rims golden so flat paynes grey just to make people think they are proper black o_O

[@romangl9070]

omg black rims are so much better. could I suggest Vallejo anthracite gray for base rims as a compromise?

[@invincigaz4067]

Does starting light work with nmm too?

[@voidwraithprime8521]

I doubt he'll ever finish that BA army holding himself to such a high level.

[@Bunyip_Studios]

EMA Plastic Weld is £5 for 300ml

[@Boganlea4131]

Brown ones look better 😅 2:47

[@youtubevanced4900]

Brown is better. But it should be a darker brown

[@Bunyip_Studios]

let the ooze go hard then clean it off, the gap is already filled!

[@shanesmith7672]

Did he say he did commission for 50 cent lol ?

[@RequiemWraith]

I feel dirty for saying this, but I prefer the brown base rim *shudders*

[@Coraxery]

It might be the photoshop but the brown definitely looks better here... and I wouldn't normally say that

[@thesherbet]

I actually agree, and I did the photoshopping lol. The black was an overlay layer so it wasn't as pure black as it should've been

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥

[@bradt5414]

You can't paint the little genestealer guy separate. because his arm is Sculpted onto the big guy.

[@aroncheek5092]

Shiny faux leather 😂

[@GallantLee]

going to start lighter from now on...

[@CaptainEshara]

do you find as well known professional painter that also has (or is part of) a professional painting company, your doubling down on pressure with regards to social media, and that your having to keep up with everyone else or there's the fear of being lost because you haven't posted for a day, especially when another brand posts something really good, kind of your own worst enemy, there's not only the validation but also the pressure of achieving that like count... its a mental health minefield

[@CaptainEshara]

personally i do a lot research/browsing and either try to work out how they've done a technique, or I'll watch a you tube vid and cherry pick something i like and try it on future project, but I'll admit i rarely experiment outside of the paints i have because its an accumulative cost issue, and i often worry about wasting money, but i will say i do try a base of rhinox, but then they'll be like a tree of possibly from the other colours i own, whether it be a brown, cream or red tone, but then it will also depend on what I'm painting because a holster on a fist, may not work on another chapter base colour scheme

[@aroncheek5092]

I think that constructive criticism but there's people that over step the mark negativity not going to help anyone

[@aroncheek5092]

I've put gundam up and cars online , I don't think I've put a miniature online ,don't really do , insta or tiktok mainly Facebook