All About Paint for Miniatures

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In this video for our Beginner series on miniature painting, we'll be going into detail about paint itself -- What it is, what kinds are out there and why might you want to use them for mini painting, and finally discussing some specific brands and their pros and cons.
As always, video chapters are marked so feel free to skip around to what subjects are of interest to you, and please feel free to leave comments that you think might help, including your experience with these paints or ideas for future videos.
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PAINT:
Acylicos Vallejo Fantasy Game Colors -- Great for Beginners
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Monument Pro Acryl
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Inks: Liquitex -- Especially love the white for Zenithal
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Vallejo Black Primer
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AK Interactive Ultra Matte Varnish
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Tamaya Panel Liner
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BRUSHES:
The Army Painter Dry Brush Set -- Good Cheap Set
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Brushes: DaVinci
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Brushes: Raphael
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WORK STATION:
Vantage Self-Healing Cutting Mat:
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The Army Painter Self-Healing Cutting Mat (for smaller workstations)
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Neatfi XL Task Lamp for Light:
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AIRBRUSH:
Airbrush: Cult of Paint
🛒 from Element Games: elementgames.co.uk/paints-hob...
WET PALETTE
Wet Palette: Redgrass
🛒 from Redgrass: www.redgrassgames.com/everlas...
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The Army Painter Wet Palette
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MISC:
Cement Glue: Tamaya
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Hobby Clippers: Tamaya
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VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:24 What is Paint?
1:39 Properties of Different Kinds of Paint
4:03 Acrylic Paint
5:13 Oil and Enamel Paints
7:12 Inks
8:09 Pigment Paints
9:06 Specialty Paints
9:43 Paint Pencils
10:39 Additional You'll See: Speed & Contrast Paints, Airbrush Paints
12:22 Should you pay attention to brand?
13:55 Citadel
15:37 Monument Pro Acrylic
16:17 Scale75
17:34 Army Painter
18:46 Vallejo
19:28 Golden
21:27 Kimera Kolors
23:12 Other Brands Radar: P3, Reaper Two Thin Coats
24:20 Conclusion
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[@SloppyLoveDoll]

I'm fairly new to painting minis and your videos have been SO helpful. The way that you go in depth helps a lot. Your videos have really helped me and helped change the way I think about painting. Thank you.

[@WrathofMinis]

Thank you for saying so! We really appreciate it and we hope we can continue to put up good quality content!

[@Penglens]

Found this channel through a reel in my algorithm, watched this video and was instantly sold. Informative, well produced, good personalities, and some damn fine paint work. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@WrathofMinis]

The algorithm gods smile upon me! j/k. Thank you and I’m glad you liked what you saw!

[@UguuYianKutKu]

In the case of contrast paint as a long time painter. I use them almost exclusively as filters, to me they're a highly pigmented product akin to ink but they can also be used as a wash without much fuss as well. So they have a great use even if you never go down the route of their intended use

[@Jimalcoatl]

I got a set of Golden Fluid acrylics in 15 ml dropper bottles on sale a couple weeks ago. I've been experimenting with them and find that they are amazing for wet blending and drybrushing. They do well for layering and glazing as well, but they are very glossy, which I don't love.

[@WrathofMinis]

That’s very interesting, I have been wanting to try those paints out! if you want to Matte them, then i would use a varnish afterwards to tone that gloss back down.

[@mzaite]

Everyone sleeping on Golden Fluid Acrylics. Built like Chimera, very base compatible with AK and Vallejo. Their Payne’s Grey is a solid bottle to have. For strait pigment callout paints they’re great and really nobody in the mini market does it. They also have Process colors in their line to do CYMK work without guessing at what is a true Magenta, or is it using a pigment that reliably mixes with a guess at a good Cyan, etc. Also AK 3rd Gen is pretty solid stuff both “creative” colors as well as “Real world” color matches.

[@leemcgillivray7632]

Excellent overview…wish i had watched this earlier in my painting journey.

[@WrathofMinis]

Im glad you found it useful!

[@viesturssilins858]

This is wonderful video, thank you for making it! Your style of presentation, the amount of work put into preparation and execution really comes together to make great content. This channel is going places! I always like when artist's paints are mentioned in this discussion, but there is a thing that greatly confused me about this. It is very interesting to me that, when people suggest using artist's paints for miniature painting, they predominantly mention ether Golden Heavy Body or they use Golden Hi-Flow. These seams to be the two opposite ends of viscosity spectrum from Golden range, each being either too thick or too thin for miniatures, if I am not mixing something up. The Heavy Body has very gloopy medium and needs to be thinned heavily for normal painting, otherwise it obstructs details of the sculpt or carry visible brushstrokes. On the other end - the Hi-Flow paints are very thin and intended for use in airbrush, but aren't they more similar to inks in that regard? More like Liquitex inks than Kimera Kolors paints as far the viscosity goes? It even seems that Hi-Flow is just their brand name for inks. So they should be a bit too thin than desired in some cases. But Goldend does have a line specifically for that! Their Fluid line has viscosity somewhere in middle of this range between Heavy Body and Hi-Flow, and is more similar to general use paints from mini painting brands. So why is this not preferred instead? Does this line have some other drawback outside of the viscosity? The Golden states that the pigment density is in the same high level as their other paints, at least.

[@WrathofMinis]

Thank you for your kind words, we really appreciate it!

[@BrettsMinis]

Glad I found your channel! This is fantastic video production and quality! Can’t wait to see where you go from here!

[@WrathofMinis]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@Gwigierski]

Great video!

[@WrathofMinis]

We’re glad you enjoyed it!

[@gutssubz8232]

I'm a huge AK interactive fan. Honestly they are awesome and I've tried almost every make at some point. Blend soooo well with each other. Vallejo metal colour for silvers. Gold's = Vince Ventrulla's gold mix using green stuff world's pigments. Army painter washes. Liquidex inks (but can't really compare them with others)

[@WrathofMinis]

Very cool! Also very interesting idea about gold and pigments, thats wild!

[@ShayneGilly]

great vid! very informative! wish i had this before i got all my paints the first time lol

[@WrathofMinis]

Me too!!! haha

[@Itronin01]

Another banger video!

[@TommyHC1978]

Only used Citadel and The Army Painter as that's what's most available at the local hobby store and this is a really good overview of some of the others, cheers.

[@WrathofMinis]

Thank you and I’m glad you found it informative!

[@kaosugan]

Thank you for this; just got into Warhammer 40k as Harlequins and am in the the process of becoming a Dungeon Master. This video helped me out so much! 🙏

[@WrathofMinis]

I’m so glad that there was something informative for you and that it helped in some way!

[@kaosugan]

@@WrathofMinis Very informative! I use to be a tattoo artist so I know a little bit about inks lol (just an abstract artist now). Just needed a new hobby so, I chose miniatures. The inks you showcased seem really good for miniatures. Actually, everything you showcased seems awesome! I'll be subscribing and watching more of your videos, man! Keep it up and you'll get that 1k sub point in no time! I can tell you have some serious experience in miniatures. The ones you had on display look awesome!

[@juicywilliam69]

Lovely production value. Great content. Subbed!

[@WrathofMinis]

Welcome and thank you so much for subbing!

[@constantly-confused5736]

I have been painting canvases for years - but only recently started painting miniatures when I bought the HeroQuest-reissue. I've just been using the acrylic paint I already owned (and know very well)... A lot of the colors I get by mixing prime colors... I use: White, Black, Yellow, Blue, Red, Dark Green, Light Green, Light Brown, Dark Brown...and that's pretty much it... I bought one bottle Vallejo "Gun Metal" at the game store since I don't use metalics on canvas and didn't have that already.

[@WrathofMinis]

That’s very cool to hear! Then you very much know about mixing your own colors. Its a great skill to have learned and continue to practice!

[@outofthisworldmodelsandmin898]

Very informative video! Really appreciate the time and research done for the subject. Just found your channel and have subscribed. -John

[@WrathofMinis]

Thank you so much! We really appreciate it!

[@russellmaxwell755]

Pro Arcyl and Reaper are the main paint brands I use. I like my paints to be a thinner out of the bottle.

[@WrathofMinis]

Both good paint brands! and Very valid, it sure makes things easier to have them thinned to start with.

[@goforitpainting]

I'm the 381st sub.I look forward to the sequel.

[@WrathofMinis]

Thank you so much man, really appreciate it!

[@Malachi57]

A tough topic to tackle in one video. This was a decent start though. You may want to take time to dive into specific types or brands of paints (like explaining the Kimera paints more in depth or how you use oils or pigments). While other youtubers have done this, it never hurts to have a new perspective or find a different way to present the info.

[@WrathofMinis]

Brilliant and thank you! We have definitely discussed about expanding and delving more into each brand and style of paint out there at some point. It was a balance of how much info we wanted to put into this very early video in the series and I didn’t want to overload anyone and I didn’t want it take forever. But rest assured I will come back to this subject and dive into the depths of them. Excellent recommendation by the way, thank you.

[@artificesavants]

You can use acrylic paint pens. I use them for fine line work or drawing on shields and terrain.

[@WrathofMinis]

Nice!

[@Dragonfire-tn2jg]

Golden so flat, AK 3rd gen, Green stuff worlds, Liquitex soft body acrylics. Tried pretty much every paint on the market, all have strengths and weaknesses.

[@WrathofMinis]

Thank you for sharing your experience and do you have a current favorite?

[@Dragonfire-tn2jg]

@@WrathofMinis Yes Pro Acryl and Scale 75.

[@chrisbeau76]

Love Pro-Acryl, but I also love the newer Contrast paints and washes. GW has some great shades...I want oi to Pro-Acryl's Glaze and medium, but I want to make sure I understand the product. Will this stuff make Pro-Acryl paints less opaque?

[@WrathofMinis]

Yes it will. Anytime you utilize any kind of medium including water and add it with paint you will technically make the paint less opaque. So it really comes down to the ratio of medium to paint, the more medium the less opaque the paint will become. Hope that helps!

[@MrPendraeg]

Vallejo is the ultimate beginner paint. nice consistencies, easy to thin and they have a range (model colour) that is pretty high pigment density if you need this. AK interactive Series 3 is also pretty amazing easy to use straight out of the bottle. This coming from a sort of new guy in the hobby! Oh, and give Goldens SoFlat range a try

[@WrathofMinis]

Great, thank you for sharing! I definitely want to try the golden soFlat stuff as well as AK 3rd Gen stuff.

[@MrPendraeg]

@@WrathofMinis man, the SoFlats are amazing. The AK's are so simple to use, the metallics are really worth a shot since they don't split quite as easy as some others

[@daeval947]

Liquitex's acrylic gouache line is another one that's similar to the SoFlats, and they come in something kind of like a dropper bottle. The Reaper paints are also quite a bit nicer than their rather utilitarian label designs might suggest!

[@MrPendraeg]

@@daeval947 Heard that before, but the reapers are a bitch to get hold of here where i hide