How to DRYBRUSH?! Power Swords: No Airbrush Needed!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks for your kind comments ! What would you like to see next, more colours of power-weapon? Series D Drybrushes available here: store.artis-opus.com/collections/series-d-drybrushing

[@lpbayliss]

Love this idea, makes the effect way more approachable for people who aren't as confident with blending!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks mate, I was pleasantly surprised myself to be honest!😊

[@PaintPants]

I have tried so hard to get blending going, but this technique got 10 times the results in 1/4 of the time. Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@acidcoen]

Mate, you're a magician! That's an amazing result.

[@ArtisOpus]

🧙‍♂️😊Thanks so much! I was honestly surprised by this one myself.

[@kido2577]

What a master of the drybrush

[@davidtarning122]

As a returning player after a 10 year break...I was so happy when I found your tutorial for powerweapons...Im about to tackle the necrons from the starter kit..and im sooo excited to test out your tecniques.... Very well explained and "easy" step by step...and your results are really impressive... Thank you!!

[@arrinstoner]

This is your best video yet. I'm going to add this technique immediately. Great job. I caught myself holding my breath a few times when you were edge highlighting the middle of the blade.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thank you very much, dude! You're not the first person to say that, you and me both🤭😊

[@brettcardon4552]

I love this technique. I struggle blending colors on weapons and this makes me confident I can actually get results I can be proud of. Thank you!

[@ArtisOpus]

You'll smash it dude, make sure your dark blending colour isn't matte, and is a deep colour, you should be fine! Good luck :)

[@AnHourOfWolves]

Helpfull indeed... reminds me that stippling is actually a great tool... no need to just laye rit up the whole way! Thanks for posting.

[@ArtisOpus]

You're so welcome! Absolutely, dude, starting with the mid-tone is a complete hack also😊

[@frannyfranfrancis]

gonna have add this to my practice list. I have been wanting to learn this and NMM for the longest.

[@ArtisOpus]

Excellent! Thanks so much for watching and supporting🤩

[@philgee486]

I don't paint many power swords but I'm so glad I watched this vid and it'll work wonders on some of my NMM work on armour and especially weapons High end, eye popping results, fully revealed process, warts and all - show the wart, fix the wart, wart gone. Real painting, to a high standard with proven accessible technique, but that's not the best part, it's all the whys and the thinking that you get to hear whilst you're seeing that brush doing the job that makes these tutorials next level. Then just as others have said, that idea of testing what the brush is doing on the soft and sharp edges of the base (that there even is a soft and sharp test edge there on every base - why have I never joined the dots on that? How many thousand bases have I seen over the years?), whilst preparing to lunge at the highest stakes proposition of edge highlighting a totally exposing focal point on the model....... that just changed my game. Now I'll never again put brush to model without reassuring myself on the relevant base edge - that's a gift that'll keep on giving forever, and it's a gift of reassurance at the "oh shit - I need a cup of tea before I go for it" moment What a hero, may all your risky, high end conversions turn out better than you'd ever envisioned, and may all your eyes turn out spot on, first time! ;0)

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much for the kind words dude, made my day! We're always just looking to find ways to break down intimidation factors, and help people up their game! Huge love, have a great day!

[@reluctantreligious2003]

Well explained technique, power swords are the bane of my life, this has really helped, thanks

[@ArtisOpus]

No worries, dude! Keep your eyes peeled for a glowing weapon in our next tutorial, should round up the knowledge nicely!

[@icklemoo]

I cant wait to try this tonight on my kit bashed salamander grav captins power spear :) awesome video very much ...

[@ArtisOpus]

That should be perfect, dude. Will you be doing it in blue or something else? Good luck🤞😊

[@icklemoo]

@@ArtisOpus not sure yet as it’s going to be on a salamander so I am not sure what colour to go with for the blade. I did like the idea of a yellow / orange ish blade but I really hate painting yellow 🤣 Yellow is harder to paint on models than doing yellow nail varnish on my nails😁 I have found . The blue looks so nice but I do like different colours from the norm often.

[@KuPaoChicken]

I like how easily you blend colors

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers man, we chose ones that blend nicely, the deep blue is kind of soft, even if it's deep, so it doesn't overpower easily, and isn't ultra-opaque :)

[@obdgames]

This will now be my default method for power swords, bought the triple bundle of brushes over xmas period and they are all incredible so far

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks for your support, my dude! They'll serve you well :) any issues or further questions, don't hesitate to ask

[@thereclusivepainter]

Great tutorial! Very good explanations of what you aren doing and why at each step, really like your work!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, buddy, exactly what we're aiming for :)

[@Tortuga2323]

Absolutely fantastic! Gonna def use this video

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude 🥰 enjoy, it's proper magic, especially when repeated!

[@MatthewGraham-j8p]

Great instructions, thank you. You are a national treasure.

[@mikaelwithers7079]

How on earth does this channel only have 111k subs? brilliant

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much dude, we are working on it :)

[@alphaleigpyne]

That force sword turned out well with your drybrushing and stippling combined. And a bit of edge highlight. Nice work! 👍

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude, it's all about combining techniques😊

[@julianlynn7197]

They look great Byron

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much, buddy!🤩

[@jmc7034]

I’ll have to give that a go when I have a power sword to paint. Looks great

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers, buddy! Good luck🤞😊

[@dmck1436]

YESSSSSS YOU DELIVERED... or will deliver!!! Can't wait!!!

[@ArtisOpus]

Did you enjoy it?😊

[@dmck1436]

@@ArtisOpus of course, I love how it was two blues and a white. I might experiment with some Gauss Blaster Green on it but who knows. Needs to finish up a Dr D for Ad Mech and then onto my Grey Knights. Thank you for listening to the suggestions and showing us this vid!

[@dmck1436]

@@ArtisOpus hey, as a Canadian Huldra blue is very hard to get with shipping etc. Do you recommend a dark blue to use in the citadel line if you had to? Thanks as always.

[@imp3ri3x93]

Amazing results man. So inspiring

[@ArtisOpus]

Appreciate it! Thanks!😊

[@funky_features51]

Thankyou so much ! Would love a video on lightning effect swords or weapons or other videos like this in different colours

[@ArtisOpus]

You're most welcome, buddy! Many people have requested this already, will definitely be doing more colours swords/weapons in the future✌

[@adrianmorgan9608]

Love your detailed explanations on why you do this and why to avoid that

[@ArtisOpus]

Glad to hear bud :) Hope you found useful the rest of the videos too!

[@scottbradley379]

Mate, that was beautiful, thanks for the journey

[@ArtisOpus]

Hi Scott, no worries, thanks for watching!

[@zatachan9259]

Good job there！The NMM couldn‘t been easier！

[@ArtisOpus]

👌thanks, buddy!

[@just_derek007]

I would love to see other coloured power swords!

[@ArtisOpus]

Check out our bright green vid dude, sure you'll love it! Similar technique :)

[@just_derek007]

@@ArtisOpus thank you!

[@helenmcclure]

Would love to see a recipe for the green Necron bladed weapons.

[@marvdroet4437]

*and red ones!

[@stretchersteve4743]

Yes the necron green weapons.

[@Khorneate]

Yesh

[@ArtisOpus]

You're gonna be happy tomorrow -ish😊🤭

[@agiraldes]

Do the same with green.... And....magic!

[@Grendelnz]

very cool. would love to a cool flame effect or heated sword.

[@ArtisOpus]

You're not the first to request this. Will definitely have a look at other varieties 😊

[@kimberlytighe9094]

THANK DUDE this really helped. hope i can do just as well

[@ArtisOpus]

Always happy to help :) Let us know how it goes!

[@grimaldus321]

This looks awesome! Can't Wait to test this out tonight!

[@ArtisOpus]

How did it go for you? 😊👨‍🎨Thank you for watching!

[@grimaldus321]

@@ArtisOpus not going to lie, I had a little bit of a learning curve with what i had on hand brush wise. However, it came out much better than anything i have attempted at previously! So thank you for the upload, your tips and walkthroughs have made a huge impression on my hobby painting!

[@frankjones9839]

Great video as always. I tried your drybrushing technique for space marine armour today for the first time using the artis opus dry brush and really amazed with the results. Definitely a game changer in my painting.

[@ArtisOpus]

Fantastic, so glad to help😊Thanks a ton for your support!

[@papazoulou9326]

Perfect. Just need that.

[@ArtisOpus]

Happy to be of help😊

[@jeremystalford4145]

Rookie painter here. I so appreciate your style of instruction and the time you put in. I apologize if this an ignorant suggestion but as I’m a Star Wars fan boy I would love a video similar to this but for lightsabers on legion models. Most of the techniques I see are somewhat boring and just don’t pop as much as something like what you have done for power swords. Thanks again.

[@ArtisOpus]

Not a bad idea man, you could absolutely just do a light-dark version (perhaps with one 'reflective' line down one side *or* a varnish to make it catch light?

[@caholmes31b]

Ty for this video, it looks great

[@sandracreeth]

I,m doing a gladiator at the minute so this idea of drybrushing well help me with his weapons cause i know they were always shiny

[@ArtisOpus]

Give it a go!

[@chrisa.9071]

I used this technique to make a TMM blade and it turned out really good! Thanks for this tips!

[@ArtisOpus]

Our pleasure, Chris! Glad it went well for you :). We should have been more clear how versatile it was in the video!

[@andymorgon7764]

Amazing as ever Byron 😁

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks a ton, Andy😊

[@BonsaiBear27]

That's such an amazing technique! Thank you for sharing.

[@ArtisOpus]

You are so welcome! And thank you for watching and supporting✌😊

[@ddr110285]

Thanks bilbo looks amazing

[@jonocc5548]

An amazing effect, thank you for sharing Byron, think it's time to treat myself to a Series D set for my birthday! That and some Huldra Blue of course ;)

[@ArtisOpus]

😊Absolutely, dude, you deserve it after the year we've had!

[@dickdavies5397]

Top technique, thanks - recently became a glazing fanboy but the stippling as a base would save hours on the process.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much! Dude, you have no idea! I was pretty shocked myself, I can absolutely see me using this as my go-to method in the future, maybe even doing the first third with the airbrush😁

[@advictoriamgaming7554]

Hi I would love your take on a red scorpion space marine... I have been painting them in the traditional way and am looking for a faster method as available hobby time sadly seems to decrease when you get older...

[@thelistner666]

Yea I'd like to see that as well....

[@ArtisOpus]

It's all about getting most of the time you have available. Thanks for the suggestion, it's on my list😊

[@advictoriamgaming7554]

@@ArtisOpus thank you so much! I'm really looking forward to that!

[@naeluckson5820]

I love these videos! I never knew so much could be done with Drybrushing. I don’t use airbrushes because I have limited space but it seems like I could do similar jobs with these brushes. I’m thinking of getting a medium and extra small to begin with. I really only paint characters so hopefully those to would be good to start with.

[@Norseraider84]

Once Again looks like magic - cheers and thank you for the upload ! 🤘🏻😊

[@ArtisOpus]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and supporting!😊🧙‍♂️

[@S2uBuGaming]

Amazing as Always Byron. Thanks for the feedback on my Diorama too. Need to try and include some power weapons in the next one now. Keep up the great work. I feel you have single handedly improved thousands of painters abilities and made so many skills more accessible. Thanks for your continued advice and tutorials 👍

[@ArtisOpus]

That's just amazing to hear! Much appreciated my friend! That's why we're here😊❤

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Nice video man, I'll have to give this a go. 😀

[@ArtisOpus]

I had fun, sure you'll do too😊Thanks for the support, dude!

[@kingdaddykaz2879]

Hello and thank you for your work !!! About an idea of video, what about a crimson fist tutorial, like the Ultramarines or Imperial Fist ??

[@ArtisOpus]

Great idea, dude, I didn't realize how different they are until people started requesting them😊Thanks so much for your support!

[@spookiness7768]

Amazing video yet again! Would love to see how you did those sylvaneth! Also on the subject of power weapons a pink/purple or flaming sword would be amazing to see! Keep up the good work!

[@ArtisOpus]

Will be 100% doing more colours swords/weapons for future content! Thanks for the support, buddy!

[@Himle_]

Great work! Will have to try this out on my Space Hulk minis :D (Anything not to have to take out the airbrush)

[@ArtisOpus]

They should be perfect, dude, love those sculpts 🤩

[@Himle_]

@@ArtisOpus Yeah! Me too. Just finished off the librarian as a test dummy, now to see if I can sexy up his axe (-:

[@quincy_md]

Another great tutorial. I quite like using the "traditional" glaze method for this, but this looks just as good with a lot less swearing involved! I'd kinda like to see how you approach infantry other than marines, like Imperial guardsmen. Be nice to see your approach on producing simple camouflage patterns (again, another time intensive project) combined with how to make the armour look great. Keep up the great work, these are really helpful, many thanks

[@ArtisOpus]

I definitely get the swearing thing. I found this quite a bit less stressy for sure😅 Guard are a tricky one, they're slightly older, not quite as precisely sculpted and importantly they're also a bit smaller. Their vehicles, however... are generally completely perfect so maybe I should be giving those a go. Thanks for your kind words and suggestions, dude✌🤩

[@quincy_md]

@@ArtisOpus anytime, these videos are a joy to watch. I think because I don't own or paint that much GW stuff, I'm always looking how to apply your techniques to the stuff I do own, unfortunately a lot of it is quite fiddly... I'm looking at you Infinity minis!!

[@garymartin8386]

Green and yellow necron blades and pipes please! ;) So gonna use these techniques on them!! 😍

[@ArtisOpus]

I love me a bit of green and yellow. I think you're gonna enjoy our next tutorial😉

[@nathanudall641]

Love these videos. Just picked up my first series d brushes from you guys. Can’t wait to try them on some chaos warriors cloaks. I would love to see how you approach a teal or blue/green power sword.

[@ArtisOpus]

We've had enough requests now that I think it's probably a good idea for us to do this in every colour at some point in the future. Thanks so much for your support, hope the brushes serve you well!😊

[@nathanudall641]

@@ArtisOpus Thanks! I tried your small Series D brush and dampening bad for the first time over the weekend and I loved it! I followed one of your other tutorials to get a sweet faded blend on a chaos warrior cloak (blue to a sea green). I'm still no pro, but I was super happy with the result. Thanks for the videos! They are quite helpful.

[@scottravn-bennett9005]

Looks amazing can you do powered thunder hammers next please...

[@ArtisOpus]

You're not the first to suggest that, so I'll definitely consider it for future content. Thanks Scott!😊

[@paulmurphy7087]

Byron - as ever a great video and super tips throughout. Many thanks. Necrons use a lot of greens/ yellow on the blades, some fluro - so that would be interesting to see?

[@ArtisOpus]

Yes, definitely, great suggestion! Many people requested that so I'll be 100% doing it for future content😊

[@MentoliptusBanko]

Amazing result! You almost make me regret buying an airbursh ;)

[@ArtisOpus]

😊Thanks, dude! I was pretty surprised myself.

[@WinterWizard7]

Brilliant! 🧙🏻‍♂️

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, buddy!👨‍🎨

[@NeoNaiche]

You've got such amazing techniques, and display the steps so seamlessly, I'd really love to see your methods/steps/ideas/processes for batch painting, or how you would go about painting a whole unit! Also - "Can you make a glowing eyes effect with Drybrushing" If anyone can make these things happen, Byron's my guy! (who's this "Duncan," everybody's talking about?!?) 😜😝🤪

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks very much for your kind words, dude! We'll be definitely covering some batch painting in the near future, actually, I think I can do a pretty good job with it as it's where I cut my teeth as a miniature painter. I love getting obsessive about efficiency. You absolutely can, I just tend to do a light drybrush with a dark version of the colour required e.g. dark green. Then do a very soft white drybrush close to the light source and glaze luminous/very bright versions of the colour e.g luminous green over that white.😊

[@PainterIdeas]

Fantastic!!

[@ArtisOpus]

Glad you think so! Thanks!😊

[@kappi_3381]

lovely video!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thank you!!

[@h.j.peters.2891]

the cardigan game is bloody strong!!

[@ArtisOpus]

🤭🤭Maybe I need new ones to celebrate 2021, open for suggestions!

[@XavierArnau399]

The notsoDryBrush Wizard! :o

[@ArtisOpus]

🤭🤭🧙‍♂️

[@robertgeroux359]

You have the best tutorials. Thank you so much for producing these. If you ever do another color powersword my color vote is Purple (Emperors Children).

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks a ton for the kind words, dude! I may well do a 'all the colours' power weapons tutorial in the future😊🤞

[@robertgeroux359]

@@ArtisOpus You might just be able to do a video showcasing the finished product and run all the painting bits at 2x speed. Just referencing this video for technique.

[@markdorn8873]

Hey nice! There's more than one way to skin a cat! Thanks for making this video!

[@ArtisOpus]

Our pleasure, dude, enjoy!

[@lulucoco5775]

Thanks for this video ! Just what tape did you use for protect the over side of the sword? Thank you !

[@ArtisOpus]

1:22 - Tamiya :)

[@CDMezzy]

Really great tip. It looks amazing! Would love to see you approach the power sword with black/blue grey Colour scheme as video request!

[@ArtisOpus]

We'll be doing a tutorial with other colours in the future for sure, we had plenty of requests😊

[@CDMezzy]

@@ArtisOpus great to hear! Keep up the great work!

[@Monkey_in_the_tree]

Could you do a custodian armour? Really great work

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey Nathan, great suggestion! They're a little 'busy' but I should be able to work this out. I have a huge personal preference for clean and simple minis 😊

[@YalelingOz]

Hot damn that looks good.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude

[@Ed-xo9pc]

This is amazing!!! Could you do this technique to do a NMM blade? Id love to see a vid on that!

[@ArtisOpus]

100% dude. It's a very similar method in fact 😊

[@jackbuchanan1695]

EPIC. what blue base did you start with on the sword? Thanks!

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

Wonder how well series D (which may I add is by a mile the best dry brush set out there, and I am currently awaiting my set) would get on with Roboute Girlymans latest model from geedubs....

[@ArtisOpus]

I wonder too😊He's a big boy!

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

@@ArtisOpus will find out soon enough I am going for an all round black, sombre armor for mr Girlyman....with dark metallic all the trimming....rekon this thing will do the job no sweat 😃👍

[@maskedmustachio9472]

I always hate painting my bladed weapons. This is helpful and I would also like to see how you would do a metallic metal blade.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much, dude! You're not the first to ask. Do you mean NMM or TMM?😊

[@maskedmustachio9472]

@@ArtisOpus TMM

[@Ulrican414]

Great video +

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers, dude! Hope it works out well for you :)

[@djmartin6365]

Can you do a video on how to paint a ghost axe for Aeldari wraithblades?

[@timothyduffield2527]

Do you think it could be possible to show us how to deal with large vehicles such as Bikes or Speeders with this same technique ? As I have just received my Serie D brushes, I'm at the edge of starting my Ravenwing Army and I'm not sure witch technique I should use. Dont want them to be just Black spray painted with a little edge high-lightening, as most of the people do, I want a little more volume on my black parts, coud it be on the bike/speeder as on the biker/pilot. Thanks for the tips :)

[@ArtisOpus]

You're so welcome! Check out some of our earlier vehicles tutorials, they should be absolutely perfect. We've not done vehicles for a while so we should be returning on them sometime soon on the channel😊

[@timothyduffield2527]

@@ArtisOpus Thanks for the answer, I have viewed most of your videos, but painting black is one of the most complicated color on vehicles, as you can easily ruin the model with the highlights. Not even talking about how do you shade black without it looking either to grey or not shaded at all... If ever you are planning to do a video in near futur about black color, this could be a perfect example, as many armies tend to use the full black color scheme.

[@Enigmatus23]

Just saying I would totally be up for you coining a name for the “damp brushing” technique to move it away from the “dry brush”

[@ArtisOpus]

Unfortunately at this stage, the discussion would at least has to start with the word drybrushing before you tell people that their brushes shouldn't actually be dry😂

[@TheDarkplace]

Moist brushing?

[@gallien]

@@ArtisOpus 'Controlled dry brushing'

[@prava163]

I saw somebody calling it "overbrushing"?

[@waynegoldpig2220]

@@TheDarkplace I use that one.

[@bevanwilson8820]

"with edge highlighting one thing you can do is test it on the edge of your base"... You sir have blown my mind... It's a little thing but rest assured I'll be doing that on my next edge highlight job. Not gonna lie I saw the thumbnail and went "nah there's no way he did that with drybrushing". I tip my hat to you sir... in an unrelated note... What ever happened to the wheel of fortune? ;)

[@ArtisOpus]

Haaa, the wheel may have to come out some time soon, the video didn't go down hugely well, maybe we just need to have 50k subs or something to give it a better first few days! It really is a great tip, all about cocking up somewhere that isn't my model! :D

[@archfrank]

Scale 75 is kind of hard to get a hold of around here, what citadel/vallejo/army painter/other I may be forgetting would you replace it with if you had to (for the stippling part, not the glazing)

[@Himle_]

Until Byron/AO gives an answer. Don't know where you're based, but Warcolours is gelbased just as the S75 colours. Also, I believe that Kimera is that too? If you just mean a colour compatibility chart, then check out www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

[@archfrank]

@@Himle_ i knew about that chart but huldra blue does not show up on it. Has it been renamed?

[@Himle_]

@@archfrank Sorry, my bad. Thought you meant the type of colour, not the exact match :(

[@Himle_]

@@archfrank There is an app called paintRack that should be able to show alternatives to "any" paint. But that feature costs money to unlock, so no clue if it actually shows an alternative.

[@ArtisOpus]

A really good alternative is to just drop a little bit of ink in with the closest blue that you have. Huldra's saturation is what makes it so cool. This kinda gets you that😊

[@jewwroast]

Do you have a technique for painting the heavenfall blades the dark angels hq uses

[@ArtisOpus]

Steel variant? I'd approach like this with metallics if so, or just maybe a tiny touch of incubi in the base, otherwise black/white. I hope that helps? Let me know in another comment, YT is awful for conversation notifications, I miss a lot of replies to replies.

[@simonleach6632]

This looks ace! Just a shame that I only have one model with a power sword, and that's a skitarii tank commander leaning out the cupola, I have named him Wee Mad Arthur, the sword is purely for decoration, so might look a bit odd if I made it super eye catching

[@negotiableaffections]

"They can tak' oour lives, but they cannae tak' oour troousers!"

[@simonleach6632]

@@negotiableaffections 🤣🤣

[@ArtisOpus]

Any excuse for a contrast is a good one😉I am sure your Wee man wouldn't mind getting some shiny treatment😊

[@GezGrimm]

Nice one Bilbo

[@ArtisOpus]

Blending, there and back again... :) Our pleasure.

[@TheBasCast]

I would love to see a striking method for painting regular eldar armor (guardians, banshees, dire avenger etc etc.) to give an eldar army a nice cohesive look for regual models but also aspect warriors and elites

[@ArtisOpus]

I love the Eldar aesthetic, they really are quite fiddly though. Now that I am a bit more practised I should stop dodging them however😊

[@TheBasCast]

@@ArtisOpus I started painting again after 15 years of "hobbybreak". :-) I use your painting method from the salamanders video (stippling / drybrushing) and after that i wash the lower parts of the armour with a black wash mixed with the inital colour, looks awesome for my noob skills tho. I paint them in a dark blue color scheme beacuse they are going to be a Sky Raiders Pirates team.

[@conanlucas6183]

Can you Paint black with blue highlights with a dry brush?

[@ArtisOpus]

I tend to use blue to highlight black, yeah. Check out the Black Cloths or Black Armour video😊

[@almullin5757]

Did you prime your texture pallet Byron? Is so what with?

[@ArtisOpus]

I did, just with Chaos Black as I normally do😊It's a good way to test coverage of paints because if they go over black they'd go over everything.

[@GammaAKF]

I like the effect and I would like to try it, but do you have a technique for making it look like an energized steel blade? As if you can tell its glowing with energy but still looks like a metal sword underneath? I picked up aethermatic blue contrast to try that on a steel color, but do you have tips to help create those glowing areas without being too jarring on a steel color?

[@ArtisOpus]

One of my fav ways to achieve this is with a careful drybrush of white on the surrounding area, followed by a subtle glaze. You can then gently drybrush highlight closer areas to the source with a highlight colour 😊

[@GammaAKF]

@@ArtisOpus so similar technique for the spots, just start from steel with white and then use that aethermatic glaze? I was thinking a little darker blue glaze in the non-energized sections might help with a steel effect and get some nice contrast, but I want it to look light and subtle, I'll play around with some glazes after stippling some white sections. Thank you for the advice!

[@tenajnin]

Amazing result! I’ve struggled a little with glazing swords or axes mainly down to running out of patience. I’d love to see if you could use this technique to do a Molten core sword. It would fit in perfectly with my Salamnders, but I’m just not sure where to start.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, buddy! Great suggestion, I've never painted one myself, so we'd need to do some figuring out😊

[@ScrubGamerRN]

Can I borrow your hands! That’s so crazy impressive!

[@ArtisOpus]

😅 :)

[@negotiableaffections]

Tricky [to explain] question; you showed working on two adjoining surfaces, now when you flip the blade completely over, how do you decide which face will be two-highlights and which, two dark-zones? Do you repeat the same order as on the 'front' or do you reverse it so that you have, say two-highlights meeting an outer edge that ALSO has two-highlights on the 'back'? D'you get me?

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey Keith, great question, and good explanation! Generally I do mirror, you can shift though, or darken on undersides etc, one of the difficulties of NMM's 'contrast' apprach comes when you have odd numbers of meeting surfaces, diagonals, etc, at this point it's often practicality, rule of cool, or real life reference that you use when you can't follow the nice and easy 'dark next to light, light next to dark' Hope that helps!

[@Draculord666]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what does the dampening pad do? I've never seen anyone else use one before.

[@jessehammil3897]

With alike moisture in the brush, you can get smother applications. Less chalky.

[@ArtisOpus]

Exactly, Jesse😊The dampening pad releases moisture before, during and after painting and increases quality.

[@markhohenbrink5230]

Would love to see how you would paint horse flesh. Im staring a small death rider detachment and would like to to see a redish brown skin tone for the horses.

[@ArtisOpus]

Good idea, dude, plenty of horses in plenty of fantasy words😊

[@cakkyboy]

Amazing! Will you be doing a simliar tutorial from bright green (necron type0 power weapons? I desperately need one :/ :)

[@ArtisOpus]

We got you ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIrXZoWpr9aHi9k

[@mallamoochie]

Would this method work by using black grey and white then putting say tesseract glow over it for a Necron weapon?

[@ArtisOpus]

Absolutely! I would recommend using a non-matte range for the grey and blacks (citadel is fine)

[@ArtisOpus]

Absolutely! I would recommend using a non-matte range for the grey and blacks (citadel is fine)

[@kirkgood1560]

what are equivalents of huldra blue, struggling to find some, not really fussed what brand the alternatives is just something i can get hold of or even better already have

[@ArtisOpus]

Take any deep blue and mix in a touch of blue and purple ink to increase saturation. You can use contrast instead of inks😊

[@kirkgood1560]

@@ArtisOpus thank you for the advice

[@DialetoNerd]

Amazing!!! You are great

[@dickdavies5397]

If you're looking for suggestions, could you do a fur tutorial? Sooo many pelts.

[@ArtisOpus]

We got it! 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6mTZJd5j9x-ppI

[@dickdavies5397]

@@ArtisOpus LEGEND

[@paulbestwick2426]

I am not a WH40k collector, so would like to see your take on some fantasy stuff. Chainmail in particular can look ok with base silver and a wash, but I can't seem to get it looking great.

[@ArtisOpus]

That's a great suggestion! I've had this issue myself. Will definitely do a video at some point😊Until then try putting some hints of deep blue in your recesses and maybe even some dots of rust and very lightly drybrushing some extra shiny highlights😊

[@Valandar2]

How about a "stellar sword", where the gadient instead of going dark blue to white, goes dark red through orange to yellow to white to blue?

[@ArtisOpus]

Cool idea, dude, quite tricky though😊I will have to up my game a bit before I get to that.

[@princesaaidyohannes6925]

What is this damping bowel you use?

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey dude, it's our dampening pad, it's designed to help carefully introduce a small amount of moisture to the painting process :). Check this video out, also our 'Airbrush Blends' video, hopefully they'll answer any questions! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oanYimWEjcp8aK8

[@dippa_au]

he techeeed me how to paint