HOW TO PAINT GLOW EFFECTS: A Step-By-Step Guide

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

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[@eallaterza]

Hi, Mr. Stroke! It was good and easy to follow as always, don't worry! ;) I have just one question: when you mix the technical/contrast paint you use for the glow with their relative thinners, do you mix them on a dry palette? Because to my experience, using a wet palette already slightly thins the paint, so I wanted to know if I should take that in account when doing it.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

I use everything on my wet palette. If you're finding your palette is actually diluting your paints rather than simply maintaining their moisture levels then I would suggest looking at using a different membrane paper. As it is letting too much moisture through. Let me guess, you're using an Army Painter wet palette? Give this paper a try and see if it make everything better? amzn.to/3ngaKi4

[@eallaterza]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides No, I usually use either the RedGrassGames ones with both reusable and on-time membranes or Masterons Sta-wet palette with parchment paper. Now that I think about it, it mostly happens with already thin paint, like shades and contrast it was just my impression? I'll take a look at those you poster though, thanks.

[@teejay1646]

Man it's actually crazy how difficult it is to find a good tutorial for this sort of thing that doesn't require an airbrush. I knew it was possible!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks man Glad you found this video then. 👍 Please do help others find it too and share it with your hobby mates 🙏

[@blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh]

Look up videos on the Object Source Lightning technique, it's a more involved technique as you incorporate darker/lighter color gradients to mimic shadows/lightning but you can get crazy good results.

[@Eepali]

Perfect timing. I have just started watching glow effect vids as I want to have some glowing androids.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Oh cool I hope you find it useful 👍

[@triplea657aaa]

This is by far the best painting tutorial KZbin channel. Simply phenomenal work.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you Amazing praise Really glad you’re enjoying my channel. Please do let others know and help spread the word about my channel 👍

[@shadowsketch926]

im greatful for the fact you actually use brushes for everything, i've seen far too many just airbrush everything, and while i get it, not everyone can either afford all the "pro" gear, or has the time to set it all up

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. I do like to try and show what you can do with just a hand brush. Of course airbrushes are great and they can be used to make amazing lighting effects but like you say not everyone has access to one, so nice to give people options Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 👍

[@ScribbleBeats]

As a professional miniature painter, I really liked this tutorial. It’s simple but effective. It’s hard for me to recommend tutorials to beginners that have questions because they’re all way way too complicated for someone that has just started painting and that can be extremely discouraging. So thank you for making a video I can recommend to people that is easy to follow and understand and still looks good.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you That’s exactly what I was going for. Something easy for beginners to follow and introduce them to some basic concepts and build on. So, it’s really good to hear you thought it hit the mark enough for you to recommend it 👍

[@Averagejoepainting]

I have to say this is the best glow tutorial I have seen in the 2 years I have been back to the hobby. Thank you for making it.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks so much 🙏 Really pleased you found it helpful

[@IcarusVIII88]

Thank you for this tutorial ! It's very helpful even if I need to work on my english level to fully understand your explanation ...

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Glad it was helpful. Language wise, I do take the time to write full subtitles for my videos, so hopefully you can use them and better still have KZbin translate them into your preferred language too :)

[@matthewdavis9966]

I’ve been painting off and on for over a year and I learned soooo much about what I’ve been doing wrong from these videos.

[@almone5895]

I have been trying to find a good tutorial for a very long time. Thanks to you I can actually do glow effects now!!

[@CadianColors]

Oh, good been waiting for this one to come out. Thanks for posting this!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Hope it's worth the wait. Let me know what you think

[@McVilla1N]

You kind sir are my new favorite channel.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you I’m delighted to have you onboard and appreciate you supporting my channel 👍

[@kurtchristman3742]

I would love to see a video about assembling sub assembled models after they are painted. I’ve seen countless videos outline how to set up minis for sub assembly painting but not many on how to assemble the model after it’s all painted. Cheers!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

You know, you’re absolutely right. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a video on that before and it would be useful for people to see. Thanks, I’ll add it to the list 👍

[@whisped8145]

Best, simplest glow-tutorial I've seen.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you You seem to be working through the whole channel Hope you’re enjoying the guides? 👍

[@MariusGage]

Very happy that KZbin recommended me your channel, these are really unique and detailed tutorials. Just in time for some heavy plasmas I was getting ready to paint for my astraeus

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you Welcome to the channel, really glad to hear you’re enjoying the content 👍

[@duesexistat5016]

Bob Ross level instruction and relaxation! Thanks! I’m fairly new to mini painting and I’m currently painting my friend’s Skaven army, all of whom have glowing warpstone objects on them, so this is helpful. I’ve been using dry brushing to simulate glow, but I like your method of using the white with shade paints.

[@michaelbaron9090]

I bought a set of your brushes. They are the best brushes I have used. As always keep up the great work. Your tutorials have really helped me be a better painter.

[@Ouium]

Hm, that good?

[@michaelbaron9090]

@Ouium I have really liked the brushes. The price is not as high as I would have expected for Sable brushes either. If you want to buy brushes individually from artis opus they are decently priced in my opinion. They have some nice cleaning and conditioning products for the brushes as well. The care for the brushes is a more than a standard brush but it will keep them in a good working condition.

[@Ouium]

@michaelbaron9090 thanks for the detailed response! I'm currently struggling with army painter brushes (they kind of loosend up almost immediately for some reason) so I wanted to try something new, more expensive I guess. Will give those a try in the near future, thank you!

[@michaelbaron9090]

@Ouium I hope when you get them you enjoy them as much as I have.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@michaelbaron9090 thank you for your support and posting this endorsement. It’s so great to hear you’re enjoying my brush set and I think it’s really useful to other people to hear your genuine review. 🙏

[@IngewikkeldSikahert]

Very clear explanation. I also like your calm tutorial style.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you I paint to relax, so I figured I should make my videos the same. Besides, there's already loads of full octane, thousand mile an hour painting channels out there 🤣 If you get a chance, please do check out my channel, I think you'll like it

[@muji1613]

Awsome video ! Nice editing, nice music, nice skill... Love it !

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you for checking out my channel 👍

[@darthinfamous73]

This was fantastic. It'll help slot when I start my Necron army in a grey knight color scheme with purple glow

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks for watching Look forward to seeing that scheme, sounds great

[@prashkumar6734]

Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@dido6452]

Really good video. I would love to see you paint gray knights.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks man I’d love to paint Gray Knights Watch this space 👍

[@RefivalSOW]

Love your work!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you 🙏

[@CosmicFrogX]

Your tutorials are amazing and help out tremendously! The amount of work you've put into the video graphics to underline your examples is top notch

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you Really kind of you to say. I’m pleased to hear you’re enjoying the channel and finding it useful 👍

[@robolizard222]

For the green glow, I’d use dorm yellow or ice yellow. That or fluorescent yellow then glaze tesseract or fluorescent green over. Makes it pop!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Absolutely! Changing the undertone colour as well, is a great way to produce different results for sure. Yellow under the red produces a brilliant warm orange too. Hopefully this video will encourage people to play around with different colours and discover how fun and easy it is to produce cool looking effects. 👍

[@BS1-5]

Finally! been waiting ages for this!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Sorry man, hopefully it's worth the wait. I wanted to make the video as useful as possible and include multiple colours etc. Ended up being much more complicated to put together than I expected Let me know what ya think?

[@Andrew-jp2id]

Gave this a go on an old space marine model that a friend gave me and was quite pleased with the results. Great video and easy to follow the process. Would love to see a video on painting weapon scopes/lenses or how to paint faces please 🙏

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Nice one, really pleased to hear the process worked for you. What colour did you go for? Lenses and scopes is a great shout and I must confess one that I have been promising to do. So, good to hear it would be popular. And yes, faces / skintones is one I really want to get stuck into. As I think it's an area people quickly get frustrated with. So, stay tuned

[@Andrew-jp2id]

Yellow eye glow on a dark blue helmet. I probably need to thin the yellow down a bit more and I only had citadel white but for a first attempt I was pretty happy. Might try an orange next.

[@warswordx4536]

Thanks for the video!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Cheers for watching

[@og-bleistift]

I have been waiting for this video :D great Job as always! Looks so easy when you do it but I have been struggling with Plasma glow. Going to try this out some time

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Hope it's worth the wait. The process is really just that simple. Give it a go, I'm sure you'll get a good result

[@jhoodfysh]

That was an excellent video James. I will put those ideas to use on my next build. Thank you for the great series of videos.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks John. I think you have a few videos to catch up on. Glad you’re still enjoying the channel 👍

[@jhoodfysh]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides You are right, I have a lot to watch. I have been watching a lot of Jon Bias' videos and was reminded of your channel when he mentioned your channel in an older video on brush cleaning. Somehow I was not getting notices on your videos. I will try to encourage the tubes of you to send me notices about your material.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@jhoodfysh well, I need to thank @jonbius for the mention and reminding you about my channel then. Yeah, I don’t understand how the notifications work on KZbin. I thought all you had to do was click the bell and you’d be told about all posts but I don’t think that’s the case. On mobile there’s more steps regarding notifications in app settings too I think. Either way it’s good to have you back 👍

[@jhoodfysh]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides Jon is having his wisdom teeth extracted today, so he will not be responding as quickly as he usually does. I am sure he will be happy to hear from you.

[@geteavnroc2250]

Love it! Great work!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you 👍

[@karategirl084]

Fairly new to mini painting but I have some little golem minis that I wanted to paint to have an Atlantis vibe and this is Exactly the technique I needed. Thank you. Subscribing.

[@bonarlizaitis131]

Brilliant video. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@zhaochengyue9268]

Really looking forward to seeing the 40k World Eaters video, thank you very much

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Oooo World Eaters, good call

[@Spoticus]

I just bought some of the tesseract paint to start the process earlier today. This helps a lot. Ill try duncans white - will pick up tomorrow

[@the_hybred648]

Excellent video as usual

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@tabletop.painter]

awesome vid as always ! love it !

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks man 👍

[@coqyriiryqoc7329]

Thanks for this awesome tutorial ! What are the differences between the Lahmian and the contrast medium ? Thanks again for your awesome content ! Definitely one of the highest quality on this platform.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you So, contrast medium and Lahmian medium have different chemical makeups. Think of them as paint without pigment. So, when thinning down paints like contrast / speed paints it’s important to use their corresponding medium so as to not imbalance them. As it can result in them “splitting” meaning they no longer hold together and apply blotchy and patchy or streaky and dry very ugly. Likewise, Lahmian medium should be used to thin down GW’s washes and technical paints because it matches their chemical structure. Hope that helps

[@billiam8817]

Great guide thanks

[@tonyakeiser3738]

I am going to try this technique on my storm druids lightning ball.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Great idea Please let me know how you get on

[@keiserkosti]

Really good tutorial. A bit different from my method, so i'll give it a try. :)

[@fortu392]

Fantastic tutorial! One question: i dont have citadel contrast paints, what can i use instead of those?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you So, to be able to tint like this you really need a strong wash or contrast style paint because they stain the surface too. A bit like a dye, but still being able to see through it. So, I’d say try and get contrast if you can or maybe army painter speed paints? Failing that you can try washes, but they don’t tend to come in bright enough colours for this effect and you’d need to apply in multiple thin layers and build up the colour without making it too dark Hope that helps

[@arcort669]

Awesome tutorial. I'm trying to make a glowing effect on a 1/6 scale base that has 4 plumes of fire.trying to make the rubble have a glow effect.

[@KrisdaSilva]

Nice video, really extensive information on the subject. Great job! Btw, what software are you using for editing cause the drawing on the paused video looks super handy.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you I use Adobe After Effects for the graphics and animations

[@thunder_bolt9869]

Love the tutorial ty

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks for watching Hope it proves to be useful

[@thunder_bolt9869]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides my brother loves painting necrons so i am going to show him and i hope he uses these techniques

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@thunder_bolt9869 nice one It’s not just for Necrons though This works for anything glowing Fantasy mummies with glowing eyes or wizards with magic glowing runes You name it Even control panels on military vehicles

[@machooth]

Great tutorial and explanations. One detail, though, is that the glow is very soft. As in it projects colours onto edges around it, but not really any light. Which I think is reasonably well illustrated by looking at the values of painted areas in grayscale (*): the eyes/chest symbol/... indeed have much higher values, but the areas around them do not, or at least not any more than they would with "regular" zenithal highlights. (*) which is a trick I believe I saw in one of Trovarion's videos? I can't remember for sure. What step(s) would you add to further brighten the glow?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks for watching Yes, you’re absolutely right. This guide is only intended for glows where the light source is not stronger than the ambient/ global light source. Occasions where you want to paint a light source which is stronger than the surrounding ambient light requires a very different process. It’s not a case of adding additional steps, more completely changing the way the mini is painted. Identifying the affected areas needs to happen before the mini is painted at all and the painting, layering, shading and highlighting of all the colours affected need to be painted with the light source in mind right from the start. I’d really need to make a whole different video for that I’m afraid.

[@SandiegoDFS]

Great video Ty!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Great to hear you liked it. Thanks for checking out my channel 👍

[@albertvandesluis8235]

Nice I needed a tutorial for a glow effect that i can use as a beginner, question, can you also use a acrylic base paint color thinned far enough with water? I don't have any contrast paints.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Great question No, you can’t thin standard acrylic paints down as they’ll not have the staining property needed for this effect. You can use washes and / or inks as well as contrast and speed paints though

[@vincentjackson3472]

A great video, thank you! I didn't see your brush set on their site? Im guessing it's custome made for you?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you You should be able to find my set by searching “brushstroke” on the Artis Opus website store or even easier you can follow this link 🙂 bit.ly/42NKGLH Hope that helps and thanks for watching 👍

[@georgemartinez1720]

I would use neon red Evennnon contrast and thinnit out

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Yes absolutely Neon colours work really well for this process. Have a play and see what results you like 👍

[@DigininjaRobin]

I normally paint AoS stuff but having watched this I'm now going to watch the three before it and get myself a box of Necrons and have a go.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Nice one and as an added bonus, those three metal recipes will work brilliantly on AoS minis too Please do let me know how you get on :)

[@DigininjaRobin]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides I might be about to try it on a gravestone, I'll let you know if it works.

[@DigininjaRobin]

Just tried it and tagged you Instagram with the result. Looks good I think.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@DigininjaRobin awesome, I’ll take a look My Insta is @brushstroke77 btw

[@helenna_me]

Thanks for the video! Why did you use Contrast medium with the blue paint, but Lahmian medium with green and red one?

[@CZEPolice]

5:00 Today I tried to paint my first mini.... Do you guys use something for magnification ? I did notice that I had problems to see some details (in that particular 4cm/1,6in small figure)

[@theorganicshadow]

Wish I would have waited to do my Necron walker now and watched this video first, but I can try again later. I actually ended up kind of doing the same technique here as you did with tesseract glow but I completely botched the white layer so it's got obvious brush strokes. The large orbs are trickier than the small ones in the blaster.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Getting that white applied smoothly is key. Do yourself a favour and get some Two Thin Coats white. It’s a game changer for white paint. Thanks for watching, I’m glad you found it useful though 👍

[@theorganicshadow]

Sounds good! I love my Pro Acryl but want to try the TTC white too. I'm saving this video in my Tutorials playlist for when I do something glowy next. By far the most straight forward and simple guide I've found. Cheers!@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@theorganicshadow ProAcryl is great for sure TTC I think just edges it as I feel it thins down nicer. Probably a personal thing but if you do get the chance to try the TTCs white I would love to hear your thoughts on it

[@nomore2226]

I've tried alot of whites. I'm gonna get hate for this but ..... I use apple barrel white. Wal-Mart craft paint.. i add 2 drops of alcohol and a few drops of water. You couldn't ask for smoother paint. And ... it's only 50 cent a bottle.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@nomore2226 no hate here 🙂 If you’ve found a paint which gives the results you want, then that’s a win. If it’s also cheap, well that’s even better. Nice one! 👍

[@ugurkarayel4583]

Citadel paints are hard to find in Turkey. Can you make them with model color Vallejo? What is the equivalent of white in Vallejo? thank you

[@jingabell45]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

You’re very welcome Glad you liked it 👍

[@the250mikec]

Super cool

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks 👍

[@eliminatedzergling1685]

can i apply this to other minis like a big gun from a titan? or a dreadnaught?

[@TheRealAko]

Thank you for your videos, they have helped me loads, I am new to the hobby. I absolutely love the scale75 flat black. Where did you get your paint racks? my paints are all over the place.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, really pleased to hear you're enjoying the channel. I got my paint rack years ago, but you can get similar from Amazon amzn.to/48aQH6F amzn.to/48TPf9H Hope that helps

[@TheRealAko]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides That's great, thank you!

[@Garciaa__]

its really usefull your guide but, there is any chance to get a tutorial step by step to make a glow effect in an engine like chaos knights?

[@memorion666]

Hello Verny nicley done are you planning to create any airbrush series with same topic ?

[@Auriorium]

Am I the only one who would try this with black?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Now, it’s not as bonkers as it sounds. It doesn’t produce a “glow” as such as your mind doesn’t interpret black as a possible light source but it does make for a cool effect nonetheless So, no. You’re not the only one 🤣

[@jackmprestonjr]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuidespictures?

[@Crits-Crafts]

Now that could look amazing...

[@paolobarezzi13]

Interesting! Let him cook

[@royaltyfree9607]

Yes

[@KindredBrujah]

There's one part I'm a little confused by - if you go in with white, then paint over with the glaze, then go white and go over it with the glaze again, how does it end up a different intensity the second time? Is it a different ratio of paint to medium on the second pass?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Fair question So, the way it works is the second area of white you paint is smaller and within the area you painted first time. That way, when you apply your second glaze you paint not only the new white area but also the previously glazed area too. This means the bigger area will end up with two layers of the glaze and the second (smaller) white area with just one layer of glaze. The result then being a step / change in the intensity of the effect. Hopefully that makes a bit more sense now? 👍

[@Regeadg]

Had the same question. Thanks for this answer.

[@kaijuk]

I just bought a 55cm tall resin Godzilla with light up eyes,mouth and spines. The original paint job isn't great so I am redoing that and I'm confident doing that but I would love to do an osl paint job on the skin around the lighted parts but I'm a little intimidated and scared I'll screw it up. I have airbrushes which may be better for such a large model idk 🤔

[@jacksonjensen3107]

Any paint recommendations for an orange glow?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

As bright a contrast as possible really. I think I’d try MAGMADROTH FLAME and do the thinned down process like I did in the video 👍

[@jacksonjensen3107]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides awesome, I will give it a go!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@jacksonjensen3107 cool Let me know how you get on. What are you adding the glow on?

[@jacksonjensen3107]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides I'm going to practice on some Necrons I have lying around, but the main minis are going to be my Varanguard. There are some cracks and other cool details in the armor that I'd like to have glow orange

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@jacksonjensen3107 oh cool! Yeah, Necrons are great to practice on. Please send me pics, I’d love to see how you get on 👍

[@drtokubuns]

What ratio do i want to do for tesseract glow and lahmian medium? 1:1?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

yes, that's right

[@apollosranch88]

Desperately need a tutorial on your city’s of sigma lethis fusiliers

[@Ratiiee]

Hey, can someone tell me why to use contrast medium with the contrast paint instead of just using the contrast paint straight from the pot? (new to painting)

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

that's a great question. So, the quick answer is to change how strong the colour will be. If you think of a contrast paint being like a dye and it staining what you paint it on to. Some times that strength of staining is too much and it overpowers everything underneath. By adding contrast medium you can reduce the strength of the staining and make it more soft and allow more of the colours underneath to show through. Give this video a watch, it'll help explain things in more detail kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3KnioSHhK1sl5o if you have more questions, just let me know

[@Ratiiee]

​@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides Sorry if the question is too specific, but I'm planning to use Vallejo Dark Aluminum on my Necrons. What would be a good color for edge highlighting them?. Can I simply add white to the metal color, or would that be a bad idea?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@Ratiiee so, to highlight a metallic gunmetal colour you’ll be wanting a bright silver. As metals have sharp bright highlights No, adding white to it won’t achieve a lighter metallic. If you want to lighten a dark silver you need to mix it with a bright silver. That way you maintain the metallic nature of the paint but lighten the overall tone. Hope that helps

[@Ratiiee]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides I'm sorry if I'm asking too many questions, but I can't find an answer anywhere. I want to edge highlight important models and dry brush less important models in the same army, specifically Silver Necrons. Do you think Vallejo Metal Color Chrome is good for dry brushing? Or perhaps Vallejo Model Air Silver, or another brand? (I use Vallejo Dark Aluminum for the base.)

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Don’t apologise for asking questions. Never stop asking questions mate. It looks like you’ve asked this question on another video already. Which I’ve just answered now for you. If you need more detail, let me know

[@Branpanman]

GW owes you a cut of the Necron combat patrol I just bought so I can try this out 😂

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Haha fantastic, I’ll expect a cheque in the post 👍 Please let me know how you get on 🙂

[@robertmichalic4500]

Does anyone know how to make a purple glow? Not like all the plasma tutorials but just like with Tesseract Glow. I would love my Doomsday cannon to be emanating purplish glow but so far nothing worked.

[@Sep141]

Finally i can paint federal agents with the best of them!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Nice one. Glad you found this guide helpful 👍

[@georgemartinez1720]

Are this neon paint colors

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

No, these aren’t neon colours. Although the green is pretty close. You’re right though, neon colours work extremely well for this process too 👍

[@teemu3370]

Let's gooooo

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

you mean, let's gloooooow! :D thanks for watching

[@arima01]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides*Slow Clap* Very good. Oh, and very good video as well!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@arima01 haha sorry couldn’t resist Glad you enjoyed the vid too 👍

[@nachtmacher6237]

😊

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

👍

[@WilliamChoochootrain]

What happened to Pro Acryl having the best white lol

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

I’ve discovered White Star I swear down, it’s better than ProAcryl Hard to believe I know But it really is.

[@WilliamChoochootrain]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides guess I'll have to give it a try 💸🥲

[@Caladors]

That's some smooth glowing 🍑 smooth

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Haha thanks man 🤛

[@AcoylteKraven82]

I think each one works….. mostly…. Except for the red!?! It doesn’t really look as much as “glowing red” as it looks like “pink inside of a red area”!

[@flippingpenguin9049]

Alas I can paint something cool without throwing £200 away for an airbrush

[@marcobertone6404]

Please WHY YOU use diluent in THIS video please?i WANT create EFFECTS FLUORESCENT very strong,I must use YOUR tecnic or not??please.thank you

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Great question So, the reason I diluted the coloured stains was because if I hadn’t they would have been too opaque and would have covered the white underneath too much. For a lighting effect you need the source to be brighter and lighter than the areas around it as the light’s influence fades. By diluting the colours it makes them more transparent and allows you to tint the model without obscuring the tones beneath. You can actually buy fluorescent colours which you may want to use instead but you will still need to make sure they are transparent enough for the technique to work Hope that helps

[@marcobertone6404]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides thank you!👍

[@Gajaczek93]

tbh if you want this guide to be more user friendly use paints from one vendor. Or give alternatives from other paint vendors. Both titanium white and white scar would probably work for white part. No reason to get another white paint just to paint glow

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

It’s nigh on impossible to list all possible alternatives but I do take your point. I simply show the paints I’m confident will give the best results. Regarding whites, yes ProAcryl titanium white would work fine. GW’s White Scar on the other hand, I disagree, I wouldn’t touch it ever

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Do uou mix lithium meduim.witjntjr green paint

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No, the green was thin enough to create the effect I was after